Frederick Community Chorus Performs The Creation at Hood
More than five hundred townspeople fill Brodbeck Hall on the Hood campus Sunday evening to hear the Frederick Community Chorus sing The Creation with two Washington soloists. Dr. Earle B. Blakeslee directs the group and also led last winter’s Messiah. Mrs. Blakeslee sings the Creation soprano, with Mrs. J. D. Duve as contralto and George Barritt and John Yard, both of Washington, as tenor and bass. William Sprigg accompanies the soloists, and Mrs. W. L. Blair plays for the choral numbers. Reverend W. DeWitt Dickey offers remarks on the oratorio’s Genesis and Paradise Lost basis during intermission. John Shorrow, chorus president, thanks Dr. Blakeslee and presents a gift to him.
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Brodbeck Hall
Hood
Frederick
W. DeWitt Dickey
Frederick County
Understanding authorized vs appropriated funds explained
James Marlow breaks down the difference between authorization and appropriation in U S budgeting. Congress authorizes agencies to spend up to a limit, but only when it appropriates funds can actual spending occur. The piece uses the Marshall Plan debate as context.
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James Marlow
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Plan for Marshall Plan funding stalls awaiting Congress action
The piece discusses planned spending around 3.0 billion next year that cannot be used until Congress fully or partially appropriates it, likely by June. It examines annual authorization versus appropriation limits, noting temporary agencies handle authorization while permanent ones like the State Department require full appropriations.
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ECA Funding and Year by Year Authorization History
The text explains how temporary agencies like the Economic Cooperation Administration operated on a year by year basis needing new authorization and appropriation each year. It notes this practice, rooted in early 19th century rules, preserves Congress's power to continue or discontinue programs like the Marshall Plan. A separate item reports Beta Sigma Phi Alpha Theta meeting with president Mrs. Betty Zimmerman presiding and notes a Mother’s Day tea at the Country Club.
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Beta Sigma Phi
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Ethel Kaer
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