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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1957
Page
1
Three Portsmouth Ohio men with criminal records burglarized Dee Trogdon's Market in Wooster around 10 30 p m taking 15 dollars and merchandise. They then headed toward Wooster with burglary tools. arrested later at the Coca Cola Bottling plant. One on probation others freed recently from jail.
Nineteen members of the American Legion Auxiliary gathered Monday for the final meeting of the year and installation of officers for 1957 58. Mrs Ralph Overholt oversaw the ceremony as retiring president Mrs Richard Wenger presented the gavel to incoming president Mrs Walter Sommers. Officers named include Henry Tompkins first vice president Mrs Wade Schaffter second vice president Mrs Raymond Varisco secretary Mrs John Hodovan treasurer Mrs Robert Bodager chaplain and Miss Dora Wright historian. They will assume duties after the summer recess. The group planned a not luck supper with Howard A Bair Post No 423 honoring Mr and Mrs Dick Swigart now residing in Canal Fulton and the annual steak roast set for August 26 to end the summer recess.
Fr. Farrell, Lions speaker, announced a new cancer hospital started by the Bishop of the Cleveland Diocese. The Parma-touted hospital is dedicated to all incurable cancer patients regardless of race or religion, with two buildings totaling 25 beds and one patient from October 1956 remaining alive. A new facility under construction will serve about 100 patients.
The Rittman American Legion baseball team was eliminated by Orrville 3-2 Tuesday night, despite outhitting 6 to 4. Bill Williams took the loss while West Salem earlier beat Rittman 6-0 on a one-hitter by Dick Markley. Lambert�s triple was Rittman�s only hit in the Orrville game.
Florence Harding Council Daughters of America meets in Rohrer Hall with sixteen members and Deputy Mrs Gloria Hunt planning officer installations for July 9. Members urged to attend in white uniforms. recipes for a Cook Book due by July 8. A stork shower honored the deputy after the meeting amid prizes and refreshments.
Approximately 80 members of Cub Scout Pack 3400 and their parents toured the Morton Salt Company buildings last Wednesday, June 19, for their monthly pack meeting. The July 17 meeting will be a picnic at the South Pavilion in Rittman Central Park. Nine Cubs of Den No. 3 met with their mother Mrs Maynard Gillespie and assistant Mrs Mel Goffinet for a Nature Ramble near Rittman Cemetery, where archaeological stones were collected.
The Recruitment Committee of Rittman Red Cross asks eligible residents to donate blood as 125 pints per visit were not met in recent Bloodmobile visits. A 50 person survey team will contact donors. next Bloodmobile stop is August 14. Residents of Rittman and nearby townships are urged to donate.
Rittman two entries Jack Bigler and Art Hall were eliminated in their first runs. Dale Younkers of Sterling advanced to the quarter finals before losing. Hoadley Jewell of Wooster won the trip to Akron for the All American Derby. Younkers won the Citizens National Bank Award for best upholstered car sponsored by Maibach's of Sterling.
The Rittman Press will print next week on Wednesday due to the July 4 holiday. All copy is due Tuesday by 4 p.m. and classified ads by 10 a.m. Wednesday.
The daily handicraft program runs Monday to Friday from 9 to 12 for children in Rittman parks. Activities include pot holders gimp and bead jewelry with future weeks adding leather cork and metal crafts. Schedule lists Central Park on Monday Grandview on Tuesday and Friday Recreation Hall Wednesday and Third St Park Thursday.
Sanitation Engineer Raymond Roth reported May 29 and June 3 tests during a plant shutdown implicating the Ohio Box board plant as the source of excess paper pulp in the sewers. Board of Public Affairs and OBC officials sparred over secret testing and agreed on joint inspection with Engineers Associates to resolve the three year dispute.
The Erie Railroad crossing on S Main will be closed for five days beginning July 8 according to railroad officials. Traffic will be detoured across the Sterling Ave crossing while repairs are in progress.
Negotiations between the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers and the Ohio Boxboard Company drag with no official statements after a seven cent offer was rejected. Union leaders face rumors of requests for eight or nine cents and possible strikes around the July 4 holiday, while Morton Salt workers approve a bracket wage deal boosting multiple crafts by six to nine cents and affecting about 260 workers.
Funeral services were held at Gillman Funeral Home for Lt Nelson H Maurer 35 killed in a Moffet Field California crash. Maurer who joined the Navy in 1943 left a wife Katherine five children and a large family. Commander Henry Blark USN praised him as an excellent aviator. Burial followed at Rittman Cemetery.
A fragment from a vacation song expresses departure and farewell to a cherished "Little Bankroll" with vows of faithfulness. The emotional tone hints at parting and plans to reunite at a festive spot, though the future is uncertain.
The tale recounts driving a small Volkswagen through Europe with flexible stops, contrasting it with rigid bus tours. It highlights courteous innkeepers in Germany and Switzerland, humorous license plate FAX, and sights like Avenches Roman ruins with a vast amphitheater.
Fifteen mothers and a guest attended the Chit Chat Mothers club meeting at Mrs Dale Rohrer’s home. Mrs Wilburs Maine installed officers for 1957 58: President Robert Aldrich, Vice President Roger Lance, Secretary Clair Bauer, Treasurer Donald Burkhart, Chaplain Roy Ramsier. Ralph Overholt showed moving pictures. The group assisted other clubs in entertaining a Woman's Ward at Apple Creek State Hospital June 20. The club adjourned to September.
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