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Margarette Heintz
Spotlight 2011: Margarette Heintz
A Remarkable Woman
On a bright and cherry early November morning, Margarette Heintz and I set out for a trip to Alliance, Ohio to visit Dorothy Hein, friend and former club member. As we drove through the countryside, Margarette told me delightful stories about her life and times. This is her story with the help of research by Natalie Newhous, President of Lake County Music and Drama Club.
Margarette was born in Cleveland and attended Hazeldale School. At age eight, she was selected to represent her school at the unveiling in downtown Cleveland, of the Lincoln Statue by Max Kalish. That year, Margarette was also selected to attend a program for advanced students called Cleveland Major Works. She graduated from Glenville High School, and attended Western Reserve University after having been awarded a four year Trustee Scholarship. Later, when Case and Western Reserve merged, she attended with an NDEA scholarship. Margarette has degrees in both Comprehensive Social Studies, and Spanish through the Masters level. Margarette also attended the University of Mexico and the University of Hawaii where she learned Japanese. Both majors have complimented her travels to perhaps 75 countries of the world. Margarette spent a total of 22 years teaching at Shore High (Euclid High School) and Central.
 Margarette married William Heintz after he graduated from Kent State University. They had a son, Fred who lives in Bronxville, New York, and a daughter Winifred of Mentor. Margarette and her husband lived on a beautiful escarpment overlooking Lake Erie, however, when they found the Italianate style property in Painesville, they bought, restored the house and lived there for 15 years, Margarette completing most of the work herself.
In 1985 Music and Drama Club member Marsha Parsons nominated Margarette for membership. In those days, audition was required for membership. Some members still recall her eloquent dramatic presentation, in Spanish, of Cordoba (a journey into one's self), Vachel Lindsey's Song of the Congo, and excerpts from Elephant Man. Since that time, Margarette has certainly held a distinguished service record within the Club. In her own words, "Music and Drama allows us to be our creative selves."
Margarette has served many years as Benefit Chair, creating interesting and diverse entertainment for members and friends of the club. In 2009, Margarette created the program entitled, “Women in the Life of Abe Lincoln.” This program was enacted by club members. Margarettte knows how to get members involved. And, this leads into one of Margarette’s own life themes, ways to communicate, the need and joy of communication with others as addressed in her “Importance of Communication” program at Carlisle’s Dining room on September 11, 1992.
Margarette has graced us with more of her original works. “Along the Way” a story she created for the 2010 Music and Drama benefit was such an example. Margarette wrote the narration, and various members of the Lake County Historical Center and Music and Drama Members enacted the lives of famous women throughout the 1800s. These women were the wives of men who helped to forge through the underbrush to establish what is now Lake County.
One might say that over the years Margarette has provided our club with the insight of poetry, the wisdom of prose, and the example of using knowledge we all seek throughout our lives. What has been presented here is only a small part of the dynamic presentations she has given to the club over the years.
For your pleasure and spare time reading, you will find below what we will affectionately call, “Margarette’s List”. Thank you Margarette for your enlightenment throughout the years. We look forward to your next piece of creativity.
Caucian del Jinete by Federico Garcia Lorca
The spell of the Yukon by Robert Service
Father William by Louis Carroll
Bells by Edgar Allen Poe
Song of the Congo by Vachel Lindsay
The Man with the Hoe by Edwin Markham
Selections by Dorothy Rupp Huey
Play: Elephant Man: Scene XIV by Bernard Pomerance
Autumn Woods by James Tripett
Something Told the Wild Geese by Rachel Field |
