Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-03
A. P. v. A. HOLDS MEETING
IN JOHN MARSHALL HOUSE
Interesting Reports Are Submitted on
Work Done at Jamestown
Island

The Association for tho Preservation
| OF Virginia Antiquities met yesterday
| In the John Marshall House with Mrs.
| J. Taylor Ellyson In the chair and
MIS- z. j. kernodle acting secretary
This meeting was called on account Of
the low conditions of the treasury,
and to arrange for maintaining the
John Marshall House and jamestown.
! These conditions were brought about
| by the necessity of changing at the
last moment the jamestown Pilgrim
age on account OF the strike of en-
gineers. which change reduced the In
come from that source.
The great activity among the women
for carrying on the war work has kept
the association from giving any enter
tainments. so II was from necessity
that funds had to be borrowed with
which to keep UP the general expenses.
Mrs. John &. Lightfoot, chairman Of
the jamestown committee. read an in
teresting report. Ehe association has
suffered from the inability to get a
10 borer to assist Mr.. Ayers. the care
taker. Mr.. Ayers has continued to per-
! form his duties most faithfully, and
Mrs. Ayers has kept the Yeardley house
In good order and beautifully decor
ated in flowers. She also had charee
OF the souvenir house during the en-
tire summer. These duties were per-
Y
Mrs. John Dunn. chairman Of the
John Marshall House. reported that
| the house had been kept open during
the summer. but there had been very
rev Visitors. At the called meeting
Mrs. Ellyson was appointed to write
Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the
Navy. asking that the name James
town should not be used by the gov
eminent to designate the naval base
which was then being built on the
old exposition grounds at Sewelrs
FONT. This request was made on ac-
count of the continued use OF the name
by the newspapers. y reply to this
letter brought the report that the act
or Congress determined that the name
should be the Naval Operating Base"
Hampton Roads, Va.
Information was given that the Nor
folk branch OF A. T. Y. a., of which
Mrs. John d. Letcher is director would
unveil tablet on October % to mark
the site OF the house where Lafayette
was entertained while in Norfolk.
The sum of $50 has been received
from the Richmond Bar Association.
which Ia the full balance of n sub
scription made by the association of
$500 for maintaining the John Mar
shall House. A check for SIPS has
been received through Mrs. E. D. wash
burn from the Ohio State Bar Asso-
S'a1ioii' 'ed'Ins similar amount still
due on the $500 appropriation for the
maintenance OF the John Marshall
House.
/ Mrs. Ellyson reported that the
George Washington china, loaned by
Miss Mary GUSTS Lee to the ascot
alton. had been shipped to Rich
mond from Washington early in July.
II was delivered to the Confed-
crate Memorial Institute, which place
Miss Lee had chosen for It's safekeep-
Ing, on account of the f1reproof con-
ditions of the building.
The chinas was received by Lieuten-
ant-Governor Ellyson and Mrs. Ellyson
and carefully unpacked.
Two volumes of The Life of John
MARSHALL. by Senator A. j.. BeyeridRe
have been presented to the association
by the authnr