Local notes on Band concert mishaps and civic bits
In the business section Music items celebrate the Rittman Band Saturday night concerts while jokes about spending for the weekend larder echo. A family stroller tale recalls a wet walk home, scooter lessons on Ohio Ave and a near misstep at St Main. Apples are swapped at the recreation field as locals joke about fireworks and Fourth of July dangers.
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Rittman Band
Fred Waugh
Son Junior
Papa
Son
Ohio Ave
St.Main
Papa Waugh
Cosmopolitans
Akron
Recreation Field
So It’s Water You Want Eh A Cyclone Strikes Rittman Area
Rittman residents endured stifling heat until a midweek storm swept in with strong winds and rain. The cyclone tracked south of town. Smithville and nearby areas faced wheat loss, crop damage, washed culverts, and downed trees. Power outages hit Wooster Sterling and Smithville as lines failed, plunging towns into darkness from late afternoon to early morning.
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Rittman
Eide
Smithville
Orrville
Wooster
Sterling
Marion
Tto
Harvey’ Harsler
Rittman-Sterling Road
Sta. 4
Details of Compulsory Military Training Bill Before Congress
Major Hernhey explains a proposed compulsory training plan with a national registration day for all draftable men ages 21 to 31. The program would issue yellow cards and require men to report to designated centers for training, with counties aiding in mobilization and relief provisions.
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Congress
Lewis B. Hernhey
Army-Agry
Taining
Hernhéy
Wenger Wins Bike Crown Amid Opponents Refusing To Run
Rainy week limits rounds and delays events as Jim Wenger secures the boys 10 lap open bike title after rivals withdraw. Christine Grimm wins the girls half mile in a shortened two lap race. Rittman boxing card planned for August 8 features Vincen Reins and Tiger Kerr in Wooster show, with Tim Young promoting at the recreation field. Eagles sweep doubleheader over Boxboard 9-1 and 4-2 as Huffman injures knee.
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Jim Wenger
Ball Diamond
Wenger
Tim Young
Christine Grimm
Pight
Recreation Field
Fairgrounds
Vincent Reins
Tiger
Killer Kerr
Killer Kerr Rittman
Vincen Reins
Rittman
Orin Young
Kent
Reins
Cleveland
Boxboard
Harold Huffman
Hessidence
Tuccinardi
Salt
Cosmopolitans
Akron
Cliff Graff
Sast
Jim Reivers
Cosmopolitan
Agles
Rastofer
Tigers
Rasoffer
Watson
Eagles
State St
Rittman Band Members to Play in University Concert
Fredrick Ebbs director of Rittman High School band and two members Harold Snyder and Kenneth Zimmerman will perform in the University of Michigan Concert broadcast from WJR Detroit Saturday July 27 10 50 to 11 00 am Ebbs plays clarinet Snyder on baritone sax Zimmerman on trombone
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Fredrick Ebbs
Rittman High School
University of Michigan
WJR
Detroit
Ebbs
Rittman
Harold Snyder
Kenneth Zimmerman
Snyder
Zimmerman
Rittman Scouts Attend Camp Manatee Near Peninsula
Rittman Boy Scouts Jack Wenger and Roger McGee attend Camp Manatee this week. Last week Richard Wenger and James Osborne camped there. The camp welcomes visitors on Wednesday and Sunday.
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Rittman Boy Scouts
Manatee
Peninsula
Ohio
Jack Wenger
Roger McGee
Richard Wenger
James Osborne
Forged Checks Warned In Rittman Area
Local authorities caution merchants and farmers about checks signed H. Watts that have been forged and cashed recently in Rittman. A separate alert seeks information on a chicken theft ring that took 190 birds from Ed Schwarts farm on North Road.
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Rittman
H. Watts
Jhas
Ed Schwarts
North Road
Rittman Alumni Banquet Plans Advance
Class members and reps meet to firm plans for the Rittman Alumni Banquet set for 6 pm Saturday August 31 at the Municipal Building auditorium. Tickets distributed by class reps. 900 tickets already issued. Next meeting 7 pm Tuesday August 6 with reports on ticket sales and program and menu progress. W D Hilty is alumni president and Mrs. W D Bility secretary.
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Rittman
Sylvia Hardgrove
Molle Bell
Edna Darby
Rit~man
Thomas’ Drugstore
Rittman High School
W. D. Hilty
W. D. Bility
Special Sunday Soloist at Milton Presbyterian Church
Howard Shatw, Wooster College class of 1940, will be the soloist at the Milton Presbyterian Church Sunday morning services He previously sang at the Ohio Synod evening service on the Wooster College campus this June to highlight his role as a distinguished musician in local religious circles
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Milton Presbyterian Church
Howard Shatw
Wooster College
Shaw
Ohio Synod
Board Hires Two Teachers As Budgets Discussed
The Board of Education met at the High School to hire teachers and review annual appropriations. Miss Tia Smith of Massillon will teach kindergarten and Miss Many Dubatowka of Akron will teach high school English and serve as Dean of Girls, both at $1,000 salaries.
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Board of Education
Kindak
Dorothy Bst
Galil Lance
Tia Smith
Massillon
Kin. Sens
Missy Smith
Wooster College
Aho
Kent State University
Blark County
Miss Many Dubatowka
Akron
Miss
Lance
Quick ad speed outpaces rabbit in press class ads
A brief note from a page seven classified section comments on unusually fast response times in advertisements. The author uses playful wording to compare prompt replies with a rabbit’s speed, reflecting the brisk pace of the issue’s classifieds.
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Rittman Press
Parrotown Airport to Feature Parachute Jump and Flights
Parbetto n Airport manager Glenn W. Snyder announces a Sunday feature including a parachute jump, Melody Boys and Scenic Airplane Rides. Snyder, manager since last October, has installed Luscomb and Funk planes. Thirty eight students are taking lessons from two newly related instructors.
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Barberton
Glenn W. Snyder
Parbettot
Melody Boys
Snyder
Luscomb
Funk
Forty Rittman merchants plan 10 week trade program
The group will award cash gifts to customers who patronize member stores during ten weeks. Tickets will be distributed and drawn each Saturday evening in a public drawing. Civic Association trade committee members include Nelphi Overrott Edward Eiches Wald and Ernest Harrison.
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Rittman
Overtrott
Edward Eiehes
Wald
Sind G
Ernest
Harrison
Civic Associathon Trade
Carnival at Sterling August 15 and 16
Sponsors announce a local carnival at Sterling on August 15 and 16 with bands performing. Details are incomplete but include a World’s Fair style mood and references to a pipe band.
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Carnival
Sterling
K.oo P
Will
Sponede
Bend ‘Carnttval
Wade
Burial Notice for Tere Beyeh Sap in Creem Church
The obituary notes the death on Friday and funeral services held Sunday at noon at Ebert Church. Rev. AY E officiated with Brethren present, followed by burial in the cemetery.
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Tere Beyeh
Creem
Ceanghery
Jameral
Thie
Hartman Phyllis Arlyne obituary service details
Phyllis Arlyne Hartman daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hartesanep commen renentiagrs Sula Children's Hospital death linked to meningitis at 2 pm Funeral at Ebert Funeral Home officiated by Rev Riftman Cemetery burial in Geneva by her parents and brother John Jr.
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Udatgheter
John Hartesan
Casina
Ebert
Riftman
Cegena
Gada
Jonn.Jr
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