Background
Waters, Ruth Cramer was born on December 15, 1916 in Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of William McCahan and Clara Esther (Hench) Cramer.
Waters, Ruth Cramer was born on December 15, 1916 in Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of William McCahan and Clara Esther (Hench) Cramer.
AB, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, 1939. Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1957.
Teacher, schools, Pennsylvania, 1940—1942, 1944—1953. Chemist Carnegie Illinois Steel Company, Duquesne, 1942—1943. Library, since 1953, Juniata High School, Mifflintow, Pennsylvania, 1970—1980.
Retired, 1980; participant Kent University Seminar Socialist Education, Szeged, Hungary, Moscow, 1970. Member Juniata County Library. Board, 1972—1978, president, 1973—1978.
Member Mifflin Borough Council, 1974—1978, mayor, since 1978.
Past president Mifflin-Juniata Heart Association. Chairman, public relations committee Juniata County Bicentennial Committee, 1972—1976. Delegate Pennsylvania Borough Association, 1976—1978.
Member Pennsylvania Resolutions and Policy Committee, since 1976, Women's Health Services, since 1980, Mifflin-Juniata-Huntingdon County Mental Health & Mental Retardation, since 1981. Chairman Juniata County Cancer Campaign Mifflin-Juniata Cancer Society, 1982. Member of American Library Association, National Education Association, Juniata County History Society (president since 1979), Pennsylvania Library.
Association, Juniata County Education Association (past editor, newsletter), Pennsylvania Education Association, East Juniata Women's Club (past president), Mifflintown Women's Civic Club, Lewistown Business and Professional Women's Club, Delta Kappa Gamma (past chapter president).
Married James Kirk Waters, June 11, 1943 (divorced 1950). Children: James Kirk, Curtis William.