Background
Ferrara, Ruth Reiordan was born on November 8, 1924 in Ducktown, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Robert Harrison and Lillian (Fralix) Reiordan.
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Ruth Reiordan Ferrara
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Ruth Reiordan Ferrara, American association executive. Member of Venetia Manor Garden Circuit (president 1960-1962), Order Eastern Star, Cathedral Towers (board advisers 1966-1970), State & Provincial Association Fairs, Jacksonville Fair (board directors 1959-1968), Aging Committee Community Planning Council, Florida Council Aged, Jacksonville Garden (director 1960-1968), Venetia Boys Club (secretary 1958-1962).
Education
Student public schools. Graduate Jones Business College.
Career
Machinist, Jacksonville (Florida) Naval Air Station, 1942-1944. With Greyhound Bus Company, Jacksonville, 1944-1945. Head cashier womens apparel Mangels Ladies Wear, Jacksonville, 1945-1946.
Owner, operator restaurant, Jacksonville, 1946-1947, Copperhill, Tennessee, 1946-1948. Bookkeeper Henley & Beckwith, Inc., Jacksonville, 1949-1950. Member purchasing department American Hardware Corporation, New Britain, Connecticut, 1948-1949.
Secretary-manager Greater Jacksonville Fair Association, 1966-1969, director, 1959-1969, exec.sec., 1965-1970. President Florida Federation Fairs and Livestock Shows, 1969-1970, also director public relations. Executive secretary Florida Federation Fairs, 1970-1985, South Carolina.
State Fair, Greenville, 1972-1977. Executive secretary, manager North Florida Fair, Tallahassee, from 1977.
Politics
A believer should support social climates, in which human communities are maintained and strengthened for the sake of all persons and their growth.
Views
The strong feature of Methodism is the role of local people take for the fabric of church buildings and manses and for the handling of money. They share with ordained ministers the role of setting direction for the churches in a particular area or 'circuit'.
Membership
Member of Venetia Manor Garden Circuit (president 1960-1962), Order Eastern Star, Cathedral Towers (board advisers 1966-1970), State & Provincial Association Fairs, Jacksonville Fair (board directors 1959-1968), Aging Committee Community Planning Council, Florida Council Aged, Jacksonville Garden (director 1960-1968), Venetia Boys Club (secretary 1958-1962).
Connections
Married Joseph James Ferrara, October 10, 1946. Children: James Michael, John Richard.
