City Council Advances Lease and Utilities Projects
City Council approved ordinance 4925 amending 4905 to lease a cellar area in the Safety Building to Troop 405, instructed acquisition of a light for the Wadsworth Rittman intersection on Route 57, set May 29 as next meeting date, approved storm sewer change on Grandview, vouchers 9409 to 9448, accepted Marian Air Spray bid for mosquito control at 660, and allocated 36274 from Rittman revenue sharing for water well field and fire truck. Ohio Pavement Marking awarded street line striper contract for 3581. note on first business telephone between Boston and Somerville in 1877.
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Menoaueon
Planning Commission
Wadsworth- Rittman
Grandview
Marian Air Spray Company
Rittman
Ohio Pavement Marking Company
Stay Wide Awake Campaign Begins
The Chippewa Valley Bank launches a Stay Wide Awake campaign with red bumper stickers saying Stay Wide awake to remind motorists to take rest stops and drive carefully. In partnership with the Rittman Police Department the effort aims to reduce accidents during Memorial Day travel and peak hours by encouraging safer driving.
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The
Chippewa Valley Bank
South Main
North Main
Rittman
Chippewa Lake
Rittman Police Department
Bank
Harry Blake
Chippewa Valley Bank North Main St
Merle Heffelman
Veterans G I Bill Lets Dropouts Return To School
A Veterans Administration report shows more than 20,000 veterans are drawing free G I Bill education benefits while attending high school or college preparatory courses. Since 1967, about 125,000 educationally disadvantaged trainees have used such benefits, including 70,000 with up to 11 years of schooling and 55,000 high school graduates lacking prerequisites.
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Veterans Administration
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Donald E. Johnson
Johnson
Ritman Clean-Up Paint-Up Fix-Up Week Declared
Proclamation from Ritman urges May 13 to 19, 1973 as a city wide cleanup and beautification effort. Citizens and organizations are asked to participate and contact city offices or Chamber of Commerce for more information. Ashton Hall.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Ashton Hall
Notice of Appointment for Estate of Charles W Rankin
Notice is given that Robert Ward of Greensburg Kentucky has been appointed Executor of the estate of Charles W Rankin deceased. Creditors must file claims within four months. Dated April 23 1973 in Wayne County Ohio. Judge Leo R Kindswatter Probate Division. Also an ordinance from Rittman City Council approving a street sweeper purchase from Road Machinery and Supply Co for 15046.00 declaring an emergency Passed April 23 1973.
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Charles W. Rankin
Robert Ward
Greensburg
Kentucky
R. D. No
Creston
Wayne County
Ohio
Rittman
Road Machinery and Supply Company
Kemp to Speak at May Fundraiser Dinner in Canton
Republican Speaker Jack Kemp will headline a May 21 fundraising dinner at 7:30 p.m. in the Canton Cultural Center. Sponsored by Stark Wayne Tuscarawas County Republican Committees, with a 6:30 p.m. reception. Lindsey Williams handles local ticket sales. Kemp, 37, from New York’s 38th District, serves on multiple House committees and has a football past with both AFL leagues. Also noted are local party chairs Ronald Bennington and William Morris, and a Fort Knox museum pistol gift from Gen. Patton’s grandson.
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Jack Kemp
New York State
Cultural Center
Canton
Stark
Wayne
Tuscarawas
Lindsey Williams
Kemp
Congress
House
Education and Labor
Permanent
Los Angeles
Occidental College
Ronald Reagan
Republican National Committee
San Diego Chargers
Buffalo Bills
American Football League Players Association
Sierra Club
New York Boy Scouts of America
Board of
March of Dime
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Council
Boston
Somerville
Mass
Veterans Service Organizations
City
Rittman’s
Leo R. Kindswatter
Court of Common Pleas
R. B
Geraldine J. Griffith
R.P
Bodager
Rittman, Ohio
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
S. Main St
N. Main St
D.i.c
Ohio Ave
Patton
George Patton
Military Museum
Fort Knox
Ben
Burnett
Pete
Tillie
Universal Picture Technicolor
Panavision
Er Burr
Sarat
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