Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-11-13
Twenty-Five Citizens Effect
Organization at Meet
ing Last Night
PLANS FOR PROGRAM
Homer H. Van VIE Leaves Work and
is Presented With Silver-Frank S.
March Succeeds Mr.. Van Vie.

/ Community Service is here to stay
! This was made known last night when
some twenty-five representative citi-
zens of Alexandria met at the Cham
Der of Commerce, and elected Off
GERS for the Alexandria Community
Service as follows: C. c. Lamond,
president; Capt. George II. Evans,
vice president; Gardner L. Boothe,
treasurer and Frank S. March, COM
munity organizer, secretary.
Practically all of the plans adj
vocated by Mr.. Van VIE and Mr..
Marsh were adopted last night. Mr..
Marsh, the new Community Organizer
who arrived here last week, started
the ball rolling with few we'll chosen
remarks concerning Community Ser
vice, and in short order the members
of the General Committee were in a
receptive mood.
Plans are being laid for real
program for Alexandria. L. H. Weir,
executive secretary of the Washing
ton War Camp Community Service,
showed the vast possibilities of Com
munEty Service. A meeting of the
General Committee was called for next
Tuesday night, at the new Community
Service headquarters, Prince and
Royal streets.
Last night at the Chamber of
Commerce the executive committee of
the War Camp Community Service
held it's farewell meeting to bid Mr..
Homer H. Van VIE "God Speed"
Mr.. Van VIE, or "Van", as he was
better known to all of Alexandria,
leaves the field of his activities in
of the w. c. c: S., which he has held
for the past year and half, and in
token Of their appreciation, the En-
ecutive Committee adopted the fol
lowing resolution:
"The members of the Executive
COMMITTEE desires to express their
appreciation of the splendid service
rendered the soldiers, sailors and ma
rines in this community by the War
Camp Community Service and would
recognize the success attained in
promoting recreation and hospitality
for service men. The resources of the
city have been organized and unified
| under the wise and efficient leader
ship of Secretary Homer H. Van VIE
and by the cooperation Of all the
churches, fifteen including colorcd.
and especially the ladies of the COM
munity, this war activity has minis
tered to the comfort, social entertain
ment and moral uplift of the soldiers
and as result progressive and
comprehensive program has been put
on.
"The fine spirit, pleasing manner,
and enthusiasm of the Secretary
have won our confidence and CO.
operation and too much cannot be said
in praise of his fidelity to duty and
his unselfish devotion to the welfare
and comfort of the soldiers while so
journing in our midst.
His ministry in our city has been
an inspiration to its civic and mill
tary life and soldier boys through
out the states and in other lands will
hold a warm place in their hearts for
him and his associates who did SO
much to maintain the morale Of the
soldiers and make life little more
pleasant under trying war time cir
cumstances,I illustrating patriotic
united spirit Of practical Americanism
"Resolved, therefore, that th'
hearty thanks of the Executive Com
mittee be rendered Mr.. Van Vie fol
his faithful labors as Secretary o:
the War Camp Community Service
and that we invoke the blessing o
God upon him wherever duty ma!
NOTICE