Birthday announcements and community notices sweep the week
Local residents celebrate birthdays and anniversaries from Wednesday through Monday with names such as Charles Grant Jean Marie Turner Ruth Lance Marianne Zivick Michael L Cassie Carolyn M Kitts Elsie Nester Harold Walker Patty Hughes Vernon Winchell Donald Rohrer Kelly Rock Kevin Booth Kristen Whims Robert Dean Russell Ott James E Watt Earl Beery Jean Rohrer Randy Campbell Kim Kessler Pam Hammond Alvin Laukhus Lester Schindler Jr and Bruce Dean. A hospital update notes Lester Schindler Jr in Akron City Hospital Room 205 after a broken ankle and Walter Hine returning home for recuperation following surgery. A fundraiser two week sale of donuts runs at Rittman Savings Bank and Conleys on Fridays with Yidelicious donuts. A Cub Scout meeting is planned at First Church of Christ on Thursday March 2 at 7pm chaired by Mr Wheeler and den mothers. Jack Griffith visits from Bluffton College and Walter Hine recuperating at home welcome messages.
Democratic candidate Virgil Musser speaks at Smoots home
Virgil Musser, candidate for the 16th District in Congress, appeared Sunday at the home of Dr and Mrs Thomas Smoot with about thirty attendees. He addressed tax reform amnesty and Vietnam de escalation in a question and answer session.
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Virgil Musser
United States Congress
Thomas Smoot
Musser
Vietnam
College of Wooster
Western Reserve Law School
Stark County Council For Economic Opportunity
Western Stark County Social Planning Council
Stark County Law Enforcement Advisory Committee
United Fund Board
Atlantic Alliance of
America
Massillon
Regula Campaign Seeks Jobs in Wooster Banquet
Wayne County Republicans gathered at the Wooster Agricultural Experiment Station to hear Senator Ralph Regula and Lindsey Williams denounce a new state income tax and vow to reclaim elective posts. Regula urged support for Williams and for Commissioner Robert Miller, stressing the need for vocational education and a productive economy amid a trade war. Williams toasted the Republican cause with a spirited coat joke and billed the party as the People’s Party with a history of civil rights, unity, and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne County
Rittmanites
Abraham Lincoln
Wooster Agricultural Experiment Station
Ralph Regula
Rittman Press
Lindsey Williams
Regula
U.S House of Representatives
Williams
Ohio House of Representatives
Robert Miller
General Assembly
People’s Party
Union
Peace
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
George Meany
Afl-Cio
City to drain reservoir causing low water pressure
The city will begin draining the low pressure reservoir on Saturday March 4 at 11 45 pm. Water pressure will be low across the city until about 12 a m Sunday morning.
Principal Explains What Is A Middle School
Middle School principal Robert Miller spoke at the school board meeting about the purpose of a middle school. He described it as serving students aged 11 to 14 in grades 6 through 8, designed for youth in transition between elementary and high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Miller
Miller
Rittman Middle School
Wayne Savings Opens Rittman Branch Office
Wayne Savings and Loan opened a new Rittman branch at 237 North Main Street on March 1. The five-office, four-county institution serves Wooster Barberton Ashland and Millersburg with assets of 82 million. Manager Hugh Johnson leads a staff including Iris Mogler and Joann Forrer. the branch includes a community room and drive up window.
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Rittman
The
Wayne Savings & Loan Company
Iris Mogler
Hugh Johnson
Joann Forrer
Wayne Savings and Loan Company
North Main Street
Wayne Savings and Loan
Wayne Forrer
Forrer
Wayne Savings
Hugh
Johnson
Wadsworth
Barberton
Leap Year Baby Born in Akron at St Thomas Hospital
A boy named Sam was born at 7:30 a.m. February 29 at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. The unnamed infant is a leap year baby with a rare birthday.
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Sam Tomlinson
St. Thomas Hospital
Akron
Little Sam
Community Calendar March events in Rittman area
March schedule includes Junior Mothers Club at 8 30 p.m at Rittman Savings Bank Rotary at noon at United Methodist Church Local 150 sessions at 12 noon and 7 30 p.m W F W at 8 p.m Rittman Fire Dept trial run at 7 p.m March 6 Friendly Mothers Club and Three Arts at 8 p.m Lions Club 6 30 p.m Band Boosters 7 30 p.m March 7 Olla Podrida 8 p.m Rittman Booster Club 8 p.m American Legion 423 Milton Township Trustee meeting March 7 Sterling PTA Exec Committee at 8 p.m home of Robert Ramsier Rt 1 Sterling.
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Junior Mothers Club
Rittman Savings Bank
Rotary
United Methodist Church
Rittman Fire Dept
Friendly Mothers Club
Lions Club
Olla Podrida
Rittman Booster Club
American Legion
Milton Township
Sterling Pta Exec. Comm
Robert Ramsier
Rt. 1
Sterling
Mayor's Vote Is The Tie Breaker
City council debates gas rate ordinance with Councilman Nitz calling for table until Price Board action. Imhoff supports immediate adoption after committee changes, while discussion also covers a dormant sign ordinance. Mayor votes yes to pass. Continued on Page 5.
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Third Reading
Robert Nitz
Federal Price Control Commission
al Imhoff
Public Utilities Committee
Nitz
Imhoff
Price Board
Hall
Yeas
Ray Pratt
Elmer Smith
Bill Workman
Deloris Wright
Columbia
Chamber of Commerce
Pratt
Wright
Robert Trimble
Trimble
Wes Peterman Sets Eight Gallon Blood Drive Record
Wesley Peterman has long donated at bloodmobiles and again led by example at the next Rittman Bloodmobile. The event is Tuesday March 7 from 12 pm to 6 pm at the Rittman American Legion with a 125 pint quota. Walk-ins welcome. scheduling lines listed for volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Peterman
Rittman
Rittman American Legion
Arthur Bodager
Pauline Turner
Katherine Bruny
Esther Brunny
Porter Melvin
Bertha Sherrick
Russell Coffman
Irene Blatter
Dale Wirth
David Zollinger
John Murray
Rittman Shareholders Set March 8 Meeting
The Rittman Area Industrial Development shareholders will hold their annual meeting on March 8, 1972, at 7 30 pm in the Community Room of the Rittman Savings Bank. Election of officers will occur at the meeting, and absent shareholders should use the proxy vote mailed to them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Area Industrial Development
Rittman Savings Bank
Rittman Resident Neal Bellomy Dies After Illness
Neal Bellomy 65 of 56 Front St Rittman died Saturday morning at Wadsworth Rittman Hospital after a short illness. Born July 30 1906 near Fi Gay West Virginia he lived most of his life in Rittman. He worked 12 years at Ohio Boxboard Co and 25 years with Local 1871 Cleveland retiring in 1968. Survived by wife Catherine two sons Ronald and Glen a brother Son of Orlando Fila two sisters Lorene Baker and Lillian Rowsey and seven grandchildren. Services were held Monday at Gillman Funeral Home conducted by Rev William K McComas burial Hillcrest Cemetery Wadsworth.
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Neal Bellomy
Front St
Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital
Fi Gay
W Va
Rittman
Ohio Boxboard Co
Millwright
Cleveland
Catherine
Ronald
Glen
Orlando
Fila
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Charles Grant
Jean Marie Turner
Ruth Lance
Marianne Zivick
Michael L. Cassie
Carolyn M Kitts
Elsie Nester
Harold Walker
Patty Hughes
Vernon Winchell
Donald Rohrer
Kelly Rock
Kevin Booth
Kristen Whims
Robert Dean
Russell Ott
James E Watt
Earl Beery
Jean Rohrer
Randy Campbell
Kim Kessler
Pam Hammond
Alvin Laukhus
Catherine Zollinger
Greenwood
Lester Schindler Jr
Akron City Hospital
Ife
Conleys
Donuts
Bruce Dean
Kenneth Dean
Ohio State Men's Glee Club
OARDC
Dean
First Church of Christ
Wheeler
Jack Griffith
Bluffton College
Jay Griffith
West Ohio Ave
Walter Hine
Skip Trimble
Roland Burelli
Larry Stucky
Allan Broadhurst
Mogler
Paul
Grandview Blvd
Rose Steiner
Rose A. Steiner
Ohio Ave
Canal Fulton
George Krebs
Frank Flynn
Bay City
Michigan
Sylvester Hummel
Wooster
E R. Parker
St. Anne Catholic Church
Joseph R. Buescher
Rittman Cemetery
Wes Peterman
8 Gallon Man
Shareholders Annual Meeting
Neal Bellomy Rittman
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