The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-30
TEAMS CLOSE WORK
At 100000 MARK
Remaining $4,000 Of Retreat for Sick
Building Fund to BE Raised BY
Private Work.
CHAIRMAN GETS OVATION.
While Press and Workers Are Given
Vote of Thanks At Wind-up Meet
Ing Yesterday.
The Efnal Score.

ne fIn-si score.
/ Reported by teams yeSter.
day 800. -. ...s 6.2224s
! Previously reported . a4,f20.34
| Reported after close of roll
| call of teams .... 1880
Grand total . ......Sl0O,657
High team for campaign-Team
tt. Mrs. James O. scott. captain.
with $i0.296.5 so collected in ten days.
With the 100000 mark passed.
team captains and workers In the
Retreat for the Sick campaign voted
at noon yesterday. To close the team
campaign. on the assurance from
I General Chairman w T. Oppen-
himer and Mrs John y. Lghtfoot. of
the building committee Of the Re
| treat board. that a special commit
tee composed of the men of the ad-
visory board OF the hospital and ladies'
OF the board of managers. would con-
quot private canvass for the addi-
tional $4,000 necessary TO build and
equip new and larger hospital on
the present site az Twelfth street
Had Earned Furlough.
For myself I feel that these work.
ers here around the tables have earn
ed a furlough, at least" said Chair
man Oppenhimer. after the days
total had been cheered to the echo
The group Of gentlemen who met
here III conference last night have
volunteered to round up the laggard
EiNers within the next week or two
and We are not declaring the fund
closed. but only this public effort
There has been some suggestion of
carrying this public effort over into
| Friday or Saturday, bat l insist, at
least, that these faithful workers, who
at1 fesf ri H..
be given an opportunity OF voting on
whether there shall be any cpntinu-
ance of the team campaign beyond
the advertised period of ten days"
Chairman Cheered
The putting OF the question 10 the
workers was entirely perfunctory--a
conference of the committee shortly
before noon having decided that it
was wiser 10 conclude the work of
the teams with the tenth-day report.
There We're only few dissenting
voices when the vote was called and
Immediately afterward the campaign
ers broke into cheering when a rising
vote of thanks was proposed to the
chairman.
Chairman Oppeuhimer took his
ovation gracefully. rising TO remark
that IF any one OF you should see
me at Twelfth and Main streets. dur
ing some noon hour, with tin cup
in my hand. you Will know I've been
unable to break off the begging habit
acquired in these ten days"
There followed a series Of merry
thank-you motions. Mrs Lightfoot,
chairman OF the building committee,
was rendered a real demonstration,
and wept just little instead OF re-
spending Mrs. j. Pryor Davis, treas
J
rotary of the building committee, had
to bow their acknowled gments, Miss
Mary Norwood, president OF the Re-
treat board. came in for a hearty
wave of hand -ciapping and promptly
turned the tables by passing the
| bouquet OH to the members of her
board. There was very spirited cheer
ing--prompted by memories of suHdry
| appetizing menus gracefully served
when a vote was proposed for the
ladies OF Circle No. s. Of Grace Coven-
ant Presbyterian church. of which
/ Mrs. u. r. Creecy is chairman. who
had done the campaign catering with
temporary equipment under mani
fold difficulties.
Thanks Voted.
Then Chairman Oppenhimer pro-
posed, and Mrs Lghtfoot seconded.
n vote of thanks TO the press of Rich
mond for the publicity given the
movement-which brought to some
body's attention the fact that Bert
Wells. of Cleveland. Ohio, the cam
paign manager and viii r. McCord.
of Pittsburg. the publicity manager,
had not betn given their thankyou
vote. and it was given on Mrs Light
foot's motion.
Sandwiched in between the demon
STATIONS there had been scattering
reports of additional contributions,
received by telephone or by messenger
since the conclusion OF the roll call.
J. d, Carneafs $3.50 subscription was
announced after-th~ days total was
in Mrs, A. l. Straus. OF Team Y, an
nounced an extra $50 gift. Gifts ag-
gregating s22S.5e were announced
from five colored churches-the
Fifth Street Baptist. the Sixth Mt.
Zion. the African NJ f, and the First
Baptist tcolored) congregation. were
announced. Captain Jesse Harris. OF
Team 3. here announced a gift of
sIs.5a from the jitney drivers of the
city.
A score Of announcements OF 500
gifts. during the roll call. were lost
sight Of in the confusion, and Treas
urer Henry W. Jackson still was
wrestling with the audit of the days
report last night Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Swineford sent in 5000: j. r.
PASCAL. $3.50. and DR.. c. A. Blanton,
$500. shop subscriptions. from
groups of employees. represented up
wards OF thousand dollars in the
days total. Among them were 1904
from the Richmond, Fredericksburg
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