39 Called Up For Army Navy Duty in Selective Service List
Thirty-nine men are notified by Selective Service Board No. 2 to report for induction this month. Army calls total 23 on the 30th and Navy calls 16 on the 28th, with 18 others set for pre induction on the 80th. Names include John E Rastorfer and Harry E Ball among Army draftees and Woodrow G Keesling and Julius P Rosenberg among Navy selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board No. 2
Armed Services
Army
Navy
John E Rastorfer
Robert E. Maibach
Alton B. Maibach
Sterling
Harry E. Ball
Charles A. Jones
Thomas K. Lendon
John R. Chisholm
Rittman
Donald G. Brobst
Doylestown
Woodrow G. Keesling
James B. Wenger
Melvin D Trent
Julius P Rosenberg
Richard L. Faber
Calvin E. Lower
Marshallville
Aaron Y Work
Creston RD
Richard J. Waldron
Walter E. Buss, Jr. Sterling
William V. Luthringer
Earl R. Wood
Paul E. Games
Wayne E Ferrer
Hugh M. Masters
Marie Haxton Weds Cpl Rodney Hayden In Orrville Home Ceremony
Miss Marie Haxton became the bride of Cpl Rodney V Hayden of Orrville in a Saturday evening ceremony at 8 15 at the home of the bride's mother Mrs Ruby Haxton. Rev Ernest Laughlin officiated. Matron of honor was Mrs Harry Oldham and best man was Harry Oldham. The bride wore aquamarine street length gown and yellow rose corsage. The groom is with the U S Army at Fort Meade Maryland. The couple will reside with the bride's mother.
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Ruby Haxton
Marie Haxton
Cpl
Rodney V Hayden
Rodney G. Hayden
Orrville
Ernest Laughlin
Rittman High School
Supt. W. A. Garver
Orrville High School
Roast for Girl Scouts by American Legion Auxiliary
All Girl Scouts of Troop I are invited to a roast sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Everything is furnished. The event will be at the big park with the scouts meeting at the little pavilion at 6 oclock Tuesday night June 27. All are urged to attend.
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Girl Scouts
Troop I
American Legion Auxiliary
Big Park
Little Pavilion
Personal notices from local area residents
A collection of short items notes residents home on furloughs and leaves from military posts. Milestones include Pfc Floyd W Miller returning from Eglin Field and Milo Smith from Fort Riley visiting family. Other items preview pneumonia cases, vacations, transfers, and local visits among residents and relatives.
Service Notes From a South Pacific Letter June 6 1944
Soldier Paul E Dickerson writes from a South Pacific island on D Day describing reunions with friends from Orrville Wadsworth and Rittman. He recalls a Captain sharing dinner, Navy sailors shows, locals with nose bones and sarongs, and a France invasion radio update pledging support against Germany. He mentions collecting press copies and plans to deliver them to Bill Koontz.
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Paul Dickerson
South Pacific
France
Ohio
Warren Martin
Orrville
Army
Eddie Boyle
Charlie Rosenberg
Wadsworth
Mitchell
Ralph
Homer
Harold
Division
Bill Koontz
Rittman
Dad
Howard
Glen Burkey
Caledonia
Masons Attend Saint Johns Day Service at Broad Street Church
The First Baptist church invites Carl W. Ellenwood Lodge No. 715 Masonic Order to Saint Johns Day observance on Sunday June 25 at 10 00 a.m. Echols Bros quartet and the Baptist choir will provide special music for the program.
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The
First Baptist Church
Carl W. Ellenwood Lodge
Echols Bros. Quartet
Baptist Choir
Injured in Freak Tree Car Crash Near Nesmith Lake
Miss Joan Britton daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Britton of W First St and five year old Mary Louise Smith daughter of Chester Smith of W Second St were injured Sunday afternoon near Nesmith Lake Akron when an old dead tree crashed through the roof of the Smith automobile. Britton suffered severe leg cuts requiring 19 stitches and Mary Louise was cut on the hand. Britton is in Peoples hospital and walks on crutches this week while Miss Smith was brushed by branches.
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Joan Britton
Howard Britton
First St
Mary Louise Smith
Chester Smith
Second St
Nesmith Lake
Akron
Miss Britton
Mary Louise
Smith
Verda Belle Sands
Athens
Peoples Hospital
Ohio Boxboard Co
Mexican railroad workers sign for blood donations
An appeal urges those who never donated to schedule a blood giving at Red Cross Blood Bank in Wadsworth on June 29 and 30. Fifteen Mexican railroad workers at the Erie camp volunteered to donate. Rotarians offer cars to transport donors to the appointments.
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Red Cross Blood Bank
Wadsworth
J. R. West
Rittman
Red Cross
Erie Railroad
E. Ohio Ave
City Hall
J R West
L E Swope
Births in Lodi and Wadsworth Hospitals
A daughter Janet Ann 7 pounds 24% ounces born to Mr and Mrs Russell Blatt er on June 4 at Lodi Hospital. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs R Carl Schaffer at Wadsworth Hospital on June 21. father serving in Iceland with the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Ann
Russell Blatter
Lodi Hospital
R. Carl Schaffter
Wadsworth Hospital
Iceland
Dodgers Win Two In New Junior Boys League
The junior boys league splits into Dodgers and Tigers with captains Harold Walker and Neil Milford. Games set for Monday and Tuesday at 6 p m on the recreation field with results showing Dodgers beating Tigers 4 3 on Monday and Dodgers 12 Tigers 7 on Tuesday.
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Dodgers
Tigers
Harold Walker
Neil Milford
Recreation Field
Indians
Cards
Pirates
Yanks
Soldier delivers whale and seal sightings from Aleutians
Weeks ago a service member arrived in the Aleutians and reports seeing several whales and seals while enroute. He is on duty at a hospital there and provides a mailing address at 185th Station Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
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Aleutians
185Th Station
Seattle
Washington
Mortgage Burning Service At Rittman Church Of Christ
The Rittman Church of Christ will hold a Mortgage Burning service on Sunday afternoon June 25 at 3:00 PM. Rev Gaines Cook of Ohio will deliver the sermon and the program includes hymns, special music, scripture, and a brief church history.
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Rittman Church of Christ
Gaines Cook
Churches of Christ of Ohio
One Foundation
Benjamin Godard
Robert Giauque
Jesus
Helen Barker
Ralph Fixler
Vacation Bible School Final Program Set for Monday Night
The Daily Vacation Bible School closing its two week session this week with a demonstration service at 7 30 p m Monday June 26 at the Rittman Baptist church. Departments will display what they learned and teachers are praised for their efficient instruction. Parents and friends are invited.
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Vacation Bible School
Presbyterian
The
United Brethren
Baptist Churches
Church of God
Church of Christ
Rittman Baptist Church
Bible School
Spray Elm Trees Now To Stop Scale Spread
Residents urged to spray elm trees on N Main St to halt elm scale infestation. Experts from Ohio Experiment Station observed reddish brown bark lice and white waxy fringes. Treatment advised late June with nicotine sulfate solution and soap or Grasselli sticker spreader before eggs hatch in early July.
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John Baldwin
J Grant
Shade Tree Commission
Dts Houser
Neiswander
Ohio Experiment Station
Snterner
Rittman
N Main St
Victory Garden Gate for Your Garden
Wartime appeal urges gardeners to can surplus produce for the war effort. It urges eating what you can and preserving the rest. Every pound grown becomes aid for soldiers and their allies through home canning drives.
Hawkins Family Grows Green Beans Surprise
P M Hawkins of Shinersburg surprised his family by bringing in garden grown green beans on Wednesday this week. The note hints at a potential record achievement for the garden harvest.
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M. Hawkins
Shinersburg
Moose Meet Fridays at Union Hall
The Moose lodge holds Friday evening gatherings at 8:00 o'clock at Union Hall until further notice. Members are advised to attend and enjoy community activities and fellowship.
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Moose Lodge
Union Hall
Fresno Visitors Spend Wednesday at Roy Welling Home
Sgt. Dallas Welling and family members from Fresno visited Roy Welling's home last Wednesday. The group included Mrs. Paul Miller and daughter Lujuan, Mrs. Lou Barrick, Mrs. O. C. Welling, and daughter Karen.
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Dallas Welling
Paul Miller
Lujuan
Lou Barrick
O. C. Welling
Karen
Fresno
Roy Welling
Infant Huffman Dies in Akron Hospital
Mary Elizabeth Huffman six teen months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Huffman of W Ohio died at midnight Sunday night in the Children's Hospital at Akron. The body was sent to Greenup Ky where funeral services and burial were made Wednesday.
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Mary Elizabeth Huffman
Henry Huffman
W. Ohio Are
Children's Hospital
Akron
Greenup
Bond Sales Pass Half of Personal Quota in War Loan Drive
House to house canvassers for the Sth war loan push toward 132 600 in bonds. Rittman Savings Bank reports 51826 75 in Rittman and 24350 in Doylestown, totaling 76176 75 in individual sales. Regional chairmen and numerous solicitors are listed as workers with the Ohio Boxboard Co conducting a special wagon to earn merit flags.
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Rittman Savings Bank
Rittman
Doylestown
W. Bodager
W. Bodager, ‘Gional Chairman, Mrs. Cletus Hardgrove, Mrs. Nelson Sheets
Frank Schaad
Ivan King
Leo Rastorfer
Harvey Haackensmith
Jay Griffith
Earl Killough
M R. Ritter
William Ritter
Carl Rizar
A. G. Beery
H. I. Daniels
William Campbell
Ralph Overholt
Leonard Over
E. D. Steiner
Edward Musser
Gladys Gorby
Dora Wright
A. E. Goffinst
L. Z. Amstutz
H. L. Qualman
Chester Winkler
Ohio Boxboard Co.s
Treasury Department
Leah Rastorfer
Harold Simpson
Schario Sells Store To Jim Collier
Robert Schario announces he will sell Schario Grocery on E Ohio Ave in Rittman to Jim Collier with lease of the building. Collier, longtime Spung Baking Co district route man, will take over July 1. Schario plans to retire by Aug 9 after 15 years in the store and will move toward California in August.
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California
Schario
Florida
E. Ohio
Mrs. Fredrick Appears on Goodwill Radio Hour
Mrs. T E Fredrick of East Ohio Avenue discussed her son David who serves as a Merchant Marine engineer and Navy Reserve Ensign. Dr Anthony advised against a transfer to Navy Ensign. The Fredricks visited David in New York while in port and met Jesse Vallandingham Nelle Fredrick and Stanley Steiner.
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Rittman
T. E
BR. V. Fredrick
E. Ohfo Ave
Anthony
Fredrick
David
Naval Reserve
Merchant Marine
Navy
New York
Port
Jesse Vallandingham
Nelle
Stanley Steiner
Gifts for Doughbey Soldiers Decline Cigarettes and Care Packages
Soldiers express clear wishes refusing cigarettes and ordinary care packages. They request practical comforts and a modest, well packed aid effort tailored to their needs.
Drafted men lose choice of service after July 1
Men reporting for pre induction examinations at Cleveland after July 1 will not be assigned to a specific branch that day. Selective Service Board No. 2 is notified. Accepted men go into a pool and will be assigned to Army or Navy on their reporting day. The rule excludes those to report on June 30.
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Cleveland
Selective Service Board No. 2
Carol Weber killed by milk truck near Sterling
Carol Weber two died last Friday when an uncle backing a milk truck at a farm four miles south of Sterling struck her as she exited a house. She died en route to Dr. Fosters in Creston. Survived by Ralph and unnamed mother and father, with father serving in India. Funeral at Apostolic Church south of Rittman. Burial in church cemetery.
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Carol Marle Weber
Ben Maibach
Sterling
Carol
India
Apostolic Church
Rittman
Noah Hartr
Ler
Jerrine Forrer Teaching at Vacation Bible School
The Press omitted the name of Misa Jerrine Forrer from the list of Daily Vacation Bible School teachers last week. She assists Mrs. Herbert Willems and serves as pianist for the beginners and primary department.
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Misa Jerrine
Herbert Willems
Snyder Diner Sells to Wiland Gasser After Closing
Mr and Mrs O C Snyder closed the Diner on E Ohio Ave near the Square to negotiate sale to Wiland Gasser of Saltst. The Diner has been closed all week for arrangements. The Snyders will continue operating their restaurant on the Square with new hours 5 a m to 1130 p m daily.
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O. C. Snyder
E. Ohio Ave
Wiland Gasser
Saltst
Gasser
Wayne County Industry Growth Prompts Rotary Talk
Harold G Arnold of Bauer Mig Co Wooster spoke to Rotary highlighting private industry post war plans. He noted Ritman area jobs up 38 percent since 1840 with DOW industrial workers, and Mayor John Win’s remarks on creating 180 more jobs after the war boom ends.
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Harold G. Arnold
Bauer Mig. Co
Wooster
Wayne County Committee For
Rotary Club
Gay Richard
Wooster Board of Trade
C. E. Carpenter
Ohio Boxboard Co
Ritteiaa
Arnold
Ritman Bet
DOW
Wayne Unity
Onit Basia
John Win
Rittman
Friday Night Concert Supports Rittman Boy Scouts
A school auditorium program in Rittman invites families to hear an evening band concert and sponsor two Boy Scout troops for the year. Tickets are available today and Friday with patron options, aiming to raise $406 for the year.
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Rittman
Opus
Akron Area
Bad Roy
Ey Orear
Young Girls Involved In Turing Incident
Two minors, one allegedly identified as Faure, were linked to a turning event at a roadhouse north of Wadsworth on Saturday night. The girls, offered drinks by men, were returned home by dawn Sunday.
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Iene
Wadsworth
Faure
Water Map at Army Bases Guides Geologists to Resources
Geologists from the Geological Survey map groundwater at U S Army bases worldwide to locate table water sources and often accompany landing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geological Survey
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Fort Gay
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Barberton
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W. A. Garver
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Carlton Jewell
Wadsworth Road
Central Park
Myron Steiner
Rittman R. D
F.R. Alexander
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Ed Schar
Fairport Harbor
John Branigan
Love, Paul
Paul E Dickerson
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U. S. Naval Training Center
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Harding Field
Frank E. Webner
F. ¥. Webner
Grant St
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Dallas E. Welling
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Tyler
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