Ithacan (Ruth A. Heckman) Named to Lead Youths on Trip to Italy
The Ithaca Journal, May 31 1961, P. 11, Col. 1, with photo

"Miss Ruth A. Heckman of 46 Niemi Rd. has been appointed a group leader to Italy for the 1961 summer program of The Experiment in International Living.
  A free-lance writer, Miss Heckman is presently employed by Radio Station WHCU.
  In the past four years, Miss Heckman has lived and worked among Mexican peons, Alaskan Eskimos, Greek fishermen on the island of Chios where she was the first non-Greek staying in the village, and in Yucatan, Washington and Maryland.
  Miss Heckman has traveled extensively in the United States, including a canoe trip down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
  Miss Heckman organized and served as president of the Ithaca Dog Training Club.
  For two seasons she was associated with the New York theater, playing roles in the 48th St. and Cherry Lane Theaters.
  Miss Heckman was born in Albany and studied at Syracuse University, University of Baltimore, and the University of Guanajuato"