31 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
1
Bluffton College Glee Club performs Friday April first at 8:00 PM in High School Auditorium. Admission 25 and 50 cents. Event under the High School Athletic Association with proceeds supporting the club and association.
A community drive in Rittman accelerates a plan to buy a high pressure and chemical fire engine. The fund nears $1,000 with more needed to reach about $3,000, aided by waste paper sales and cash gifts. A booster committee of local citizens may be formed to raise funds and maintain momentum.
The Milton Presbyterian Church reported 41 new members since 1921 after a revival stretched over several days. The morning service featured baptism and communion while an evening illustrated lecture on Christ in Galilee accompanied the sermon. Attendance records were set in Sunday School and the Christian Endeavor Society contest ended with the Reds losing to the Blues in a social event.
A Tuesday night meeting in the school auditorium urged renewed support for the Rittman Chamber of Commerce. Akron speakers Wilkie and Gothier spoke on benefits of membership while music by the Shock orchestra accompanied the event. No business meeting will be held April 6 to elect officers. all members urged to attend.
Opponents of the proposed street plan, led by Sterling ave residents and Main st business owners, prepare for a fight. Legal notices were served after the last council session and further arguments are expected when the council meets next Monday night. Condemnation proceedings in probate court may follow if the matter reaches that stage.
The play Safety First will be presented at the Easton school house on April 1 Friday evening from 8 15 to 10 30 o clock sharp. Two hours of fun promised by the Chippewa No 7 Amateurs with admission details readout.
About 20 couples from the Rittman pledge group and their wives attended a supper and dance at Young's hotel near Barberton on Thursday night, instead of the planned 50 couples from Sterling and Rittman due to rain. The attendees reportedly paid $2.50 per plate and danced late into the night.
A married woman in Rittman heard a single boarder declare his love unreturned and later pretended to cut himself with a knife. He staged the wounds to gain sympathy, but the bluff drew gossip and ridicule from acquaintances.
The Millersburg Wooster and Orrville Telephone Co stockholders in Wooster re elected M. W. Lovett as president. Directors chosen include Frank L. Beam H W Carey M M Herron Otto Troutman T E Steiner D F Griffith A Treneman and C M Lovett. Officers named: President C M Lovett Vice President Frank L Beam Treasurer H W Carey Secretary and General Manager M M Herron Attorney Chas Carey.
Mrs Elizabeth Huegle, mother of Alex Huegle of Rittman, died Friday night at her daughter's home four miles north of Smithville. She was about 66, born in Switzerland, a widow, with three sons and one daughter surviving. Funeral at the daughter’s home Tuesday at 1 PM with burial in Steiner cemetery. Alex Huegle closed his Redman business place days after the death.
In Ohio near Rittman two notable prohibition raids drew wide attention. Rev William Anderson’s McKinley Heights home in Youngstown yielded two stills and ten gallons of raisin jack and he was jailed. In Willard 36 officers raided many spots, arresting fourteen on liquor and other charges, including a marshal’s son for a long-ago pouch theft containing $19,000 in liberty bonds.
Miss Martha Smith entertained several friends last Thursday at her Main Street home. They played games and pulled taffy, with a light lunch served in the late afternoon. Attendees included Delores Bendure Gladys Helks Hazel Johnson Clelia Swartz Albert Jones Justin Shook Harold Brown Nelson Sheets and Weldon Haragrove.
Wayne County school orators from outside Wooster met Wednesday at 1 PM in County Superintendent Baumgarten's Wooster office to present orations before three judges. One orator and an alternate will be selected to travel to Kent on April 15 for a regional Northeast Ohio competition.
Neighbors and friends, 62 in number, gathered March 19 at the Halderbaums in Rittman to bid them farewell prior to moving to Michigan after 11 years in town. The event featured Ramos games, music by Arthur Riley, and a closing lunch as a token of thanks to the hosts. Mr and Mrs Halderbaum were surprised by the gathering.
State and county leaders push a statewide cleanup to speed relief in Europe. Ohio has $2,000,000 goal with three fourths raised. Wayne County subscriptions total $5,760, leaving $2,440 still needed to meet the county quota of $600.
Annett Wolf of Rittman files in Common Pleas Court at Wooster for partition of estate of Rachael Huffman. Estate includes three lots in Rittman. Judge C A Wateser presides. Wolfe’s attorney appears in the suit filed last week.
Miss Marjorie May Young of Marshallville and Charles D Eggellan of Rittman wed in Wooster on Saturday at noon with Rev. Stange officiating at the Reformed parsonage. They will reside in Rittman where the groom works in a box factory.
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