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Before the organization of the Nashville Chapter's Motor Corps Department. Mrs. Bernard Fensterwald personally conveyed the materials to and from the city aux- iliaries of the Extension Committee in her private car. Other women who served faithfully in this same capacity for the county auxiliaries were:
Mr4. H. H. Carson, Mrs. K. T. MeConnico. Mrs. Garland Moore, Mrs. Percy D. Maddin, Mrs. A. J. Dyer. Mrs. John Woodward. Mrs, Robert S. Check. Mrs. Edward Buford. Mrs. Robert Turner. Jr., and Miss Alice G. Smith.
Chairmen and city auxiliaries of the Extension Department. Nashville Chapter. A. R. C. whose work and memberships were both one hundred per cent. were a- follows:
Miru-a Club. Miss Juha Hindman: Dixie Auxiliary. Wi -- Frances Harris and Miss Emma Mar Crockett: Christ Church, Mrs. Joseph Gibson: Affiliated Chapters. [. D. (. Mrs. Thomas Newbill: Belvidere Auxiliary. Mrs. Thomas De Moss; King's Daughters. Mrs. Gibson Patterson: Etta Epsilon Gamma, Mrs. Edward Potter. Jr .: Elliston Place. Mrs. Norman Farrell; Eastland Auxilary. Mr -. R. B. Mitchum: First Baptist Church, Mrs. James H. Campbell: Girls Auxiliary. Miss Mary Ratterman: Glen Leven, Mrs. David T. MeGill: Council of Jewish Women. Mrs. Henry Teitlebaum and Mrs. A. Loveman: Centennial Club. Mrs. R. H. Lacey: Kit Knitter>, Mrs. Albert King: La Rue Club. Mrs. George W. Adams; Noelton Club. Mrs. Ittie Kinney Reno: Order Eastern Star Auxiliary, Mrs. Felix Ewing: Peabody Dames, Mrs. C. H. Lander and Mr. F. B. Wressler: Colonial Dames, Mrs. Robert F. Jackson: Calvin Avenue Patriotic Knit- ters. Mrs. J. Washington Moore: Pioneer Unit, Mrs. R. W. Dudley and Mrs. Lewis Butler: First Presbyterian Church, Mrs. James I. Vance; Sixteenth Ward, Mrs. Charles Holmes; South Nash- ville Init. Mrs J. H. Campbell: Trevac Circle, Miss Corinne Cavert and Miss Ida Cavert: Unity Red Cross, Fisk University. Mrs. S. W. Crosswaite: Nashville Public School Teachers. Viss Della Dortch: Vanderbilt Aid Society. Mrs. G. M. Neely: West Nashville, Mrs. Goodlove ( ockrill: Allison's School. Miss Josephine Farrell and Miss Annie Allison: East Nashville. Mrs B. D. Bell and Mrs, Vernon Sharp: Ward-Belmont. Mr. J. D. Blanton: Council of Catholic Women. Mrs. John Conde: William B. Bate Chapter. I. D.C .. Mrs. W. T. Davis: Belmont Ans Harv. Mrs. Fred Kelses: Moore Memorial, Mrs. Charles Kinhead and Mrs. Brown Buford: Max Gerald, Peabody Dames, Mrs. C. J. W. Dressler: Quilt Circle. Life and Casualty Company: Parent-Teacher Association. Mrs. Eugene Crutcher and Mrs. Alice Cloyd: Vanderbilt Auxiliary. Wrs. W. Il. Schuerman: Y. W. C. A. Knitters. Mrs. Charles Dudley Jones: Belmont Terrace. Mr -. Robert Bran-ford and Mrs. Fred Kelsey: First Lutheran Church. Mrs. Fred Battenslag: W Kendree Church. Mrs. CJay G. Stephens and Miss Alma Oliver: Northeast Nashville. Mrs. Florence Robertson: Ordway Place. Mrs. E. T. Hollins: Peabody Auxiliars. Miss Maisie Caroher; sunset Park ( Inb. Mr -. William E. Beard: Woodland Street Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Sam M. Kiss and Mrs. Green Benton: Vine Street Christian Church, Mrs. M. E. Derrsberry: Equal Suffrage League. Mas Della Dortch and Miss Matilda Porter: Young Woman's Christian Isso- Cation, Mr- George F. Blackie.
The Nashville and Davidson County districts' women, who are recorded in the Extension Department of the Nashville Red Cross Chapter. blazed the trail for every World War campaign and drive that was launched in Davidson County. They worked earnestly and efficiently for every patriotic organization and had a vital put in the success of the World War achieved by Tennessee women.
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A RECORD OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF CITY AUXILIARIES OF THE EXTENSION DEPARTMENT, NASHVILLE CHAPTER, A. R. C.
AFFILIATED CHAPTERS OF THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
The Affiliated Chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy Auxiliary was organized in June, 1917. with Mrs. Thomas Newbill as chairman. This auxiliary sewed on hospital garments at headquarters one day each week during the entire war period.
Charter members of this organization were:
Miss Meta Orr, Mrs. Thomas Appleton, Mrs. Mark Harrison, Mrs. Harvey Hogg, Mrs. L. A. Me Murray, Mrs. James McHatton, Mrs. Ross Handly, Miss Virginia Claybrook, Mrs. L. F. Beaty, Mrs. W. J. Warner, Miss Elizabeth Campbell. Mrs. Lyman Gunn, Mrs. Harvey Lee. Mrs. John McCreery, Mrs. Robert Abernathy, Mrs. Charles Hurd, Miss Daisy Gunn. and Miss Eliza Clay- brook.
ALTRUSA CLUB AUXILIARY
The Altrusa Auxiliary was organized on September 8, 1917, with Miss Julia Hindman as chairman. This unit organized to knit as well as to make surgical dressings at night at the Tulane workrooms.
Charter members of this auxiliary were:
Miss Julia Hindman, Miss Lucile Fort, Miss Rosa M. Rust, Miss Katherine Morris, Miss Lillian Joy, Miss May Selley. Miss Grace Dawson. Miss Pearl Bledsoe, Miss Frances Estes, Miss Adelaide Lawrence, Miss Nina Wooten, Miss Bertha Childs, and Mrs. W. A. King.
WILLIAM B. BATE AUXILIARY, U. D. C.
The William B. Bate Auxiliary was organized on January 8, 1918. with Mrs. W. T. Davis as Chairman and Mrs. Ross Handly as Instructor. Meetings were held at the home of Mrs. Davis for the purpose of making surgical dressings.
Those composing the charter membership were:
Mrs. David Rice, Mrs. M. M. Ginn. Mrs. Frank Wheeler. Mrs. E. T. IIall. Mrs. M. L. Tucker, Mrs. Floyd Whillow, Mrs. Charles N. Price. Mrs. E. T. Lester, Mrs. W. J. Morrison, Mrs. R. D. Herbert. Mrs. William Lunsford, and Miss Reba Lee Yeatman.
BELMONT TERRACE AUXILIARY
The Belmont Terrace Auxiliary was organized in November, 1917, at the home of Mrs. Robert Bransford. Mrs. Bransford was elected Chairman, and Mrs. Ross Handly and Mrs. Fred Kelsey, Instructors. This unit made surgical dressings.
Charter members were:
Mrs. R. F. Sloan. Mrs. R. H. Bransford, Mrs. P. P. Paxton, Mrs. George Nuckols. Mrs. A. B. Benedict. Mrs. J. B. Cowden, Mrs. G. A. Puryear. Mrs. M. M. Wheeler, Mrs. J. W. Carter. Mrs. Fitzgerald Parker. Mrs. Oscar Waldkirk, Mrs. T. A. Leonard, and Mrs. P. S. Liggett.
BELMONT AUXILIARY
The Belmont Auxiliary was organized at the Belmont Methodist Church on June 23, 1917, with Mrs. Fred W. Kelsey as Chairman and Instructor. Knitting and
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making surgical dressing- was the work of this unit, whose charter membership us Inded:
Mr- F. F. Bausel. Mrs. Battle Clark. Mrs. Pollard Caldwell. Mrs. Tanner Hendrick, Mrs. Flea Martin Mrs. Harry Hedrick. Mrs. George Rever. Mrs. James Cooper, Miss Mary Crit- teodor, Miss Fhzabeth Redford, Miss Ella Rivers Finch. Miss Louise Blakemore. Mrs. F. 11. Ilyegros. Mr- Thomas Spain. Mrs. W. M. Carr. Mrs. W. E. Hogan, and Miss Mary Byrnes,
BELVIDERE AUXILIARY
The Belvidere Auxiliary was organized on January 7. 1918. with Mrs. Thomas De Muss as Chairman and Miss Sallie Cornelius as Instructor. The work of the auxiliary was making surgical dressings, and the charter members who were resi- dents of the Belvidere Apartments were:
Mrs. J. E. Binns, Mrs. E. B. Bradley, Mrs. T. D. Randell, Mrs. Harry Frahm. Mrs. Walton tunningham, Mrs. A. F. Potter, Jr .. Mrs. Dick Ferris, Mrs. A. H. Copeland, Mrs. Thoma- DeMoss, and Dr. Emma Godwin.
THE BESSIE SCHUYLER AUXILIARY (EASTERN STAR)
The Bessie Schuyler Auxiliary (Eastern Start was organized in July, 1917. by Mrs. Frank W. Ring, at the home of Mrs. Charles Schuyler, where all meetings were held until the opening of the central workroom in August. 1917. This unit re- ceived its inspiration and instructions from the Colonial Dames, at Wallace School. The first work turned in for the Red Cross was completed by this unit in the name of the Order of Eastern Star. and consisted of six hundred surgical dressings. hospital shirts and numerous knitted articles. The women who did this pioneer work afterwards developed into a very large auxiliary formed from representatives of live chapters of the Eastern Star. having workrooms at Belmont College and Clemmons School. They were:
Mrs. Charles Schuyler. Captain, and Mrs. Roland S. Clark. Secretary and Treasurer: Mrs. W. Il. Hampton. Mrs. S. B. Wilson. Mrs. H. M. Jared. Mrs. J. T. Holladay. Mrs. Pat Quigley. Mrs. Hallum Goodloe, Mrs. George Bradley, Mrs. E. R. Burr. Mrs. C. W. Hoffer, Mrs. M. E. Newell, Mrs. F. B. Dressler, Miss Eliza Frith, Miss Arline Newell. Miss Lillian Huelle- brand. Miss Mand Ahern. Mr- Leland Home, Mrs. George Crawford, Mrs. A. G. Bailey. Mrs. 1 .. J. Lowrir. Mrs. F. K. Henderson. Mrs. John Bevington. and Mrs. Alton Johns.
CHRIST CHURCH AUXILIARY
The Christ Church Auxiliary was organized on September 22. 1917. with Mrs. Joseph Gibson as Chairman, and Miss Irene Nussbaum as Secretary. This unit had two groups, one of which sewed on hospital garments at headquarters, and the other composed of business women who worked at the church at night making surgical dressings. Whis. Charles Starr was chairman of the second group and Miss Matilda Porter. instructor. Charter members included :
Mra, Joseph Gibson, Mrs. Thomas Malone. Mrs. Dudley Gale, and members of various so- cieties of Christ Church.
COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN'S AUXILIARY
The Catholic Women's Auxiliary was organized October 17. 1917. with Mrs. John Goode as Chairman. This unit sewed on hospital garments at headquarters, and charter members were:
Mr- John Coode. Mr . John Stumb. Mrs. E. E. Cleary, Mrs. James Regan. Mrs. Horace Cauvin. Mr- P. A. Murray, Mrs. John Bevington, Miss Cornelia Coode. Miss Elizabeth Breen.
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Miss Sadie Cauvin, Miss Henrietta Wessell, Miss Barbara Kuhn, Mrs. Dora B. Grimes, and Miss Maud Ahern.
NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS' AUXILIARY
The Nashville Public School Teachers' Auxiliary was organized during the first Red Cross campaign, with Miss Della Dortch as Chairman and Miss Hettie Duff as Secretary.
Three thousand and four hundred dollars was given by the teachers to purchase an ambulance for use in France. Six plates engraved "From the Public School Teachers of Nashville" were sent to Washington to be placed on the doors of the ambulance. Although no official word was ever heard from these ambulances, a letter from a wounded soldier was received by the chairman, saying he had been conveyed to a hospital in an ambulance with one of these plates on the door.
The teachers who were charter members of this unit were:
Miss Della Dortch, Miss Elizabeth Binford, Miss Julia Green, Miss Lillian Taylor, Miss Eugene Gilliland, Miss Hattie Cotton, Miss Rose Goodwin, Miss Grace Rose, Miss Zue Goodloe, Miss Margaret Rose. Miss Elizabeth Hollins, Miss Prudence Polk. Miss Louise Ilall. Miss Jennie B. Waggoner, Miss Martha L. White. Miss Nellie Roach, Miss Mary Lou Goodwin, Miss Lucy Buttorff, Miss Hettie Duff, Miss Annie Allison. Mrs. John Weber. Mrs. Lou Rascoe, Mrs. Cor- nelius Hall, Mrs. Corinne Eastman, Mrs. M. C. Armstrong, Mrs. P. M. Tamble. and Mrs. Ross IIandly.
CENTENNIAL CLUB AUXILIARY
The Centennial Club Auxiliary was organized during the campaign in June, 1917, with Mrs. R. II. Lacey as Chairman. This club raised $2.203 for the cam- paign. Two groups of club women sewed on hospital garments at headquarters; one group served under Mrs. M. C. McGannon as Captain, and the other, tinder Mrs. Walter Stokes as Captain. The charter members of this unit were:
Mrs. R. Il. Lacey, Mrs. Clay G. Stephens, Mrs. John W. Moore, Mrs. Foster Ilume, Mrs. WV. L. Nichol, Mrs. Percy Williams, Miss Mary Penn Thompson, Mrs. C. A. Marshall, Mrs. John De Witt, Mrs. Sam Douglas, Mrs. S. S. Crockett, Mrs. Albert Britt, Mrs. Claud C. Christopher, Miss Mary Webb, Miss Marian Walsh, Miss Julia Harris, Miss Alma Oliver, Mrs. Joseph West, Mrs. 1. W. Miller, and Mrs. McPheeters Glasgow.
COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN'S AUXILIARY
The Council of Jewish Women's Auxiliary was organized during the first Red Cross campaign. in June, 1917, with Mrs. Henry Teitlebaum as Chairman. This auxiliary raised $3.000 for the campaign. Charter members were:
Mrs. L. Breyer, Mrs. Alex Cohn. Mrs. Hyman Cohn, Mrs. Abe Epstein, Mrs. Morris Ellis, Mrs. James M. Frank, Mrs. L. Franklin, Mrs. Saul Gordon, Mrs. A. Goldberg, Sr., Mrs. Ben Herman, Mrs. Joseph La Pat, Mrs. Lee Loventhal, Mrs. Martin Loventhal, Mrs. Sol Lowenstein, Mrs. Joe Morse, Mrs. Julius Martin, Mrs. Hanna Marks, Mrs. Dave Rosenfeld, Mrs. S. Roth, Mrs. Hannah Sulzbacher Mrs. Mitchell Sobel, Mrs. Henry Weinbaum, Mrs. N. D. Weise, Mrs. Harry Weintrub. Miss Corrinne Goldberg, Miss Elsie Hirsh, Miss Marie Loventhal, Mrs. Maurice Rich, Mrs. John P. Frank. Mrs. Jake Fishel. Mrs. Harry Friedman, Mrs. Joe Gilbert, Mrs. M. Greif, Mrs. Adolph Jonas. Mrs. B. Lubin, Mrs. Charles Loventhal, Mrs. L. Lowenstein, Mrs. Julius Lowenstein, Mrs. 1. B. Morse. Mrs. Leo B. Martin, Mrs. Eli Redelsheimer. Mrs. Herman Rich, Mrs. M. Steiner, Mrs. Leo Schwartz. Mrs. Victor Sobel, Mrs. Julius Weil, Mrs. A. S. Weinbaum. Miss Stella Abrams, Miss Bella Goodman. Miss Maude Lindauer, Miss Lena Marks. and Miss Stella Rich.
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CALVIN AVENUE SUAILIARY OF KNITTERS
Horns Row. gott to right: Mrs. Daniel Webster Philips, Mrs. John Payne Gross, Mis. Willams Gray Hartis, Mrs. J. Washington Moore (Mamve Armistead, Chairman of the I nit, WI- Adridge Miller Hitt. Mrs. George Thowas Huteinson.
Top iow: Mrs. Charles Frederick Rhea, Mrs. William Clinton Jacobs. Mrs. Elmer Young itzhuch. Mrs. W Tham Blant Armstead. Mrs. James Henry Bandy. and Mrs. Charles W. Bailey
CALVIN AVENUE PATRIOTIC KMITTERS AUXILLARY
The Calvin Avenue Patriotic Knitters' Auxiliary was organized November 11. 1917. with Mrs. J. Washington Moore as Chairman. and Misses Vernon Kirkpatrick, Sara Shannon and Mrs. Sam Douglas serving as instructors. Muslin dressings were also made by this auxiliary. The total amount of work accomplished consisted of thirty-eight sweaters. forty pairs of socks. five hundred sterilization bags, two thou- sand five hundred curtailed bandages. fifteen hundred triangular bandages. eight hundred many-tailed bandages and four hundred and fifty plaitings. Eight sheets. five dozen handkerchiefs. four dozen towels and eighteen napkins were donated to the Red Cross linen shower by this auxiliary, which also made fifty night shirts for Belgian children and furnished material and knitted one quih for convalescent soldiers. This auxiliary canvassed the Twenty-third Ward for refugee clothes for the drive for Belgian relief. Charter members of this auxiliary were:
Mrs. James Washington Moore, Chairman: Mrs. Aldridge Miller Hitt, Secretary: Mrs. Louise Eugene We Elroy, Mrs. Watham Clinton Jacobs, Mrs. Wade Hampton Elam, Mrs. Charles Frederich Rhea. Mrs. Harrold Harding Ward, Mrs. Emmett Shepard, Mrs. Samuel Maxwell. Mrs. Wilham Blair Ainstead. Mrs. George Thomas Hutchinson, Mrs. Samuel Solomon Hartsfield. Mrs. John Payne Gfoss, Mrs. Ewing Pollard. Miss Lais Weathers, Miss Katheryn Rhea, Mrs. William Gray Mars, Mrs. Rosa Hammon MeElroy. Mrs. James Henry Bandy. Mrs. Samuel Barr. Mrs. Elmer Young Fitzhugh, Mrs. William Yarbrough, Mrs. Frank Allen, Mrs. Nannie Forest, Mrs. Daniel Werter Phillips, Mrs. Charles Winston Bailey, Mrs. Kate Weathers, Mrs. Samuel E. Hartsfield, Mrs. Charles Wilson. Mrs. Gabie Cox, and Miss Lucile Hartsfield.
COLONIAL DAMES AUXILIARY
The Colonial Dames Auxiliary was organized on February 23. 1917. before the organization of the Nashville Chapter. with Mrs. Robert F. Jackson as Chairman. Mrs. W. A. Bryan as Instructor. and Mrs. C. B. Wallace as Secretary. This auxil- iary raised $2.750 for the Red Cross campaign. Their meetings were first held at Wallace School. and later transferred to the Chamber of Commerce Red Cross Headquarters, where some of the members sewed on hospital garments, while others worked in the Surgical Dressings Department.
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The personnel of charter members of the Colonial Dames Auxiliary included:
Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Mrs. Samuel Orr, Mrs. McPheeters Glasgow, Mrs. C. B. Wallace. Miss Kittie Berry, Mrs. J. H. Kirkland, Mrs. James Pilcher, Mrs. Claude Waller. Mrs. G. M. Neely, Mrs. E. W. Foster. Mrs. W. A. Bryan, Mrs. Joseph Warner, Mrs. Frank W. Ring, Mrs. Fred Kelsey, Mrs. Bruce Payne, Mrs. R. H. Lacey, Mrs. Edwin Warner, and Mrs. Bruce Douglas.
DIME AUXILIARY
The Dixie Auxiliary was organized June 25. 1917, with Miss Emma Mai Crockett and Miss Frances Harris as Chairmen. This auxiliary was composed of young girls who met at the homes of the members and knitted sweaters, helmets and other woolen articles. A lawn party was given by them at the home of Mrs. Paul Roberts for the benefit of the Red Cross. from which a splendid sum was realized.
The roster of charter members includes:
Miss Emma Mai Crockett. Miss Frances Dickerson, Miss Martha Baird. Wiss Margaret Sim- mons. Miss Louise Bell. Miss Kathryn Craig. Miss Frances Herbert, Miss Mary Moore. Miss Julia Blair, Miss Dorothy Lindsey. Miss Ann Bransford, Miss Mildred Bond, Miss Frances Hall. Viss Katherine Clark. Miss Cornelia Martin, Miss Catherine Ilall, Miss Dorothea Tucker. Miss Ilarriet Woolwine, Miss Katherine Corlette. Miss Loiette Hampton. Miss Frances Harris, Miss Frances Hampton, Miss Edith Roberts. Miss Elizabeth Fite. Miss Travania Dudley. Miss Kather- ine Hendricks, Miss Ilelen Hlooper. Miss Mildred Woodwine, Miss Margaret Duval, and Miss Frances Stallman.
DAVIDSON COUNTY KING'S DAUGHTERS' AUXILIARY
The Davidson County King's Daughters' Auxiliary was organized June 20, 1917. during the first Red Cross campaign, and raised $250.00 for the fund. Mrs. W. E. Norvell was Chairman and Mrs. Gibson Patterson, Captain, of the auxiliary. The meetings were held at headquarters of the Nashville Chapter. where the members sewed on hospital garments. The charter members were:
Mrs. W. E. Norvell, Mrs. II. B. Chadwell, Mrs. Gibson Patterson. Mrs. R. D. Ezzell. Mrs E. C. Skinner, Mrs. Charles Fisher, Mrs. John Aust, Miss Jennie Skinner, Mrs. John A. Jone -. Mrs. G. W. Norton, Mrs. Annie Gayle Dearborne. Mrs. J. Y. Crawford, Mrs. E. R. Doolittle. Mrs. A. B. Hill, Mrs. Drake Hyde. and Miss Janie Outlaw.
ETA UPSILON GAMMA AUXILIARY
The Eta Upsilon Gamma Auxiliary was organized September 24. 1917, at the home of Miss Sue Holmes. Mrs. A. E. Potter, Jr., was Chairman, and in addition to knitting this auxiliary worked in the Surgical Dressings Department at Red Cross headquarters. Charter members were:
Mrs. A. E. Potter, Jr., Mrs. Howard Eskridge, Mrs. William Carroll. Mrs. W. JJ. Morrison. Miss Willie Ruth Ravidson, Miss Sue Holmes, Miss Mary White Guill, Miss Margaret Coore Miss Frances Davies. Miss Elizabeth Ilart. Miss Susie Weakley, Miss Louise Benedict, Miss Emmaline Green.
ELLISTON AUXILIARY
The Elliston Auxiliary was organized in March, 1917. several months before the organization of the Nashville Chapter of the American Red Cross. at the home of Mrs. George William Fall and Mrs. Rollin P. Grant. Meetings were held each week at the home of Mrs. Norman Farrell, in Elliston Place, until August, 1918. when they began work at the Red Cross headquarters. The following officers served for this auxiliary throughout the entire war period: Mrs. Norman Farrell, Chair- man; Mrs. A. G. Brandau, Secretary; and Mrs. John B. Ransom. Treasurer.
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1- the Nashville Chapter had not at this time been started. this auxiliary re- ceived instructions from Washington and sent the finished articles to National head- quarters at Washington. Three standard boxes, number eight. were sent before August. 1917. when the auxiliary became affiliated with the Nashville Chapter, American Red Cross. Besides night shirts and refugee garments. mustin bandages were made by this auxiliary. and all expenses, except for muslin, which was fur- nished by the Nashville Chapter. were met by voluntary contributions. In addition to purchasing materials. the following contributions were made: Sheets for relief during the influenza epidemie. $95 to the Red Cross Emergency Canteen Service, and $125 to the Red Cross linen shower in November. 1918.
Charter members of this unit were:
Mrs. Norman Farrell, Chairman; Mr -. A. G. Brandau. Secretary; Wis. John B. Ransom, Treasurer: Mr-, Allison Buntin, Mrs. A. G. Campbell. Mrs. Lee Cantrell. Mrs. George Castner. Mrs. W. A. Chaminys. Mrs. John Check. Mrs. Robert Check. Mrs. Watkins Crockett, Mrs. A. S. Dabney, Mt -. C. C. Dabney, Mrs. S. H. Denny. Mrs. 1 .. H. Davis, Mrs. Edward Buford, Mrs. John Div. Mrs. Houston Dudley, Mis. Arthur Evans, Mrs. George W. Fall. Mrs. Rean Folk. Mrs. Howard Frost. Mrs. Meade Frietson, Mrs. Marcellus Frost. Mrs. James Frazer, Mrs. Marshall Gaither. Mrs. Rollin P. Grant, Mis. Foster Hume, Mis, Norman Fartell, Jr., Mrs. Andrew Price. Mrs. Charles Hughes. Mrs. Porter Phillips. Mrs. William Phillips, Mrs. Ernest Pillow. Mrs. A +\ Porter. Mrs. Edwin Price. Mrs. Whb Landis, Mrs. John Landis. Mrs. J. O. Leake, Mrs. Hande Martin. Mrs. V. B. Met arts. Mrs. K. T. Met.onnica, Mrs. Charles Morrow, Mrs. Joseph G. I. t. Mis. Thomas Malone. Miss Matilda Porter. Miss Rebecca Porter. Mrs. George Price, Mrs. J. J. Haves, Mis. William Nelson. Mrs, Charles Hunt. Mrs. G. T. Ingram. Mrs. Harding Jackson, Mrs. Charles Dualles Jones, Mrs. J. M. King, Mis. Paul Roberts. Mrs. T. J. Smith, Mr -. William J. Smith. Mrs. R. G. Sparrow. Mr -. D. R. Stubblefield. Mrs. J. W. Sewell, Mrs. thom - J. Tine. Mrs. Vernon . Topper. Miss Elizabeth Farrell. Miss Lizinka Farrell, Miss Josephine Farrell, and Miss Mary V. Gaither.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AUXILIARY
The First Baptist Church Auxiliary was organized on October 1. 1917. with Mr -. J. Il. Campbell as Chairman. The members sewed on hospital garments at Red Cross headquarters and made knitted articles at home. The charter members were:
Mr -. J. H. Campdiell. Mrs. W. P. Rankin. Mrs. C. A. Jones, Mr-, John Lellyett. Mrs. A. Y. Staplers. Miss Mane Moore. Mrs. W. A. Roberts, Mrs. A. M. Saunders, Mrs. J. W. Hurt. Mrs. 1. 1. Dunn. Mrs. Henderson Baker. and Miss Frank Hollowell.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AUXILLARY
The First Presbyterian Church Auxiliary was organized in September. 1917, with Mrs. James 1. Vance as Supervisor. and Mrs. John A. Murkin as Caplain. This font served as an auxiliary on hospital garments. working each Monday at head- quarters. The charter members were:
Mr- James J. Vaner, Chairman: Mr -. E. T. Kirkpatrick, Mr-, Richard A. Barr, Mrs. Frank ( ros. Mrs. A. Tillman Jones, Mrs. J. 1. Murkin, Mrs. James K. Polk. Jr .. Miss Effie Melver. Mis Filward Shirley. Mrs. Harvey Alexander, Mrs. C. B. Wallace. Miss Mary Burke. Mrs. P 3. Shelton Mrs. Gillespie Aslans, Mis, Edward Hart. Mrs. John A. MeEwen, Mrs. John S. Walker Mr -. Frank B. Field -. Mrs. Henry Mcclelland. Mrs. Arthur Jones, Mrs. Gales Adams, Margaret Hall Emerson.
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH AUXILIARY
The First Lutheran Church Auxiliary was organized December 11. 1917. al the donch. with Mr -. Fred Battenslag. Chairman. The work of this unit consisted of Making -ur ical dressings at headquarters. Members were:
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Mrs. Fred Battenslag, Mrs. William Marsh, Mrs. Frank Dahlinger. Mrs. Harry Sudekum. Mrs. Derby Mcclellan. Mrs. R. J. Crutchfield, Mrs. Tony Sudekum. Mrs. Martha Burt, Mrs. M. M. Johnson, Mrs. Charles Turner. Jr .. Mrs. David Kuhn, Mrs. William Gerth, Miss Emma Platz. Miss Katie Ilauff, and Miss Madeline Felir.
GLEN LEVEN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AUXILIARY
The Glen Leven Presbyterian Church Auxiliary was organized in September, 1917. with Mrs. David T. McGill. Chairman, to make hospital garments at head- quarters. Knitted articles and comfort bags were also made at the homes of the charter members, who were:
Mrs. D. T. McGill, Mrs. George Dean, Mrs. W. G. Ewing, Mrs. John Campbell, Mrs. Charles H. Stetson, Mrs. W. Il. Schuerman, Mrs. S. Walters McGill, Mrs. O. Walkirk, Mrs. J. N. Gaut. Mrs. Arthur Cooney, Mrs. W. C. Alexander. and Miss Margaret McNeilly.
THE GIRLS' AUXILIARY TO NASHVILLE CHAPTER, A. R. C.
On October 29. 1917. Miss Sadie Cauvin and Miss Mary Ratterman organized the girls of Nashville into a Godmothers' Auxiliary, and Miss Mary Ratterman was elected Chairman.
In February. 1918, the name of the organization was changed at the request of the Nashville Red Cross officials to the Girls' Auxiliary of the Red Cross. The pur- pose of the organization was to work in the interest of the Tennessee soldiers. sup- plying them with such comforts and necessities as "smokes," knitted garments. jams and jellies. The membership grew until it enrolled over 300 young women in Davidson County.
The first funds of the organization were obtained at a dance given at the Cham- ber of Commerce, and were used for equipping two hundred and fifty comfort bags for Mrs. John Coode. Chairman for the Red Cross. The members of the auxiliary paid yearly dues and kept a sacrifice box for the trench smoke fund. Wooden boxes accompanied by brilliant posters were placed in down-town stores for free-will dona- tions to the smoke fund.
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