Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-13
WAR WORK OF Y. NJ. CA
BEING ABLY PRESENTED
Executive Committee Divides CITY
Into Sections To Facilitate
CanvaSsing.
MANY VOLUNTEER SERVICES
OF St30.000 Quota, $4,000 Ha
Been Subscribcd-Scvcn Members
M Second Presbyterian Church
Pledge $4,000.

The executive committee OF tho War
Work Council OF The Army Y. NJ. G., \.
FOR the city OF Richmond. at Il meeting
yesterday at noon in the auditorium
OF the Chamber OF Commerce Build
ing. completed the formulation Of plans
for raising tho $1,000 remaining We,
unsubscribcd OF the $3.50. 900 assigned
To tie city. The committee has divided
tho entire city into sections. ASSIGNING
one section to each member OF the
executive committee as Il field for his
individual and personal soliciting OF
funds.
Statesmen and women who met at 10
o'clock yesterday morning in the audi
forum of the Chamber of Commerce
building responded to tho cal! with "A
display OF much cnuinc concern. AZ
THIS meeting IL was agreed that the
residential sections Of the city should
also be divided into districts. in which
the women should exercise their COL
Letting talents. Similar arbitrary di-'
visions were also set for tho business
streets OF the town. In these tho sales
mon who volunteered their services will
continc their efforts.
Certain assignments arc made FOR
the workers. who will convene daily
At the auditorium OF the Chamber Of
Commerce building and begin work
from there as headquarters There
will he Il different shift for every day.
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and agreed TO take charge Of tho
offices. state and Federal buildings in
the city. They will meet at headuuar-
tors on Wednesday at 10 o'clock for
one days canvass. They will have
exclusive charge of these buildings.
SPEAKt:HS TO RE;SEN
CAUSE AT TIiEA1I;US
During all of this week there will
he speakers at tho Lyric Thcatcr and
Inc Ara6H1NN IF N1,rt, n-,
the Lyric. s. l" Kelley spoke in be-
half OF he campaign at ?:la O'Clock.
To-day at the Lyric. Il. MEG. Pulling
ton will speak At 40. Rev. r. T. Nc
Fadcn, II. H., at $50 and X. y. Pollard
at ola o'clock. At the Academy OF
Music tonight, NJ. j. Fulton will make
the campaign talk at . O'Clock.
The campaign has already begun.
Addresses of appeal have been made
at many OF the churches and at nearly
all the schools in the entire civ. Seven
members Of tho Second Presbyterian
Church have subscribed $4,000. Will
liam /. Reed. the chairman Of the cN-
ecutivc committee, proposed that tho
OF that church raise that con-
trihution to $4,000. or $4,000 at least.
Already the Mems bible Class of thai,
congregation has agreed to raise rs.
contribution or soliciting $500. q, the
100000 assigned TO Richmond. $4,000
has already been subscribed.
BY request OF tho State committee.
counties were not to report to the
head Office in Richmond until today.
Already the kilograms have begun to
flood the Office OF Chairman T. NJ.
Darlington. The enthusiasm of the
local workers scattered throughout the
State cannot ne discounted. remarked
the secretary. AS evidence Of this.
several Of the counties have sent in
reports. AS follows:
King William I.n15
ESSEX County go
liai,iax County ............... 600
hedford county ............... 700
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