Fishermen trade tales from Ontario trip and local notices
Jim Moore recounts a fishing trip to Lake Brunswick with Jim Frye and others in Ontario. Stakes were five cents per fish, Moore catching 19 of 21. The piece also lists letters to the editor, new births, travels of Wayne Williams, and several local visits, with references to Rotary International events in Europe.
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Jim+Moore
Jim Frye
Moore
Wade Rohrer
Broach
Jay Griffith
Andy Banders
Carly Maslak
Ohn Maslak
Erye
Ieach JM
Brunswick
Frye
Jim Moore
Jim—Moore
Two RHS Students Win General Motors and County Scholarships
Web Boyle of Rittman High School earns a National Merit Scholarship honor and will attend General Motors Institute in Flint Michigan this fall. Daniel Winkler receives three scholarships from Wayne County Development Fund Educational Opportunity Grant and Stadium Dormitory Scholarship to attend Ohio State University.
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Ternstedt Division
General Motors
Columbus
William “Web” Boyle
Web
Edward FE. Boyle
Metzger
General Motors Institute
Flint, Mich
United States
Daniel E. Winkler
Rittman High School
Harold “Dick" Winkler
Rittman
Dan
Wayne County Development Fund
Wayne County
Ohio State University
Dant
Rittman High
Maibach
Brown Cleaners
Rittman Education Dilemma Spurs Consolidation Debate
Thirty residents at a Rittman meeting questioned whether consolidation with neighboring districts would improve curriculum and economics. Supporters argued better classes and economies of scale. opponents pressed for local control and uncertain costs. A feasibility study could take seven months to a year, with state boards and universities involved.
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Rittman
Rittmanites
Rittman Board of Education
Citizens Committee For Better Schools
Roger Hessidence
Joe Felix
Don Emch
W. H. Hauenstein
State Board
Hauenstein
State Board of Education
Robert West
Columbus
William Breece
Rittman High School
Robert Bodager
F. D. Donaldson
Donaldson
Peggy Lance Selected for Cadette Encampment at Rock Creek
Peggy Lance of Rittman earns a place among eight Akron Area Scout Council Cadette nominees to attend the Cadette Patrol Encampment at Camp Unalia Rock Creek August 14 to 26. She will join girls from Canada and others, and Akron Area Girl Scout Council funds $50 per attending girl. Peggy, daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Houglan, is active with Troop 357 and junior Scout Troop work. The encampment theme is Values to Hold Worlds to Explore and includes swimming, hikes, skill workshops, and campfire programs.
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Rittman
Peggy
CampzUnali
Rock Creek
Don Houglan
South Metzger
Akron
Willard Rush
Akron Area Girl Scout Council
United Fund
Karamu
Astabula County Fair
Lake Erie
Wayne F. Kurtz Buried in Rittman Cemetery
Services for Wayne F. Kurtz 62 of Wooster were held Tuesday at Gillman Funeral Home with burial in Rittman Cemetery. Known as Sweeny Kurtz, he died after a weeklong illness at Wooster Hospital. He lived in Wooster 14 years and leaves two sons, two daughters, a sister and a brother among 10 grandchildren.
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Wayne F. Kurtz
Wooster
Gillman Funeral Home
Rittman Cemetery
Kurtz
Nellie Shook
Hazel Milford
Ethel Snyder
Mildred Franks
Rittman
Wooster Hospital
Sweeny” Kurtz
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Rittmean
Phe
F. D. Donaldson
Drummond
Kalamazoo
Mich
Reginald
Muskegon
Gwili Hutchison
Shelby
Janice Spyke
Decatur
Bernadine Mullen
Medina
Clarence Kurtz
Rittman High School Commencement Set for Thursday Evening
Ninety five Rittman High School seniors will march in green and gold to receive diplomas Thursday at 8 p.m. in the high school gym. The class, band, and concert choir will perform with special awards planned. State Senator Oliver Ocasek will give the principal address on "Freedom is Not Free" and Carolyn McCloud will deliver the class address.
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Rittman High School
Oliver Ocasek
Dennis Antram
Elgar
Clarence Liederbach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Carolyn Warren
Carolyn Lambert
Jean Adams
Connie Pabor
Jean Ramsier
Franz -Joseph Haya
Thomas J. Spear
Wounded Soldier Nieman Recovers in Japan
Denny C Nieman SP 4 US Army of Sterling is recovering in a Japanese hospital after sustaining a May 15 wound in Vietnam while helping a fellow wounded soldier. He had surgery to repair a severed tendon and broken tibia, followed by grafting and casting. He is listed with APO San Francisco 96267.
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Denny Nieman
Charles Nieman
Sterling
Vietnam
Éman
Denny C. Nieman
General Hospital
Apo San. Francisco
Calif
Rittman Pool Opens Full Time After Dismissal
Rittman swimming pool will be open full time from Friday after school dismissals. Hours are 1 to 9 p.m. season passes available at City Hall or pool. Family memberships 15 dollars, single 7 dollars. Children 12 and under 35 cents daily. under 6 with adult 18 plus. Ages 13-18 50 cents. adults 75 cents. Private party charge 25 dollars 9 to 11 p.m.
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Rittman
Rittman City Hall
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Hop’ Sing
Wilderness
Yvonne Moore
Yvonne
Eugene Moores
North Main
North Street
Jean Blankenship
David
Lynn Calderhead
Jil Lynn
Orrville Osteopathic Hospital
Long Beach
Cal
USN
Jill
Connie
Hank Tompkins
Industrial
Bobcaygeon
Ontari Toy
Wayne Ferrers
Bill Ferrers
Harold Walkers
Robert Adams
Billy Shaw
Roy Shaws
Mary
Lin Williams
Europe
Rotary International
Nice
France
Switzerland
London
Masonic Lodge
China
Italy
Austria
Vienna
Rotary
Cleveland
Ernest
Helen Harrison
Nashville, Tenn
Rittman Press
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Nashville
James Sparks
Wadsworth-Rittman 1 _Hospital
Robert Gray
Washington, D. C
A. J. Grant
South Third
Baby
Susan
Burton
Bob
Washington
Harry _Schaub
North Third
Plas
The
Osteopathic Hospital
Orrgilley Campde
Donald Jenkins
North Second
Grand Rapids
Amway Corporation
Paul Harvey
George Romney
Walter Keating
American Legion
Joe Wald
Keating
RHS
Boyle
William
Web” Boyle
Dan Winkler
Doylestown
Chippewa
State Board—Of—Education
Peggy Lance
Unalla
Bere
Gold Star
Charles Rosenberg
Pinger
Harry Maurer
G. Howard Clip
Carolyn McCloud
Ietnam
PTA
Rittman Rotary Club
Ronald G. Woyat
Jean L—Adams
Mary—J- Beery
Barbara A.breece
Susan K. Brenneman
Judith M Burger
Theresa F. Carter
Maria M. Casares
Argentina
Charlotte J. Christian
Paulette Copley
Mallory J. Davis
Penny J Davis
Donna M. Ellis
Patricia A. Fleming
Commie J. Gammell
Linda E. Griffin
Lovely Hall
J. T. Yoder, Jr
Wooster RD
Yoder
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