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Death Benefit Fund - Bylaws
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In
1924 The Jacksonville Police Death Benefit Fund was organized. May
5, 1924 the first official meeting was held. The following page
allows you to view the original minutes of that meeting. What can
be pieced together about the formation of the Fund is that individual
police officers had begun a discussion about forming such an organization
and that a newspaper article was written about that effort. The
manager of the Seminole Hotel, Chas B. Grinner, took interest in
that effort and offered business financial resources to that end.
The actual amount of dollars offered or subsequently given can't
be determined from surviving documents.
The
first recipient of monies from the Fund was Mrs. Eula J. Kelley
on September 3, 1924. She received a check for $445.00 upon the
death of her husband who was shot and killed in the line of duty
on September 1, 1924. He died on September 3, 1924 two days after
the shooting. Officer Kelley had only been a member of the Fund
since May 6, 1924 with a total contribution up to that time of only
$15.00. You can view on the F.O.P. web site some particulars about
the death of Officer Kelley. You can also inspect the attached minutes
from a November 7, 1924 Fund meeting in which some information is
reported about his death.
| Notable
Events in 1924 |
- Calvin
Coolidge is first U.S. President to address the nation via
radio from the White
House.
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- J.
Edgar Hoover is appointed the head of the F.B.I.
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- Indian
Citizen Act is passed allowing citizenship for Native Americans.
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- The
first Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Day Parade is held in
N.Y.C.
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- First
use of fax internationally takes place. Earnest Alexander
facsimiles across Atlantic
Ocean to father in Sweden.
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- First
woman U.S. governor is elected in Wyoming (Nellie T. Ross)
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| Notable
Births 1924 |
- Lee
Marvin
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Doris Day,
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Marlon Brando,
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Chet Atkins,
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William Rehnquist
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| Notable
Deaths 1924 |
- Vladimir
Lenin first leader of the U.S.S.R.
- U.S.
President Woodrow Wilson
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Serving Jacksonville Law Enforcement Community Since 1924
The Jacksonville Police Death Benefit Fund, Inc.
P.O. Box 49176
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32240
Copyright 2011 Jacksonville Police Death Benefit Fund, Inc.
A Florida Not For Profit, Tax Exempt Corporation
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