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Show ; SANDUSKY IS PROUD OF HIM . , . Dr. Walter F. Rittman of the s!wsa3?N5s United States bureau of mines, who " " 5 as developed a process whereby i 0 5V S;?f'4t' much of the waste in deriving gaso- r jr Jx X line from crud-i oil may be eliminated, f $f?"S -Hy v&ig ad another .for the extraction of 4 " toluid and benzol, used to make dye- &X. stuffs and explosives, also from crude b IT oil, went home to visit his parents in W j$3&ss jjww' Sandusky, O., and received an ovation lv J-fjJ'"1 'SVx f i from his admiring fellow townsmen. 1 M'fe''! -'" ' 3 In Sandusky Doctor Rittman is looked M " on as a second Thomas A. Edison. --s a youngster no one ever i j thought that the "Rittman kid," as : s steP- i Doctor Rittman was known, would ' T s&. , ever amount to much. He indicated V' ' 'V a marked preference for play as a t- s-Vf schoolboy. In 1905 Rittman left the f emt' "slll high shool, saying he was "tired ot ! ' v I L4 A' "'"""f going to school," and the next heard '' ii 1 i'i o nim ne was a stenographer for a ) ' jK yf manufacturing company in Cleveland. 1 IfeajMMaa&iar tef Va&MsMI He had attained some fame as a foot-1 t ball player, and a wealthy Phlladel-1 ; ! Phian induced him to enter Swarthmore college, agreeing to pay all of his ! expenses, in order that Swarthmore might have the benefit of his prowess '. ' as a gridironer. Rittman enrolled as a student at Swarthmore, taking up 1 chemistry. He made 'the football team without any trouble, and in. 1906 '' ' Swarthmore won its first and only game over Pennsylvania. f - |