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Order No. Name
Serial No.
1717
George Charles Sugars 498
1727
Clyde V. Choulet.
831
1808
Dick Taylor 1697
1754
Clyde C. Hosford. 1381
1809
Antone Lawson 1239
1810
Virgil Ogden Symmonds. .219
1844
Jasper Kent Webb.
577
1850
Loren Elden Mecum.
727
Ora Henry Jenkins. 897
Carl John Alton. 166
1899
Robert R. Reimolds. 2046
1904
George Wesley Dunn. 208
Earl Banks 1403
190S
William Otis Lewis. 785
Herman J. James. 266
Cecil Charlie Mason. 1635
1924 Elbert Peck .1849
1929 Martin L. Golden. .1085
1939a Lester Alfred Christy .2253
1964
Frank E. Bott. 996
1322
Henry B. Stackman. 2197
2061 Lewis Harrison Bennett.
1906
1921
1923
1857
1894
1299
1319
1410
1518 Ray William Robertson. 768
HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY
Order No. Name
1647 Ralph Allen Jenkins.
231 John Herman Jugens. 741
1002
HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY
Order No. Name. Serial No.
1520 Frederick K. Baxter. 955
1529 Conrad Samuel Haase. 365
1544 Homer A. Buckert. . 1854
1568 Richard Henry Hambly .2187
1588 Alva W. Robbins. 1982
1610 James Walker Thompson 2000
1613 Louis Fleming 1973
1617 Warren Earl Argast. 812
1620 Side Beents Loeschen. 454
1650 Frank Eugene Schneider 1196
1655 John William Schafer. .2070
1656 Guy Virgil Kirbye. . .1335
Kent Eallace Dunham. 136
70 Linus LeClair Stambach 924
167 Frank Stockwell 2100
200 Andrew Perry Hubbard. 882
236 Edward Exon 1022
334 Charles E. Jacks 406
375 Arnold John Neiderer 736
389 Avis Alger Crank 1857
503 James Robert Dunbar. 1439
677 George C. Kraushaar
1050
797 Fred G. Schmuck.
776
854 Carroll B. Johnson.
.2118
977 Charles Floyd Comstock. 33
984 James Wood
1533
1054 Arthur James Tilton
.2211
1089 Leo A. Sellers 1225
1171 Joe W. Peeler.
1701
1221 Phillip Kyburz 462
1223 Roy N. Williams. 2142
1224 George Henry Bricker 1299
1247 Clarence O. Bagby 1773
1261
Henry Louis Hast. 65
1265 Floyd E. Sims. 1988
1288 Paul Bernhard Geissler 1598
1294 Orva Ross Huff. 62
1973 James Ancelet 1911
1977 Delmer Franklin Cuerden. 340
1981 William Edward Meyer 729
2003 Mark Fred Lung. 1371
2007 Charles Albert Runyon. 1958
2018 Theodore Clyde Hardy 520
2030 Benjamin H. Kettenring. 722
2038 Dow Witt .1816
2200 Orville J. Karnes 505
The following registrant was entrained for Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Florida, on Sept. 17, 1918 :
Order No. Name
Serial No.
1793 Joseph Floyd Seacord. ....
389
The following registrants were entrained on Sept. 18, 1918, for Loyal Order of Moose, Moose- hart, Illinois :
Order No. Name. Serial No.
52 Mark Earl Bollin. 13
135 Joseph F. Lewis. 85
The following registrant was entrained for Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia, on Sept. 18, 1918 :
Order No. Name. Serial No.
168 Harry Ketchum McAfee. 127
The following registrants were entrained for Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Illinois, on Oct. 15, 1918:
Order No. Name. Serial No.
19a William McKinley Mabry 229
20 Jennings Bryan Yetter. 70
30 Walter Clifton Momberg. 135 .
44 Robert Jewett Fulton.
82
49
George Herman Rigg
102
78 Atlee Frank Crabill. 39
The following registrant was entrained for Camp Polk, Raleigh, North Carolina, on Oct. 18, 1918 :
Order No. Name. Serial No.
a2277 Rudolph Jacob Tanner
1391
The following registrant was entrained on Oct. 24th, for U. S. Marine Corps, 154 E. Sev- enth St., St. Paul, Minnesota :
Order No. Name. Serial No.
a1185 Harry Edwin Cox.
887
The following registrant was entrained for Camp Normoyle, San Antonio, Texas, on Nov. 5, 1918 :
Order No. Name. Serial No. a436 Frederick Pennock Miller. ... .. 947
S. A. T. C., Carthage College, Carthage, Illi- nois :
Order Serial Date in-
No. Name
No. ducted
a2696 Clyde Howard Meriwether 59 10-11-'18
a2382 Roy Turner Wilson. 60 10-11-'18
a71
Lloyd Russel Skinner .... 61 10-11-'18
a2368
Lawrence Trevor Helfrich 285 10-11-'18
1003
HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY
Order
Serial Date in- Order
Serial Date in-
No.
Name No. ducted
No.
Name No. ducted
a1982 Roy Eugene Yetter 286
10-11-'18
a2984
Otis Cleone Jacob. .2710
10- 8-'18
a762
Kenneth Crawford Berry .. 453
10-11-'18
a156
Richard Gary Simpson ... 2705
10- 8-'18
a767 Aubrey Cruise Hamrick .. 455
a2438
Raymond Merrill Luedde. 572
10-11-'18
10-11-'18
a2742
George Christian Harsch. 1389 10-18-'18
a1708 Harold T. Garvey ... .1183 10-19-'18
a188 Harlow Newton Hosford.3101 10-24-'18
a640 James Henry Williams ... 284
10-30-'18
S. A. T. C., Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois :
Order
Serial Date in-
No. Name
No. ducted
a68
Edward Llewellyn Hill. .. 1858
10-11-'18
a180
Russell Wells Bickford ... 784 10-15-'18
a342
Harold Silas Huey. 2561 10-16-'18
a328 Orin DeLoss Cooper. 665 10-16-'18
a435 Howard Erastus Huey . 2099 10-17-'18
a1380
Paul Elsbury 482
10-29-'18
S. A. T. C., State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa :
Order
Serial Date in-
No. Name No. ducted
a2791 William C. Reimbold. .1384 10-12-'18
a248 William Dewey Bicker ... 1388 10-20-'18
S. A. T. C., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois :
Order
Serial Date in-
No. Name
No. ducted
a2717 Jonathan Dearborn Wein- berg 2942
a765
David Galbraith Smith ... 1296 10-11-'18
a1949
Charles Lawrence Rice .. . 1984 10-14-'18
a2627
Ernest Paul West .. .2936 10-14-'18
a2049
Adolph Benton Weinberg.3179 10-14-'18
a2737 Estle Marion McConnell. . 1245 10-14-'18
Howard Robert Baker .... 559
10-15-'18
a3146 a1794 a3075
Ralph Talbot Decker ..... 1061 10-15-'18
John Connor Worthen ... 1376
10-17-'18
a1532 Ward Cleveland Brill .... 2303
10-22-'18
10-22-'18 a2635 Mark Stark Coffman ..... 3185
a3020a Floyd Everett Jones. . . . . 3251 10-29-'18
a1974
Harvey VanAusdall Kerr.1221
10-30-'18
a1219
Karl Raymond Burg ..... 2288
10-14-'18
a2824 Richard Powell Baxter .. . 1383 10-22-'18
S. A. T. C., Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois :
10-31-'18
a516
William Lloyd Horney .. S07 10-31-'18
a813 Charles Otis Roberts. 805 10-31-'18
a2778
Theodore Clifton Frey ... 2649
10-31-'18
a3052 Donald Herbert Swise-
good
2951 10-31-'18
a989
Roscoe Eldon Lyon. 2192
11- 2-'18
Bradley Polytechnic Institute, S. A. T. C., Section A, Peoria, Illinois :
Order Serial Date in-
No. Name
No. ducted
a1890 Fay J. Burkhart. .1751 10- 1-'18
10-22-'18
a1262 Jesse Gilbert Shore .. 589
10-26-'18
a325
Vale Hycle Wright. 2743
10-26-'18
10-26-'18
a714
Edward Webster Wilcox.2721 10-26-'18
a69
Raymond Bernard Flynn.2981 10-31-'18
a3021
Wendell Ivison Walker ... 2984
10-31-'18
a1860
Stanley Lentard Shoe-
10-11-'18
a2059
Jerome Outhier Emmons. 3103 Harry Dayne Walton. 80
10-11-'18
a456
10-11-'18
a1751 Lloyd Vern Parker .1374
10-22-'18
a2063
Paul Schell Recher. .2720
10-11-'18
10-11-'18
a719
Chalmer Roswell Hecox .. 2726
10-11-'18
10-11-'18
a2450
Orville Edward Lyon ... .2732
10-11-'18
10-11-'18
10-11-'18
a2341
Carroll Lee Swanson. .1505
10-11-'18
a131
Donald Robert Gordon ... 1507
10-11-'18
a1598 James Poling Guthrie. ... 1512
10-11-'18
a1739
James Leonard Yeast .... 1560
10-11-'18
a1441
Wilbur Nelson Long, .1612
10-11-'18
a2070 Philip Louis Miller. 1789
10-11-'18
a2497 Samuel Porter Miller .2108
10-11-'18
a998
a3124
Glen Edward Robinson .. 1999 10-18-'18
a 3089
Nathan Burton Worrell .. 706
a2205
Rufus Albert Amen. S09
John Earl Davison. 960
a346
a3244
Floyd Homer Griffiths. .1395
10-11-'18
Karl John Reinhardt. 1876 10- 9-'18
a2838 Loyd Truman Taylor .2724
a2600 Clifford John Carlton .... 2729
a1135 Roy Earl Alexander. 577
a2194 Melvin Leon Andrews .. .. 1665
maker 1154 10-31-'18
a2282 Orland Floyd Estes .2718
10-11-'18
Inducted by Champaign County Local Board No. 2 into Naval Section, S. A. T. C., University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois :
a894 Wallace William Hummel.1357 10- 1-'18
HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY
1004
Order
No. Name
a1103 Waldo Emerson Simmons.1796 10- 1-'18
a954 William Ronald Bruce .. . 1643 10- 1-'18
a1176 Walter Wallace Simmons.1797 10- 2-'18
a1490 Ray Dewey Robison. .1394 10- 2-'18
a20 Lyman Hall Jenkins ... .. 832
10- 2-'18
a1388
Albert Joseph Lewis Dory.1241 10- 2-'18
S. A. T. C., Navy Mobilization Station, 619 S. State Street, Chicago, Illinois :
Order
No. Name
Serial Date in- No. ducted
a2616 Harold Powell Reimbold .. 1392 10- 9-'18
S. A. T. C., Park College, Parkville, Missouri. (Inducted at Platte City, Missouri :
Order
Serial Date in-
No. Name
No. ducted
a2993 Charles Alden Johnson. . . 3239 10- 1-'18
S. A. T. C., Northwestern University, Evan- ston, Illinois :
Order
Serial Date in-
No. Name No. ducted
a1193 Lucian Gregory Rheinber-
ger
287 10-15-'18
a1771 Junius August Beger. 1380
S. A. T. C., De Paul University, Chicago, Illi- nois :
Order
Serial Date in-
No.
Name
No. ducted
a2394 Harry Ludwig Dickey. 2835 10- 9-'18
S. A. T. C., Iowa State College, A. & M., Ames, Iowa. (Inducted by Local Board, Story County, Neveda, Iowa) :
Order
No. Name
Serial Date in- No. ducted
a 2307 Marion Luther Cravens .. 664 10- 9-'18
S. A. T. C., School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin :
Order
Serial Date in-
No. Name No. ducted
a1291 Irwin William Lee Stand-
ley ..... .... 779 10-10-'18
S. A. T. C., Lombard College, Galesburg, Illi- nois :
Order
Serial Date in-
No. ducted
a791 Paul Henry Walsh. .2758 10-10-'18
S. A. T. C., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana :
Order
Serial Date in-
No. Name No. ducted
a519 John Lewis Culkin. 449 10-11-'18
S. A. T. C., Hedding College, Abingdon, Illi- nois :
Order
Serial Date in-
No. Name No. ducted
a1670 Oscar Julius Yanson ..... 1093 10-11-'18
S. A. T. O., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin :
Order Serial Date in-
S. A. T. C., Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois :
No. Name No. ducted
a1809
James Dewey Melvin .... 1013 10-12-'18
Order Serial Date in-
No.
Name
No. ducted
a2673
Joseph M. Scott.
.2706
10- 1'18
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS
List of registrants of Hancock County Local Board, Carthage, who voluntarily enlisted in the army, navy and marine corps, and the names and addresses of their nearest relatives. (Some of these men enlisted by permission of the Local Draft Board, under the rules. Others enlisted, not knowing that permission was re- quired, but their patriotic service was accepted as a sufficient excuse.)
First registration : Phillips, Everett; no rel- ative given; R. R. 4, Carthage, Ill. Fisher, El- mer C .; no relative given; Nauvoo, Ill. Hufen- dick, Harry William ; P. H. Hufendick, father ; Mallard, Ill. Twaddle, Rellie Osa; no relative given ; Plymouth, Ill. Lemley, Harry; no rela- tive given ; R. R. 6, Carthage, Ill. Smith, Paul ; no relative given; R. R. 4, Carthage, Ill. Wheatley, Vivian Wm .; no relative given ; Colusa, Ill. Plantz, Truman, Jr .; Truman Plantz, Sr., father; Warsaw, Ill. Chandler, Gail Ellsworth; Mrs. Rachel A. Hopkins, grand- mother; Dallas City, Ill. Simmons, Joseph
Serial Date in- No. ducted No. Name
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Franklin; Curtis Simmons, father; Carthage, Ill. Krueger, Waldomar E .; Mrs. Minnie Krue- ger, mother ; Nauvoo, Ill. West, William Roy ; Mrs. W. O. West, mother; Augusta, Ill. Win- ters, Chester G .; John K. Winters, father ; Au- gusta, Ill. Wood, Russell B .; Calvin M. Wood, father ; Augusta, Ill. Akers, Fuller Roscoe; no relative given; Ferris, Ill. Beard, John Lane; no relative given; Augusta, Ill. Howard, Leander Ray ; Lottie E. Howard, mother ; Still- well, Ill. O'Harra, Roswell B .; A. W. O'Harra, father; Carthage, Ill. Harris, Max Lee; H. L. Harris, mother, La Harpe, Ill. Johnston, James E .; no relative given; Warsaw, Ill. Beachler, Cecil Clarence; no relative given; Stillwell, Ill. Worrell, Joseph L .; Amy A. Worrell, step- mother ; Bowen, Ill. Hopson, Carman Roy ; no relative given; Stillwell, Ill. Ketchum, John W .; Aaron Ketchum, father; Augusta, Ill. King, Burton E .; Milton B. King, father ; Ply- mouth, Ill. Scott, Allie Edward; no relative given ; La Harpe, Ill. Kerl, Waldo W .; Frank Kerl, father; Nauvoo, Ill. Glines, John A .; no relative given; Hamilton, Ill. Van Dyke, Roy ; no relative given; Carthage, Ill. Hatfield, Charlie Clyde ; Clara Hatfield, mother ; R. R. 1, Stillwell, Ill. Bardens, William Marsh; Mrs. H. S. Bardens, mother; Warsaw, Ill. Fleming, James Cleveland ; W. J. Fleming, father ; Basco, Ill. Conrad, Frantz, C .; Mrs. C. M. Conrad, mother; Burlington, Iowa. Behnke, Alfred Warren; no relative given; Hamilton, Ill. Wheatley, Claude D .; no relative given ; Colusa, Ill. Hohl, Lewis V .; Lewis E. Hohl, father ; Nauvoo, Ill. Windman, Ernest Paul; Mrs. Hat- tie Windman, mother ; Carthage, Ill. McConnell, John Wesley ; Madeline McConnell, wife; Ft. Green, Ill. Kinkade, George B .; no relative given ; Hamilton, Ill. Loudin, Forrest Allen ; James P. Loudin, father ; Poyen, Ark. Pence, John Wesley; Mrs. John W. Pence, wife; No. 3 Howard Apts., Oberlin, O. Burton, James B., no relative given; Hamilton, Ill. Dennis, Howard Paul; no relative given; Augusta, Ill. Heitman, Gleason H .; Olive Heitman, mother ; Nauvoo, Ill. Crette, Leland A .; no relative given ; Hamilton, Ill. Shriver, Millard Kent ; Gene Shriver, mother; La Harpe, Ill. Speer, Ezra Elliott ; no relative given; Dallas City, Ill. Raich, Fred Elbert ; no relative given; Warsaw, Ill. Bunnell, Carl Ollin; Elmer E. Bunnell, father ; R. 2, Carthage, Ill. Clark, George; Mrs. Virginia Clark, mother; Carthage, Ill. Brown, Walter Clarence; no relative given; La Harpe,
Ill. Culkin, William Purcell ; Ellen D. Culkin, wife; Carthage, Ill. Dickeson, Elmer Thomas ; Hattie Dickeson, mother; Denver, Ill. Hutson, Lester Lord; Charles B. Hutson, father ; Boi- court, Kans. Meyer, Henry Fred ; H. H. Meyer, father ; Steeleville, Ill. Gillett, Newton M .; George Earl Gillett, brother; 1707 S. Seminary St., Galesburg, Ill. Yeich, Vernon Brooke; no relative given ; Carthage, Ill. Tuck, Horace H .; N. H. Tuck, father ; Plymouth, Ill. Whittington, William Edward; E. E. Whittington, father ; Plymouth, Ill. Custer, Prosper Nanry; Mrs. Louise Jane Custer, mother ; Augusta, Ill. Cur- tis, Victor; M. C. Curtis, father ; La Harpe, Ill. Hamilton, Albert Daniel ; Mrs. Ida Hamilton, mother; La Harpe, Ill. Corbitt, Sidney C .; no relative given; La Harpe, Ill. Behnke, Arthur C .; Herman H. Behnke, father; Hamilton, Ill. Martin, Edward S .; Ada J. Martin, wife; Carthage, Ill. Lambert, Earl Logan; George M. Lambert, father; Dakota, Ill. Robbins, John C .; Victoria A. Robbins, mother ; Augusta, Ill. Head, F. Ward; no relative given; La Harpe, Ill. Sanderson, William H .; no relative given ; Stillwell, Ill. Bertschi, Phil Albert; no relative given ; Niota, Ill. Hartzell, Franklin Mac- Veagh; Wm. H. Hartzell, father; Carthage, Ill. Alexander, Roy Harmon; Mary Alexander, mother ; La Harpe, Ill. Mills, Ray ; no relative given ; La Harpe, Ill. Louis, Karl Thomas ; Mrs. C. R. James, sister ; Bowen, Ill. Smith, Roscoe Peyton; Mrs. D. C. Smith, mother ; Floyd, Virginia. Clark, Roger G .; Levi Clark, father ; Augusta, Ill. Dunham, Clarence Leroy ; Nettie M. Dunham, mother; La Harpe, Ill. McCarty, James Daniel; James McCarty, father; Carthage, Ill. Wayland, Thomas Al- fred; Myrtle Wayland, wife; Macomb, Ill. Botts, Paul Orville; J. W. Botts, father ; Ply- mouth, Ill. Monroe, Raymond Francis ; no rel- ative given; Niota, Ill. Seay, Harold Fred; no relative given; La Harpe, Ill. Lawless, Carl Emerson ; C. M. McMillan, uncle; Carthage, Ill. Johansen, Virgil Martin; J. Johansen, father ; Carthage, Ill. Tanner, Louis Johannes ; George Tanner, father; Nauvoo, Ill. Hamrick, Earnest Alva ; Alva Hamrick, father; Hamilton, Ill. Beacom, Dean Nolon; D. F. Beacom, father; La Harpe, Ill. Working, Walter C .; Fern Work- ing, wife; Augusta, Ill.
Second registration : Dory, Victor Paul ; Mrs. Harriet M. Dory, mother ; Warsaw, Ill. Mosley, John Avery ; Marion R. Mosley, father ; Carthage, Ill. Hammond, Leonard Ayers; Mrs. Rose
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HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY
Hammond, mother ; Warsaw, Ill. Houston, Wil- liam C .; Dr. W. W. Houston, father; Good Hope, Ill. (See last chapter. )
CHAPTER XVI
AMERICAN RED CROSS AND AMERICAN LEGION
HANCOCK COUNTY CHAPTER-ORGANIZING THE COUNTY-COUNTY CHAPTER-ADRIAN BRANCH -APPANOOSE BRANCH-AUGUSTA BRANCH- BASCO BRANCH-BURNSIDE BRANCH-DALLAS BRANCH-DENVER BRANCH-ELVASTON BRANCH -EAST CARTHAGE BRANCH-FERRIS BRANCH- FOUNTAIN BRANCH-HAMILTON BRANCH-
HANCOCK TOWNSHIP BRANCH-LA HARPE
BRANCH-NAUVOO BRANCH-PLYMOUTH
BRANCH-POWELLTON BRANCH-ROCKY RUN BRANCH-STILLWELL BRANCH-SUTTER BRANCH-TIOGA BRANCH-WARSAW BRANCH- WEST POINT BRANCH-WYTHE BRANCH-DUR- HAM AUXILIARY-HELPING HAND AUXILIARY- INDEPENDENCE AUXILIARY-MT. ZION AUXIL- IARY-SHILO AUXILIARY-SONORA AUXILIARY- ST. MARY'S AUXILIARY-JUNIOR RED' CROSS- PRE-WAR ACTIVITIES-AMERICAN LEGION- POSTS IN COUNTY.
HANCOCK COUNTY CHAPTER
The history of the Red Cross work in this county which follows has been taken from a his- tory prepared. by Dr. Katharine Cherrill un- der appointment of her for that purpose by the Hon. O. F. Barry, chairman of the Hancock County Chapter of the Red Cross. Doctor Cher- rill received much assistance from Senator Berry and Mrs. Laurie M. Bruce, the secretary, in her preparation of the history.
The Hancock County Chapter of the American Red Cross was organized under proper authority as The Carthage Chapter on April 21, 1917, at the Hancock County National Bank of Carthage. The movement was inaugurated by Mrs. Ade- laide Glenn Ferris and Mrs. Vera O'Harra. The petition was signed by Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Ferris, Mrs. Vera O'Harra, Miss Abigail David- son, Miss Julia Noyes, Miss Evaline Crawford, Miss Marguerite Geiger, Hon. A. W. O'Harra, Sen. O. F. Berry, Judge David E. Mack, Dr. G. K. Fleming and Dr. Katharine Cherrill. These petitioners were the committee on organiza- tion. Sen. O. F. Berry was elected chairman, Mr. J. J. Welch, vice-chairman, Mrs. Pearl Mack Swigert, secretary, and Mr. Junius C. Ferris, treasurer. The following is a list of the board of directors afterwards elected : Miss Mary David- son, Mrs. Clyde P. Johnson, Mrs. J. C. Ferris, Mrs. Henry Rams, Miss Letta Simmons, Hon. A. W. O'Harra, Judge David E. Mack, Rev. J. W. Ferris, Dr. E. M. Robbins, Mr. James Mc- Carty, Prof. S. D. Faris, Judge Charles J. Sco- field, Mr. A. C. Williams, Mr. L. W. Berry and Mr. Thomas Rand.
An executive board was chosen, consisting of five persons, Miss Mary Davidson, Prof. S. D. Faris, Hon. A. W. O'Harra, Mr. James McCarty and Dr. E. M. Robbins.
ORGANIZING THE COUNTY
Prior to the organization of the county chap- ter on April 21, 1917, there were seven members of the Red Cross in Hancock County as follows : Miss Blanche Hoyt, La Harpe; Mrs. J. C. Fer- ris, Carthage; Dr. George Long, Warsaw; Father Louis Landreth, Carthage; Rev. W. F. Hertel, Nauvoo; and Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Huston, Fountain Green.
The jurisdiction of this county was vested in Carthage, the county seat. The chairman, Sen. O. F. Berry, had charge of the organization of the county, and gave his time earnestly to this work, and assisted personally in the organiza- tion of most of the branches and auxiliaries. Many of our people were uninformed as to the work which the Red Cross was expected to do, and, for this reason, were slow to take hold of the work. The idea prevailed in some locali- ties that membership in the Red Cross was equivalent to some sort of connection with the army. This mistaken idea had to be overcome before such persons could be induced to take membership. In June, 1917, an active campaign of the county was made under John F. Scott as chairman, which resulted in a total mem- bership of 4,098. Another campaign was con- ducted during Christmas week of 1917, under Clifton J. O'Harra as chairman, whereby the membership was increased to 5,818. In Jan-
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HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY
ary, 1919, a third campaign was conducted un- er George R. Hearne as chairman. When the istory above mentioned was published the membership in the county was 6,395.
There were many committees, each of them aving some special work in charge, and there vere other classes and kinds of work, under irection of the Red Cross, such as First Aid Classes, Class in Surgical Dressings, Sewing, Knitting and Surgical Dressings Departments, Publicity Committee, Comfort Kit Committee, nd Home Service and Civilian Relief Commit- ees.
During the epidemic of influenza which af- ected many parts of the county, and the S. A. ". C. boys at Carthage College, valuable as- istance was rendered by the Red Cross and ts auxiliaries.
The splendid influence of the Red Cross was ot limited to the furnishing of supplies to those ho were in the service, but it was also mani- ested in the stimulation of patriotic feeling nd endeavor throughout the country. As the eople came to understand the great work which as being accomplished through this instru- mentality, they were ready to enlist in this ervice, and, as 'a general rule, they responded enerously to all requests of the Red Cross or service or contributions.
COUNTY CHAPTER
Organized April 21, 1917.
Chairman, Sen. O. F. Berry, April, 1917-April, 919
Vice chairman, Mrs. J. J. Welch, April, 1917- pril, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. Pearl Mack Swigert, April, 917-November, 1917; Mrs. Frances Payne, No- ember, 1917-March, 1918; Mrs. Blanche Cher- Il, March, 1918-October, 1918; Mrs. Laurie ruce, October, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mr. J. C. Feurs, April, 1917-April, 919.
The branches and auxiliaries were as follows :
ADRIAN BRANCH
Organized July 7, 1917.
Chairman, A. C. Booz, July, 1917-April, 1919. Vice chairman, Mrs. A. M. Shaw, July, 1917- pril, 1919.
Secretary, H. I. Marks, July, 1917-April, 1919. Treasurer, Mrs. G. F. Wilson, July, 1917-
August, 1918; Mrs. Chas. Anguish, August, 1918- April, 1919.
APPANOOSE BRANCH
Organized June 18, 1917.
Chairman, Mrs. Mary Webb, June, 1917-Sep- tember, 1918; Mrs. George Haigh, September, 1918-April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. Hattie Heberer, June, 1917- February, 1919; Mrs. Rose Davis, February, 1919-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. Sadie Lewis, June, 1917-Feb- ruary, 1918; Mrs. Kittie Boeddecker, February, 1918-April, 1919.
Chairman of second workroom, Mrs. Helen Briley, January, 1918-September, 1918; Mrs. Clara Pallmiller, September, 1918-April, 1919.
AUGUSTA BRANCH
Organized June 20, 1917.
Chairman, W. M. Clarke, June, 1917-Decem- ber, 1918; F. W. Leonard, December, 1918-April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Mrs. O. L. Pitney, June, 1917- April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. S. E. McAfee, June, 1917- April, 1919.
Treasurer, Otis E. Lemmon, June, 1917-De- cember, 1918; Mrs. Albert Estes, December, 1918-April, 1919.
BASCO BRANCH
Organized June 30, 1917.
Chairman, J. B. Elder, June, 1917-October, 1918; C. L. Steffey, October, 1918-April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Mrs. Vivian Stowe, June, 1917- October, 1918; George Cacheaux, October, 1918- April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. W. H. Damron, June, 1917- April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. Albert Naegelin, June, 1917- April, 1919.
BOWEN BRANCH
Organized June 15, 1917.
Chairman, Mrs. J. A. Robinson, June, 1917- April, 1919.
Vice chairman, W. S. Dennis, June, 1917- April, 1919.
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Secretary, Miss Tina McNeall, June, 1917- April, 1919.
Treasurer, W. J. Carlin, June, 1917-April, 1919.
BURNSIDE BRANCH
Chairman, Rev. A. Harmon, June, 1917-De- cember, 1917; Rev. J. P. Peterson, December, 1917-June, 1918 ; Mrs. George Layton, June, 1918- April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Rev. A. T. James, June, 1917- December, 1917; Mr. R. H. Wilson, December, 1917-April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. Ella Thompson, June, 1917- December, 1918; Mrs. E. P. Hull, December, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. Ida Loomis, June, 1917-June, 1918; Mrs. E. P. Hull, June, 1918-April, 1919.
DALLAS BRANCH
Organized June 13, 1917.
Chairman, C. J. Doty, June, 1917-April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Mrs. O. C. Kirkpatrick, June, 1917-April, 1918; Mrs. Vallie Siens, April, 1918- April, 1919.
Secretary, Miss Ruth Maynard, June, 1917- April, 1918; Mrs. S. G. Rowe, April, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mr. L. M. Loomis, June, 1917-April, 1919.
DENVER BRANCH
Organized October 7, 1917.
Chairman, Carl Bunnell, October, 1917-Octo- ber, 1918; Mrs. Eva Walton, October, 1918-April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Mrs. Walter Klippert, October, 1917-October, 1918; Mrs. Minnie Garner, Octo- ber, 1918-April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. Louise Vance, October, 1917- October, 1918; Mrs. Grace Milsted, October, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mr. Walter Klippert, October, 1917- October, 1918; Miss Mattie Ramsey, October, 1918-April, 1919.
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ELVASTON BRANCH
Organized June 16, 1917.
Chairman, Mrs. Mabel Moore, June, 1917-Sep- tember, 1917; Miss Dora Cameron, September,
1917-August, 1918 ; Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, August, 1918-January, 1919.
Vice chairman, Miss Dora Cameron, June, 1917-September, 1917.
Secretary, Mrs. Arvilla Poland, June, 1917- June, 1918; Miss Ferne Phipps, June, 1918-No- vember, 1918; Mrs. Arvilla Poland, November, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. Della Bauglıman, June, 1917- October, 1917; Miss Anna Poland, November, 1917-April, 1919.
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EAST CARTHAGE BRANCH
Organized April 9, 1918.
Chairman, Miss Eleanor Kimmel, April, 1918- April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. Maggie Hardy, April 1918- April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. Tom Murphy, April, 1918- April, 1919.
FERRIS BRANCH
Organized June 16, 1917.
Chairman, Mrs. J. M. Thornber, June, 1917- September, 1918 ; Mrs. Ada Casburn, September, 1918-April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Miss May Abbott, June, 1917- September, 1918; Mrs. Malinda Abbott, Septem- ber, 1918-April, 1919.
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