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PLYMOUTH - WAYNE
PLYMOUTH - WAYNE

Beth Stewart honored

with Whipple award

Beth Stewart, executive anthropic engagement within munity we have today I have
director of the Michigan the City of Plymouth with been privileged to be a part of
Philharmonic, was honored integrity and perseverance. two organizations which show-
with the Ruth Huston-Whipple Nominees must have con- case our heritage and our excel-
Award for her contributions to tributed to the City of Plymouth lent arts programming," Stewart
the Plymouth community. above and beyond reasonable said.
Stewart accepted the award expectations; demonstrated The award is named in honor
at a meeting of the Plymouth character, commitment and/or of Ruth Huston-Whipple, the
City Commission last month. leadership qualities and active- first female elected Plymouth
Prior to joining the ly participated in community or City Commissioner (1934-1949),
Philharmonic organization, she civic organizations whose first female mayor of Plymouth
was executive director of the sphere of influence falls within (1940-1942) and first female Beth Stewart, executive director of the Michigan Philharmonic,
Plymouth Historical Museum the City of Plymouth. Wayne County Board of proudly shows off the Ruth Huston-Whipple Award she was awarded
for her contributions to the Plymouth community.
where she served for 17 years. Stewart said she was thrilled Supervisors member.
Stewart earned a bachelor's by the award. She was a 1913 graduate of the Zoning Board and repre- The purpose of the Ruth
degree in history and a master's "I was honored to receive the Plymouth High School and later sented Plymouth in the Huston-Whipple Award for Civic
degree in historic preservation Ruth Huston Whipple award worked as a teacher and debate Michigan Municipal League. Engagement is to honor a com-
with an emphasis in educational from the City of Plymouth. coach at the school. She fought She was a tireless volunteer munity member who, like Ruth
programming and management. Ruth Whipple set an historical against school policies that dis- leader of local organizations Huston-Whipple, has positively
She and her husband, current precedent for women to partici- criminated against married such as the Plymouth Historical impacted the quality of life in
Plymouth Township Trustee pate in civic engagement while women and eventually left the Society, Plymouth Woman's the City of Plymouth through his
John Stewart, are long-time supporting educational pro- district in protest. Club, Plymouth Garden Club, or her exceptional civic and/or
Plymouth residents. grams for young people in our As an elected official, Ruth Plymouth Business and philanthropic engagement.
To be considered for the community as well. She, and Huston-Whipple organized the Professional Women's Club and Stewart was the overwhelm-
award, a nominee must have others like her, helped to create first city-wide refuse collection Plymouth Canteen Club's War ing favorite of the selection com-
demonstrated civic and/or phil- the wonderful Plymouth com- system in Plymouth, served on Service Committee. mittee this year.

Topped off

The City of Wayne Police
Department was sur-
prised last week with the
donation of a Leer folding
cover and bed liner for
the Ford F-150 truck
which is part of the
department motor fleet.
The donation from Kurt
Jarman, at right, seemed
appropriate as he is the
owner of Kurt's Caps in
the city. A department
spokesperson posted a
thankyou from the entire
department on social
media last week, noting
the officers appreciate
Jarman's donation and
his support.