East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-06-11
Six Teachers
Are Honored
Upon Retiring

The retiring superintendent
and six retiring teachers in the
East Cleveland School System
were honored by the Kiwanis
Club of East Cleveland at the
YMCA here Monday.
Guests of honor were Otto J
Korb, superintendent, and the
following retiring teachers: Mrs
Laura Averill, Caledonia School;
Mrs. Louise Crawford, Mayfair
School; Mrs. Oleantha Smith
Rozelle School; Mrs. Cyrene
McCammon, Superior School;
Miss Naomi Caldwell, Kirk Jr
High; and Mrs. Ruth Neikard
Prospect School. Mrs. Neikard
retired at the close of the first
semester and the others follow
ing the last semester.
Mrs. Averill, BOIL East Over
look rd., Cleveland Heights, at
tended Kent State University
and Western Reserve Univer.
sity. She taught in Perry Town
ship and Willoughby school:
from 1905 and substituted in
Cleveland Heights, Euclid anC
East Cleveland schools from
192S-35. A native of Fairport
Harbor, Mrs. Averill taught
from 1852 in Rozelle School
here and from 1929 at Gale
donia.
Mrs. Crawford, 1920 Page
ave-, was born in Circleville and
graduated from Kent State Uni
versity. She taught from 1910
13 at Circleville, 1876 at
Duluth. Mimi, and returned to
Circleville from 1920-28. Mrs.
Crawford then moved to East
Cleveland where she taught at
Chambers School from 1928-38
and Mayfair Sc hool from
1859.
Miss Caldwell, S62 Quarry dr.,
Cleveland, obtained her bache-
lor's degree from Ohio Univer-
sity and her masters from Wes-
tern Reserve University. From
1912-14 she taught in Cham
paign County and in 1915 taught
at Athens before moving to
Wapokoneta to teach from 1919
%. a native of Urbana, she
was at Shaw High School from
1922-31 and was head of the
English department at Kirk Jr.
High from 1931-59. She also
served as treasurer of the Great
er Cleveland Council of Teach
ers.
Mrs. Cyrene, 1910 Dorsh rd.,
South Euclid, was born in FL
gin, H., and attended Oberlir
College and Western University
before teaching kindergarten in
Geneva from 1916-1S. She then
taught in Warren from 1890
before moving to South Euclid
and teaching in four East Cleve.
land schools. From 1920-22 she
taught at Prospect, 1922-24 a
Superior, 1924-29 at Caledonia
and 1945-59 kindergarten anc
deaf kindergarten children a.
Superior.
Mrs. Smith. 27s East 150tf
ST., Cleveland, native of Chat.
field, Ohio, attended Kent State
University, University of Ore.
gon, Northwestern University
and Ohio State University. She
taught from 1907-12 in Craw
ford County, 1873 in Norti
Washington, 1928 in Rich
mond Heights, 1896 in Gar
field Heights, 194S-50 substi
tuted in East Cleveland anC
1950-59 at Rozelle School here
Mrs. Ruth Neikard, 247.
South Taylor rd., ClevelanC
Heights, was born in Brandon
Wis, and attended Oshkosh
State Teachers College and Wes
tern Reserve University. She be-
gan teaching in Oak Park, Ill.
from 1880 and taught II
Cleveland from 1920-21 before
returning to Wisconsin to teach
at Fond du lac from 1928
From 1924-2S she taught &
sight saving class in Cleveland
Heights and from 1934-57 die
the same type of work in East
Cleveland Schools. During the
past two years she taught the
fifth grade at Prospect.