Twelve Youth-Week Winners Will Tour Niagara Falls
The Rittman area reports improved long distance service after Ohio Public Utilities Commission representatives visited. A public phone booth will be added to Rittman square within 30 days, and operators began guiding callers to new numbers while automatic clocking is introduced to long distance calls. Cadwell and Winter surveyed 300 calls, noting out-of-state dialing and 42 number changes since prior reports.
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Rittman
Sterling
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
D. M
Cadwell
Winter
LeRoy
Columbus
Iome
Rittman Press
Doylestown
Rittman Chamber of Commerce
Rittman Square
Wadsworth
Roy_A._Moffet
Wooster
Sherman
Dalbey
Rittman Chamber of ‘Commerce
Ohio
Now This Won't Hurt At All
Johnny Wilkinson, a second grader at North St. School, received the first of a series of anti polio shots in a group of 225 children. The second shot is set for May 20 with Dr W F Stewart and nurse Mrs Walter Hale present.
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Johnny Wilkinson
Johnny
Carl Wilkinson
North St. School
W. F Stewart
Walter Hale
Sterding
Youth Week in Village Promotes Work and Play
The committee sponsors a three day Youth Week starting May 1 with events aimed at guiding youths from elementary to high school in acts of kindness politeness respectfulness and attentiveness. Winners will travel on a three day two night all expenses paid excursion funded by local industries with a focus on cooperation and community involvement.
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Niszara
Falks
Feeney
Herald Monty
Chawnman
Tys —_Mouvey
Dertija
Tereleet
Chites Cleureh
Monges
Beme
Canan
Court Sends O’Higgins To Mansfield Reformatory
Leo O’Higgins of the Boyes gang was sentenced by the Wayne County Common Pleas Court to Mansfield Reformatory. He, 20, had confessed to involvement in the Barnes robbery last November. The court also sent Robert I. Thomas to probation for study and a report. Thomas is remembered as a former Columbus policeman who drew a gun after a crash near Easton.
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Leo O’higgins
Boyes
Mansfield Reformatory
Wayne County Common Pleas Court
O Higgins
Trent-and-Roy-boyes
Rittman
Robert I. ‘Thomas
Emmett_Miller
Thomas
Columbus
Doylestown
Ray Petit
Carl Whitman
Easton
State Highway Patrol
Mt. Vernon
Whitman
May Day Track Meet set for RHS field
Rittman junior high boys from grades seven through twelve compete for ribbons at the May Day Track Meet Thursday afternoon at the high school field 3345. Events include 50 75 100 220 440 and 880 yard dashes and 440 880 yard relays. No boy enters more than four events and two classes separate entries Class A for grades ten through twelve and Class B for seven through nine. Ribbons awarded to first and second place in each event.
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Rittman
Doylestown Boys Die After Test Driving Farm Truck
Two Doylestown high school youths, Robert McKee 15 and Robert Klopfenstein 18, died after testing a repaired farm truck Wednesday evening. Klopfenstein was active in the Boy Scouts and church. McKee survived by his parents, a brother Thomas, and four grandparents. Services were held at Monbaren Funeral Home with Rev. A. M. Burkhardt officiating. burial followed.
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Doylestown High School
Robert McKee
Robert Wiche
High St
Doylestown
Robert Klopfenstein
Samuel Klopfenstein
Doylestown RD
Klopfenstein
Rittman
Methodist Church
Thomas
Bernard McKee
Barberton
Henry Petit
Monbaren
A. M. Burkhardt
Elmer Klop
Student Athlete Killed in Truck Crash at Chestnut Hill Cemetery
Robert Klopfenstein, junior class member and varsity football player, belonged to Trinity Evans Reformed Church of Wadsworth and was survived by his parents and an older brother. Funeral services were held at Wadsworth church Saturday with interment at Wadsworth Cemetery.
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Chestnut Hill Cemetery
Doylestown
Robert Klopfenstein
Trinity” Evans Reformed Church
Wadsworth
Emer
Wadsworth Church
Wadsworth Cemetery
Dog Becomes Eyes Of Sightless Man In Lancaster Dog School Graduation
Butch the boxer trained as guide dog for George Spurgeon of Rittman who went blind three years ago. The pair met in Lancaster months ago and walked Rittman Main St. in their first solo outing. Dr A M Jamison funded the dog and Mrs Ruth Meyer led the training with her husband. Spurgeon’s sister, herself blind, is a Lancaster dog school graduate. The school operates six similar programs nationwide.
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Butch
George Spurgeon
Rittman Main St
Lancaser
Spurgeon
Rittman
Rittman Waste Paper Co
Boxer
the_J. and R. Guide Dog school
Lancaster
A.M. Jamison
Lancaster Doy School
United States
Five Area Men To Go On Navy Cruise May 15
Five area men from Rittman and Doylestown depart May 15 for a two week training cruise aboard the USS Olsen, a destroyer escort. They will report to Philadelphia for assignment and train at the Naval Surface Reserve Training Center in Akron. The Rittman men are James Seitgey 19 N State St, Thomas Wayne Blackwell 187 E Sunset Dr, and Paul Raymond Ball 844 West Hill. From Doylestown are William David Fouty Box 291 and Joseph Carroll Williams Box 229. All five are part time reservists in the Akron program, joining a growing Naval Reserve. They receive one training night per week and pay.
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Rittman
Doylestown
Olsen
Philadelphia
Naval Surface Reserve Training Center
Akron
James Seitgey
N. State Street
Thomas Wayne Blackwell
E. Sunset Drive
Paul Raymond Ball
West Hill
William David Fouty
Grass fire on Sterling Road limited damage
The Rittman Fire Department responded Sunday afternoon to a grass fire on Sterling Road. Damage was minor.
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Rittman
Sterling Road
College Play Features Freshman Role at Baldwin Wallace
Curtis Ward Robinson from Rittman son of Mr and Mrs M Robinson appeared in the Gildwin Wet Ince College production of Chekhov Sea Gull at Baldwin Wallace. He is a freshman from Wy Sun set and a graduate of Rittman spin. Area students named to the Kent State Dean's List include Carl Langguth Doylestown Gene Maine Nan cy Ann Miller Rittman and Shirley Menepiey Sterling.
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Curtis Ward Robinson
Kent State Univ
Carl Langguth
Doylestown
Gene Maine
Nancy Ann Miller
Rittman
Shirley Menepiey
Sterling
Funeral for Dalton coal dealer Clarence Douzles
Clarence K. Douzles 50 of Dalton died suddenly Friday morning at his home. He was a life resident, coal dealer, and trucker. Survived by wife Irene two daughters Kay and Brenda his mother Mrs Demna Douglas a sister Mrs W Hauenstein and five brothers Carl Guy Nelson Lay and Glenn. Funeral Monday at Presbyterian Church Dalton with Rev L M Marker officiating. Burial followed in Dalton.
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Presbyterian Church
Dalton
Clarence K. Douzles
Presbyterian
Lions Broom Sale Plans For Next Monday Evening
The Giois announce their second annual broom sale to be held next Monday evening with 300 brooms to be sold door to door in the village. At a prior Lions meeting the club heard Prof William Keefer of Wooster College discuss The Atom and You.
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Giois
Regulia O
Lions
Rittman High
RHS
William Keefer
College of Woosters
Police chief warns on loose dogs in Hittman village
Police Chief Charles Heffelman reminds dog owners that it is unlawful to let dogs run loose under a village ordinance. Dogs must be tied or face fines up to $25 as complaints rise of gardens being destroyed.
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Charles—Heffelman
Hittman
Heffelman
Recreation Advisory Council forms constitution committee
Mrs Ralph Gwaltney presided at Recresssion Hall as Mrs William Frey was named chairman of a committee to draft a constitution for the next regular meeting. Members include Mrs Robert Karlen Mrs James Kitts Mrs Gwaliny J W Frye and W M Williams. A motion by J W Frye to extend the dance period was approved. Frey requested support for the August Mardi Gras and announced plans to appoint committees at the May 24 meeting.
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Ralph Gwaltney
Recreation Advisory Council
William Frey
Robert Karlen
James Kitts
Gwaliny
J. W Frye
W. M.williams
J. W. Frye
Frey
Down with Crime and Horror Books Bonfire Promises Prizes
A village drives to curb horror comic books with a May 12 bonfire and six cash prizes for school teams turning in the most objectionable titles. The event, led by Mrs Ralph Gwaltney and the Committee for Promotion of Better Reading, includes a book club for eighth graders and plans to notify parents of objectionable comics.
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Committee For Promotion of
Beter Ree Aestress
Hahite
Three Arts Club
Ralph Gwaltnes
Evertuay
Matin
Mildred Durriz
Olla Podrida
First Class Train Ride For Rittman Students
The Rittman school district sent 245 first to third graders on a B and O Rail road trip. Students traveled by bus to Akron to board a Shenandoah passenger train, which stopped in Rittman. C. C. Valentine, B&O local agent, arranged the trip noting eight in ten had never ridden a train before.
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Rittman
B & O Railroad
Akron
Shenandoah
C. C. Valentine
B&o
Miriam Roth
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Rittimann
Cherk
Whane Cearviee
O'Higgins
Reformatory
Fenstein
George Spurgeon and
Navy
Lions Broom Sale
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