Community notices and events in Barberton area
Local groups announce meetings and events across May including Daughters of America inspection led by Mrs Elizabeth Halberg Akron, East Ohio W.S.W.S speaker Mrs Merlin Correll, and a Mother-Daughter dinner at E U B Church. Also reports on hospital recoveries, library story hour, charity luncheons, birthday greetings, and school band activities with Ohio State honor roll inclusion.
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Daughters of America
Elizabeth Halberg
Akron
W.S.W.S
E.U.B
Merlin Correll
East Ohio
Wes Peterman
Dan Laurer
Amy Gasser
Will Leatherman
Ida Firis
Jim Hile
Scott Pamer
W. M. Brenneman
I. J. Musser
Karen Sue Walker
Jack Bigler
John Kunkler
Albert Chenal
Sterling Avenue
Robert
Mauroe
Pat) Chenal
Center Road
Minneapolis
Minn
Germain
Martha) Chenal
Robert Hofstetter
Barberton High School
Villagette
Willis Lance
Awards At Pack 3400 Meeting And Local Road Crash
At Cub Pack 3400 meeting Den 5 led openings while awards were handed to Bobcat honorees Allen Nolt George Kinder John Bauman Gary Jackson and others. In a separate note, Route 94 at County Road 70 saw a late night crash injuring no one. Earl Heighberger with Rittman Bev erage Store claimed he did not see oncoming traffic before striking Eileen Dennison’s auto near the intersection. deputies continue investigations with no charges filed as of Thursday.
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Route 94
County Road 70
Daniel Snyder
Rittman
Wayne County
Sheriff's
Earl Heighberger
Wadsworth
Eileen Dennison
Heighberger
Rittman Beverage Store
Sheriff's Deputies
Denner
Allen Nolt
George Kinder
John Bauman
Gary Jackson
Tom Niehaus
Mike Ferguson
Roy Ferguson
Paul Rufener
Don Bise
Ken Baker
Rod Lance
Glen Adams
Den 5
Commission May Hire Professional Planners For Rittman
The Rittman Planning Commission at a Tuesday night meeting urged hiring a professional planning agency to study current zoning and plan for the future. City Manager Charles Mann will check costs and potential federal funds. Ohio has $260,141 allocated statewide with $168,000 already earmarked. The panel also favors expanding R2 residential zones near downtown to allow more apartment buildings as industry supports needed housing. The solicitor will study legal limits and which zoning authority takes precedence between city and township before moving forward.
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Rittman
Planning Commission
Charles Mann
Mann
Ohio
Mann Planning Commission
Lions Honor Wives at Rittman Lions Meeting
Rittman Lions will honor wives on June 5 with ladies as guests. Local president Austin Gift announced the plan on Monday night. Elections of officers set for May 15. No meeting May 29 due to Memorial Day absence. Football coach Homer Pyle spoke, presenting past season highlights.
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Rittman Lions
Austin Gift
Homer Pyle
Bigger Circus Opens With New Acts In 1961
Lee Cavin reports Mills Brothers Circus opens in Warren Ohio with a daring new lion act imported from France. A camel act is noted as unusual and the famed trained horses remain a highlight. Cavin, publisher of the Seville Chronicle, will publish a circus book by year’s end. Ned Atkins says two new ticket locations are set for June 23 in Rittman with advance adult tickets at a 40 cent pre show discount at Matson’s Pharmacy Creston and Hartman’s Seville. Other sellers: Rich Motors Wright’s Stepfield Ben Franklin Rittman Press Ohio Fuel Gas Packaging Corp of America Morton Salt. Sterling Maibach’s and Brenneman Pharmacy in Wadsworth.
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Lee Cavin
Mills Brothers Circus
Warren
Ohio
Cavin
France
Mous
Seville Chronicle
Ned Atkins
Rittman Rotary
Matson's
Creston
Hartman’s
Seville
Ritt
Plan Library Fund Drive On Tuesday
A meeting of local clubs and organizations with the Rittman Friends of the Library will be held Tuesday May 9 to discuss raising 8500 toward the new library purchase. Hubert Squibbs says information material will be distributed and the West Ohio Avenue library is to be completed this summer. Wayne County Library Board will provide 25000 of the 33500 price. locals must raise the rest by the completion date.
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Rittman Friends of the Library
Hubert Squibbs
West
Ohio Avenue
Wayne County Library Board
Squibbs
Public Hearing On Watershed Plan In Rittman May 26
A public hearing will be held at 11 am May 26 at Rittman City Hall to review the Chippewa Watershed Subdistrict flood control dam plan. Objections can be raised then. final approval may follow from Conservancy Court in New Philadelphia. Project features include eight earth dams, with several pools and drought protections, aiming to complete by 1966. The US Department of Agriculture would contribute about $1.7 million, with the rest locally raised. An ultimate goal is a 1300 acre reservoir between Rittman and Wadsworth costing about $3 million, funded by bonds repayable from water sales.
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Rittman
Chippewa Watershed
Rittman City Hall
Conservancy Court
New Philadelphia
Fred P Neuenschwander
Watershed Association
Conservancy Courts
Chippewa
Muskingum
Wayne
Medina
John Garrett
River Styx
Lake Chippewa
Highway 224
Holmes Brook
River Stix
Hubbard Creek
Seville
Holmes Creek
Little Chippewa
Orrville
Fall Creek
Buck Creek
Chippewa Lake
US Department of Agriculture
Woul
Wadsworth
Neuenschwander
Skraba Indicted By Grand Jury in Fatal Route 3 Crash
Mike Skraba of Rittman indicted by Wayne County Grand Jury on second degree manslaughter in the April 2 traffic death of Daniel Snyder. Snyder was killed at a Route 3 and County Road 70 intersection when Skraba’s car allegedly failed to stop. Skraba claims brake failure. Trial date not set. he is free on $500 bond.
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Mike Skraba
Rittman
Wayne County Grand Jury
Daniel Snyder
Snider Also
Skraba
JA Members Will Be Honored At Banquet Night
Rittman Junior Achievement members will be honored at the Future Unformitted Banquet at Amer can Levien Hall next Wednesday. The Joy Junior Achievers of the year will receive trophies. Bob Mohler, president of the Akron Board of Education, will be principal speaker. Mohler, a University of Akron and Ohio State alumnus, has held varied roles in education law and business and has delivered over 500 talks.
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Rittman
Amercan Levien Hall
Rittman Area
Joy
Bob Mehler
Akron Board of Education
Mehler
University of Akron
Ohio State
Akron Law School
Mohler
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
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Lawrence Wilmot
Wadsworth Hospital
Harper Lee
Pat Beckstein of
Wooster
Entre Nous
Neil Milford
Seth Wright
Ben Franklin
Rittman and
Moylestown
Barberton Citizens’ Hospital
Sherman Dalbeys
Florida
Mary Rohrer
Scott Hambleton
Utah
Rittman Public Library
Mary Ethel Cummings
Milton Presbyterian Church
Circle Finance
Ralph Overholt
American Legion Auxiliary
Esther Bruny
Albert Schaad
Don Baker
Firemen’s Auxiliary
Ray Palmer
Robert Stoll
Orchard
Cynthia Ann
Akron City Hospital
Ohio State University
Jerome W. Millis
Doylestown
Nancy Berger
Easton Road
Charles Hostetler
Smithville
Akron University
Joe Felix
Ool
Lebaron
Myrtle Krahenbuhl
Rittman May
Walter Krahenbuhl
North State Street
Vernon Steiner
Sam Berger
Boy Scout
Bobcat
Bob Straub
Herland Reynolds
Lee Winchell
David Hobell
Commission
State Planning Commission
Columbus
Comereed
Pla
Mariin
Lions
Margaret Hostetler
Janet Lengacher
Betty Sanford
Margaret Money
Temple Corporation Burns Mortgage
Rittman Temple Corporation
Carl Wo Ellenwood
Hending
Mason
Eastern Star
Ellenwood
Main Street
Park Lane
Hugh L. Strickland
Orlan Houglan
Glen Berkey
Wed
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