State Amvets Auxiliary Elects 66 Officers At Middletown Meet
The Maryland State Amvets Auxiliary elected its officers at the Middletown convention at Post No 9. New officers include Marguerite Miller president Anna Lanner senior vice president Leah McMillan junior vice president Ja Griffith secretary Helen Warrenfeltz treasurer Dorothy Bussard NEC woman Elizabeth Staley VAVS representative. Miller presented a trophy for unit promotion. Post No 2 received the James Ridgely Hospital Trophy for top hospital work, accepted by Staley. Bussard accepted the scrapbook award for Post No 9. Outgoing President Pauline Garber received the first past department president pin and a gift.
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Amvets Auxiliary
Maryland State Department
Middletown
Marguerite Miller
Anna Lanner
Leah McMillan
Ja Griffith
Helen Warrenfeltz
Dorothy Bussard
N.E.C
Elizbeth Staley
VAVS
Miller
Pauline Garber
Anna Sanmner
Federal Fund Shortfall Delays Maryland Catch-up Program
A summer anti poverty effort named Operation Catch-up for Maryland may not start due to lack of federal funds. The 300000 education program aimed to aid over 4400 pupils across 11 counties and was shelved as the fiscal year ended June 30. Region 2 Headquarters in Washington informed Maryland counties that no funds were available for the current year.
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Baltimore
Maryland
J. Donn Aiken
Office of Economic Opportunity
Region 2
Washington
Sidney Woolner
Mid- Atlantic
Aiken
Woolner
Coumties
Funding Gaps Threaten Operation Catch-up Program
Federal funds for Operation Catch-up under CAP face uncertainty as the Mid Atlantic Region cites tight budgets and Head Start pressures. Baltimore CAP recipients fear layoffs for instructors and cafeteria staff while counties wait on possible funding before July. Head Start remains unaffected and summer plans proceed in most areas.
Sergeant Weedon Joins 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood
Army staff sergeant Robert D Weedon Jr. from near Frederick is assigned to Company C of the 142nd Signal Battalion in the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas. He entered service in January 1958 and is 26. He graduated from St Johns Literary Institute in 1957. his wife Anna resides at Fort Hood.
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Army
Robert D Weedon Jr
Frederick
2Nd Armored Division
Fort Hood
Tex
Weedon
142Nd Signal Battalion
St. John’s Literary Institute
Anna
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