Ladies Auxiliary

After 53 years of fund raising for the Clarksville volunteer fire department, its Ladies Auxiliary has come to this: Members say the men in the department took control of their events, took over their bank account and chastised them for buying food baskets for the needy - even though fire officials later spent more than $300 on Orioles tickets. But the Ladies are fighting back: They're leaving. No more country breakfasts, no more craft shows, no more flea markets - at least not for the benefit of the Clarksville fire department.

District 10 VFW Ladies Auxiliary met for their quarterly dinner meeting April 2 at the VFW Post 8185, Port Deposit. Auxiliary units from Elkton, Chesapeake City, and North East joined the auxiliary unit from Post 8185 to make plans for June's convention. District President Dee Russo gave out awards from National Headquarters including a certificate to Post 8185 for participation in the President's Special Project. Election and installation of officers for 2013 followed the business meeting.

Thank you to all who attended the Odenton Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary lunch with the Easter Bunny on March 24. Thanks also are extended to the businesses that supported: Mars Supermarket, Sam's Club in Annapolis, Sam's Club in Maryland City, Safeway, Shopper's Food Warehouse, Piney Orchard Ice Arena, Crofton Bowling Center, Playwise Kids, Pizza Hut, Skate Zone, Bowie BaySox, Odenton Ace Hardware, McDonald's of Odenton and Herr's Potato Chips....

The Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 8097, 7209 Montevideo Road, Jessup, will sponsor a Bingo, Lunch and Bake Sale Nov. 4. Lunch will be served from noon to 1 p.m.; bingo will be available from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; and the bake sale will go on until all the treats are sold. Information: 410-799-5868. Patuxent Center closed for repairs The Patuxent Research Refuge's National Wildlife Visitor Center will be closed temporarily for repairs from tomorrow through mid-March. The center's heating and ventilation systems are to be repaired.

The junior girls unit sponsored by Yingling-Ridgely Post and Ladies Auxiliary No. 7472 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was recently instituted and installed by Auxiliary President Patricia Sprinkel.The junior girls unit is a group of girls, ages 6 to 16, who assist the VFW post and its ladies auxiliary in volunteer services for the community.The group made favors for patients at the Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center with sugar-free candy hearts, American flag key chains, pins, VFW buddy poppies and books.

The Maryland Volunteer Fire Chiefs' Association and Ladies Auxiliary elected officers at an annual conference Sunday at the Sykesville-Freedom District Fire Department.They are: James E. Cross of Deale, president; H. Edward Woods Sr. of Davidsonville, vice president; Darron Long of Damascus, secretary; Richard White of Chestertown, assistant secretary; Leonard T. King of Deale, treasurer; Roy Wood of Beltsville, assistant treasurer; and Pierce M. Damewood, chaplain.Ladies Auxiliary officers are: Daisy Malinosky of Brentwood, president; June E. Black of Manchester, vice president; Joan Cumberland of Westminster, secretary; Donna Cross of Deale, treasurer; Sharon Funk of Pasadena, chaplain; and Betty Radisch of Charles County, guard.

The Orchard Beach Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary will resume its monthly Sunday dinner-bingo party schedule on Sept. 11 at the Solley Road fire hall.Early bird games begin at 11:30 a.m. Dinner will be served from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., with regular bingo games to follow.Tickets are $20 each and include a hot platter, dessert, beverage and a game package.Information or ticket orders: Charles Ingram, 255-7464.*Chesapeake Christian Center will celebrate Pastor Appreciation Sunday this weekend.The congregation will honor the Rev. Glen Morris for seven years of outstanding service to the community as a pastor and leader.

Capt. Glenn C. Resnick of the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company flips open a small suitcase with the thermal-imaging camera inside. The bitter scent of a burning building rises from it, testimony to the camera's frequent use."This is the difference between life and death right here," he says. "We feel it's revolutionary."What he's holding hardly looks revolutionary -- it could almost be mistaken for a household flashlight -- but Resnick and his company say it's changing the way they fight fires.

The Carroll County Volunteer Firemen's Association and Ladies Auxiliary elected officers for 1999-2000 at their annual conventions, held yesterday at the Reese and Community Volunteer Fire Company.New officers for the Firemen's Association are: Robert Cumberland Jr., Westminster, president; John C. Korman, Hampstead, first vice president; Malcolm Helwig, Manchester, second vice president; Ralph Dull, Manchester, secretary; and Joe Hess, Reese, treasurer.Ladies Auxiliary officers are: Patricia Orlove, Westminster, president; Helen Korman, Hampstead, first vice president; Linda Black, Manchester, second vice president; Yvonne Stultz, Union Bridge, secretary; Janet Parrish, Taneytown, treasurer; Mary Jo Lilley, Lineboro, historian; and Sharon Sidler, Mount Airy, chaplain.

The Union Bridge Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary recently donated $30,000 to the company for a new multi-use response vehicle.Ladies Auxiliary President Yvonne Stultz presented the money to fire company President Tom Garber at the annual banquet.The Utility 8 truck will replace an older, refurbished model. It will be used for routine service, as a mobile command vehicle and for personnel and equipment transport.Pub Date: 4/12/99

Thank you to all who attended the Odenton Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary lunch with the Easter Bunny on March 24. Thanks also are extended to the businesses that supported: Mars Supermarket, Sam's Club in Annapolis, Sam's Club in Maryland City, Safeway, Shopper's Food Warehouse, Piney Orchard Ice Arena, Crofton Bowling Center, Playwise Kids, Pizza Hut, Skate Zone, Bowie BaySox, Odenton Ace Hardware, McDonald's of Odenton and Herr's Potato Chips....

The Patapsco Female Institute will sponsor a presentation by M. Lee Preston Jr. on the historic women's school at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Mount Ida, the institute's visitor center and museum. "The Patapsco Female Institute: The School, the Staff, the Students, and the 19th-Century Values Found Therein" will include material from letters, personal accounts, annual reports and artifacts found at the site. The lecture is to begin at 8 p.m. Hands-on activities are also planned. The cost is $10. Reservations are required.

On March 14, 2005, NAOMI GEORGE. Naomi was born in Delano, Township, Schuylkill County, PA, the daughter of Marie C. Fetterman and John Erwin Patterson. After the death of her father, she was raised in the Odd Fellows Orphanage in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Sunbury High School, she returned home to Allentown, PA, and enrolled in nursing school. She was the beloved wife of Albert Lee George, Jr., who preceded her in death in 1987. The were married on August 8, 1942. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion and the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW. She is survived by three brothers, George and Peter Patterson of Allentown, PA, Richard B. Patterson of Taunton, MA; and one sister, Lois Tomek of Emmaus, PA, and five children, Patricia Naomi Brown of Edgewood, MD, Pauline Marie Mc Hone and her husband Douglas of Chase, MD, Mary Eloise Liberty and her husband Thomas of Middle River, MD, whom she resided with, Adrian Henri George and his wife Margaret of Yorba Linda, CA, and Keturah Josephine Ruhl and her husband Kevin, of Sefner, FL; nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

The Reservoir High School Boosters will sponsor a spaghetti dinner from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 30 in the school cafeteria. Spaghetti and meatballs, salad, bread, drinks and dessert will be served. School groups will entertain after dinner. The cost is $5 a person; children up to age 6 dine free. Proceeds will help pay for extracurricular groups and athletic teams. Information: Stephanie Donnelly, 301-490-3253, or Nancy Huggins, 301-890-9271. English Conversation Club meeting tomorrow morning The Savage branch library, 9525 Durness Lane, will offer an English Conversation Club for non-native speakers of English who want to practice speaking and listening at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.

Hannah Danielle Mollerick, a seventh-grader at Patuxent Valley Middle School, has won the title of Pre-Teen InterContinental 2003-2004. The Jessup resident received her crown, a replica of Princess Diana's, on board the Carnival cruise ship Inspiration last month. "Twelve of us went on the boat to see her compete," said her father, Glen Mollerick. "It was pretty exciting." Hannah's mother, Jolene, and sisters Sarah, 8, and Alanah, 6, were there to cheer her on, as were three of her grandparents, an aunt and some friends.

The Maryland Anti-Car Theft Committee and the Howard County Police Department will sponsor a free vehicle-identification etching from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at the North Laurel Community Police Department office in the Whiskey Bottom shopping center, 9205G All Saints Road. Identifying numbers can be etched on all of the major pieces of glass in the vehicle to deter car theft. The process takes about 10 minutes. Car owners can also register in the "Watch Your Car" program, a national effort to deter auto theft.

The Yingling-Ridgely Post and Ladies Auxiliary 7472 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Ellicott City and Jr. Girls Unit will attend the 108th birthday celebration of the Statue of Liberty at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 28 on Liberty Island in New York.They will be accompanied by representatives from most of the 98 Maryland auxiliary groups and the state president of the Maryland Auxiliary, Marie Bunting of Silver Spring.This will be the 58th year that the ladies auxiliary has observed the Statue of Liberty's birthday with a patriotic ceremony and gift.

Claire Adele Miliman Fried, who devoted her life to helping those in need, died Wednesday of a brain tumor at her Mount Washington home. She was 70."She had this unstinting desire to help those in need," her daughter, Lois I. Kline of Laramie, Wyo., said. "She had a tremendous compassion for people."She took care of an elderly neighbor lady who was widowed. She promised her that she would take care of her and she did. Everyday she fed her meals and looked after her. After she died, her lawyer told my mother that she had given her an extra seven years of life because of her care and devotion.

Carroll County firefighters and ladies auxiliary members won several awards at the 110th annual Maryland State Firemen's Association convention last month in Ocean City. Award winners included: John Means Sr. of the Pleasant Valley Community Volunteer Fire Company, who won the Marbery F. Gates Service Cup for more than 50 years of service to his company and county and state associations. C. Oscar Baker of Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company, who was given the Gladhil-Thompson Trophy for outstanding contributions to the future welfare of the MSFA.

American Legion Post 223 Ladies Auxiliary will hold a Sweetheart Dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the post home in Sykesville. The band 4our By 4our will provide music. A light buffet will be served and a cash bar will be available, as will beer, wine and soda. Door prizes will be awarded, among them gift certificates to local restaurants and florists, and for tax preparation. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Proceeds will benefit the auxiliary's programs for veterans and local charities.