Utilities commission help sought by council
The council seeks aid from the Ohio Public Utilities Commission in rate talks with the Ohio Fuel Gas Company. The commission will review the gas company’s area valuation for rate setting. The five year contract calls for a 25 percent rise first year, then increases in each of the following years.
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Council
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Utilities Commission
Andrew Banders
East Ohio Gas Co
Hawthorne
Maplewood Avenues
Walter Jones Company
Wooster
Rittman Streets
Bay
Don K. Freed Inc
A. J. Grant
Shade Tree Commission
Davey Tree Surgeon Company
Kent
Grant
O. A. Houglan
Avery Kinch
Ashton Hall
Rittman
Second St
Clover
N. Second St
Safety Committee
Ed Bernhardt
Sterling Ave
Clayton Kunkler
Board of Public Affairs
West Ohio Ave
First Baptist Church
Metzger Ave
Sign-up for mosquito spraying at City Hall
Residents may sign up at the Clerk's Office in City Hall for mosquito spraying on their lots. A $6 payment is due when signing. Spraying occurs only on prepaid lots. Sign-up deadline is June 4. City parks will be sprayed per the park board.
Nearly 1 200 Autos Pass Safety Check
Police Chief Charles Heffelman calls the annual traffic safety check a success after about 1,200 cars were inspected and roughly one in five found defective. Most garages and stations offered free checks with stickers for participants.
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Charles Heffelman
Heffelman
Council backs Mayor in library reorganization fight
Rittman Village Council supported Mayor Orla Houglan on Monday night in urging Wooster Library to reorganize as a County Library. Representatives from Rittman Shreve Doylestown and Creston seek rural representation on the county board.
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Rittman
Orla Houglan
Wooster
Shreve
Doylestown
Creston
Houglan
Rittman City Hall
Orla W Houglan
Memorial Day flag display request from American Legion
Representatives of the American Legion urge every resident to display the flag over Memorial Day weekend. Those without a flag may purchase one by calling Dale Rohrer or Bob Wenger.
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American Legion
Dale Rohrer
Bob Wenger
Lions and Wives Picnic at Gillman’s Lake
Rittman Lions and their wives host a spring picnic Monday at Gillman’s Lake. John Winkler says all but table service is furnished. The event starts at 6 30 pm and includes fishing with prizes for fishermen.
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Rittman Lions
Gillman's Lake
John Winkler
Boy Struck by Car Injures Child in Akron
Billy Ray Patterson, 2, was injured Sunday afternoon after running into a car near Clover and North Second Streets. He is at Children's Hospital Akron in satisfactory condition. Driver Jerry Fagett of 52 Front Street was not cited. The boy is the son of Mr and Mrs William Patterson of 115 South State Street.
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Billy Ray Patterson
Clover and
North Second Sts
Children’s Hospital
Akron
Jerry Fagett
Front St
William Patterson
S. State St
Mrs Verne Gebhart Undergoes Surgery at Wadsworth Hospital
Mrs Verne Gebhart underwent a surgical procedure at Wadsworth Municipal Hospital recently. Details of the operation were not disclosed, and no complications were reported. The patient is recovering in the hospital ward.
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Verne Gebhart
Wadsworth Municipal Hospital
Wooster Library Reconsidering County District Board Plan
County library leaders press for Wooster to reorganize into a County District Library Board. A Thursday meeting on June 19 will decide after earlier May 15 rejection sparked protests by Rittman and Doylestown factions. State Librarian Walter Brahm cited county consolidation trends to improve service and lower per capita costs.
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Wooster Library Board
Wooster
Rittman
Doylestown
Fete Oo
Walter Brahm
Brahm
Pool to delay Memorial Day opening says Kinch
Recreation Board member Avery Kinch says the pool will not open on Memorial Day as planned due to unfinished sandblasting work. The project is expected to finish within several days after the holiday and the pool should then open soon after.
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Recreation Board
Avery Kinch
Kinch
Hot Stove league opens with local youth games
Action in the Hot Stove League starts Monday night at Strickland's Field with Butcher's Braves versus the Lions. Freeds faces Rotary Tuesday, then Trogdon's plays Hershey & Rohrer on Wednesday at Strickland's and Rotary vs Butcher's at North St. Thursday has Lions vs Trogdon's at North St. Games start at 6 p.m. everywhere.
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Strickland’s Field
Butcher's Braves
Lions
Freeds
Rotary Nine
Trogdon’s
Hershey & Rohrer
Strickland's Field
Rotary Boys
North St
Creston seeks federal aid for sewer project
Creston plans a $300,000 sanitary sewer program and will seek federal funding of 30 to 40 percent. Village officials meet with the Ohio Water Pollution Board in Columbus on June 4, with Marion Graven to represent Creston. The project, first raised in 1948, would update from septic tanks to sewers and renew the village permit to continue septic use under a temporary authorization.
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Creston
Ohio Water Pollution Board
Columbus
Water Pollution Board
Pollution Board
Marion Graven
Wayne Pollution Board
Kindergarten Meeting for Doylestown Parents
All parents whose children will enter the Doylestown kindergarten next September are asked to meet at Hazel Harvey Elementary school Thursday June 5 at 8 p.m. Children must be five years old by Sept 1 1958 to enter kindergarten.
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Doylestown
Hazel Harvey
Bookmobile to visit area towns this summer
Bookmobile service will be provided to Sterling residents from 2 30 to 4 p m on Monday June 9 and to Marshallville from 4 30 to 6 p m the same day. Return trips occur every two weeks at both centers along with Burban. The new bookmobile carries more books. Mrs. Doris Reynolds is in charge of the service.
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Marshallville
Burban
Doris Reynolds
Have Gun Will Travel Joke Sparks Truck Sighting
A local truck driver who watches the TV western Have Gun Will Travel is seen with a truck decal declaring Have Wife Must Travel beside the Ohio Boxboard Company last week.
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Ohio
Doylestown residents oppose Route 5 by pass plan
Doylestown residents led by a three member committee oppose the State Highway Department request to make Gates street the link to Route 5 by pass. The group seeks a review by a federal highways official and cites Gates street unsuitability safety concerns and a $100000 widening cost funded by state and federal aid. Two houses would be razed and merchants fear by pass will shift upkeep costs to the village.
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Doylestown
State Highway Department
Gates St
Federal Department of Highways
George Petit
Lee Rampath
Don Lerch
C H Paullin
O'Neill
Bricker
Bow
Fisher
Charles Able
Mondary
Fred Orr Jr Wins Merchants Drawing Friday Night
Fred Orr Jr who said he never wins drawings won the weekly $50 Merchants drawing held Friday at 8 30 pm. Orr, of 53 Grant Street, earned the prize by presenting his ticket. No drawing this Friday due to Memorial Day. top-flight entertainment planned for future Fridays by the Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Fred Orr, Jr
Orr
Grant St
Merchants Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Services Held for Mrs Shong in Sherwood Ohio
Services were held Tuesday at Carlson Funeral Home Sherwood for Mrs Helen Shong 61 who died suddenly at her Deland Florida home. She moved to Florida last fall after 32 years in Rittman. She belonged to Milton Presbyterian Ladies Auxiliary and Deacons board 1953 1956. She was a member of Rittman Chapter 529 Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving: Dr O J Shong husband brother Dr Alton Cummings of Cleveland a niece and a nephew. Rev Dwight B Davidson officiated. interment in Sherwood Cemetery.
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Carlson
Sherwood
Ohio
Helen Shong
Deland
Florida
Shong
Rittman
Milton Presbyterian Church
Ladies Auxiliary
Rittman Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
O J. Shong
Alton Cummings
Cleveland
Dwight’ B Davidson
Sherwood Cemetery
Victor Shook Undergoes Third Surgery at City Hospital
Victor Shook, injured in an automobile accident months earlier, underwent his third surgery at City Hospital in Akron on May 24.
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Victor Shook
City Hospital
Akron
Rittman Street Department Employs Cheaper Labor
Local street crew hired cheaper laborers under the city’s street department program. Reports indicate several men are serving daily penalties at three dollars each and others are assigned work these weeks. The mayor’s office notes the arrangement aims to reduce costs while continuing city projects.
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Rittman Street Department
Sds
Eindhes
Six playgrounds to run summer program this year
Recreation Director Homer Pyle announced the 9 week summer playground schedule with six sites from June 9 to August 15. Grandview Park West Hill School Central Park North St School St Park and Legion Park will host sessions 9 am to noon with crafts and sports planned at select locations. Sue Roth and Mrs Milford will lead the sites with rotations across days.
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Homer Pyle
Sue Roth
Janet Milford
Grandview Park
West Hill School
Central Park
Memorial Day Parade Set for Friday in Rittman
The Memorial Day parade will start at 10 30 a m Friday at the corner of Erie and Main Street led by Legionaire Bob Wenger. It will halt at the square then proceed to the cemetery for services honoring Rittman’s and the nation’s dead. Rev J W Plummer will be the speaker.
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Erie and
Main Sts
Bob Wenger
Rittman
J. W. Plummer
Rev
Local veterans invited to parade participation
Wheeler will give the benediction and Rev Charles Turnen the invocation. Margaret Rha Ms will recite the artie PAY ne dress. Gold Star parents in the area who have not contacted to ride in the parade are asked to contact U M Wenger. Set All veterans, regardless of legion membership, are invited to participate in the parade.
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U M. Wenger
Legionairs
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Larry Whiteneck
Ritter Dr
Wooster Board
Wayne County
Cedric Paullin
Kenneth Glasgow
L. E. Crawford
Diamonds
Carol Lichty
Carol Shook
Nadine Brodbeck
Lauretta Beery
Merchants
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