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WORK OF THE NASHVILLE WOMAN'S COMMITTEE MRS. JOHN W. THOMAS. General Chairman
On April 12. 1918. Mrs. James S. Frazer resigned as Nashville Chairman of the Woman's Committee. and Mrs. John W. Thomas was unanimously elected Chair- man-General by the Executive Board. Mrs. Henry Teitlebaum, Vice-Chairman pre- sided over the meeting.
Mrs. Thomas assumed her duties immediately and retained the same Board. with the exception of Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis, who resigned to engage in other work. and Miss Cornelia Barksdale, who had received an appointment for overseas duty. Mrs. Mary Bright Thomas was chosen to fill Mrs. Lewis's unexpired term as Chairman of the West End Section, and Mrs. Lyon Childress was appointed Child Welfare Chair- man lo fill Miss Barksdale's place. Mrs. Mary Bright Thomas appointed a new committer com- posed of Mrs. Idabelle Wilson. Sub-Chairman of the Richland Addition.
Mrs. Wilson appointed the following as assist- ants:
Vis. W. O. Tirrill. Mrs. E. S. Brugh. Mrs. J. B. Tollen. Mrs. James Campbell. Mrs. Henderson Baker, Wis, Fitz gerald Hall. Mrs. J. Harry Howe. Mrs. A. E. Potter. Mrs. Dave Lowenheim, Wis, P. J. Cleary. Mrs. A. Mitchell, Mrs. James II. Kirkland, Mrs. E. F. Venton, Mrs. M. T. Lusky. Mrs. John A. MeEwen. Mrs. George F. Blackie, Mrs. W. T. Hale, Jr .. Mrs. John M. Kenney, Wis, Verner Moore Lewis Mrs. Val Taylor. and Mrs. MeEwen Ransom.
Mrs. Thomas' first work was the weighing and measuring of babies, which took place the week beginning May 27. 1918. Mrs. Eugene Crutcher. State Chairman of Child Welfare, was requested by the National Committee to assist in conducting a campaign throughout Tennessee lo assist in saving the lives of 500.000 children in America. Mrs. John W. Thomas and her Nashville Woman's Committee estab- lished stations in various sections of the city during this campaign for weighing and measuring babies. Mrs. Thomas appointed Mrs. Lvon Childress Nashville Chair. man of the Baby Drive, and Miss Emma Wheat Sullivan as Secretary. Through the efforts of Mrs. Louise E. Brandon the Castner-Knott Dry Goods Company es. tablished a thoroughly equipped clinic for the weighing and measuring of these babies, this being the only retail store in the South to extend this courtesy to the Government. This headquarters. being centrally located. the babies of all nation- alities in both county and city were brought to this clinic.
Vis, Lyon Childress was assisted by Mrs. I. B. Totten. County Chairman of the Woman's Committee. for the weighing and measuring of babies, and by the following :
Mr -. Charles W. Baker. Mrs. Carey E. Folk. Mrs. Weaver Harris, Mrs. Frank Horn. Mrs. Katherine P. Wright, Mrs. T. A. Jordan. Mrs. Donald MeDonald, Mrs. Craig MeFarland. Mos. West II. Morton, Mrs. Robert W. Nichol, Mrs. J. K. Rains, Mrs. C. M. Russell. Mis. Vernon Sharp, Mrs. William Weaver, Mrs. W. B. Cook, Miss Malinda Timmons, Mrs. G. P. Rose, and Mrs. Veal Jones.
Mrs. Lonise E. Brandon kept the official record of the week. Mrs. Willie F. Serve and Miss Van Dorsey, professional nurses and founders of the work in Nach- ville, supervised several baby station- and gave untiringly of their services during baby werk.
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EXECUTIVE BOARD OF NASHVILLE WOMAN'S COMMITTEE. COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, DURING MRS. JOHN W. THOMAS' ADMINISTRATION.
Seated from left to right. first row: Mrs R. E. Porter, Mrs. Walter L. Jones, Mrs. Reuben Mills, Mrs. Alexander Fall, Mrs. John W. Thomas, Chairman, Mrs. H. M. Teitlebaum, and Mrs. Ittie Kinney Reno. Second row, Miss Mary Pleasants Jones, Mrs. Horace G. Hill. Mrs. Joseph Warner, Mrs. E. C. Wright, Mrs. David Rosenfeld and Mrs. Mary Bright Thomas. Third row, Mrs. Vernon Sharp and Miss Katherine Morris.
Dr. W. K. Hibbett. of the Nashville City Board of Health, Drs. Richard Dake. Olin West, George H. Price and Celia Rich, who are among Nashville's most able physicians. gave their services and lectured each day of the drive to hundreds of mothers who otherwise could not have had the instructions. On one of the lecture davs over three hundred mothers were present. During the week several hundred babies were weighed and measured.
The assistants at the various clinics throughout the campaign were: Mrs. Dave Rosenfeld. Mrs. J. B. Totten, Mrs. Walter Jones, Mrs. Robert Nichol. Mrs. Charles S. Caldwell, Mrs. John W. Thomas. Chairman-General. and Miss Mary Allen Thomp- son. who was Chairman of the exhibit held at the Chamber of Commerce.
To Mrs. J. B. Totten, Mrs. West H. Morton, Mrs. C. M. Russell, Mrs. J. K. Rains. Mrs. W. B. Cook. Mrs. H. Craig MeFarland, and Mrs. Count Boyd, credit is due for the large number of district babies that were registered at the various clinics. These women made a house-to-house canvass of the county districts and conveyed to the stations mothers and babies who could not go otherwise.
Mrs. John W. Thomas. Chairman of this organization, also served as Chairman of the Patriotic Pageant given at Centennial Park on July 4. 1919. in which Mrs. Robert W. Nichol was associated. The pageant was produced with a cast of one hundred and fifty participants in strict accordance with government regulations for the celebration. Miss Elizabeth Binford and Mrs. Celia Grady Reddy were the supervisors of the production. This was one of the most spectacular and one of. the largest attended affairs in Nashville during the war period.
Mrs. Thomas continued the work of giving a complete service kit to every en- listed soldier of Davidson County. This benevolence was begun at the organization of the Nashville Committee and continued throughout the war.
On July 14. 1918, Mrs. Thomas and her committee joined in the French Inde- pendence Day celebration, which was celebrated with a spectacular street parade in Nashville, with Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis serving as Chairman-General. Floats
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were decorated by Mrs. Thomas and her board to represent historical scenes from both French and American history.
In July. 1918. the important drive for student nurses to fill the vacancies in the professional ranks of nurses was inaugurated by Mrs. Thomas and her Nashville Woman's Committee. Headquarters on Eighth Avenue were busy for weeks with the intensive preparation of the applicants who were recruited from volunteers from every section of the county. \ unique feature of this drive was the trench hut. designed and donated by Mrs. John W. Thomas. as a recruiting booth and placed on Capitol Boulevard as headquarters during the drive. The hut attracted much comment from strangers passing through Nash- ville, and proved a drawing card in every drive there- after. Mrs. Thomas donated its general use until the end of the war.
Booths for registration of nurses were opened at the Nashville Chapter. Red Cross Headquarters. at Miss Nan Dorsey's office in the Doctors Building. in the Arcade. at the Nashville Y. W. C. A. and at the Trench Hul on Capitol Boulevard. The following women from the Nash- ville Nurses' Association headquarters assisted Mrs. Thomas and her board in the work of the registration of PRENDAS nurses: Mrs. Elizabeth Bover. Miss Willie Veree. Wiss Van Dorsey. Wiss Nina Wooten, and Miss Barnes of Peabody.
Other committee chairmen of the Nashville Woman's Committee for the Nur-es' Drive were:
Mr- Henry Teitlebaum, Assignment of Booths: Mrs. Ittie Kinney Reno. Speakers Bureau; Mrs. Vevander Fall. Information: Mrs. Lyon Childress. Assignment of Speakers: Mrs. Walter L. Jones, Headquarters: Miss Mary Louise Goodwin. Mass Meetings: Mrs. Charles Caldwell. Decoration of Booths: Mrs. Richard Dake. Examinations: Mrs. Horace Smith. Local Advertising; Wiss Katherine Morris, Music: and Mrs. Reuben Mills. Publicity.
Publicity booths were opened in every ward and district of Davidson County and. while the campaign was conducted in every county of Tennessee. Davidson was the banner county of the state, and out of eight hundred volunteers, one hun- dred and ninety-four Davidson County women were accepted for service in this drive.
In October. 1918. during the Fourth Liberty Loan drive, the Nashville Woman's Committee. Council of National Defense, was very active. Mrs. John W. Thomas served as Chairman of all Davidson County churches and was a four- minute speaker for the loan.
Vhs. John W. Thomas was the first and only woman selected in 1918 to direct the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call in the Southern States. This campaign was for members only and not for money. and the total of new memberships went over 12.000 in this drive. Mrs. Thomas used her entire organization of the Nashville Woman's Committee for this campaign.
The following chairmen. appointed by Mrs. Thomas, canvassed the city wards and the county districts:
Mi -- Emma Wheat Sullivan, Chairman for Outlying Districts: Sectional Chairmen: Mrs. Vernon Charge. Fast Nashville; Mrs. Mary Bright Thomas, West Nashville: Mis. E. C. Wright. south Nashville: Mrs. R. F. Porter. North Nashville: Mrs. Reuben Mills. Publicity : Mrs. Henry Filebaum, Women's Organizations: Mrs. Guilford Dudley. Men's Organizations; Mrs. Ittie Minnes Reno, Speakers Bureau: Mis, Walter I. Jones and Mrs. Arch Trawick, Churches: Miss Mary Lagrer Goodwin and Mrs. Mevander Fall. Schools: Miss Katherine Morris and Miss Mary Plea ant- Jone-, Industries; Mrs Charles S. Caldwell and Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress, Theaters:
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Mrs. Dave Rosenfeld, Business Houses; Mrs. P. G. Houser. First Ward: Mrs. M. M. Harvill. Second Ward; Mrs. John Van Tien, Third Ward; Mrs. J. C. Lusky and Mrs. Lou Lusky, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Wards; Miss Elizabeth Binford, Seventh Ward; Miss Florence Adams, Eighth Ward; Mrs. C. C. Waggoner, Ninth Ward; Mrs. Ed. L. Morris. Tenth Ward; Mrs. Charles S. Kinkead. Eleventh Ward; Mrs. W. O. Tirrill, Twelfth Ward; Wiss Edna Smythe. Thirteenth Ward: Miss Bessie Allen, Fourteenth Ward; Mrs. J. Paul Harvill, Fifteenth Ward; Mrs. R. A. Griffin and Mrs. Alex. Irving, Sixteenth Ward; Mrs. Robert Orr. Jr .. Seventeenth Ward: Mrs. Horace H. Smith, Eighteenth Ward; Mrs. D. F. C. Buntin, Twenty-first Ward; Mrs. W. A. Oughterson. Twenty-second Ward; Mrs. Meredith Goodlett and Mrs. Gladys M. Chamberlain. Twenty -third Ward: Mrs. J. C. Young, Twenty-fourth Ward: Mrs. Lit Malone and Mrs. Neil S. Jones, Twenty-fifth Ward: and Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Richland Addition.
Mrs. Wilson's committee was composed of :
Mrs. John M. Gray, Miss Mildred Gray. Mrs. W. O. Tirrill. Mrs. John M. Kenney, Mrs. E. S. Brugh, Mrs. J. B. Totten. Mrs. James Campbell. Mrs. Henderson Baker. Mrs. Fitzgerald Hall. Mrs. J. Harry Howe. Mrs. E. A. Potter. Mrs. Lou Lusky, Mrs. Dave Lowenheim, Mrs. P. J. Cleary, Mrs. A. Mitchell, Mrs. James H. Kirkland, Mrs. E. F. Benton, Mrs. M. T. Lusky. Wiss Delia Drew. Mrs. John A. McEwen. Mrs. George F. Blackie. Mrs. Will T. Hale, Jr., Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis. Mrs. Val Tay- lor. Mrs. McEwen Ransom. and Mrs. Miles Williams.
District Chairmen :
Mrs. William Weaver. Third District; Mrs. Craig McFarland. Fourth District; Mrs. Charles Buntin, Fifth District; Mrs. Thomas Calhoun, Sixth District; Mrs. West H. Morton and MRS. JOHN M. GRAY ( Reba Wilson ) Mrs. Charles C. Gilbert, Seventh District; Mrs. John M. Gray. Jr., Eighth District; Mrs. Robert M. Anderson, Ninth District; Mrs. James B. Ezzell, Tenth District; Mrs. Nelis MeCasland, Eleventh District: Mrs. Haskell Rightor, Twelfth District: Mrs. Thomas H. Joy. Jr., Thirteenth District; and Mrs. W. W. Core and Mrs. E. K. McCord, Four- teenth District.
Mrs. John M. Gray and her committee of the Eighth District raised the largest amount that was secured in any Red Cross drive during the war in a single district.
Among those assisting Mrs. Gray were:
Miss Mildred Gray, Miss Cornelia Barksdale, Mrs. John M. Kenny, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson. Mrs. John Barksdale. Mrs. A. E. Potter. Mrs. Joseph Palmer, Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, and Mrs. Vance Alexander.
Booths were opened by Mrs. Thomas at the various department stores with Miss Mildred Gray serving as Chairman. assisted by the following :
Miss Corinne Craig. Miss Ellen Stokes, Miss Lucile Holman, Miss Virginia Benton. Miss Annie Warner Tenison. Miss Elizabeth Fite, Miss Bessie Hughes. Miss Harriett Dillon, Miss Mary Lee Crockett. Miss Esther Nichol, Miss Elizabeth Culbert, Miss Mary Nelson, Miss Sue Holmes. Miss Elizabeth Buckner, Miss Alice Hall Lindsey, Miss Lillian Warner. Miss Olivia Trabue. Miss Lundy Fite. and Miss Elizabeth Hill.
Others who served as chairmen of various committees during this drive were:
Miss Margaret Creighton, Miss Dorothy Brandon. Miss Barbara Kuhn. Miss Virginia Benton. Miss Ellen Stokes. Miss Marian Joy. Miss Henrietta Lindsley, Miss Martha Barham. Miss Annie Mai Underwood. Miss Percie Warner, Miss Ruth Vance. Mrs. Felix Cheatham, Mrs. Fielding Gordon. Mrs. Felix Dodd, and Mrs. Frank Wilson.
Mrs. James S. Frazer. who served as Chairman of the business districts. and her committee made a complete canvass of the city and distributed flags to busi- ness houses whose employers had become one hundred per cent Red Cross members.
In 1918 Mrs. John W. Thomas served as Chairman of the movement to have the National Anthem sung on Thanksgiving Day. and a very impressive feature of the celebration on this day was that the Anthem was sung by millions of voices over America at the same hour.
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Mrs. Thomas also served as Chairman of the work for Roumanian relief. and acted as general chairman on the occasion of the mass meeting for the Devastated France Committee at the Ryman Auditorium in December. 1919. Dr. Louise DeFort was brought to Nashville to give lectures on social diseases under Mrs. Thomas' supervision. Dr. DeFort made a series of talks at all the girls' schools and rol- leges in Nashville, and addressed the women at a mass meeting at the Centennial Club. The Girls' Patriotic League assisted in the preparations for the mass meet- ing and Mrs. Roger- Caldwell gave the address of welcome.
Mrs. Thomas and the Nashville Woman's Committee were also active in the cole- bration of the home-coming of the Tennessee soldiers and supported every effort of World War relief work undertaken in Davidson County.
WOMANS COMMIT. COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE Nashville Division.
VICTORY GROEP" AT THE HOME-COMING OF THE TENNESSEE SOLDIERS OF THE A. E. F.
This feature was designed by Mrs. John W. Thomas. Chairman of the Nashville Woman's Committer and was staged on the steps of her home. The group presented an m-turing and attractive tableau, which received prolonged Applause from the large number of spectators, Standing to the right, representing "Victory." is Miss Martha DeBow. In the center, representing "Justice." Mrs. Adair lyon Childress. To the left, representing "Peace." Miss Eliza- beth llll
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Middle Tennessee and Davidson County Committee Fatherless Children of France Society
MRS. DEMPSEY WEAVER. Chairman
MRS. DEMPSEY WEAVER ( Anna Russell Cole ) Member of Advisory Council of this History
The Fatherless Children of France Society was a national organization. having district commitees and sub-committees in two hundred American cities. The Ameri- can headquarters of the relief work were in New York. and the French headquarters office in Paris, France. The object of this organization was to aid French war or- phans. thirty-six dollars and fifty cents a year being required for the support of one child. By contributing this amount the donor was put into individual touch with the adopted child.
There were sixty-four societies in France which co-operated with the Fatherless Children of France Society, reporting the names of the orphans who were in need of assistance. Catholic. Protestant and Jewish orphans received aid from this organi- zation, and representatives of the three faiths were on the Administrative Committee
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THE ABOVE PICTURE WAS TAKEN "IN ACTION" AT THE HISTORIC HOME OF MRS. E. W. COLE
on the Murfreesboro pike, near Nashville. during the visit of Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, the daughter of the beloved World War President, Woodrow Wilson, to Nashville in the interest ul war work in May. 1917. Mrs. E. W. Cole, hostess, appears in the picture at the left of the top row. To her left appears Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson and her daughter, Mrs. Dempsey Weaver. President of the Middle Tennessee and Davidson County Society, Fatherless Children of France Committee. The children in the picture are, left to right. Henriette Weaver; Dempsey Weaver, Jr .. and Anna Russell Cole Weaver. Cgrand-children of Mrs. E. W. Cole and daughter and son of Mrs. Dempsey Weaver), and Elizabeth Glasgow. Mary Weaver Harris, and William Weaver, Jr.
in Paris. More than 200.000 orphans were cared for by the various committees of the Fatherless Children of France Society.
Miss Eleanor Fell and Mis- Florence Scoffield. English women who were members of the Executive Board and who did relief work in France, were sent to America by the Paris committee in June, 1917. These women organized the Nashville Com- mittre, which was later merged into the Committee for Middle Tennessee.
The Nashville officers chosen for the organization were: Mrs. Dempsey Weaver. Chairman: Mrs. Leslie Warner, Vice-Chairman: Miss Frances Pilcher. Secretary : Samuel 11. Orr. Treasurer for Middle Tennessee, and Miss Mary Shackelford. Treas- ner for Nashville and Assistant Middle Tennessee Treasurer.
In June. 1918. the work had grown to such proportions that the following ad. ditional officers were appointed on the Middle Tennessee and Davidson County of ganization: Mrs. T. Dwight Webb, Vice-Chairman: Mrs. Joseph T. Howell. Vice- Chairman: and Miss Enuna Wharton, Assistant Secretary.
The New York office appointed the Nashville Trust Company and its General Manager. Samuel H. Orr. Treasurer for Middle Tennessee. Every penny of the money donated to the relief work of the Middle Tennessee and Davidson County Committee was sent direct to the French children, as all national and local expenses were met Is a separate fund. The Nashville Committee, with Mrs. Dempsey Weaver
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as Chairman, was divided into ten teams, which canvassed the business men's clubs. women's organizations, schools and churches of Nashville to secure foster parents for these orphans. The result of the campaign was that the Nashville Committee aided 2,516 orphans. five hundred of whom were adopted in the Following Middle Tennessee towns: Winchester. with Miss Ora Chattin as Chairman: Springfield. led by Mrs. Neil Glenn, Chairman: Columbia. by Mrs. George Mckennon and Mrs. C. A. Parker, as co-Chairmen: Clarksville had Mrs. Austin Peay as Chairman: Fayetteville had Mrs. J. B. Rutledge as Chairman: Shelbyville was led by Mrs. Bain Stew- art, Chairman: Murfreesboro had Miss Sarah Spence as Chairman; and Bell Buckle was led by Mrs. W. R. Webb as Chairman.
Through the efforts of Mrs. Dempsey Weaver notable speakers from France came to Nashville to present the cause of the French orphans to the pub- lie. M. Stephane Lanzanne, editor of Le Matin. the great Paris daily. and a member of the French National Committee to America. spoke at the Ven- dome Theater in October, 1917. There was shown in connection with his talk a moving picture film MRS. T. DWIGHT WERB ( Cora Crockett) especially prepared by the French Government to aid in publicity for the Fatherless Children of France Society; Mrs. Walter Brewster, of Chicago, who had spent a large part of the winter doing relief work in France, spoke in Nashville in May. 1919, and Can- on Cabanel, French priest, who served during the World War as chaplain for the
MRS. JOSEPH T. HOWELL ( Mannie Lindsay)
"Blue Devils," spoke in November, 1919. at the Centennial Club, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, and at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
The Davidson County members of the Fatherless Children of France Society entertained the "Blue Devils" of France at the Centennial Club when they visited Nashville in the interest of the Red Cross campaign. These French soldiers were presented with tri-colored folders containing a statement of the Nashville and Middle Tennessee committees and a reproduction of the invitation extended to Lafayette by the citizens of Nashville in 1825. Mrs. Dempsey Weaver also presented a handsome silk flag to the Alpine soldiers, who came to Nashville in the Fifth Liberty Loan on behalf of the Middle Tennessee or- ganization of the Fatherless Children of France.
Mrs. Leslie Warner served from 1917 to 1918 on the National Board of this organization, which was composed of thirty directors chosen from all parts of the country. Mrs. Dempsey Weaver served on the Na- tional Board from June, 1918, until the close of the National Headquarters, Janu- ary, 1921.
Mrs. Weaver was also chosen as a member of the National Publicity Commit- tee, whose headquarters were in Chicago. The Junior Branch of the Fatherless
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Children of France welcomed the Tennessee soldiers of the A. E. F. at the "Home- coming Parade" on the lawn of Mrs. Whitefoord R. Cole's residence. The girls were dressed in the effective costumes of Alsace Lorraine. This feature was origi- nated and the costumes made and designed by Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Chairman of Features of the Home-coming Parade.
Is a token of appreciation for the commendable work done by the Iwo hundred American cities and their sub-committees, the French Government presented a gold medal to the Headquarters Committee in New York. and a certificate of honor to each town in the United States which had worked for this cause. The certificates were signed by the President of the French Republic and Iwo distinguished mem- bers of the government.
The Nashville certificate was framed by Mrs. Dempsey Weaver. Chairman, and hung on the walls of the Nashville Trust Company. where the generous contributors to this cause in Davidson Counly could share in the honor conferred by the French Government to this organization.
In April. 1920. a brilliant tea was given at the Centennial Club by the Nashville Committee Chair- man and members in honor of the eight Middle Tennessee chairmen of the organization. Mrs. MINS MARY SHACKI JORD Dempsey Weaver served as hostess on this occasion. and was assisted by the members of her Executive Board. A report of the activities of the Middle Tennessee and Nashville Society from its beginning was given by Mrs. Weaver. Chairman. and a financial report was read by Samuel H. Orr. the Treasurer.
Handsome French flags were awarded the two Middle Tennessee chairmen whose counties had done the most successful work. These trophies were awarded. first. for the largest number of subscriptions according to the population of the town. and second. for the largest num- ber of renewals throughout the three years of the organi- zation. Mrs. W. R. Webb. of Bell Buckle, won the first award. and Mrs. Neil Glenn, of Springfield, the second. The presentation speeches were made by Mrs. Dempsey Weaver.
In addition to the officers. the active members of the Davidson County Fatherless Children of France Com- mittee who answered every call made by this organiza- tion were:
Mr. Cales W. Adams, Mrs. Frank A. Berry, Mr -. W. \. Buntin. Mrs. E. C. Clements, Mrs. 6. A. Craig. Mrs. Edward B. Craig. Mrs. Randall Currell. Mrs. George Derivaux, Mrs. James Frazer, Mrs. MePheeters Glasgow, Mes. William T. Hale. MINN IMMA WHANTON Ir .. Mrs. Charles Hamilton. Mrs. Avery Handy, Mrs. Weaver Harris, Mrs. Marshall Hotebkiss, Mrs. Morton B. Howell, HE. Mis. Ellis (. Huggins. Mrs. James II. Kirkland, Mrs. J. O. Kirkpatrick. Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis, Mrs. A. Loveman, Mrs. Robert Wharton Nichol. Mrs. Henry MeClelland, Mrs, John HI. MeClure, Mrs. Briggs MeLemore. Mrs. Kinnard T. MeConnieo, Mrs. J. L. WeWhorter, Mrs. Henry Morgan, Mrs. A. Edward Potter. Mrs. James K. Rains, Mrs. Bessie Dupont Schuyler. Mrs. Henry Teitlebaum. Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne, Mrs. George II. Williams, Mrs. W. H. Williamson, Mrs. Ridley Wills. Mrs. William II.
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THE FATHERLESS CHILDREN OF FRANCE DAVIDSON COUNTY COMMITTEE AND CHAIRMEN OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE SOCIETIES
The picture shows the group on the steps of the Centennial Club on the day handsome flags were awarded Chairmen of the Middle Tennessee Societies who were on the Honor Roll.
Those who appear in the picture, left to right are, bottom row: Mrs. Fielding Yost (Eunice Fite), Samuel H. Orr, Treasurer of the Middle Tennessee Organization; Mrs. Dempsey Weaver. Chairman of the Middle Tennessee and Davidson County Organization; Miss Sarah Spence, Chairman for Rutherford County; Mrs. Bain Stewart. Chairman for Shelbyville; Mrs. W. R. Webb, Jr., Chairman for Bell Buckle, who received one of the honors conferred.
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