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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1968
Page
1
A playful reminiscence recalls Sally and Red Dalbey’s near speed trap in Highpoint North Carolina. A patrolman names Sal as Safe Driver of the Day offering an overnight stay and breakfast, later declined due to a prior commitment.
Terry Vinson, 24, a former Rittmanite now of Bell Gardens California, is severely injured after a shotgun shooting. Kenneth Wellman, 20, is jailed in California amid claims of a related stabbing incident and a local fracas. The Vinsons describe a sequence involving Ella Price and Wellman leading to the injuries.
In the Rittman school system three hundred sixteen students enroll in summer classes. Eight teachers and eight assistants direct math and reading at North Street School from 8 a.m. to 12 noon with six students per class for individual attention. Principal Robert Miller oversees the program with listed teachers and eight college student assistants.
The PeeWee Boosters invite interested parents to the July 1 meeting at 7 30 p m in the Rittman Saving Bank social rooms.
City Manager Gosney warns rising expenses and stagnant assessment growth will force a tax-raising choice next year. A budget plan reduces the bond retirement fund by one mill to balance 1970 needs, while a camper trailer ordinance prompts mixed reactions from Pac Mor Chapter leaders and workers groups.
The American Legion post hosts a Saturday Bar-B-Que at Marshallville ballpark with serving starting at 5 30 pm. The seventh annual event features games prizes and entertainment by the Brewster Clown Band.
Senior Girl Scouts will hold a bake sale this Saturday from 9 to 12 at Rittman Savings Bank. Proceeds support troop activities and community projects.
Anna Jacobs of Akron aged 83 mother of Mrs. Ralph Gwaltney and Mrs. Phillip Levin died after a long illness. Surviving daughter and burial took place in Akron.
The 4 H Trailblazers club in Rittman will meet at the American Legion Hall on Friday at 7 30 PM. Members will discuss upcoming projects and activities for the season.
Services were Tuesday for John H. Thacker 83 of 406 North Main. He died Saturday after a long illness. Born in West Virginia he formerly lived in Wayne W Va and Chippewa Lake. Employed at Babcock and Wilcox Co Bar berton retired 1953. Surviving sons Vernon Kenova Roy Pritchard and Donald Chippewa Lake daughters Mrs Virgil Trogdon Rittman and Mrs Walter Davis Wayne W Va sister Mrs Freelin Riggs Wheelersburg 21 grandchildren 47 great grandchildren. Burial in Rittman Cemetery. Rev Will Pollard Wadsworth officiated Gillman Funeral Home in charge.
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Cloe ne Luedy 31 of 212 Darling Drive Wadsworth at Calvary Baptist Church at 1 30 PM Wednesday officiated by Rev Oscar Perry Burial follows in Rittman Cemetery Gillman Funeral Home handles arrangements She had lived in the Wadsworth Rittman area 21 years Surviving are her parents Elesta Hamilton McDowell Kentucky and Raymond Shelton Warsaw Indiana sons Glen Curtis and Frank Se ville grandfather Charles Shelton Drift Kentucky five brothers Ronald Drift Kentucky Samuel and Charles Shelton Warsaw Indiana Larry and Darrell Hamilton McDowell Kentucky and a sister Mrs Ralph Little Cliff Kentucky.
Rittman City Council approved hiring Bill Pelfrey and Orrin Grosjean to bolster the police force. Both men are 23 and veterans of Vietnam service with multiple medals. Grosjean lives in Wooster. Pelfrey resides at 370 Stratford Avenue with wife Myra. Hiring follows four officer resignations reducing force to two officers plus Chief Hefelman and two others.
Mayor Ashton Hall proclaimed Thursday July 4 as Bells For Freedom Bells for Safety Day at the city council meeting as part of a nationwide observance. Bells will ring throughout Rittman for two minutes at 2 p.m with participation from individuals churches and industry.
Work has begun on a $50,000 Ohio Fuel Gas pipeline replacement in northern Wayne County to ensure continued gas service to Columbia Gas of Ohio customers in Creston, Sterling, and Rittman. F. J. Hayes says over a mile of 8 inch line is being laid southwest of Creston to replace two smaller sections. Ohio Fuel supplies natural gas to Columbia Gas of Ohio and other Ohio gas companies as part of the Columbia Gas System. Ohio Fuel workers are replacing the line with completion expected by an unspecified date.
City Manager Macauley Gosney announced at Monday's meeting that trash pickup will shift to Wednesday, July 3, instead of the usual Thursday schedule, due to the Fourth of July holiday. The change affects the regular collection route.
James W Chambers has been hired as Milton Township constable by Milton Township Trustees to provide added protection. The appointment follows the earlier hiring of Kenneth King, who cannot continue due to a new truck driving job. Chambers will serve during off duty hours with the Rittman police, where he has three years of patrol experience. For contact, call 925 7471.
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