Announcements and Births From Rittman Area Clubs and Families
Junior Mothers Club hosts a weiner roast Wednesday at 9 p.m. for couples at the Ramisiér home north of Rittman. Mrs. Georgie Hilemah and Mrs. H. J. Salyer hostesses. Birth notice: Richard and Dana Sherrick announce daughter Beth Ahn born May 8. Beth’s paternal grandmother is Berths, 70 Liberty Street. St. Mark's Episcopal confirms three Rutriat children Sally Ann Heames John Smithwick Broderick Holt at age 15. service led by Rev. Lane Wickham Barton. Dick Simonton returns from Children’s Hospital Akron on crutches. J.J. Williams guests of Bill Brénteman in Elyria. attend Lottaine County Bankers Association event. speaker Tom Fields of WEWS TV. Betty Easterday and Mrs. J. Corporel announce baby girl due May 24. Cpl. Hattelr in Friticd. wife with parents in Crestan. Richard G. Johnson and Larry Bloser noted in local school test results. Otterbein Bible Class meets June 4. dress as song title. Order of Eastern Star meeting June 4 at Holmes Chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Mothers Club
Eid Ramisiér
County Road
Rittman
Georgie Hilemah
H. J. Salyer
Rutriat
Sally Ann Heames
John Smithwick
Broderick Holt
St. Mark’s Episcopal Carch
Wadsworth
Lane Wickham Barton
Eastern
Oregon
Ralph E. Cousins, Jr
Sides Extend Labor Talks Recess To June Eight
Both sides agreed to recess negotiations until June 8 and to resume talks then. The current contract remains in full force and effect indefinitely unless terminated, with no automatic end date and no pressure of a deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etna
Holly Starcher
International ‘Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill
Palmer Dole
PCA
Progres Dé “Ehoourag Bratcher Hd
Dolph
Rebs
Chamber Appeals For Funds To Finish City Landscape
The Chamber of Commerce urged donations to the City Landscape fund which stands at 379 dollars with 121 dollars left to reach the goal. Local firms and workers supplied heavy equipment and time for grading the city dump site while fill dirt and top soil were provided by Charles Zollinger and Don Niehaus. Packages Corp and Morton Salt donated trucks and drivers, along with city crews. Jim Frye and Ivan King supervise Saturday’s operations and the project shows a neater entrance to Rittman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Zollinger
Rittman
Don Niehaus
Ray Pratt
Glenn Howell
Chester
Jim Frye
Frye
Rittmand Garden Club
Ivan King
Charles Mann
Council approves subdivision street paving law and rules
Council passes a law requiring subdivision street paving once 50 percent of lots have houses or 60 percent sold. Corner lot assessments will be pro rated among adjacent properties. The measure followed a year of study and talks with developers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Board
Walter Homes Construction Company of
Wooster
Parade at D Town Monday in Doylestown
Doylestown Memorial Day parade will form at 9 45 a m Monday at the Methodist Memorial on East Clinton Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doylestown
Methodist Memorial
East Clinton Street
Wellman pleads innocent in nonsupport case
Paul Wellman of Rittman pleads innocent to nonsupport charges in Common Pleas Court. Trial date set for June 7. Attorney Jack Critchfield of Wooster represents Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wellman
Rittman
Common Pleas
Jack Critchfield
Wooster
Wellman
Marshallville Man Robbed of $400
Ernest Hollinger of Marshallville RD 1 was robbed by three armed men who gained entry at 10 p.m. after a sock masked duo tied him and disabled the telephone. Mrs. Hollinger freed him when she returned at 11 p.m. The residence sits on County Road 116. The suspects ranged in ages from 18 to 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hollinger
Marshallville RD
Hollinger
Three Die On New Route 5 Bypass Crash
On the new Route 5 bypass south of Doylestown a two car collision killed Raphael Lafferty 36 of Columbus and Mr and Mrs John Hagey of Barberton. Mrs Jack Humphrey of Doylestown jumped from the Lafferty car and survived with minor injuries. Hagey died at the scene and her husband died five hours later at Orrville Dunlap Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doylestown
Raphael Lafferty
Columbus
John Hagey
Barberton
Lafferty
Jack Humphrey
Humphrey
Hagey
Orrville Dunlap Memorial Hospital
Hageys
Recognition day honors top seniors at high school
Achievements go to Vera Wheeler and John Kunkler who earned the Danforth Award for school participation scholarship and aptitude. Kathleen Moore and Elizabeth Hostetler received top scholarship honors with state rankings in Spanish II and Latin II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Wheeler
John Kunkler
Eli Stoltzfus
Danforth
Kathleen Moore
Elizabeth Hostetler
Kathleen
Elizabeth
Marsha Harris
Penny Reffert
Karen Adams
Ronny Kuntz
Barbara Lewis
Anne Melenbacker
Ed Weideman
Janice Hessidence
Alice Warner
John Heter
Inez Stauch
Janice Crabtree
Linda Melenbacker
Linda
Bowling Green State University
David Bernhardt
Gary Leatherman
Ann Karlen
Richard Reffert
Gary Gott
Lynda Fretwell
Doug Mougey
Sue Rohrer
Ann Kar
Rezoning Moves Rittman Shopping Center Plans Forward
The council approved a 6-0 rezoning of the Clyde Semler property and adjacent land from residential to commercial, with 17 acres along North Main Street and Home Street set for commercial use and 3 acres switched to residential. Semler had indicated he would pursue a shopping center if rezoning occurred, and merchants expressed interest in the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Clyde Semler
North Corporation
Semler
North Main Street
Home Street
Hearings Continue Against Teens in Local Break-Ins
In Wayne County Juvenile Court, three teens aged 14 15 and 16 from Rittman and Wadsworth had hearings postponed to June 10 on charges of breaking into North Street School Artcraft Printing and Shock Lumber Company. A separate 13 year old from Rittman also faced break in charges for taking a camera and watch from a home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Street
Artcraft Printing and
Shock Lumber Company
Wayne County
Rittman
Wadsworth
Merle Heffelman
Myron T. Brenneman
Memorial Day Parade to Honor War Dead in Rittman
Rittman residents and veterans nationwide join a Memorial Day parade Monday May 30 starting 10 30 am at Erie and North Main Streets. The procession goes to the square then to the cemetery for services with Howard Taylor Alliance Ohio speaking and William Breece reading the Gettysburg Address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Erie
North Main Streets
Dale Rohrer
Howard Taylor
Legion
Alliance
Ohio
James Watt
Dennis Farr
William Breece
Warren Hardgrove
Incal Legion Post
Legionnaires
Poppy Day in Rittman Stages Weekend Sale
Saturday will be Poppy Day in Rittman with Girl Scouts downtown selling red flowers from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The top poppy seller will be named Poppy Queen and ride in the Memorial Day parade. Poppy Poster contest winners include Patty Pittman, Ann Hobell, Mary Dorothy Lennlon, Linda Luikhuf, Emma Ramsier, and others across grades 4 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Patty Pittman
Ann Hobell
Mary Dorothy Lennlon
Linda Luikhuf
Emma Ramsier
Linda Parman
Daniel Mills
Mary Lou Lance
Phyllis Mekina
Rev Plummer to Leave Rittman Church in June
Rev J W Plummer of the Evangelical United Brethren Church will depart Rittman in June to take a new post. He and Mrs Plummer have served seven years. The assignment will be announced at the EUB Church Conference at Lynwood Park, Vermilion, the week of June 13. A new minister will be named for Rittman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W Plummer
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Rittman
Plummer
Rittman Church
EUB
Lynwood Park
Vermillion
Goody Charged In Stabbing Of Wife
Charles Edward Goody Dear 33 is charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife Vergie 33 in Creston after a quarrel over divorce papers. Mrs Cynthia White police say was stabbed and injured as Goody attacked during the same incident. Goody surrendered to police about an hour later and awaits Wooster Municipal Court arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Rittman
Charles Edward Goody
Vergie
Sherman Dalbey
Goody
Wooster
Dalbey
Mrs Goody
Cynthia
Get Ready Now For Mosquito Attack
Administrative Assistant Charles Mann urges residents to sign up for mosquito spraying before the insects arrive. The $5 per property fee aims to have the program ready to start once mosquitoes begin biting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mann
Mann
Baccalaureate and Commencement Dates Set for June
Baccalaureate services for graduating seniors are scheduled June 5 at 8 p.m. in the High School Auditorium with Rev Doyle Miller chairing and prayers by Rev James Watt and Rev Joe Thompson. The 65th annual commencement is June 9 at 8 p.m. in the high school. 63 seniors will hear Rev John Arthur Clippinger deliver the address and Kathy Moore give the class speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Miller
Church of God
James Watt
Milton Presbterian Church
Joe Thompson
First Church of Christ
Charles Turner
First Brethren Church
John Arthur Clippinger
United Brethren
Butler County
Kathy Moore
Bill Breece
Joe Powers
PTA
Glenn Parman
Rotary Club
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Robert
Dean
Tuberculosis Pital
West Tenth Avenue
S10
Richard Sherrick
Sawabrites
Dick. Simonton
Pearl Simonton
Oime
Children's Hospital, Akron
J.J. Williams
Bill Brénteman
Elyria
Three River, Sea
James Bogle
Herman Hatten
Betty Easterday
Cpl. Hattelr
Hatten
Crestan
Larry
Bloser
Richard’ G. Johnabn
Marstallville
W. County
Otterbein Bible Class
Marion Bechtel
Order of Eastern Star .Association
Holmes
Ruth Krabill
Leonard Over
Worthy Patroll
Milton Township
Packaging Corporation
Ron Goodhart
Council
Planning Commission
Fredrick
Thonen
Board of Public Affairs
Liberty Street
Douglas
North Second
American Legion
Marshallville
Jack Humphery
Wheeler and Kunkler
Wayne Lewi
Charles Goody
Rev. Plummer
Clyde Winchell
Robert West
School Board
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