Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-26
WOMEN OF VIRGINIA ARE
KNITTING FOR SAILORS
Undertake to Outfit Men Of Battle.
ship Virginia for Com
ing Winter.
MRS. WEXFORD is IN CHARGE
Daughter Of Former Governor, Now
Congressman Montague, Directs
Work Of Branch Knitting Leagues
in All Parts Of State.


Congressman Montague, Directs
Work Of Branch Knitting Leagues
in All Parts Of State.
In charge Of the Uniting for tho
United States battleship Virginia Is
Mrs. Landon Carter Wexford. Head
quarters arc at IL North Seventh
Street. Mrs. Wexford takes particu-
lar pride in tho window display Of
knitted articles and in the splendid
collection OF recruiting posters at her
headquarters. Before the window stop
many pedestrians. who examine the
articles on exhibition with absorbed
interest.
One Of these yesterday afternoon
was man from Buford. S. G.. Hat
in hand. he entered the Office OF Mrs.
Wexford Gall South Carolinians arc
courteous folk) and explained that the
women OF Buford had Just organized a
Red Cross unit Of 200 members. They
particularly wanted to knit for tho
sailors. and as he had been coming to
Richmond on business, they had be-
sought him to search out the Navy
League headquarters and find out all
about tho knitting for the sailors.
Evidently a merchant, he took careful
note OF wool and prices. OF ncc les and
the sizes used In knitting the various
articles according to government
regulations and requested a copy of
the printed directions.
II am Mr.. banner, Of Wallace &.
banner at Buford," no told Mrs. Well
ford. "and We all want to do some
thing for the boys. Both my sons are
in training. We have only the two
children. SO our homo is all broken
up without the boys. but we try to
mako other boys feel welcome. and the
women all want to do everything
they possibly can to help"
Even in South Carolina tho activity
OF Richmond women had been noted
and so this merchant expected con-
fidently to obtain all the information
necessary to start the 200 women to
knitting for the sailors. South Caro-
lima Is a little SLOW" said MI banner.
but We are all very much in earnest
In tho desire to do our bit for the
government"
URGENT CALL FROM
BATTLESHIP VIRGINIA
Greatly to be dcplored is the recent
friction between the government and
the Navy League. Mrs. Wexford has
been overwhelmed with letters from
anxious women all over the State who
FEAR their labors have been in vain.
but she has been assured that there
need be no uheasiness on their score,
and she urges all womeE who have
sets under way to finish them UP aud
send them in. SO that more may be
begun. Mrs Wexford has lust had
siNty-ninc helmets and more Kit bags
She would like kni,tcrs to volunteer
80 knit these helmets right away. IL
they possibly can do So There are
SO sets 10 be made From all over
the state there has been most salts
Tying response, particularly in the
mountainous portions and in the south
west. Bristol. Marion and Abingdon.
Glade Springs and Mountain City have
been work ing. There are numbers O,
churches. United Daughters of the Con-
federacy chapters. Daughters of the
American Revolution chapters local
leagues OF the National League fer
Women's Service. even Camp Fine
Girls organizations have sent in sets.
On Mrs. Wellfords books are listed
names of cities. towns and counties
that are all busily knitting There
are Cape Charles and Newport News
Henrico. Smithneld and Boice, Culpepcr
and Chr,stiansburs. Lexington. Dublin,
Monterey. Seven Mile Ford. Saluda.
Mathews. Loudoun. Rockcastle Black
stone Goochland. South Boston. Nor.
. folk. Lynchburg. Roanoke, Suffolk.
Orange. Rockbridgc. Clarke. Ashland
and Buena Vista. all knitting for the
sailors of the United States steamship
Virginia.
A Gear old woman OF Rockbridee.
seventy-nv years old. wrote Mrs. Well
ford that she helped OUTFIT the poys
in the sixties. and she was willing
to help again. She lives at Fairfield.
and there is Brownsburg unit of
the National League for woman's Ser
Vice. In which there arc no slackcrs.
They all feel that they must do some
thing to help, and so, before long.
the sailors and marines of the Vir-
ginia are going to be QUILTED with
these warm knitted sets for the cold.
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