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Hamilton County Retired Teachers Association was founded on January 7, 1947 by A. O. Jones and Benjamin
Siehl. Since that early beginning our membership now numbers over 1500 retired teachers from the 22 public school districts
in Hamilton County, including 374 schools. Hamilton County Retired Teachers Association is very active providing a variety
of activities and services to its members and the community. The chapter meets regularly for luncheons and programs of interest
including travel slides and local history. Members frequently join together for travel, including cruises through the Panama
Canal and the Mediterranean. Members accumulate thousands of volunteer hours to hospitals, nursing homes and schools. The
chapter's latest project is in cooperation with the Heritage Village of Sharon Woods to move and restore a one-room schoolhouse.
A golden apple pin and honor life membership are presented to members who have reached the age of eighty or
who have been a member for twenty years.
Hamilton County, Ohio, was established on January
2, 1790. It was the second county formed in the Northwest Territory. Residents named the county in honor of Alexander Hamilton,
who was the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and a founder of the Federalist Party. The county consists
of 407.4 square miles, with an average of 2,075 residents per square mile in 2000. Located in the southwestern corner of Ohio,
the county's southern border helps form Ohio's boundary with Kentucky, while its western border helps form the state's
boundary with Indiana. Cincinnati is the county's largest city and the county seat.
In 1788, Israel Ludlow, Matthias Denman, and Robert Patterson purchased eight hundred acres in Ohio from John Cleves Symmes
across the Ohio River from the mouth of the Licking River. Symmes had purchased two million acres of land from the United
States in 1787 and now hoped to become rich by selling parts of the Symmes Purchase to others. Denman provided the necessary
cash; Patterson found settlers; and Ludlow surveyed the land to make sales and also to establish a town. By early January
1789, Ludlow had platted the town, dividing it into two types of lots. Near the town's center, lots were one-half acre
in size. Outlying lots were four acres. Ludlow, Denman, and Patterson provided the first thirty settlers with two free lots,
one of each type. The three men named the town Losantiville. The name of the town was a concoction of terms loosely meaning
that this was a 'city across from the mouth of the Licking River'.
Message From The President
Sing-A-Long!
Cruising down
the river on a
Tuesday afternoon, with H-C-R-T,
the sun above, having so much fun.
The old accordian playing
a sentimental
tune.
Cruising down the river on a Tuesday
afternoon.
Take me out to the ballgame.
Take
me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker
Jack.
I don't care if we never come back.
For
we'll root,root,root, for the home
team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one,two,
three stricks you're
out at the old ball game.
I'm looking forward to you joining us
for the
May Cruise on the Ohio and
one of the Red's games in June.
Make your reservations with Wanda
Lunsford,
our trip coordinator.
The Irish atmosphere was the order of
the day for the March meeting. Diane
Barth
led the Pledge, Phyllis Shaw accompanied
as we sang The National Anthem, and
Sheila Taylor provided the meditation.
Spring flower arrangements adorned the tables
along with bags of Irish Soda Bread for the
lucky winners at each
table, compliments of
Pat Cordes. The exciting program planned by
Diane Packard included musicians who played
Irish melodies during the meal and the speaker,
Maureen Kennedy, whose information on Irish
Heritage in Cincinnati
was very interesting and
enlighting.
I and Trustee Sheila Taylor, along with seven other
members: Diane
Deller, Dru Garms, Betty Espelage,
Sandy Meyers, Marcella Trice, Kent Rawlings, and
Gwen Williams, from the Exectutive/Board
of Directors,
attended the ORTA Area Meeting and Workshop at
the Sinclair Center, in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday,
March 28, 2012. Thanks to Sandy Meyers for creating
an impressive HCRTA tri-fold table display for the
County
Fair at the Spring Conference, and thanks
to all attendees for participating in this information
-packed conference.
Thanks to the following members for the recipes
for the "ORTA 65th Birthday Recipe Book for Busy
Volunteers":
Claree "Cookie" Ballew, Donna Barnes,
Kathleen Barret, Joan Beiting, Judy Bohn, Fou Linder,
Doris Riddle
and Sue Spears.
May Events
Wednesday, May 9, 2012/12:00noon/Luncheon at Raffles
Tuesday, May 15, 2012/Executive/Board
Meeting/Twin Towers.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012/BB Riverboat Luncheon.
Lillie(reprinted from the
April 2012 HCRTA Newsletter)
2012 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President : Lillie Brown
1st Vice-President-:Diane Packard
Recording Secretary: Irma Elie
Corresponding Secretary: Marcella Trice
Treasurer: Diane Deller
Trustee : Sheila Taylor
HCRTA Directors
and Chairpersons
Directors
Joan
Beiting
Betty Espelage
Pat Cordes
Linda Gall
Handy Matthews Dee Scott
Sandy Myers
Ada Taylor
Carolyn Bruckman Sue Dennedy
Ellie Fischer Mary Jo Heizman
Wanda Lunsford J. Kent Rawlings Sue Spears
Standing Committee Chairs Community Services= Joan Beiting
Constitution and By-Laws=Pat Cordes
Informative and Protective Services=Gwendolyn Williams
Legislative=Dru Garms Membership Coordinator=J.Kent Rawlings, Fou Linder
Nominations and Elections=Sheila Taylor
Programs=Diane Packard Public
Relations=
Scholarship=Jean Kareth
Appointments Decorations=Sue Dennedy
Glad-Handers= Pat Cordes
Historian=Sandy Meyers
Interest Groups (travel)=Linda
Gall
Interest Groups (Heritage)=Jim Bruckman
Luncheon Coordinator=Diane Barth
Music=Phyllis Shaw
Necrology=Betty
Espelage
Newsletter Editor=Linda Gall
Trips Coordinator=Wanda Lunsford
HCRTA WebMaster=Michael L. Ward
ORTA DISTRICT DIRECTOR: Glenna Barr
8050 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43235-6488
877-431-7002
Fax: 614-431-7003
Email: ortastaff@orta.com
Website: www.orta.org Volunteer Opportunities Civic Garden Center
volunteer opportunities for retired teachers
working with elementary students. Contact: Madeline Dorger Civic Garden Center 513-221-0981 www.civicgardencenter.org
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