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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1944
Page
3
Frederick County Welfare Board distributed aid to 595 people in February at a total cost of 19 637 36. At month end 67 aid requests remained, 31 approved but unfunded. 52 families received general public assistance averaging 25 31 dollars per family, totaling 1 316 05, for unemployable breadwinners.
The welfare report notes 154 families received aid for dependent children totaling 6,140.35 dollars with an average grant of 39.87 dollars per family. Since January no G P A funds are available for new cases, though A D C grants cover food shelter clothing and maintenance.
County funds for General Public Assistance are matched by the state on a 50 50 basis to help needs outside old age and blind categories. Limited 1944 funds led to prioritizing existing G P A cases and clothing for others, with no near term plan to add new cases. One elderly man not yet eligible for old age assistance had to be placed in Montevue due to lack of funds. February expenditures covered 16 aged persons and five needy blind, plus administration costs. Fink to join Maryland State Conference of Social Welfare committee in May. There are about 4 000 000 stamp collectors in the U S.
Frederick grocer and Maryland House of Delegates member Robert L. Grove testified in Criminal Court in Baltimore about a stolen cigarette shipment. He described meeting the tavern keeper and arrangements to load 50 cases for delivery, with 500 more cases covered in a garage. Trial continues tomorrow. MOTHER'S CLASS MEETING in Lutheran Sunday School held March 28 with 18 members and one guest. Korea talk by Louise Daly. games and prizes. next meeting April 25. COLLEGE RECEIVERS NAMED associates appoint receivers Theodore F. Brown and Ivan L. Hoff in Blue Ridge College case pending in Carroll County Circuit Court.
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