Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-22
RETREAT FUND MOUNTS
TOWARDS $4,000 MARK
Third Day OF Hospital Campaign
Brings Subscription Total
y to $44,O2S.40.
ANONYMOUS DONATION OF So, 900
Nain Cost Workers $1,000. Says Cen
erai Chairman Oppenhimer-Em
ploSecs OF Industrial Plants Want
to Contribute.

Retreat for the Sock campairners
had their eyes fixed the 10000
goal for ycsterday--und then u raincd.
The rain los, us 5000" WAS ecu
"ral Chairman ". r oppeuhiincr's
comment at the close Of the luncheon
meeting Nevertheless. the days total
IAcld up to the time Test" Three
i"nths Of the tcn-tay period had
pa"sed. and the days closing total
was within SO OF precisely three
tenths Of the $4,000 needed
Just IS the DAYS reports were CLOG
ING Mrs. James .. scott. captain Of
Team I'll. brought tho rising tide OF
enthusiasm TO it's highest pitch by the
announcement. Of gift OF s2.u60 In
actual cash balance in bank. which
lad been turned owe: anonymously 10
20" campaign treasury from trust
fnnd. and was available At once This
vas tn" banner gift OF a day oth"rwIs"
rather barren OF larre ef,s--al'hough
three subscriptions OF 400 crch we're
included III III. noon t.afn-total
BEGIN DIsTnInt ZION
Or HED-LET~rEt t>HDS
Tho day eliminated In The most inn
porthnt campaign conference" Cf Nh"
Ncok-thc session % executive com
mite" and advisory board members at
which was undcrtak"n the serious
work Of passing out the "red-ietter
cards Thcs. constitute the select
list OF exceptionally wealthy prospects.
who. i IL hoped. Will give in larr"
amounts Eighty persons sat around
III" table while this list uf 200 MINES
wa. considered. name 10y Lau". and
each name finally turned over to the
claimant who seemed best &c tipped 10
handle it,
One OF tho $500 Z ITS recorded yc>t-r-
day vas from Mrs Il Il. ,;r"cu, nice"
OF Mrs Arnab"llc RaVcnscroft J"ukius.
the founder OF the Retreat. Mr.
Green's daughter. Mis. x. Powell Dunn.
OF South Third street. graudL.ecc OF
Mrs. Jenkins. contributed t500 on Tues
dag through Mis-. Willisn Russell!
Jones' team. Th. other $50" .ii,s y.-S-
tc,day came from the Kahu estate
and DeSoto Fitzgerald
SEVERAL CONTRIBUTIONS
OF $500 iND sol.
The lndividua! contributors r-pIe-
scented in Yesterdays slU.j0p to,*!
numbered 90. whic! was an nrer;, -
per contributor OF $iG. the loves; aver
age OF the week Contributions OF slUu
10 $3.50 announced yesterday inc.Idcd
For 800. J.. i.anphoru., Malcolm
-. Bruce, II! " ri-rson. AIRS Charles
Boshev. James y ELAN. pr Fred N.
hodges. Henry =. I.i:chford, Bedford
Pulp and Paper Company, |. II kauf-
man Esbert . Leigh, George Bryan,
Mrs, X. II HARLOW. l.. +. christian. Rob
crt y Gibson, ~. W Adamson. = Meade
iuano Company. Mrs. Ada T.. and
Gordon T.. Strauss" WIS. Granite Con-
structiou Company.
For <2O0--r l. Reed. Mrs Branch
tabe!. Angus -. Swiuk. Louis -. Ch"if.
For >:5o--I.ichmond Structural Steel
Company.
cn" Of thu significant incidents Of
yesterday was the sending out OF
blank shop ANA factory subscription
lists. IN response 10 frequent calls from
workers in Industrial plants. stores and
other labor "enters Tor an opportunity
10 contribute To The fund. Applica
iicns came in yesterday from teams
for "shOp-iist reservations" which Will
ontitlc them TO the privilege OF sup
plying these subscription lists 10 a
score OF large establishments in which
the workers already have taken the
initiative.
HOW TEAMS STOOD
At CLOSE OF DAY
The team scores for the day we're
as follows:
Red division--AIrs. John Il. Light
foot. secretary. Team l--Dr. j. H.
Blair. captain. So. No w H. Car
neal and James =. Francis. joint cap
tains. $+G5. No. 3-Jesse Harris. $40
No. +-pr. j.: j. Moscley. Jr, no report
No DIR. ST Julian Oppcnhimer. $2S7.
80 DIR. Fred Hodges. $3.50. No. =
VI. II. Walden, $32l. Division total.
sl929.
Blue" division-Mrs. Thomas Nc
cahc. secretary. Team AIRS S. II.
Bcnis. 1886 Team B-Mrs s. NJ
Bishop. $500. Team D--Mrs. Chris
tian II. Clarke. 1851. Team E-Mrs l..
+ DesPortes 1921. Team Miss Har-
riot : Dowtain and Mrs. 4. Henna. $40.
Team G--Mrs. J. 4. Flippo and Mrs c.
y. Pcaseley. sol Team Mrs r. U.
iTardesty and Mrs. {. T.. Parrish. no
report Team Mrs. l.. II. jenkins.
$3la Team k-MrS. William Russell
Jones. 1852. Division total. s2.306.
Blue" divislon-Mrs. j. Pryor Davis.
secretary. Teams L-M-Mrs Robert
l.. Kern and Mrs. Sarah Lampkin, soO7.
Team P-Mrs. G.. r. Norman, Sl20.