Name

Frederick County Retired Teachers
Association - 1966

Frederick County Retired School
Personnel Association - 2016

Date

Organized in May 1966 at North Frederick Elementary

Name changed 2001

President

Charles C. T. Stull, Sr.

Sally W. Smith

Constitution

Adopted October 1972
Objectives
1. To work for the general welfare of retired teachers
2. To promote good fellowship among its members
3. To keep its members informed of the activities of the association and news in general pertaining to the profession and retirement life
4. To initiate and support legislation for the benefit of retired teachers
5. To cooperate with the Maryland Retired
Teachers Association and the National Retired Teachers Association

Constitution revised:
October 8, 1996
October 13, 1997
October 7, 2002
July 11, 2006
March 22, 2008
October 12, 2010

Membership

20 charter members that grew to 250 in 1980

684 members of April 2016

Committees

Social and Legislative (were active in Annapolis)

13 Standing Committees (still active in Annapolis)

Meetings

Met once a year with a Spring Tea
Starting in 1977, began luncheon meetings in May and October, a tea in March, and a summer picnic

Meetings held in March, May, July,
October and December

Meetings with Superintendent

First meeting was July 29, 1976 with Superintendent Gordon Anderson to discuss strengths and weaknesses of local school system - Coffee Klatches continued each year on the first Tuesday in December

Superintendent invited periodically to
address membership

Newsletter

Appeared first in 1974 and was sent in December with a Christmas card
1976 - a suggestion box was provided to name the newsletter and Lavinia Hood had the idea of creating a logo of a tire with the Frederick spires on the inside and the words Frederick County above the tire and on opposite sides of the tire RE ED and underneath Teachers News

Newsletter published five times a year is distributed through email and US Mail
New Logo created by Carroll Kehne 2015
Working Together to Protect Your
Retirement with multicolored rendition
of rolling hills of Frederick and the
clustered spires and FCRSPA in bold
letters

Contributions

United Givers Fund, American Field Service, The Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center

Four scholarships awarded annually

FCTA Rep

Worked closely with FCTA and invited a representative to the meetings

Continues to work closely with FCTA

Honorary Member

This membership was offered to members who reached age 85

Jean Smith made an Honorary Member
2014

Dues

$1 county and $2 state

$10 FCRSPA - $35 MRSPA

Cost of Luncheon

$2.65 at Betty's Restaurant

About $15.00- $24.00