The Slate
Half of our meeting for the year are over and I sincerely hope you enjoyed the variety. We will meet again in September. Over the summer the board will be busy planning the rest of the year’s meetings and activities. I’m sure we will have several interesting and informative programs for you to enjoy. Have a wonderful summer and we’ll meet again in the Fall.
Mildred Allred, President 2010
Next Meeting: Wednesday, September 29 at the Highland Meadows C. C. at 12:00 pm.
LCRTA member, Ruth Hagan turned 98 years old this month? Ruth has been a loyal member of LCRTA for 37 years. She began her teaching career at Walbridge School, where she taught 4th grade, moved to Stickney where she taught both 4th and 6th grade. It was on to DeVeaux. She retired in 1973 from Elmhurst, where she taught 15 years and continues to live only three blocks from Elmhurst School.
Ruth enjoys playing the piano, reading and traveling. She especially likes playing classical music. Ruth took music lessons all through elementary, junior high and high school. Another hobby is ready, which she loves. She recently finished a stack of Christmas books. She also enjoys the Toledo Symphony and the Toledo Opera. Her very good friend, Peg Affolter, who taught math at Devillbis High School passed away on December 10 at her home, which was engulfed in flames. Ruth and Peg enjoyed eating out together.
Ruth enjoys traveling. When her mother was alive, she would not fly and Ruth drove her mom to California. Ruth flew to Europe six times and took a 16 day bus trip to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Ruth has many nieces and nephews and enjoys being with them as well as their children.
Marion Boyer, Recording Secretary
Scholarship Fund
The Lucas Country Retired Teachers Association awards scholarships to worthy University of Toledo students from Lucas County who are majoring in the field of education. You may donate to this fund to assure the continuance of this worthwhile project. Checks can be made out to the LCRTA Scholarship Fund and sent to LCRTA, 2155 Arlington Ave., Toledo, Ohio 43609. If the donation is a memorial, please indicate to whom the memorial is made and an address where a note can be sent indicating that a gift was made in your name.
2009 Memorials
Christine Fulghum John Merriam
Mariam Hart Evelyn Radabaugh
Margaret Kendall Jessie Sickles
Rita Kunishch Alice Snow
2009 Luncheons
Tuesday, May 18 at the Toledo Country Club
Many of the comments from the May 18, 2010 LCRTA luncheon meeting were positive. Sara Mattson, director of Creating Young Readers Project, showed the 122 members a sample book bag filled with books that are given to the children of adult students who have just learned to read themselves. LCRTA donated the money for this readying project. Mike O’Rourke from Black Diamond shared some gardening ideas and stories. He also generously gave away bushes, plants, fertilizers, money coupons, and pens to all the members and guests. Some comments about Mike O’Rourke were: “Helped us to laugh and gave great info!”, “Entertaining speaker!”, “Wonderful prizes and speaker! Fun.” “Great meeting!”, “I didn’t know anything about gardening and didn’t think I’d be interested but it was great!”. Most enjoyed the luncheon food. Some of the comments were: “Really like choices on menu”, “Wonderful luncheon!,” “Decorations are gorgeous!,” and “Food Great!.” A few members thought the food was fair.
Thursday, April 29 at the Brandywine Country Club
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at The Toledo Club
His topic was “Tooling the Information Highway”. Here are some of the comments members made: “Great food and decorations!”, “Enjoyed the day!”, “Desserts were beautiful”, “Excellent place and location”, “Glad I came!”, “Excellent speaker and wonderful information”, “Speaker was fabulous and food was delicious and nicely served.”50/50 Raffle Winner: Denise Schemeneur - $86.00
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