Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-10
98 ORGANIZATIONS TO
ENTER UNIQUE CONTEST
Will Sell Tickets TO Finance
Preliminary Work of His
,oricaI Pageant.
VI. :. KNIGHT NAMED DIRECTOR
Advance Purchase of Membership
Cards for the NirEinin Historical
Event Means Saving. and Insurcs
Success of the Project.

Financing the necessary prclim!n-
AIRY work for the Virginia Historical
Pageant was the subject which on
gagged the attention of the board Of
directors Of the association ut n
meeting held at pageant head1uart-
crs last night. Decision was reached
to have II contest between the nine
iy-ciShi affiliated organizations in
The sale of membership tickets NJ s.
Knight was nominated and uDani-
rrouSly elected director of the con-
test. plans for which will be an
nounced within q day or two
President Oliver j. Sands presided
and called the attention Of the di-
rcctorS to the great amount Of work
Hiling uD in the office of Secretary
w. II. Cridlin, to the necessity for
more clerical force to handle the
vcr-incrcasinE work, and to the
need of funds To pay incidental cN-
pcnSCs.
or Iducat i0nni NnIuc.
Mr.. Sands impressed the directors
with the enormous benefit the his
torical pageant will be TO the pco-
pie Of Virginia in an educational
way. and said that il would bring
thousands Of people from all sections
of the country to Richmond next
May. who would spend thousands OF
dollars while horc. and many of
them would take up their residence
in Richmond.
Relative to the sale of member
ship tickets. II was stated that lust
as soon as the sale Of tickets brought
Il sum sufficient to pay preliminary
expenses. the membership tickets
would be taken off the market, and
the citizens Of the city and state
Il,
orship tickets would have To pay
the general admission charges.
which would mean an outlay Of more
money.
Membership tickets arc being sold
IN advance mt 81 each. These cn.itle
the holder to admission to the Vah!s-
IA entertainments to he given during
the winter. beginning in November.
and Ia Il reserved seat one night at
the pageant There is a saving ii
was pointed out by President Sands.
OF at least 81 in purchasing member
ship tickets now, besides the extra
inducement Of gaining; five votes for
the Queen of the Pageant.
Directors present. who were the
chairmcn Of committees representing
organizations. assured President
Sands that they would get to work
at once and make Il report Of the sale
OF li1SciS III tNclT societies or or
CARNATIONS.
''rimc 10 Go to Work'-Snnds.
The vacation period is ovcr--pco-
Dlc are coming home, and IL Is time
for work In the Virginia Historical
Pageant Association" said President
Sands. The time il here when we
must have money 10 pay preliminary
expenses, and il is time for every
body to go To work selling tickets"
he added.
Secretary W. Il. Cridlin explained
the Nahspa entertainments and
gave a report OF the work Of the
sccrctary's office since the last meet
ing of the board.
Pictures of two proposed sites
were shown and Mr.. sCridlin told OF
She availability OF chch site in ref
crcncc To street car and railroad Scrv-
lee. The question Of site will he con-
sidcrcd at later date, after :,
pageant director has been secured.
NJ. :. knight. in accepting the di-
rcCtorship Of the contest for sale of
membership tickets, said the forth
coming pageant would he 4 greater
proposition than the jamestown ES-
position, excepting that it would not
run so long. He Said the Virginia
Historical Pageant was the biggest
enterprise ever undertaken by Vir-
Einians, and he ask ed cp-opcrntion of
every director in plans FOR the ticket
sale