The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-27
Petersburg
BOY SCOUT SELLS
IS LIBERTY LOAN BONDS

! Especial To The Richmond virginian.)
Petersburg. Va, Oct 2s.-scout
Ramsey Leigh. son Of the late DR., II.
Gilbert Ieigh. it was announced late
this afternoon. Arscured seventy
three subscription the second iib-
erty loan.
Petersburg SEQ, u are again lead
ing-she state with 567 subscriptions.
loyalty and worth 10 their country.
During the period OF their special
campaign. beginning October 20th.
these bows have conducted Il contin-
uous hoase TO house canvass for sub
scriptiol.s n the liberty loan.
Twenty-thrce scouts have qualified
to receive war service. medals by Sc
curing ten or rfore subscriptions with
othels close TO that mark Scout Sam
Vel ReinRch has secured thirty-thres
subscriptions and Scout purand Ba-
wire who recently came here from
Eashrouck HEIGHTS ". J., though a
comparative stranger I'm the city, haf
through his Individual efforts secured
thirteen subscriptions. He is Il son OF
Leutena Mt Bazire, OF the quartermas,
Mrs. John g. Dunn.
Mrs John @ Dunn. a widely known
and esteemed lady. died. very unex-
pectediv at her home, 105 South Syca-
more street, this morning In the sew
enty-e!ghth year OF her age Mrs
Dunn before marriage was Miss Eliza
Phcian Wilcox. daughter OF the late
John + and Mary 7. Wilcox. Of Flo@-
er de Hundred, and the last Of her
generation.
BESIDES her husband, she Is survived
BIZ the folio wing children: Drs. John
and W. ~. Tunn. Of Richmond; James
Dunn, o. Petersburg; Rev. Joseph r.
Dunn OF Lynchburg: Mrs Kirkland
Ruffin, wife Of Dr. kirkland RutlrrL or
Norfolk, and Thomas L. Dunn, of Sa
va nuah.
Funeral services Will be conducted
from the Old Blandford church at
39 clock Saturday afternoon.
Preparing Tor Food Campaign.
Chairman Louis A Rosenstock, OF
the local conservation committee, has
requested ministers throughout the
city to cooperate with him in prepar-
ing for the big drive IN the food con-
ser~aticn cayapaign 10 he conducted
here during the CON Ing week by
preaching a special SCI mon Sunday on
food conservation
Through the coo peration 81 the Boy
Scouts many Appealing posters have.
been posted throughout the city and
hundreds OF cards have been given TO
housewives During tire campaign
every housekoeper win We urged to
make special effort to conserve food Of
all kinds
CoEored Men called tn Colors.
The 24n colored men drafted from
this district will report at the office Of
the draft exemption board In the post
office building at 8 O'Clock tomorrow
morning ana sfter the roll call the
mon will march tn Wlkersons hall on
South avenue. where n reception will
be rendered them by colored citizens
or the city,
After the reception an imposing
parade through the principal streets
of the city headed by u band and
, colored civic organizations. will take
place. The send off 20 he given the
young coiored man will he one OF the
areafoet demonstrations ever held
| here,
| Fire Ruins MIN Machinery.
| Fire OF unknown origin early this
morning destroyed the plant of the
| Petersburg Excelsior mills In the West
| End, All of the machinery IN the
| plant wa- a complete loss but splendid
work by the fire tepartment saved the
warehouse and boileT room, Notwith-
standing the hour that this FIRE OF
| CURED, hundreds ~ persons were at
| ira ctef 20 the scene,
I High Schools TO Play Football
( The Petersburg HiRh school and the
| Blackstone High school football teams
will stage a CLOSELY contested battle
at the Mckenzie street, baseball park
| beginning AZ s.4S o'clocF Ssturda Y
: fternoon, The 1o'rsl eleven recently
defeated the jefferson High school
team Of Suffolk and Is confident OF
winning totnerrow's scrinmage viii,
/ BlackHtone
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