Cincinnati Post, 18 May 1973.
MAINEVILLE TEACHER RETIRES TO CARE FOR AGED MOTHER
Mrs. Mildred Penny Poe, described by her principal, Joseph Cruse, as a "lady of extreme integrity", will soon end her teaching career of nearly a half century.
A reception in her honor will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday by the Maineville Elementary School PTO at the United Methodist Church here. The PTO expects her many friends and former pupils in both Warren and Clermont Counties to pay her honor at the reception.
Mrs. Poe, a first-grade teacher here for the past 15 years, began her career in a one-room school at Utopia in Clermont County, the same place her grandfather served before her as instructor.
Her other assignments have included teaching in the New Richmond, Antioch and Turkeyfoot schools, 12 years at Branch Hill and 10 years at Goshen before joining the Maineville staff.
Mrs. Poe is, according to Principal Cruse, "never satisfied. Where some teachers early develop a teaching pattern and stick to it, she is always trying something new."
"Her greatest pleasure is to come to me and say that little Johnny, who couldn't read, now is able to read," he added.
As to his reference to her great integrity, Cruse explained that a number of years ago Mrs. Poe promised her mother, now age 87, that when she reached a point in life that she could not care for herself, Mrs. Poe "would quit teaching and take care of her."
This is the reason she is giving up her beloved teaching, not because she has lost her enthusiasm, but because she is honor-bound to keep a commitment.
Mrs. Poe has a daughter, Mrs. Marilyn Walden, a registered nurse now residing at Des Plaines, Ill., and their friends hope it will be many years before she will have to make and keep the same commitment.
MAINEVILLE TEACHER RETIRES TO CARE FOR AGED MOTHER
Mrs. Mildred Penny Poe, described by her principal, Joseph Cruse, as a "lady of extreme integrity", will soon end her teaching career of nearly a half century.
A reception in her honor will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday by the Maineville Elementary School PTO at the United Methodist Church here. The PTO expects her many friends and former pupils in both Warren and Clermont Counties to pay her honor at the reception.
Mrs. Poe, a first-grade teacher here for the past 15 years, began her career in a one-room school at Utopia in Clermont County, the same place her grandfather served before her as instructor.
Her other assignments have included teaching in the New Richmond, Antioch and Turkeyfoot schools, 12 years at Branch Hill and 10 years at Goshen before joining the Maineville staff.
Mrs. Poe is, according to Principal Cruse, "never satisfied. Where some teachers early develop a teaching pattern and stick to it, she is always trying something new."
"Her greatest pleasure is to come to me and say that little Johnny, who couldn't read, now is able to read," he added.
As to his reference to her great integrity, Cruse explained that a number of years ago Mrs. Poe promised her mother, now age 87, that when she reached a point in life that she could not care for herself, Mrs. Poe "would quit teaching and take care of her."
This is the reason she is giving up her beloved teaching, not because she has lost her enthusiasm, but because she is honor-bound to keep a commitment.
Mrs. Poe has a daughter, Mrs. Marilyn Walden, a registered nurse now residing at Des Plaines, Ill., and their friends hope it will be many years before she will have to make and keep the same commitment.
Cincinnati Post, 18 May 1973.
MAINEVILLE TEACHER RETIRES TO CARE FOR AGED MOTHER
Mrs. Mildred Penny Poe, described by her principal, Joseph Cruse, as a "lady of extreme integrity", will soon end her teaching career of nearly a half century.
A reception in her honor will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday by the Maineville Elementary School PTO at the United Methodist Church here. The PTO expects her many friends and former pupils in both Warren and Clermont Counties to pay her honor at the reception.
Mrs. Poe, a first-grade teacher here for the past 15 years, began her career in a one-room school at Utopia in Clermont County, the same place her grandfather served before her as instructor.
Her other assignments have included teaching in the New Richmond, Antioch and Turkeyfoot schools, 12 years at Branch Hill and 10 years at Goshen before joining the Maineville staff.
Mrs. Poe is, according to Principal Cruse, "never satisfied. Where some teachers early develop a teaching pattern and stick to it, she is always trying something new."
"Her greatest pleasure is to come to me and say that little Johnny, who couldn't read, now is able to read," he added.
As to his reference to her great integrity, Cruse explained that a number of years ago Mrs. Poe promised her mother, now age 87, that when she reached a point in life that she could not care for herself, Mrs. Poe "would quit teaching and take care of her."
This is the reason she is giving up her beloved teaching, not because she has lost her enthusiasm, but because she is honor-bound to keep a commitment.
Mrs. Poe has a daughter, Mrs. Marilyn Walden, a registered nurse now residing at Des Plaines, Ill., and their friends hope it will be many years before she will have to make and keep the same commitment.
MAINEVILLE TEACHER RETIRES TO CARE FOR AGED MOTHER
Mrs. Mildred Penny Poe, described by her principal, Joseph Cruse, as a "lady of extreme integrity", will soon end her teaching career of nearly a half century.
A reception in her honor will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday by the Maineville Elementary School PTO at the United Methodist Church here. The PTO expects her many friends and former pupils in both Warren and Clermont Counties to pay her honor at the reception.
Mrs. Poe, a first-grade teacher here for the past 15 years, began her career in a one-room school at Utopia in Clermont County, the same place her grandfather served before her as instructor.
Her other assignments have included teaching in the New Richmond, Antioch and Turkeyfoot schools, 12 years at Branch Hill and 10 years at Goshen before joining the Maineville staff.
Mrs. Poe is, according to Principal Cruse, "never satisfied. Where some teachers early develop a teaching pattern and stick to it, she is always trying something new."
"Her greatest pleasure is to come to me and say that little Johnny, who couldn't read, now is able to read," he added.
As to his reference to her great integrity, Cruse explained that a number of years ago Mrs. Poe promised her mother, now age 87, that when she reached a point in life that she could not care for herself, Mrs. Poe "would quit teaching and take care of her."
This is the reason she is giving up her beloved teaching, not because she has lost her enthusiasm, but because she is honor-bound to keep a commitment.
Mrs. Poe has a daughter, Mrs. Marilyn Walden, a registered nurse now residing at Des Plaines, Ill., and their friends hope it will be many years before she will have to make and keep the same commitment.
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