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FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
MRS. A. EDWARD POTTER'S BOOTH "IN ACTION" DURING THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN.
Mrs. Potter who served as the Captain stands to the left signing up a bond sold to the gentleman to the right. Mrs. Minus Fletcher and Mrs. John Henry Smith, two of Mrs. Potter's Lieutenants are seated inside the booth. This booth was located at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Arcade.
Mary Bright Thomas. Mrs. William C. Hoffman. Mrs. Louise Bransford Kirkman, Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, Mrs. Ernest Pillow, Mrs. Felix Schwab. Mrs. Richard Dake, Mrs. Charles Whitworth, Mrs. H. S. Whitworth, Mrs. Johnson Bransford, Mrs. Margaret S. Williams, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. W. S. Bransford. Mrs. A. B. Benedict, Mrs. C. A. Marshall, Mrs. George Schwab, Mrs. J. O. Hendley, Mrs. Foster Hume, and Mrs. West H. Morton.
ZONE 3. TEAM 6
Mrs. L. B. Fite, Captain: Mrs. Owen Wilson, First Lieutenant: Mrs. Sinclair G. Niles, Second Lieutenant; Sergeants: Mrs. Walter Cain, Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Mrs. M. H. Dobson. Mrs. Felix Dodd. Mrs. James Ford. Mrs. Fielding Yost. Mrs. R. W. Grizzard. Mrs. Ross Huddleston, Mrs. William Hume, Mrs. John Kreig. Miss Agatha Brown, Mrs. Charles H. Litterer, Mrs. Dan
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VeGugin, Mts. D. G. Hart. Mrs. J. 1 .. Me Whorter, Mrs. Paul Roberts, Mrs. Thomas Steele. Mrs. 1. J. Van Ness, Mrs. (. B. Wallace, Mrs. J. O. Hendley. Mrs. Joseph Gibson, Mrs. Thomas Malone, Mrs. Jesse 11. Thomas. Mrs. Hamilton Love. and Mrs. Thomas Parkes.
Mrs. Joseph Warner's Zone led all others in the number of bonds sold.
ZONE 1 MRS. JAMES S. FRAZER. Field Marshal ZONE 1. TEAM 1
Mrs. A. E. Potter. Captain: Miss Agnes Smith. First Lieutenant : Miss Bettie Hooper Turner. Second Lieutenant: Sergeants: Mrs. M. E. Derryberry. Mrs. Minus J. Fletcher. Mrs. John T. Lelf vett. Mrs. Whitefoord R. Cole. Mrs. Joseph Lindauer. Mrs. Walter O. Parmer. Mrs. J. M. Phillips, Mrs. Edward Potter. Jr .. Mrs. Robert F. Jackson. Mrs. Frank Montgomery See. Mrs. John E. Potter. Mrs. John Henry Smith. Mrs. Humphrey Timothy, Miss Louise G. Lindsey. Miss Virginia Benton. Mrs. Travis Blair, Miss Julia Blair. Mrs, Charles Dudley Jones, Mrs. John W. Chester Mrs. Miles Williams, Mrs. J. S. Phillips, Mrs. P. D. Houston. Mrs W. H1. Schuerman. Mrs. Fount Williams, Mrs. William A. Gupton, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson. Miss Mary Nelson. Miss Frances Pilcher. Miss Eloise Timothy, and Miss Jeanette Sloan.
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MIM- WILLIAM A. GIPION (Darstr Mason !
Mrs. Potter's booth led the zone in sales made at the booth in one day. $105,000 bring the sale for the day. Miss Venes Smith selling $87.000 in one day at this booth. Mrs. Minus Fletcher sold one $30.000 bond.
ZONE 1. TEAM 2
Mrs. David Rosenfeld, Captain; Mrs. Henry Teitlebaum. First Lieutenant: Mrs. Solomon Lowenstein. Second Lieutenant; Ser-
geant -: Mrs. R. D. Blum. Mrs. L. Bogatzski, Mrs, Leo Schwartz. Mrs. Joseph Abrams. Mrs. Lee Loventhal. and Mrs. Joseph Morse.
ZONE 1. TEAM 3
Mrs. Henry Teitlebaum. Captain. Mrs. Dorris Lowenthal. First Lieutenant: Mrs. Vernon sharp. Second Lieutenant: Sergeants: Mrs. Milton Frank. Mrs. A. Grief, Mrs. Lon 1.n kv. Mr -. R. E. Porter. Mrs. P. M. Tamble. Mrs. John Barksdale. Mr-, Smith Tenison, Mrs. E. C. Wright. Miss Nell Drifoos, Mrs. Alex Irving. Mrs. Alice Cloyd. Mrs. R. A. Griffin, Miss Ethel Livingston, and Miss Amy Rich.
ZONE 1. TEAM 1
Miss Mary Ratterman. Captain: Mrs. Morton B. Howell. 111. First Lieutenant: Miss France- Cornelius. Second Lieutenant: Sergeants: Mrs. Dan Blakemore. Mrs. George Crawford, Mrs. Harry Rene Lee. Mrs. Wheeless Gambill. Jr .. Miss Mary Harding Buckner. Mrs. W. E. Norvell, Jr .. Mr -. J. N. W. Lee. Mrs. Esmond Ewing. Miss Anne White Folk, Miss Mary Wilson, Miss Helen Hutchinson, Miss Barbara Il. Kuhn, Miss Lillian Reyer. Miss Marie Kuhn, Miss Sadie Cauvin. Miss Frances Hutchinson, and Miss Willie Ruth Davidson.
ZONE 1. TEAM 5
Mr -. T. Dwight Webb. Captain: Mrs. Horace G. Hill. First Lieutenant: Mrs. Henry Morgan. Second Lieutenant: Sergeants: Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis, Mrs. Richard Barr. Mrs. Cales Adams, Mrs. Robert Brannan. Mrs. Felix Cheatham, Mrs. Ben Childers. Mrs. E. B. Craig. Mrs. Kendrick Hardcastle, Mrs. W. 11. Witt. Mrs. Frank Harris, Mrs. Jeff Pollen. Mrs. Ellis C. Huggins, Mrs. Edward Craig. Jr .. Mrs. Joseph West. Mrs. W. D. Witherspoon. Mrs. Dempsey Weaver. Mr -. Claude Waller. Mrs. Carter Reeves, Miss Gladys Witherspoon. Miss Elizabeth Hill. Mas Martha Kallebrew. Mrs. Joseph Howell. Jr .. and Miss Elsa McGill.
This was the banner tram of the five Loans, selling more bands than for any previous Loan. and more than was over sold by any team thereafter.
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GROUP OF NASHVILLE'S MOST PROMINENT MUSICIANS WHO. AS LIEU TENANTS AND SERGEANTS, SERVED UNDER MRS. LOUIS H. SPERRY. CAPTAIN IN ZONE TWO OF THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN
Mrs. W. G. Ewing was Field Marshal of this zone. Mrs. Sperry's hooth was located in the McKendree church yard, and was one of the most attractive of all booths. Those in the picture. first row. left to right are: Mrs. Thomas L. Herbert. Jr. (Julia Rohard), Mrs. E. R. Schumacher (Gertrude Richards), Mrs. W. C. Dixon (Lelia Dortch), Mrs. Robert Caldwell (Ellen Rion), Mrs. William C. Hoffman (Daisy Lenehan), and Mrs. Kinnard T. McConnico (Nina Ferriss). Second row, Miss Catherine Le Sueur, Mrs. Thomas C. Keeling ( Bessie Lee Sperry). Mrs. William Winter Lyon (Mabel Alcocke), Mrs. H. Louis Sperry (Amelia Sawrie), Captain of the Booth; Mrs. Adam G. Nichol (Bertha Cheek), and Mrs. Milton Cook (Beatrice Williams). and standing in the rear. Mrs. Thomas Malone. Jr. (Mary Cornelia Gibson). Mrs. A. B. Anderson (Lillian Gary), Mrs. Joseph Deeds ( Frances Fergerson). and Mrs. O'Bryan Washington (Martha Scruggs), were also Lieutenants at this Booth during the Loan.
ZONE 4. TEAM 6
Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne. Captain: Mrs. Will Shelton, First Lieutenant: Mr -. W. L. Nichol, Second Lieutenant; Sergeants: Mrs. A. B. Anderson, Mrs. W. S. Bransford. Mrs. John C. Brown, Mrs. Laurent Brown, Mrs. George W. Fall. Mrs. Ross Handly, Mrs. W. A. Buntin. Mrs. Sam Campbell, Mrs. Arthur Cooney, Mrs. Guy Nevins, Mr -. Frank MeGavock, Mrs. R. A. Griffin, Miss Theresa Me- Gavock. Mrs. Thomas Newbill, Mrs. L. A. McMurray. Miss Esther Nichol, Miss Louise Simpkins, Mrs. Alex. Irving. and Mrs. Charles Hurd.
ZONE 4. TEAM 7
Mrs. Eugene Crutcher. Captain: Mrs. R. A. Griffin. First Lieutenant: Mrs. J. C. Walker. Second Lieutenant: Ser- geants: Mrs. T. H. Burleson, Mrs. R. L. Camp. Mrs. Lou Lusky, Mrs. T. J. Christman. Mrs. Ira B. Clark. Mrs. Alice Cloyd. Mrs. L. A. Enoch, Mrs. William A. Gupton. Mrs. E. C. Cox, Mrs. W. A. Goodrich. Mrs. Forrest Graham. Mrs. J. llarold Green. Miss Annie Hall, Miss Mary L. Harris. Mrs. John Barksdale. Mrs. Alex. Irving. Mrs. E. C. McDaniel, Mrs. L. A. Miller. Mrs. T. B. Rawles. Mrs. II. H. Stretch, Mrs. George Tenison. Mrs. J. B. Totten. Mrs. G. M. Whittemore. Miss Annie Gary Gosnell. Miss Nina Gage. and Miss Nell Joy.
MRS. W. J. SPIRE ( Pauline Woolard)
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GROUP OF FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN WORKERS AT OLD HICKORY. POWDER PLANT. Among them ate Mrs. R. Cletis Moore (Angie Long). Wiss Martha Davis Russell, Mrs. Wilbur Haley ( Dorothy Clark), Miss Annie Mai Kennedy, Miss Bertha Kinsey, and Miss Maude Ballard.
ZONE 1. TEAM 8
Mrs. W. A. Onghterson, Captain; Mrs. Kenneth Cayce. First Lieutenant: Mrs. Charles H. Stetson, Second Lieutenant; Sergeants: Mrs. Charles Bowman, Mrs. Ural Wood, Mrs. Richard Gentry, Mrs. E. C. Wright, Mrs. Walter Me Alister. Mrs. Hallum Goodloe, Mrs. Robert Jay. Mrs. Norman Kirkman. Miss Ruth Cullom. Miss Lena Bradley. Miss Eugenia Fields, and Miss Alice Cullom.
DISTRICTS SINTH DISTRICT
Mrs. West H. Morton, Captain: Sergeants: Mrs. James K. Rains. Mrs. Granville P. Rowe. Mrs. D. C. Buell, Mrs. Robert Caldwell, Mrs. Holland Tigert, Mrs. W. B. Cook. Mrs. Marshall Pulk. Mrs. Kendrick Hardcastle, Mrs. J. H. Bayer. Mrs. Jack Anderson. Mrs. Frank Searcy Creen. Mrs. Rogers Caldwell, Mrs. Louise Bransford Kirkman, Mrs. John Allison. Mrs. Wiley sims. Mrs. Berry Milliron. Mrs. Craig MeFarland. Mrs. Van Milliron, Miss Melinda Timmons, Miss Maggie Shute, Miss Mary Frances Morton, Miss Ann Humphreys Morton, Mrs. Fount Wil- hams. and Mrs, John T. Henderson.
SEVENTH DISTRICT
Mrs. E. K. Hardison. Captain: Sergeant -: Mrs. John Burroughs, Mrs. Dudley Gale. Mrs. Frank W. Ring. Mr-, Perey Sharpe. Mrs. Jack Burroughs, Mrs. Howard Frost. Mrs. John Kane. Mrs. Walter Stokes. Jr .. Mrs. Percy Warner, Mrs. Fount Williams, and Mrs. Frank Searcy Green.
ERGJITH DISTRICT
Viss Cornelia Barksdale. Captain; Sergeants: Mrs. Warren B. Sloan. Mrs. Joe H. Lackey, Chairman of Sylvan Park District: Sergeants: Mrs. George A. Cook. Mrs. W. Il. Hatton. Mrs. George Riddle. Mrs. HI. E. Smith. and Mrs. J. 11. Sykes.
COCKRILJ. ADDITION
Mi Lora Callum Chainnan: Sergeants: Mrs. James Cox. Mrs. Goodlue Cockrill. Mrs. ( B. Hunt. and Mrs. W. B. Matthews.
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CHARLOTTE AND BELLEVIEW ROADS
Miss Mary Russell. Chairman: Sergeants: Mrs. Joe Adkinson, Mrs. O. D. Elkins, Mrs. Virgil Hardison, Mrs. Dora Jordan, Mrs. Maud MeAlister, Mrs. Hunter Plumlee, and Mrs. E. A. Savage.
NINTH DISTRICT
Miss Margaret Thompson, Captain; Sergeants: Mrs. James B. Ezzell, Mrs. John T. Landis. Mrs. G. A. Puryear, Mrs. Percy Sharpe, and Wiss Sadie Herrin.
Miss Thompson's work was highly commended by officials of both the men's and women's committees.
Goodlettsville had Mrs. W. B. Myers as Chairman. Mrs. Myers led this little town in each of the five Liberty Loan drives and in the W. S. S. work.
The total sum raised by the women in the Fourth Liberty Loan was $9,555.000. Amounts sold by the field marshals and their officers. both "commissioned and non-coms.," for the zones were:
Zone 1, Mrs. Walter L. Jones, Field Marshal. $1,- 395,500; Zone 2, Mrs. W. G. Ewing. Field Marshal. $1,808,500; Zone 3, Mrs. Joseph Warner, Field Marshal, $1,995,000 (which was the largest amount collected by the zones) : and Zone 4, Mrs. James S. Frazer, Field Marshal, $1,500,300.
Mrs. T. Dwight Webb, who served as a Captain in Zone 1. led all other captains of the Davidson County zones in individual sales. She and her team raised Miss MARGARET THOMPSON $432,750, which exceeded the amounts collected by all other teams during the war period in bond sales.
Other captains who led their zones were: Mrs. Sam Kessler, Zone 1. Her sales amounted to $197.850; Mrs. Granbery Jackson. Zone 2, $389,350. She also came second of all captains in the amount raised; and Mrs. Joseph A. Gray. Zone 3. whose sales were $395.500.
Miss Corinne Craig, Captain of Zone 2, had the larg- est number of purchasers, and in Zone 1 the colored women raised $26,050. Mrs. James Frazer was Chair- man of the colored women's organization work. Mrs. W. G. Ewing, Field Marshal for Zone 2, sold to the largest number of purchasers, which were 3.014 people. The total number of purchasers through all the women's booths in the Fourth Loan was 8.647 individuals.
The captains ranking according to the number of their subscribers in the Fourth Liberty Loan were: Miss Corinne Craig, who sold to 975 purchasers of bonds: Miss Kathleen Garrett, to 398; Miss Mary Ratterman. Mas. W. B. MYERS to 208: Mrs. T. Dwight Webb, to 606; Mrs. Louis H. Sperry. to 485; Mrs. Granbery Jackson. to 479 (Mrs. Jackson also sold one bond at $50.000 to an out-of-town purchaser) ; Mrs. Reuben Mills, to 382: Mrs. Percy Williams. to 376; Mrs. Sam Kessler, to 363; Mrs. Wilbur Florsheim, to 332; Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne, to 325: Mrs. W. H. Schuerman, to 325: Mrs. Robert L. Sawyer. to 321: Mrs. Joe Weinstein. to 287: Mrs. C. D. Campbell. to 263: Mrs. Henry
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Teitlebaum, to 201: Mrs. Joseph Palmer, to 200 & Mrs. Palmer also sold several large bonds in Zone 31: Mrs. L. B. Fite. to 252: Mrs. Joseph 1. Gray. to 235 (Mrs. Grav led her zone and sold two >30.000 bond-): Mr -. W. A. Oughter-on sold to 229: Mrs. II. O. Blackwood. to 226: Mrs. Dave Rosenfeld. to 218: Mrs. Horace Smith, to 296: Mrs. E. A. Potter. to 290 (Mrs. Potter sold one $85.000 bond in one dav): Mrs. Frank Wheeler. sold to 173: Mrs. Eugene Crutcher. to 151: Mr -. Frank Carl Stahlman. to 165: and Mr -. Douglas Baxter. to 102.
FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN. OR "VICTORY LOAN" MRS. JOHN R. AUST. State Chairman MRS. JAMES S. FRAZER. Davidson County Chairman
The Fifth Liberty Loan. or "Victory Loan." drive began its preliminary work on April 5. 1919. but active work of soliciting subscriptions did not begin until May 1. 1919. In the four previous Liberty Loan drives Tennessee was entirely in the Sixth Fed- eral Reserve District. with headquarters at At- lanta. but in the Fifth Campaign the state was divided. The Memphis Zone was added to the Eighth Federal District. with St. Louis as head- quarters. Mrs. Sam Phillips served as State Chairman of the Eighth Federal District. Mrs. John R. Anst was chosen as State Chairman of the Sixth Federal District, having under her jurisdiction the Nashville. Knoxville and Chat- tanooga Zones. comprising seventy-two countries. Mrs. Aust opened Tennessee Headquarters in the Independent Life building. at Nashville, from which office she conducted the campaign. and she appointed as assistants in the state work the following executive force:
Mrs. Gibson Patterson. State Vice-Chairman (who also served as Chairman of Bulletins for the Men's Committee): Miss Dorothy Clark, General Secretary: Mrs. Leonard Gilbert. Ex- ecutive Secretary: Mrs. John G. Gilmore. Press Chairman: Mrs. Furman Hooper. Distribution of Literature: and Mrs. James S. Frazer. David- son County Chairman.
(Flop Brinkinin)
A conference of the counties in the Nashville Zone was called by Mrs. Aust, in con- nection with the Men's Committee. on April 10. at the Tulane Hotel. in Nashville. on which occasion representatives from the Nashville Headquarters and all women's organizations of Davidson County were present. A luncheon was served to the visit- ing delegates by the Davidson County Loan organization at the Tulane Hotel. Mr -. Gibson Patterson was Chairman of the women's part in the conference and at the luncheon. Mrs. Samuel Lumpkin. National officer and Chairman of Woman's Com- mittee of the Sixth Federal Reserve District, made the principal address at the luncheon for the Woman's Committee, and Governor A. H. Roberts for the men. Mrs. Guilford Dudley. a member of the National Board and National Publicity Chairman, outlined the methods of advertising the Loan. Mrs. John R. Just told
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of her plan of organizing the counties for the women and announced the appoint- ment of the Davidson County organization for the Woman's Victory Loan Commit- tee. with Mrs. James S. Frazer as Chairman and Mrs. A. H. Roberts, wife of Ten- nessee's Governor at that time. as Honorary Chairman.
DAVIDSON COUNTY ORGANIZATION
Mrs. James S. Frazer appointed an Executive Board for the county campaign, consisting of the following members: Miss Elizabeth Eve, Chairman of Headquar- ters; Mrs. W. W. Geraldton, Executive Secretary and General Assistant: Mrs. John G. Gilmore, Press Chairman; Mrs. Louis H. Sperry, Entertainment and Mass Meetings; Mrs. Charles F. Anderson, Booths: Mrs. Edward W. Foster, Industrial Committee; Mrs. P. A. Murray and Mrs. Humphrey Timothy. Council of Catholic Women: Mrs. Horace Smith. Powder Plant; Mrs. Frank Searcy Green, Registration of Workers: Mrs. Granbery Jackson, Banquets: Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne, Decorations: Mrs. Robert Cheek, Automobiles ( serving with her were the members of the Nashville Chapter, Red Cross Motor Corps) ; Mrs. R. M. Mills, Chairman of Feature Advertising: and Mrs. George William Fall, Hospitality.
Those composing the district organization chair- men were: Mrs. Gibson Patterson, Mrs. West Humphreys Morton, Mrs. Craig McFarland. Mrs. MRS. A. H. ROBERTS ( Norah Drane Bowden) Katheryn P. Wright, and Mrs. Granville P. Rose. The N., C. & St. L. Railroad Shops were in charge of Mrs. Harry W. Evans and Red Cross Canteen workers.
Mrs. Frazer appointed the following on her Advisory Committee:
Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Chairman; Mrs. Guilford Dudley, Mrs. James H. Kirkland. Mrs. Charles Anderson. Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. Leslie Warner, Mrs. R. M. Mills, Mrs. John G. Gilmore, Mrs. P. A. Murray, Mrs. E. W. Foster. Mrs. W. W. Crandall, Mrs. Granbery Jackson. Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis. Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman, Mrs. W. B. Shelton. Mrs. A. E. Potter, Miss Louise Lindsley, and Mrs. West H. Morton.
Mrs. Charles Anderson was Chairman of the Booth Committee. Those composing her committee were: Tulane Hotel. Miss Ellen Stokes. Chairman: Maxwell House, Mrs. Robert Cheek, Chairman, assisted by the Motor Corps Girls of the Nashville Chapter. Red Cross: Capitol Boulevard. Miss Frances Bennie. Chairman: Sixth and Church Street, Miss Evelyn Douglas. Chair- man: Fifth Avenue and Arcade, Miss Ruth Vance. Chair- man: Hermitage Hotel and Public Square. Mrs. P. A. Murray. Chairman: Entrance Joe Morse & Company's Store. Mrs. Lou Lusky, Jr .. Chairman: Arcade and MRS. FLORENCE WILKES HOOPER Fourth Avenue. Miss Alice Hall Lindsey. Chairman: Fourth and First National Bank. Mrs. Herman Lusky. Chairman: and Fifth Avenue and Church Street, Miss Elsie Mai Bradley and Miss Amelia Johns. Chairmen.
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Polling places for registration for bond- were opened in every ward of the city and every district of the county on registration day for the Fifth Loan. The follow- ing women served voluntarily at the polls, registering the sale of bonds, and they also made house-lo-house canvasses of their respec. tive wards and districts:
Ma- HUMPHREY LIMUTHEY " lulu Maatr)
Miss Rose Starr. Assistants. county during this Loan.
FIRST WARD
Mrs. Henry Neuhoff, Chairman: Mrs. William Marsh and Mrs. J. D. Lawrence, Assistant -.
SECOND WARD
Mrs. M. M. Harvill, Chairman: Mrs. John Stumb. Mrs. Douglas Worsham, Mrs. Harry Bruce, and Miss Katherine Bank -. 1-sistants.
THIRD WARD
Viss Mozelle Cisco, Chairman: Mrs. J. R. Bass. Mr -. G. K. Whitaker, and Miss Bertie Cisco, Assistant -.
FOURTH WARD
Mrs. Sam Kessler, Chairman; Mrs. Sidney Wasserman, Mrs. Harry Weintrub. Vis. E. Fellman, Mrs. Gus Kornman. jr., Mrs. Harry Markle, Miss Beatrice Kessler. Miss Natelle Mbert. Miss Irene Goldner, and Mrs. Kessler's ward raised one of the largest amounts in the
FIFTH WARD
Mrs. John M. Kenny, Chairman: Mrs. D. T. Kimbro. Mrs. Idabelle Wilson. Mrs. Thomas W. Wrenne, Mrs. John Barksdale, Mrs. B. F. Wilson, and Mrs. Clifford Stone. Assistants. This wa- the banner ward of the Loan, winning one of the trophies offered bwv officials.
PUBLIC. SQUARE
Mrs. P. A. Murray, Chairman: Miss Annie Murray, Miss Marie Kuhn. Miss Maud Ahern, Miss Mary Dougherty, Miss Mary Ryan. Miss Lenore Kenny. Miss Eloise Timothy. Mi- Kale Barksdale. Miss Lucile Mooney. Miss Louise Kerrigan. Miss Nell Mooney, Miss Katherine Grimes. Miss Dolores Mur- ray. Miss Katie Belle Gregory. Miss Mary Cecil Morrison. Miss Agnes Bevington. Miss Barbara Kuhn, Miss Helen Neuhoff, Mis- Katherine Spore. Miss Annie Marie Nenon. Miss Gertrude Senon. Miss Annie Mai Kennedy. Miss Aline Timothy, Mis- Katheryn Gilmore. Miss Felicia Roach. Miss Mary Tom Kane. Miss Katherine Neuhoff. Miss Genevieve Morgan. Miss Mary Clare Breen. Miss Cornelia Coode, and Miss Aberta Reeves. \ -sistant -.
SINTHE WARD
Mrs. Lon Lu-ky. Chairman; Mrs. Alex Irving. Mrs. Joseph Wrin-trin. Mrs. Alee Cluyd. Mrs. John Barksdale, Mrs. Lo1 Insky. Jr .. and Mrs. Dave Lowenheim, Assistants.
SEVENTH WARD
Mis- Elizabeth Binford, Chairman: Mrs. Frank W. Gavock. Mrs. John Lellvett. Mr -. Fielding inst. Miss Agatha Brown. Mrs. Dan MeGugin. Mrs. John Kreig, Mrs. R. A. Goodman. Miss Amalee Throne, Miss Patty Jones, Mrs. Reuben Spas. Mi -- Elizabeth Eve. Miss Mary Kreig. Mrs. Every Handis. Miss Theread MeGavurk. Miss Ellen Vaner. Mrs. Bettie M. Gardner, and Miss , The Cecil. Assistants.
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EIGHTH WARD
Mrs. W. J. Spire, Chairman: Mrs. W. B. Bunch. Mrs. Charles Connor, Mrs. M. A. Warner. Mrs. Harry Nelson. and Mrs. J. R. Compton, Assistants.
MINTH WARD
Mrs. Ilumphrey Timothy, Chairman; Mrs. F. E. Kuhn, Mrs. J. H. Grimes, Mrs. John Lowery, Mrs. William McCabe. Mrs. W. P. Sanders. Mrs. J. J. Bevington, Mrs. John Coode, Mrs. William Ilyronemus, Miss Catherine Winnia. Mrs. P. A. Murray. Mrs. Harry Nelson. Mrs. Chris Powers. Miss Elsie Winnia. Mrs. W. W. Geraldton, Mrs. Charles McCabe. Mrs. Wither- spoon Hayes. Mrs. Henry Clunan, and Mrs. Arthur Suther- land, Assistants.
TENTH WARD
Mrs. Reau E. Folk, Chairman; Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs. Horace G. Hill, Mrs. George Ingram, Mrs. Robert Woods. Mrs. E. Philpot, and Mrs. Ernest Pillow, Assistants.
ELEVENTH WARD
Mrs. Joseph Abrams, Chairman; Mrs. I. B. Morse, Mrs. Sol Dryfus. Mrs. Ophelia Ilecht, Mrs. L. Bogatsky, and members of the Council of Jewish Women, Assistants.
TWELFTH WARD
Mrs. William Geraldton, Chairman: Mrs. John O'Con- nell, Mrs. Charles Hoffman, Mrs. William J. Spire. Mrs. James Rodd. Mrs. B. F. Allen, and Mrs. B. Frank Fields, Assistants.
MRS. JOSEPH ABRAMS (Laura Morse) Member of Advisory Council of this History.
THIRTEENTH WARD
Mrs. James Slowey, Chairman; Mrs. Charles Mckay, Mrs. Frank Wheeler, Mrs. Charles Price, Mrs. Robert Goodlett. Mrs. Charles Hunt, Miss Eva Flannigan, Miss Ethel Mckay, and Miss Madeline Emmeking, Assistants.
FOURTEENTH WARD
Mrs. W. T. Young. Chairman; Members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; Mrs. Mark Harrison, Mrs. R. B. Beal, Mrs. Colin Baker, Mrs. Percy King. Mrs. Ross Handly, Mrs. R. S. Crutcher, Mrs. James MeHatton, Mrs. Russell Hart, Miss Elizabeth Frost. Miss Evelyn Crutcher, Miss Alberta Fite, Miss Cora Hager. Miss Margorie Spurr. Miss Nellie Wood, and Misses Eliza and Virginia Claybrooke. Assistants.
FIFTEENTH WARD
Mrs. Thomas Newbill. Chairman; Mrs. John Leiper. Mrs. W. B. Shelton, Mrs. L. F. Beaty. Miss Elizabeth Morrow, Mrs. Charles Hurd. Mrs. J. W. Warner, Mrs. Thomas Appleton, Mrs. Jesse Sparks. Mrs. Meredith Flautt, Miss Evelyn Crutcher. Miss Edith Pope. Miss Elizabeth Hancock. Miss Margaret Simpson, Miss Jennie Mai MeQuiddy. Miss Cynthia Frierson, and Miss Jessie Sparks. Assistants.
SIXTEENTHE WARD
Mrs. M. T. Hall, Chairman: Mrs. William F. Bass, Mrs. Harry Lee, Mrs. Robert Powell. Mrs. L. B. Smith. and Mrs. W. E. Norman. Assistants.
SEVENTEENTH WARD
Mrs. John A. Jones. Chairman: Miss Bettie Hooper Turner. Mrs. Frank M. See. Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson. Mrs. E. S. Fisher, Mrs. R. D. Ezell, Mrs. W. H. Buchanan. Mrs. W. G. Dalby, and Mrs. John Sharpe. Assistants.
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WOMEN IN THE WORLD WIR 1>14491%
EIGHTEENTH WARD
Mrs. lemy Spicer. Chairman: Mrs. Craig MeFarland, Mrs. B. D. Bell. Mrs. John Fisher. Mrs. L. F. Beaty, Mrs. T. H. Estes. Mrs. Randolf Hughes, Mts. Lula Dougherty. Mrs. Greene Benton. Mrs. W. F. Creighton, and Mrs. W. E. Norman, Assistant -.
NINETEENTH WARD
Mrs. T. M. Mill-, Chairman: Wrs. R. T. Morrison, Mrs. J. H. Matthews. M -. F. P. McKeel. Miss Bessie Miller, Miss Isadore Smith, and Miss Dorothy Clark. Assistants.
TWENTIETH WARD
Mrs. Eugene ( rutcher, Chairman: Mrs. Lou Lusky. Mrs. 11. H. Stretch, Mrs. Alex. Irving, Mrs. J. C. Walker. Mrs. Alice Cloyd. Mrs. E. S. Hughes. Mrs. 1 .. N. Enoch, and Mrs. T. R. Burleson, Assistants.
TWENTY-FIRST WARD
Mrs. Reuben Mills, Chairman: Mrs. Will Allen, Mrs. A. J. Dver. Mrs. E. A. Lindsey, Mrs. Eugene Shannon, Mrs. Joseph Lindauer. Mrs. David Rosenfeld, Mrs. A. Loveman. Mrs. Julius Martin. Mrs. Morris Ellis, Mrs. Porter Phillips, Mrs. Sol Lowenstein, Mrs. Henry Loveman, and Mrs. Charlton Rogers. Assistants.
TWENTY-SECOND WARD
Mrs. C. C. Waggoner, Chairman: Mis. Thomas Broderick. Mrs. Dallas Villines, Mrs. J. A. Cullom, Mr -. Herman Lubin. Wiss Aleda Waggoner. and Mrs. Harry Sudekum. Assistants.
TWENTY- THIRD WARD
Mrs. R. L .. Sawyer. Chairman: Mrs. F. J. Ehrhart, Mrs. V. M. Gribble. Mrs. C. D. Campbell, Miss Katherine Allen, Mrs. H. J. Ehrhardt. Mrs. T. H. Estes, and Mrs. M. T. Gribble. Assistants.
TWENTY - FOURTH WARD
Mr -. 1 .. A. Me Murray and Mrs. Herman McRae. Chairmen: Mrs. R. G. Crowley, Mrs. W. J. Spire. Mrs. Harry Nelson, Mrs, Louis MeCary, Mrs. F. W. Willspaugh. Mrs. A. F. Stanford, and Mrs. E. R. Stanford, Assistants.
TWENTY- FIFTH WARD
Mrs. Lit Malone, Chairman: Mr-, Joe Hooper. Mr -. Neil S. Jones. Mrs. George Appleby, Wr -. Goodlor Corkrill. Mrs. B. C. Wright, Mrs. Conrad Miller. Miss Eva Wright, and Mrs. William Wraver, Assistant -.
COUNTY DISTRICTS
SECOND DISTRICT
Mrs. W. S. March, Chairman; Mrs. Weaver Harris, Miss Aline Harsh, Mrs. I. F. Scott. Mixa Roberta Briley, and Mr -. R. K. Landis. Assistants.
THIRD DISTRICT
Mrs. Craig MeFarland, Chairman, assisted by her County Board of the Council of National Defen.
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