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Chest Elects Officers.
H ears Annual Reports
O 4 Member Agencies
Many Thanks
Given Citizens
For Money, Time


at a board OF directors meeting
Tuesday night. The beard met
after the annual public meeting Of
the Community Chest IN the Cir
cult Courtroom Of Prince Edward
Courthouse.
Other officers elected at the
board meeting were r w. Dupuy.
vice president; Mrs w w Nc
Clintic, secretary, and Bruce
Spencer. treasurer.
Dr. Graziani took over the Com
munity Chest reiGnS from retiring
president. r. NJ. Bradshaw. OF
Rice, who presided over the an
nual meeting. HiehlightS Of the
meeting were reports from officers
and IL participating agencies Of
the Prince Edward County Com
munity Chest and election Of five
new directors to the board
More than 100 interested citi-
zenS met in the courtroom to hear
where and how their Community
Chest money has been used dur
ing 1852
Cash On Hand
V. V Gordon, retiring treasurer.
reported to citizens that The Com
munity Chest has S9870 % cash on
hand as OF March l. He report
cd that $15.35507 had been re-
ceiyed by March II and disburse-
ments had totaled Sl6.28997
During the 1852 campaign. SIS
869.l9 was raised, w II YOUNG
campaign manager, said at the
meeting This figure was Sll30 81
short of the $1,000 goal set by
the board of directors.
Bruce Spencer. chairman Of the
nominating committee for new
directors, presented the names at
the open meeting II. Fl Hubbard
j. F.. Lewis, Mrs O w Mcintosh,
j F.. Glenn and J. b Wall, Jr.
were unanimously elected by
those citizens at the, meeting
These new directors will replace
retiring directors r. NJ Bradshaw,
V. V Gordon, F. G. Hubbard Miss
Elizabeth Burger and r c. HiX
A year Of progress and work for
the betterment OF the county and
state was noted in the reports OF
II participating agencies Of the
Prince Edward County Commu-
nifty Chest
Home Society
AT least one time each month.
last year, a couple came TO the
Children's Home Society of Viz
gina to adopt a second child from
the society" j. w Gilchrist. gen
eral secretary Of the society, said
at the meeting.
And during the year, 88 chill
dren were placed IN adoption
homes. he said. With this number
placed. there were still 824 couples
who wanted children and had
made applications for adopting a
child.
Mr.. Gilchrist said that during
1852, the society had 283 chill
dren in care-l76 on the rolls and
l05 new children And 233 per-
sons came to the society seeking
help with their children
These statistics are Just mum
hcrs until they are measured in
human values Mr. Gilchrist said,
and we wish to thank the Prince
Edward County Community Chest
for its help. last year
F. II Edincer. state director OF
the United Defense Fund. Inc. Of
Virginia. brought thanks from the
national office for the money COY
tributcd TO its work from Prince
Edward county.
Your money follows the service
men and ServiceWomen from your
county wherever they may GO
from Korea to Berlin" he SAID.
Auxiliary work
Miss Anna Dlckhoff. retiring
president Of the SouthSidc Com
mlnity Hospital Woman's Auxi-
llary. said that her group was in
deed grateful for Community
Chest help.
She reported that hostess
committee was organized for the
local hospital in March. 1852. And
to date. ,hcStesSeS had given 200
hours Of their time to help visitors
and patients at the hospital in a
hostess capacity. She also listed
as accomplishments during the
year, purchase of new linens. sew
ing machine, hot plates. heated
food truck. and other furnishings
for the reception room. The auxi-
liary had taken care Of landScap-
ing and care and repair of linens.
also
BOY Scouts
A notable increase in Boy Scout
work was noted by Ice 3 Short.
Jr-. field Scout executive He said
that since September, 1852. Bow
Scout units III the Pcwhatan Ar
row District Of the Piedmont Area
had increased from II to 25. with
more than two times as many
boys taking part in Scouting acti-
vitieS.
Hospital
"SouthSidc Community Hospital
is your organization. your inStitu-
ton, we're there to serve you" j.
tCOntinued on Pace ~