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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1952
Page
25
Postal contact list for Creston Doylestown Marshallville Easton Rittman Sterling with residents Patty Reese Frances Bachman Russell Clinton Roy Berry Gladys Bowen Jeanette Winkler and phone references in each area. Local names and numbers provided for outreach and correspondence.
Rittman High hosts a two day cooking school this Friday and Saturday featuring Susan Lowe, a nationally known lecturer and writer. Local merchants will display home appliances and homemaking items, with support from the Rittman Press and the Home and Farm section.
The Rittman Press salutes Doylestown for recognizing Fire Chief Carl Whitman who has served 30 years. A gold plaque marked the tribute last Sunday, highlighting Whitman’s wide civic involvement and his enduring example to others to take up civic duties.
A call to Americans to vote next Tuesday highlights the need for strong turnout amid global doubts about democracy. Census data show Ohio had 5 189 000 voting age adults and the 1948 presidential vote total reached 2 939 071 or 56 58 percent.
In a Friday Arbor Day program at Marshallville school, students performed songs and poems from grades 1 through 7. The event included the pledge, Governor's Proclamation reading, and a tree planting in the yard. New cooking school recipes were also announced.
About forty members of the Rev Temple Sunday school class and their families gathered at the school house for a social. Games, a business meeting, and refreshments of home made ice cream and cake were enjoyed. Attendees included Mrs John Gatehouse and children, Mr. and Mrs Lester Ault and children, Mr. and Mrs Ross Kelbly and daughter, and others.
James K Leedy is identified as a Republican candidate in a brief notice. The fragment provides no further context, dates, or associated offices. No additional details are available from the readable text.
Born and reared in Wayne County Ohio the candidate attended Shreve Public Schools graduating in 1942 He served in the US Army from March 1943 through January 1946 participating in three major European campaigns He earned pre law studies at Muskingum College and law degree from Ohio Northern University in 1949 Admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1950 and has practiced law in Wooster Ohio for two years He is married with one child and seeks support or influence for political advancement.
The WSWS group met at Mrs. Lester Ault's home with 18 present to plan a Mother-Daughter meeting and a Father-Son dinner. Mrs Frank Dawson led the discussion. refreshments were served by the hostess and Mrs Laura Walsh. May meeting will be at the Dawson home with Mrs Grace Jackson assisting.
Doylestown fifth graders staged a river life program for parents and sixth graders in the Junior High auditorium. The acts featured songs dances stories and a melodrama on the River Queen with Carl Steiner as captain and a chorus of fifty performing Stephen Foster songs. Cast included Jerry Baker Goldie Grace Carlo Slate Jerry Mills Michael Lawler with Jerry Mills as interlocutor and soloists Phyllis Coy Sally Bryan.
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