Large Ohio armed robbery spree foiled. arrests made
Police from four agencies stopped a major Ohio robbery wave and arrested three Rittman men. Warrants were issued for two former Rittman men and a Wadsworth man. Victims’ losses totaled across multiple stores including Creston Sales Barn, Lawson stores, Wellington Market, Hostettler Market, Loyal Oak, Grafton Market, a Cleveland tavern, and East Greenville Variety Store. Suspects include Paul and Trent Boyes and Roy Boyes, with other arrests alongside Robert Orton John Watts.
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Rittmen—Press
Ohio
Rittman
Wadsworth
Ned Wenn
Abe Hee
Robert Orton
State_St
John_Watts
S._Main_St
Roy Boyes
Rittman RD
Stark County
Rittman Police
Wayne and
Medina County
Wayne County
John Watts
Orton
State St
Creston
Lawson
Barberton
Wellington
Lorain County
Hostettler
Loyal Oak
Grafton
Cleveland
East Greenville
Reckless driving fines issued in town accident case
Ernest Sollsberger, 35, of 214 South Main Street was fined 50 dollars plus costs with 30 dollars suspended after a reckless driving charge in Mayor John Baldwin's court. An accident on E Ohio Avenue sent his car into two new vehicles at Stricklands garage causing over 200 dollars in damage. Passenger Kathryn Wilson sustained minor injuries. Glenn Bartram also paid a 3 dollar fine for a traffic light violation.
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Ernest Sollsberger
S. Main St
John Baldwin
Sollsberger
E. Ohio Ave
Stricklands
Kathryn Wilson
Seville
Soilsberger
Glenn Bartram
Rittman School Board Faces Room Shortage for Fall
The Rittman Board of Education learned enrollment for grades one through eight next year will need 27 rooms, while only 25 are available. They may rent two external rooms or add two rooms within the existing building. The board approved April staff days off for AASA meeting attendees and renewed band instrument insurance. Bible distribution to middle grades will be limited to those who request them. A special session discussed science department needs for the current and proposed addition with department head Charles Kreider.
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Rittman’ Board_of Education
W. H. Hauenstein
American Association of
Charles Kreider
Rittman Junior High to Hold Twin Spelling Contests
Rittman Junior High will hold two spelling contests to pick a representative for the Akron Beacon Journal contest this spring. The written test is set for Tuesday March 15 and the oral spell-down for Tuesday March 22. Four medals await the top four winners. Grades 7 and 8 participate.
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Rittman Junior High School
Rittman
Akron, Beacon Journal
Navy Man Returns After Four Years Aboard The Navy
AO3 Merlin Dean Yoder was discharged Thursday February 17 in Jacksonville Florida after four years in the U S Navy He resumed duties in the printing department at Ohio Boxboard Co Yoder enlisted February 18 1951 trained at Great Lakes and served two years in Sanford Florida before a world cruise visiting 36 ports He graduated Rittman High School in 199 and worked for OBC prior to enlistment
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Merlin Dean Yoder
Jacksonville
Fla
U. S. Navy
Ohio Boxboard Co
Yoder
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Sanford
Rittman High School
The
OBC
Father Knows Best set for RHS high school play
RHS Juniors present Father Knows Best Friday March 25 at 8 pm in the Rittman High School Auditorium. Cast includes Sheila Walker Eleanor Schneider Delores Trogdon Janet Cyrus Donnie Goffinet Merrill Banfield Robert Bauman Dick Williams Dan Steiner June Brown Janis Bowman Irma Maine Ronnie Ridgeway Virginia Snyder Raetta Armbrust Pat Lambert and Dick Gillman. Miss Gail Lance directs the production with tickets from any class member.
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The
Pat—Lambert
Dick Gillman
Gail Lance
Rotarians to Celebrate Golden Year Thursday in Smithville
Rotarians from Wayne County clubs meet at Smithville Inn for a Ladies Night Banquet marking Rotary's 50th anniversary. Dr. Russell Humbert of DePauw University will speak. The Harmonaires of Orrville provide music. About 400 Rotarians and wives are expected.
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Rittman Rotarians
Smithville Inn
Wayne County
Rotary Clubs
Rotary
Russell Humbert
DePauw University
Green Castle
Ind
Harmonaires
Orrville
K. W. Osborne
Three Schools Back Freedom Crusade In Wayne County
Total 772 students and teachers from Rittman Southeast and Apple Creek sign the Freedom Scroll supporting the three radio stations carrying the Voice of America behind the Iron Curtain. County chairman Russell Frey notes Wayne County’s first organized drive.
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Crusade For Freedom
W. H. Hauenstein
Rittman
John R. Lea
Fredericksburg
Apple Creek
Voice of America
Wayne Count
Russell W. Frey
Robins Sighted at Grandview Park in 1955 First
Mrs. Helen Van Gilder reports two robins seen in Grandview Park Monday. It marks the first robin sighting in Rittman for 1955.
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Helen van Gilder
Grandview Park
Rittman
PTA To Meet March 17 In Rittman High School
The Rittman Parent-Teachers Association schedules its next meeting for Thursday March 17 at 8 pm in the high school. Ralph Ely Wooster schools superintendent will moderate a panel on The Teacher Media of the PTA with teachers from Rittman Orrville and county schools. A high school chorus quartet will sing and refreshments are by the Room Mothers Committee led by Mrs Ed Taylor.
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Ritt‘man
Parent-Teachers Association
PTA
Ralph Ely
Wooster
Rittman
Orrville
Ed Taylor
BG's Take 11th Straight For Perfect Season
The Rittman BGs, an undefeated grade school basketball team, beat Cres ton 31 25 to stretch their season record to 11 straight wins. Coached by Gerald Grant and Wilfred Blatter the squad built a 17 11 halftime lead and held on for victory.
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Rittman
Creston
Gerald Grant
Wilfred Blatter
Gott
Goffinet
Leatherman
Brodbeck
Huffman
Bernhardt
Red Cross Drive Reaches 835.71 in Rittman 1955
The 1955 Rittman Red Cross campaign reports $835.77 raised from house to house canvassing with a $1,400 goal. Chairmen are Mrs Bodager Mrs Glassner Mrs Kitts and Mrs Rush. Additional canvassers include Mrs Bauman Willems Rohrer Penie Calabria Kennedy Leather man Snyder Plahuta Whitman and Evelyn Whitman.
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Red Cross
Robert Bodager
Donald Glassner
James Kitts
Willard Rush
Arthur Bauman
Herbert Willems
Dale Rohrer
Russell Pene
Dom. Calabria
R.J. Kennedy
K. R. Leatherman
George Snyder
Victor Plahuta
Catherine Whitman
Evelyn Whitman
Speaker Named For Father Son Dinner
O. B. Spencer of Amherst Ohio will speak at the Father Son banquet of the Marshallville Easton EUB Church. The dinner is set for 7 pm Monday and will be served by the Easton Ladies Aid Society at the Easton church.
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O. B. Spencer
Amherst
Marshallville—Easton—Eub
Ladies, Aid Society
Easton
Bloodmobile Visit Planned for March 15 in Rittman
Final plans are announced for the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit on March 15 in Rittman. Transportation for donors and volunteers will be available, with a list of committee chairs handling recruiting scheduling hostesses and nursing volunteers. A Doylestown American Legion Auxiliary will serve the luncheon and the town’s Pauline Vessner will handle typing.
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Clarence Kunkler
John Walker
Howard House
George Griffith
Earl Frank
Russell Bell
R. D. Wenger
Harry Ditch
Richard Berger
Arthur Bodager
Ralph Gwaltney
Donald Glassner
E. J. McConnell
Harold Brown
Robert Heams
Roy Lutz
Nurse Volunteers
Paul Schneider
David Fredrick
L. L. Dickerson
Florence Ady
Katherine Hireshaw
J H. Fisher
T. G. Gatehouse
Pauline Vessner
Doyles” Town
Doylestown
American Legion Auxiliary
Wheels Available For Soap Box Derby Wheels
Official Soap Box Derby wheels and axles for Wayne County's amateur racing event set for July 17 arrived at Strickland Chevrolet in Rittman, official sponsors announced today. Wheels and axles are sold.
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Wayne County
Strickland Chevrolet
Rittman
Local children may receive polio shots in spring
The Wayne County Health Department told the Rittman Board of Education last week that some local first and second graders in the Rittman Schools may be vaccinated against polio in the spring. Details of the mass inoculation will be announced later.
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Rittman
Rittman Board of Education
Wayne County Health Department
Rittman Plans Action Against Delinquency At City Hall
A Citizens Committee formed by Mayor John Baldwin in Rittman will study and act on child delinquency. Judge Myron Brenneman urged curfews and parental involvement while noting 8 teens tied to thefts. meeting drew about 75 locals and city officials.
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Myron T. Brenneman
Rittman
Citizens ‘Committee
County Juvenile Court
PTA
Brenneman
Wayne County
Medina County
Baldwin
W. H. Hallen- Stein
Sylvan Wiles
Myron Steiner
Spe S
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