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In the workroom where hospital garment making was conducted by the units. not only was the daily attendance registered. but the hours given during the day la each member of the varion- units was recorded by the Chairman on registration
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WORKERS AT REGISTRATION DESK. NASHVILLE CHAPTER, A. R. C.
In the center of picture. first row, is Miss Helen Buford, Chairman of the Desk. To her right. Mrs. Thomas Newbill: to her left, Miss Margaret Morrow. Second row. left to right: Miss Louise Saunders and Mrs. A. A. Dickerson. Third row: Mrs. Val Taylor (Sara Corbett). Mrs. Pollard Caldwell (Gladys Gennings), and Mrs. Alec B. Stevenson (Elise Maney).
cards containing the name of each member of her unit. This involved a large amount of detail work which required the ability of an experienced clerk.
At the end of each week and each month a report was made by the Registration Chairman and turned in to Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Director of Woman's Work. Workers in all other departments reported direct to the registration desk, where their presence and hours of service were scored on individual attendance cards
Every member of this committee handled the job with the experience of experts. and the volunteer workers recorded with this department deserve credit for their efficient service so willingly and creditably rendered.
During the first year of the Registration Desk's existence, 18,647 workers were registered for service in the Woman's Work Department of the Nashville Chapter A. R. C.
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PAGES AT REGISTRATION DESK. NASHVILLE CHAPTER. A. R. C. Top. Miss France> Street: left. Miss Maria Ferriss: bottom. Miss Ellen Trabue; and right. Miss Della Martin.
BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. NASHVILLE CHAPTER. A. R. C. MRS. VAN LEER KIRKMAN. Chairman
In April. 1918. Mrs. Van Leer Kikman was appointed Chairman of the Benefit Entertainment Committee of the Nashville Red Cross Chapter. The duties of this committee were to supervise all entertainments given for the benefit of the Red Cross. in Davidson County, and to assist the Chapter in raising Fund -. The members of Mrs. Kirkman's general committee were:
Mrs. John Bell Keeble. Mrs. Joseph A. Gray. Mrs. Alex Caldwell, Mrs. Ernest Pillow. Mrs. Verner Moure Lewis. Mrs. Claude Waller. Mrs. Harry Evans, Mrs. Wayne Kirk- man. Mrs. W. P. Rutland, Mrs. Lucius Burch, Mrs. M. S. Lebeck, Mrs. Renben Mills. Mrs. Henry Teitlebanm, Mrs. Joseph Warner. Ats. Edwin Warner .. Mrs. Leo Schwartz. Mr. W. J. Granbeis. Mrs. A. Loveman, Mrs. James %. Frazer. Mrs. A. E. Potter, Mrs. P. A. Murray. Mrs. Henry Frazer, Mr -. W. D. Haggard. Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne. Mrs Charles Dudley Jones, Mrs. Horace G. Hill. Mrs. Rollin P. Grant, Mr -. W. E. Beard. Mrs. E. A. Lindsey, Mrs. Frank C. Stahlman. Mrs. Franck Spares Green. Mrs. Byron Martin, Mrs. Granbery Jackson. Mrs Mex. Hunter, Mrs. Leslie War- net. Mrs. Duncan Kemer. Mrs. Avery Handy. Mrs. A. C. Brandan. Mrs. 11. B. Schermerhorn, Mrs. Walter Keith, Mrs. ( ( Christopher Mrs Dan C. Buntin. Mrs. James E. Caldwell. Mrs. John B. Ransom. Mrs. B. Kirk Rankin. Mr-, Ridley Will-, Mrs. R. E. Porter. Mrs, Humphrey Timothy. Mrs. Craig MeFarland. Mrs John T Henderson. Mrs. John Hill Eakin. Mrs. S. S. Crockett. Mrs. R. I. Lacey. Miss
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Elizabeth Ilill, Miss Martha DeBow. Mrs. W. O. Parmer. Mrs. Robert Weakley, Miss Ellen Stokes. Miss Evelyn Douglas, and Miss Mary Harding Buckner.
Numerous parlor entertainments, public amusements and pageants were given to secure funds. The first of these entertainments was given by the students of Hume-Fogg High School under the direction of Mrs. B. L. Alder, at the Vendome Theater. in March, 1918.
In June of the same year three hundred students of Peabody College for Teachers enacted on the steps of the Social and Religious building "The Lights of Civili- zation." a war masque. which was written and designed by Miss Elizabeth Binford. This pageant was well at- tended and its patriotic value received favorable com- ment from Red Cross officials as well as other organiza- tiens.
Under the direction of Miss Pauline Townsend. sev- eral pageants were given at Ward-Belmont College for the Nashville Chapter Benefit Entertainment, and a per- formance of Joan of Arc was presented by Miss Town- MISS PAULINE SHERWOOD TOWNSEND send, at the Vendome Theater. which was one of the most beautiful and spectacular entertainments given during the war. The proceeds from this entertainment were large and its educational value was far-reaching.
More than $2.000 was turned in to the treasurer of the Nashville Chapter by Mrs. Kirkman from the various entertainments given.
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Educational Committee and Nursing Service, Nashville Chapter, A. R. C.
WIss LOUISE MCHENRY. Chairman from July. 1917. to June. 1918 WIRs. R. 11. 1.ACEY. Chairman from June. 1918. to close of the war
The Educational Committee of the Nashville Chapter. American Red Cross. came into existence before the Chapter itself was organized. In April. 1917. the Nashville Y. W. C. V. was authorized by the National Board of the American Red Cross to form educational classes, and Miss Louise Mellenry. a member of the Educational Committee of the Y. W. C. 1 .. was appointed Chairman of this work. Upon the organization of the Nashville Red Cross Chapter. the Y. W. C. 1. was retained as a teaching center. with Wiss Louise Mellenry as Chairman and Miss Vary Pleasants Jones as Assistant Chairman.
Registrations for classes were made at the Y. W. C. A. and at the Red Cross Nashville Chapter Headquarters, Twelve or fifteen ap- plicants were necessary for the formation of a class in this department. Miss Fannie O. Wal- ton was the first instructor of these courses.
The courses were divided into two distinct branches. They were: First Aid and Home Economics, and they comprised the subjects of Elementary Hygiene. Home Nursing. and Die. teties, The instructors of these courses were at all times professionals. The course in First Vid was under the direction of a physician ap- pointed by the Executive Board of the Nash- ville Chapter, and the second course was taught by a Red Cross nurse appointed by Red Cross Divisional Headquarters as a supervisor.
During the World War the Educational Committee and Nursing Service of the Nashville Chapter held right classes in First Aid, with a membership of one hundred and eightv-nine: eleven in Home Nursing. with a membership of one hundred and forty seven: and one class in Dietetics, with a membership of fifteen. These classes Were held in women's clubs. church societies, office buildings and factories in Nash- Ville.
The national call for American Red Cross nurses caused the interest in this de- Toutment to grow rapidly. and the registration for student nurses helped to awaken the public to the fact that with the tremendous draft of doctors and nurses for mili- tary services it was the duty of the people at home to make themselves efficient enough to care for ordinary cases of illness, as well as for accidents and injuries.
The work of the Educational and Nursing Service Committee was not only im- portant during the time of actual warfare, but grew in helpfulness during recon-
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VOLUNTEER NURSES AT KISSAM HALL HOSPITAL. R. O. T. C .. DURING THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC OF OCTOBER. 1918
Dr. S. S. Crockett was Chief of Medical Staff, and Mrs. S. S. Crockett, Chairman of Hospital. From left to right. first row: Miss Bella Goodman. Mrs. T. Leigh Thompson (Nellie Ely), Mrs. Harry P. Murrey (Lale Lester). Mrs. M. G. Buckner (Elizabeth Jackson), Mrs. S. S. Crockett (Carrie Clark), Mrs. L. R. Campbell (Johnie Marshall), Mrs. James H. Kirkland (Mary Hender- son). Second row: Mrs. Richard Barr (Sallie Kirkpatrick), Mrs. W. W. Dillon (Susie Wright), Miss Marie Kuhn, Mrs. A. J. Dyer ( Elizabeth Buttorff), Mrs. W. G. Hutchinson (Kate Baxter), Mrs. Edward West Foster (Susie Cockrill). Third row: Mrs. Jordon Stokes ( Mary Whitworth), Mrs. W. H. Witt (Ella Walsh), Mrs. J. T. McGill (Elizabeth Allen).
struction days. New classes were formed from time to time and the Committee planned to put this course in the public schools.
Dr. McPheeters Glasgow was the Instructor in First Aid Classes for this depart- ment, and was assisted by Dr. William Sumpter, Dr. Harrington Marr and Dr. Sam Cowan, each of whom instructed several classes.
Miss Nan Dorsey and Mrs. Willie F. Acree, professional nurses, were appointed Supervisors and Instructors of the classes in Elementary Hygiene and Home Nurs- ing. The committee having this work in charge was composed of Mrs. R. H. Lacev, as Chairman. and Mrs. Henry Teitlebaum. Mrs. Perkins Baxter, Mrs. John R. Wheeler and Miss Matilda Porter. as assistants to Mrs. Lacey.
The need for help during the epidemic of influenza in the fall of 1918 brought to the Home Nursing Committee of the Nashville Chapter. A. R. C., the first call for active service, and the situation was desperate enough to put the strength and ef- ficiency of the entire Committee to the severest test. Th response of the workers was satisfactory proof of their sincerity and the adequacy of the Educational Courses of this department. It is a matter of pride to the Educational Committee that when instructions concerning the influenza epidemic were received from National Head- quarters of the Red Cross they were identical with the methods already being pur- sued by the Nashville Chapter. The hearts of Davidson County's generous public were so touched by the distressing situation that gifts of money. bed clothing. food and other comforts were daily received by this committee, and large supplies of every needed article were available at all times for distribution to the destitute families.
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The Administrative Board of the Nashville Chapler. 1. R. C., of which Mrs. Percy D. Maddm was Chairman, appointed an Influenza Epidemic Committee for Davidson County during this crisis, and the work of this committee was so exceptional thal two letters of commendation were received by Mrs. Maddin from E. R. Black. Man- ager of the Southern Division. A. R. C., in which special mention was made of the work of Mrs. Elizabeth Bowver. President of Middle Tennessee Nurses Association. of the Belle Meade Country Club. the Centennial Club, and the Nashville Chapter. Red Cross Motor Corps. Mrs. Bowser and Mrs. Willie F. Acree. official representa- lives of the Public Health Service, superintended the work of the volunteer nurses.
EMERGENCY KITCHEN ESTABLISHED
Through the courtesy of the Belle Meade Country Club and the Centennial Club. ot Nashville. an Emergency Kitchen was organized at the Centennial Club under the Thection of Vis. Anna G. Conger. Mrs. O'Bryan Washington had charge of the distribution of the delicacies, and one hundred and twenty-five families stricken with the disease were served daily by this committee. Mrs. Washington was assisted by volunteer workers from all parts of Nashville. Miss Lillian Taylor gave her entire time. assisting in the distribution. while the epidemic lasted.
Mrs. Mary Bright Thomas, Chairman of the Emergency Motor Corps for the epi- domic, secured sixty-eight workers, who gave their services and their cars to the relief work of this committee. Mrs. Robert Check. Captain of the Nashville Chapter. 1. R. C .. Motor Corps, and her members gave nine hundred and sixty-one hours and drove 1.172 miles during this public crisi -.
The forces of all committees were augmented by the addition of volunteer work- ers throughout the county, and among those giving freely of their time and services were:
Mr4. George F. Blackie. Mrs. Joseph Lindauer, Wis, John R. Wheeler. Mr -. B. Kirk Rankin, Mas. Peges D. Maddin, Mrs. R. H. Faces, Mas Matilda Poster. Miss Lillian Taylor. Miss Ethel White. Miss Nel Majet, Miss Jane Harris, and Mrs. Ben Lindauer.
All churches, moving picture houses and schools of Davidson County were closed. so that many women were released from their regular employment and gave their services to this cause. The city and county teachers of the schools rendered especial service to the committee. The following comprise the working force of volunteer nurses and inspectors of this department:
Mrs. J. S. Alles. Mrs. Darden Allen. Mrs. J. M. Andersen, Mrs. D. Moure Andrews, Mrs. J. O. Burn. Mrs. W. P. Bearden, Mis. A. O. Burge. Jr., Mes. Green Benton. Miss Bella Goodman. 1// -. W . Dillon. Mrs. \ J. Dyer. Mrs. D. T. MeGill, Wis. James HI. Kirkland, Mrs. S. S. ( rockett. Vi- Lesquel Campbell, Mas. W. C Hutchinson. Miss Richard Batt. Mis, Clarence Divor Mi-, Willari Witt. Mrs MePherter- Glasgow. Mis. T. J. Bigger. Mrs. W. J. Bovkin. Vr Hn +] Brown. Mys. W. H. Buchanan. Mrs. James H. Cantrell. Mrs. M. G. Buckner. Ar -. ( D. CNadles. Mrs. Ivon Childress, Mis. J. R. Compton, Mrs. Iva Davis, Mrs. Steven Driver. Mr M H. Pants, Mrs. Frank Scares Green, Mrs. Walter Garen. Mas. E. W. Foster. Ma V. 1. Greg Vr G. V. Gwathnes. Mrs. Thomas Hancock. Mrs. Ross Handl. Mes. Beste Harvey. VIS. Ama Oliver. Mrs. Witherspoon Haves. Mrs. Oscar Hill. Mas. Margaret Henderson Hutchi- Mrs Tourner Johnson. Mas, Charles Litterer, Mrs. J. C. Lucky. Mrs. J. D. Luton. Mrs. I. H. W. MEN J. D. Martin, Mrs. Wendell Mc Fadden. Mrs. J. L. Mekoin. Mrs. Harry P. Murray. Vortalk Mrs James Ogilvie. Mrs. H E. Ofto. Mrs. Hallum Goodlue. Mrs. Annie Der Mis Mape Pette, Mis, Blanche Platt, Mrs. Mollie R. Potter. Mts. Will Pardue. Mrs. For r Stoke, Mr. E. M. Ramsey. Mas. John B. Ransom, Mes. Walter Ridley, Mrs. Mary Rus. TE W B. shelton Mrs. V. M Sobel. Mrs. Thomas Spain, Mrs. Edward Stahlman, Mrs. G Y. Sabor Ve Un G. Stephens, Mrs. A. B. Tarpley. Mrs. Charles Hard. Mis. J. F. Thomas. We Tho@pbrey Timothy. Mis Charles Trabuc. Mrs. T. R. Tinrentine. Miss Fannie O Walton. Off Gang, Wdiants. and Mrs Fern York, Mas Nelle Foster. Miss Ada Alexander. Miss
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Martha Barham, Miss Elizabeth Beasley, Miss Lillian Bennett. Miss Theresa Bolling, Miss Jane May Botts. Miss Elizabeth Boyer. Miss Zelma Bush, Miss Maria Cage. Wiss Kate Cain, Miss Mary Cash, Miss Lora Cullum. Miss Archie Davis. Miss Lulie Ewing. Miss Lillian Fisher, Miss Lillian Freeman, Miss Mattie Goodpasture. Miss Julia Green. Miss Mary Gwathmey, Wiss Martha Ilandley, Miss Lucile llarland, Miss Pauline Hudson, Miss Evangeline Johnson, Miss Elizabeth Liggett. Miss Caroline Lindsay. Miss Laura Malone, Miss Georgia Morgan. Miss Annie Frances McKoin, Miss Lonise McMillan. Miss Dorothy O'Connell, Miss Will Petway. Miss Amy Rich, Miss Sara Sanders. Miss Cynthia Seudday, Miss Eunice Shaw. Miss Flora Shelby, Miss Louise Smith, Miss Elizabeth Tarpley, Miss Will Ella Tatum. Miss Ruby Louise Terry, Miss Ellen Trabne. Miss Flora Travis. Miss Lillian Warner, Miss Lillian Watt, Miss Dorothy Williams, and Miss Rubie Simpkins.
The graduate nurses who rendered able assistance during this epidemic were:
Mrs. T. J. Biggers, Mrs. Lucile Harlan, Mrs. Willie F. Acree, Mrs. Neil Martin, Mrs. G. H. Williams, Mrs. F. E. York, Miss Elizabeth DeMayo, Miss Fern Draper, Miss Virginia Harris. Miss Jean Mckenzie, Miss Frances Simpkins, Miss May Buchanan, and Miss Tenney Woodson.
Certificates for service from the Nashville Chapter were received by the above mentioned women and all who did a service during this crisis. Mrs. R. H. Lacey, the Chairman, was highly commended by officials of the Nashville Chapter, Red Cross. for her capable management of this department and the splendid results ob- tained during her administration.
Mrs. Lacey paid a beautiful tribute to Miss Louise McHenry (deceased). who was the pioneer organizer of this committee, in saying that Miss MeHenry's loyalty and devotion to duty was at all times an inspiration to the Educational Committee to "carry on."
The work carried on under the jurisdiction of Mrs. R. H. Lacey, who was chosen to succeed Miss MeHenry in this department, was at all times of an excellent char- acter. Mrs. Lacey herself rendering untiring service.
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Camp Activities Committee, Nashville Chapter. A. R. C. MRS. SIDNEY S. CROCKETT. Chairman
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MRS. SYDNEY S. CROCKETT (Carrie (Jark)
The work of the Camp Activities Department of the Nashville Chapter. Red Gross, was limited to those courtesies which could be extended to soldiers and -for- passing through Nashville, and which were performed by the Emergency Canteen Section of the Committee. until the autumn of 1918. when a Students Army Training Camp was opened at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, At the sugges- tion of Dr. James II. Kirkland. Chancellor of Vanderbilt University. the War De- partment appointed the following Medical Staff for the Student- Camp: Dr. Sidney . Crockett. Medical Man: Dr. William A. Bryan, Surgeon. and Dr. Her-chel Ezell. I.ve. Ear and Throat Specialist.
The first week during the physical examinations at the university the influenza epidemie appeared among the students and urgent necessity for hospital accommo- dations immediately arose. The Medical Staff appealed to Mrs. S. S. Crockett and her Camp Activities Committee in this crisis. Not only the personnel of the com mittee, but the heads of all Red Cross Departments of the Nashville Chapter. sup- plemented by military and university authorities, united to adopt emergency mea -- on- and hastily established the Kissam Hall Emergency Hospital. The combined efforts of these agencies were augmented by innumerable private contributions, by personal work. In money and by hospital necessities.
During the several weeks of the epidemic the following women served as heads at the various subcommittees, into which the management of the hospital wa-
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LEADERS OF THE VARIOUS SUB-COMMITTEES AND VOLUNTEER NURSES OF TIIE EMERGENCY HOSPITAL, KISSAM HALL, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, DURING THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC AMONG THE R. O. T. C. STUDENTS, OCTOBER. 1918
Left to right. first row: Mrs. M. G. Buckner, Mrs. James H. Kirkland, Mrs. Harry P. Mur- rey. Mrs. S. S. Crockett, Chairman of the Committee, Mrs. T. Leigh Thompson, and Mrs. Lemuel R. Campbell. Second row: Miss Marie Kuhn. Miss Bella Goodman, Mrs. W. W. Dillon, Miss Alma Oliver, Miss Nellie O'Bryan, Mrs. Jordan Stokes, Mrs. G. W. Hutchinson, Mrs. William H Witt and Mrs. Edward West Foster.
divided: Mrs. Sidney S. Crockett, Chairman; Mrs. James H. Kirkland, Vice-Chair- man. and Mrs. Matthew G. Buckner. Mrs. T. Leigh Thompson, Mrs. Lemuel R. Campbell. Mrs. Samuel H. Orr. Mrs. William C. Cherry and Mrs. Harry P. Murrey were members of the Advisory Board.
Among the volunteers who served as nurses, aides, cooks, waitresses. and in other needed capacities. as long as the epidemic, or they individually, lasted. were: Mrs. W. H. Witt. Mrs. S. S. Crockett. Mrs. Richard Barr. Mrs. M. G. Buckner, Mrs. J. T. McGill, Mrs. F. L. Wilkinson. Mrs. W. W. Dillon. Mrs. W. G. Hutchinson, Mrs. Jordan Stokes. Mrs. Lemuel R. Campbell, Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Jr .. Miss Atma Oliver, Mrs. Edine Armstrong Matthews, Miss Bella Goodman. Miss Virginia Johns, Miss Nellie O'Bryan, Mrs. John H. De Witt. Mrs. Edward W. Foster. Mrs. William Leftwich, Mrs. A. J. Dyer. Mrs. T. Leigh Thompson, Mrs. Brown Buford, Mrs. J. Hunter Orr, Miss Effie Morgan, Miss Marie Kuhn, Miss Lulie Ewing, and Miss Susan Wilkes.
Miss Mary MeGown, Mrs. J. H. Matthews and Miss Alma Oliver served as heads of the Diet Kitchen. A number of graduate and Red Cross nurses were in charge of patients during the epidemic. and members of the Executive Board and volunteers for this service remained in the hospital overnight when needed. A group of faith- ful workers served the patients with breakfasts, put patients and wards in order for the day. during the entire time of the existence of the hospital. Miss Alma Oliver served breakfast to the patients every morning for three weeks bginning at five o'clock.
Another group furnished the social end by establishing a convalescent room. writing letters for the boys and entertaining them.
A splendid service was rendered by Lieutenant Mccutcheon, detailed by the Commandant to Mrs. S. S. Crockett and her committee for hospital service. and the K. P. orderlies placed by him at the disposal of the committee were greatly appre- ciated by officials of the Nashville Red Cross Chapter. One hundred and ninety cases of influenza were cared for, and though a large number of patients were very ill with pneumonia. only two cases proved fatal. due to the careful attention they received from this committee.
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During this dark period of the conflict of the army at home the symbol of the Red Cross over the hospital door and on the uniforms of the Camp Activities Com- mittee and volunteer helpers repeated its history of relief and comfort. and un- doubtedly proved an important factor in assisting the physicians and nurses in saving many lives of the country's soldiers in training.
Probably the most heroic and most self-sacrificing service rendered during the World War by the women of Davidson County. both trained and untrained. were those who volunteered as nurses during the influenza epidemic. which made its first appearance in the county during the World War. Entire families were stricken at one time, and while our boys were in the midst of battle in France dozens of rela- tives. friends and acquaintances of David-on County residents at home were probably lying cold in death from this disease. It was difficult for the undertakers of Nash- ville to accommodate the large number who died in Nashville, owing to the fact that the erection of the Powder Plant almost doubled the population of Davidson
PIONEERS OF THE EMERGENCY CANTEEN COMMITTEE. NASHVILLE CHAPTER. A. R. C., AS A BEFORE THE ERECTION OF THE CANTEEN
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Standing, from left to right: Mrs. Ridley Wills. Mr -. T. I. Webb, Miss Mary Porter Kirkman, Mrs. WIdl Mi -- ilelen Buford, Mrs. A. O. Tate, Mrs. C. R. Clements, Mrs. I. W. Miller, Sidney Crockett, Jr., holding bant ; Merritt. Mrs Samuel 6. Douglas, Captain: Miss Sadie Cauvin. Mrs. Paul De Witt, Miss Louise Witherspoon, r. Corbuitt, Mrs. Ellsworth P. Seales, Mr-, Charles Hillman, Mrs. Marshall Hotchkiss, and Mrs. W. O. Tirrill, Captain
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County, and it was not unusual to see members of a family bury their own. Several dozen bodies sometimes lay at the undertaking establishments at one time. waiting for caskets to be procured. Davidson County citizens arose to the emergency, and hundreds of her women left their homes, if they were fortunate enough to escape having the disease in their own families, and volunteered as nurses wherever their services were needed in the city, county, or Powder Plant. Miss Ellen Foster, Miss Will Petway. Mrs. J. H. Matthews, Mrs. Edine Armstrong Matthews and Mrs. R. E. Porter spent weeks nursing influenza patients in North and East Nashville. Emer- gency kitchens were in operation in every section of Nashville and at the Powder Plant, and delicacies were prepared and distributed to every needy person by the housewives of Davidson County.
Mrs. S. S. Crockett, who so ably organized the women of Davidson County for many of the World War activities, rendered another splendid service by acting as leader of the Vanderbilt Hospital Emergency Committee in the influenza epidemie.
EYAPPEARED DISTRIBUTING FRUITS, SMOKES AND SANDWICHES TO THE TROOPS IN TRANSIT TRY THE NASHVILLE TERMINAL COMPANY
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ool R. Cole. Miss Annie DeMoville, Mrs. Henry G. Maney, Mrs. W. L. Nichol. Mrs. John W. Moore, Captain. Nss Elsa McGill, Miss Katherine Berry. Miss Anna Blanton, Miss Evelyn Douglas. Mrs. Alex McClain, Mrs. Alfred . Kirk Rankin, Mrs. Mary Bright Thomas, Miss Mary Erskine Ramage. Mrs. James T. Gwathmey, Mrs. Hesse Seted in center. left to right: Mrs. Harry Evans, Commandant, Mrs. Sidney S. Crockett. and Mrs. Bruce Douglas.
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Emergency Canteen Service Committee, Nashville Chapter. A. R. C.
VRs. HARRY W. EVANS. Commandant
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The Emergency Canteen Service Committee of the Nashville Chapter. A. R. C. Was organized by Mrs. S. S. Crockett in her capacity as Chairman of Camp Activities. In the choice of Mrs. Harry Evans for Commandant of the Emergency Canteen Service. Mrs. Crockett displayed rare judgment. as the position required executive ability combined with physical endurance and also social tact. Mrs. Evans' record as Commandant of this branch of the Nashville Chapter won the approval of Na- menal Headquarters, at Washington, D. C .. that of all the ofheers and troops served In the Nashville Emergency Canteen and. most complimentary of all. that of her de workers in the service. all of whom recognized her ability as a leader and worker.
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