April 9, 1921

Journal and Guide

"PORTSMOUTH BUSINESS MEN ORGANIZED FOR BETTER HOMES. Prominent Real Estate Men From Norfolk Addressed Meeting. Inspiring Speeches By Local Business Men Enliven Banquet Table."

By J. A. G. LuValle

Most any kind of enthusiasm is catching. The much-talked-of "Own Your Home Week" in Norfolk has spread to our Twin City, Portsmouth. It is the colored business men who have been inspired by the possibilities that are inherent in the drive being pulled off her in Norfolk. Therefore, they called a big meeting Monday night and had the four prominent men of Norfolk's "Own your home campaign" to address them relative to the work and suggest what they could do there in Portsmouth to duplicate or improve upon the plan in Norfolk.

The meeting was held in the hall on the corner of King and Effingham streets, where nearly every business man of our group was present. C. W. Davis, assistant cashier of the Community Bank, acted as chairman and called on Mr. C. W. Newbie to introduce the Norfolk men. The general chairman of the "own your home and thrift campaigns." C. V. W. Trice, was the first introduced. He outlined the program of the present movement in Norfolk and told the men that "you will get no more out of the campaign than you are willing to put into it."