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Mrs Katherine Whitman of Sterling Avenue left for a two month visit with her daughter Evelyn Jones in Texas. Esther Swartz was elected Tau Delta sorority chaplain at Otterbein College. Carl Maurer noted in Wooster. Births include Michele Lynn Black May 13 in Akron City Hospital. The Buckeye Garden Club meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. Bands at Akron University earned excellent ratings under Gene Sharick. Delta’s progressive dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Daughters of America and Firemen's Auxiliary meet Tuesday. Wedding anniversaries, birthdays and senior exams listed. Mr and Mrs Kanehl returned to the U.S. after a Far East trip cut short due to eye trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Whitman
Sterling Avenue
Robert
Evelyn) Jones
Texas
Gary Black
Michele Lynn
Akron City Hospital
Michael
Esther Swartz
Betty Swartz
Tau Delta Sorority
Otterbein College
Rittman High School
Esther
Otterbein
F. O. Kanehl
United States
Steiner Elected Lion President
Vernon Steiner was elected president of Lions Club Monday night for the coming year. Serving with Steiner will be Harold Walker first vice president Tom Haines second vice president Charles Rupp third vice president Len Over secretary Charles Wald treasurer J C Fretwell four farmer and James Witzberger tail twister. Ivan King and Oscar Miracle were elected to serve as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Steiner
Lions Club
Steiner
Harold Walker
Tom Haines
Charles Rupp
Len Over
Charles Wald
J. C. Fretwell
Fon Farmer
James Witzberger
Ivan King
Oscar Miracle
Firefighters Battle PCA Plant Blazes Without Major Damage
Rittman volunteers and Packaging Corporation workers contained a fire in the Paper Machine Dry End at the PCA plant Tuesday night with minimal damage and no injuries. A PCA official cited time loss as the main cost. Fire crews returned Wednesday night to extinguish a small transformer fire at the same plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Packaging Corporation
PCA
How Many Must Die on Bloody 94 Highway
Editorial condemns Route 94 between Rittman and Wadsworth for deadly crashes and intoxicated drivers. It cites fatal underpass crash on April 2 involving Daniel Snyder and a reckless driver facing manslaughter charges.
Eugene Gish 34 Buried After Wooster Funeral Service
Funeral services were held at McIntire Funeral Home Wooster for Eugene N Gish 34 of 319 Blessing Ave Wooster formerly of Rittman who died after a brief illness. He was born Jan 17 1927 in Canton son of Gale and Edna Rothmeyer Gish and a Rittman High School graduate. He worked 12 years for Rubbermaid Inc as an IBM operator and served in the army 1945 46 in the 37th Infantry Division service company. He was a member of Wooster Toastmasters Rittman Junior Chamber of Commerce Wadsworth American Legion Post and Rittman Evangelical United Brethren Church. Surviving are his wife Ellen three children John Patricia and Pamela a sister Joyce Mumaw of Smithville Madisonburg his parents of Rittman and grandmother Mrs Charles Gish of Rittman. Burial was in Rittman Cemetery. Contributions to Wayne County Unit American Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntire Funeral Home
Wooster
Eugene N. Gish
Blessing Avenue
Rittman
Wooster Hospital
Mr. Gish
Canton
Gale
Edna Rothmeyer Gish
37Th Infantry
Ber
Wooster Toastmasters Club
Rittman Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wadsworth American Legion Post
Rittman Evangelical United Brethren Church
Ellen
John
Patricia
Pamela
Dean
Joyce) Mumaw
Smithville Western Road
Madisonburg
Charles Gish
F D Donaldson
Rittman Cemetery
Wayne County Unit
American Cancer Society
Hanson Co Presidents Of Rittman PTA Elected
Mr and Mrs Ted Hanson will serve as co-presidents for the PTA next school year after officers were elected last Thursday. Other officers include Don Ritchie first vice president Milton Hughes Jr second vice president Homer Castor third vice president George Hileman recording secretary Lloyd Shellvamner corresponding secretary Jay Rohrer treasurer Silas Dobbins Wayne County Council representatives and John Stillwagner historian. The group approved $100 for rights to future minstrel shows and high school use and $15 for a new dictionary for the Commercial department. Dr Lewis Harris urged school improvement and meeting with congressmen for favorable legislation. Mrs Amy Sunderlal, a visitor from India, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Hanson
PTA
Hansons
Don Ritchie
Milton Hughes, Jr
Homer Cas
Tor
George Hileman
Lloyd Shell
Vammer
Jay Rohrer
Silas Dobbins
Wayne County Council
John Stillwagner
Lewis Harris
Ohio School Boards Association
Amy Sunderlal
India
Driver Fined After Bloody 94 Crash Leaves Eight Hurt
Robert Dailmont Graham of Creston received thirty days in jail a $250 fine and a one year license suspension for DUI in a three car crash on Route 94 Friday night. Eight people were injured with five hospitalized at Wadsworth Municipal Hospital including Elizabeth Harris in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dailmont Graham
Creston
Graham
Wayne County Sheriff's Department
Wadsworth Municipal Hospital
Elizabeth Harris
RD 1
Rittman
James Breece
Hugh Boatright
Donna
Michael
Jim Breece
Band Parents Strive Toward Calendar Goal
Band parents discuss calendar sales for the Community Birthday Calendar at a May meeting led by Mrs Willis Lance. Totals incomplete but show improvement over last year as a high quota is targeted. Cadet and Junior bands host a concert May 23 at 7 30 pm in the high school gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Lance
Vernon Steiner
Village Inn Rittman High School
Central Park
Steiner
Roy Faber
Ivan King
Sharick
Faber
McCormac Heads Welcome Wagon Newcomers Officers
Mrs John McCormac heads the list of new officers for Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club after elections Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs Harold Youman. Co hosts were Mrs Robert Newland Mrs Stanley Walker and Mrs Clyde McCray. Other officers elected were Mrs Donald Austin vice president Mrs James Watt secretary and Mrs Sam Schwarskopf treasurer. Installations set for a family picnic at 4 pm Sunday June 11 in Central Park. The club donated $50 to the Rittman Library Building Fund. Si Dobbins presented a mouth to mouth resuscitation film and demonstrated artificial respiration methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCormac
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club
Harold Youman
Robert Newland
Stanley Walker
Clyde McCray
McCormac
Donald Austin
James Watt
Sam Schwarskopf
Central Park
Rittman Library Building Fund
Si Dobbins
It’s a Girl Mann at City Manager’s Home
Judy Mann presented her husband Charles Mann with an eight pound two ounce girl named Lisa Kaye early Monday morning. The child joins sisters Denny and Kenny at the Mann home at 52 N Metzger Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mann
Judy
Lisa Kaye
Denny
Brother Kenny
Mann
Metzger Avenue
Council Awards Two Contracts
The council approved two contracts in a brief meeting. Pacific Construction Company of Akron wins the sewage treatment plant addition project for 227,954 with 300 days to complete. Walter Jones Construction Company of Wooster lands the oil Rittman streets aid project for 8,199.79 and starts work at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Construction Company of
Akron
Walter Jones Construction Company of
Wooster
Hickin and
Crissmore Streets
Reffert and Brodbeck Win Highest School Award
Penny Reffert and Bruce Brodbeck received Riitman High School Recognition Day honors at Thursday assembly. Faculty and administration selected the seniors for the top award and presented it during the afternoon event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penny Reffert
Bruce Brodbeck
Riitman High School
Sterling Man Dies After Fall At Akron Plant
Wilfred Bill Baughman 47 of Sterling RD 1 died at Barberton Citizens Hospital after injuries from a May 10 fall at the Firestone synthetic plant in Akron. Funeral services were held at McIntire Funeral Home in Wooster with Rev Robert Brown officiating. Burial followed in Wooster. He was a plumber for Soehlen Piping Co. of Louisville and a member of Akron Local 419 plumbers union. Survived by wife Florence, three sons Raymond Smithville, James and Wilford at home, three daughters Kay Markley Wooster, Diane Coffman Ashland, Patsy Gresham Akron, step-daughter Pamela Boreman at home, five brothers and eight sisters, many more relatives, and four grandchildren. His obituary notes extensive survivors from Orrville, Ashland, Wooster, Smithville, and Sterling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred
Bill
Joe Baughman
Sterling RD
Barberton Citizens Hospital
Firestone
Akron
Robert Brown
Ashland
McIntire Funeral Home
Wooster
Mr Baughman
Soehlen Piping Company
Louisville
Plumbers’ Union
Orrville
Harry
Laura Gambier Baughman
Florence
Raymond
Smithville
James
Wilford
Kay Markley
Diane Coffman
Patsy Gresham
Pamela Boreman
George
Alfred
Mansfield
Stephen
Robert
Sirley
Lydia Shearer
Leah Elkin
Jane Jackson
Dorothy Coffman
Jean Hill
LaVina Trivett
Smithvale
Regina Laughman
Ruth Rastorfer
Sterling
Marvin Brueck
Smithille
William Paulos 70 buried after funeral services
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for William N Paulos 70 of 60 Sheldon Avenue who died Monday morning at his home. Born in Pera Greece he lived in the area about 10 years, mainly in Rittman with periods in Wooster and Wadsworth. He retired in 1956 from the Ohio Boxboard Company after 14 years employed. In 1926 and 1927 he owned restaurants in Rittman and Wadsworth. He was preceded in death by his first wife Margaret in 1943 a son and two daughters. Survived by his wife Clara Straits Paulos a son Donald at home another son William J a daughter Mrs Doris White a brother and two sisters in Greece and three grandchildren. Rev F D Donaldson officiated at Gillman Haines Funeral Home with burial in Rittman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N Paulos
Sheldon Avenue
Pera
Greece
Rittman
Wooster
Wadsworth
Ohio Boxboard Company
Margaret
Clara Straits Paulos
Donald
William J
Doris White
Re. F D Donaldson
Gillman Haines
Watershed Group Tours Proposed Dam Sites in Region
Muskingum Conservancy and Chippewa Watershed Board of Directors met in Rittman on Tuesday for a 11 am tour of proposed dam sites and the planned reservoir area between Rittman and Wadsworth. Fred Neuenschwander of the Wadsworth Chamber of Commerce led the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskingum Conservancy
Chigpewa Watershed Board of Directors
Rittman
Wadsworth
Fred Neuenschwander
Wadsworth Chamber of Commerce
Chippewa Watershed Board
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Sylvan Road
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Carl Maurer
Buckeye Garden Club
Dallas Haulk
Chet Haulk
F. W
Lois Jean) Hochstetler
Harry Fry
Dayton CT. Miller
Baldwin-Wallace College
Lois Jean
Delta
Ray Lance
Art Frase
Charles Champlin
Daughters of America
Firemen's Auxiliary
Robert Adams
James Calhoun
Wade Jaquays
Jack
Robert Halliwell
Neal Howell
Jerry Halliwell
Margaret Hochstetler
Joan Ditch
Lavina Orr
David Fry
Willard Wilson
Freddie Shiffer
Virginia Rohrer
Mike Canter
Wilma Gast
Susan Rose
James Petit
Thelma Horner
Gary Taylor
Bette Gillespie
Gregg Gasser
Phillip Burnette
Lion
Daniel Snyder
State Department
Ralph Fisher
General Assembly
Hfe
Eugene Gish
Gavel
William Holt
Rittman Pta
Marsha Jo Harris
RD Rittman
Mrs Boatright
Breeze
Boatright
Breece
Breece Auto
Harris
Marsha
Wayne County
Newcomer Prox
Council
Danforth
Roy Sinlair
Arettor
John Heter
Karen Adams
Gary Leatherman
David Bernhardt
Tom Saurer
Miss Adams
Joyce Crabtree
Barb Lewis
Shan Sandreck
Janie Pyle
Marsha Harris
Anne Melenbacker
Tom Gwaltney
Viregil Pittman
Cliff Mokler
Robert Reffert
Ronny Kuntz
Karan Adams
Rick Reffert
Jack Leatherman
Mickey Shankland
Hazel Darby
Pam Hummel
Jim Howell
Carole Richard Son
Earl Wasson
Dick Reffert
Linda Hite
Suensiner
William Paulos
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