Hancock County Retired Teachers
The Hancock County Retired Teachers is a unit of the Illinois
Retired Teachers Association. The HCRT unit meets six times a
year on the second Monday of February, April, June, August,
October and November at different locations in Hancock County.
The HCRT has an enrollment of l50 and the IRTA has a
membership of 32,000.
The IRTA Mission Statement:
The Illinois Retired Teachers Association is a non-profit,
non-partisan organziation of retired educators. The Association
serves the needs and interests of its member through advocacy,
education, cooperation and socialization in a flexible
organizational structure.
Programs for l998
- Feb. 9, 1:30 pm - Baptist Church (NE corner of Carthage Square)
- Speaker: Marti Swanson, Co-Chair of IRTA Legislation Committee
- April 13, 12:00 Noon - Colusa Methodist Church
- Luncheon. Speaker: Donna Harris, Habitat for Humanity
- June 8, 12:00 noon - Carthage Park (west edge of Carthage)
- In case of inclement weather, it will be held at the Methodist Church (one blook offf the NW corner of the square)
Speaker: Donna Schutte, Ombudsman Program
- Aug. 10, 1:30 pm - Carthage Christian Church (1 block off SE corner of square)
- Speaker: Roger Icenogle, Assistant Regional Superintendent of Schools
- October 12, 1:30 pm - Kibbe Museum, Carthage (2 blocks West and 1 block South of 4-way stop on Hwy 136 in Carthage)
- Speaker: Jackie Adkins, History of Hancock County Courthouses
- Nov. 9, 12:00 noon - Golden's Point Church (5 miles north of Hamilton on 19th St.)
- Luncheon. Musical Program: Elizabeth Hull. Honoring 1998 Retired Teacher-of-the-Year.
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