Ruthie Picton:
CLASS OF 1977
Harding High SchoolClass of 1977
St. paul, MN
Elkton Middle SchoolClass of 1977
Elkton, MD
Elkton High SchoolClass of 1977
Elkton, MD
Mounds Park Junior High SchoolClass of 1974
St. paul, MN
Holly Hall Elementary SchoolClass of 1970
Elkton, MD
Ruthie's Story
Life
Four dogs, Tucker, Bailey, Jake and Wyatt
Four cats, Tazzy, Wildfire, Rusty Diesel Clyde and Meadow
Two Roosters, Edgar the meanie and Slate
Chickens I will spare ya the names.
Five children, Irina , Dmitri (Dima) , Matt , Alex and Uri .
Four adopted from Russia.
I live in Spencerville, Indiana and don't miss the MN winters.
It's a very small rural town. We have alot of Amish in the area. The most problems i have with traffic is passing buggies.
School
Biggest crush -- Duffy Moore
Mr. Fretland was my favorite teacher.
If i could do it all over again i would have studied more, not started smoking at 15, stayed in college, not gotten married to my X.
I have great memories from Mounds Park Jr., not alot from Harding. I was involved in Rosettes Color Guard and Brass Inc. Drum Corp. outside of school. Couldn't wait to get out of school.
College
Went to St. Thomas University nights.
I worked fulltime and traveled with my job sometimes. Remember having to be...Expand for more
out of town earlier in the week. Getting back in town just in time for my class. Seems i was a bit tired and woke up to everyone in my class laughing cause i fell asleep and started snoring....
Workplace
Worked for the state right out of high school.
Moved to Bloomington and worked for A C JOhnson Paint and Wallpaper Co.
Moved back to St. Paul and worked for Eco Labs. Hated it!!!!
Moved over on Grand Avenue. Worked at Gould Battery. They were bought by Saft Bty. they relocated to Georgia and Mexico.
Worked for GNB Bty, that div. moved to the east coast.
Then worked for Lanosheen. They had a big layoff....
Sold Real Estate for Edina Realty, they were bought by Burnett...
Worked for D.C. Battery for 10 years,
went to Spectrum Labs-Lanosheen at their request. Hated It.
Adopted the kids and started my own daycare.
Hubby transferred jobs. Moved to Indiana, Worked for L & L Fittings. Odd Odd place. Owned my own greenhouse. Now growing landscape plants for wholesale.
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