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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
3
7 room dwelling wired for electric stove on 11 acres southwest of Rittman. Owner will trade on Rittman property 12 room dwelling on South Main Street at $80 per month with income $5,500. Three room dwelling with gas, electric, and toilet on Elliott Street offered at $1,200.00.
Mrs Charles Ruble expresses gratitude for cards and a plant from the Church of God and Rev Henry for kindness. She thanks those who helped Mr Ruble during illness and notes she is at home and improving slowly.
Roy E Sebrell of Wadsworth Ohio has been appointed administrator of the estate of Gus Chalkes of Chippewa Township Wayne County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated May 8 1944. Probate Judge US Saunders. Published in The Rittman Press May 11 1825 June 1 1944. Estate of Margaret Booth also notices Henry V Booth of Ohio is appointed administrator of the estate of Margaret Booth in Wayne County.
The Peoples Savings and Loan Company Wooster plans a June 2 stockholders meeting at 1 31 pm to approve converting from a state charter to a Federal savings and loan association. The change should insure all accounts up to 500000 after conversion, with 800000 reserved in the earlier notice. The plan, approved by the Federal Home Loan Bank and FSLIC, keeps Wayne County’s oldest savings institution operating since 1882 with Orrville branch. The board includes Chase Correll H C Graham S M Kirk A E Taylor Dean H Weimer and C G Williams.
Dewey V and Ruby Perle Smith transfer to Effie V Ebersole Mar shallville property for $1. The Schaeferes deed 10 acres in Chippewa Township to H C Boyd for $1, with others including H C Boyd to Harley Weaver and Novaline for 10 acres, and more transfers in Chippewa and Rittman townships. Also notes a $345 35 parcel and a Creston Creston property transfer. A line on fuel spending due to inadequate weatherproofing.
Shreve newspaper sale announced May 4 to Frank Crawford of Mount Vernon. Crawford becomes a federal appointee in Cincinnati, with May 22 date for a new owner. The paper, long run by Crawford’s family, was the county’s only declared Republican outlet and shared legal notices with the Democratic paper The Rittman Press.
Loons club moves to organize two summer softball leagues for boys after a Tuesday meeting. A follow up gathering is set for Friday May 12 at City Hall at 6 pm with representatives from service clubs churches factories and businesses to join. Rev W F Echols named temporary recreation group chairman to work with team organizers and the village recreation committee.
Call men for plowing Victory Gardens now. Contacts: Carol Wright in Rittman 67-W, Raynor Shook in Rittman 1017-L, Paul Howard in Creston 2172. As soil warms, plant tender crops. maples leaf time signals planting. Red Cross produced 24 million garments for foreign relief since 1939. Fresh peaches noted as a good local fruit.
Fragmented text mentions a date in April and a prebate or duty in a 1944 context. It references a person or entity and a formal action but the details are unreadable. The record preserves the uncertain cryptic legal header style from the period.
The village council set a week long Spring Cleanup starting May 22 with a street gang collecting rubbish from curb to curb free of charge. They approved oiling the streets for about 2400 using MC-2 and Mc-1 gravel mix. A new water line to Willow Brook was proposed but not funded.
At a city hall meeting in Rittman and Rob ert W Blunt of the Ohio Boxboard Co described an urgent need for part time labor. A flying squadron of workers was proposed to fill in as jobs arise in town with hours aligned to each man’s ability. Nearly a dozen signed up and more are expected. The main need is stock handling at the Ohio Boxboard Co and several hours of work are available daily.
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