Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:43:37 EST
Subject: Veterans' Day Arlington Rotary Program
From: Phil Swartz
To: newsroom@poughkeepsiejournal.com
CC: Bill L., Bill P., Ed L.,
    countyexec@co.dutchess.ny.us, veterans@co.dutchess.ny.us

Please release an article in the Poughkeepsie Journal about the
Arlington Rotary Club's November 11th Veterans' Day program.
Feel free to edit the following as desired:
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The Arlington Rotary Club will hold its regular weekly meeting at
Christo's Restaurant on Veterans' Day, Thursday November 11, beginning
at 12:15.  In addition to having several patients from the Castle Point
Veterans Hospital, it will have as its featured speaker Elva L. Girton,
Deputy Director of the Dutchess County Veterans Service Agency.  Ms.
Girton is a Vietnam War Era veteran of the United States and currently a
Second Lieutenant in the New York Guard.  A Dutchess County resident for
thirty-two years, Elva Girton is a graduate of Dutchess Community
College where she received the Dutchess United Educators Award for
Academic Excellence.  Ms. Girton joined county government in 1991 and
for over thirteen years has served various departments, most recently as
Principal Account Clerk in the Dutchess County Finance Department.  In
addition to her position with the County, Ms. Girton serves as Assistant
Adjutant General for the New York Guard as well as Finance Officer and
Administrative Officer for the Joint Staff.  She is also Past Vice
Commander and current Adjutant for the American Legion Post 37 in
Poughkeepsie and Board President of the Occupational and Environmental
Health Center of Eastern New York.

Presiding at the meeting will be President William Polgrean.

The Arlington Rotary Club is one of the largest in the Mid-Hudson Valley and
was organized more than fifty years ago.

The objective of Rotary is "Service above self" and its Four-Way Test is
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

The Rotary Club comprises men and women representing various professions and
businesses.

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Thank you very much for your cooperation in publicizing this important event.

Philip G. Swartz, Past President and World War II Veteran