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FOURTH DISTRICT
Mrs. John T. Henderson, Chairman, assisted by her County Committee of the Council of National Defense.
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FIFTHI DISTRICT
Mrs. Thomas Calhoun, Chairman. Mrs. Calhoun had her committee of the County Council of National Defense supplemented by Mrs. E. C. Harland, Mrs. A. J. Shelton, Mrs. Robert Briley, and Mrs. Tyler Calhoun.
SIXTH DISTRICT
Mrs. West II. Morton, Chairman; Mrs. Holland Tigert, Mrs. W. B. Cook, Mrs. R. K. Landis, Mrs. J. K. Rains, Mrs. John Thompson, Jr., Mrs. Granville P. Rose, Miss Frances Morton, Mrs. J. A. Pennington. Mrs. Marshall Polk, Mrs. A. E. Douglas, Miss Ann Morton, Mrs. Eugene Shannon, Miss Margaret Shute, Miss Irma Walker, Mrs. Fount Williams, the Misses Milliron, Miss Mary Phillips, Mrs. Rogers Caldwell, and Miss Alberta Douglas, Assistants.
SEVENTH DISTRICT
Mrs. Granbery Jackson, Chairman; Mrs. Henry E. Colton, Mrs. W. W. Berry, Mrs. George Winton. Mrs. John Thompson, Jr., Mrs. Miles O'Connor. Mrs. Douglas Wright, Mrs. Tyler Cal- houn. Mrs. Frank Searcy Green, Mrs. Rogers Caldwell, Mrs. Gideon Wade. Mrs. Charles Ander- son, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. J. T. McGill, Mrs. Brown Buford, Mrs. Nathan Crockett, Mrs. A. B. Benedict, Mrs. Jack Burroughs. Mrs. W. H. Witt. Mrs. J. T. Altman, Mrs. W. H. Schuer- man, Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Mrs. E. C. Iluggins. Miss Henry Ewing. Mrs. Robert Brannan, Mrs. W. E. Norvell, Mrs. Ben Childers, and Misses Helen and Margaret Buford, Assistants.
EIGHTII DISTRICT
Mrs. Walter Riddle, Chairman; Mrs. James A. McHatton, Mrs. W. B. Harvey. Miss Emma Sloan, Mrs. J. H. Lackey. Mrs. Warren B. Sloan, and Misses Eva and Louise Bell, Assistants.
NINTH DISTRICT
Miss Margaret Thompson, Chairman; Mrs. James B. Ezzell, Miss Mary Carter, Miss Sadie Herrin, and Miss Mary Anderson. Assistants.
TENTHI DISTRICT
Mrs. W. B. Myers, Chairman; Mrs. S. H. Wilhoite, Mrs. J. W. Harris, Mrs. M. A. Fontaine. and Mrs. E. E. Elam, Assistants.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT
Mrs. Henry Chadwell, Chairman; Mrs. Lewis Butler, Mrs. William Freeman, Mrs. David Rice, Mrs. Witherspoon Hayes, Mrs. Roy Williams, Mrs. E. R. Doolittle, Mrs. W. A. Core, Mrs. Ora Patterson, Miss Jessie Brown. and Miss Ethel Omar. Assistants.
TWELFTH DISTRICT
Mrs. Thomas C. Joy. Jr .. Chairman; Mrs. Frank Horn. Mrs. D. B. Evans, and Mrs. J. F. Horn, Assistants.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT
Miss Aline Jordan, Chairman; Mrs. H. E. Drake. Mrs. Alvin Scott, Miss Edith Carney, and Miss Maggie Walton, Assistants.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT
Mrs. J. D. Campbell, 'Chairman; Mrs. James Fite and Mrs. O. D. Foster, Assistants.
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INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE OF DAVIDSON COUNTY'S FIFTH OR "VICTORY LOAN"
WRS. EDWARD WEST FOSTER. Chairman-General.
MRS. PORTER PHILLIPS. Secretary and General .Assistant
Mrs. Foster appointed the following women, who canvassed every department store and factory of the county. They were:
Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis, Captain, Mrs. W. W. Crandall. Mrs. Ben Childers, Mrs. T. Dwight Webb. and Mrs. Horace G. Hill. Lieutenants.
Mrs. James Weakley. Captain. Mrs. Walter L. Jones. Mrs. John Lellyett, and Mrs. Robert Kenyon, Lientenants.
Mrs. Esmond Ewing. Captain: Mrs. Hugh Stalworth. and Miss Frank Hollowell, Lieutenants.
Mrs. Vance Alexander. Captain: Mrs. Mary Bright Thomas. Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman, Mrs. Will Allen. Mrs. Edwin Murray, Mrs. Alfred Williams. and Mrs. W. H. Levine. Lieutenants.
Mrs. Miles Williams. Captain: Mrs. Ophelia Hecht. Mrs. J. A. Cartwright, and Miss Alma Oliver. Lieutenants.
Mrs. Richard Dake. Captain: Mrs. Felix Cheatham, Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman. Mrs. Johnson Bransford. Miss Frank Hollowell. and Mrs. William C. Pollard. Lieu- tenants.
Mrs. A. J. Dyer. Captain: Mrs. W. W. Dillon. Mrs. R. W. Turner. Jr .. Mrs. Fisher Coles. Mrs. Walker Edwards. and Mrs. Edward McCarthy, Lieutenants.
Mrs. Samuel C. Wilkes. Captain: Mrs. Frank Gillette. Mrs. John Shaw. Mrs. Mark Lillard. Mrs. Roy Rascoe. Mrs. G. A. Harrington. Mrs. Frank Wheeler. and Mrs. H. O. Blackwood. Lieutenants.
Mrs. L. Franklin, Captain: Mrs. George Roth. Mrs. Wilbur Florsheim, Mrs. Joe Werthan. Mrs. Reuben Mills, Mrs. Leo Schwartz. Mrs. Joe Weinstein. and Mrs. L.ce Loventhal. Lieutenants.
Mrs. R. C. Moore. Captain: Mrs. Kirk Hart. Mrs. James W. Austin, Mrs. Martin Flannigan. Mrs. W. H. Dobson. and Miss Maud Ballard. Lieutenants.
Mrs. Edward Sherlev. Captain: Mrs. O. P. Smith. Mrs. Clarence C. Woodcock. Mrs. Joseph West. Miss Elizabeth Southgate. Miss Elizabeth Sherley. Mrs. Harry Manby. Mrs. A. G. Bostick. and Miss Mary E. Buike. Lieutenants.
Vis. Horace Smith. Captain of Powder Plant.
Mrs. Harry Evans, Captain: Members of Nashville Chapter. A. R. C. Emergency Canteen Committee. Chairmen of N. C. & St. L. Railway Shops.
Over $100.000 was collected by Mrs. E. W. Foster and members of her Indus- trial Committee after all other canvassers had quit the field. The industrial force were not called into the held until the last few days of the drive. The success achieved by these women received special mention From Loan officials.
Mis. Horace Smith and Mrs. C. C. Waggoner served as joint chairmen of a special sales committee for the men's division of the Fifth Loan after the women's organization had finished. The men did not take the held until the latter part of the campaign. and the publicity given each Liberty Loan by the women of Davidson County proved of great value to the Men's Committee, which only worked in the
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downtown districts, and only secured the large amounts. The women shouldered the burden of collecting and canvassing for the small amounts in every campaign during the war.
The evening prior to the opening of the polls for registration for bonds on April 29. 1919, a banquet was given the Davidson County women workers in the Fifth Loan at the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Granbery Jackson served as Chairman of the banquet. and Mrs. James Frazer presided and outlined the plans of the one day's campaign, requesting every Davidson County citizen to go to the polls and register for one or more bonds.
Those on the program who gave addresses in the interest of the work were: Mrs. John G. Gilmore, who welcomed the guests; Colonel Luke Lea. Colonel Harry Berry, Mrs. Samuel Lumpkin. Woman Chairman of the Sixth Federal Reserve Dis- trict: Mrs. John R. Aust. State Chairman, and Mrs. Guilford Dudley. National Pub- licity Chairman.
Mrs. George William Fall served as Chairman of Hospitality for the banquet ; Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne had charge of the elaborate decorations: Mrs. Nathan Crockett was Chairman of Tickets: Mrs. Louis H. Sperry, Chairman of Music: Mrs. Frank Searcy Green, was Chairman of Registration of Workers: and Miss Elizabeth Eve, Chairman for Seating of Workers.
Mrs. John G. Gilmore, was assisted with the Davidson County publicity by Mrs. Morton B. Howell. III, and Mrs. Jordan Stokes. Jr. A column appeared every day in each of the daily papers of Nashville in the interest of the Fifth Loan.
A large platform was erected on Capitol Boulevard, and each evening a program of music, four-minute speeches and vaudeville was offered under the supervision of Mrs. Louis H. Sperry, Chairman of this feature. Returned soldiers of the A. E. F. assisted Mrs. Sperry's committee each evening by telling of their experiences with the Huns, and inspired the passers-by to buy many bonds.
Other publicity features which put the purpose of the Fifth Loan before the pub- lic were: The presentation of a motion picture, entitled "The Price of Peace," at the Vendome Theater; several street parades; exhibitions of army tanks and aero- planes. and the display of World War relics in various windows of Nashville stores.
The Gold Star Flag, which had just been completed by the Girls' Patriotic League, of which Mrs. Rogers Caldwell was Chairman, was dedicated at a mass meeting on Capitol Boulevard, at Nashville, Governor A. H. Roberts delivering the address for the state. The flag was put on display afterwards in the window of Castner's department store by Mrs. James Frazer, Chairman of the Loan.
A number of German helmets were exhibited in the windows of the Davidson County Fifth Liberty Loan Headquarters, on Fourth Avenue, North. These helmets were used as trophies by Loan officials and were distributed to the workers making the largest number of bond sales during the campaign.
Still another publicity feature of interest was that of the Belgium soldiers and their dogs, who paid a visit to Nashville and gave a street parade in the interest of the Victory Loan.
Miss Margaret Early. the fourteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Early, and niece of Mrs. Granbery Jackson, all of Nashville, contributed a poster to the publicity department of the Victory Loan. which she designed. painted and pre- sented to officials of the Loan. This poster created most favorable comment from state and national Loan authorities, and was accepted by the National Publicity Com- mittee to be used to inspire interest in the Loan in other states.
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The National Committee for the Victory Loan offered medals struck from cap- tured German cannons to the most energetic and successful Victory Loan workers. through Mrs. John R. Aust, State Chairman. Among those receiving these medals Were:
Mr- James Frazer, Mr-, Porter Phillips, Mrs. Edward W. Foster. Mrs. A. E. Potter. Mrs. Hary Ivans, Mrs. Robert Nichol. Mis. Granbery Jackson. Mrs. John M. Kenny. Mrs. Louis H. sperry. Mr-, Mes. Fall, Mrs. P. A. Murray. Mr -. Idabelle Wilson. Mr -. Gibson Patterson, Mrs. West H. Morton, MIS. ( leti- R. Moore, Mis, Charles Anderson, Mis. Henry ( hadwell, Mis. Jesse 1. Overton, Mrs. Thomas (. Jos. Mrs. Jordan Stokes. Jr. Mrs. Frank Searcy Green. Mrs. Mor- :01 B. Howell. 111. Mrs. Lennard Gilbert. Mrs. A. 6. Brandan. Mrs. George William Fall. Wis. J ( . Walker, Mrs. Florener Wilkes Hooper. Mr -. W. J. Morrison. Mrs. Horace Smith, Mrs. James H. Kukland. Mes Miles Walliams, Mrs. Richard Dake. Mrs. William B. Shelton: Miss Ihzabeth Binford, Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis. Mrs. James T. Weakles. Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson. Vr -. Robert Kenvon, Mrs. W. 11. Schuetman. Mrs. Vance Alexander. Mrs. Walter 1 .. Jones, Whis. Lot Malone, MIS. E. A. Lindsey. Mrs. Dudley Gale. Mrs. R. E. Porter. Mrs. Granville P. Row. Mrs. Lou Lusky. Mrs. Vernon Sharp. Mrs. A. J. Dyer. Mrs. Heury Teitlebaum, Mrs. Edward sherley. Mr -. W. W. Geraldton. Mrs. Samuel (. Wilkes. Mts. William C. Weaver, Mrs. Henry Spicer. Mrs. Joseph T. Howell, Mrs. Henry Neuhoff, Mrs. Joe T. Howell, Jr. Mrs. M. M. Hanvill, Mr -. Roger- Caldwell, Mrs. Samuel Douglas, Mrs. (. .. Brown. Mrs. Thomas Newbill. Mrs. J. W. Warner. Mrs. J. K. Rains, Mrs. H. Harsh. Mrs, Craig MeFarland, Mis. Thomas Calhoun, Miss Louise 6. landsley, Mrs. Charles Ford. Mrs. Smith Tenison, Mrs. Edwin Craig. Jr., MIt -. Lawn A. Murray. Mrs. Steven Driver, Mrs. John A. Hawkinson, Miss Vier Gertrude Smith. Mrs. M. H. Dobson. Mrs. Charles C. Gilbert, Mis. Thomas Herbert, Jr .. Mis. John Barksdale. Mrs. Mary Bright Thomas, Mrs. Joseph West, Mrs. Hughes Worke. Miss Lillian Joy. Miss Mary Shackelford. Miss Emma Louise Sloan. Mrs. John H1. Moore, Mrs. John C. Brown. Mrs. George William Fall, Mrs. (. . ). Manthey. Mrs. William A. Ogden, Mrs. John Kellyett, Mrs. ( . A. Mar-Fall. Mrs. Sandy F. Owen. Mrs. Goodloe Cockrill. Mrs. R. E. Porter. Wiss Mary Smith, Mrs. Granville P. Rose, Mrs. David Rosenfeld, Mrs. Edward Scruggs. Mrs. W. J. Spire. Mrs. Charles Stetson. Mrs. C. W. Dean. Mrs. Perey Williams, Mrs. Abram Tillman, Mrs. Laura 1. Gillespie, Mrs. Thomas (. Garrett. Mrs. William Gupton, Mrs. Bascomb Montgomery. Mrs. John Henry Smith, Mrs. Minus Fletcher, Mrs. H. O. Blackwood. Mrs. Daisy Lenchan Hoffman. Mrs. Sam Mckay. Mrs. Gladys M. Chamberlain, Mrs. (. A. Craig, Mrs. Runcie Clements, Mrs. ( harles Brengleman, Mrs. Joseph 11. Thompson. Mrs. J. 11. Zarecor, Mrs. Carey A. Folk. Mrs. W. B. Cook, Mrs. John T. Henderson, Mrs. Rush Hawes, Mrs. W. 11. Harrison. Mrs. William T. Hale. Jr., Miss Elizabeth Hail. Mrs. Walter Stokes, Jr., Mrs. Joseph Palmer. Mrs. Hill Me- Alister, Mrs. W. W. Crandall, Mrs. John S. Lewis, Mrs. J. W. Howard, Mrs. J. F. Estes. Mrs. 11. Taylor Campbell. Mrs. A. E. Cudworth. Miss Evelyn Crutcher. Mrs. T. Graham Hall, Mrs. John W. Black. Mrs. 11. C. Moore, Jr .. Mr., O. 1. Grimes. Miss Sara Hitchcock, Mrs. A. B. Anderson. Mr-, Charles Hunt. Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, Miss Della Dortch, Mrs. George E. Blake, Miss Elizabeth L. Bloomstein. Miss Elizabeth Elliott, Mis. M. E. Derryberry, Mrs. Lee 11. Farris. Mrs. Henry Neuhoff. Miss Daisy M. Gunn. Miss Lillian Taylor, Miss Mary E. Burke, Mrs. Clarence (. Woodcock. Mrs. J. B. Daniel, Mrs. Charles Hurd, Mrs. D. G. Hart, Mrs. C. C. Young. Mrs. H. B. Bond. Mrs. Paul Treanor, Mrs. W. F. Young, Miss Katherine T. Allen, Mrs. W. O Parmer, Mr -. Carey E. Morgan, Mrs. Charles Fisher, Mrs. W. W. Dillon, Mrs. Fisher Coles, Mr -. R. W. Turner. Jr .. Mr -. B. F. Wilson. Mrs. Henry E. Colton, Mrs. Frank A. Berry, Mrs. Wilham E. Norvell. Mrs. R. D. Ezell, Mrs. Gideon Wade, Mrs. John Thompson. Jr., Mrs. Vancr Alexander. Mrs. Ellis C. Huggins, Mrs. Nathan Crockett, Mrs. J. A. Dale, Mrs. Fount Williams. Mrs. Frank Y. MeGavock. Mrs. John O. White. Mrs. Theresa MeGavoek. Miss Mildred Gray, Mrs. Tyler Calhoun, Mrs. Brown Buford. Mrs. A. B. Benedict, Mrs. John Burroughs, Mrs. William Freeman, Mrs. Witherspoon Hayes. Mrs. Byron Martin, Mrs. Roy Williams, Mrs. Frank Horn. Mrs. Count Boyd, Mrs. Robert Brannan. Mrs. Charles Odom, Mrs. Warren B. Sloan, Mrs. Neil S. Jones, Mrs. James A. Mellatton. Mrs. Walter Riddle, Mrs. Mark Harrison. Miss Mary Kreig. Miss Mary Webb, Mrs. Alex. Caldwell, Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Jr., Mrs. Ennis P. Brown, Mrs. R. G. Crowley. Mrs. Aris Brown, Mrs. Alice Wilson Cloyd. Miss Martha Handles. Mr -. S. E. Dickes. Miss Madge Hall. Mrs. B. Kirk Rankin. Mrs. Bruce Douglas, Mrs. Richard T. Wilson. Mrs. George A. Washington, Mrs. Bruce R. Payne, Mrs. R. A. Gulbenk. Mi -- Ellen Corkrill Foster, Mrs. John Trotwood Moore. Mrs. W. O. Tirrill. Mrs. Horace G. Hill, Mr -. Mary Washington Frazer. Mrs. Charles Dudley Jones, Mrs. May French Noel, Mrs. John Hill kakin, Mr -. R. 11. Lacey. Mrs. John A. MeEwen. Mrs. J. O. Hendley, Mrs. Edine Arm- strong Matthews, Mrs. John W. Mosby. Mrs. Foster Hume. Mrs. Sam Kessler. Mrs. Joe Ford. Misa Intie Jones, Mrs. C. C. Waggoner. Mrs. Harry Sudekum. Mrs. Henderson Baker, Mrs. Robert Che .k. Miss Alma Oliver. Miss Margaret Thompson. Mrs. Henry Chadwell, Mrs. E. R.
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Doolittle. Mrs. Laurent Brown, Miss Maud Ballard, Mrs. E. P. Blair, Mrs. Robert Bratton, Mrs. W. L. Talley. Mrs. Wilbur Florsheim. Sam Berger, Mrs. W. G. Ewing, Mrs. Julius Mar- tin. Mrs. Joe Werthan. Mrs. Walter Riddle, Mrs. Reau E. Folk. Mrs. Leslie Warner, Mrs. W. T. Hale. Jr., Mrs. W. B. Myers. Mrs. Henry Chadwell, Mrs. Joseph Abrams, Mrs. John A. Jones. Mrs. James Slowey. Mrs. J. D. Campbell. Mrs. Count Boyd. Mrs. Herman McRae. Mrs. Alex. Irving. Mrs. Mary Bright Thomas, Mrs. W. T. Young. Mrs. Thomas Newbill, Wrs. P. M. Tamble. Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne. Mrs. Dempsey Weaver. Mrs. Percy Warner, Mrs. Leo Schwartz, Mrs. Charles Stetson. Mrs. Frank Carl Stallman. Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress, Mrs. Reuben Mills, Mrs. Engene Crutcher, Mrs. Sam Woolwine. Mrs. Paul Hunter, Mrs. Katheryn P. Wright. Mrs. R. L. Sawyer. Mrs. Henry Gillespie, Mrs. L. A. McMurray, Mrs. L. Franklin. Mrs. John Barks- dale. Mrs. Lou Lusky. Jr., Mrs. John W. Thomas, Miss Kathleen Garrett. Miss Lillian Warner. Miss Isadore Smith, Miss Ellen Stokes. Miss Elizabeth Eve. Miss Mary Louise Goodwin, Miss Percie Warner. Miss Margaret Thompson, Miss Catherine Morris, Miss Sadie Ilerrin, Miss Sadie Cauvin, Miss Sarah Shannon. Miss Corinne Craig, Miss Margaret Early, Miss Lillian Joy, Miss Agnes Smith. Miss Ruth Vance, Miss Mary Harding Buckner, Miss Frances Bennie, Miss Dorothy Clarke. Miss Alice Hall Lindsey. Miss Amelia Johns, Miss Elsie Mai Bradley, and Miss Aline Jordan.
Mrs. Sam Woolwine has the distinction of raising more money in one day than any other individual in Davidson County, selling $99.000 worth of bonds at this time. Mrs. Robert Cheek and the Red Cross Motor Corps Girls had the banner booth of the week. selling 887,500 in bonds, for which they won a trophy and each received a medal.
Those who won the German helmets as trophies were:
The Demonstration School of Peabody College, which sold more bonds than any other school of its kind in the South: Mrs. Granbery Jackson, for the largest amount raised in the districts; Mrs. West H. Morton, for the largest number of pur- chasers in Davidson County districts; S. A. T. C. of Vanderbilt University, led by Sam Berger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Berger; Mrs. John M. Kenny, for the largest amount secured in the wards of Nashville; Mrs. P. A. Murray and the K. C. Girls. for the largest number of purchasers at the booths each day; Mrs. E. W. Foster. Chairman-General, and each captain of the Industrial Committee; Miss Lillian Warner and the public school teachers of both the city and county. No other body of women in Davidson County was more untiring in its efforts in every Liberty Loan drive than that of the teachers of both the city and the county schools.
Mrs. James Frazer was highly commended for her work among the colored women during this Loan. Although the work of the Victory Loan was probably the most difficult of all other drives, owing to the fact that it was launched during the excitement of the home-coming of the soldiers, when the majority of the boys we were so vitally interested in were safe at home, but the able women in charge of the Victory Loan succeeded in convincing the public that in appreciation for, "our own boys" safe landing that we must work harder for those left "over there" to return. The result was that the Victory Loan not only raised the required quota in Davidson County, but far exceeded it, largely due to the self-sacrificing and untiring labor given the Loan by the women workers and the splendid leaders se- lected to direct the work.
Mrs. John R. Aust gave her entire time throughout the war in some capacity, and as an official worked as efficiently and as laboriously as a private. She was chosen to direct a large number of war activities, always making a success of any task she undertook regardless of sacrifice.
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BABIES BORN WHILE THEIR SOLDIER FATHERS WERE OVERSEAS FIGHTING FOR WORLD FREEDOM
THOMAS WILLIAM TISDALE Sin of Lt. I M. and Cherry Orchard Tisdale.
ISHY WESLEY GAINES, III Son mit John Wesley and Eula Golden Gaines.
Sin of shirt Draper and Anni Nul
JANE HORTON HYM. Daughter of Maj. and Mrs. Walter Hor- ton Hvile. Jane was born on the date of her father's embarkation overeras.
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BETTIE RANSOM RYE Daughter of Lt. Paul and Margaret Ransom Rye.
JANE SEVIER VANCE Daughter of Capt. Currell and Nella Patterson Vance.
MARIE LOUISE TYLER Daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Ben H. Tyler.
CHARLES NELSON, JR. Son of Lt. Charles and Polly Prentiss Nelson.
PHILIP COLE, JR. Son of Capt. Philip and Frances Taylor Cole.
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Tennessee and Davidson County Organization Le Bien-Etre du Blesse
MRS. RICHARD T. WILSON. Chairman
MRS. RICHARD T. WILSON ( Kate Ransom) Member of Advisory Council of this History.
Le Bien-Etre du Blesse was a French organization created to establish diet kitchens throughout the war zones of France and Belgium. These kitchens fur- nished the convalescent soldiers. both American and French. with delicate and nourishing foods which the army could not afford. Scientifically trained dieticians were in charge of the kitchens and distributed delicacies to more than nine hundred and fifty hospitals overseas.
The necessity for nutritious foods for sick soldiers was found imperative at the beginning of the World War, especially for those suffering from throat and stomach troubles, So closely were the American and French women hound together by Common interest and sympathy in this world conflict it was only natural that French
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women should ask the co-operation of their American sisters in caring for their wounded. Mrs. Richard T. Wilson was appointed by Mrs. George Maxwell, Na- tional Field Director for both France and America, as State Chairman for Tennes- see, in January, 1918. Mrs. Wilson also served as Chairman for the Davidson County organization, and appointed the following officers on her Executive Board:
Mrs. George A. Washington, Vice-Chairman; Mrs. George Weeks Hale, Secre- tary, Mrs. William D. Haggard, Entertainment: and Mrs. Robert Wharton Nichol and Miss Madge Hall, Press and Publicity. In addition to the officers, a General Committee was ap- pointed. upon which Mrs. Wilson called in emer- gency, and which always responded freely. They were:
Mrs. Joseph Warner, Mrs. Edwin Warner, Mrs. Orrin T. Higgins, Mrs. George S. Parkes, Mrs. Joseph A. Gray, Mrs. Rollin P. Grant, Mrs. Sam Pritchett. Mrs. Phil Hoyte, Mrs. Percy Warner, Mrs. Harry A. Batchelor, Mrs. Duncan Kenner, Mrs. Walker Edwards, Mrs. John C. Brown, Mrs. John W. Thomas, Mrs. Harry Evans, Mrs. John B. Ransom, Jr .. Mrs. Henry Frazer, Mrs. Joseph Palmer, Mrs. John M. Gray, Mrs. A. B. Ransom. Mrs. MeEwen Ransom, Mrs. Charles Morrow, Mrs. Andrew Zeitler, Mrs. James C. Bradford, Mrs. Bruce Douglas, Mrs. John B. Ransom, Mrs. Ernest Pillow, Mrs. George William Fall, Mrs. Avery Handly. Mrs. Frank A. Berry, Mrs. Daniel C. Buntin, Mrs. Johnson Bransford. Mrs. John A. Bell. Mrs. Edward A. Lindsey, Mrs. M. C. MeGannon, Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, Mrs. Granbery Jackson, Mrs. Leslie Warner. Mrs. Gideon Wade, Mrs. Guilford Dudley. Mrs. Ida- belle Wilson, Mrs. John A. Hawkinson, Mrs. E. S. Gardner, Mrs. Robert Lusk, Mrs. Arthur Evans, Mrs. W. G. Simmons. Miss Mildred Gray, Miss Lillian Warner, Miss Sarah Shannon. Miss Evelyn Douglas, MRS. GEORGE A. WASHINGTON (Queenie Woods) Miss Louise Pritchett, Miss Malinda Hampton, Miss Nella Patterson, Miss Susan Baxter, Miss Esther Nichol, Miss Annie Laurie Campbell, Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Mrs. Duncan Kenner. Mrs. Walter Keith, Mrs. Dandridge Caldwell, and Mrs. John Arnold Bell.
The first entertainment given for the benefit of Le Bien-Etre du Blesse organi- zation in Nashville was a womanless wedding in March, 1918. Mrs. Andrew Zeitler and Mrs. Henry Frazer were joint chairmen of arrangements for this event. which was given at the Hermitage Club, and was cleverly and artistically planned. A supper was served on the roof of the club house and several gifts were sent the bridal couple, which were auctioned and added to the funds of the organization. Booths of candy, flowers and smokes were arranged for sale. also. Mrs. Richard T. Wilson serving as an ex-offieio member of all committees for the wedding. Mrs. W. D. Hag- gard had charge of the musical program. on which some of Nashville's best musicians appeared. Mrs. Haggard served as Chairman of Music of this organization at all functions, and the service rendered by her was of inestimable value.
On April 3, 1918, the Le Bien-Etre du Blesse organization united with nine others in giving a patriotic ball at the Belle Meade Club. Mrs. Richard T. Wilson. Mrs. Robert Lusk and Mrs. Joseph Warner were joint chairmen of the entire affair, and Mrs. Frank A. Berry served as chairman of tickets. War organizations secured space from the General Committee booths. each booth selling various articles which
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Bere soluited by committees of women from each organization which received the benefit from the sales of their respective booths. They were:
Le Bien-Etre du Blesse. with Mrs. Richard T. Wilson as Chairman. Mrs. Wilson oudl committee collected the largest amount of funds received at the ball. Othe mganizations represented were:
Robertson County Woman's Committee. Council of Defense. Mrs. George A. Washington. Chairman: Army Comfort League. Ice Cream Parlor, Mrs. Percy War- ner: Candy and Cake Booths. Mr -. John C. Gilmore and Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne: Red Cross. Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis: National League for Woman's Service. Mrs. Charles S. Brown, Mrs. H. B. Schermerhorn and Mrs. Granbery Jack- -on: Fatherless Children of France. Mrs. Dempsey Weaver and Miss Frances Pilcher : War Savings and Thrift Stamps. Mrs. James 11. Kirkland and Mrs. Claude Waller: Third Lib- erty Loan. Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress, Chair- man for Nashville of the Loan: Mrs. Vance Alexander and Mrs. T. Dwight Webb. Chair. man of the booth: Nashville Woman's Com- mittee. Council of Defense. Mrs. James S. Frazer: and Davidson County Woman's Com- mittee was led by Mrs. Robert W. Nichol. Mrs. West H. Morton and Mrs. Craig MeFarland.
So elaborate and extraordinary were the arrangements of this ball that it was attended by several hundred people. Each organization netted a splendid sum from the proceeds re- crived.
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