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be acquired at the nearest VA hospital but, if possible, the veteran or someone acting for him, should contact the hospital by telephone or telegraph beforehand.
Edwin L. Pomeroy, of the Front Royal Office of the Divi sion of War Veterans’ Claims is in Washington at the Clerk’s Office on 1st and 3rd Monday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and will'gladly give more details on this subject or any other matter connected with veteran’s affairs.
FHA Personnel At
Training Meeting
Virginia personnel of the Farmers Home Administration went to Roanoke August 21-23 for special training in administering the agency’s programs in fiscal year 1968, Joseph B. Keesee, County Supervisor at Culpeper, saidto,day. The Culpeper office serves farmers and rural communities in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock Counties.
E. C. Compton, State Director, led the training sessions. Special emphasis was on strengthening family farms and rural communities, and parity of opportunity for rural residents of Virginia. A basic objective; of the Farmers Home Administration programs is to stop the migration of rural and small town residents to cities, where many of these people expect a better .opportunity but find, in many cases, that they are ill-equipped socially, educationally and economically to take their place in today's society. “We can do much to strengthen family farms, small towns and counties," Compton said. “We can help them with water, sanitary and recreational facilities. We can give them an opportunity to attract industry which will provide jobs that will enable rural residents to earn a decent living, educate their children and have the modern day necessities of life. We can help make rural Virginia a better place in which to work and live," he emphasized. In the 1967 fiscal year that ended June 30, a total of $23,745,615 was dispensed in Virginia for these purposes, the state director said.Hehas predicted that over $55 million will be demanded in the current fiscal year for farm purchases and development, rural housing, farm production and strengthening rural communities. “There is no guesswork about this money being repaid," Compton says. “This is not a give away program. Our records show that losses on all loans made by FHA are less than one per
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