From Beth Ciullo daughter of John McCormick (WW-II prisoner in Romania) to Eileen McHenry (Inocenti) / February 27, 2012
I sincerely appreciate your time in responding to my query of Dan Dimancescu regarding a donation the Association of Former Prisoners of War in Romania wish to make. The veterans who make up this association long ago put into their Bylaws that upon the dissolution of the organization, all remaining proceeds would be donated to "St. Catherine's Cradle" in honor of their Princess Catherine Caradja. The last time the group made a donation to the orphanage was about 20 years ago, so they are not aware it is no longer functioning.
My father, John McCormick, is one of the former POWs in Romania and has been the Treasurer for the Association since the 70's when the group organized. The board approved a Resolution about 5-6 years ago adding me as an officer to the association in order to ensure their final request would be carried forth. My father and I would very much like to learn more about your organization and meet with Mr. Carroll next time he is in Orlando.
The Association of Former POWs will have its next reunion the weekend of August 1 thru August 5, 2012 in New Bern, North Carolina. At that time, I will would like to present information to the veterans about alternative organizations to replace St. Catherine's Crib so they can amend their association documents. While I can't say for certain "when" the veterans will decide that too few of them are left to continue, I do believe that with the bequest we received from one of our members upon his passing, that there are sufficient funds to make the donation within the year.
I have included my contact information below for your information and I look forward to learning more about RCR.
Best regards,
From Beth Ciullo daughter of John McCormick (WW-II prisoner in Romania) to Dan Dimancescu / February 22, 2012
Dan - I love the photos of St. Katherine's!! My Dad used to sit in the window-sill of his 2nd story classroom and watch the planes flying over. He can still draw out the room on paper with all the cots and list the officers in each cot; what position they were in the crew; and from what BG. (But he can't tell me what he ate for breakfast!) :)) I know if I ever get the opportunity to visit the schoolhouse, I'll be able to feel the presence of those guys in the room!
This has been a great week and Dad starts off each day here at the office asking me if I learned anything new about Bucharest instead of asking if we have clients coming in. ! I'm planning to print the POW photo for all of my siblings, nieces/nephews and my children. We may even hang one up here in our law office! :)) I will have to give my ex-husband (Bruce) credit for getting in touch with you -- he can use all the brownie points he can get! I spent the evening searching my computer for all the information I had researched several years ago when I started "researching my Father's War" and realized that I have a very poor system of file management. But I did locate some information to share.