Evening star., 1941-11-09
Chest Drives Close
In Nearby Virginia
With Quotas untitled
Campaigns to Go On
In Both Arlington
And Alexandria

The Alexandra CVaO Community
Chest last night announced II had
met about 80 per cent of its cam
paign goal of s45O00 when the drive
for funds officially closed Friday
night.
In Arlington County. Va, where
the Community Chest drive closed
about two weeks ago. it was an
nounced contributions and pledges
now amount to s1606466. repre-
senting about Sc per cent of its
s28.500 quota. The returns are in
complete. however. and Campaign
Chairman Conrad Reid said he fully
expects the goal TO be met when all
returns are in.
Both chests are conducted inde-
pendent of the Washington chest.
Alexandria chest officials were
jubilant over the amounts reported
when their campaign closed, Chair
man Albert A SmoOt said last
years campaign was only so per
cent completed when the drive was
officially ended and that $4,000
additional came in later.
Expects to Pass Goal.
For this reason. he said. much
more can be expected from late
returns and additional canvassing
placing the drive "over the top in
Alexandria. The funds already
raised this year exceed the total
amount raised in 1910 by SO, 600. Mr.
Smoot declared.
Mr.. Reid said this is the first
time in three years the Arlington
chest has done so we'll. Eight areas
have yet to make their first reports
and nine others have already re-
ported collections and pledges in
excess of their quota.
Among the captains who have
already exceeded their quotas are
Frank T. Tracy. Mrs. j. Clements
Owens. L. R. Conley and Mrs. Halsey
Smith of Area No. l. 100 per cent
/ B. F. Dickson and John Grille. Area
/ No. 9. 181 per cent; Mrs. L. G.
Baumhofer. Area No "a, 100 per
cent: Caldwell Kendrick and Mrs
D. R. Collins. Area No 25. los per
( cent: Mrs. Emil Krahnke. Area No
25, l2l per cent: Miss Ella Turner
and Richard Whaley. Area No. 27
103 per cent: Paul Mcdonald and w
j. Keiter. Area No %, 102 per cent ;
Mrs. Robert Won Boskirk and Mrs
Olive Odum, Area No. 80, 100 per
cent. and Elmer F. Newell, Area No
81. 129 per cent.
Listed by Arlington chest officials
| as contributors of S100 or more were
! the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co of Virginia, J. C. Penney
/ Co.. Virginia Public Service Co.
/ Noland Co. Inc: Arlington Insl-
tute. Lyon. Inc: Mrs. Allie S. Freed
Sanitary Grocery Co., Woodward &
Lothrop Department Store and The
Evening Star Newspaper Co.
Workers Win Praise.
| In Alexandria, Mrs. w. w. Fitch
made the highest collections baseo
on her quota of 500. Her collections
amounted to 225 per cent. although
other workers had higher assign
ments to meet.
Chairman Smoot singled out some
divisions of that chest for praise
The industrial division has raised
/ S3.43O from 900 of about 1900 EN-.
ployes of the Naval torpedo plant
and the other employees are being
solicited, he said.
The public affairs division, headed
by Robert c. Whitton, has raisee
122 per cent of its quota; DR.
Charles V. Amole. medical ant
dental division, 1870 per cent, ant
Claude L. Hoover, drugs and res
taurants, 95 per cent.
Under the general solicitation
division Mr.. Smoot commended th'
work of J. Randolph F. Davis, cap
tain of the second ward. which Wa
the first to go over the top will
165 per cent: Mrs. Maxwell Hamil
ton, with 137 per cent, and Mrs. j
Truman Streng. $50 per cent, boil
in the first ward: Mrs. Albert Miller
81 per cent, and Mrs. w. B. Ben
iamin, 113 per cent. both in tn
- ward. and Mrs. Bentol
BooglIq 1l9 per cent, sixth ward