Rittman Board Firms Staffing for Grade Schools
The Rittman Board of Education held a special meeting to hire Edith Louise Deckman of Cleveland for the first grade and to extend contracts for four teachers in kindergarten through third grade. Charlotte M. Brown and Betty Sandberg accepted positions at $900 for 1940-41, with others under consideration as resignations and new openings affect staffing.
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Board of Education
Rittman
W. A. Garver
Edith Louise Deckman
Cleveland
Imously
Kindergarden
Charlotte M. Brown
Ashland, O
Ella Major
Miss Brown
Hiram College
Ohio Wesleyan
Ashland College
Arkansas
Lucille Irvin
Betty Sandberg
Akron
Ohio
Miss Sandberg
Buchtel High School
Akron University
Garver
Dorothy Brobst
Catherine Neff
Red Cross To Hold Two Day Drive In Rittman
The Rittman branch of the Milton Township Red Cross plans a two day house to house canvass and a tag day to meet a 714 dollar quota. Girl Scout troop members aid the American Legion Auxiliary with tagging on Pride day and will join the drive from 9 am to 9 pm Saturday aided by listed scouts. The Municipal Building in Rittman serves as headquarters for the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Branch
Milton Township
Red Cross
American Legion Aux- Wary
Virginia Steele
Pauline Steele
Shirley Zeigler
Joan Britton
Margaret Wenger
Betty Wilson
Rose Wilson
Gloria Ann Brocker
Colleen Moore
Grace Wenger
Geraldine Brown
Dorothy Wenger
Annette Stearns
Nell Vallandingham
Mary Baker
Virginia Gebhart
Jeanne Grant
Betty Matz
Patty Steiner
Miriam Hinton
Charlotte McCulloch
Bertha Hickin
Dorothy Gilbert
Marjory Warwick
Patty Derhammer
Peggy Poe
Rittman
Garden Club Meeting Is Postponed In Rittman
There will be no meeting this week of the Rittman Garden Club. Members will be notified of the time and place of the next gathering at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Garden Club
Early Bird Press Schedule Warns of Monday Printing
The Press will print Monday night July 1 and mail Tuesday morning. All advertising and news must reach the Press office by noon Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mail
Recording radio cabinet sparks local store craze on South Main
A. I. Ebert on South Main Street markets a three foot high hardwood cabinet radio with a recording turntable and chromium microphone. Patrons can record lyrics or speeches in privacy, voice favored by locals for novelty, including mentions of Pat O'Brien and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. 1. Ebert
South Main Street
Pat
O'Brien
Mr. Ebert
Raymond Bell
John Cordes
Thirteen-year-old Kenneth Zimmerman earns Michigan scholarship
Kenneth Zimmerman, a trombone prodigy from Doylestown, has earned a scholarship to the University of Michigan School of Music in Ann Arbor. He has led Rittman High School Concert Band, won first division ratings in district and state contests, and earned a special musicianship award at a Rotary banquet. He will study under Ravelli and was noted as the youngest first chair trombonist in his school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Kenneth Zimmerman
Rittman High School
Kenneth
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Mr Ravelli
University School of Music
Doylestown
Rittman High
Rittman
Battle Creek
Mich
Carl Zimmerman
Strickland Motors Named Local Buick Dealer in Rittman
W H Hufstader announced Strickland Motors at 458 Main St as Buick dealers in Rittman Ohio. The firm will handle the 1940 Buick line including Series 40 Special and provide complete sales and service facilities to serve new Buick buyers and current owners in the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hufstader
Buick
General Motors Corporation
Strickland Motors
Main St
Rittman
Ohio
Clergy from Ohio Synod Meet in Wooster
Rev. E. H. Hendrickson and Supt. W. A. Garver attend the Twelfth session of the Synod of Ohio in Wooster. Hendrickson serves as one of two permanent clerks and lodges on the Wooster campus. Garver attends as a commissioner from Cleveland Presbytery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. 8. Hendrickson
W. A. Garver
Synod of Ohio
Wooster
Hendrickson
Ohio Synod
Babcock
Garver
Cleveland
Council Hears Committee Heads and Pays Bills
The council met in regular session at 7 30 p m in the City Building to pay bills and consider committee recommendations. The aeronautical marker requirement was deferred due to rooftop size concerns. A sewer maintenance request was not acted upon and a street light request was noted. Mayor Baldwin urged cinders over village dump cans and signaled possible need for a new purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Schlup
Ohio
Alsport
Fred C Stocker
Safety Committee
Roy E. Forrer
Charles Co. Wald
Public Utilities Committee
Christy C. Graber
Meadesvale St
Grand View
Baldwin
Kurtz
Council urges weed and grass cleanup to protect drainage
The council asks homeowners to remove weeds and cut grass away from drainage systems. Rain in the past week has washed debris into ditches and sewer entrances, hampering proper drainage of Rittman streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Ohio Code and unresolved garage grant vote
The Genferal Code of Ohio at 849.50 is cited as current though the mayor's office reports a six year old Code. No action was taken by the Council. A vote to grant Ray Marshall a grade to construct a garage on Ganyard S1 will be considered at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Gerber
Gerber
Marshallville
First Street
Melvin Ritter
W W. Schwartz
Harry Brenneman
The
Baptist Church
H. 8. Squibbs
Weves
Ohio
Former Press Printer Dies At Work
Louis Parsons aged 60, formerly a printer at the Rittman Press, died of a heart attack while working on bailers in the basement of the Ohio Boxboard Company. He and his brother Walter began in Sterling, later ran the Creston Journal, then moved to Rittman under C. W. Hoover. Services at A. L. Ebert Funeral Home Wednesday at 1:30 PM with Rev. Hendrickson officiating. Burial in Rittman Cemetery. Survived by son Clifford of Buffalo and a daughter in Idaho.
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Louis Parsons
Rittman Press
Ohio
Lews Parsons
Walter
Sterling
Creston Journal
Hendrickson
Rittman
Parsons
Clifford
Buffalo
Idaho
Miss Sue Peters Convalesces After Appendicitis
Miss Sue Peters is recovering at the Rapp home on South Second Street after being brought from Wadsworth Hospital last Saturday following an appendicitis operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue. Peters
Wadsworth Hospital
Rapp
South Second St
Taxes to hit Rittman residents July 1 with broad reach
The wartime and national defense tax plan takes effect Monday July 1 in Rittman. Taxes will apply to refrigerators autos cigarettes and many other goods. The Diana Theatre will raise admission by three cents to cover the federal theatre tax. Chewing tobacco, however, will remain tax free.
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Rittman
Diana Theatre
Hits on the Woods and the Fisherman Tale
A humorous, illiterate vignette contrasts a vagrant in a store asking for pants with a clerk’s quip about two pairs. It then follows a fisherman’s morning routine and misadventures including forgetfulness, frustration, and alcohol, ending with a candid note on his effect.
Stray Navy Cruisers Sought Near Inland Waterways
Reports describe eight inchish cruisers among the River Styx and nearby waters around Rittman. Navy Department seeks information on heavy and light cruisers that may have strayed from the fleet or been moved by fifth columnists.
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River Styx
Chippewa
Rittman
Navy
Navy Department
Number puzzle ties rulers to dates and ages
A cryptic feature links birth years Mussolini Stalin Hitler and Roosevelt to their rise years and ages. It presents a calculation yielding 3 060 and asks to divide by two, then hints Leo’s Thursday business danger for those born under Leo.
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Mussolini
Stalin
Hitler
Roosevelt
Leo
Neatest Trick of the Week Reported in Bold Scheme
A chaotic report describes a burglary sequence where a cash register a shotgun and shells garden tools and livestock changed hands in a dark Africa setting amid a dubious seller. The piece uses distorted names and phrases suggesting a sensationalized crime item from a historical page.
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Hern
Africa
Biles
Bain
Prominent Town Businessman Quietly Enjoys Limburger Secret
An elder respected businessman hides a yearly habit of sneaking to a shop for a quarter pound of Limburger cheese while his family is away. He brings it home to savor a quiet, cheese filled evening.
Note for entrepreneurs on concession at recreation field
A writer adjures entrepreneurs to seize a recreation field concession during a mosquito plague. Observers at night games note spectators swat mosquitoes, suggesting profitable selling of anti mosquito products as a humanitarian venture. The piece hints at packaging elixirs to combat mosquitoes and implies future recognition.
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Che
One Year Employees to Draw Week Vacation at Ohio Boxboard
The Ohio Boxboard Co will grant one week vacation pay to employees with at least one year of service as of Jan 1 1940, listed on the payroll June 18, 1940. Payment may be drawn July 3 under company plans. The firm also launches a group hospitalization and surgical plan covering 935 employees with most premiums paid from payroll deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Boxboard Co
Mrs Idea Plough Dies After Stroke in Erie
Ida Plough aged 60 died at her Sheldon Avenue home after a paralysis stroke Wednesday night. She was stricken while driving near Booth Main Street and collided with a car. she had long worked at Jane Oberdusky's Variety Store. Survived by son Rev Willard Plough of Creston. Visitation 7 to 9 Friday at Evert Funeral Home. Funeral 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Abert Funeral Home with Rev Roark of Canton officiating. Burial at Rittman Cemetery.
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Ida Plough
Sheldon Avenue
Evert Funeral Nome
Abert
Roark
Canton
Murial
Rittman Cemetery
Obie Bons board Co. Holiday Schedule Through July
The four mills will run all three shifts through Saturday and Sunday to July 3 until 6:30 p.m. The folding box shop will shut for the week of July 6. All other departments stay on regular schedule Wednesday July 3 and resume Monday morning July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obie Bons Board Co
Fragmentary Insurance Notice From an Early Industrial Era
A fragmented OCR snippet refers to an insurance context with mentions of a Pat Aaa, industrial vision, and a management reference. The legible items indicate benefits and a finance-like fee, but specifics are unclear. The readable text suggests a notice about insurance coverage or claims within an industrial setting.
Local Tennis and Boxing Plans For July Fourth Show
Plans for a July 4 boxing event at the recreation field continue with volunteers and weight classes arranged. Junior boys under 15 contest quarterfinals with Watson, Stoolmiller, Seebauer, and Bodson as featured players. senior boys over 14 still to draw and begin Thursday afternoon. Tennis matches slow due to rain. players urged to reserve courts and contact James Miller or Coach Young to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Watson
Bill Bodson
Mervin Soolmiller
Kenneth Seebaurer
Watson
Stoolmiller
Tom Miller
Beebaurer
Robert ‘Brelner
Bos
James Miller
Coach Young
Thor
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Ohio Boxboard
Education Board
Merle.Gerber
Machan
Strickland
Council
Department of Conservation
H.de Wickes
Otek
Urarse
Niet Eesk
Astele
Idea Plough
Wadeworth
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