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In Allied Relief Work, with Mrs. Edgar M. Foster as leader, the East Nashville women contributed $12,700 and a number of French orphans were adopted.
This section made a survey of all existing social serv- ice agencies to gain information as to their facilities for special war work: cared for many children of absent soldiers; supplied sixty children of destitute families with lunches at school; established a night school at the Caldwell School building to teach English to the foreign MRS. W. MEREDITH GOODLETT (Nina Johnston) born: weighed and measured two hundred and eighty- three babies. and contributed the proceeds of a silver tea in the Eighteenth and Twenty-third Wards to the Milk and Ice Fund.
The East Nashville women secured 4.050 women volunteers in the registration campaign for war service. and 3.100 food pledges were signed by the workers of this section. They raised 4,070 victory gardens, 3.000 of these gardens being made possible through the efforts of Mrs. Robert L. Sawyer in the Nineteenth and Twen- tieth Wards. The remainder were under the supervision of Mrs. J. H. Matthews in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-third Wards. Thousands of government bulletins were distributed by this organization.
MRS. A. E. FISHER | Willie Aust )
The War Savings work of the East Nashville section was exceptional. During the first week of the W. S. S. drive. in February, 1918, the East Nashville Division of the Woman's Committee had charge of the booth on Capitol Boulevard. and sold over $5.000 in stamps. $12.000 worth having been sold in ten days' time during the drive. The agencies organized in the Eighteenth Ward sold $9.000 worth of stamps, and from April 6 to June I. 1918. during the second W. S. S. drive. more than $6,000 in stamps was sold by the women of the East Nashville section.
During the influenza epidemic in October. 1918. vol- unteers from this section aided in the Vanderbilt kitchen, which Mrs. J. H. Matthews. a member, assisted in establishing. They also nursed many stricken people in their own section.
The following women. in addition to the chairman. are responsible for the success of the splendid results accomplished by the women of the East Nashville Division of the Woman's Committee. namely:
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GROUP OF OFFICIALS OF THE EAST NASHVILLE SECTION WOMAN'S COMMITTEE
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Mrs. Gene Adams. Mrs. J. T. Alexander. Mrs. D. M. Alford. Mrs. Ernest Allen. Mrs. Fred Allen, Mrs. Frank Allen, Mrs. Sam Allen, Mrs. J. 11. Ambrose. Mrs. William Anderson, Mrs J. Andrews. Mrs. William B. Armstead, Mrs. Charles Averitt, Mrs. Charles Bailey, Mrs. J. C. Baker, Mrs. W. F. Bang. Mrs. E. L. Bailey. Mrs. O. E. Bates. Mrs. Alex. Barthell, Wr -. J. II. Bandy, Mrs. J. W. Ballinger. Mrs. U. S. Balls, Mrs. Samuel Barr, Mrs. C. W. Bateman, Mrs. W. M. Bateman, Mrs. 11. J. Beck, Mrs. Thomas Beal, Mrs. A. B. Bell, Mrs. John 11. Bell, Mrs. Claude Bellamy, Mrs. E. R. Benagh. Mrs. A. G. Bennet, Mrs. John T. Benson, Mrs. Green Benton. Mrs. E. L. Binkley, Mrs. J. E. Binns, Mrs. W. H. Binns, Mrs. W. G. Blankenship, Mrs. H. O. Blackwood. Mrs. T. M. Bledsoe, Mrs. E. M. Bond, Mrs. George B. Bond, Mrs. J. W. Bonner. Mrs. C. T. Booth, Mrs. Robert Boxendale. Mrs. Mark Bradford. Mrs. E. B. Bradley. Mrs. M. R. Bracy, Mrs. Callie Breedlove. Mrs. Ruth Brent. Mrs. James Brew. Wrs. D. L. Bland. Mrs. B. R. Briggs. Mrs. George S. Britt, Mrs. A. M. Brooks, Mrs. Bessie Dandridge Brown, Mrs. E. W. Brown. Mrs. R. E. Brown. Mrs. Claiborne Bryan. Mrs. F. P. Bryant, Mrs. M. J. Bryant, Mrs. E. G. Buford, Mrs. M. B. Bullington, Mrs. Lewis F. Butler. Mrs. Hoyt Bradford. Mrs. John Henry Cable. Mrs. O. D. Caldwell, Mrs. A. K. Carney. Mrs. W. O. Carney. Mrs. L. T. Carey, Mrs. Fred Carter. Mrs. William P. Carter, Mrs. J. W. Carroll. Mrs. R. W. Comer, Mrs. C. B. Caruthers. Mrs. L. R. Camp. Mrs. Eldridge Campbell, Mrs. T. J. Christman, Mrs. C. D. Campbell. Mrs. N. J. Cleveland. Mrs. D. R. Clinard, Mrs. Alice Clements, Mrs. J. T. Coleman, Mrs. D. M. Colton. Mrs J. B. Carver, Mrs. J. C. Collins, Mrs. M. C. Cook, Mrs. A. S. Colquet. Mrs. Cliff Cooper, Mrs. Frank Cooper. Mrs. G. T. Cooper. Mrs. A. 11. Copeland. Mrs. J. F. Corbitt, Mrs. Walter Corder, Mrs. Ellen Couch. Mrs. William F. Couts, Mrs. T. O. Cowsert, Mrs. Gabie Cox. Mrs. J. P. Crawford, Mrs. W. T. Creighton. Mrs. J. T. Creswell, Mrs. Charles Crutcher. Mrs. T. W. Crutcher. Mrs. Millard Crowdis. Mrs. M. A. Cunningham. Mrs. Walter Cunningham. Mrs. Olney Davies, Mrs. Norman Davidson, Mrs. Walker Darrah, Mrs. Louise Dance, Mrs. G. W. Davis, Mrs. N. E. Dean. Mrs. Morgan Dean, Mrs. Thomas DeMoss, Mrs. Buford Dickerson. Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson. Mrs. M. T. Dickerson, Mrs. A. S. Dies, Mrs. Elizabeth Dillard. Mrs. John L. Dillard, Mrs. J. W. Dillard, Mrs. Zullicoffer Doak. Mrs. Lula Dougherty, Mrs. Samuel Douglas. Mrs. Boyd Drake. Mrs. Robert Dudley, Mrs. James Dunbar. Mrs. Reuben Dunbar. Mrs. H. Y. Dunn. Mrs. L. O. Durham, Mrs. J. W. Eastman, Mrs. W. T. Eastes, Mrs. Phil Ed- wards. Mrs. W. C. Edwards. Mrs. W. Hampton Elam, Mrs. F. H. Elam. Mrs. Thomas Elam. Mrs. F. M. Erwin. Mrs. J. E. Estes. Mrs. Fred Ehrhart, Mrs. F. W. Felder. Mrs. J. J. Ferguson. Mrs. A. W. Ferris, Mrs. Richard Ferriss, Mrs. R. N. Finley, Mrs. John C. Ficher, Mrs. George Finnegan. Mrs. C. E. Ford. Mrs. Nannie Forrest. Mrs. A. N. Forrester. Mrs. Harry J. Frahn. Mrs. T. M. Frost. Mrs. C. C. Fuller, Mrs. R. C. Fulmer, Mrs. J. L. Gaun, Mrs. W R. Garrett. Mrs. M. B. Gatewood, Mrs. W. J. Gilbert, Mrs. Henry C. Gillespie, Mrs N B. Girard. Mrs. Eugene Gilliland, Mrs. E. L. Gleaves. Mrs. Emma Godwin. Mrs. Will Goodrich, Mrs. Wilson Goodrich, Mrs. R. M. Gooch, Mrs. Robert Goodlett, Mrs. De Witt Gordon, Mrs. E. M. Gowan, Mrs. William Graves. Mrs. Jennie White Graves, Mrs. Harold Greene. Mrs. J. A. Greer, Mrs. O. C. Griffin, Mrs. J. T. Griswold, Mrs. M. S. Gribble. Mrs. William Geraldton, Mrs. Thomas Gross, Mrs. John Payne Gross, Mrs. J. E. Gunn. Mrs. Romans Hailey, Mrs. H. C. Hailey. Mrs. T. E. Hally, Mrs. Delia Ilager. Mrs. C. B. Hall, Mrs. Emmett Hall. Mrs. M. J. Halloran, Mrs. L. H. Hallowell. Mrs. Perry Hamilton. Mrs. George Henkel, Mrs. O. P. Hampton. Mrs. J. R. Handly. Mrs. Kinney Harmon, Mrs. W. F. Hardison. Mrs. E. C. Harris, Mrs. Dave Harris. Mrs. William Gray Harris. Mrs. Edward Harrison, Mrs. C. 11. Hart, Mrs. Samuel Edward Hartsfield, Mrs. Samuel Solomon Hartsfield. Mrs. C. N. Harvey, Mrs. E. C. Hawkins, Mrs. Wil- liam Witherspoon Hayes, Mrs. L. C. Haynie. Mrs. W. Bush Herbert, Mrs. R. D. Herbert, Mrs. J. D. Herblin. Mrs. Charles Hetkam. Mrs. E. S. Hertzka, Mrs. Blanche Hight, Mrs. C. H. Hite, Mrs. W. B. Horn. Mrs. John P. Hitch, Mrs. J. Herman Ilitt. Mrs. John Collins Hix. Mrs. A. E. Hoffman, Mrs. C. V. Holderman, Mrs. C. B. Hoffman, Mrs. F. P. Holland. Mrs. Eugene Hollins. Mrs. M. T. Horn. Wrs. M. Howard. Mrs. J. W. Hoover. Mrs. C. A. Horner, Mrs. George F. Hub- hard. Mrs. L. B. Hughes, Mrs. R. C. Huddleston, Mrs. William Hume. Mrs. Paul Hunter. Mrs. W. M. Hunt, Mrs. William Henry Hunter. Mrs. George T. Hutchison, Mrs. J. W. Jackson, Mrs. William Clinton Jacobs. Mrs. Walter Jacobs. Mrs. John William Jakes. Mrs. E. Y. Johnson. Mrs. J. C. Johnson, Mrs. Grayson Jones. Mrs. Ira P. Jones. Mrs. Lena Joy. Mrs. J. W. Kerr. Mrs. J. J. Keyes. Mrs. T. D. King. Mrs. Mattie Luton Koouce, Mrs. W. Il. Lancaster. Mrs. John Lassiter. Mrs. L. M. Lassiter. Mrs. A. H. Lawrence. Mrs. W. H. Lawrence. Wrs. R. T. Lee. Mrs. J. W. Liggett, Mrs. Richard Lindsey. Mrs. W. L. Lipscomb. Mrs. Charles Longhurst. Mrs. Wallace Long, Mrs. J. J. Luton. Mrs. Horace Lurton, Mrs. Frank Maddux, Mrs. H. E. Markle. Mrs. J. W. Marlin. Mrs. J. N. Malone. Mrs. James Marshall, Mrs. J. H. Marshall, Mrs. J. I. Marshall, Mrs. J. A. Marshall. Mrs. Mitt Marshall, Mrs. S. G. Marshall, Mrs. Frank Marshall. Mrs. W. S. Marshall, Mrs. Richard Mackey, Mrs. W. C. Massey, Mrs. Earl Matthews, Mrs. J. H. Matthews. Mrs. John Matthews, Mrs. John Massino, Mrs. Samuel Maxwell, Mrs. J. D. McAlister. Mrs. Thomas McCampbell, Mrs. John T. McCreery. Mrs. S. J. McDaniel, Mrs. John
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McDowell, Mrs. Lome E. MeElroy. Mrs. Rosa Hammon MeElim. Mrs. W. M. MeGer. Mrs. D. MeKav. Mrs. Samuel Mckay. Mrs. F. P. MeKeel. Mrs. J. W. Mc Murray. Mrs. T. B. We Wurtry. Mrs. Mattie V. MeRoy, Mrs. G. Mertens, Mrs. P. 11. Miller. Mrs. T. C. Mimms, Mrs. J. W. Miller. Mrs. \. Il. Moore. Mrs. J. B. Moore, Mrs. John Washington Moore, Mrs. Joe II. Moore. Mrs. W. A. Moffitt. Mrs. B. W. Montgomery, Mrs. Luke Montgomery. Mrs. W. W. Morehead. Mrs. J. C. Morelock, Mrs. R. T. Morrison, Mrs. Fra I. Morgan, Mrs. E. B. Moreles. Mrs. Peres Myatt. Mrs. J. D. Naive. Mrs. W. T. Naive. Mrs. Boyd Nicks, Mrs. Lawrence Nichold. Mrs. J. I .. Niles, Mrs. R. J. Neville, Mrs. George Valand, Mrs. R. W. Norwood. Mrs. J. R. Ogilvie. Mrs. H. 1. Olney. Mrs. John Onstatt, Mrs. Andrew O'Brien, Mrs. W. S. Orr, Mrs. J. R. Osborne, Mrs. J. W. Owen. Mrs. Margaret Page. Mrs. W. W. Parminter, Mrs. Jessie Patterson, Mrs. J. C. Patterson, Mrs. R. M. Patterson. Mrs. O. C. Parman, Mrs. J. W. Patrick. Mrs. O. W. Patton, Mrs. Anne E. Payne. Mrs. J. R. Payne, Mrs. Felix Peach, Mrs. T. A. Peach, Mrs. John Perry. Mrs. Daniel Webster Phillip -. Mrs. William Phillips. Mrs. M. H. Plummer. Mrs. Ewing Pollard, Mrs. Edward Polk. Mrs. 11. I. P'Poole. Mrs. George Price. Mrs. T. F. Proctor, Mrs. N. E. Puckett, Mrs. C. F. Purcell, Mrs. James Pritchett, Mrs. John E. Queener. Wr -. Guy Rainey. Mr -. Guy Rainey. Jr .. Mrs. T. J. Ransdell. Mes. C. E. Kateliffe, Mrs. I . S. Raymer. Mrs. Harry Rankin. Mrs. William Redford. Mrs. W. A. Rawls, Mrs. R. L .. Redford, Mrs. T. W. Remy, Mrs. Edward Reece. Mrs. Charles Rhea, Mrs. W. E. Raynolds. Mrs. Paul Riddle. Mr-, Charles Ridge. Mrs. J. W. Riggins, Mrs. H. A. Robinson, Mrs. D. W. Roland, Mrs. E. B. Rundle, Mrs. M. C. Russell. Mrs. J. E. Saunders, Mrs. D. P. Saunders, Mrs Kate sanders. Mrs. Page Sanders, Mrs. Kent Dandridge. Mrs. George Sawrie, Mrs. II. M. Sawrie. Mrs. Robert Sawrie, Mrs. Charles M. Schneider, Mrs. A. C. Seudday. Mrs. Hugh Scudday. Mrs. George Sevmore. Mrs. John Dempsey Sharp, Mrs. W. G. Shaffer, Mrs. W. H. Shelton. Mrs. Hubert Simpkins. Mrs. E. M. Shepherd, Mrs. W. T. Simmons, Mrs. Brantley Smith, Mrs. W. H. Sherrill, Mr -. F. M. Shurer. Mrs. W. Il. Smith. Mrs. R. E. Small. Mrs. Edward Southgate. Mrs. Henry W. spicer. Mrs. George Spears, Mrs. A. W. Spickard. Mrs. B. Il. Spain, Mrs. Clarence Stafford, Mrs. Pitt Stiles. Mrs. John Stewart, Mrs. J. B. Stiles, Mrs. H. F. Steining, Mrs. G. W. Stahlman. Mr. T. E. Stratton, Mrs. H. H. Stretch, Mrs. J. Summers, Mrs. Maude A. Sullivan. Mrs. Joe Talbot, Mrs. A. R. Tallman. Mrs. W. R. Tate. Mrs. O. B. Tudd. Mrs. C. A. Taylor, Wis. W. W. Taylor. Mrs. Ernest Il. Thompson. Mrs. Il. C. Thompson. Mrs. H. W. Thomas. Mrs. Kirk Tinsley. Mrs. E. Travis, Mrs. Paul Treanor. Mrs. Melvin Tipps. Mrs. Frank Turbeville, Mrs. Preston (. Tucker. Mrs. John Turner, Mrs. S. A. Tyler. Mrs. J. C. Tuley. Mrs. Frank Turner. Mrs. H. P. Van Ar-dell. Mrs. J. W. Veron. Mrs. J. F. Vester, Mrs. Laura Vantrease. Mrs. Charles Wain. Wrs. Paul Wain. Mrs. Maurice Wain. Mrs. A. C. Webb. Mrs. J. A. Webb. Mr -. C. W. Watts, Mrs. F. L. Waggoner, Mrs F. W. Walker. Mrs. T. W. Walker. Mrs. Harold Harding Ward. Mrs. Joseph Warren, Mrs. Frank Wey. Mrs. Kate Weathers, Mrs. J. W. White, Mrs. Ann Ki-sling White. Mrs. James White. Mrs. John Whitehead, Mrs. Victor Williams, Mrs. C. P. Wilson. Mrs. R. H. Wilson. Mrs. S. L .. Wilson. Mrs. A. J. Wilson. Mrs. J. L. Wolford, Mrs. Charles T. Wright, Mrs. Georgia Wade, Mrs. S. C. Walker, Mrs. C. L. Watkins. Mrs. E. Il. Wellmen, Mrs. M. R. Wetterean. Mrs, Gertrude Weidinger. Mrs. Elizabeth Shannon West. Mrs. Frank Wheeler, Mrs. Harry White. Mrs. Walter H. White, Mrs. H. Wiles, Mrs. Percy Williams, Mrs. II. F. Williams. Mrs. Roy F. Williams Mrs. B. W. Womack. Mrs. Volney Woodring. Mrs. F. C. Woods. Mrs. C. T. Williams. Mrs. M. E. Woodward. Mrs. Margaret Wright. Mr -. W. H. Yates. Mrs. William 6 . Yarbrough. Mrs. 1 .. L. Yeagley. Mrs. John Yeargin. Mrs. W. T. Yeargin. Mrs. T. 11. Young. Mrs, J. 1. Young. Mrs. L. M. Young. Mrs, Mary J. Young, Mrs. J. C Young. Viss Catherine Allen. Miss Nell Alsup. Wiss Masbelle Andrews, Miss Elizabeth Bang. Miss Laura Bang. Wiss Bessie Mai Beal. Miss Elizabeth Bell. Miss Lila Bell. Miss Mattie Board, Viss Dora Benson, Miss Mary Laura Benson. Miss Virginia Benton. Miss Antoinette Bentley. Mit- Pearl Bledsoe. Miss Elizabeth Band, Miss Mary Brandon, Miss Hazel Brandon. Miss Dorothy Brandon. Miss Pauline Brent, Viss Rosa Brewer, Miss Frances Brittian, Miss Jane Brooks, Miss Mabel Buford, Miss Mamie Burke, Miss E. J. Caldwell. Miss Glenn Caldwell. Viss Glenn Carter. Wiss Rosa Calhoun, Miss Bettie Calhoun. Wiss Minnie Christles. Miss Mildred Campbell, Miss Louise Church. Wiss Christine Clark, Miss Dorothy Clark. Miss Marie Clark, Miss Gladys Clark, Miss Mattie Lee ( hatham, Miss Hattie Cotton. Miss Virginia ( ook. Miss Margaret Cooper. Miss Mabel Cowan, Miss Modelle Cisco, Miss Joan Crawford. Miss Evelyn Crutcher. Miss Willie Ruth Davidson, Miss Cora Dean, Miss Helen Denms, Miss Mary Frances Dickerson. Miss Mary Glenn Dillon, Miss Dorothy Dobbs. Wiss Kathleen Dougherty. Mi- Kate Dorris, Miss Adelaide Douglas, Miss Martha Douglas, Miss Mattie Durham, Miss Fine Edwards, Wiss Magaret Edwards. Miss Mary Edwards. Miss Cornelia Erwin. Wiss Kate June. Miss Zala Evans, Miss Carrie Ewing. Miss Mary Ewing. Miss Mildred Farmer, Miss viberta Fite. Wiss Enmer Fhv. Miss Edna Gaines. Miss Sue Gilbert, Miss Eva Gilliam. Miss Trent Gillian. Mas And Gower, Miss Emmaline Green. Mas Vina Belle Green, Miss Mattie Na Margaret Hadley Miss Lucile Hailey. Miss Bessie Hallowell, Mas Sadie Hallowell.
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Miss Lady Frances Hamilton, Miss Lucile Hartsfield. Miss Frances Ilerbert, Miss Eney Herblin, Miss Ethel Hieks. Miss Myrtle Jackson, Miss Thelma Jackson. Miss Belle Johnson, Miss Evelyn Johnson, Miss Martha James. Miss Pearl Jones, Miss Mattie King. Miss Nan Kendrick. Miss Vernon Kirkpatrick, Miss Mary Lee, Miss Martha White Lindsey, Miss Olive Lipscomb, Miss Nettie Longhurst, Miss Henrietta Lindsey, Miss Elizabeth Love, Miss Alice Lowe. Miss Blanche Luton. Miss Julia Lunsford. Miss Mignon Markle. Miss Mary Belle Marshall, Miss Jennie E. Matthews, Miss Lizzie Martin. Miss Mary D. MeCarn, Miss Mary Jane McCarver, Miss Mande MeCarver. Miss Elizabeth MeCarver. Miss Elizabeth MeDonald, Miss Frances McKee. Miss Anna Frances McKoin, Miss Anna MeKennie. Miss Nellie Sue McMurray. Miss Evelyn Mc- Quiddy. Miss Bessie Miller, Miss Carrie Miller, Miss Fannie B. Moore. Miss Anna Frances Morris. Miss Marian Murphy, Miss Elizabeth Murphy, Miss Lillian Neblett, Miss Sarah Nees. Miss Elizabeth Oehmig. Miss Mary Onstott, Miss Rolilee Patrick, Miss Helen Patton. Miss Mattie Pierce, Miss Louise Piper. Miss Marie Piper, Miss Cora Pitts. Miss Louise Powell. Miss Lucille Pride. Miss Minnie Proctor. Miss Minnie Sur Queener. Miss Frances Davies, Miss Evelyn Remy, Miss Frances Remy, Miss Katherine Rhea, Miss Eva Richardson. Miss Sallie Richardson, Miss Louise Rieh. Miss Virginia Riddle. Miss Pearl Ring, Miss Ora Rogers. Miss Ruth Rogers. Miss Clara Rust. Miss Annie Sanders, Miss Louise Sanders, Miss Carrie B. Sanders, Miss Eliza- beth Sanders, Miss Cynthia Seudday. Miss Mary Elizabeth Sharp. Miss Ilazel Sharpe, Miss Mattie Sharp. Miss Lee Sheetz. Miss Louise Sheetz, Miss Eddie Shearon, Miss Bertha Shields. Miss Ann Shurer. Miss M. Slemmons, Miss Mary Alice Smiley, Miss Anna Morrison Smith. Miss Isadore Smith. Miss Virginia Smith, Miss Katie Lou Smith, Miss Hattie L. Spann. Miss Margaret Tandy. Miss Louise Taylor, Miss Mary Trice, Miss Mary Emma Underwood. Miss Myrtle Wade. Miss Susie Wade, Miss Imogene Watson. Miss Mildred Watson. Miss Dorothy Wade. Miss Georgia Reece Wade. Miss Frances Wade, Miss Marian Wade. Miss Lucile Walpole. Miss Nettie Wade. Miss Gladys Imogene White. Miss Margaret White, Miss Aline Webb, Miss Louise Webb. Miss Mabel Witt. Miss Edith Worke, Miss Susie Weakley. Miss Mary Williams.
Each of these women volunteered Their services in every activity undertaken in Davidson County for the boys in khaki from the day they were organized in August. 1917. until the last Davidson County soldier had been discharged. Although Mrs. Vernon Sharp. Chairman of the East Nashville Division, was raising a "future army" at home, she voluntarily gave her entire time successfully to war relief work. and the many sacrifices so cheerfully made by her as leader of this organization. in which she also worked as one of the privates, never requiring any work of a member that she was not willing to share, inspired the splendid results accom- plished by the East Nashville Section in every campaign and drive throughout the World War. and was ever ready to lend assistance in the reconstruction period and all civic work of the city. Her five interesting children. though small. also did their "bit."
NORTH NASHVILLE DIVISION OF THE NASHVILLE WOMAN'S COMMITTEE MRS. R. E. PORTER. General Chairman
Mrs. R. E. Porter appointed the following able Sub-Chairmen on her board:
Mrs. D. F. Banks, Vice-Chairman: Mrs. Alice Stiner. Secretary: Mrs. P. G. Houser. Publicity; Miss Mary Smith, Finance: Mrs. Oliver Towles. Allied Relief; Mrs. M. M. Ginn. Social Service: Mrs. George Roth, Child Welfare: Mrs. George M. Hite and Miss Allie Edwards, Red Cross; Mrs. J. O. Dozier. Health and Sanitation; Mrs. M. M. Harvill. Medical Service: Miss Flora Porter and Mrs. William Trebing. Instruction Classes for Women: Miss Ruth Notgrass. Regis- tration; Miss Bessie Brand. Food Conservation; Mrs. Herman Blackman, Comforts; Mrs. George Karsch. Devotional; and Miss Catherine Banks, Chairman for Liberty Loans.
Mrs. Porter's ward organizations included the following Chairmen:
First Ward Chairman, Mrs. H. P. Fritz; Second Ward Chairman, Mrs. Andrew Mackenzie; Third Ward Chairman. Miss Mary Smith: Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Wards, Mrs. J. C. Lusky. Chairman. and Seventh Ward Chairman. Miss Elizabeth Binford.
The First. Second. Third. Fourth, Fifth. Sixth and Seventh Wards were under the supervision of Mrs. R. E. Porter. Sectional Chairman.
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Mrs. 11. P. Fritz and Mrs. Andrew Mackenzie acted as joint chairmen of the North Nashville section to secure funds and clothing which enabled the return of two hundred children of destitute families to the five different schools in that ste- tion. The North Nashville Improvement League collected the clothing, assisted by Mrs. Charles Steiner. Mrs. Edward Dempsey. Mrs. Abe Rosen Mrs. James Smith, and Mrs. Edward Fox.
For more than a vear prior to the organiza- tion of the Victory Garden Association by the Government Mrs. R. E. Porter. Mrs. George W. lite and Mrs. William Dunn had been active in the same work that this association promul- gated. This work was under the auspices of the North Nashville Improvement League and had already in cultivation one hundred twenty acres in gardens.
In 1917 this work was taken over entirely by the women of the North Nashville Section of the Woman's Committee, with the following of- firers:
Mrs. R. E. Porter. President: Miss Mars Smith. Treasurer. and Mrs. Andrew Mackenzie. Executive Board: Mrs. Henry Fritz. Mrs. George M. Hite. Mrs. D. F. Banks. and Mrs. William Dann.
Later this organization was merged into the Victory Garden Association, when a broader and more extensive work was done along this line than in any other part of Davidson County. The Association had in cultivation in the North Nashville section 6.000 back vard- and two hundred fifty acres in vacant lots.
The first Canning Club in Davidson County was organized by the North Na-hi- ville Section of the Woman's Committee by Mrs. R. E. Porter at the Warioto Settle- ment House. This was known as the Mothers' Club. to which. through the generosity of the Big Brother -. a charitable organization of Nashvile men. a canner was donated. A canner was donated by Mis- Hettie Duff to the Buena Vista School and one was also pro- vided for the negro school. Asheroft. by Mr -. R. E. Porter. Several cans of vegetables and fruits were preserved by these centers. the Warioto Canning Club of the section winning first honors. preserving from ninety-five to one hundred cans in one day's time. All canning was done under strict government rules, and the Garden Committee of this section dis- tribuited all vegetables. A commendable feature of this work by the North Nashville Woman's Commit- ter was the presentation of several thousand cans to absent soldiers' families, the cans being distributed from the Warioto Settlement Center.
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VICTORY GARDEN WORKERS WHO SERVED WITH MRS. R. E. PORTER, CHAIRMAN NORTH NASHVILLE WOMAN'S COMMITTEE
This was the first back yard garden to be cultivated in the county. Workers seated in the picture. left to right are: Miss Mary Barnes. Mrs. Joe Odom, Wrs. George Reed, Mrs. James Brown, Miss Flora Porter, and Mrs. R. E. Porter, Chairman. Standing, Miss Josephine Bergland, Mrs. Nettie Earls, Mrs. Tony Baldwin, Mrs. Mary Mills, Mrs. J. A. Porter ( Ruth Spann), Mrs. G. S. Collins and Mrs. George Goldtrap.
Among some of the most active members of the Warioto Canning Center were: Miss Mary Bonds. President of the Canning Unit: Mrs. Mary Mills, Vice-President: Mrs. W. D. Johnson, Secretary and Treasurer; Mrs. Fannie Baldwin: Mrs. W. W. Binns. Mrs. Harry W'ehrenberger. Mrs. Joseph Odom. Mrs. M. M. Ginn. Mrs. P. G. Honser, Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs. George Reed, Mrs. Flora Reed. Miss Flora Porter, Miss Mary White. Miss Emily White, Miss Margaret Hawkins, Miss Edna Radabangh, Miss Hazel Cooper, Miss Bessie Rowden. Miss Maggie Wade, and Miss Bessie Brand.
Miss Mary Smith was appointed Chairman-General of the Third Ward by Mrs. Porter upon the resignation of Mrs. J. V. Roser. Miss Smith and her committee collected over fifty jars of fruit for the soldiers' Thanksgiving. She served as chair- man of knitters for the North Nashville Section for the Army Comfort League, and knitted the first helmet in this organization. which was used as a model. Her com- mittee turned in several hundred knitted articles. Miss Smith was also an instructor in knitting for the Nashville Chapter, Red Cross, and Chairman of the North Nash- ville Girls' Patriotic League.
The North Nashville Section of the Woman's Committee registered 3.000 women for service on Registration Dav, in October. 1917. Seven women of this section volunteered for nurses in the Volunteer Nurses Drive in August. 1918. and during the first Thrift Stamp campaign they had the largest sales for the week. which amounted to $24,181.82.
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MRS. HANRY P. FRIL. ( Mary Chamberlain)
MISS MARY SMITH
Mrs. J. C. Lu-ky. Chairman-General for the Fourth. Fifth and Sixth Wards in the Thrift Stamp drive. has the distinction of securing the largest sales made by any chairman in Davidson County for one day. having a total of $12,600.53. Mrs. Lusky was also State Chairman of the Woman's Division of Jewish Welfare of the United War Work Campaign in November, 1918. and volunteered for private nursing and social service work during the influenza epidemic at the Bertha Fenster- wald Settlement in October. 1918.
The Seventh Ward of the North Nashville Section, with Miss Elizabeth Binford as Chairman-General. perfected an organization in August. 1917. all of this com- mittee serving until the close of the war period. Mi -- Binford appointed the fol- lowing women as her sub-chairmen:
Mrs. John Nolan. Registration: Mrs. Wvery Handly. Food Conservation; Mrs. Lou Lusky, Finance: Mrs. Louise F. Brandon. Training ( James for Women; Mrs. F. B. Gaston, Protection for Women Workers; Wrs. Richard Dake, Liberty Loans: Mrs. J. W. Black. Home and Alied Relief: Miss Matilda Porter, Tulane Red Cross Workroom; Miss Florence Wilson, Publicity; Wiss Catherine Davis, Social Service: Miss Amile Throne, Child Welfare; Miss Vina Wooten, Health and Sanitation; Miss Margaret Rose, Educational Propaganda and Patriotic Meetings; Wiss Nel. lie Cecil. Red Cross; and Mrs. Frank \. MeGavock, Moral and Spiritual Resources.
In addition to those already mentioned. the fol- lowing members of the Seventh Ward Woman's Com- mitter answered every call throughout the war:
Mrs. Reuben SeJy. Mrs. Baxter Moore, Miss Lillian Taylor. Mrs. Morris Wilson. Mrs. William C. Hoffman. Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman, Mrs. Felix Cheatham, Mrs. Vbram M. Tillman, Mrs. Mike Holloran, Mrs. Joseph Morse. Wiss Ellen Nance. Mrs. Buist Schwab, Mrs. Perry Brom- berg. Mrs. T. B. Holt. Mrs. W. IL. Buchanan. Mrs. R. 11. Poindexter. Mrs. A. G. Buckner, Mrs. William C. Dake. Miss Elizabeth Prire. Miss Frank Hollowell. Miss Felicia Viss FrI'm18 BINFORD Porter. Wiss Lucy Eastman, Miss Nella Patterson, Mis- Theresa MeGavock. Miss Latie Corinne Jones, Miss Eliza- beth Exe Miss Delia Smith, Miss Grace Rose, and Miss Margaret Rose.
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