Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-16
GOOD ROADS Membership
TEAMS GET $1,000 IN DAY
Headquarters of Campaign. Sill
East Main Street.
FORM SCHOOL COMMITTEES
G. IL. Bcardslcs Tells Central Body
of Securing Eleven New Mem
bcrs Out OF Fifteen solicitations.
Strothcr Gets Five in Five Trials.

Gathered around the luncheon table
at campaign HEADQUARTERS. Si4 East
roads enthusiasts working in the
membership drive OF the Virginia
Good Roads Association, mad an old
fashioned experience meeting" The
campaign started yesterday morning.
and Will continue through Friday.
Although they had only been work
ing several hours before the lunch
con, many encouraging experiences
in getting new members were ro-
ported, as Chairman Oliver j. sands
called on different men. Two hun
drcd business men. representing ten
large organizations, are working in
the campaign.
Gets Eleven Out of Fifteen.
9. /" Rcardsiey. working. on the
Advertising Club team. and NJ. W.
Strothcr. on the RiChmond-fiTsf Club
team. measured up well TO the front
in the "eNpcriencc meeting" Mir.
B~eardsley declared that he had called
on fourteen and secured memberships
from eleven. and MIR STROLLER re-
ported that he had fcUrd five mon
in their Offices and had signed them
all up as menrbcrs OF the Good Roads
Association.
Because Of the short time tie
teams worked IN the morning, re-
complete. Several OF the teams did
not get into action before the meet
ing, Announcement was made how
ever. that the amount secured from
$1,000.
Asked by Chairman Sands what oh
lectons We're raised to Joining the
Virginia Good Roads Association.
half "A dozen mon cried out None
at all. We Just have TO Sc" them
ard sign them up"
Statewide information work.
III. Lee Smith. captain of one Of
the three teams representing the Re
tail Merchants Association. reported
that the merchants wccr taking Grca,
interest in the work OF the ~aSSocia-
ton 10 speed up highway building by
constructive legislation. approved Of
the plan for Statewide international
work and Were mc"surins up Well III
the size OF their memberships.
George S;rot;rcycr reported several
roud-S!2cd memberships from mem
bers of the Richmond Automotiva
Trades Association. Good reports FOR
made 10y the Life Underwriters. CITY
club team ana Kiwanis Club workers.
Mr.. sands spoke briefly. str"SSing
the fact hat the Virginia Good Roads
throughout the State 10 create unity
of sentiment for road bui!diic on Il
big scale and viii submit 10 the lIcO-
pie "a business plan for highway de-
~Vclopmcnt with the end in view OF
having il adopted by the General AS
scmbly at It's next session, Charlie,
J.. Weaver. chairman OF the orEsni-
cation committee, and V. D.. l." Rob
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Virginia Good Roads Association.
also spoke briefly,
VIII Cal! on .Hp.
Formation of a team from the pub
lie schools was completed yesterday.
with w. -. Locker as chairman. This
committee viii! call on more than 7u0
prospective members for the good
roads association living in the west
crn part OF the city, Church IIili and
Fulton. The most intensive work OF
this committee will bc done Friday
afternoon and saturday morning. af-
ter the close of the schoo!s for 80
week Members OF The committee
are " e. Locker, chairman: .Alb"rt
II. Hill. j. II. Binford. J. g. HARDWOOD
l.. T.. Smith, j. II. Saunders. IL. 6
Cox. w. II Cooke. w. u. Ellis. &. II
buiaway. ID. II. Eucker. r. l.. Graves
j. NJ. Davis. Ernest Shawcn, j. 7,
Fcnircss. l.. e. Morrow, g. G. Crouch,
Miss Helen Dickinson, Miss j. iIol-
lorau, .. - Hancock, j. +. Walker.
j. ID. Harris, ~ l.. Thomas, Miss
Emma j. Lamb. Clyde Busby. c.. l..
Girens, Miss katherine Scott and
Miss i.oYinia Vaden.