Evening star., 1924-11-24
NURSE DRIVE NETS
MORE THAN $4,000
Intensive Part Finished, But
Cleanup to Complete
Budget Planned.

The intensive part Of the Instruc-
tive Visiting Nurse Societys cam
paign for a twoyear budget OF s97,-
900 formally closed today with a
luncheon in the New willard Hotel
at which time more than s10,600 was
reported in subscriptions since Sat
urday noon.
The grand total for the drive now
is more than $4,000 and although
reached. speakers emphasized that the
amount received in the drive will en-
able the society to expand it's work
as It promised the public. 1t was
further emphasized. however, that the
$4,000 will be obtained within the
next few months, is a volunteer com
mittee of about 25 members will be
organized to canvass the remaining
number OF the original $4,000 pros
poets who could not be visited during
the drive just closed.
Thanks Women workers.
Mrs. Montgomery Blair, campaign
chairman, personally and on behalf
of the board of managers, the nurses
and the society, thanked the 900
women workers for their diligent
service. In answer to her call for
volunteers about % women respond
ed and these will meet in room 332
Star Building, next Monday morning
at II o'clock to clean up" the cam
paign. Mrs. Blair declared the society
has it's budget for next year and
that the work of enlargIng the so
ciety would go on just as though the
original amount sought had been OBJ
tained. She personally thanked the
vice chairmen OF the campaign for
their work In the office. They are Mrs.
Carroll Glover. Mrs. William j.
Flather, tr., and Mrs. ]. w. Davidge.
Thanks for Publicity.
Mrs. David Potter, chairman of the
publicity committee. praised the work
Of Charles Stelzle, campaign chairman:
in the preparation and distribution of
the most complete set Of literature
ever gotten out by the society. Mr..
Stelzle introduced a resolution. which
was unanimously adopted, thanking
the Washington newspapers for their
support of the campaign.
Gifts of nurses were reported from
the Church Of the Covenant and The
Evening Star. This makes the third
consecutive year The Star has support
ed a visiting nurse. All Souls Uni
tartan Church will take an Offering
Thanksgiving day for the society,
which is the first time ever recorded
a church has made special appeal for
the society on Thanksgiving day. Mrs.
Frank Weeden, assistant treasurer, was
complimented by Joshua Evans. 1r.,
treasurer, who declared Mrs. Weeden
did all the work Of the campaign. She
reported s1,32s.50 received in contribu-
tions from the office.
The teams which reported today and
their amounts follow:
Team No. !, Mrs. Whitman Cross,
ses7e: No. 2, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley,
$1ss; No. 8, Mrs. r. S. Huidekoper.
ss27: No. 4. Miss Clara Farrar-Smith'
s53s; No. 5, Mrs. Edward Holdings
field, s133: No. 6. Mrs. ]. s. Smith
SIC; No. I, Mrs. Cresson Newbold.
1924: No. 8. Miss Olive Graef. $57: NO.
9, Mrs. Northup Dean. 81; No. 10. Mrs.
Merriam Curtis, sl14; No. II, Mrs. e
p. Lindsey. Jr.. 1928; No. 1S, Mrs. J.
P. Haynes. 800; No. IA, Mrs. E. L.
Neville, $276.50; No. Is. Mrs. George
Myers. 1922; No. 16. Mrs. w. S. Far
Der, $55; No. II, Mrs. Dorsey Rlchard-
son, s55; No. IS, Mrs. Walter Il. Ghe-
rardi, $25S; No. 10, Miss Cora Barry
s2ss; No. 21, Mrs. Wilson Compton
s732: No. "a, Miss A. B. McCammon'
s26e.5o; No rs, Mrs. Austin Kautz,
s242; No. 26. Mrs. Swagger Sheriey'
1922: No. 27, Mrs. Cazenove q. Lee
Slsl; No 2s, Mrs. Carter Fort SIzo
No. 20, Mrs. ]. Craig Peacock, s2Io;
No. 81, Mrs. Henry Fry, Was; NO. ~
No, SO. Mrs. George P. Scriven, S4s; NO
"a. Mrs. Daniel C. Stapleton, szol; NO
s. Mrs. Clarence Perley. $137; NO. 81
Miss NJ. H Wingate, s2s7.so.