Local youths and community notices sprawl across Rittman area
A yard sale by Girl Scout Troop 754 in May at 9 North Metzger Street kickstarts community events. Ohio State honors include Richard Trogdon Gary Bowman Margaret Hersman and Mary Lou Martin on winter quarter lists. Rev William McComas tours Jerusalem returning May 27. Jean Rohrer named to Akron University Dean's List. Kent State Honors Day honors Virginia Pace Carol McFadden Dennis Deibel and Nancy Whitman for 3.5+ averages. Frank Bostancic and Stephen Paridon named Freshman Scholars at Ohio State University for top 3 percent class rank and top 5 percent nationally.
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North Metzger St
Ohio State University
Richard Trogdon
Rittman
Gary Bowman
Rt. 1
Creston
Margaret Hersman
Fairview
Doylestown
Mary Lou Martin
Marshallville
William McComas
Jerusalem
Garden Tomb
Mid-East
Jean Rohrer
Hawthorne Drive
Akron University
Rittman Area
Kent State University
Virginia Pace
W. Sunset
Carol McFadden
Dennis Deibel
Nancy Whitman
Valley View
Frank Bostancic
Rittman High School
Stephen Paridon
Archbishop Hoban High
Regula to Speak at Orrville Republicans Dinner
Mrs Ralph Regula will be guest speaker at the Wayne County Federation of Republican Women covered dish supper Friday at 7 p.m. The event is at the Orrville First Saving and Loan building across from Orrville City Hall. Co chairs are Mrs Lindsey Williams and Mrs James L Frost of Orrville.
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Ralph Regula
Wayne County Federation of Republican Women
Orrville
Rittman Indians Schedule Highlights May Events
Rittman Indians host Norwayne on May 23 and travel to Waynedale on May 29. May 24 OES Chapter 529 meets at 7 30 p m. May 26 state track meets. May 27 Pac Mor Campers meet at 2 p m. May 28 Memorial Day parade starts at 10 a m.
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Rittman Indians
O.E.S. Chapter
Pac-Mor
Waynedale
Students Win Chamber Essay Contest at Rittman Schools
The Chamber of Commerce named three winners from Rittman Middle School West Hill and North Street elementary schools. Ricky Keenan 14 an eighth grader. Susan Van Hoose 10 a fourth grader. and Kim Hughes 10 a fourth grader will receive gift certificates for prize letters.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rittman
West Hill
North Street
Ricky Keenan
Owen Kitts
Salt Street
Susan van Hoose
Earl van Hoose
Sterling Avenue
Kim Hughes
West Hill School
Chamber
City Employees End Strike After Council Rejection
The Rittman City employees returned to work May 15 after council rejected union recognition for Teamsters Local 497. Council cited City Charter Section 5.02 empowering the City Manager and directed creation of a grievance procedure. Also noted were issues over overtime pay. وفاة Mrs. Helen M Steiner 85 of 200 West Ohio Ave passed away Wednesday at Wadsworth Rittman Hospital. She was born August 12 1887 in Hamburg Germany.
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Rittman City
Teamsters
Akron
James F. Wykle
International Brotherhood of Teamster
Council
al Imhoff
Helen M. Steiner
West Ohio Ave
Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital
Hamburg
Germany
Peter and
Metta Riecker Kroeger
Rittman
Eddie Z Thompson
S. Hickin Ave
Ft. Gay
W Va
Clyde
Tennessee Thompson
California
Mr Thompson
Union 744
Cleveland
Calvary Baptist Church
VFW
Sandra
Rebecca
Coshocton
Charles
Ernest
Strongsville
Walter Arlene Wilson
Jack H. Davis
Guy Lowther
Rittman Cemetery
Gillman Funeral Home
Legion Auxiliary Poppy Days Set for May 25 26
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold Poppy Days on May 25 26 with posters in Main Market Shopping Center and Downtown. Poppy Queen will be chosen from eleven junior members, and the parade entry is May 28.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Bodagers Agency
RHS Choral Groups Spring Concert Dances Through Showboat Acts
Rittman High School choral groups present a Spring Concert at Rittman Middle School on Friday May 25 featuring contest choir selections Thanks Be to Thee Go Lovely Rose and The Dove of Peace alongside Showboat Varieties with ventriloquist acts by Kevin Priest and Paul Annette Frase piano Overture and performances by elementary and middle school choirs. The event includes Mr Beery as master of ceremonies and a square dance to Hot Time in the Old Town with solos by Bob Mick Christine and Carl Gordon among others.
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Rittman High School
Rittman Middle School
Debbie Widmer
Cheryl Rigas
Patty Hughes
Linda Ditch
Earl Beery
Dave Cheel
Bruce Pratt
Doug Rose
Scott Rice
Glen Likens
Mark Hardgrove
Roger Tooley
Bret Wesolek
Bernie Ball
Robert E. Lee Walter Beery
Old Town
Brother Noah
Kentucky
Rittman Woman Shot In Home
Wanda Dies 38 of 60 S Main St Rittman shot Monday in her home according to police. Jack Workman of Wooster held in connection with the shooting as the case remains under investigation. Mrs Dies taken to Wadsworth Rittman Hospital.
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Wanda Dies
S. Main Street
Rittman
Rittman Board Approves School Building Repairs and Curriculum Upgrades
The Rittman Board of Education approves 14000 for repairing and carpeting the superintendent’s office and one First Street School classroom on an experimental basis, 2000 for football field tiles, and adoption of a new Reading Center with a 775.62 cost. They set elementary book fees, approve French and Spanish tests, and grant diplomas to 109 graduates. The board also approves staff contracts and professional meeting attendances and authorizes Title I and related program funding. memorial day holiday shifts the news deadline.
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Rittman Board of Education
First Street
Drafn
Ray Pratt
Larry Stucky
Rittman High School
Derr
Hummel
Robert Miller
Blachly
Falkenberg
Ferguson
Larry Troutner
Ohio
Salt Fork
BASA
Saw Mill Creek
Margaret Williams
Kent State University
Board of Education
ESEA
Reba Adkins
DPP
Ludora Brown
Mary Cox
Carol Curren
Robert Ellis
Edith Fry
Gila Garretson
Helen Hartman
Ernest Hartzler
Joan Noble
Doctor Berg to join Medical Center staff July 1
Dr. Charles J. Berg, native of Reynoldsville Pennsylvania, will join Dr. William Knapic at the Medical Center in family medicine on July 1. He trained at Penn State, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Green Cross Hospital and Children's Hospital Akron. Mrs Berg, a nurse, also hails from western Pennsylvania and will relocate to Rittman.
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William Knapic
The
Medical Center
Charles J. Berg
Berg
Reynoldsville
Pennsylvania
Penn State University
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Green Cross Hospital
Cuyahoga Falls
Children’s Hospital
Akron
American
Rittman
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Minnie Wallace
Blac de
Susan
E City
Helen Steiner
Beth Stefanica
Joe Stefanica
Ashton Hall
Legion Auxiliary
Margaret Hodavan
Bertha Sherrick
American Legion
France
Wayne County
Sterling
RHS
Blough
Jerry Noble
Jane Tabor
Susanna Sharon Jenkins
Evaline
Daddy
Stan Rodda
Carolyn Warren
John Steiner
Annette
Eddie Thompson
Bridane
Charles Berg
Harriet L
Squibbs
Harriet L. Squibbs
W. Liberty St
Manor Pines Nursing Home
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Milton United Presbyterian Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Ola Podrida Club
Margaret
Hubert S
Morton Salt Co
Sherman
Mary) Carr
Ft Lauderdale
Dennis Holcomb
Washington State
James E. Watt
Rose Hill Cemetery
Gillman
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