The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-09
every DOLLAR WILL
! GO TO BUlO|Ae FUND
Friends OF Retreat for Sick Have
Undcrwrittcn All Campaign Ex-
pcnses So subscriptions Will
BE Clear.
TEAM CAPTAINS VOLUNTEER
Ihirty-onc Out OF Required Forty Had
Been Designated Last Night--WhI
Name General Chairman Mt Meeting
Monday.

Three -fourths of the team captains
needed TO complete the organization
desired to canvass Richmond for
$4,000 building fund for the Re
treat for the Sick had been sec lred
last evening Volunteers telephoned
TO the Retreat during the annual
meeting of the board of lady man
ayers at noon yesterday, proTerins
their services. Ten men volunteered
to head teams in the course of an
hours informal "vespers' meeting at
o'clock last evening at the newly
opened campaign headquarters, at
1909 Main street. The first forty-eight
hours of the campaign preliminaries
closed with thirty-one captains en-
rolled. and a number of full teams
reported.
Announce Chairman Monday.
Mrs. John b. Lightfoot and T. NJ.
Darlington, of the committee AIMED
on Wednesday to secure a general
chairman to head the campaign, re-
ported at last evenings meeting that
positive announcement on the hair
manship could be looked for at
special luncheon meeting to hc called
for next Monday noon at the Cast
Main street headquarters, Just 9 week
before the opening day of the canvass.
DR.. ]. f. Moseley announced that he
physicians of Richmond who are
friends OF the Retreat were preparing
to announce plan for their par'ici-
patton as a group in the coming cam
paign
Among the men who volunteered
las. evening TO serve as team captains
were w. Leigh Carneal, r T Adams,
T.. r. Atkins James S Francis Jesse
Harris. DR.. j. r. Moseley. r. l.. Pow
ers. DR. w r oppenhimer. rr. st.
Julian Oppenhimer and Oscar swine
ford. Or. j. s Horsley sent the COM
mittee an unqualified endorsem snt of
the project
II Is expected to complete the roll
of team captains at next Nor Jays
luncheon meeting Team orrani2a-
ZION night" has been set for next
Tuesday night, when committeeman.
captains and workers will meet II din
ner at the East Main street headquar-
ters. II was announced az last ght's
meeting that there would he no So
licitation OF funds AT any OF the pre-
liminsry gatherings. 1T Is service We
are asking at this stage OF the cam
paign. said Mrs. Llghtfoot, who pre-
sided, for We are putting service
above money-~just as our hospital has
lone for years for Richmond people
Of modest means who wanted to he
independent. yet pay their way
Expenses Tnderwrfttcn.
The announcement last evening that
group OF friends % the Retreat had
uudcrwritten tho expense Of the ~ es-
ent campaign. that sivers mi"ht feel
that every dollar they subscribe gent
10 the hospital MAS warmly applaud
ed The board OF managers - Its
annual meeting IN the hospital t"cep-
ZION room. ratified the building COM
notices building program and "'an-
paign plan in detail
All Officers Re- elected
Al the officers were re-el@ct 4 at
Yesterdays annual meeting Of the
board. rs follows. President Miss
Mary Norwood. vice presidents Mrs.
John b 1ightfoot, Mrs. ". +, Rich
ardson Mrs A l.. Henna Mira Y l..
Straus, Mrs H. ", shelton. Mrs.
James A Grigg and Mrs, j. \ F'ippo:
recording secretary. Mrs Shields \.
Bishop; assistant recording secretary,
Mrs. John McComb. co-respon fing
secretary. Mrs y T. Lewis assistants.
Miss Elizabeth Baldwin. Mrs. Charles
Gillette and Miss Harriet Dowrtain,
Mrs Mnetree Folkes was elected to
the newly created position of ASS SAINT
10 the second vice president Mrs w.
r Richardson