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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1941
Page
6
A compact crossword style item listing clues with numbers, covering definitions for words of various lengths. The grid includes entries for common terms in English such as possess, mineral rock, confer knighthood, and rest, with several language notes.
A New York dispatch analyzes price trends in World War II era, citing modest overall rise in wholesale prices and stronger gains in farm and consumer goods. It notes tighter consumer credit by major mail order firms and Department of Labor price indices, plus RFC funding for synthetic rubber plants and early successes of synthetic tires from B F Goodrich and Goodyear as defense needs grow.
On Sunday June 1 Rev Clyde Harley of Wooster will preach at 11 00 am and 7 30 pm. Rev Ruth Harley will lead the Young Peoples meeting and sing. Daily Vacation Bible School begins May 28 4 00 pm with 14 officers and teachers. The program includes parades picnics pictures choruses Bible work and mission activities. The curriculum emphasizes the Bible not sectarian doctrine.
Maj. Gen. Hershey urged employers and registrants to consider where they fit best and avoid automatic draft focus. Roosevelt seeks large defense training fund. defense plants expand. sub contracting and labor disputes noted. Agriculture outlook bright. air progress and Navy growth highlighted. housing for defense workers rises with contracts and completions.
A reader named M. EB. Robinson of Wes h Main St Beville Ohio writes a reflective letter for Decoration Day. The piece mourns fallen loved ones, questions the value of grief at memorial sites, and invokes faith to affirm that death is conquered.
An excerpt defines democracy as a system where people influence public affairs under constitutional forms. It notes the word's derivation from a phrase meaning the people and rule, emphasizing citizen involvement within legal structures.
In Wooster the current court term disposed 15 of 18 jury cases, one of the highest percentages among term outcomes. The report notes the efficiency and pace of this term, reflecting a streamlined docket and active courtroom proceedings.
A reference notes 15,000 tons of oil resistant varieties of synthetics referenced in the report, indicating a significant supply or production scale for specialized materials. Specific entities and dates are not provided in the fragment.
Air conditioned auto house trailers with insulated walls may host theater television nationwide by fall. NBC testing two chains and recent large screen televising of Billy Loose Ken Overlin boxing match on Broadway drew good audience. Nylon-bristled toothbrushes rise. 45 percent of molar-scrubbers in the year will feature that bristle type.
Census figures place the city’s Chinese community at about 18,000 residents. Street lamps glow bright green, a golden dragon grips a lamp in its mouth. Shops offer turtles, frogs, candied ginger, sugared water lily roots, water chestnuts, dried Uchee nuts. A drug store stocks over 2,000 herbs in unmarked drawers. Clerks describe each remedy for long life health and happiness. Dried sea horses elk horns ginseng and pickled snakes fill the windows.
Of the 18 cases, only three were passed until later. There were seven settled by jury trials and eight settled by the parties without trials. This term's docket of trials was smaller than usual but the percentage of dispositions was far above average. The scheduled jury trials of the term are disposed of now in the civil division although a criminal case was scheduled for hearing May 21.
L. P. Vinez administrator of Thomas Miller estate transfers Doylestown lot to Earl and Mary England for 1500. Sheriff of Wayne County transfers 30 acres in Baughman Township to Oral Clapper for 250. Christian E Rhonmemus ancill ary administrator transfers Rittman lot to Everett Christian for 1727.55. Louise Britton Brassler half interest in 135.66 acres in Baughman Township and four lots in Orrville for 20700.68. Everett Christian transfers Rittman lot to Ralph Ed High and Naomi High for 1. Willis and Cecelia Sigler transfer 1.29 acres in Milton Township to Mike and Mary Lamic for 1.
L. I. Dannemiller as administrator of Laura Weinsheimer's estate sues Wayne County in common pleas court Wyomster alleging about 168, 90 dollars came from the estate into the county general fund around 1930 and details a contested transfer as of 1941. The petition names the Wayne County commissioners as defendants and seeks recovery.
Church of God announces a 9:30 worship with message What Repentance Really Means. Sunday School 10:30 to 11:15 led by Richard Reed. Evening evangelistic service at 1:30 titled The Importance of a Name. Prayer meetings Wednesday 7:30, cottage Friday 7:45, Junior Home Makers Saturday 3:30 PM.
The Rittman Church of Christ under Minister W. Goodale offers 9:30 Bible school and 10:15 morning worship with communion and a sermon on Present Pentecost. 6:45 Young People's Service and 1:30 evening worship with a pastor sermon.
The First Brethren Church presents Old-fashioned Gospel preaching and spiritual congregational singing under Pastor Arthur Carey. Sunday School at 9:34 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 5:30 p.m. Cottage Prayer Meeting Friday 7:30 p.m. Motto: The Bible, the whole Bible, nothing but the Bible.
Ida Frase of Marshallville asks probate court to appoint her administrator of her husband Glenn Frase estate with a $1500 bond. Personal property valued at about 710 and realty at 500. Appraisers named Frank Kline Elmer Schneider and Harvey Mills. Next of kin include four minor children Dean Arlene Phyllis Leland Willard and Glenna Frase all of Marshallville. Ohio State University events note 14th annual veterinarians conference June 18 20 and 2500 FFA members visit June 8 7 for vocational agriculture contests.
Rev C J McGee leads Sunday worship at 10 30 with the divine life in man Kept Jude 1 20 21 Junior Senior and Adult classes at 6 30 Leaders Mrs Maud Cummings Stanley Selner and Mrs L H Simpson Evening service at 7 30 The Constraint of Love Midweek services for Juniors Young People and Adults led by Mrs C J McGee Paul Johnson and Henry Jackson at midweek note 72 South Main St phone 144
The Church of Christ Conservative will hold worship next Sunday morning at 10 30 in the hall above the Kroger Grocery store.
St Ann’s Church announces Friday evening devotions Saturday morning service at 7 30 a m Sunday mass at 8 and high mass at 10 led by Father John T Farrell with services listed for the weekend.
First Baptist Branigan Hall announces revised service times with Rev. Echols weekly broadcast at 9:00 a.m. on WJW. Young People's meeting at 7 p.m., preaching at 7:30 p.m., Bible study Wednesday 7:20 p.m., and singing first and third Sunday afternoons 2–4 p.m. Also notes Ohio State University summer session dates, and Ohio A. A. U. track meet slated May 31 at Ohio State Stadium with diverse student backgrounds and faculty retirements.
The text discusses P T Barnum as an old man who joined with W C Coup in a museum menagerie circus alliance. It notes Barnum understood advertising value and sought publicity, preferring favorable notoriety but accepting other kinds. He was accused of humbugging and called the greatest humbug of his era.
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