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Retired Teachers Community Hosts IRTA at
Celebration Luncheon
Greenwood Village South, a continuing care
retirement community founded by retired teachers,
hosted a luncheon and tour for the IRTA Board of
Directors in order to commemorate the inscription of
the GVS cornerstone with the words "Indiana Retired
Teachers Association." The cornerstone previously
only noted the construction date of 1961. Greenwood
Village South is located on U.S. 31 South in
Greenwood, Indiana.
The event was arranged and hosted by GVS residents
and History Committee members Mary Jane Phillippe,
Keith Brown and Wes Charpie. Keith was instrumental
in working directly with IRTA staff to arrange the
event. As Chair of the GVS History Committee, Mary
Jane served as luncheon speaker by providing IRTA
guests with a detailed history of Greenwood Village
South and the pioneering efforts of the early
visionaries who founded GVS. Keith served as
welcoming host by making introductions, and Keith
and Wes also delivered personal remarks as part of
the luncheon program. GVS Executive Director Brian
Lane and Marketing Director Martha Mahoney joined
the luncheon and provided an overview and tour of
this fine facility.
The Indiana Retired Teachers Association (IRTA) and
the Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA) began
planning in 1947 for a project to provide elderly
persons, on a non-profit basis, with housing
facilities and services especially designed to meet
the physical, social and psychological needs of the
aged and contribute to their health, security,
happiness and usefulness in longer living. The
Indiana Retired Teachers Community - now known as
Greenwood Village South - was incorporated in 1957.
The Council of Greenwood Village was formed early in
1963 as an organization of residents to act on
matters of common concern to both residents and
administration. GVS residents were leading forces in
organizing the Johnson County Retired Teachers
Association, a local affiliate of IRTA, in 1966.
This information is courtesy of the publication
"Greenwood Village: Early History 1957-1969"
compiled by Mary Jane (Beaman) Phillippe and Barbara
Doty.
The Board of Directors of the Indiana Retired
Teachers Association gratefully acknowledges the
hospitality of Mary Jane Phillippe, Keith Brown and
Wes Charpie, and GVS administrators Brian Lane and
Martha Mahoney, for the gracious lunch and tour of
the fine facility.
Members
of the IRTA Board of Directors meet and greet
Greenwood Village South residents and management
over a delicious meal in one of the facility's fine
dining rooms.
IRTA
President Eugene Wease (at left) and IRTA Executive
Director Ralph Ayres (right) stand beside the
newly-inscribed cornerstone. Photos and article by
Glenn Hatmaker, IRTA.
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