Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-04
Y. NJ. GA. ORGANIZED
HERE LAST NIGHT
Walter Hanson to BE- Gen.
eral Secretary in This
City
LAMOND PRESIDENT
Executive Committee of Fifteen
Chosen-Judge J. X. NJ. Norton
Praised for His Work

The provisional committee which,
headed by Judge J. h. VI. Norton has
or the past few weeks been endea-
,oring to secure funds with which to
! begin the work of the Y. NJ c. A.,
II this city, having secured a sufft1
.ient amount Of subscriptions for the
purpose, met last night in the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce, for
he purpose of forming permanent
organization. Those attending the
meeting were: Rev. Dr.. John Lee AL
ison, Rev. DR.. f. B. Jackson, Rev.
Edgar A. Spielman, Rev. George J.
Hill, A. S. Mankin, James Smythe.
Clarence N. Moore, Urban S. Lam
bert, c. C. Lamond, T NJ Erwin, n.
s. GreenawayJ. C. Wynne, Alvin
Powell, James R. Cation, R. E.
Knight, D. R. Stansbury, E. S. Lead
,eatcr, Norman Roberts, Judge J. K.
VI. Norton, H. Noel Garner, c. z.
Pierpoint, Aubrey Shuman, W. S.
Risdon, T. S. Boswell and Clinton
Brown.
Those present expressed themselves
-, +bo p,oet o,+b,c;o-4;c ,ooora, ~
he success Of the efforts already
made, and declared their determina-
ton that the Y NJ. c. A., should
hereafter be a permanent institution
n Alexandria; ]. w. Knight, field
secretary for the state committee Of
he Y. NJ. C. A., addressed the meat
ing, explaining the objects and pur-
poses of the Y. NJ. C. A., and its
work, the success with which it had
met in other cities and the wide field
IF usefulness that awaited the work
ars here in Alexandria. A constitu-
.;on for the government of the Alex
andria body was presented and fully
discussed, after which it was unanim-
,usly adopted.
1t provides, among ether things that
he Alexandria Y. NJ C. A, shall Es
governed by board of directors, not
less than fifteen in number, and upor
an election for those directors being
held it resulted in the election of the
following as directors of the per-.
manent organization.
Urban S. Lambert, J. K. NJ. Nor
:on, Gardner L. Boothe, C. C. La
mond, Clarence n. Moore, Charles
Diehl, James R. Cation, n. S. Green
away. Samuel w. Pitts, Carroll Pierce
W. S. Risdon, Norman Roberts, c.
2. Pierpoint, R. E. Knight, J. A. HUI
fish, George X. Bender, H. Noel Gar
1er and William Campbell. The meet
ing then adjourned and the board went
into executive session, and elected the
following officers: c. C.. Lamond.
president; J. K. NJ. Norton, vice pres
dent, Samuel w. Pitts, secretary:
Carroll Pierce, treasurer.
The board of directors extended a
call to Walter Hanson to be the gen
cral secretary of the work in Alexan-
dria, who for the past two years and
half has been the executive secre-
tary of the Y. N. C. A. in Atlanta.
Georgia, engaged in Army and Navy
work, and who has had a wide ex-
perience in every department of I.
VI. C. A., activities, and who was pre-
sent and was presented to the board
of directors.
The Board unanimously adopted a
resolution providing for a woman's
auxiliary for the work in Alexandria:
which auxiliary is to be organized as
soon as the general secretary shai!
have had opportunity to take the mat
ter up with the ladies who are active
ly interested in the movement.
Upon motion of Rev. DR.. +. 3
Jackson, rising vote of thanks was
unanimously extended to Judge }
K. NJ Norton for his untiring energy
and unfailing zeal in promoting the
work and purposes of those who have
interested themselves in the organi.
zat;on of Y. NJ. c. A., for Alex.
andria. DR.. Jackson declared and i
was the unanimous sentiment 0:
those present that but for the effort:
/ Of Judge Norton who has been in
distant both in season and out of sea
son, day and night, for the institution