Birthday Greetings and Local Births in Sterling Area
The weekly Bits column notes birthdays for Shelly Adams and Lester Bozeman in Bozeman Thursday and lists celebrants for Friday through Wednesday. It also reports anniversaries, a new baby daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Knight born March 9 at Wadsworth Rittman Hospital, and Willian Charles Shane, with siblings Brenda Bobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelly Adams
Lester
Bozeman
Henry ‘Dotterer
Denny Simpson
Wallace E. Booth
Marjorie Goodhart
Nina Hammond
Caroline Harris
Annette Hawkins
Robert Mick
Herman Copley
William Swartz
Helen Rupp
Don Jordan
Carl Krahenbuhl
Danny McCaffrey
Gary Matz
Bob Gillman
Beth Holland
Barbara Ramster
Scott, Hilty
Connie Sword
Thelma Harmon
Elmer Knight
Wadsworth-Rittman-Hospital
Dean Shane
Sterling
Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital
Willian Charles
Brenda
Bobby
Maurice
Chenal
Circle Pines
Minn
Center RD
Danny Dillon
Wadsworth- Rittman Hospital
Rittman Voters to Decide City Income Tax on May Ballot
The council approved placing a half percent city income tax on the May ballot pending 60 percent voter approval for a July 1 1965 start. Revenue expected at about 70000 with half for capital projects and half for admin and operating costs. The tax applies to wages and net profits of workers in or from Rittman, excluding state and federal employees and certain recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
C. E. Rhonemus
State
Fedral
Income Tax Study Committee
William Holt
Keith Martin
Lewis Burnett
John Clifton
Will Laughlin
Business Council
East Sunset
Seneca Streets
Russell Frey
Bob Bauer
Rutman Bowling Center
Council
Roger Hessidence
Ashton Hall
Rittman High Students Earn All A's in Six Week Period
Nine achieve all A's with seniors Cheryl Hall Rita Hessidence Carla Lind Kathy Melenbacker Penny Musser juniors Marianne Hobell Cathy Imhoff Karen Todd and lone freshman Karen Burkhart. Honors include list of other A and two A pledge participants across grades with new grading system details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman High School
John R. Heter
Cheryl Hall
Rita Hessidence
Carla Lind
Kathy Melenbacker
Penny Musser
Marianne Hobell
Cathy Imhoff
Karen Todd
Karen Burkhart
Serliers Marsha Barrett
Linda Fixler
Jayne Gillman
Margaret Goodhart
Lorraine Jensen
Debra Kick
Joyce Lance
Carol McCoy
Linda Parman
Charlene Pickens
Cheryl Watts
Jerry Banders
Jane Bennett
Marcella Damron
Francey Dysinger
Jim Felix
Fred Freed
Harold Gillespie
Jane Hoover
Rollin Jones
Karen McComas
Patty Robinson
Joanne Laurer
Mary Jane Beery
Sue Brenneman
Judy Urger
Fred Fetzer
Pete Lovrak
Carolyn McCloud
Linda Rosenberg
Jerry Sword
Carolyn Wiles
Dan Winkler
Darrell Carey
Bruce Dean
RHS
Mary Lou Hoover
Toyce Richards
Larry Orcena
Paul Phillips
Marilyn Emch
Terry Armbrust
Ronald Farner
Jim Little
Kit Kindig
Doug Lavery
David McComas
David Perry
Becky Damron
Carolyn Kincaid
Marilyn Moss
Susan Schumacher
Carolyn Shriver
Ron Smith
Junior Hi Honor Roll List Reflects Six Week Success
Principal Thomas Spear announces eighth grader Art Steiner and seven seventh graders earned all A’s for the six week period. First honor roll members include Joan Hoover Mary Lewis Peggy Lance Lee Winchell Karen Smoot Tom Nei haus Shirley Burns and more with David Broadhurst Bruce Holland John Walker Judith Walter on first roll. Second honor roll names include Nancy Wheeling Marsha Fry Jeff Frase Jeff Hisem Debbie Walker Richard Steiner Stan Jey Beery John Hobell Paul Rufener Kathy Rohrer Tom Starcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Hoover
Mary Lewis
Peggy Lance
Lee Winchell
Karen Smoot
Tom Neihaus
Shirley Burns
David Plahuta
Daryl Hall
Leon Rufener
Jim O’brien
Barbara Dean
Paul Bases
Mary Melenbacker
Stan
Jey_Beery
Art Steiner
Otr
David Broadhurst
Bruce Holland
John Walker
Judith Walter
John Hobell
Paul Rufener
Kathy Rohrer
Tom Starcher
Colleen O Neal Benefited by Blind Instructor
Colleen O Neal, who lost her sight after brain surgeries, advances through Braille with guidance from Miss Myrtle Wells, a 62 year old Ohio State educated teacher from the Canton District Division of Service for the Blind. Wells travels across 19 counties to aid Colleen in reading, self discipline, and studies in history science health spelling and math as she recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colleen
Oris O'Neal
Cleveland-Glinie
Myrtle Wells
Wells
Canton
O'Neals
State of
Ohio
Miss Wells
Meliita
Toledo
Service For
Colleen O'Neal
Ohio Central Telephone Plans 1965 Expansion
Ohio Central Telephone Corpora tion, a subsidiary of Telephone Service Company of Ohio, will spend 4 441 009 in 1965, up from 3 164 000 in 1964, with a total budget of 11 234 791 for its Ohio operations. The program includes 100 new lines for the Rittman exchange and additional interconnection with Sterling, plus major outside cable and aerial work to shift from party lines to individual service. In the Rittman area the project amounts to about 40 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Central Telephone Corporation
Roy Moffett
Rittman and Sterling
Telephone Service Company of Ohio
State of
Ohio
Rittman Exchange
Rittman
Moffett
Youngster dies of meningitis in Marshallville family tragedy
Michael Kennedy 3 son of Mrs Doris Kennedy of Marshallville died at Akron Children's Hospital after infectious meningitis. The death follows a year of losses in the Kennedy family including Melvin Kennedy drowned at Berlin Dam and Richard Kennedy killed in a Barberton wreck. Survived by parents Thomas and Doris, three brothers Thomas John and Robert, a sister Betty, grandparents Roy and (name unreadable) Trent. Services 12:30 pm Thursday at Gillman Funeral Home Rittman. burial Rittman Cemetery. Friends may call 7–9 pm Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Kennedy
Doris Kennedy
Marshallville
Akron ‘Children’s Hospital
Kennedy
Michael
Melvin
Berlin Dam
Richard
Barberton
Thomas Kennedy
Minstrel Show Review Highlights Two Segments
The editor rates the first half as weaker with the Way Down Yonder acts not fully fitting the theme while the second segment features strong end men and a vivid backdrop. Kudos go to the chorus, set designers, and costumes, with special recognition for Gladys and Bill Davis who pulled the show together benefiting the PTA scholarship fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Robert Zimmerman
Larry Troyer
Bill Davis
Russ Lewis
George Sandrock
Andy Stuff
Don Niehaus
Joe McGorry
Skip Hilty
Dick O'Brien
Chuck McCoy
McCoy
Audrey Youmans
Gladys
PTA
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fran Sandrock
Wallace
E.booth
Frank Burns
Edwin Amweg
Robert Stoll
Ladies Missionary Council
First Brethren—Church
A. W. Shane
Edith Young
Hugo Gingrich
First Brethren Church
Hilo
Hawaii
Vivian Kanemori
Homer Pyles
Vivian
Janie Pyle
Kent State University
Terry Belly
Tom Calabria
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Marsha Harris
John Kunk
Jer
Fred Burger
Ron Kuntz
Judy Burns
Julia Harris
Sue
Jeff Steiner
Kent State
Ford Kreider
Stirling, RD
Arthur Kreider
Don
Hazel Fisher
Junction City
Kan
Maplewood
Floyd
Sheila
David
Robert
Paul
Kansas
Lodi
Howard McCourt
Roy Lutz
Milton Homemakers
Dola Luikart
Lawrence Marty
Roy Ramsier
Dale Widmer
Raymond Maxwell
Orrville Dunlap Hospital
Wooster Community Hospital
William Ruttencutter
Rittman RD
Rittman Press
Hazell Damron
Clarence Kunkler
Thomas Spear
Colleen O’neal
Phone Company
Lucky Barrel Information
Lawrence Lively
Rafener
Thurs
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