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THE SLATE OF OFFICERS FOR 2005-06 >>>Election: April Luncheon Meeting<<< Committee: Dolly Streit, Karen Ewing, and Marguerite Felt |
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Sharron and Anthony D’Angelo |
| Sharron was born on a dairy farm near Hale, Michigan. After graduation
from Michigan State University with a degree in home economics education,
she joined the United States Navy
Women's Officers Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. Her first assignment was to Eastern Sea Frontier Staff in New York City. It was a long way from the farm! There, she met Lt Anthony V. D’Angelo when the admiral invited all the newly assigned officers to his office. At the end of her tour of active duty she returned to the Detroit area to teach at Warren Woods High School. In l965, Sharron and Tony were married and they were sent to Norfolk, VA. where Sharron taught school at Aragona Elementary School while Tony served on the USS Mountrail. After a two year tour at US Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, orders took them to San Diego, CA where the USS St. Paul carried Tony to Vietnam twice while Sharron attended grad school at San Diego State Univ. Ordered to Sasebo, Japan, Tony served as operations officer of Fleet Activities for four years. Son Anthony Jr. was born there. Returning to Tidewater, they settled on Overholt Drive in Kempsville while Tony served his final Navy tour as operations officer at Naval Base Norfolk.He continued to work for various military contractors for many years. During all this time, Sharron was active in military officers wives
clubs, volunteered in the Red
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Submitted By Ruth Geel, Treasurer |
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the Aircraft Carrier Truman In the Mid-east. |
| Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard Truman and is
providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance (ISR) missions over Iraq. The Truman Strike Group
is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War
on Terrorism. Cynthia was, in her own words, a “Navy
brat”, moving every two years or more. As a child she lived in Italy, where
she learned the llanguage, and in Scotland, where she was a Highland Dancer.
She met Gary in 1989 as a stewardess for Southwest Airlines. They
were married in Annapolis at the Naval Academy in an exciting military
wedding in 1990 where Gary had graduated in 1984. Cynthia is
a stay at home mother with Valerie (10) and Logan (7).
Cynthia Williams’ mother, Connie Breslau, is the Navy widow of the late Warrant Officer Bruce Breslau, formally of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and then with the DOE, where he was a Nuclear Engineer. Cynthia’s brother, CDR Jeff Breslau, is the PAO (Public Affairs Officer) for 5th fleet, in Bahrain. What a family! Go Navy! |
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We are very pleased to welcome the following new members: Maxine LeBlanc (George) Virginia Beach
The following member has renewed:
This brings our total membership to 375 |
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Benefits Issues:
SBP Briefing
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At its March luncheon, ROWS unanimously voted to name the Chisolm Hospitality House Foundation as its 2005 charity. The Charity Committee, intent on our contribution making a difference, considers organizations which serve our specific community and all the uniformed services. The Chisolm Hospitality House serves all members of the armed forces or their families, active duty or retired, who need a home-away-from-home while being treated at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. It is totallly supported through individual donations and the $15.00 a night fee for lodging. Chisolm House’s six two-bedroom apartments are fully furnished and equipped and have no length-ofstay or distance requirements. Built in 1989, the facility that predates Fisher Houses, is currently undergoing renovation. New furniture has been donated, but the need for new appliances, window treatments, and everyday operating expenses exists. ROWS’ contribution of $1,000 will be spent at the discretion of the Foundation Board which operates the Chisolm Hospitality House. Mary Johnson, director of the Foundation, was overwhelmingly appreciative and suggested a plaque to honor ROWS’ generous contribution. President Anne Kraine pledged that Rows would underwrite the cost of a plaque , so that the entire grant amount be spent promoting the good works of Chisolm Hospitality House. |
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February-March 2005 Sharron D’Angelo, Gladys Jenkins, Patty Leon, Fran Erbe TLC COMMITTEE Margaret Delaney & Sarah Dorin |
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| ROSES |
Dee Vatidis in Virginia Beach General for surgery delivered by Beverly Smeltzer |
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| GET WELL CARDS/NOTES OF CHEER |
Dee Vatidis recovering from lung surgery |
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| THANK YOU NOTES |
Delia Culberson for daffodils |
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| SYMPATHY CARDS |
Angie Brown for loss of beloved brother Rawlings Maupin Barrett 2/16/04 of Chesapeake. |
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| MEMORIALS |
Invitation from family of Jane Hammond Sickel to attend services 3/12/05 at Eastern Shore Chapel |
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| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
Eastern Shore Chapel for memorial sent in honor of ROWS member Jane Hammond Sickel |
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For the most current and up-to-date schedule of chapter events, click on Calendar of Events |
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