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Due to her splendid work throughout the State of Tennessee in the Third Liberty Loan. Mrs. Sam Phillips was recommended for appointment to State Chairman of this Loan by Mrs. Guilford Dudley. National Committee Woman of Liberty Loan Work.
Headquarters for Middle Tennessee and Davidson County Fourth Loan Com- mitters were opened at 221 Fourth Avenue, North, at Nashville. In preparing for the drive. Mrs. John R. Aust. Zone Chairman, called an all-day conference of the twenty-three counties in the Nashville Zone, which were under her jurisdiction, at the Chamber of Commerce on September 8. 1918, at which meeting instructions were given the various county chairmen who were delegates to the conference. Mrs. Aust presided over the conference and outlined plans for the work. and Mrs. Leo Schwartz gave the address of welcome. Mrs. Sam Phillips and Mrs. Guilford Dud- ley also made addresses in the interest of the work.
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton perfected her Davidson County organization at a mass meeting at the Chamber of Commerce on September 11, 1918, the plan of the county organization being the same as the zone system adopted by the state. Four zones were created in the county by Mrs. Overton, each under the leadership of a field marshal, who, in turn, appointed seven captains. Each captain appointed first and second lieutenants and several sergeants.
Mrs. Overton appointed the following women on her Davidson County Executive Board:
Mrs. James Il. Kirkland. Vice-Chairman and Chairman of Mass Meetings; Mrs. W. T. Ilale. Jr .. Speakers' Bureau; Mrs. George William Fall, Hospitality: Mrs. Leslie Warner, Schools; Mrs. Granbery Jackson. Entertainment; Mrs. John W. Thomas, Churches; Mrs. M. S. Lebeck. Automobiles: Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne, Decorations; Mrs. Joseph A. Gray. Menus for Banquets; Mrs. Frank Searcy Green. Registration; Mrs. Charles Anderson, Location of Booths; Mrs. Dud- ley Gale, Districts: Mrs. A. G. Brandau and Mrs. W. D. Haggard. Music: Mrs. John G. Gilmore, Press; Mrs. Walter Jones. Field Marshal of the First Zone: Mrs. W. G. Ewing, Field Marshal of the Second Zone; Mrs. Joseph Warner. Field Marshal of the Third Zone; and Mrs. James -. Frazer. Field Marshal of the Fourth Zone; Miss Elizabeth Elliott served as Secretary: Mr- Morton B. Howell, Ill. and Mrs, Frank Fleishman served as Assistants of Publicity for David- son County.
Many noted speakers were brought to Nashville and army aeroplanes made their first appearance in Davidson County as publicity attractions for the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign. The famous Gipsy Smith spoke during the campaign and was entertained at a luncheon which was presided over by Mrs. John R. Aust. Zone Chairman. at the Hotel Hermitage.
Pledges of support by the following women as representatives of their organiza- tions were offered at this luncheon, which served as an impetus to the success of the Loan:
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GROUP OF OFFICERS OF THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN, WITH THE FAMOUS ALPINE SOLDIERS AND MEMBERS OF THE NASHVILLE CHAPTER A. R. C. EMERGENCY CANTEEN AT THE BELLE MEADE CLUB, OCTOBER. 1918.
Officials of the Woman's Liberty Loan Committee of Davidson County with Mrs. Jesse MI. Overton the Loan Chairman as Chairman of Arrangements gave the Alpine Soldiers a breakfast at the Belle Meade Club and members of the Canteen Committee served as waitresses. Loan officials who appear in the picture are: Mrs. Guilford Dudley, National Officer: Mrs. John R. Aust, Zone Chairman: Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Davidson County Chairman; Mrs. Walter L. Jones, Field Marshal, Ist zone; Mrs. W. G. Ewing, Field Marshal, 2nd zone; Mrs. Joseph Warner, Field Marshal. 3rd zone; Mrs. James S. Frazer, Field Marshal, 4th zone: Mrs. William T. Hale, Chairman of Speakers; Mrs. Leslie Warner, Chairman of Schools. and Mrs. John W. Thomas, Chairman of Churches; Mrs. George William Fall, Chairman of Hospitality; Dwight Webb. Chair- man of Men's Committee, Davidson County; Thomas G. Garrett, Chairman of Men's Committee. Nashville zone; Mrs. Robert Cheek, Chairman of Nashville Chapter A. R. C. Motor Corps, and members of the Motor Corps who conveyed the Alpine troops to and from the club.
Mrs. M. S. Lebeck, Army Comfort League: Mrs. Leslie Warner. State Committee, Counci! of National Defense; Mrs. James H. Kirkland, Colonial Dames; Mrs. William T. Hale, Jr., Centennial Club; Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Ladies' Hermitage Association: Mrs. Leo Schwartz, Council of Jewish Women; Mrs. Eugene Crutcher, Parent.Teacher Association; Mrs. Granbery Jackson, National League for Woman's Service; Mrs. Dempsey Weaver, Fatherless Children of France Society; Mrs. John C. Brown, State and County U. D. C.'s; Mrs. Joseph Warner, Le Bien-Etre du Blesse organization; Mrs. Edward W. Foster, State and County D. A. R.'s; Mrs. W. A. Overall. Equal Suffrage League; Mrs. John W. Thomas. Woman's Committee for Nashville; Mrs. Robert Wharton Nichol. Woman's Committee for County; Mrs. Gibson Patterson, King's Daughters; Mrs. George F. Blackie, Nashville Chapter. Red Cross; Mrs. Percy Warner, County Liberty Loan; and Mrs. Alex. Caldwell, Federation of Women's Clubs.
In appreciation of the fact that Davidson County was the banner county for Tennessee in the Fourth Liberty Loan, Mrs. Sam Phillips, State Chairman, gave a banquet at the close of the campaign to the seven hundred women workers for this Loan, at the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. George W. Fall gave the address of welcome at this banquet. and Mrs. Phillips announced with pride that. although Davidson County's quota was $4.000,000. $6.565,000 had been subscribed. Mrs. Phillips appointed Mrs. John G. Gilmore as Chairman-General of the banquet.
She was assisted by the following Chairmen, who served at all the numerous functions staged to arouse interest in the sale of bonds throughout the Fourth Loan campaign :
Mrs. George W. Fall, Hospitality: Mrs. Joseph A. Gray, Menu; Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne. Deco- rations; Mrs. Frank Searcy Green, Registration; Miss Elizabeth Eve, Seating of Guests: Mrs. Granbery Jackson, Program: Mrs. Nathan Crockett, Tickets for Banquet: and Mrs. A. G. Brandau and Mrs. William D. Haggard. Music.
One especially impressive feature of this banquet was the gracious manner in which Mrs. Jesse M. Overton. Chairman for the Fourth Loan, presided. although her
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THE BOOTH OF MRS. DWIGHT WEBB (CORA CROCKETT) IN ACTION ON CAPITOL BOULEVARD DURING THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE.
The largest number of bonds were sold by the committee at this booth of any in the entire Loan. Standing, to the left is Mrs. James Frazer, Field Marshal of the Fourth Zone. Center, Mrs. Richard Barr, Lieutenant, and right. Mrs. Dan MeGugin (Virginia Fite), Lieutenant in charge of the booth sales, for the day.
son. Lieutenant John Overton, had been killed in action in France only a Few weeks previous to this time. The entire audience arose and stood for a moment in silence in respect to the memory of Lieutenant John Wiliams Overton and the heroic work done in the Loan by his mother, Mrs. Saidee Williams Overton. Officials of the men's Liberty Loan Committee were guests of the banquet also.
Patriotic songs were sung by two soldiers, Sergeants Bromley and Seneca Pierce. noted musicians of Chicago, who were in military training at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga .. and who were released for a few weeks to sing in the interest of bond selling. Mrs. Sam Phillips was the principal speaker at the banquet. Short talks were given by the four Field Marshals. Mrs. Walter Jones. Mrs. W. G. Ewing. Mrs. James Frazer, and Mrs. Joseph Warner, Chairman of Zone Three. who led all field marshals in the number of bonds sold. Mrs. Warner's announcement was received with prolonged cheers by both men and women workers of her zone. Mrs. Guilford Dudley. National officer, announced that Tennessee had led the South in all former Liberty Loans and that in the Fourth Loan she had led both the South and West. That Davidson County had led the counties of Tennessee was announced by Mrs. John R. Aust. Chairman of the Nashville Zone.
During the intensive drive of the Fourth Loan the influenza epidemic was at its worst stage. necessitating the closing of all schools, churches and places of public gatherings throughout Davidson County. Because of this fact, all meetings held in the interest of the Fourth Loan had to be out-of-doors. Never in the history of Nashville has the entire uptown district been known to take on the appearance of a -treet carnival as it did during the Fourth Loan campaign. this work being in- augurated and managed by the women workers. Booths were stationed on all the down-town street corners, and before each booth were speakers, music. vandeville performances and tableaux. Each captain and her lieutenants also acted as vaude- ville directors. Auction sales of pigs, hams, registered dogs and ponies and articles of various kinds were sold. which inspired interest in the sale of Liberty Bonds.
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BOOTH "IN ACTION" OF MRS. H. O. BLACKWOOD (JOSIE BELLAMY) IN THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN.
Mrs. Blackwood, who was one of the Captains of Zone 1 is standing to the left supervising the signing of a bond, which Mrs. T. A. Clarkson. Lieutenant, who is seated inside the Booth has sold to the customer standing at the win- dow.
Tony Rose and the men of his orchestra generously gave their services during the entire Loan, and all other musicians in Nashville donated their services when called upon by the captains, which added impetus to each day's work.
The celebrated Alpines visited Nashville during the Fourth Loan, and they made a picturesque sight parading through the streets in their native costumes. The Davidson County Woman's Committee met the Alpine soldiers at the Nashville Union Station and entertained them at breakfast at the Belle Meade Club, with Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Chairman of the Loan, presiding. The Italians of Nashville gave them an elaborate banquet in the evening at the Chamber of Commerce, at which talks were made by the Alpine army captains in charge, interpreted by the Nashville Italians. Officials of the Woman's Loan Committee were guests of the evening.
An impressive and powerful appeal for the cause of the Fourth Liberty Loan was made in the form of a mammoth street parade, held under the auspices of the Woman's Liberty Loan Committee of Davidson County, in Nashville, on October 6. 1918, in which all of the seven hundred women participants and the officials of the men's committee walked. Mrs. James H. Kirkland served as Chairman-General of the parade, which was one of the most gigantic undertakings directed by a woman during the entire war. Mrs. Kirkland was allowed only three days in which to ar- range this parade, and no riding or float was permitted.
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SCENE "IN ACTION" DURING THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN OF THE SPECTACULAR PARADE STAGED BY THE DAVIDSON COUNTY WOMAN'S LIBERTY LOAN COMMETTEE.
Wr -. James Il. Kirkland served as Chairman-General of the Parade, and aside from every patriotic and civic organization and club of Davidson County being represented in the Parade, Mrs. Kirkland and her committee corralled seven hundred Liberty Loan workers, who marched through the principal streets of Nashville on foot. The Service Flag of Davidson County, made possible by the Girls' Patriotic League, is shown in the picture, carried by four S. A. T. C. boys and Misses Martha and Helen Dickinson and Miss Margaret Early, which headed the parade. Several dollars were tossed in the Flag along the line of march, this being the first showing after 1% completion.
The participants in the parade were: The seven hundred Liberty Loan women workers, who marched in zone and team groups: National officials of the Men's Loan Committee: representatives from the R. O. T. C. of Vanderbilt University and Peabody College: students from Ward-Belmont College. Fisk and Meharry colleges : Davidson County Men's Liberty Loan Committee: Gold Star mothers and mothers. wives and sisters of men in service: various divisions of the Nashville Chapter. Red Cross: Girl Scouts: Boy Scouts: Confederate Veterans: hundreds of Old Hickory Powder Plant workers: the Fourth Tennessee Regiment Band: Nashville Home De. fense League, and colored women Loan workers.
Several brass bands rendered patriotic music and attractive banners were dis- plaved by each division along the line of march, which was through the principal theet- of Nashville to the Capital Boulevard. Loan officials of national. state and
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county organizations massed before the Carmack Memorial Monument in the Capitol grounds, where a giant Gold Star Flag was unveiled in memory of Davidson County's tallen heroes up to that time. This flag was presented the state by the Girls' Patriotic League, a junior branch of the National League for Woman's Service, and was carried in the parade by Misses Martha and Helen Dickinson and Miss Margaret Early, assisted by four soldiers. More than one hundred dollars was tossed into the flag along the line of march. Dr. James I. Vance presented the Gold Star Flag on behalf of the Girls' Patriotic League, and Governor Thomas Rye accepted it for the State of Tennessee. Mrs. John R. Aust presided at the ceremonial, and national anthems were played during the exercises. Mrs. James H. Kirkland was highly commended by national, state and county officers for her magnificent management of the parade.
Speakers appointed for the entire duration of the Fourth Loan by Mrs. William T. Hale, Jr., Chairman of Speakers' Bureau, were:
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Mrs. Leslie Warner, Miss Louise G. Lindsley, Mrs. George E. Blake, Mrs. Percy Warner, Mrs. Guilford Dudley, Mrs. James C. Bradford, Mrs. Alex. S. Caldwell, Mrs. John Henry Smith, Mrs. Henderson Baker. Mrs. George F. Blackie. Mrs. Irvine Chase, Mrs. Eugene Crutcher. Mrs. Frank Searcy Green, Mrs. Joseph T. Howell, Mrs. Claud D. Sulli- van, Mrs. John Hill Eakin, Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis. Mrs. Elizabeth Frye Page, Mrs. Arch Trawick, Mrs. Ittie Kinney Reno, Mrs. Vernon Sharp, Mrs. Leo Schwartz, Mrs. Walter Jones, Mrs. John M. Kenny, Mrs. W. E. Norvell, Mrs. James S. Beasley, Miss Della Dortch, Miss Mary Louise Goodwin, Mrs. Kathryn P. Wright. Miss Lizzie Bloomstein, Mrs. Robert W. Nichol, Mrs. Louis H. Sperry, Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress, Mrs. Charles Baker, Mrs. A. B. Benedict, Mrs. Reuben Mills, Mrs. Ferdinand Kuhn. Mrs. Fred W. Kelsey, Mrs. D. T. Kimbrough, Mrs. Humph- rey Timothy, and Mrs. P. A. Murray.
The following is a list of the women of the four Davidson County zones, each zone having worked in teams under the direction of the Field Marshals:
ZONE 1 MRS. WALTER L. JONES. Field Marshal ZONE 1. TEAM 1
Mrs. Herman O. Blackwood, Captain. Mrs. Blackwood appointed as assistants at her booth, Mrs. Henry Spicer. First Lieutenant; Mrs. Wilbur Creighton. Second Lieutenant; Sergeants: Mrs. E. M. Bond, Mrs. Pollard Caldwell, Mrs. Bush Herbert, Mrs. Thomas Clarkson, Mrs. Till- man Calvert, Mrs. Charles Fuller, Mrs. Roy Rascoe, Mrs. George Stubblefield, Mrs. Sidney Tompkins, Mrs. Clyde Walters. Mrs. Charles Wilson. Mrs. W. L. Talley, Miss Martha Cornelius, Miss Anna Reid Dicks, and Mrs. Ira B. Clark.
ZONE 1, TEAM 2
Mrs. Frank H. Wheeler, Captain: Mrs. Harold Green, First Lieutenant. and Mrs. Samuel C. Wilkes. Second Lieutenant; Sergeants: Mrs. James Weakley, Mrs. James Cayce. Mrs. Frank Gillette. Mrs. Webb Hayes, Mrs. R. D. Herbert, Mrs. Witherspoon Hayes. Mrs. W. Bush Her- bert, Mrs. Harry Howe, Miss Sarah Cornelius, and Miss Laurette Wallace.
ZONE 1, TEAM 3
Mrs. Percy Williams, Captain. Serving with Mrs. Williams were: Mrs. Joseph Scheffer. First Lieutenant: Mrs. Ferdinand Kuhn, Second Lieutenant: Sergeants: Mrs. Thomas Broderick, Mrs. Lewis Butler, Mrs. William G. Cawthorn, Mrs. Witherspoon Hayes. Mrs. James Pentercost. Mrs. M. M. Sanders, Mrs. P. A. Murray, Mrs. John Coode. Miss Delia Brew, Miss Mamie Donavan, Miss Annie Marie Nenon, and Mrs. Dora Bruce Grimes.
ZONE 1. TEAM 1
Mrs. C. D. Campbell, Captain; Mrs. Meredith Goodlett, First Lieutenant. and Mrs. J. E. Estes, Second Lieutenant; Sergeants: Mrs. James Weakley. Mrs. Alvin T. Armstrong, Mrs. W. M. Bateman, Mrs. Will Bainbridge, Mrs. Alex. Barthell. Mrs. Robert Chadwell. Mrs. C. B. Hall, Mrs. H. G. Lipscomb, Mrs. Robert Orr. Miss Ellen Ambrose, Miss Susie Weakley, and Miss Ilenrietta Lindsley.
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ZONE 1. TEAM 5
Mrs. Charles Colin, Captain: Mrs. Ira P. Jones. First Lieutenant. and Mrs. Albert Council. Second Lieutenant: Sergeants: Mrs. Mary Ambrose. Mrs. Sam Allen, Mrs. F. G. Ehrhart. Mrs. J. L. Hopkins, Mr -. W. 11. Lawrence, Mrs. Paul Miller. Mrs. 11. P. Shelton, and Mrs. Pitt Stiles.
ZONE 1. TEAM 6
Mrs. Sam Kessler, Captain; Mrs. Henry Neuhoff. First Lieutenant: Miss Beatrice Kessler. Second Lieutenant; Sergeants: Mrs. B. K. Hibbett, Mrs. Florence Wilkes Hooper, Mrs. E. T. Lusky. Mrs. Harry Markle, Mr -. William Marsh. Mr -. John McGraw. Mrs. Sydney Wasserman, Mrs. W. A. Womack. Miss Ruth Friedman, Miss Celia Goldman, Miss Irene Goldman, Wiss Mary Neil Hibbett. Miss Helen Neuhoff, Miss Mary Parham, and Miss Natelle Albert.
ZONE 1. TEAM 7
Mrs. Joseph Weinstein, Captain: Mrs. Sam Silverfield. First Lieutenant, and Mrs. Morris Porges, Second Lieutenant: Sergeants: Mrs. Jesse Albert. Mrs. Manuel Frank. Mrs. Fred Gold- ner, Mrs. J. Raphael. Mrs. Varon Rothchild. Mrs. Herman Spitz, Mrs. Lou Lucky. Miss Minnie Hartman, and Miss Hattie May Silverfield.
ZOVE 2 MRS. W. G. Ewive, Field Marshal ZONE 2. TEAM I
Mrs. Granbery Jackson, Captain: Mrs. Nathan Crockett, First Lieutenant: Mrs. Roger- Cald well. Second Lieutenant, and Mrs. Frank Searcy Green, Chairman of Publicity : Sergeants: \is. Bruce R. Payne, Mrs. J. T. Altman. Mrs. Charles Anderson. Mrs. George E. Bennie, Mrs. (. S. Brown. Mrs. John Early, Mrs. (. C. Christopher, Mrs. Runcie Clements, Mrs. Al. W. Harris. Mrs. Weaver Harris. Mrs. William C. Hoffman. Mrs. A. B. Benedict, Mrs. Hamilton Love. Mrs. W. E. Vorvell. Mrs. Thomas Parkes, Mrs. Jeff Pullen. Mrs. J. C. Young. Miss Edna Lellyett. and Miss Margaret Early.
This was the banner team of Zone 2. raising the largest amount of any team in the zone.
ZONE 2. TEAM 2
Mrs. Louis II. Sperry, Captain: Mr-, Thomas 1 .. Herbert. fr .. First Lieutenant: Mrs, Thomas Keeling. Second Lieutenant: Sergeants: Mrs. V. B. Anderson, Mrs. Adam Nichol. Mrs. Hen- derson Baker, Mrs. Milton Cook. Mrs. William (. Hoffman, Mrs. W. C. Dixon. Mrs. Joseph B. Deeds. Mrs. E. R. Schumacher, Mrs. D. R. Gebhardt. Mrs. K. T. We Connico. Miss Frank Hollo- well. Miss Catherine Lesueur. Miss Martha Carroll. Wiss Ursula Mecampbell, and Miss Georgia Sawrir.
ZONE 2. TEAM 3
Mr -. W 11. Schuerman, Captain: Mrs. P. D. Houston, First Lieutenant: Mr -. W. \ Ogden. Second laentenant; Sergeants: Mrs. W. 11. S. Armistead. We-, Edgar M. Foster. Mrs. Hamilton
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GROUP OF CAPTAINS IN ZONE ONE, FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN.
Mrs. Walter Jones who served as Field Marshal of the zone is seated in the center of the picture, first row. Second to the right is Mrs. Sam Kessler (Theresa Goldstein), leader of sales; Mrs. Frank H. Wheeler ( Mary Herbert). Mrs. R. L. Sawyer, Mrs. Charles D. Campbell (Hannah Stanley), Mrs. Percy Williams ( Mary Philips). The "stunts" for this zone were pooled at Mrs. Williams' Booth at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Church Street each evening. Next to Mrs. Williams is Mrs. Joseph Scheffer (Katie Eaton), Mrs. W. Meredith Goodlett, Mrs. J. E. Estes, Mrs. M. T. Womack ( Ruth Elizabeth Guy), Mrs. Herman Spitz (Helene Frenseorf ), Mrs. Sam Silverfield. Mrs. A. H. Council, Mrs. Russell Brown, Mrs. Herman Hitt ( Neevie Frey) and Mrs Henry Neuhoff (Emma Einzen). Mrs. H. O. Blackwood (Josie Bellamy), was also a captain in this zone.
Love, Mrs. C. S. Brown, Mrs. John Trotwood Moore, Mrs. Stewart Campbell, Mrs. Jack Wither- spoon, Mrs. W. H. Witt, Mrs. Bert Young, Mrs. Henderson Baker, Mrs. Henry E. Colton, Mrs. Charles Hunt, Mrs. E. W. Foster, Mrs. E. T. Lowe, Mrs. J. T. Altman, Mrs. O. N. Bryan, Mrs. John Bell Keehle, Miss Mary Nelson, Mrs. Myra Fall, Mrs. C. A. Marshall, Mrs. Fount Williams, Mrs. Arthur Cooney, Mrs. Victor Cooney, Mrs. John Lellyett, and Mrs. George Dean.
ZONE 2, TEAM 4
Mrs. Douglas Baxter, Captain; Mrs. T. II. Hill, First Lieutenant; Mrs. C. W. Hoffer, Second Lieutenant; Sergeants: Mrs. S. Il. Chester, Mrs. Fisher Coles, Mrs. Paul De Witt, Mrs. Bruce Douglas, Jr., Mrs. Samuel Douglas. Mrs. Charles Russell, Mrs. Harry Sudekum, Mrs. R. C. Moore, Miss Evelyn Douglas, and Miss Lillian Warner.
ZONE 2. TEAM 5
Mrs. Wilbur Florsheim, Captain; Mrs. Solomon E. Dryfus. First Lieutenant; Mrs. Julius Rich, Second Lieutenant; Sergeants: Mrs. Lou Lusky, Mrs. L. Franklin, Mrs. J. H. Epstein, Mrs. Julius Martin, Mrs. Herman Lusky. Miss Caroline Hein, Miss Lillie Weinbaum, Miss Beatrice Zander, Miss Louise Rich, and Mrs. Alex. Irving.
ZONE 2, TEAM 6
Mrs. Horace Smith, Captain; Mrs. Herman Lubin, First Lieutenant; Mrs. C. C. Waggoner, Second Lieutenant; Sergeants: Mrs. James Weakley, Mrs. Harry Sudekum, Mrs. John C. Ben- nett, Mrs. Ira B. Clark, Mrs. Dallas Villines, Mrs. W. B. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Lou Lusky, Mrs. Volney Woodring, Mrs. Neil Owen. Mrs. Edward Southgate, Mrs. Paul Hunter, Mrs. Henry Gillespie, Miss Isadore Smith, Miss Bertha Kinsey, Miss Martha Russell Davis, Miss Dorothy Clark, Miss Louise Tompkins. and Miss Aleda Waggoner.
ZONE 3 MRS. JOSEPH WARNER. Field Marshal ZONE 3, TEAM 1
Mrs. Joseph Palmer, Captain; Mrs. Henry Frazer. First Lieutenant; Mrs. Meredith Caldwell, Second Lieutenant; Sergeants: Mrs. Harry Batchelor. Mrs. Johnson Bransford, Mrs. Edgar M.
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Egener, Mr .. Jame - F. Caldwell Mrs. George A. Washington Mis. Vernon Topper. Mrs. Rogers cahiselt. Mrs. Idabe le Wilson, Mrs. ( C. Chistopher. Mrs. Richard Dake, Mrs. Edward 1. Imiss, Mrs. Thomas Mallison, Mrs. John A. Hawkinson, Mrs. A. B. Ransom. Mrs. McEwen Ran- som. Mrs. W. C. Simmons, Mrs. Walter Stokes, Jr., Mrs. John J. Vertrees, Jr. Mrs. Edwin Warner Mrs. Hooper Love, Mrs. Vivian Tupper. Mrs. Alfred Wil- liams, Mrs. Andrew Zeitler, Miss Fermine Pride, Mrs. Field- ing Yost. Miss Thee Gertrude Smith. Mrs. Dan MeGugin. Miss Ellen Stokes, Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, Mrs. Byron Mar- tin, Mrs. Frank A. Berry, Mrs. Wall Allen. Mrs. John Kreig, Miss Mary Kreig. Mrs. Henderson Baker, Miss Frank Hol- lowell, and Mrs. Charles Hunt.
ZONE 3. TEAM 2
Miss Kathleen Garrett. Captain; Miss Lillian Warner, First Lientenant; Miss Elizabeth Hail, Second Lieutenant; sergeant -: Mrs. Vance Alexander. Mrs. Mary Bright Thomas, Mrs. W. T. Calls. Mrs. Frank Montgomery See. Mrs. Adair 1.von Childress. Mrs. J. D. C. Atkins, Mrs. Perkins Baxter, Mrs. Jesse H. Thomas, Mrs. J. \. Bell, Mr -. Edgar M. Foster, Mrs. T. G. Garrett, Miss Virginia Benton, Miss Malinda Hampton, Miss Elsie Mae Bradley, Miss Lucile Holman, Miss Mary Nelson, Miss Rowena Car- WHY OHY HENRY SMITH wCordelia Carter! ter. Miss Amelia Johns, Miss Frances Dudley, Miss Martha Lindsey. Miss Alice Hall Lindsey, Miss Mary Harding Buckner, Miss Bettie Hooper Turner. Miss Corinne Craig. Miss Elizabeth Ilill. and Miss Elizabeth Glenn.
ZONE 3. TEAM 3
Mrs. Joseph A. Gray, Captain; Miss Elizabeth Eve. First Lieutenant; Mrs. William E. Beard. second Lieutenant: Sergeants; Mrs. Idabelle Wilson. Mrs. John W. Black, Mrs. William S. Bransford, Mrs. Daniel C. Buntin, Mrs. George A. Washington, Wis. Rollin P. Grant, Mrs. J. C. Cartwright, Mrs. George William Fall. Mrs. Reau E. Folk, Mrs. Hallum Goodloe, Mrs. Miles Williams, Mrs. Sam Harwell, Mrs. Orrin T. Higgins. Mr -. R. Boyt lowell, Mr -. Joseph T. Howell. Mrs. Foster Hume. Mrs. B. F. Moore, Mrs. John Moore, Mrs. A. R. Whiteman, Mrs. Lou Rascoe. Mrs. Wiley Williams, Miss Libbie Morrow. Mrs. Roy Armstrong. Mrs. Harry Sudekum, Mrs. John March. Mrs. W. 11. Lefont, and Mrs. Dan Blakemore.
This was the banner team of Zone 3, which was also the banner zone of the Loan. Mrs. Gray and her team were highly commended as workers by Loan officials,
ZONE 3. TEAM 1
Mrs. Reuben Mills, Captain: Mrs. Joseph Morse. First Lieu- Ermant: Mrs. Arthur Joseph. Second Lieutenant: Sergeants Mrs. Joseph Abrams, Miss Sam Hirsch, Mrs. Louis Leftwich Mr -. William T. Allen, Mrs. Sal Lowenstein, Mrs. Herman Lusks. Mrs. Sam Berger, Mrs. Eugene Harris, Mrs. James B. MISS AGNES SMITH I.zzell. Mrs. W. J. Morrison, Mrs. Albert Fite. Mrs. P. A. Mur cav, Miss Sadie Frank, Mrs. Porter Phillips, Miss Bella Goodman. Miss Regina Lightman, Mis- Hose Abrams, Mrs. Herman Rich. Mis. Charlton Rogers, and Mrs. Joe Werthan.
ZONE 3. THAM 5
Mr. Frank Carl Stahlman, Captain: Mrs. M. C. MeGannon. First Lieutenant; Mts. John W. Honna , Jr., Second lieutenant; Sergeants: Mrs. William T. Allen, Mrs. William Burnett, Vir -. Lok Burroughs, Mrs. Walter Clark, Mrs. J. B. Deeds, Mis. I. G. Durr. Mrs. Pat M. Estes, Mrs. George Waliun Fall, Mrs. Albert Fite. Mrs. W. 1 .. Granbery, Mrs. Frank Sparey Green. Wrs
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