The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-05
'Powhatan Has a
Big Celebration
nv STAFF Correspondent.)

| Pow hatan, Va. July 4.--Yesterday
| the war savings cam paign was In
augurated by a beautiful celebration
| here. The exercises opened with a
pageant, marshaled by Frank
Michaux. and led by Joan of Arc. ex-
cellentIy represented by Miss Clara
Guthrie. Floats representing Red
Cross. First Aid the Spirit Of France,
England. and Italy, the Spirit OF ne
and 1918, the First Flag, Our Coun-
try, Liberty. Peace and Victory. pass
ed in review.
Harris Hart addressed the crowd on
Education; DIR. william f Thamp-
son. on WAR Savings Stamps and
Red Cross Work" and Mr.. Wyndham
Meredith on Food Conservation"
A service flag. containing over a
hundred blue stars and two gold stars,
ewas unfurled, after a speech or dedl-
cation by MIR. Bonifant, common
wealth's attorney.
A splendid chorus led in the singing
of patriotic songs aud after the morn
ing session an old fashioned picnic
dinner was served on the lawn by
the ladies OF the county.
Mr.. Hart in his talk stressed the
necessity for idealism, and expressed
the belief that II was the province of
the public schools to become a great
melting pot for the children of many
nationalities and varied national
ideals. out of this melting pot should
come an American citizen. Thorough
ness should be taught. Mr.. Hart said,
thoroughness In work. thought and
play. American ideals should be so
thoroughly instilled into the minds
OF the children that they would make
patriots of their aged and non Eng
lish speaking parents He said that
many parents learned patriotism of
their children, who had been taught
in the public schools.
DR. Thompson made q mastery war
address. touching on every phase Of
the war. sketching the history of
Americas part in the war, her pa
thence and reluctance 10 enter the war,
her determination to win after she
had entered. He said that money was
the cheapest thing America had and
that she was proving her willingness
to give her money in a most prodtgal
fashion for the winning OF this war,
not for her allies, but for herself. BY
no chemistry known to man. said DR..
Thompson. can a Hun be transmitted
into a Democrat. He criticised the
policy OF leniently dealing with the
informed German prisoners. and said
that he hoped every school, public and
private would be forced to stop teach
ing the German language; that the
German children in this country
should receive American education, or
none, and those that did not receive IL
should be sent home after the war as
fast as ships could be built to carry
them.
AFR, Wyndhani Meredith made a
dramatic appeal for food conservation,
relating in an interesting fashion Just
what had been done along the line OF
conservation and substitution. He, too,
sketched the historical background of
the war. He made mpHmentary
reference to what Powhatan had done
| in the civil war, saying that no bat
tie in the great world war. no soldier
| in the allied armies had reflected more
credit upon an allied nation than that
Of the Powhatan men in the civil
war, making particular reference 70
Captain Joe Hobson, that most gal
liant representative of the county in
The war between the states.