Local residents report travel, births and health updates
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Lively and family return from a two week boat vacation on the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers. Various locals share hospital recoveries and medical updates while noting births and education plans. Corrine Bell heads to Milligan College and Carolyn Lambert to Cedarville Baptist College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Lively
Rick
Ken
Kevin
Muskingum
Ohio
Loretta
Fine Arts Gets Federal Grant In Rittman Ohio
Three accidents in the Rittman area injure four, including Mrs Patricia Bradford and her two children. Bradford and her daughter Susan treated, Margaret left with jaw fracture. Carl Ganyard and motorist Bachman involved in separate crashes. Rittman Fine Arts Foundation wins federal grant of 548 dollars, to be matched, to bring three arts programs and music education to the community with concerts by Hacker, Lola Montes and Richard Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Route 57
Patricia Bradford
Carl Bradford
Margaret Bradford
Akron Children’s Hospital
Margaret
Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital
Susan
Carl P. Ganyard
Styx Hill Road
Richard Stuart Bachman
Doylestown
Fine Arts Foundation
Rittman Board of Education
Ohio
Arthur Bauman
Sheiude
Richard Jones
Waster
Lakeside
Bauman
Lola Montes
Mexico
Spain
Hawaii
South America
Jones
Arena Fair
Wadsworth Footlighters
Board of Education
Rittman Pioneer Alpheus Goffinet to be buried Wednesday
Alpheus J. Goffinet 87, longtime Rittman resident and first Auto owner, will lie in state prior to a 9:30 requiem Mass at St. Ann Church. He died Sunday at Horn Nursing Home Wooster after a long illness. Survived by sons Melvin Harold. daughters Cora Gordon Mildred Rohrer. brothers Armand Arthur Albert. sister Mrs Augusta Gordon. eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Burial in Rittman Cemetery. He helped print the first Rittman Press in 1912 and built the town’s first motion picture theatre in 1909. He was a former Lions Club member and a member of St. Ann Church. Born in Belford France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
St. Ann Catholic Church
Alpheus J. Goffinet
Horn Nursing Home
Wooster
South Main
Rittman¢Sterling
Goffinet
Ohio Salt Company
Morton Salt Cormmpans
Central Park
Salt Street
Rittman Press
Lions Club
St. Ann
St. Ann Catholic Church. He Was Born In Belford
France
Melvin
Harold
St. Louis
Cora Gordon
Mildred Rohrer
Armand
Arthur
Albert
Doylestown
Augusta Gordon
Rittman Cemetery
Clarence Liederbach
Band Events Planned by Rittman Boosters
Rittman Band Boosters met at Rittman High School and planned two band shows. The band will perform at Carrollton on Saturday October 12 and travel to Orrville on Saturday October 19. Officers elected for the year include president Mrs Henry Thompkins and others. The meeting date was changed to the first Monday each month at 7:30 in the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Rittman High School
Carrollton
Orrville
Rittman Band
Henry Thompkins
Robert E. Wenger
Tom Smoot
Melvine Beery
Clinton Noble
Frank Burns
Boosters
Dam Project Held Up For Funds
No bids were awarded for the Chippewa-Watershed dam as federal funds were temporarily delayed. Watershed secretary L K Burnett said a 6 billion dollar federal cutback caused the halt, with plans to start this fall if money arrives. Buck Creek dam would be the first phase near Chippewa Lake. Bids opened last week showed low bid from Earl Moving Service Iberia at 72271, others ranged to 124964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa—Watershed
State Department of Agriculture
L. K. Burnett
Ray Brown
Ray Esichel
Muskingham ‘Conservancy Water District
Burnett
Ing
Buck Creek
Chippewa Lake
Medina County
Earl Moving Service
Iberia
Medina Excavating Company
Hanna Trucking and Excavating
Akron
Lox Construction Company
Wooster
H. B. Lockhart Construction
Two Years To Live Kidney Care Highlighted By UF Drive
United Fund campaign runs Oct 7 to 26 in Rittman with two division chairmen to raise 2800 for the Kidney Foundation of Ohio. Mrs Rohex Stoll and Dr Thomas Smoot lead efforts to fund research public education and drug aid including kidney transplant support and artificial kidney research. Applicants may contact the Kidney Foundation of Wayne County through United Fund for aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Rittman UF Division
Rohex " Stoll
Thomas Smoot
Rittman
United Asse Ets
Kidney Foundation of
Ohio
Kidney Foundation
Wayne County
Campout Planned for Pac-Mar Chapter Families
Four families from the Pac- Mar Chapter of the National Campers and Hikers Association will attend the fall state wide campout September 27 28 29 at Washington County fair grounds in Marietta. Attending from Rittman are Mr and Mrs Frank Burns Mr and Mrs Ronald Goodhart and Mr and Mrs John Clifton. Mr and Mrs Ralph Van Nostran of Seville also will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pac- Mar
National Campers and Hikers Association
Washington County Fair Grounds
Marietta
Rittman
Frank Burns
Ronald Goodhart
John Clifton
Ralph van Nostran
Seville
Meribers
Want To Study Art at Tuesday Meeting and Classes
Adults interested in art classes are invited to a meeting Monday September 23 at 7 30 pm at the Ritman shopping center rear arcade Russell Muzycyka a qualified art teacher in oils acrylics pastels sculpture and watercolors will be present A regular meeting day will be decided and regular classes cost 12 for six lessons Muzycyka has exhibited at Butler Art Institute and done landscape and portrait commissions He has worked in multiple media and is exploring watercolor He attended Kent State University 1958 to 1963 and studied at the College of Fine and Professional Arts He has worked for Akron area ad agencies He lives at 191 North Street with his wife and three children Informational telephone contacts Mrs John Zivick or Mrs Clyde McCray
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Russell Muzycyka
Muzycyka
Butler Art Institute
Kent State University
College of Fine and Professional Arts
Akron
North Street
John Zivick
Clyde McCray
Rittman Board Awards Bonds for New High School
Rittman board of education awarded bids to Cleveland buyers Ball Burge and Kraus Clark Dodge and Company McDonald and Company Weil Roth and Irving for a 1 225 000 bond issue at four and three fourths percent with a 14 255 premium. Attorney Rhonemus called it the highest for the lowest rate and noted market uncertainty due to foreign events and elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Board of Education
Cleveland
Ball, Burge and Kraus
Clark, Dodge and Company
McDonald and Company
Weil
Roth and
Irving
C. E. Rhonemus
Cleveland Group
Board of Education
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Ter
Don Emch
Grace College
Winona Lake, Ind
National Shrine
Washington, D.C
Robert Mick
West Sunset
Myron Little
West Suinset
Sydney Hamilton
Orrville Osteopathic Hospital
William McComas
Wadsworth- Rittman Hospital
Walter Nehls
Apple Creek
Nehls
Wooster Community Hospital
Clarence Lower
Sterling Avenue
Charles .Grant
Easrlawn
Miantic, Conn
Douglas Southworth
Wadsworth - Rittman Hospital
Lawrence Wilmot
Fairlawn
Bert Pelfrey
South Second
Bert
Packaging Corporation of America
Carl
Jack’ Baker
Carolyn Lambert
Cedarville
Milligan College
Milligan’,Tenn
Corrine Bell
Edith and
Russell Bell
Connie Smoot
Cheryle Stone
Bruce Dest Ae
Ohio Ate
Fine Arts
Bradford
Akron City Hospital
Couny Road
Junior Vance
Alpheus Goffinet
Robert Stoll
Roy Lutz
Robert Halliwell
Rhonemus
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