The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-14
w. G. G.. S.

The War Camp Community serv-
ice gather 'em as you GO stunt is
working with big percentage results
IN industrial plant sings" these days.
e ldea Is TO start a small group
OF singers through a big plant. AS
theY nike through the various depart
ments, they sing catchy songs and
unsteady inclined employees Join the
procession. When time for the sing
comes, there's big crowd Of sing
ers' not 10 mention the others who
IKE music with their work
me idea went big in the shipyard
or the Lake Torpedo Boat company
IN Bridgeport, Conn. A. c. Bruel.
war Camp Community service song
leader, was the Pied Piper of the oc-
Ision. He got together a round
nozen OF the best singers in the plant
AFTER brief rehearsal, they started
through the plant. singing at the tons
OF their voices. Straight to the APP
pointed singing place the group went.
gathering recruits along the route
Results were great And Mr. Breul
organized live wire glee cluou among
the employees
returning soldiers, sailors and
marines get the benefit of the keen
en- smiling campaign Of War Camp
community service in Minneapolis
one OF the stunts is to have mem
bers OF the Comrades committee. an
organization with a thousand Young
women members, sing a welcome to
uniformed men entering the city.
ana besides the songs, the young
omen hestow thousands of miles of
Stiles upon the returning Warriors
1t works in great style.
Minneapolis gave municipal
party recently and no one in charge
made the mistake of closing the
function TO soldiers and Young
ladies. Children were invited and
+, so wern fathers and mothers and
cousins and grandmothers. A good
! time was had by all Miss M. l.
| Holiday, a War Camp Community
/ service song leader, led the hun
dreds OF guests in a successful sing
! Song played an important part at
the recent meetings in Atlantic City
! Of the National Conference of Social
Workers. At one session, half
hour walt for officers OF the confer
ence was passed in singing, the vo-
calists, hundreds of them, being dir
ected by five song leaders of War
Camp Community service. An in
teresting feature OF the conference
was discussion of community sing
ing.
| Community sings are popular in
Philadelphia. Every evening Jere
Shaw. War Camp Community serv~
ice song leader, conducts community
| sings in connection, with municipal
band concerts held in Philadelphia
The attendance at the concerts ranges
! from 5000 to 10000 persons War
/ Camp Community service song sheets
always are distributed at the concerts
| In Knoxville. Tenn. evening com
munty sings are held frequently on
the courthouse lawn under the direc-
ton of Warren Kimsey, War Camp
Community service song leader. After
one OF the Knoxville sings, an old
man told Mr.. Kimsey he had sung
that evening for the first time in
twenty years.
Once week. In Philadelphia. War
Camp Community service workers
provide an entertainment at the
Seamen's institute. Vaudeville mo-
| ton pictures and community singing
are always features of the amuse
ment functions.
War Camp Community service in
Lakewood, n. L., has sent to each re-
turned soldier personal letter of
welcome. congratulating him on his
service and urging him to make use
OF he W. c. c. s, club in Lakewood.
Soldiers returning to their homes
in Fayetteville. n C. were welcomed
at u festival which had been arranged
by local War Camp Community serv-
ice workers one feature of the oc-
easion was pageant showing Incl
dents in the history OF Cumberland
county.
The community center erected on
the beach in Galveston, Tex, by War
Camp Community service, was praised
by the commanding officer OF Filing
ton Field at the ceremonies incident
II the recent opening of the center
The office" had one of his fellows
assigned to the inspecto or generals de-
partment at the army visit the CEN
ter. The second officer, after in
speeding the establishment, said he
would refer TO the w. c. c. S. beach
center. in report he was making to
The war departrnent