Rittman To Meet Twinsburg In Kent District Tourney
Rittman High Indians earned a Kent District appearance by defeating Savannah 52-35 in the Ashland Sectional. Drawings for the Class B district in Kent place Rittman against Twinsburg at 8 30 p m Thursday night as the third game of four. The club hosts a garden meeting Friday night at 8 at the home of Squibbs.
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Kent
Rigas Wiigh Indians
Twinsburg
Savannah
Rittman High Indians
Ashland
Rittman Garden Club
Hos. Squibbs
Kent Tournament Slate For Class B Teams
Kent tournament slate lists Class B games on Thursday with matchups including Chagrin Falls versus Clearview at 6 30 p m Loudonville against Eaton at 5 30 p m Rittman versus Twinsburg at 8 30 p m and Mayfield against Canfield at 3 0 p m.
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Kent
Chagrin Falls
Clearview
Loudonville
Eaton
Indians Surge Ahead as Wade Milford Spurs Lead
Early in the second quarter Savannah trimmed a 23-4 deficit to 23-19 before the Indians rebuilt the margin. The third quarter saw Savannah press then fade as the Indians surged with a late scoring burst to 35-28. Weaver led Savannah with fast break baskets while Wade Milford fueled the fourth quarter flurry to widen the Indian lead.
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Savannah
Indians
Rittman Cagers
Weaver
Savannah Cagers
Wade Milford
Auto Crash Fatality in Summit County in 1941
Clarence Martin aged 38 of Wadsworth and a former Rittman resident died at Citizens Hospital Barberton from injuries suffered in an auto wreck near Norton Center last Wednesday night. It marks Summit county's 14th traffic fatality for 1941.
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Clarence Martin
Wads- Wworth
Rittman
Barberton
Citizens’ Hospital
Norton Center
Martin
Summit County
Church Groups Sought for Red Cross Sewing Aid
Mrs. Ivan King and Mrs. W W Bodager contact Rittman church groups to assist Red Cross sewing. Wool supplies are ample and skirts are to be completed before summer, with much help needed to finish the garments.
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Rittman
Ivan King
W. W. Bodager
Red Cross
Rittman Library Receives New Travel Books Saturday
The Rittman public library added a batch of travel books on Saturday March 8 including In the Steps of the Master Mor ton Twilight in Vienna Frisch auer India Ink Steegman Invitation to Travel Fish Escape Yeats Brown Camel Bells of Baghdad Miller Changing Asia Kisch Ireland Beautiful Nutting Forever the Farm Rawson Escape to the Sea Rebels Three Deserts Jarvis and Magoffin.
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Rittman Public Library
Morton
Vienna
Frischauer
India
Steegman
Fish
Escape
Yeats- Brown
Baghdad
Miller
Asia
Kisch
Ireland
Birth of Constance Rhonemas at Wadsworth Hospital
A daughter named Constance was born Wednesday morning March 12 to Attorney and Mrs. C E Rhonemas at Wadsworth Municipal Hospital.
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C E. Rhonemas
Constance
Wadsworth Municipal Hospital
Band To Enter District Contest At Kent
The 50 member Rittman High School Band directed by Jack N Coy will travel to Kent to participate in the Northeastern District Band Contest on Friday March 21. They will perform Brigadier General March The Scarlet Dragon Overture and Horizon Overture as the required class C district piece.
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Rittman High School
Jack N. Coy
Kent
King
Council hears committee reports and sets gas rate meeting
The council in regular session heard committee reports and adjourned until Wednesday for a special meeting to act on a new gas rate proposed by Ohio Fuel Gas Co for Rittman. Action is required before March 13 to file the rate with the Public Utilities Commission. Charles Wald explained the discussion to N Senecast representatives.
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Rittman
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Public Utilities Commission
Public Utilities
Public Utilities Committee
Charles Wald
N Senecast
No Gas Rate Revision by Rittman Council
The Rittman council approved keeping the current gas rate for two years at an adjourned meeting on Wednesday. The proposed higher rate will not take effect until 1943 and will remain the Rittman rate through 1945.
Public Utilities rulings and street light updates guidance
The Public Utilities Commission regulation sets gas free allotment at 100 feet per user with 70c per additional foot and refunds for five years if user targets are met. Readings covered bills for supplies salaries and utilities. Street lights installed on Industrial Meadowdale and Walnurst with one new on Fredrick Street pending investigation.
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Public Utilities Commission
Hugh McCracken
Charles Wald
Industrial
Meadowdale
Walnur St
Fredrick St
Public Utilities Committee
Wadsworth Rd
Roy Forrer
Sewers and Drainage Committee
Little Chats on Public Notice begins on page six
James E. Pollard of the Ohio State University School of Journalism introduces a new editorial feature titled Little Chats on Public Notice. The first in a series explains the value of public notices to readers and how they appear on the editorial page.
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James E. Pollard
Ohio State University School of Journalism
Wooster Girls Chorus Plans Sunday Concert at Presbyterian Church
The 54 member Girls Chorus of Wooster College under Eve Roine Richmond will perform at 4 29 p m Sunday March 16 at the Presbyterian Church in Rittman with violinist Ruth Ihrig and soloist Howard Shaw. Chorus members include Mary Balloon Margaret Swartz and Donna Jean Gault. Former members Mrs Ernest Harrison and Mrs Avery Kinch are noted alumnae. The program features Alfred Noyes The Highwayman set to music by Howard Shaw.
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Wooster College
Cof Eve Roine Richmond
Presbyterian Church
Rittman
Ruth Ihrig
Howard Shaw
Mary Balloon
Ambrose Balloon
Front St
Margaret Swartz
W. H. Swarts
First St
Donna Jean Gault
A. L. Ebert
Ernest Harrison
Avery Kinch
Alfred’~Noyes
Howard’ Shaw
Rittman Student Plays With Ashland College Guard
James Poe, a five foot seven and a half inch guard from Rittman, is noted as the smallest member of Ashland College basketball. He won his letter as a sophomore and is expected to see more action in the upcoming season after three years on the high school varsity squad.
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Ashland
James Poe
Rittman
Poe
Rittman High School
Doylestown Cooking School Set for March 19
Miss Margaret Buchan a home economist from Spry Research Kitchen Cambridge Mass conducts a one session cooking school in cooperation with Dannemiller Radio and Electric Store at Doylestown High School Auditorium on Wednesday evening March 19 at 730 pm. There is no admission charge and women of Doylestown and nearby are invited to attend. Prizes include a Westinghouse Electric Range valued at 121.50 and 10 grocery bags. a Q and A session follows the demonstration.
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Margaret Buchan
Spry Research Kitchen
Cambridge
Mass
Dannemiller Radio and Electric Store
Doylestown
Westinghouse
Dannemiller Radio and Electric
Migs Buchan
Rittman Press
Migs
Spry
Lux
Kellogg's
Lipton's
Pillsbury'’s
Stoolmiller's
Riltman Dairy
Rittman Press Cooking School
Priday
Buchan
Draft Board 2 to Supply 172 Men for Induction
Wayne County Draft Board No 2 will supply an estimated 172 men for induction into army service under the Selective Service Act by June 30. Governor Bricker set the quota at 311 with 139 credited, leaving 172 to be inducted. Fifty six men have already been inducted.
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Wayne County
U. S
Nationial Guard
Rittman Student Pledged To Hiram Social Club
Richard Cummings has been pledged to Phi Gamma Epsilon social club at Hiram College. This is one of the five social clubs for men students at Hiram.
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Rittman
Hiram
Richard Cummings
Hiram College
Rittman Press Cooking School Set This Afternoon
The two day Rittman Press cooking school, by Unis Paper and local merchants, opens at 1 45 this afternoon in the high school auditorium. Admission is free with open seating. Miss Margaret Buchan will lead recipes and live demonstrations plus prizes including a $129.76 Frigidare electric range.
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Rittman and
Rittman Press
Unis
Warrick
Heon
A. Houglan
Rittman Merchants
Cooking School
Rittman Entrants Win Legion Essay Contest Honors
Catherine Twinem of Rittman High School led Wayne County in the Community American Legion Essay Contest on Lincoln and the Constitution. Eight county winners include Nancy McGuff Creston Howard Shriver Shreve Evelyn Beck Orrville Gerald White Shreve Kathri Shriver Shreve Leroy Haley Creston Eugene Junkin Shreve. Mrs W W Bodager Auxiliary president judged the essays and chaperoned. Samuel T Redett Wayne County Commander joins. Winners proceed to district competition in Columbus.
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Catherine Twinem
Robert Manogue
Harold Snyder
Leona Harmon
Rittman High School
American Legion
Wayne County
Byie
Sgt
Cececk
Nancy McGuff
Creston
Howard Shriver
Shreve
Evelyn Beck
Orrville
Gerald White
Kathri Shriver
Leroy Haley
Eugene Junkin
W. W. Bodager
Auxiliary County Councll
Rittman
Wayne County Council
Samuel T. Redett
Colum
Family Relations Clinic Planned At Ohio State
Ohio State University hosts the Ohio Institute on Family Relations March 25-26 inviting all interested. Sponsored by forty Ohio organizations the program includes workshops and seminars for discussion of methods and approaches to conserve and improve family life during the present crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruman
Ohio Institute On
Ohio State University
Ohio
Ohio Reading Conference Set for Kent State June to July
The Ohio Conference on Reading aims to elevate teaching standards in Ohio schools. Dean John Blair announced sessions at Kent State University from June 6 to July 3, with five state universities each hosting a week.
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Ohio
Kent State University
John Blair
College of Education
H L Steele Services To Be Held Thursday
H L Steele aged 66 died after a heart attack on duty as watchman at the O Nlo Salt Co He died at his home at 3 30 pm Monday He leaves a wife and one son Atten off Washington DC a funeral will be held at 2 pm Thursday at the Ebert Funeral Home Rev d St Jon of Akron will officiate Burial will be in Creston Cemetery
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O'Nlo Salt Co
H. L. Steele
Washington, D. C
Ebert
Rev. d. St. Jon
Akron
Buria
Creston Cemetery
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R. V Fredrick
Burket
Bank Alley
E. Rhonemus
O. A. Houglan Hardware
Stoolmiller
Ben Frankein
Electric Iron
THE
Marion-Reserve Power CO
Rittman Dairy
Rittman Department Store
B & W Oil CO
Eve “Richmond
Draft Board No. 2
Hendriksen
Milton Presbyterian Church
Iocal
South Faust Presbyterian Church
ES Hendrickson
Legion
Ohio State
Ohio Reading Conference
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