The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-25
PETERSBURG LADIES WILL
REPAIR SOLDIERS UNIFORMS

| Especial to The Richmond Virginian)
/ Petersburg. July PA feature
that will place Petersburg as the
/ leader in the movement will be add
+ ed to the Army club in this city with
/ In a few days. The clothing of the
soldiers stationed at Camp Lee will
/ be repaired by the ladies of this city
! without any cost to the soldiers. Sew
eral hundred ladies of this city have
volunteered to help In this matter
and the plan will be in operation
within the next few days.
The soldiers will bring their torn
clothing and such as needs mending
/ TO the Army club, where they will re-
ceive a check for IT. The ladies will
take them home and mend them and
return them to the soldiers.
| Petersburg is the first city In the
country to inaugurate this plan. II
has been received throughout the
city with hearty approval. several
hundred ladies already having volun-
teered for the work. The men at
Camp Lee were loud in their praise
Of the ladies of this city when they
| learned of the plan, which promises
to be one of the most successful war
work plans OF the year.
Sent to Hastings Court.
known In police circles was sent on
to the Hastings court for trial by Jus
tice Clements In Police court this
morning. on the charge of picking
the pocket OF O. negro man of $3.50 at
a negro dance hall in the rough negro
district last night.
The negro man went to the negro
dance hall and missed his pockethook
and money. He reported the matter
to the police and the Henderson
woman was arrested a short time
later. Two hundred and five dollars
OF the stolen money was found in the
possession of the owner of the dance
hall, who had gotten the money from
the woman and was going to turn II
over to the police.
The Henderson woman ia an old
timer. according to the police, and
has served term in the State peni
Tertiary as pickpocket,
To Tell of His Journey.
w. r. Ashe, representative of tn
war and navy department on training
camp activities. will deliver an inter
esting address on his recent trip I
Y Haiti and Santo Domingo, which h
; made in order to investigate condi
Itions surrounding the marine posts o.
the island, at the community sing a
tAGnITdI IbAL n1tNt tioct
1t is the plan Of those in charge o
the meeting to bring the portahl
!. |grand stand from the athletic field a
: Camp Lee to the park. to seat tn
crowd, as the seats being erected b
;, the local Rotary club will not be com
pleted by that time. The grand
: stand will seat 1000 people and Wi
= be brought to this city on motto
trucks.
|, Mr. Ashes address next Sunday
: expected to be one of the most inter
8 esting ever heard in this city. Will
: on his trip to the marine post on tn
}, island he had many exciting adven
q lures, once being held up by ban
! of native bandits.
a John r. Driscoll, song director {
e Camp Lee. will have charge of tn
t singing, and Earl Mitchell, the cele
: brated pianist, will beat the piano.
: Added TO Community Service.
e G. II. Congdon, of New Fork cit.
a and Mrs. Alice Webber. of Davenport
a Iowa, have been added to the staff {
Il the Petersburg war camp communit
4 service. 1t was announced by Score
! tary w F. Ashe. today.
Mr. Congdon will have charge {
f the work at the Army club in tn
city, while Mrs. Webber will be
r charge of the woman's work. Bot
q are experienced workers and wi
4 prove valuable additions to the force
here.
). Funeral Of j. F. McKenney.
= The funeral service of the late
4 Frank McKehhey took place this a.
- ternoon at o'clock from the Yves
End Baptist church, the Rev. A !
n Love, the pastor, officiating, assiste
g by the Rev. Micaux Raine, pastor {
the Third Presbyterian church.