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B/sctiirs
discuss puis
Hold Special Southern War uon||
| ference at Blue Ridge.
War Fund Campaign, Training
of Secretaries and Building Program
to Be Considered.
Ill I/ l^suj 1? <?ause of fast growing rcsponsiW\
/ | W hilities of the army and navy Y. M. C.
I ft I J V A' in ,he aoutheaslorn military departBL
\I ^ ment and sixth naval district, caused
? UrW||^| by the inrush of drafted men and
IB H IBJUl volunteers, Executive Secretary S. A.
| |P iyin Ackley, commandant, has called a
special mid-summer conference of
Wl M ffl can>p executive secretaries from 30BFwJ|
odd training camps with Atlanta headm
nSrhJnJH quarter's stafT at Blue Ridge, N. C.,
ill lill W W commencing today and continuing
H || "I Bi through the week, it was announced
horp vesterdav.
9 Thursday and Friday, Campaign Director
R. H. King, who heads the
$1 12,000,000 Y. M. C. A.-Y. W. C. A.
campaign organization in the seven
states of the southeast, will meet there
with members of the war fund campaign
cabinet and state director? from
Georgia, Alabama. Florida, Mississippi,
Tennessee and the Carolinas.
This week end the "officers' training
school" for army and navy Y. M.
y C. A. workers at Blue Ridge, attended
by about 200 of the southland's
prominent business and professional
men, members of clergy, volunteers and
Red "Triangle service, will terminate
after three weeks of intensive training
courses.
Summer training schools for civilian
Y. M. C. A. work secretaries also
are now in session at Blue Ridge
association. Several hundred will
graduate Friday. The courses, as follows,
commenced July 5: City administration.
railroad, industrial,
county, boys' work, physical, student,
Bible study and general advanced.
Kncclal War Conference.
Today's conference at Blue Ridge
will bring together the leaders of the
Y. M. C. A. war work in the southeast
for the first time In several
months?a special mid-summer meeting
inadequate to serve the soldiers
most important since America entered
the war and of vital interest to
the southern public.
Crowding of the southern training
camps, and the popularity of the "Y"
huts with enlisted men and officers
alike have made the present 150 building
inadequate to serve the soldiers
and sailors in this department. Buildings
must' be enlarged and those in
the nine original national guard cantonments
in the southeastern states
will be improved for permanency. In
addition, many new huts will be erected.
The scope of this big building
program will be settled at Blue Kidge.
IBVBVH Need Over 1.000 Workers.
HTJMy M E* Forces or the neu Triangle must
l,e 'ncreased- *al1 lhe present total
of 700 Y. M. ('. A. workers will
r ? Fff ' *>e 'ncrease^ *? approximately 1.000.
IJRMWJ it is estimated. Training these and
W\9Y- hundreds of others to be recruited
WM(Vp ( from the southeast for home camp
11^ Mi'"* an<* overseas service. necessitates
IO if/4 monthly Y. M. C. A. "officers' trainl]'n^
schools;" not only during the sum(
t ~^i ,l,er months, as heretofore, but every
* month during the winter. Holding
| \ U. 7 J these schools by the year-round will
' require the remodeling of the famous
| Robert E. Lee hall at Blue Ridge asI
sociatlon, together with numerous
I class hall and dormitories, and installation
of heating apparatus.
^preside ;it today's conference. Staff
members who will be present Include:
It. H. Kins and B. G. Alexander, associate
executive secretaries: Dr. W.
I -w- W. Alexander, personnel secretary: CI
\l. V . It. Caldwell, business secretary; R. C.
' ^ Cubbon. athletic director; Prof. A.
Napoleon Once Said:
"4 Footsore Army Is An
I j Army Half Defeated."
? xv Men from every community
WGjST+m ) -*5- are drilling for Military Ser-;
? \Tj >i<<. For all these men the
[ frequent use of ALLEN'S
[LUIIL |,b . J / lAj) FOOT -EASE, the antiseptic
|/ fj>jF powder, shaken into the
HSaffl ? C l \ Shoes and sprinkled in the
foot-bath, increases their efBjrWMB
yLVlflciency and insures needed
Www pbysica> comfort. The Aracr
(f Jfl iflf \?y lean, British and French
I i/l If9 fraf troops use A lien's Foot-Ease,
hLm because it takes the Friction
J If I IB v&l from the shoe and freshens
The I'lattsburg Camp ManI
III l'11.1"-' ? nal advises men in training
to shake Foot-Ease in their
shoes each rooming. Why not order a
; dozen or more 25c. boxes to-day from
, your Druggist or Dep't store to mail to
l|| HI your friends in training camps and In
ID^HI the army and navy.
rsry?
TRENCH J
[ Max Souby, educational ?director;
Marston Allen, entertainment director;
E. S. Mowbray, motion picture
I director; A. K. Adams, chief of conj
structlon, and L. Porter Moore, publicity
director.
Camp executive seretaries who will
j attend follow: F. W. Evans. Camp
i Gordon, ? Georgia; Dr. O. E.
I Brown, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga?;
Charles E. Hawkins, Fort McPherson
land Camp Jessup, Ga.; J.J7. Malone,
: Souther Flying Feld, Ga.; Charles W.
[ Bush. Camp Wheeler, ' Ga.; R; A.
i Tracy, Camp Hancock, Ga.; L. E.
i Hamlet, Camp Screven. Ga.; George
! C. Booth, CamR Shelby, Miss.; J. K.
1 -- . .. ? T7?l..l Uloa
Aiarsnau, rujnc i it , ww, ,
i II. L. Ezell, Camp McClellan, Ala.;
J. W. Bailey, Camp Sheridan, Ala.;
i W. T. Wertz, Fort Morgan and Fort I
j Gaines, Ala.; F. V. McCaul, Carlatrom
and Dorr Flying Fields. Fla.; J. P.
j Jackson. Key West Naval Air station*
j Fla.; E. F. Lin kens, Fort Dade and
: Fort DeSota, Fla.; Dr. L. E. McNair,
'Camp Johnston, Fla.; E. L. Secrest,
Pensacola Naval Air station. Fla.; R.
: C. Dobson, Miami Naval Air station,
i Fla.; L. R. Forsdick. Park Flying
' Feld, Tenn,; C. R. Boucher, Fort
: Moultrie, S. C.; C. C. McNeill, Charles
on Navy yard, S. C.; H. M. Johnston,
! Paris Island Marines training station,
S. C.; E. W. Leslie, Camp Wadsworth,
. S. C.; E. D. Langley, Camp Sevier.
S. C.; J. Herbert Wilson, Camp Jacki
son. S. C.; Dr. J. O. Grogan,-Camp
| Greene, N. C.; Earl 8. St. Clair, Con|
valescent hospital, Waynesville, N. C.;
and A. R. Marwick, Fort Caswell.
I N. C.
?:
!big vaudeville acts
at k. of c. building
[ Through the courtesy of Manager
| JScnoneid, OI me neuu 9 lucaici, mvi
j entire show that played the last haft
j of the week at Keith's appeared at the
! K. of C. building No. 1 Sunday after:
noon in observance of Bastille day,
j which was celebrated at Camp Grene.
"Joe" Lanigan made quite a hit
; with his songs and stories of a quaint
I old New England farmer. He was
! well received by the crowd. Sergeant
j Nelson introduced a very good singing
j act. The hit of . the bill was Montj
gomery sextet in vocal, instrumental
I and dancing numbers. Chick and
J Chicklet. in "Very funny saying, made
j a hit. Soldier "Billy" Cloonan intro|
duced some new character songs and
| was well liked.
I Sunday evening the boys witnessed
! some very good moving pietures and
}i listened to a song review, which flnishj
ed the days celebration.
I Y. W. C. A. hoSTESS HOUSE
I The Sunday afternoon entertainI
that hnvp been held on the
grounds of the hostess house are ccrItainly
being appreciated the soldiers
as is shown by the constantly
Increasing attendance on successive
Sunday afternoons. These entortain'
ntents have been mainly vf a mbsical
nature and of exceptionally food
talent.
I Last Sunday the ja;z bainl of# the
depot band military aeronautics furi
nished furnished entertainment. New1
ton Bruson and Wilfred Uolaclc of the
band rendered darkey songs which
: brought forth rounds of applause,
j Lieut. Craik of the camouflage squad!
ron sang a most p'.?ts!ng solo. Setgeant
Gates of the base hospital sang
i two solos that took very well. Miss)
j Withers of Charlutt? sang, and Pri-:
j vate Adams of the camouflage squad-1
! ron | laved a violin solo.
| The Motor Mechanics have built |
j tables and benches which they have i
: placed in the grove behind the hosti
ess house.
j The directors of the hostess wish to j
state that this grove may bo used by j
the soldiers for picnics. Arrange
! ments for the same can be arranged
I by caJling 9113.
' A striking and unique sign has I
been placed across the road from the
| hostess house and an old English j
'swinging sign is soon to be wing over1
j the gate, all of which tends to add
I considerable -to the looks of the
| grounds which already are most at!
tractive.
j Patrons of the hostess house will j
i be pleased to hear of the coming of
Miss Helen Urie. Mi8s Urie comes
here from Chestertown, Md., and is1
to have charge of the hostess house
tea room during the month or July.
Miss Urie is a certified dietion and
I has had charge of the department of
home economics in a private school
in Aurora, N. Y,
The- biggest delegation of Y. W. C.
A. workers ever held south of the
city of Baltimore is to be held at
Blue Ridge, North Carolina, this
month. It is expected that at this
conference much that has. a bearing
on the Y. W. C. A. work for the
soldiers wi)l be discussed.
Some of I those who will be present
Miss Winifred Robins, industrial
secretaryMrs.
Abbot, president.
Miss Elizabeth Jamieson, office secretary.
Miss Josephine Kelly, general scretary.
Mrs. Helen Butler Schuyler, special
war worker for Charlotte.
Miss Evelyn Greene of the hostess
house.
Miss Edith Gates. Miss Mildred
Roe, and Miss Weir are holding forth
at the hostess house during this time
and are supervising the swimming at
the Myers Park Country club.
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CRT1P GREEN CfTIOUFLEURS PIT WORK
For a polish that goes over the top of the leather leav- I
1 * 2111 a. 11?U. ? -1?1?, I.L. CI A I Htf
ing a uiimam, puuau tuiu nizu wiu iuc uuc?o w iuuiicatc
them, you should use * . 1 iAA
BROWN I
DOUBLE A BROWN U a polish
for dark tan shoes and is espe- I
cially suitable for army men. IB
It keeps the leather soft 'and
m pliable with a "dress-parade"
BIXBY'S AA BROWN 2Sc j|j
I S ?M- t ,co I i
. N?w York, U. S. A. \WuaT
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I
Union National Bank
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
- -2Si
We cordially invite the banking business of men
and officers of Camp Greene.
Every courtesy and accommodation extended
consistent with safe banking. /J?
H M VICTOR. President - . fj
D. P. TILLETT, Cashier, .
A. G. TROTTER, Asst Cashier.
^ Independence Trust Company Jj
Capital and Profits, $750,000.00 . J
Will Be Glad to Be of Service to the Officers and Men of Camp Greene.
Northern Exchange Furnished without any charts. J