The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-08
BU|LO NEW HOME FOR
RETREAT FOR SICK
Noble tharity's Present Quarters
Threatened With Condemnation,
Its Friends To Act.
WHIRLNIND CAMPAIGN
TO RAISE St5o.0o0 FUND
Forty Teams to Participate In Ten
Day Effort, Which VIII BE Started
March f9--Inssitution Has Been
In Existence, Furty Years.

EfThluouds Oldest charity hos
nitaI, she Retreat for the Sick. az
Twelfth and Marshall streets--which
also il tie Oldest non -denominational
hospital IN the southland which
faces conn uisors' closing because of
the erumbling condition OF thc walls
Of the te0~year old structure il oc-
,'upfes is to he rebuilt on its pres
ent site according 20 the decision OF
fifty men and women at luncheon
conference yesterday in Stumpf-s
hotel building program was
adopted and plans were laid for the
Inauguration Of public campaign
for $4,000 for the building fund
during the closing days OF the pres
en' month,
For years the Retrat's hfty-two
beds have been Insufficient provision
to meet the demands made on the
institution. Three weeks aGe a col
lapse Of part of foundation wall
gave warming tina; the building. as
city building Inspector John +.
Butler expressed IL last evening. had
served its life Immediate action
was deemed nc cesar, and Mrs,
John r. Idghtioot. chairman OF the
building committee of the board Of
managers called yesterdays meeting
at which coie-el Eugene c. Massie
presided. representing the board of
i1Corporators o: the Retreat.
it, Iorsicih birthday.
Mrs I.i~htfoot presented the build-
ing committee case. Tomorrow is
the fortieth birthday of the Retreat, :"
she told the meeting. We want 10
be able to report To the board ot
managers. at its annua neetin- at
noon. that VIZ arc read 20 go "nt
.ts14 ~ . ID
that ia necessary to erect q new hos
pttal on the oil site, vi h T. capacity
of 100 beds Instead of thc present
fif'y-two. In tho forty wears JUS.
closed. The Retreat has a recoru Of
S1.@31 days of charity treatment t.
Riehmond's poor. This represents ,<if
record OF actual bed patients, tor he
hospital has no dispensary to add to
the total OF patients treated. And IN
all these years we never before have
gone to the public with IA general APP
peal for financial assistance"
Great Money Raising Campaign.
The nucleus OF campaign organ
ization for the coming money raising
effort was furnished by the voiuntee =
ing of nineteen team captains to head
teams in an organization of about 500
people. composed of approximately
forty teams. A committee was named
to secure a campaign chairman to
head the movement. the committee
consisting of Mrs. 1.ightfoot. Mrs.
Thomas w. McCahe. Mrs j. Ps.-or
Davis 7. NJ. Darlington and Coleman
Workman. Campaign headquarters
viii be opened this morning at 1908
East Main street. where the prel!mi-
nary work will center and where the
daily iuncheons will be held during
the ten days of active eanvassing, be-
ginning on Monday. March 10. The
campaign will be formally launched
at an Organization dinner" to be
held in the headquarters room On
Thursday evening of next week
The building committee of the
board. which has handled the pre-
,iminary details OF the present move
ment. consists of Mrs. John Il. Light
foot as chairman, Mrs. Shields NJ.
Bishop. Mrs. Thomas McCabe, Mrs. j.
Pryor Davis Mrs. A. l.. Straus, Mrs.
Christian II. Clarke. Mrs. A. l.. Hanna.
Mrs. f. J. Benson and Miss Mary
Norwood. president OF the board, as
member ex-officio. The mems board
of incorporators Of the institution,
which was well represented at yester-
days meeting, consists Of
Colonel e. G. Massie. Hon. J. Taylor
Ellyson, DIR. John r. Wheat, John
Kerr Branch. Oscar swineford. Her
bert w. Jackson. William Fl. White
and Milton Marcuse. Mr.. Jackson has
been made campaign treasurer
The building program tohsempiate%
the erection Of one wing of the new
plant at the corner OF the Twelfth
street site. TO one side Of the nxesent
main building. after which the pres
ent structure can be RACED and the
second unit erected. thus avoiding the
necessity Of closing the Retreat dur-
ing rebuilding. The Retreat has