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mine Stein, Mrs. S. Stein. Mrs. R. B. Steele. Mrs. R. B. Steele. Jr., Mrs. Thomas D. Steele. Miss Louise Stephens. Miss Mary Stephens, Miss Mabel Stevens, Miss Martha Stewart. Wiss Alice Eloise Stockell. Mrs. O. E. Stockell. Mrs. Jordon Stokes, Jr .. Miss Frances Stokes, Mrs. S. S. Stokes, Mrs. Walter Stokes. Mrs. Cliffe Stone. Mrs. Helen Stratton, Mrs. 1 .. H. Stratton, Miss Frances Street. Mrs. R. M. Strong. Mi -- Bertha L., Stroup, Mrs. Francis G. Stroud. Mrs. George J Stubblefield. Mrs. Paul Stumb, Mrs. E. A. Sutherland, Miss Sadie Sutherland. Mrs. (. Il. >wann. Mrs. Harry swan. Wiss Katherine Swan. Wiss Mary Sweatt, Miss Bertha E. Sweetman, Mrs. Willard Sweetman. Mrs. Charles Sykes. Mrs. Clay G. Stephens. Mrs. Claude P. Street, Mrs. Hiram Stubblefield. Miss Ruth B. Talbot. Mrs. W. L .. Talley. Mrs. L. A. Tanksley, Miss Elizabeth Tarpley, Miss Mary Evans Tarpley, Miss Roberta D. Tarpley. Mrs. E. O. Tate, Mrs. W. K. Tate. Mrs. Addie Taylor. Miss Bessie Taylor, Mrs. Val Taylor, Mrs. Henry Teitlebaum, Miss Willie Temple, Mrs. Smith Tenison, Mrs. W. O. Tirrill, Wiss Anne Warner Tenison, Mrs. Dabney Terrell, Mrs. A. J. Thuss. Miss Elizabeth Thomas. Miss Irma Thomas, Miss Janie Thomas, Wiss Fannie Thompson. Mrs. Flossie Thompson, Miss Ira Thompson. Miss Jane Thomp- son. Mrs. John Thompson, Jr., Mrs. J. C. Thompson. Mrs. T. Leigh Thompson, Miss Mary Thompson, Mrs. Cornelia Thornton. Mrs. I .. P. Thweatt, Miss Hettie Ray Tillett, Miss Martha Tillman. Miss India Tillman, Mrs. P. J. Timothy. Jr .. Mrs. Fred Tolmie, Mrs. Dimple Thomp- Kins, Miss Louise Tompkins. Mrs. Sidney Tompkins, Wiss Lucinda Trabuc, Mrs. Will Trabue, Mis- Martha Trawick. Mrs. M. A. Travis, Miss Mabel Traburg. Miss Keeble Trimble. Mrs. C. M. Truett, Miss Mice Tuck. Mrs. M. L. Tucker. Mis. Horace Turberville. Mrs. C. E. Turber- ville, Miss Mary Fite Turley, Miss Jennie Turrentine. Mrs. G. R. Turrentine, Wiss Judith Tyler, Miss Virginia Tyler. Wiss Dorothy Wiley, Wiss Annie Mai Underwood, Wrs. S. J. Underwood. Miss Margaret Vance, Mrs. J. 1. Vance. Mrs. Thomas Van Cooten, Mrs. Hardison Vaughan, Mrs. Robert Vaughan. Mrs. Thomas De Voss, Miss Georgia Reece Wade. Wiss Lucille Waite. Miss Katherine Waldo. Wiss Helen Walker, Miss Kathryn Walker. Mis- Mattie Lon Walker. Mrs. Seth Walker. Mrs. (. B. Wallace. Miss Edith Wallace, Miss Ellen Wallace, Mrs. W. J. Wallace, Jr .. Mis- Ima Waller. Mrs. J. R. Waller. Mrs. Leslie Warner. Mrs. Claude Waller Miss Katherine Walsh. Mrs. Charles Walters. Miss Fannie Walton, Mrs. W. B. Walton, Mrs. William E. Ward, Miss Emily Warner. Mr -. J. W. Warner. Miss Ann Warner. Wiss Lucy War- wick. Wiss Margaret Warren, Mrs. Thomas HI. Warren. Miss Alice Warwick. Miss Annie H. Warwick. Mrs. O'Bryan Washington. Mrs. George C. Waters. Miss Lillian Watkins, Wiss Mary Watkins, Miss Vivian Watkins, Mrs. Anne E. Watson, Miss Cora Watson, Miss Edna Gray Watts. Wiss Elizabeth Watts, Mrs. T. O. Watts, Mrs. A. B. Way. Miss Margaret Way, Mrs. Frank Il. Weakley. Mrs. J. 1 .. Wrakley. Jr., Miss Susie Weakley, Mrs. James Wrakley, Mrs. D. Weaver. Mrs. R. W. Weaver. Wiss Barbara Webster. Miss Ellina Webb. Wiss Roberta 11. Webb, Mrs. T. ( . Webb. Mrs. T. J. Webb. Miss Mary Webb. Miss Clara W. Weber, Mrs. Robert Webster. Mrs. ( .. J. Weil, Miss Cornelia Weil. Miss Lillian Weinbaum. Mrs. Harry Weinstein, Mrs. Harry Weintrub. Wrs. Carl Weise. Mrs. Mary L. Weise. Miss Ellen Welborn. Mrs. Sam Welborn, Mrs. John P. Welch. Jr .. Mrs. Katherine Welch, Miss Ethel Welch, Miss Margaret Welch, Mrs. I. T. Wene. Mrs. Olin West, Mrs. M. K. Wetterau. Miss Elizabeth Wheeler. Mrs. J. R. Wheeler, Miss Mabel W. Wheeler. Mrs. J. S. Wherry, Mrs. Emily White, Mrs. George R. White. Mrs. J. O. White. Mrs. R. L. C. White. Miss Mary Blair White, Miss Sue White, Mrs. J. F. Whiting. Mrs. A. R. Whiteman. Mrs. G. M. Whitmore. Wiss Beth Slater Whitson, Mrs. C. W. Whitson. Wiss Elizabeth Whitthorne. Miss Mary Wickliffe. Mrs. F. M. Weise. Wiss Anne D. Wilhoite. Mrs. S. 11. Wilhoite. Wiss Dorothy Wilkerson. Mrs. Anne Wade Wilkes, Mrs. Sam C. Wilkes. Viss Susan Wilkes. Miss Flavel Wilkin. Mrs. Alfred Williams, Miss Anna M. Williams, Miss Dora Williams, Mrs. Ernest Williams, Mrs. Fount Williams. Wrs. Miles Williams, Mrs. J. Matt Williams, Mrs. J. Wesley Williams. Miss Nellie Williams, Mrs. Percy Williams, Mrs. Victor II. Williams. Mrs. 1]. ] .. Williamson. Miss Lelia Williamson, Miss Lena Williamson, Mrs. Carter Wilson. Mrs. Charles Wilson, Mrs. Fred T. Wilson. Wiss Ella M. Wilson, Miss Florence Wilson, Mrs. Idlabelle Wilson. Wiss Louise Wilson. Miss Mabel L. Wilson, Miss Margaret Wilson. Mrs. Owen Wilson. Miss Ruth V. Wilson. Mrs. Sam B. Wilson. Mrs. Sallie Wilson. Mrs. Frank Winford. Mrs. W. W. Winter -. Miss Dorothy Winton, Miss Pauline Witherspoon, Mrs. J. A. Witherspoon. Mi-a Gladys Whitmore, Mrs. B. A. Wolfe. Miss Minnie Wolfenden. Miss Daisy Womack. Mrs. Milliard Wood. Mrs. J. S. Wood. Mrs. R. I. Woodfin. Mrs. Ellen B. Woodring. Mrs. W. T. Wondering. Mrs. Andrew Woods, Miss Mary Woods, Miss Annie Woodward, Mrs. J. O. Woodward, Mrs. R. H. Worke. Miss Blanche Wright. Mrs. Charles T. Wright, Mrs. Douglas Wright. Mrs. J. B. Wright. Mrs. Katherine P. Wright. Miss Margaret Wyatt, Mrs. T. J. Yarbrough, Mrs. W. C. Yarbrough. Mrs. Eliza Yates, Miss Ethel Yates, Miss Anna Yeargin, Miss Reba Ire Yeatman. Mrs. Fielding 11. Yost. Miss Pauline Young, Mrs. R. A. Young, Mrs. T. W. Young. Mrs. A. P. Yourer. Miss Beatrice Zander. Miss Reba Zander, Mrs. J. H. Zarecor. Mrs. I. P. Zibart, and Mrs, Il. Zibart.
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GROUP OF DAVIDSON COUNTY WOMEN WHOSE WORK AND LOYALTY IN THE KNITTING DEPARTMENT OF THE NASHVILLE CHAPTER A. R. C., WERE EXCEPTIONAL
MRS. NANNIE HOWSE ALLEN
MRS. E. J. ADKISSON ( Mary Marcella Newsom)
MRS. KATE WEBSTER SAUNDERS
MRS. J. C. FERRIS (Letitia Nolen)
MRS. M. M. CECIL ( Malinda Howard)
MRS. JOHN W. ALLEY (Susan Hill)
MRS. C. A. MANTHEY ( Calista Bailey)
MRS. O. L. GRIMES ( Tab:thia Blackman)
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MAS. R. E. MCCORD
VAI R GADDY
MAN THOMAS M DE WoYs fk. lizabeth Mcfarland)
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AUXILIARIES AND CLUB MEMBERS WHO WERE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VOLUME OF KNITTING DONE FOR THE KNITTING DEPARTMENT. NASHVILE CHAPTER. RED CROSS
ANTIOCH AUXILIARY MRS. J. W. SIRLS. Chairman
Mrs. John Barry, Mrs. Ella Cline, Mrs. Sherman Hope. Mrs. Josie Langford, and Mrs. W.A. Matthews.
BEECHLAND AUXILIARY
MRS. ORA L. PATTON. Chairman
Mrs. Porter Key. Mrs. Sallie Key, Mrs. Laura McGee, Miss Myra Patton. Mrs. L. D. Patton. Mrs. J. E. Polk. and Mrs. W. E. Timmin.
BORDEAUX AUXILIARY
MRS. J. N. NOBLIN, Chairman
Mrs. Brooks Butterworth. Mrs. Delia Byrd. Mrs. Jack Bray. Mrs. Robert Cato, Mrs. Emmett Craft. Mrs. Will Hagey. Mrs. East Hyde. Mrs. Emmett Hyde, Mrs. J. L. Lewis. Mrs. L. M. Lewis. Mrs. Jones N. Noblin, Mrs. A. W. Stephens. Miss Evelyn Stephens, Mrs. W. J. Thomp- son, and Miss Jennie Torian.
DAVIDSON COUNTY ASYLUM AUXILIARY MRS. W. W. CORE, Chairman
Thirty members composed this auxiliary, and they knitted over 1.000 pairs of socks.
CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY AUXILIARY MISS MARY HOLT. Chairman
Miss Carrie Bush. Miss Berenice Holt. Miss Birdie Wilson. Miss Rose Schmidt. Miss Christine Broekman, Miss Martha Cato. Miss Lonise Grimm, Miss Trilby Jordan, Miss Sylvena Wilson. Miss Reba Dews, Miss Blanche Regg, Miss Emma Lawrence, Miss Elsie Potts, Miss Margaret Cook. Miss Erma Hogue. Miss Mary Curley. Miss Mary Mitchell, Miss Bridget Curley, Miss Elizabeth Beasley, Miss Wisdom Bearden, Miss Florence Copeland. Wiss Josephine Walsh. Miss Clara Robertson, Miss Mamie Schmidt, Miss Lela Cotton, Miss Pearl Cotton. Miss Virginia Thomas, Miss Bennie Crenshaw, Miss Nola Greer. Miss Mary Holt, Mrs. W. O. Kirkwood. and Mrs. Zoda Williams.
COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMENS AUXILIARY
Mrs. L. Breyer, Mrs. Hyman Cohn, Mrs. Alex. Cohn. Mrs. Abe Epstein, Mrs. Morris Ellis. Mrs. John P. Frank. Mrs. James M. Frank. Mrs. Jake Fishel, Mrs. L. Frankland, Mrs. Harry Freidman, Mrs. M. Freidman, Mrs. Sol Gordon, Mrs. Joe Gilbert, Mrs. A. Goldberg, Mrs. M. Greif. Mrs. Ben Herman. Mrs. Adolph Jonas, Mrs. Joseph LaPat, Mrs. B. Lubin, Mrs. Lee Loventhal, Mrs. Charles Loventhal, Mrs. Martin Loventhal, Mrs. L. Lowenstein, Mrs. Sol Lowen- stein, Mrs. Julius Lowenstein, Mrs. Joe Morse, Mrs. I. B. Morse, Mrs. Julius Martin, Mrs. Leo B. Martin, Mrs. Hannah Marks, Mrs. Eli Redelsheimer, Mrs. Dave Rosenfeld, Mrs. Herman Rich, Mrs. S. Roth, Mrs. M. Steiner. Mrs. Hannah Sulzbacher. Mrs. Leo Schwartz. Mrs. Mitchell Sobel, Mrs. Victor Sobel, Mrs. Henry Weinbaum, Mrs. Julius Weil, Mrs. N. D. Weise, Mrs. A. S. Weinbaum, Mrs. Harry Weintrub, Miss Stella Abrams. Miss Corinne Goldberg. Miss Bella Goodman, Miss Elsie Hirsch, Miss Maude Lindauer, Miss Marie Loventhal. Miss Lena Marks. Miss Maurice Rich, and Miss Stella Rich.
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GROEP OF EMPLOYEES OF THE CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY. WHO GAVE THEIR REST PERIODS AND EVENINGS KNITTING FOR THE RED CROSS
They are, from left to right: Misses Reba Dews. Ethel Webster. Bessie Lee. Glenn Dorris Newbill. Mamie Schmidt Pettone, Florence Copeland. Lela Love. Pearl Cotten Matthews. Mamie Donegan. Virginia Thomas. May Jones Gentry. Mary Stroud, Mabel Jones and Catherine Dalton De Matteo.
EASTLAND AUXILIARY
MRS. R. B. MITCHUM. Chairman: MRS. THOMAS STRATTON. Treasurer
Mr -. M. S. Russ. Secretary: Mrs. Thomas Barben. Instructor: Mrs. A. II. Adams. Mrs. 1. T. Bass, Mrs. I. M. Baugh. Mrs. James Gilliam. Mrs. F. F. Grainger, Mrs. J. E. James, Mrs. 1) M. Moore. Mrs. Wilkins Northern. Mts. James Sloan. Miss Mais MeEwen Moore, and Mrs. Lunes Slowes.
EARNEST WORKERS. Y. W. C. A. AUXILIARY VISS EFFIE BISH. Chairman
Vis Louis Wood and Mrs. Charles Dudley Jones. Instructors: Miss Mabel Witherspoon. Kate Blackwell, Miss Margaret Bruce. Miss Evelyn Carrington. Miss Grace Dver. Miss "velse Langham, Miss Laura Marsh. Miss Dora Martin. Miss Sammie Nanny. Miss Lena \. kell und Miss Mary Sugg White.
FRANKLIN ROAD AUXILIARY MISS KITTY BERRY. Chairman
Mri ( . D. Berit. Mrs. R. A. Coleman. Was Dee Hardeman, Mrs. A. J. Potter. Wrs. W. W Beurs. Mrs. Missie Malone, Mrs. Tyler Callmun. Miss Lomlie Ewing. Miss Henry Ewing. Mrs. Morzao Brown. Mrs. Wan Beirv. and Mrs. Jack Burroughs,
GOODLETTSVILLE AUXILIARY MRS. S. IL. Wirtorre. Chairman
- Belle Cartwright. Mrs. Sara Cunningham, Mrs. Roscoe Drake, Mrs. E. E. Elam. Vr -. 11. Harris, Mr- Kate Herman. Miss Martha House. Mrs. George Jackson, Mrs. E. C. Luton. Or- Clarence Morris, Mrs. W. B. Meyers, Mrs. Green Newbern, Mrs. Ella Payne. Mrs. Robert Patton, Mr I. V. Peas, Mrs. James M. Phipps, Mrs. Mattie Williams, Mrs. J. 11. Roscoe Mr. Jan- K Taylor. Mrs. R. E. Travis, Mrs. Garland I try, Miss Kate Lassiter, Miss Penns woitles. Wi - Elaine Rosene, and Miss Tuez Roscoe.
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GLEN LEVEN AUXILIARY MRS. DAVID T. McGILL, Chairman
Mrs. W. C. Alexander. Mrs. John Bell, Mrs. Arthur Cooney, Mrs. W. G. Ewing. Mrs. C. Gibson, Mrs. W. P. Gray, Mrs. A. Kendrick McGill, Mrs. S. Walters McGill, Mrs. T. S. Fry, Mrs. Oscar Waldkirch, Miss Irene Chenough, Miss Pauline Gerard. Wiss Annie McFadden, Miss Elizabeth McFadden, Miss Margaret McNeilly, Miss Bertha G. Ransom, Miss Loulie Steel. Miss Abbie Spear, and Miss Margaret White.
HADLEY'S BEND AND EDENWOLD AUXILIARY MRS. LIVINGSTON HADLEY. Chairman
Mrs. C. B. Dismukes, Mrs. Annie E. Hadley, Mrs. Dilly Wade Hadley. Mrs. Martha L. Turner, Mrs. Ilallie C. Turner, Mrs. J. G. Turner, Mrs. Edward Urey. Miss Katherine Hadley. Miss Leona Robinson, and Miss Beulah York.
HOME-MAKERS CLUB AUXILIARY MRS. E. J. ADKISSON. Chairman
Mrs. Georgia Brown, Mrs. W. S. Coles, Mrs. C. E. Cox, Mrs. Amanda Crouch, Mrs. Frank Cullom, Mrs. G. T. Cullman, Mrs. John S. C. Davidson, Mrs. C. A. DeMoss, Mrs. J. W. DeMoss. Mrs. John Hardison, Mrs. Dora Jordan, Mrs. H. R. Plumlee, Mrs. Cal Ragan. Mrs. E. A. Savage, Mrs. Warren B. Sloan, Mrs. C. S. Stephens, Mrs. Duncan Stephens, Mrs. S. Stewart. Mrs. R. L. Stringfellow. Mrs. Julia Wheeler. Miss Lucile Coles, Miss Willie J. Kennedy, and Miss Lou Ella Wolfenden.
JORDONIA AUXILIARY MRS. W. A. CORE. Chairman
Mrs. W. S. Chappell, Mrs. J. H. Drake, Mrs. Henry Spann, Mrs. Flintoff Ilunt, Mrs. Martha Jordan. Mrs. Bessie Christian, Mrs. W. M. Hard. Mrs. Ella King, Mrs. Robert Cato, Mrs. William Setters, Mrs. R. S. West. Mrs. Clara Tarkington, Mrs. J. C. Burkhalter, Miss Marie Burkhalter. and Miss Lillie Lee Burkhalter.
KIT KNITTERS AUXILIARY MRS. ALBERT KING, Chairman; MISS MAUD BALLARD. Secretary MRS. GEORGE TENISON. Treasurer
Mrs. W. B. Baird. Mrs. Donna Baird Beasley. Mrs. Richard Cook. Mrs. E. B. Ewing, Mrs. Forrest Graham, Mrs. B. F. Gregory, Mrs. E. O. Harris. Mrs. Ira Parker. Mrs. Charles Ransom. Mrs. W. A. Tenison, Mrs. Ernest M. Warner. Mrs. Howell E. Warner, Mrs. James B. Watson, Miss Mary Baker, Miss Lida Bouchard, Miss Murrie Bouchard. Miss Lucy Buttorff, Miss Pauline Fisher, Miss Bessie Yarbrough. and Mrs. O. E. Stockell.
LA RUE AUXILIARY MRS. G. M. ADAMS. Chairman
Mrs. O. J. Bloodworth, Mrs. S. W. Bomar. Mrs. J. F. Corbitt, Mrs. W. H. Damon, Mrs. W. C. Gillespie, Mrs. A. Goodson, Mrs. T. J. Hobbs, Mrs. Charles Holmes, Mrs. E. F. Kidd. Mrs. G. L Maddux. Mrs. C. B. Moody. Mrs. P. E. Overton. Mrs. J. II. Webb, Mrs. A. E. Wiggs. and Mrs H. J. Wiggs.
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LINTON AUXILIARY MRS. L. F. Jostis. Chairman
Mrs. J. D. Allen. Mrs. S. Linton. Mrs. A. M. Allison, Mrs. (. D. Breedlove. Mrs. Rom" Hannah, Mrs. Marione Joslin. Mrs. O. A. Kinney. Mrs. Hooper Linton. Mrs. W. Il. Linton. Mrs. D. E. MePherson. Mrs. S. S. Morton, Mrs. Daisy Pinkerton, Mrs. C. 1. Joslin. Mrs. J. 11. Linton. Miss Priscilla Greet. Miss Helen Opetta. Miss Mary Lou Pinkerton. Miss Sadie Schuff- nan, Miss Tillie Schuffman. Miss Cora Smith. and Miss Emma Smith.
LOCUST GLEN AUXILIARY MRS. T. W. LAZENBY. Chairman
Mr -. Katie A-borne. Mrs. Oliver Beingham. and Mrs. Fannie MeCrory.
KATE LITTON HICKMAN AUXILIARY WIRS. R. G. CROWLEY. Chairman
Mrs. W. F. llite. Mrs. E. S. Randall. Mrs. Euclid Snow. Miss Margaret Beanchamp. Wi -- Wizabeth Brown, Miss Emma Louise Brown. Miss Elizabeth Jungerman, Mis- Elizabeth Me- Farver. Miss Maude Met arver. Miss Addie MeLean. Miss Mary Cecil Morrison, and Mis- Mary F. Talbot.
NOELTON CLUB AUXILIARY MRS. ITTIE KINNEY RENO. Chairman
Mr -. Frank Boensch, Jr .. Mrs. John Lellvett, Mrs. West Morton, Mr. C. A. Manthey. Mrs Hahn Onstutt. Mrs. Roger Smith, Mrs. Charles Stetson. Mr. Smith Tenison, Mrs. Fount Williams. Viss Anda Warner Tenison. Miss Mary Frances Morton, Mis- Edna Lellyett. and Miss An Morton.
PIONEER AUXILIARY
MRS. R. M. DUDLEY. Chairman: MRS. LEWIS F. BUTLER. Secretary
Mr -. Mattie Adams, Mes. J. T. Benson. Mis Wilham Blankenship. Mrs. J. M. Bonner. Mrs T. Bunds. Mrs. Reed Caruthers. Mrs. 1. 0. Clark. Mrs. C. E. Dean, Mrs. Reuben Dunbar, Mrs. V. 1 .. Freeman, Mrs. Henty French. Mr -. Matthew Gill'am. Mis. O. P. Hampton, Mrs. Wither- Spoon Haves, Mrs. D. R. Jarrett. Mrs. Harry Fre. Mrs. Joseph Montgomery, Mrs. I. C. Phillips Wr -. B. G. Regen, Wis. J. M. Sanders, Mrs. F. F. Schardt. Mis. Bush Sneed. Mrs. Frank Stockell Mr -. J. A. Tyner. Mrs. Jennie Winston. Mrs. Herman Witt, Mrs. Hubert S. Bell, Mrs. 1. W. Stockell. Miss Eleanor Clark. Miss Dona Benson, Miss Beatrice Ferguson, Miss Mary F. freeman, Miss Mary J. MeCarver, and Miss Katherine Sanders.
PEABODY AUXILIARY MRS. F. B. DRESSLER. Chairman: MRS. C. H. LANDER. Instructor MRS. 11. A. WEBB. Secretary
Mrs. Carter Alexander. Mrs. K. 6. Davis. Mrs. D. R. Gebhardt. Mrs. 1 .. C. Gray. Mrs. G. M. Jisk. Mrs. 1. P. Me Murray. Mrs. A. E. Parkins, Mrs. I. S. Wampler, and Miss Laura Waugh.
SCOTTSBORO AUXILIARY MRS. W. B. ARMSTRONG, Chairman
Wh Edith Carney. Mrs. J. F. Dickson. Mrs. Nan Howington, Mr -. 6. 1 .. Scott, Mrs. Lonise Scott Mr- Leola Simpkins, Mrs. Mollie Simpkins, Mrs. Lucille Taylor. Mrs. M. Scott, Mrs I.nian Scott, Mrs. Orman Simpkins, Mrs. 11. Carney. Mrs. A. J. Armstrong. Miss Murrell Peal. Miss Lillian Scott, Ma -- Katherine Matthews, and Miss Edith Carney.
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SUNSET PARK AUXILIARY MRS. W. E. BEARD and MRS. HARRY VAUGHN, Chairmen
Mrs. A. B. Anderson. Mrs. T. J. Baker, Mrs. Walter Bearden. Mrs. Spiller Campbell, Mrs. E. M. Deaver. Mrs. Spencer Eakin, Mrs. William Ilill, Mrs. Sam M. MeGraw. Mrs. P. DePeirri, Mrs. George Reed. Mrs. Houston Sexton, Mrs. Edward Swain, Mrs. Wheeles Wade, Mrs. Roberta Wallis, Mrs. Frank Woodward, and Miss Nannie Decker.
TUSCULUM AUXILIARY MRS. THOMAS CALHOUN and MRS. CHARLES WILKERSON. Chairmen
Mrs. Kathleen Welsh Chambers, Mrs. Robert Cochran. Mrs. John Goodrich, Mrs. George Jones, Mrs. Henry Jones, Mrs. A. P. Alays. Mrs. B. F. McPherson. Mrs J. A. Shelton. Mrs. Amelia Welsh Smith, Mrs. Oscar Turbeville. Mrs. Nell Welsh Turrentine, Miss Kathleen Welsh. Miss Nell Welsh, Miss Mary Bruce Calhoun. Miss Annie Wilkerson, Miss Thelma Wilkerson. Viss Tennie Tucker, Miss Amelia Welsh, Miss Minnie Goodwin, Miss Marie Calhoun, Miss Lucy Belle Wilkerson. Miss Amelia Wilkerson. Miss Ada Brown, and Miss Mary Lee Loomis.
TRINITY CHURCH AUXILIARY MRS. J. G. CREVELING, JR., Chairman
Mrs. Angus Chisholm. Mrs. Mary Currey, Mrs. Thomas Frensley. Mrs. Mattie Garland. Mrs Forrest Graham, Mrs. Carrie Grant. Mrs. W. E. Gray. Mrs. John Griffeth. Mrs. Ben Herrin, Jr Mrs. Thomas Moore, Mrs. Humphrey Richard. Mrs. A. A. Walker. Miss Varina Scruggs, Mrs. Carrie Grant, Miss llelen Gray, Miss Olive Gray, Miss Louise Journey, Miss Rachel Laslie. Miss Annie Luton. Miss Bessie McDonald, and Miss Thelma Walker.
The Trinity Church turned in one hundred and forty-six knitted garments in fou' months, after which time they affiliated with the Surgical Dressings Department of the Red Cross and met at headquarters on Tuesday afternoons.
TREVAC AUXILIARY MISS CORINNE CAVERT, Chairman; MRS. HARRY EVANS. Organizer MRS. EMIMA S. CRAPO. Secretary
Mrs. E. L. Ashford, Mrs. C. A. Manthey. Mrs. George Reyer, Miss Louise Cage. Miss Maria Cage, Miss Anne Cavert. Miss Ida Cavert. Miss Elizabeth Dale. Miss Kate Garrett. Miss Bessie Fried, Miss Annie Cary Gosnell, Miss Laura Malone. Miss Cella Leonard. Miss Mary Napier, Miss Mary Parham. Miss Claytie Robinson, Miss Maggie Robinson, Miss Keeble Trimble, and Miss Olive West.
TENTH WARD AUXILIARY MRS. JOHN E. POTTER. Chairman
Mrs. Brown Buford, Mrs. John Carmichael. Mrs. Gus Demerich, Mrs. Dave Follis, Mrs. John Hopkins. Mrs. James Moore. Mrs. B. C. Shackelford, Mrs. John Steadwell, Mrs. J. >. Wherry, Wiss Addie Gaines, Miss Kate Hall. Miss Mary Belle Hopkins, Miss Elizabeth Thomas, and Miss Margaret Wherry.
WHITE'S CREEK AUXILIARY MRS. COUNT R. BOYD, Chairman
Mrs. A. P. Connell. Mrs. Florence J. Fontaine, Mrs. M. E. Fontaine, Mrs. Wallace Freeman. Mrs. O. L. Grimes, Mrs. T. E. Hale, Mrs. Estelle Harris. Mrs. Uriah Hunter. Mrs. D. J. Johns. Mrs. R. D. Marshall, Mrs. Allen Miller, Mrs. J. W. Williams, Miss Eleanor Connell, Miss Ella Connell, Miss Katherine Fontaine. Miss Edith Grimes, Miss Fredalee Grimes, Miss Elizabeth Harris, and Miss Mattie Walker.
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VANDERBILT AUXILIARY MRS. C. S. BROWN. Chairman
Mrs. Richard Burr. Mrs. Louis Baxter. Mrs. I .. B. Fite, Mrs. W. C. Dixon. Mrs. W. D Haggard. Mrs. Eustace Hail. Mrs. P. D. Houston. Mrs. John Lellyett, Mrs. W. Il. Schuerman Mrs. Jesse Thomas, Mrs. W. 11. What. Mrs. 11. B. Carre. Mrs. James 11. Kirkland, Mrs. O. V. Bryan, Mrs. Frank Bass. Miss Jessie Smith. Mrs. Granbery Jackson, Miss Elizabeth Kirkland. Mrs. B. T. Young, Mrs. G. M. Neely. Mrs. Dan M Gugin, Mr -. C. B. Wallace, Mrs. IL. B Bond. Mrs. Georgr E. Bennie, Mrs. C. A. Marshall, Mrs. John P. Williams, Mrs. J. T. MeGili, Mrs. Fickling Yost, Mrs. William MeCabe, Mrs. W. H. Bailey, Mrs. J. T. Altman. Mrs. W. F. Young. und Miss Agatha Brown.
Both Mrs. McConnico and Mrs. Fort worked as privates as well as officers in the Knitting Department of the Nashville Chapter, and won the love and esteem of every woman mentioned in this department through their willingness to lend a help- ing hand. They lead with wisdom and ability.
PURCHASING AND SHIPPING SECTION. NASHVILLE CHAPTER. A. R. C. MRS. JOSEPH LINDAU ER. Chairman
Beginning with July. 1937. the Nashville Chapter of the American Red Cross shipped five hundred and fifty cases containing surgical dressings, hospital garments and knitted articles to the Southern Division Headquarters, at Atlanta, Ga. These cases were all of the regulation size. 36\21x21.
Approximately 503.000 vards of material were consumed by the various depart- ments of the Nashville Chapter. A. R. C. This included 11.500 vards of bleached twill. 200.000 vards of surgical ganze. 116,000 vards of outing flannels. 10.210 vards of absorbent and non-absorbent cotton. 35,390 yards of unbleached muslin. and 12,000 pounds of wool. All cutting for the Nashville Red Cross Chapter was done free gratis by the Volunteer Manufacturing Company. the Monarch Manufacturing Company and Rooney and Mason. All transferring was done by the Doss. Cayce and Herriford transfer companies. These firms answered every call made by the Nashville Chapter. Red Cross, without compensation. and their services were greatly appreciated by Red Cross officials. The expenditures in all departments of the Chapter for the first year of its existence was around $28,000.00.
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HEADQUARTERS, AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, OF THE COMFORT KITS DEPART- MENT, NASHVILLE CHAPTER
In the center of the picture stands Mrs. John Coode (Dora Brew), Chairman of the Depart- ment. To her left, Miss Rubie Simpkins. Secretary for the Chapter. Mrs. Horace Cauvin, volunteer worker, stands at Mrs. Coode's right.
COMFORT KITS COMMITTEE, NASHVILLE, CHAPTER. A. R. C. MRS. JOHN COODE. Chairman
The work of the Comfort Kits Committee of the Nashville Chapter was organized in the fall of 1917. The committee was given generous help in its work by the Girls' Auxiliary, who completed two hun- dred fifty of these bags. The Centennial Club gave one hundred fifty; the Nashville College. fifty: and private contributors, fifty.
Cash subscriptions through the Nashville Ten- nessean, including one from Ward-Belmont College for ninety dollars, amounted to six hundred thirty- five dollars and forty-two cents. Private subscrip- tions donated amounted to thirty-eight dollars and fifty cents.
One thousand two hundred fifty comfort bags were sent to the Supply House, at Atlanta. for dis-
MRS. HORACE CAUVIN
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tribution at Christmas time. These bags, made in regulation size, contained Hand- Kerchiefs. Menth- Alba. Adhesive Plaster. Cigarettes, Tobacco, Mirrors, Buttons. Thread. Assorted Needles Pins, Scissors. Knives. Pencils, Tablets. Envelopes. Christ- mas Cards. Testaments. Magazines, Games. Tooth Brushes. Tooth Paste. Soap. Chocolates, and Peanuts in tins.
Donations of Pencils. Tablets, Scissors. Chewing Gum. Pins, and Menth. Alba were given in large quantities. Scrap Books were made and contributed in large quantities, and five hundred Games were secured through the efforts of a personal friend of Mrs. John Coode's.
The work of the Comfort Kits Committee was a valuable contribution to the happiness and comfort of the American boys during their first winter in Camp. Numerous letters were re- reived by Mrs. Coode and her assistants from the soldiers. expressing their appreciation of the thoughtfulness of the Nashville Chapter. Red Cross. and Davidson County women, who were always gład of an opportunity to serve the boys in every way possible.
REGISTRATION DESK. NASHVILLE CHAPTER. A. R. C.
MISS HELEN BUFORD and MRS. JOHN C. THOMPSON. JR .. Chairmen
The registration of workers in the various departments of the Nashville Chapter. A. R. C .. began when the Headquarters and workrooms were opened for service at the Chamber of Com- meter building. August 1. 1917. A special department was formed for this branch of the service under the supervision of Miss Helen Buford. directed by Miss Pauline Witherspoon. who was Executive Secretary for a short time, and who assisted with the organization of the Nashville Chapter. Red Cross.
Viss Helen Buford served as active Chairman until the spring of 1918. when Mrs John C. Thompson assumed charge of the desk. Among those who gave regn- Jar service at the registration desk at some period throughout the World War were:
Mr -. A. A. Dickerson. Mrs. Pollard Caldwell. Mrs. Val Taylor, Mrs. II. P. Thomas, Mrs. Roma- Newbill. Mrs. John H. Moore. Miss Lucian Emerson, Miss Martha Cornelius. Miss Lampe Saunders, Miss Annie May Underwood, Miss Margaret Morrow. Miss Margaret Buford. Mi - Sadie Gauvin. Miss Courtney Hollins, and Miss Ritchie Shalleross.
AH registration of Woman's Work. Nashville Chapter. A. R. C .. and the work of the girls who served as pages were directed from this desk until January 1. 1918. at which time the registration of workers in the Surgical Dressings Department was Transferred to that workroom.
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