Harriet Woodruff is featured in the patron spotlight. She was born in Washington and lived in many states while growing up. Harriet enjoys traveling, especially by cruise, and has visited many locations across the US and abroad. In her free time, she enjoys reading romance novels, doing needlework, and listening to oldies music. The article provides insight into Harriet's background and interests.

1. September/October 2012
The Outreach
PATRON SPOTLIGHT - HARRIET WOODRUFF
We were quite lucky to talk to Harriet Woodruff for our next patron
interview!
Harriet was born in Bellingham, Washington. Some of her favorite
childhood memories are playing in the mountains that surrounded them. Her
father worked for the railroad and at one point she, her parents, and her
brother lived in a refurbished train car. That was a blast! She was even able
to learn how to cook from the folks who worked in a nearby dining car.
Harriet has lived in many different places, including Idaho, Oregon, North
Dakota, Illinois, Georgia, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Texas. She has been
in Westerville for about two years now.
Ever since she retired, she has loved to travel. One of her proudest
moments is going on a cruise by herself. She has been on many cruises and
has traveled to the Grand Canyon, Hawaii, Alaska, and Canada, among other
locations. If she could travel anywhere in the world now, she would like to go
to Ireland and Scotland.
Harriet loves to read romance novels and does needlework. One of her
creations is an embroidered image of Woody the Woodpecker for her late
husband, Kenneth Woody Woodruff, whom she met on one of her cruises.
She did enjoy school, although she always liked English better than
Math. Her favorite season is Spring because she loves seeing all the new,
green life come out. Her favorite food is steak and she loves to eat at
O Charley s. She loves to listen to golden
oldies and is a big Gene Kelly fan. Her
favorite Gene Kelly musical is Singin in the
Rain.
It was such a pleasure to talk with
Harriet and learn more about her. We look
forward to our next interview! Let us know
if you are interested and we can get to
know you better, too!

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~UPCOMING EVENTS~
September 2 The 2nd Annual Cool Cars, Hot Stuff Festival. From 9-7pm at
CaJohn s Fiery Foods Westerville Headquarters (816 Green Crest Dr.). Enjoy
salsa and chili judging as well as the 28th Annual Sertoma Car Show.
October 7 The 4th Annual Ned Moser Apple Butter Festival. From 1-4pm
at McVay Elementary (270 Hempstead Rd.) Enjoy apple cider, pulled
pork sandwiches, and more. Call 614-776-1409 for more details.
October 13-14 Westerville Quilt Guild 2012 Quilt Show. From 10am-6pm and
Saturday 10am-3pm at the Westerville Community Center. Enjoy over 100
quilts on display, many demonstrations and vendors throughout and a raffle!
Liquid Gold
by Carolyn Walker
How times have changed. We have twenty-four hour news reports these days, it s
like 4g coverage. As it is happening you are apprised of it!
People leave their televisions on all day as well and most times it is numerous
screens in several rooms. I only watched three times today, noon, six o clock and
eleven. At each news cast the weather forecaster mentioned the price of gas. It had
gone up each time I tuned in and by the end of the day it had risen 20 cents.
It made me think of the fifties when I was a teenager and my father carpooled with
three other men. Now mind you gas was at an all time high of twenty-five cents to
twenty-seven cents in those days; but for one person to drive and waste gas costing
that sum of money it was unheard of! My Dad would drive around the block until
he found it for the 25-cent price. Of course there was a gas station on every single
corner back then and you didn t even have to get out of the car and pump it your-
self so it wasn t exactly a burden.

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He car-pooled with men he worked with in Wilmington, Ohio. The drive from
Washington Court House took about forty minutes because every one had to be
dropped off and picked up at their homes. No meeting at a central location to
save time because time was not as valuable as money back then. They rode to-
gether taking turns every week for at least the six years I was home and aware of
it. I found it unusual though that these were not men who were buddies with each
other. All they had in common was that they worked together. There was no
bowling as a group on weekends or stopping for a cool one on the way. It was
strictly a business arrangement to save hard earned money and to keep from pay-
ing that ridiculous price for a gallon of gas!
I think President Obama is right the price of gas will not come down until we
change our ways of using it. When not enough people are buying; the price is
less. We have seen that these past few years during our desperate economy situa-
tion with other goods and services. If no one is buying the seller has to lower his
prices to make a sale.
When my sister turned sixteen and got a drivers license Dad bought us a car to
use, an old nineteen forty-seven Pontiac. He had been getting up at eleven to pick
us up at school sox hops and ballgames. For a man that went to bed at nine and
had to leave for work at six this disturbed his sleep. We had strict rules on the car
though; we had to buy the gas for anything over and above the driving to school
and he knew actually how much gas that would be required. We solved that by
charging three other girlfriends a dollar a week to take them to school and that
money we used for cruising at night on weekends. We weren t allowed to go out
of town but we found that if you put your hand up under the dashboard we could
unscrew the mileage meter. Which Dad would check every Sunday Night. I still
feel guilty about that today! There was a dance place about ten miles away and
that was our favorite hangout. No alcohol was present so it was safe.
Mom never drove a car as she had no license and even if she did she wouldn t
have had time. What with hanging clothes on the outdoor line (no dryers then)
and canning her own vegetables from the garden she tended, and cooking three
meals a day without frozen foods available she kept busy!
We did a lot of walking in those days and I think it made us healthier.

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