Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-10
REGISTER TODAY
FOR FOOD SAVING
Every Housekeeper and Cook in
Richmond to. Be Asked to
Sign Card.
PLEDGES AGAINST WASTE
More Than 1000 Women Volun-
teer Services to Make Reg
istration Effective.
PLEDGES AGAINST WASTE

Unique in the history of the city OF
Virginia is the vast concerted move
ment taking place to-day in the regis
tration Of all the housewives of the
city and State in the campaign for food
conservation. Food Conservation
Day." it is called officially. and at the
head OF it is Uncle Sans food admin
istration, Herbert Hoover.
Behind the movement In Virginia Is
Mrs. B. B. Munford. For the city Of
Richmond is Mrs. j. Allison Hodges.
at 9 o'clock this morning and will
The signed cards will be turned in at
ward headquarters by the lieutenants
in packages of 100 each. and will be
then forwarded to national headquar-
ters by the chairman OF the woman's
committee.
Mr. Hoover regretted exceedingly
that he was unable to comply with the
request of the committee to address
the women of Richmopd in advance of
the registration. and expressed his deep
appreciation Of their hearty co-opera-
tion.
OVER 1000 HAVE
VOLUNTEERED TO HELP
The perfected plans OF the commit
tee were practically the same as those
outlined several days ago. except that
Mrs. Robert G. Cabell has, in addi-
tion to her thirty-fve apartment
houses, the following stations:' market.
at Sixth and Marshall; T. A. Millerss
Drug Store. Miller & Rhoads. Herman
Schmid-s. Cohen's. J. B. Mosbys and
the Old Market at Seventeenth and
Main Streets. Mrs. A w. Patterson
and Mrs. James Branch Cabell will can
Iass twenty factories. Over 1000 work
ers have volunteered to help in the
registration in Richmond alone. and
more food cards have been requested
over and above the $4,000 that were
first printed for the registration in the
State Virginia.
Ward headquarters will be estab-
lished at the homes of the ward cap
tains., except that of Mrs. Norman ".
Randolph for the north side of Hadi-
son Ward. Mrs. Randolph's headquar-
ters' will be at 211 North Fifth Street
In order that the registration may be
completed with the least possible de-
lay. all women householders are re-
Quested to stay at home until after the
workers have called at their respec-
tive houses with the food cards for
their signature. OF the 100 counties OF
Virginia. fifty have already reported
their readiness to assist in the regis
tration in their sections of the State.
In order that the white and colore
workers may not conflict in their ac-
tivities in Richmond. the number OF
precincts have been doubled to ex-
pedite the work of registration of both
white and colored.
During the day Mrs. Munford and
Mrs. Hodges will visit the headquarters
of the different wards to keep in close
touch with the work. General head
quarters will be at the Woman's Club,
where the registration of any women
who have been overlooked will be con-
tinued Wednesday morning. The cards
will be mailed Wednesday afternoon
at o'clock. as Mr.. Hoover requests
that they be at national headquarters
Thursday. Colored workers will be
under the direction Of Ora Johnson,
wife of the pastor Of the First Bap-
tist Church, colored. and Maggie l..
Walker, president OF St Luke's Saw
irgs Bank.
The ward captain for the north side
OF the river in Madison Ward is Mrs.
Norman v. Randolph. Mrs. John G.
Robertson. of Forest Hill. is captain
for the south side OF the river. Mrs.
Allen Chambers is captain of Lee
Ward; Mrs. Ramon D. Garcin. of JEFF
ferson Ward, and Mrs. G. T. w Kern,
of Clay Ward.
Mrs. Randolph's lieutenants for reg
istration day are as follows: Mrs. B..
A. Blenner, Mrs. w. d. Horton, Mrs.
James H. Baker and Miss Nora Houston.
In Clay Ward. of which the captain
is Mrs. Kern, the lieutenants are in
the order Of the precincts: Mrs. II. j..
Myers. Mrs. Stuart Cottrell. Mrs.
Armistead Gills, Mrs. F. L. Jobson. Mrs.
Joseph White. Miss Carrie Inge, Mrs.
r. N. Pollard. Mrs. John Hampden
Chamberlayne. Mrs. Edward Schafer
Is hrs. Kefn's assistant.
LIEUTENANTs ARE NAMED
FOR EVERY WARD
Mrs. Robert G. Cabell will be as
sisted by Mrs. Thomas B. McAdams
and Mrs I. n. Vaughan Jr.. as lieu
tenants. and the following assistants
at the various stations: Mrs. r. D..
A'tichS1 NhiSS courtney MISS f10TnQOnp
Mrs. Horace S. Hawes. Miss Mary
McCaw Hawes, Mrs. Talbot, Mrs
Edloe Garnett. Mrs. Augustine. Mrs.
Sadler. Mrs. c. c. Pinckney, Mrs. j.
st. George Bryan. Miss Urquhart, Miss
Elizabeth Wheat, Mrs. ST. George
Cooke, and at each of the apartment
houses there will be assistants to help
In collecting the cards which have al
ready been distributed.
Mrs. Chambers's lieutenants in Lee
Ward, for the precincts in the order
named. beginning with the first are
Mrs. w. S., McNeill. Miss NJ. B.! Baugh-
man, Mrs. Sam Cohen, Mrs. John ,G.
Farland, Mrs. John M Miller. Mrs. b.
A.. Kuyk. Mrs. r. miller and Miss
!Quinby.
Mrs. John c. Robertson has five lieu
tenants for the south side OF. the river
In Madison Ward. which is SO large
that a subdivision had to be made,
known as Forest Hill Annex" in,
charge of Miss Thelma Watts, Under
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