The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-17
WILL USE COLORED SCHOOL,
AS AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL


Petersburg, July 16.-The heaHh
rom rnittee of the common council AZ
its special meeting last night seiectea
the East End Public school hdHH'HA'
now used by the colored children as
the place for the location o. vac
emergency hospital for the HFath"HS
OF persons suffering from venefeaA
diseases
The building vii, be abandoned as
a school building IN the near iatui e.
a lot having been provided 10y Wv
school board in another section 81 me
city for the erection Of a modern
school. and the hospital VIII he TO-
Gated in the old school building, IL
the consent of the school board -
secured
The members Of the committee iaS'
night outlined the need az SHeh -
hospital to Superintendent OF SchooIS
r. NJ. Martin and he VIII TAKE /" =
matter up with the school ho"Ea d,
once for immediate action.
There are at present thsrtv patients
in the Richmond Jail who belong IN
this city, and these. together with
those now confined Ia the local gan
will be brought 70 the hospital as
soon as il is established The com
mon council recently appropr atta 70
GOO. to be used in estabt@EinS we
hospital and It VIII DE htHHt3iff" RS
the city and government
Commended for Bravery
w A Cameron. son of Mrs annie
Cameron. Of Blandford, his city. who
enlisted in the navy at the outbreaks
4 of the war with Germany. has been
commended by his officers for hts
brave conduct at the time Of tho SINK
& ing of the Hawaiian steamship All
! fornia. on June %. All hands save
one man who was slightly injured
# were saved when the steamer @FfhrF
4 what is thought 10 have been a at}f}
a ing mine Young Cameron aided 10
the rescue work ard along with seN-
Il eral others We're commended for then
Y bravery by the officers Of The ship,
Leaves for North Carolina.
Miss Eleanor Houston far tho pas
year general secretary Of the loea
D Young Woman's Christian association
I left Yesterday for AficGhenE Springs
-. c.. she having resigned as seere
tarv Of the local association
!. Miss houston Viii take short ya
cation before taking up ! w. {. A
B work IN another field
AS vet no successor has hee1
chosen for Miss Houston and Mis-
Leslie Stevens. q Petersburg girl aut
business secretary Of the local associa
ton. is in charge 81 the ioca! "ork
Miss Houston ranked as one Of tn
best secretaries in \ W. {. \. WoFi
in Virginia and her loss viii he severe
E Nv feE here she took charge Of tn
Z work here when the association wa
este hlieheA and has accom- pltEhe+
wonderful results
Twenty seven Wedding Licenses.
Twenty-seven licenses to wed Wet
issued at the clerks office in this cit
last Thursday Most OF the license
issued were to white couples a larc
part of them being soldiers and thei
brides to- he who came to Camp lie
for that purpose.
Salvation Army Cares for Baby.
The six-weeks-old baby boy tina
was found In the ladies rest room @
Union station several DAYS ago b
Travellers Aid workers, after it ha
been abandoned by it's mother.
now In the care Of Ensign Louis Cole
man, of the local salvation Army. VIII
lis seeking d respectable home for h
infant.
Winfield Scott Wilkinson.
Winfield Scott Wilkinson. q vel
known petershurger, died this morn
ing al his residence, 1903 Halfa
street, after an illness of more tina
seventeen months. Mr. Wilkinson w
seventy-six years of age and was
member OF the a. r. Hill Camp, Cor
federate Veterans.
He is survived by five daughters an
one son The funeral service will !
held tomorrow afternoon from Il
Wesley NJ f, church, and the Re
II. T Waterheld. pastor Of the IltSl
Street NJ r. church, viii ofnc!ate, q
sisted by the Rev r. W Moore pa
far of the Second EApfi,t church