Fall Festival Chautauqua Set for High School Auditorium
Final arrangements complete for the Fall Festival Chautauqua at the High School Auditorium. Sponsored by local businessmen, proceeds aid schools. Interstate Bureau of Chicago, Ed W Bayer, arrives to organize ticket sales and supervise the program. Twenty five high school students to lead a season ticket drive. Lucille Elmore Reva Company to perform a varied program with comedy songs impersonations and dance, plus a Dr Powe lecture. Season tickets priced 4.00 adults 1.00 students and are on sale at Rexall drug stores Be seroup and other outlets. Festival runs Nov 25 26 28 29 30 at 8 pm. Supt Garver available for information. continuous fundraising and entertainment for the community.
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Interstate Bureau of Chicago
Ed. W Bayer
Pean
Chautau‘qua
Lyceum
Lucille
Rexallan Tsnyder
Local Grangers Complete Seventh Degree Initiation
Twenty nine Grange members from the county received the seventh degree in a mass initiation at the National Grange session in Cleveland’s Public Auditorium. Delegates Ernest McConnell and Emmel Rickenbaugh attended for the county, with 264 delegates and alternates at roll call and a spectator audience of 10 000 to 15 000. This was the largest class initiated at one time.
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Grange
Nation
Cleveland
Ernest McConnell
Emmanmel Rickenbaugh
Apple Creek
Mrs Clyde Spain Improves After Illness at Home
Mrs Clyde Spain, long ill at her Fourth Street home, is much improved and plans to travel to Wooster for another treatment. Dr Douglas is expected to perform the next operation.
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Clyde Spain
Fourth Sth
Woosteracon
Douglas
Rittman Auto Club Pushes State Route 4 Improvements
Seventeen directors councilmen and Mayor Berder heard plans for widening and paving State Route 4 through Rittman as state aid would cover half the cost The scheme calls for 20 foot pavement with town to cover excess and possible widening toward the Portage Road Officials expect state highway reports before further council action Weather delays hold up the Ritwan Wadsworth Road work with only partial concrete poured and winter shutdown ahead
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Rittman Auto Club
Berder
Corporation One
Portage Road
Corporation
Wadsworth
Corporation Ine
E. Ohio Ave
Main St
State Highway Department
Willce
Ritwan-Wadsworth
Anay
Divorces Sought By Britons Over Cruelty and Custody
Mrs Velma L Briton files in common pleas court for divorce from Carlos A Briton alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty The petition seeks an equity share in a local home and custody of a minor child They married March 38 1921 She states he struck her once and she has gone to her parents home Attorney A D Matz represents her.
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Common Pleas Court
Carlos A. Briton
Velma L. Briton
Knuffers Sparks Wedding in Smithville and Rittman
Gladys Knuffer of Smithville wed Johnny Sparks of Rittman on Sunday November 20 with Rev. Sands presiding. Sparks works at the Ohio Boxboard. Friends extend best wishes for happiness in their new life together.
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Gladys Knuffer
Smithville
Johnny Sparks
Rittman
Sands
Sparks
Ohio
Beware of the fake veteran canvassers in the town
A misleading veteran figure reappears spreading sympathy schemes. The American Legion warns residents to beware of impostors posing as veterans door to door. They offer credentials to legitimate organizations and urge households to treat dubious canvassers with caution.
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Valerad
American Legion
Mayor-elect John Bender recalls 29 years in Rittman
John Bender, mayor-elect, reflects on his arrival to Rittman 29 years ago this Thanksgiving from west near Copley. He joined Ohio Salt Co. as a laborer earning 1.50 a day for 10 hours and watched Rittman grow from a mere hamlet into a miniature city while recalling other stories in his garage office on Main.
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John Bender
Rittman
We Fall
Copley
Ohio Salt Co
John
Rittman Falls to Dalton in Wet County Showdown
Dalton defeated Rittman 26 to 10 in a rain soaked game marked by heavy Dalton line pressure and fumbled plays. The effort was strong but misplays and soggy field conditions hindered the visitors as Dalton clinched the county title. Basketball season opens soon with hopes for better results.
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Dalton
Paul
Nor Gould
Euinerea
Dowse
Wes
Christmas Seal Sale Plans Amid House to House Change
Christmas seal campaign details show no house to house canvass this year. Fliers explain seals will be mailed to households with a self addressed envelope for remittance. Purchasers may keep any seals they wish and return the rest for the money to cover kept seals. Studied distribution begins December 5 with Rev Platter and son Robert traveling to Cincinnati for a few days.
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W. A. Garver
Bates
Woos- Tetee
Platter
Robert
Cincinnati
Louise
CE Society Members to Broadcast at Orrillo Church Service
Several members of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Church of Christ will take part in a radio service next Sunday evening. The service will be carried on a low wavelength by an amateur station, with a studio being set up in a member’s home.
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Christian Eendeavor Society
Church of ‘Christ
Orrrillo Church of Christ
At. i Membertis
le Cte Fria Ie Pias
Special Session of School Board Examines Poll Books
The School Board met in special session Monday to review poll books from the recent election. Afterward an appeal for using a high school gym for an American Legion event was discussed. Legion members want a basketball league this winter modeled after last fall’s playground baseball program. no action taken, but favorable notes on the proposition were reported.
Funeral attendance of Rev Platter at Wooster
Rev Robert J Platter traveled to Wooster Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs O A Hill, an old friend of the clergyman.
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Robert J. Platter
Wooster
Mra. O. A Hill
Rey. Platter
Village Council Passes New Salary Ordinance For Officers
Monday night the village council approved an ordinance setting fixed salaries for mayor marshal and other officers replacing old fee based pay. Mayor salary raised to 900 per year with 600 bond. marshal to 366 monthly. council members bond 100 with 2000 stipend for gas and meetings. Public works funds and road repairs announced with several streets to receive immediate attention.
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Wanater
Maylr Bender
tEao
Board of Public Affairs
Baginning
Shinersburg
Sterling Ave
Main St
Corporation Line
Liberty
Brookside Drive
W. Ohio Ave
Shelddh Ava
Pleasant View
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Ielpa
Strat
Spain
Knuffersparks
Thrift
New England
Bam Cosi
al “Lin A.M
CE Society
Teraasae
Erie Railroad
Cee A
Eater Ee SS
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