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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1963
Page
5
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will cut round-trip first class fares by 27 percent for groups of 18 or more. Effective July 1, group tickets cost one and a fourth the one-way fare, with Pullman space charged separately. Savings include Baltimore/Washington to Chicago and St Louis, and similar reductions on other routes.
Mr and Mrs Homer Castor and family will move to Grand Rapids Michigan Tuesday July 11 where Castor becomes plant engineer in the mill division at Packaging Corporation of America Grand Rapids branch Castor has lived in Rittman and served PCA as a project engineer for 15 years They will reside at 1080 Van Ess Avenue Grand Rapids with children Mark 7 David 5 and Andrew four months
Bloodmobile chairman says every registered donor will be contacted in coming weeks. Uniformed workers will recruit on the public square Saturday. Gladys Beeler of Red Grass Wooster will speak to a PCA union at Union Hall on July 13 about the need for blood.
Betty Whitenack of Rittman was named Queen for a Day on a Los Angeles produced program hosted by Jack Bailey. She won a Tempest, tires, and other prizes and plans a Texas trip for her parents. Betty works as a missionary with the Association of Baptist for World Evangelism in Grand Prairie Texas and will study in Costa Rica this August before long term service in Peru. The show rebroadcast is set for July 4 from 3 to 3 30 pm local time. She will visit Rittman on July 15.
Summer Reading Club participation offered for boys and girls at Rittman Public Library. Children may visit on any open day to submit written reports using a mimeographed form provided by Librarian Kathleen Hilliard. All reports due by August 10.
A cluttered column lists military addresses, upcoming birthdays and anniversaries, visits, travel plans, and hospital notes. Highlights include Pvt Patrick Benchoff address at Fort Bliss, two weeks’ camp with 359 Civil Affairs Unit, and multiple birthday wishes for local residents across Orrville, Doylestown, and surrounding areas.
David J. Schwary 81 of Smithville died after a week long illness in Canton. He lived in Canton 5 years, retired in 1953 after 35 years as a Canton schools custodian, and served as Sunday school superintendent and church teacher. Surviving are Lena his wife two daughters Mrs Merle Smucker of Orrville and Dorothy Schwary one brother Edwin J of Smithville three grandchildren. Services conducted by Rev CO Johns and Rev Willis Breckbill at First Mennonite Church burial at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Deborah Priest ten, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Priest of 46 Thonen Street, shows improvement at Akron Children's Hospital after severe burns from a dress fire. She is past shock and recovering but doctors say several days remain to determine the full extent of her injuries.
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