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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1952
Page
1
Rittman will deploy radar at least weekly to arrest speeding motorists. Mayor Hoover and Police Chief Heffelman push tighter traffic control, aiming to stagger radar days and improve enforcement across the town.
Eleven veteran employees of the Ohio Boxboard Company will be retired next Tuesday per Arthur Hall director of industrial relations. The list includes Daniel Brodbeck Simon Strimlan Jr Charles Whitman Ray Ashbrook Arthur Lower William Ritter V H Van Nostran Eldred Weyrick Elmer Kieffer Dimitrije Borisi and C L Gordon with their start dates and current positions in maintenance plant printing theater and other divisions.
Paul E. Geiser 68 dies after a lingering illness at Wadsworth Hospital. Funeral services set for Friday at Gillman Funeral Home with Revert Hager of Pandora officiating. He lived near Rittman two miles east, worked in fruit farming, born in Switzerland, immigrated 1888, later near Orrville and Rittman. Survived by wife Jennie, three daughters Delpha Straiton Donna Keener Pauline Moore, son Wilbur, ten grandchildren, siblings and other relatives. Friends may call Thursday evening.
Meeting notice states the U Kum Club will gather next Wednesday July 2 at the home of Mrs George Secrest. The entry lists venue details and the host responsible for arrangements. Identifiable addresses or times are not fully shown in the readable text.
At 5 50 a m Tuesday three people were injured in a two car crash at the junction of Routes 604 and 94. James Kendall of Marshallville suffered head elbow and knee injuries. Edna Piatt of Sterling had bruises and lacerations to the left arm. Ada Pittman of Creston, a Piatt passenger, was taken to Lodi hospital with a hip laceration and possible fracture. Piatt was eastbound on Route 604 when she broadside Kendall on Route 94 and she was arrested for failing to yield at a crossing.
Akron Gabriel Matye, 50, of 334 N Seneca St, received six months in County Jail and a $500 fine for the October 6 traffic crash that killed Mrs. Clementine Gerkin of RD 3 Barberton. Judge Claude V. D. Emmons imposed the maximum misdemeanor sentence after Matye admitted drinking before the crash and having no memory of the Wooster Road collision. Assistant Prosecutor Robert Azar noted Matye, longtime driver for a trucking firm, had prior recognition for safe driving.
Father Farrell of St. Ann's Catholic Church was taken ill last week with a heart condition and admitted to St. Thomas Hospital in Akron. Latest reports say he is slightly improved.
Gerald Misere son of Mrs. Joe King 237 Industrial Street is home on leave from the Navy. He has completed boat training and is stationed at Santiago California. He will report to Great Lakes Illinois by July 3 to attend school.
Wayne Ambrose presented a half hour magic show at the Lions club dinner with Glenn Warner as guest entertainer. O A Houglan led arrangements for the June 30 meeting featuring installation of new officers and Ladies Night.
Joseph F. Hartzler of Sterling and Marian M. Zollinger of Rittman. Ralph J. Riblett of Berea and Roberta May Fisher of Wooster. Ernest Tyrite of Barberton and Ada F. Shafer of Rittman. Robert L. White of Rittman and Doris J. Paulos of Rittman.
Neighbors on Sterling Road hosted a farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. William Swartz. Forty guests attended and presented the couple with money and a bedspread as they move to their new home on North Fifth Street.
A 125th Anniversary celebration preview for Doylestown features a bus tour to Cleveland with 40 participants in period dress. They toured on television and attended a baseball game, wearing old costumes and carrying antique weapons as part of the celebration preparations.
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