LADIES AUXILIARY, FLEET RESERVE ASSOCIATION

LA FRA Unit Officers:

PRESIDENT - DOLORES CASO

VICE-PRESIDENT - GLORIA PICKETT

SECRETARY - MARLENE KINGHORN

TREASURER - DORIS HIRNYCK

JR. PAST PRESIDENT - DOROTHY NEAL

PARLIAMENTARIAN - LIBBY DELEO

SGT. AT ARMS - JOHN NEAL

CHAPLAIN - LIBBY DELEO

LA FRA Unit Board of Directors:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS - LIBBY DELEO; KATE KELSAY; DOTTIE NEAL; JOHN NEAL; JOSEPH NEAL;' TILLIE ORTEGA; VICKIE MARTELLO; AND FLOYD MARTINEZ

COLOR BEARERS - JOHN AND JOSEPH NEAL

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN:

AMERICANISM & PATRIOTISM - VICKI MARTELLO

AUDIT & FINANCE - GLORIA PICKETT

HOSPITAL & VAVS - DOROTHY NEAL

MEMBERSHIP - GLORIA PICKETT

PUBLICITY - GLORIA PICKETT

UNIT ACTIVITIES - DOROTHY & JOHN NEAL

WELFARE & REHABILITATION - KATE KELSAY

YOUTH ACTIVITIES - JOSEPH NEAL

Membership in the LA FRA

Membership in the Ladies Auxiliary of the Fleet Reserve Association is limited to spouses, parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, children, stepchildren and grandchildren not less than 16 years of age of members of the Fleet Reserve Association and widows, widowers, parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, children, stepchildren and grandchildren not less than 16 years of age of persons who were members at the time of death or eligible to be members of the Fleet Reserve Association at the time of death.

If you are interested in Membership, please contact one of the persons listed above, or visit the LA FRA website at: LA FRA

A membership application is also available at that website. You may access it directly here:   LA FRA Application

UNIT 162 LA FRA NEWS - MARCH 2010

IT IS WITH SORROW THAT WE MUST REPORT THE PASSING OF OUR SISTER MEMBER, LILLIAN RYAN.  LILLIAN WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF UNIT 162, A LIFE MEMBER OF THE LAFRA, SHE SERVED ON THE BOD OF UNIT 162 AND SHE  ALSO SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF OUR WELFARE COMMITTEE FOR MANY YEARS.  LILLIAN WAS  A LOVED AND DEVOTED MEMBER,  AND SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.

 THE VALENTINE BAKE SALE AT THE COURTHOUSE WAS GREAT!  MANY THANKS TO ALL THAT BAKED AND THANKS TO DORIS HIRNYCK, DEBBIE MARIN, MARLENE KINGHORN, LIBBY DELEO, SHERRYL ROBINSON AND GLORIA PICKETT WHO BRAVED THE BAD WEATHER TO COME OUT AND SELL.  TO ALL THAT BAKED AND DONATED, WE COULDN’T HAVE MADE IT WITHOUT YOU.  WE ARE ALREADY BOOKED FOR NEXT YEAR FEBRUARY 11, 2011.

 WHAT A SUCCESSFUL MARDI GRAS BASKET OF CHEER!  THE WINNER OF THE WINE BASKET WAS HUGO, TICKET NUMBER 199 AND THE WINNER OF THE LIQUOR BASKET WAS ROBERT HEINDEL, TICKET NUMBER 586.  WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS A SUCCESS, ESPECIALLY TILLIE ORTEGO, SUE CHURCH, JERRIE HOLLAND, DORIS HIRNYCK AND DEBBIE MARIN.  THEY EACH SOLD OVER 100 TICKETS.  AND THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DONATED THE WINE AND LIQUOR TO FILL THE BASKETS AND JOHN NEAL THAT PLACED IT IN THE BASKETS AND BROUGHT IT TO THE LOUNGE SO EVERYONE COULD SEE THEM AND PURCHASE TICKETS. 

THIS YEAR’S NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 12 TO 19 AT SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA.  THERE WILL BE MORE NEWS CONCERNING THE CONVENTION IN LATER NEWSLETTERS.

 WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME TWO NEW MEMBERS, BETTY S. OCKMAN AND MONIQUE PICKETT.

 MEMBERS TO BE RENEWED:  SUSAN CHURCH, BILLIE CORNELIUS, PEGGY DRURY-FERRERA, WANDA MICENHAMER, MARY M. HUGHES AND KARIN SARRATT.

 MEMBERS PAST DUE 60 DAYS:  DENISE DESSELLE, MARY RYAN AND HEIDI WILLIAMS.  PLEASE RENEW, WE NEED YOU.

 THE 50/50 WAS WON BY MARLENE KINGHORN AND THE MEMBERSHIP DRAWING WAS WON BY TERESA CONLEY, BUT SHE WAS NOT PRESENT.

UNTIL NEXT MONTH I REMAIN YOURS IN LOYALTY, PROTECTION AND SERVICE,

GLORIA PICKETT (PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN) GOD BLESS AND MAY YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.  A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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