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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1962
Page
1
A shaggy column by Fran Sandrock blends quirky bird lore with community notices. It mentions a pair of starlings driving a flicker from its maple home and recalls Uncle Nate’s hayrack mishap. The piece drifts into local events, club meetings, and varied notices across small towns, including painting demos, hospital stays, weddings, and town social plans.
Rittman Ohio lay committee ended five public sessions outlining future school needs. Key items: special education for slow learners at $18,000 for two rooms. expanded manual arts and home economics to curb dropout rates. reading help for slow bloomers with a part time program. expanded art. and speech and hearing therapy costing $6,500 yearly for 80 plus students. They urged more state funding and tax hikes earmarked for education, plus possible bus reductions. Citizens urged contacting legislators, aiming for economical, improved education.
A local resident states he is working at a golf course and plans to keep busy with life after his wife’s move from First Street School cafe to a new home on Sandview Avenue this fall.
Elizabeth Hostetler daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Hostetler was honored at the Rittman Board of Education meeting with an Award of Distinction from the State Board of Education. The award recognizes a student with required credits in English social studies science foreign language and math. Elizabeth was the only student in the 1962 graduating class to qualify, with the certificate signed by Wayne E Shaffer, president of the state board.
John Vaughn 75 of Bolivar Ohio former Rittman resident dies. Services set for Friday in Hiram Ohio. He is survived by his wife Mina Miller a son Edward of Union and daughter Mrs Bess Charmes with other relatives including Bertha Spencer of Bolivar and a granddaughter in Medina. Affected locations include Wadsworth and Phœnix Falls.
Council and solicitor C. E. Rhone mus Monday urged police enforcement of the litter ordinance. Fines range from five to fifty dollars. The council asked the city manager to post signs of penalties and increase trash cans. Councilman Hall called for better dump supervision to stop blowing waste. Banders proposed moving the dump behind the sewage plant, but no action followed.
The Packaging Corporation of America plant in Rittman faced a general strike at 12:01 a.m. with 1,200 of 1,800 workers walking out. Pickets blocked plant entrances as union and company officials prepared for court injunctions while talks with a federal mediator failed to avert the walkout.
City officials discussed the possibility of an extra operating levy on the November ballot. Finance chair Edward Bernhardt proposed studying city needs and July 15 budget figures before deciding on additional revenue. Other actions included extending phone service, paving plans funded by adjoining landowner, drainage work, and staff training costs for police.
A final Soap Box Derby clinic before the Wooster race on July 1 will be held at the Junior Achievement building at 7 p.m. Tuesday June 19. Advisor Vernon Hoskinson says the meeting is crucial for every boy to build a racer and receive trial instructions and remaining prerequisites for workouts.
The Rittman Board of Education discussed extending hours or using JA building and local play rooms as classrooms to ease space strain. They hired Spahn & Barnes to inspect the situation and planned further discussions at West Hill School.
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