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The Le Bien-Etre du Blesse organization Annie Laurie Champ) planned a pienie supper on July 1. 1918. for which everything was donated. and which was given as "Tennessee's Patriotic Fourth Benefit" for the soldiers. Mrs. Richard Wilson appointed as chairmen :
Mrs. Walker Edwards, menu: Mrs. Joseph Palmer, pies; Mrs. Charles Morrow. sandwiches; Mrs. George A. Washington, ham and chicken -: Mrs. Henry Frazer. soft drinks: Mrs. Anna Conger, coffee: Mrs. Joseph A. Gray, salads: Mrs. Arthur Evans, tickets: Mrs. John M. Gray. movies: Mrs. Joseph Warner, barn dance: Mrs. W. D Haggard, music; and Mrs. & B Ransom. 'trangements.
Mrs. Walker Edwards General Committee was composed of :
Mrs. Arthur Dies. Mrs. John (. Brown. Mrs. E. S. Gardner, Mrs. Edward A. Lindsey, Mr. Henry Frazer. Mr-, George William Fall. Mrs. M. C. M. Gannon .. Mis, Gideon P. Wade. Mrs. Tohn Arnold Bell. and Mrs. Frank A. Berry.
Mrs. Joseph Palmer's committee included :
Mrs. George > Parker, Mas. Meredith Caldwell. Mis. Rogers Caldwell. Mrs. Harry Batchelor. Mrs. Andrew Zeitler, Mrs. John J. Vertices, Jr., Mrs. Henry Frazer, Mrs. Dandridge Caldwell, Mr- Duncan Kenner. Mrs. Walter Stokes, Jr .. and Mrs. Idabelle Wilson.
Mr -. Charles Morrow's Committee comprised :
Mrs O. T. Thegin -. Mrs. Edgar M. Foster. Mrs. A. B. Ransom. Mrs. Robert Lusk. Mr- Harry W Exame. Vi- John B Ransom, Mrs. Johnson Bransford. Mr- Edwin Warner. Mi - VIEwen Ransom and Mrs Horace G. Hill.
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Mrs. George A. Washington appointed as her assistants:
Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman. Mrs. Robert W. Nichol, Mrs. Margaret L. Hicks, Mrs. Bruce Doug- las, Mrs. Philip Hoyte. Mrs. Alex. Hunter. Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne. Mrs. Sam Pritchett, Mrs. W. G. Simmons, Mrs. Avery Handly. Mrs. Edward Lindsey, Mrs. John W. Thomas, Mrs. James Trimble. Mrs. John Arnold Bell. Wrs. Leslie Warner. Mrs. J. A. Hawkinson. and Mrs. W. O. Parmer.
Mrs. Henry Frazer selected on her committee:
Miss Evelyn Douglas, Miss Cathleen Garrett. Miss Mary Nelson, Miss Sarah Shannon. Miss Ester Nichol, Mrs. Frank A. Berry, Miss Mildred Gray, Miss Cornelia Keeble, Miss Emmie Keith, Miss Kathryn Craig, Miss Eleanor Tyne. and Miss Jeannette Sloan.
The duties of each of these women were to solicit donations in their line and to assist in serving the hundreds of people who attended the picnic. Several hundred dollars was the proceeds received for the soldiers from the "Patriotic Fourth" of 1918.
From time to time musicals were given at the Belle Meade Club by Mrs. Richard T. Wilson's Musical Committee of Le Bien-Etre du Blesse, of which Mrs. W. D. Haggard was Chairman. the proceeds being sent direct to the diet kitchens of France. Mrs. Haggard always included in her numbers such patriotic songs as "Keep the Home Fires Burning." "Over There." "The Long, Long Trail." and a number of other songs that became so dear to the home people, and her musicals were looked forward to as one of the "bright spots" for the people at home who had loved ones in service. They were largely attended and very profitable financially.
In September, 1918. Mrs. George T. Maxwell. national leader. came from Paris in the interest of this organization, and was entertained during her stay in Nashville at the home of Mrs. Richard T. Wilson. State President. Mrs. Maxwell spoke to a large mass meeting of women of the various patriotic organizations and clubs of Davidson County at the Centennial Club. and also at a large tea given by Mrs. Wilson at the Belle Meade Club. which was presided over by Mrs. John W. Thomas.
REFE BLIOTE IPANCAISE
MEDAILLE
RECONNAISSANCE FRANC AISE
'a Medaille
REPRODUCTION OF MEDAL RECEIVED BY MRS. RICHARD T. WILSON from the French Government in recognition of her service rendered the disabled French Veterans through the Le Bien-Etre du Blesse organization. of which Mrs. Wilson was State Chairman.
A letter from French authorities was received in Nashville by Mayor William Gupton in Sep- tember. 1918. and translated by Mrs. George E. Blake, in which they expressed the wish to confer an honor upon Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, State President. in recog- nition of the valuable service she had rendered the French Government.
A tag day was held on September 29. which swelled the treasury of this organi- zation. Mrs. Richard Wilson served as General Chairman, Mrs. Walker Edwards as Vice-Chairman. and a larger amount of funds was collected on this day than on any other of the numerous tag days that were held during the World War. Mrs. Edgar M. Foster collected the largest amount at her corner of any chairman of corners during the entire war period. Over $3.000 was the amount collected on this day, surpassing many of the previous campaigns of several weeks' duration, and a significant fact about this amount was that no large contributions were received.
Mrs. Richard T. Wilson received the handsome silver medal and diploma from the French Government, for which she had been recommended. in recognition of the
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splendid service she rendered both the French and American soldiers in February. 1920. The diploma, which is shown in the illustration. bears the signature of 1. Millerand. the French Minister of Affairs, and accompanying the medal was a letter bearing the signature of the Consul-General of France and other French officials. It is translated as follows:
"Madame. I have the honor to announce to you that on the proposal of the Min- ister of Foreign Affairs, the President of the Republic confers upon you the silver medal of the Reconnaissance Franeaise. I am happy to transmit lo you the diploma of this decoration, which you have so ably merited by your charitable and pen- erous activities. Please accept. Madame. the homage of my respect.
(Signed) Le Consul General of France."
The last of the numerous benefit entertainments given by this organization was a George Washington Fete at the Belle Meade Club. and the proceeds added a large amount to the funds already in the treasury.
Mrs. Richard T. Wilson and her Executive Board had charge of the arrange- ments, Other committees included: Tickets. Mrs. J. A. Hawkinson. Mrs. Frank 1. Berry and Mrs. Bruce Douglas. Joint Chairmen. They were assisted by the Girls' Patriotic League, with Mrs. Rogers Caldwell. Mrs. John G. Gilmore and Miss Lil- lian Warner as Joint Chairmen. and by the Cotillion Club, with Miss Esther Nichols. President. This committee sold tickets to over six hundred people at a dollar each. Card table- were arranged in every available place by Mrs. Joseph A. Gray. Chair- man of this feature. and prizes were in charge of Mrs. Orrin T. Higgins and Mrs. A. B. Ransom. Coffee and sandwiches were secured by Mrs. Joseph Palmer and Mrs. Heury Frazer, who served as Joint Chairmen, and Mrs. VeEwen Ransom served as Chairman to secure candy and smokes. Assisting in serving the several hundred guests were:
Mrs. Walker Edward -. Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, Mrs. Ed. A. Lindsey, Mrs. Meredith Caldwell, Mrs. Clint Atkins, Mrs. Paul Rye. Mrs. Bruce Douglas, Miss Elizabeth Hail, Mrs. Lyon Childress, Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Mrs. Howard Frost, Mrs. Hill Me Alister. Mrs. J. A. Hawkinson, Mrs. W. T. Hale, Jr., Mr -. Frank Seares Green, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. Granbery Jackson. Mrs. George W. Hale, Mrs. Fielding Yost. Mrs. Thomas I. Webb. Mrs. John B. Ransom, Jr .. Miss Mildred Gray, Miss Sadie Cauvin. Miss Annie Laurie Campbell. Miss Mary Nelson, Miss Sarah Shannon, Miss Frances Dudley. Miss Elizabeth Sherlev. Miss Lunda Fite. Miss Lillian Warner. Miss Ester Nichol. Miss Mary Harding Buckner. Miss Frances Gray. Wiss Lucia Higgins, Miss Ante Brans- ford. Miss Emma Schwab. Miss Corinne Craig. Miss Frances Harris. Wiss Harriet Woolwine. Viss Ellen Stakes. Miss Virginia Woolwine. Miss Margaret Simmons, Miss Alice Hall Lindsey. Miss Evelina Kenner. Miss Percie Warner. Wiss Adrienne Stokes, Miss Lena Cummins, Wiss Evelyn Douglas, Miss Mary Lee Crockett. Miss Kathleen Garrett. Miss Elizabeth Hill, Miss Jeannette Sloan. Mrs. Byron Martin. Mrs. George A. Washington. Mrs. A. B. Benedict. Mrs. Harry Batchelor, Mrs. Alex Hunter, Mrs. Edward Lindsey. Miss Martha Lindsey. Miss Madge Hall. Wiss Kathryn Craig. Wiss Eleanor Tyne. Miss Ellen Cockrill Foster. Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. Dan Mc Gugin, Mrs. Harry Sudekom. Mrs. Fount Williams. Miss Madalyn Simmons, Miss Margaret Early. Miss Lucy And Mc Gugin, Mrs. W. O Tirrifl. Mrs. Whitefoord R. Cole. Mrs. Dempsey Weaver. Mrs. Eugene Shannon, Mrs. Engene Harris, Mrs. Frank A. Berry, Mrs. Allen Wberry. Mr -. Henry E. Colton, Mrs. Lucius Robinson. Mrs. Rollin P. Grant. Mrs. George W. Fall, 17 -. Margaret Henderson Hutchinson. Mrs. Jack Witherspoon. Mrs. Walter Jones, Mrs. Jesse W/ Owertet, Mr -. Thomas J. Tyne. Mrs. Richard C. Dake. Miss Frank Hollowell. and Mrs. E. W Fester.
The Le Bien Etre du Blesse organization raised in Nashville over $7.000 in six months time. this entire amount being collected by dollar benefit entertainments. The contributions of this organization were so generous and were sent so regularly to the convalescent soldiers that in appreciation of this work a kitchen. known as the "Nashville Kitchen." was established in Straussburg, and continued for several
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months after the Armistice was signed. As far as is known. Nashville was the only city in America which was paid so high a compliment, which speaks creditably for Mrs. Richard T. Wilson and her committee, whose slogan was, "Faith without works is dead."
Credit for this report is due almost entirely to Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, Chair- man. whose splendid executive ability, coupled with her artistic arrangement of these many benefit entertainments-all of which were personally supervised by her to the remotest detail-brought forth these happy results. Her committee responded to her call whole-heartedly, and the organization was carried on in a competent and businesslike manner, with an auditor to check up all amounts before being forwarded to France. This was the last patriotic body of women to form during the World War. It has the distinction of raising more money than any other in the county. although it was in existence less than half as long as some others. a report of which every woman recorded in this volume feels a pride.
War Work Council, Southern Presbyterian Church MISS MARGARET VANCE, Executive Secretary
The War Work Council of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (South- ern) was appointed in August. 1917. by the Moderator of the General Assembly, Rev. John M. Wells, organized formally in October. 1917. with Rev. James I. Vance, D.D .. as Chairman, with headquarters in Nashville, and Rev. C. G. Gunn as Execu- tive Secretary. Upon the resignation of the Executive Secretary, Miss Margaret Vance was chosen Office Secretary, and also served as Treasurer the last year.
The work of the War Work Council was the appointment and placing of fifteen camp pastors in the various camps and cantonments in this country. to assist the churches in the community in rendering service to the soldiers, to do personal work in the camps, and to minister to the sick, all with the sanction of the regular army chaplains, in raising funds in the Southern Presbyterian Church for the support of these men, to furnish them with cars, and for all branches of war work undertaken by the church. They also organized local councils in communities contiguous to cantonments for the purpose of mobilizing welfare forces in these communities to labor in connection with the Camp Pastor in their efforts to serve the soldiers.
This work provided each regular army chaplain from the denomination with a contingent fund of $200, a Corona typewriter, and field and hospital communion sets. and to gather. by means of questionnaires sent to pastors and churches, the war statistics of the church, which have been bound in six volumes and presented to Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va.
Since the end of the World War the name of the committee has been changed to the Committee on French and Belgian Relief. an interesting feature of its work being the raising of a fund to rebuild the Protestant church at Compeigne, France, as a memorial to Southern Presbyterian soldiers who lost their lives in the war.
In addition to the above. the committee assisted in the support of four ministers who were working among the ex-service men, and made a grant of $300 to each of the Southern Presbyterian Chaplains in active military service, this sum was used in work for the ex-service men.
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Davidson County and Nashville Divisions of War Savings Stamp and Thrift Stamp Work
MRS. JOHN R. AUST. County Chairman MRS. JAMES II. KIRKLAND. Nashville Chairman
War Savings Stamp and Thrift Stamp work began actively in Davidson County m Februarv. 1918. when State Director T. R. Preston appointed Mrs. John R. Aust as Chairman for the county. Headquarters were opened in the Doctors' Building. where an organization of every ward of the city and every district and precinct of the county was perfected. Mrs. Aust appointed Mr -. Gibson Patterson as Vice-Chair- man of the county organization: Mrs. Reuben Mills. Press Chairman: Miss Jennie Waggoner. Secretary. and the following county district chairmen:
First District. Nashville, which was composed of twenty-four wards. Mrs. James 11. Kirkland. Chairman: Second District. Miss Roberta Brilev. Chairman: Third District. Mrs. H. Craig MeFarland. Chairman: Fourth District. Mrs. John Henderson. Chairman: Fifth District. Mrs. Thomas Calhoun. Chairman: Sixth District. Mrs. James K. Rains, Chairman: Seventh District. Mrs. Dudley Gale. Chairman: Eighth District. Mrs. Warren B. Sloan, Chairman: Ninth District. Miss Margaret Thompson and Miss Sadie Herrin. Co-Chairmen: Tenth District. Mrs. W. B. Myers. Chairman: Eleventh District. Mrs. Edward Sutherland. Chairman: Twelfth District. Mrs. J. Frank Horn. Chairman: Thirteenth District. Miss Mine Jordan. Chairman: and Fourteenth District. Mrs. A. E. MeCord. Chairman.
The Nashville and Davidson County organizations of the War Savings work were among the most complete women's organizations in Tennessee. as hundreds of women could be corralled by the District Chairman in a single day. The county district organizations covered several miles of territory in the densely populated districts. and the following chairmen and committees handled the districts with the ability of generals :
SECOND DISTRICT
Wi- Roberta Briley. Chairman. Her Sub-Chairman were: Mrs. William Weaver, Miss Adelaide Battle and Mr -. C. E. Gotto.
THIRD DISTRICT
Mrs. H. Craig MeFarland, Chairman. Her Sub-Chairmen were: Mrs. Edgar Keeling. Mrs. 1. Harsh. Miss Bessie Boyd, Mrs. W. B. Cook, and Mrs. Edine Vaughn.
FOURTH DISTRI 1
Mrs. John T. Henderson, Chairman. Her Sub-Chairmen were: Mrs. John Donaldson. Mrs. Pearl Steele. Mrs. Charles Buntin. Mrs. W. W. Cunningham. Wis. E. B. Craig. Jr .. Mrs. Margaret Henderson Hutchison. Mrs. Jamies Johnson. Mrs. W. C. Dalson, Mrs. Nathan Dobson. Mrs. Kate Gleaves, Miss Annie Fuqua. Mrs. George Tillett. and Mrs. Burley Williams.
FIFTH DISTRICT
Mrs. Thomas Calhoun, Chairman, Serving as her Sub Chaitmen were: Miss Roberta Briley. Mrs. Gus Shelton, Mrs. W. G. Welch. Mrs. C. G. Bukett. Mrs. W. G. Burkett. Mrs. Edward I. Holland. and Mrs. Ernest Holland.
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SIXTHI DISTRICT
Mrs. James Keeble Rains, Chairman. Jler Sub-Chairmen were: Mrs. William D. Rose, Mrs. Marshall Polk, Mrs. West H. Morton, Mrs. W. B. Cook, Mrs. Granville P. Rose, Mrs. Berry Milliron, Mrs, R. L. Wright. Mrs. Joseph W. Holman, and Miss Maggie Shute.
The J. K. Rains School in this district was the banner school of the county, and a flag was presented to Mrs. James K. Rains by the War Savings officials for one hundred per cent efficiency in this work. Mrs. Rains' splendid work was recognized throughout the state.
SEVENTHI DISTRICT
Mrs. Dudley Gale. Chairman. Mrs. Gale's Sub-Chairmen were: Mrs. Walter Stokes, MIrs. Claud Waller. Mrs. Perey Warner. Mrs. Vernon Tupper, Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis. Mrs. L. G. Noel, Mrs. Mary French Noel. Mrs. Norman Kirkman. Mrs. Percy Sharpe. Mrs. George F. Blackie. Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne. Mrs. W. O. Tirrill, Mrs. John M. Gray, Mrs. Fielding Yost, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. Carey A. Folk. Mrs. Tillman Cavert, Mrs. Thomas Malone. Mrs. Joseph Gibson, Miss Kittie Berry, and Mrs. A. E. Potter.
Mrs. Gale's district was the banner district of the entire county. Her sub-chairmen and their committees in the Second War Savings Campaign raised more than $200,000.00, the full amount being in small purchases, necessitating a volume of work in collecting and record- ing.
EIGHTH DISTRICT
Mrs. Warren B. Sloan. Chairman. Her Sub-Chairmen were : Mrs. R. P. Reasonover. Miss Eva Bell, Miss Louise Bell. Mrs. T. M. Schlater, Mrs. E. J. Adkisson, Miss Emma Sloan. Mrs. George C. Brown, Mrs. Walter Riddle, and Mrs. J. H. Lackey.
MISS SADIE HERRIN
Mrs. Sloan made a fine record in thrift work, as well as all other drives for World War relief.
VINTH DISTRICT
Miss Margaret Thompson, Chairman: Miss Sadie Herrin, Vice-Chairman; Mrs. A. R. Brown and Mrs. James B. Ezzell. Sub-Chairmen.
Miss Thompson and Miss Herrin were two of Davidson County's most untiring and successful workers in Liberty Loans and thrift work.
TENTH DISTRICT
Mrs. W. B. Myers, Chairman. Her Sub-Chairmen were: Mrs. Maggie Link. Chairman of White's Creek Pike: Mrs. 1. J. Shivers, Mrs. Nellie WeCasland. Mrs. Myrtle McKee. and Miss Virginia Marshall. Sub-Chairmen of precincts.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT
Mrs. Edward Sutherland, Chairman. Her Sub-Chairmen were: Mrs. Albert Roberts. Miss Gertrude Smith. Miss Lucy Ellis, Miss Eleanor Collier. Miss Ophelia Bixler, Mrs. H. B. Chad- well. Mrs. E. R. Doolittle. Mrs. Robert Orr, Jr .. Mrs. Douglas Anderson, and Miss Hattie Rosser.
TWELFTH DISTRICT
Mrs. J. Frank Horn, Chairman. Her Sub-Chairmen were: Miss Annie Luton, Viss Lena Tamble, Mrs. Thomas C. Joy, Jr .. Mrs. M. Y. Sloan, and Mrs. D. B. Evans.
Mrs. Horn led successfully many other war activities in her district.
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THIRTEENTH DISTRICT
Miss Aline Jordan, Chairman. Her Sub-Chairmen were: Mrs. Charles Holt, Wiss Mabel Detcher, Miss Elizabeth Fletcher. Miss Maggie Walton, Miss Fanny O. Walton, Miss Margaret Drake. Wiss Rachel Dale. Miss Ruth Iyle, and Miss Edith Carney.
Miss Jordan's work was highly commended by officials.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT
Mrs. A. E. MeCord, Chairman. Her Sub-Chairmen were: Mrs. Murray Edmondson, Mrs. W. Redding. Mrs. A. D. Bidwell, Mrs. A. B. Graves, and Mrs. J. B. Campbell
Although each of these district women was compelled to cover several miles of territory, they succeeded in selling thousands of dollars worth of stamp -.
While only the sub-chairmen of the precincts are mentioned, each of these formed a committee of canvassers who sold from twenty-five cents to five dollars in stamps in their respective districts, and no real estimate can be made of the value of their work.
VASIIVILLE W. S. S. AND THRIFT STAMP DIVISION MRS. JAMES H. KIRKLAND, Chairman
Mrs. James H. Kirkland, Chairman of Nashville, called a mass meeting of all women's organizations in the city at the Centennial Club on February 7. 1918, when plans for the work were formulated and committees were appointed. Mrs. Kirkland made the principal address at the meeting. Vice-Chairmen chosen by Mrs. Kirkland were:
Mrs. E. W. Cole, Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Mrs. Leslie Warner, Mrs. Alex. Caldwell, Mrs. Leo Schwartz, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson. Mrs. Percy Warner, Mrs. Eugene Crutcher, Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Mrs. James S. Frazer, Mrs. A. E. Potter, Mrs. John Hill Eakin, Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis, Mrs. Edward Buford, Mrs. S. S. Crockett. Mrs. Dempsey Weaver, Mrs. B. F. Wilson, and Mrs. C. B. Wallace.
Mrs. Kirkland appointed a Speakers' Bureau, which was organized with Mrs. Joseph T. Ilowell, Chairman, and Miss Frances Pilcher as Vice-Chairman. Mrs. Howell and Miss Pilcher appointed the following members of the Bureau:
Mrs. Guilford Dudley, Mrs. Percy Warner, Mrs. James II. Kirkland, Miss Julia Green, Miss Lillian Taylor, Mrs. R. H. Lacey. Mrs. Henderson Baker, Mrs. E. B. Cayce, Mrs. Charles Cald- well, Mrs. A. B. Benedict, Mrs. Dudley Gale. Miss Elizabeth Binford, Mrs. James K. Rains, Mrs. C. B. Wallace, Mrs. Claud Waller. Mrs. tabelle Wilson, Miss Della Dortch, Mrs. Granbery Jackson, Miss Louise G. Lindsley, Mrs. Ittie Kinney Reno, Mrs. Alex. Caldwell, Mrs. Lou Lusky, Miss Mary Louise Goodwin, Mrs. Frank Searcy Green, Miss Julia Hindman, Mrs. Katheryn P. Wright, Miss Matilda Porter, Mrs. Gibson Patterson, Mrs. Hallum Goodloe, Mrs. Ferdinand Kulin, Mrs. Charles Baker, Mrs. James C. Bradford, Mrs. Arch Trawick, Mrs. P. A. Murray, Mrs. Robert W. Nichol, Mrs. Elizabeth Frye Page, Mrs. George F. Blackie. Mrs. Joseph Warner, Mrs. Vernon Sharp, Mrs. George E. Blake, Mrs. Reuben Mills, Mrs. E. W. Foster, Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Mrs. Dempsey Weaver, Mrs. W. B. Cook, Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress, Mrs. W. B. Shel- ton, Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis, Mrs. West II. Morton, Mrs. Horace G. Hill, Mrs. John W. Thomas, Mrs. Walter L. Jones, Mrs. A. E. Potter, Mrs. Eugene Crutcher, Mrs, Jesse M. Overton, Mrs. G. P. Rose, Mrs. John R. Aust, Mrs. Charles Caldwell, Mrs. Thomas Newbill, Mrs. W. J. Morrison, Mrs. E. P. Blair, Mrs. Porter Phillips, and Mrs. S. E. Dickey.
These women went before every club, church, school and public gathering of any kind held in Davidson County during the three War Savings Stamp drives, and created a sentiment which proved of great educational value in this new line of work.
Mrs. A. E. Potter, who was appointed a member of the Central Council by Mrs. James H. Kirkland for thrift work from the beginning in Davidson County. was
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also appointed by her to be Chairman of the Thousand. Five Hundred and One Hun- dred-Dollar Clubs, and Mrs. A. E. Potter appointed the following committee to serve with her:
Mrs. Joseph T. Howell. Mrs. Arthur Evans, Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Mrs. Robert W. Nichol, Mrs. Ilarry Evans, Mrs. Vernon Tupper, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Mrs. Walter O. Parmer, Mrs. Horace G. Hill, Mrs. Lucius Burch, Mrs. Walter Keith, Mrs. Walter L. Jones, Mrs. John Lellyett, Mrs. Thomas Herbert. Jr .. Mrs. J. H. Campbell, Mrs. John Henry
MRS. EDWARD A. POTTER (Effie Irene Smith) Member of Advisory Council of this History.
Smith, Mrs. Whitefoord R. Cole, Mrs. Henry Morgan, Mrs. W. O. Tirrill, Mrs. Lee Loventhal, Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman, Mrs. Miles Williams, Mrs. Granbery Jackson, Mrs. Percy Warner, Mrs. West H. Morton, Mrs. Henry Teitlebaum, Miss Louise G. Lindsley, Mrs. May French Noel, Miss Frances Pilcher, and Miss Agnes Smith.
Mrs. Potter, whose ability for making sales was noted at all times, with this committee sold $50,000 in stamps, practically all the amount being in Thrift Stamps.
Mrs. Potter served as Chairman for the house-to-house campaign for the sale of stamps, in June, 1918, and, assisted by representatives selected by her from the twenty-three women's organizations of the city, sold $174,302 in stamps. Mrs. Potter was accorded the highest commendation from national. state, county and city officials
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In her effective work as leader of these two committees, which was exceptional. She also served as Chairman with the Elks at their booth at the Hippodrome in July. 1918. at which time hundreds of dollars in stamps were sold.
The first concerted action for the sale of Thrift Stamps in large amounts of- urred in March. 1918, when a two weeks campaign was carried on from booths erected on the downtown streets of Nashville. Mrs. James H. Kirkland appointed Wi -. Lemuel B. Fite Chanman of down-town booths for the drive. Mrs. Fite selected het workers each day From the various women's or- ganizations of Nashville. The first week $800,00 in stamps was sold. and Mrs. Eugene Shannon disposed of the largest amount of am chairman in a single dav. selling more than 3.000 in small stamps on one day. Mrs. W. (. Parmer. Mrs. G. M. Neely. Mrs. William S. Bransford. Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman. Mrs. Viles Dismukes. Mrs. Jesse H. Thomas. Mrs. 1. E. Potter. Mrs. Foster Hume and Mis. W. B. Shelton, who served as chairmen for one day each week during the drive. made creditable records. The Colonial Dames, of which Mrs. L. B. Fite wa- Chairman, held first honors of the organization- in this drive. and Mrs. Foster Hume, who was Chairman for the D. A. R.'s. has the distinction of selling the first thousand- dollar W. S. S. Stamp sold in Davidson County. Miss Theresa MeGavock. through the Army Comfort League War Savings Society. was the first woman in the county who parchased a WHS. W. O. PARMIER thousand-dollar stamp. Mrs. Foster Ilume was added to the honor roll of patriotic workers at headquarters for services rendered in the first drive.
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