Gully beautification project brings scouts and city officials together
G llister of Girlcoats leads volunteers at the West Ohio Avenue gully as mothers and Girl Scout leaders plant pansies geraniums and bulbs. City Manager Willard Laughlin guides a tour of the site and jokes about a No Parking sign. Local families welcome new births and personal news from Ruth and friends.
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K ‘Gllister
Ohio “Avenue Gully
Willard Laughlin
Nein
Salt Box Neighborhood Girl Seat
Kenneth Kearcher
Union election heat as Tonelli to address Rittman rally
International President Joseph Tonelli will address union members at a June 6 rally in Rittman High School as two weeks of campaigning lead to a secret ballot on June 7. The dispute centers on hourly employees formerly with IBPSPM Local 150 facing a Teamsters challenge, with Local 150 pledging to keep the local union money in Rittman.
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PCA
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers Local 150
United Paper and Allied Workers Teamsters
Local 150
Joseph P. Tonelli
Ibps&pm
Rittman High School
Robert Meade
Earl C. Taylor
International
Ken Castle
Columbus
National Labor Relations Board
Akron
Rittman
Teamsters
American Legion Hall
East Sunset
Dick Logan
UPAW
Laughlin resigns Rittman city manager post for Iowa planning job
Willard K. Laughlin announced his resignation to accept a top level planning job for the state of Iowa. The 27 year old Iowa City native has led Rittman since November 1964 and will depart for the new post in September unless a successor is named earlier. He cited desire for broader learning as a Public Administrator and praised the city’s achievements under his administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard K. Laughlin
Rittman
Iowa
Iowa City
Laughlin
Harold E. Hughes
Des Moines
American Mosquito Control Association
Washington
Metzger
Rittman Board Sets Meeting in High School Room
The Rittman Board of Education will meet on Wednesday June 8 in the home economics room at Rittman High School.
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Rittman Board of Education
Rittman High School
Mid-Decade Census Estimates for Ohio Cities Released
Ohio officials released mid-decade census estimates showing Rittman 6333 residents Creston 1638 Doylestown 2146 and Marshallville 690. State totals reached 10 564 144 with an 857 747 rise since 1960 and 9 706 397 in 1960. Cleveland leads with 848 108 residents Columbus 519 532 Cincinnati 487 516 and other cities exceed 100 000. Kettering and Parma show notable growth.
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Ohio
Rittman
State of
Department of Development
Creston
Doylestown
Marshallville
Sterling
Arlene Eis
Development Department
State of Ohio
Miss Eis
U. S. Census Bureau
Columbus
Cincinnati
Toledo
Akron
Daytorail
Youngstown
Canton
Kettering
Parma
Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Geauga, Lake
Mejina
Rittman High to Hold 71st Commencement
Rittman High School plans the 71st commencement with the band singing Alma Mater and the choir performing A Calm Sea. Rev F D Donaldson will give invocation and benediction for 114 graduates as diplomas are handed out.
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Rittman High School
F. D. Donaldson
Rittman High
Richard Milford
Milford
Gross He’ Presbyterian Church
Gross Ile. Mich
Ohio University
Princeton Theological Seminary
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
University of Heidelberg
Germany
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Michele
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Wate
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Linda Copenhaven
Merit
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May
Michael? Millers
Rittman RD 1
Jan Lora
Jill Lisa
Wooster Hospital
Wiliam R. Smith
Orrville Q Osteopathic Hospital
Tarrimy
Dawn
Thomas Resols
North Senacn
Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital
Ting
Harry Griffith
Orrville Dunlap Hospital
George Spence
North Metzger
Janet Kay
Ron
Anthony Shutway
Dbylastown
Orrville Osteopathic Hospital
Dale Widmer
Joanne
Shari—Sandrock
New York City
Jeannette
Claudette Baker
Ee Petre
June Brown
Harold Wagner
Hardgrove
Legion
Bill
Ethel Wallace
South
Florida
Blue Ridge and
Smoky Mountains
Warm Springs
Roosevelt White House
Wallace
Sevel
Jack and
Blanche Brodie
Robert Scharios
Miami
Key West
Donald Meade
Majorettes
Perce Tua Vet
Tonelli
Council
Ofr
Cent
Marianne Hobell
Fred Freed
Bethoven
Angi
Binnie Booth
Weber Cathy Kmhoff
Roger Bartram
John R. Heter
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