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IN THE WORLD WAR, 1914-1919
Tennessee and Davidson County Division, American Memorial Hospital, Rheims, France
MRS. ROBERT WHARTON NICHOL, State Chairman MISS ANN HUMPHREYS MORTON, State Chairman of Children's Work
The purpose of the American Memorial Hospital, one of the first American hos- pitals to be constructed in Rheims, France, was intended for a national memorial to the American soldiers who gave their lives in the World War. Every state in the Union was represented by one or more memorial beds. Each bed had a tablet bearing the name of the state. city or individual contributing $6,000 as a permanent endowment.
Major Rutledge Smith appointed Mrs. Robert Whar- ton Nichol as State Chairman for the Tennessee Division of this organization. The Executive Committee, with Mrs. Robert W. Nichol as State Chairman, was composed of the following members, appointed by Mrs. Nichol :
Mrs. Albert H. Roberts and Mrs. William Gupton, Honorary Chairmen: Mrs. W. W. Dillon, Nashville Chairman: Miss Ann Humphreys Morton, State Chair- man of Children's Auxiliary; and T. Graham Hall, Treasurer.
MISS ANN HUMPHREYS MORTON
Mrs. Nichol appointed for Nashville and Davidson County the following Advisory Committee.
Major Rutledge Smith, E. Lockart Doak, Dr. Olin West, Edgar M. Foster, of the Rotary Club; Alton Johns, of the Kiwanis Club; Mrs. Dempsey Weaver, Mrs. Harry Evans, Mrs. Wesl H. Morton, Miss Sarah Berry, Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Mrs. T. Graham Hall, Mrs. Carey A. Folk, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. J. K. Rains. Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, Mrs. Leslie Warner, Mrs. Reau E. Folk, Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Mrs. John Bell Keeble, Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Miss Louise G. Lindsley, Mrs. Bell Dykes, Mrs. James C. Bradford, Mrs. F. W. Ring, Mrs. James S. Frazer, Dr. W. E. Hibbett, Mrs. W. E. Beard, Miss Madge Hall. Miss Lillian Warner, Mrs. H. H. Corson, Mrs. W. W. Dillon, Miss Margaret Early, Mrs. George Washington, Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman. Mrs. P. H. Timothy. Mrs. John B. Ransom. Mrs. Humphrey Timothy, Mrs. William A. Guplon. Mrs. Vernon Tupper, Mrs. Leo Schwartz. Mrs. Edgar Foster, Miss Elizabeth Bloomstein, Mrs. Lytton Hickman, Mrs. Lee Loventhal, Miss Marie M. Ready, Miss Ella Haiman, and Miss Anne Humphreys Morton.
Mrs. Nichol appointed the following to serve as Chairmen in the counties of Tennessee:
Nashville, Mrs. W. W. Dillon: Columbia. Col. E. Foster Graham: McMinnville, Joe Brown Cummings; Springfield, Mrs. Neil Glenn: Murfreesboro, Mrs. Frederick Smith: Estill Springs. Miss May Waggoner: Shelbyville, Mrs. Frances Frierson: Bell Buckle, Mrs. W. R. Webb: Johnson City, Mrs. S. G. Gilbreath; Newport. Mrs. W. O. Mimms: Clarksville, Mrs. Dancey Fort: Ripley, Halls, Henning. Orysa, Edith Gates: Durhamville, Mrs. Colin MeKinney; Jamestown, Mrs. J. A. Allred: Carthage. Mrs. James I. Cox: Jackson, Mrs. Ewing Griffin: Celina, Mrs. W. N. Gray: Sparta. Dr. Cliff C. Marchbanks and Mrs. Minnie Allison Welch. State Chairman of W. C. T. U .; Lewisburg, Miss Natalie Ogilvie; Lebanon. Mrs. A. J. Casey; Tazewell, Mrs. W. C. Parkey; and Chattanooga. Mrs. Willard Steele.
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The Davidson County Fund For Hospital Bed No. 63 in the American Memorial Hospital was raised by private contributions from individuals and clubs and by the sale of hospital buttons by Boy Scouts and children of Nashville. All overhead expenses were borne by the Davidson County Committee for the campaign.
The counties over the state employed the same method of raising funds as did Davidson County, and in several instances the sale of eggs, canned products, fruits and flowers increased the contributions so generously given by the children over the state.
In addition to the officers and those already mentioned. others who assisted in establishing the Tennessee bed were:
Members of Davidson County Woman's Committee. Council of Defense. Mrs. Dempsey Weaver. Mrs. George A. Washington, Mrs. James S. Frazer. Mrs. Harry W. Evans, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson. Mrs. W. W. Dillon, Mrs. W. A. Montgomery. Mrs. Arthur B. Ransom. Mrs. Richard T. Wilson. Mrs. Cares A. Folk. Vanderbilt Woman's Club. Girl- Friendly Society. Church of Advent. Friday Morning Club. Magazine Circle. Carnegie Library Staff, Mrs. Henry Connor, Mrs. Lytton Hick- man, Tag Day. "Woodrow Wilson" Pony. Captain Ridley McClain. I. S. N .. Girls Study Club by Mrs. R. F. Lyne, Jr .. John Early. Mrs. John \. Hawkinson, Mrs. Percy D. Maddin, John K. Maddin. Miss Mary Belle Maddin. Mrs. Albert H. Roberts, Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Blanton, Mrs. William \. Gupton. Altru-a Club. Mrs. W. Hl. Witt. T. Graham Hall. Mrs. George II. Williams. Miss Louise G. Lindsley. Bertha Fensterwald Social Center. Miss Anita Williams, Miss Isabel Howell. Buford College, Miss Marie Ready, Miss Ella Haiman. Wiss Ann Humphreys Morton, and the Children's Auxiliary.
In the play entitled "The Night Before Christmas." directed by Miss Marie Reads. the personnel of Nashville children who gave their talents for the benefit of the hos- pital hed were:
Elizabeth Vinson, Sue Figgins. Sara Murphy, Marguerite Kleiser, Lucille Bradford. Robbie Allison. Myrtle Woodard. Louise Sain, Rebecca Way. Margaret Hite. Freda Markel, James Kim- brough, Ellen Couch, Frances Thomas, Lacy Corlew, Margaret Carter, Edith Malone. Jouella Thompson. Annie Lee Stark, Belle Harrison, Lamar Pantell. Eunice Lannan. Mary Dyer, Anita Minter, Rubye Norman, Ethel Gentry. Marguerite Henricks. Addie Mccullough. Charly- Ware. Mabel Ogden, Lena Mai Rowland. Louise Fulghum. Catherine Burnett, Virginia Mackenzie. Elizabeth Sanders. Frances Ballard. Anne Rowe Neal. Louise Carter. Etoile Hill. Floranne Levy. Bernice Weinberger, Gray MeBride, Mary Alice Farr. Lenota Loventhal. Marguerite Allen. Evelyn Mever. Polly Williamson. Rachel Lasley, Helen Darr. Imbria Johnson, Sylvia Johnson. Alma Graham, Martha Beslen, Mary Balls, Berdie Sigley. Florence Cavert. Dorothy Taylor. Virginia Phillips, Grace Cavert, May Claiborne, Prudence Polk. May Glenn Dillon. Margaret Tandy, Bessie Ham. Roslyn Morse, Florence Levy, Olivia Sharpe Polk. Pauline Haber. Harriet Hoffman, Eva Blum. Anna Hirshberg. Frances Hyman. Brinah Bach, Frances Weiner, Frances Rich. Ruth Fitzpatrick. Margaret Winkler. Harriet Lee Cohen, Mary Alice Farr. Emily Frances Tag ort. Helen Rose Roth, Sylvia Frank, Betty Johnson, France- Whitehead, Catherine Alberta [ hlian, Henrietta Petroni. Maria Anita Corsini. Rubve Pauline Vaughn. Virginia Samuels. August Fish. Sue Wilson, Maxine Lapet. Teresene Melfi, Annette Cohen, Marian Blackburn. Anna Simon. Helen Cohen, Mildred Smither. Joan Shver. Elizabeth Cannon. Elizabeth Beacher. Virginia Moore, Margaret Morris, Mai Claiborne. Dorothy Marks. Jean Flei-man. Nena Mai Connor, Lenore Leventhal. Elizabeth White, Olivia Sharpe Polk. Norma Mever. Bonnie Owsley. Whene Webb, Frances Mc Kee. Frances Beasley. Bernice Weinberger. Sara Louise Rothechild. Jura Gill, Vashti Raines, Anne Withite, Ruth Hooper. Dapaths Barnett. Elizabeth Met onnell.
\ patriotic tag day furnished the largest amount given to the hospital bed. Miss Ann Humphreys Morton serving as Co-Chairman with Mr -. Robert Wharton Nichol. Slate f hairman of the organization for the tag day. The children who were ap pointed by Mas Ann Humphreys Morton as assistant- had charge of all the down- town corners, and more than five hundred dollars was realized from the day's cal lections.
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Davidson County Musicians Who Served During the World War
No other group of women in Davidson County did more patriotic or excellent work than the musicians who so freely and cheerfully gave of their talents on every occasion to soften the heartaches of war, or to arouse the enthusiasm necessary to carrying on its hardships. They were among the first to be drafted into service and the last to be discharged. and, while some of them had loved ones in the front of battle, they sacrificed their own personal feelings and responded day and night to the manifold calls upon them.
While no accurate record has been kept by them of their services, we give the ensuing list of those who most frequently were asked to aid in the great cause. and who always responded, regardless of sacrifice:
Mrs. A. B. Anderson, Mrs. William C. Iloffman, Mrs. L. G. Noel, Mrs. W. D. Haggard, Mrs. Thomas Malone, Jr .. Mrs. E. R. Schumacher, Mrs. Thomas L. Herbert, Jr., Mrs. K. T. McCon- nico, Mrs. T. Graham Hall, Mrs. Clarence Sutherland. Miss Sara Hitchcock, Mrs. Robert Cald- well, Mrs. Weaver Harris, Mrs. D. R. Gebhardt, Mrs. L. L. Gamble, Mrs. Richard T. Wilson. Mrs. Robert Kenyon, Mrs. Paul Ryman, Miss Elizabeth Price, Mrs. Harold Greene, Mrs. Louis Sperry, Mrs. O'Bryan Washington, Mrs. Rollin P. Grant, Mrs. G. J. Colyar. Mrs. Josephine Evans. Mrs. Joseph Deeds. Miss Frank Hollowell, Miss Daisy Sartain, Miss Aleda Waggoner. Miss Katherine LeSueur, Miss Mary White Guill, Miss Amilee Throne, Miss Ursula McCampbell. Miss Katherine Morris. Miss Martha Carroll, Miss Harriet Mills. Mrs. B. G. Alexandre, Miss Marie Bouchard, Mrs. C. A. Manthey, Mrs. Milton Cook, Mrs. A. G. Brandau, Douglas Wright, Milton Cook. Charles Zhender. D. R. Gebhardt. Paul Ryman, Charles Stratton. Mrs. M. S. Lebeck, John Dowd, Miss Louise Simpkins, Mrs. Il. O. Blackwood, Mrs. Thomas Keeling, and Miss Margaret Vance.
MRS. WILLIAM C. HOFFMAN ( Daisy Lerchan)
MRS. L. L. GAMBLE ( Corinne Tabler)
MRS. E. R. SCHUMACHER (Gertrude Richards)
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MHS HENKY LoLIN SPERRY (Amelia Sawrie)
MAS. T. GRAHAM HALL ( Brith M. rtin)
MAS. WEAVER HARRIS (Edna Beard)
(Julia Robatd)
Muy JOSEPH B. DEEDS (Frances Fergerson)
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MRS. L. G. NOEL (Augusta Jonnard)
MISS ALEOA WAGCONEP
MISS SARAH HITCHCOCK
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MRS. BARTON BROWN (Harriet Mills)
MISS MARY WHITE GUILL
MRS. D. R. GEBHARDT
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The Vietrola Drive
MRS. ROBERT CALOWILL .. Chairman Miss FRANK HOLLOWELL. Chairman of Headquarters
The drive for vietrola records for the soldiers in the army camps and overseas was conducted in Davidson County in November. 1917. and met with unbounded -ticeess. Mrs. Robert Caldwell. President of the Vendredi Club, served as Chairman and opened headquarters in the Doctors' building on Church Street. with Miss Frank Hollowell in charge. Over 3.000 records were collected by Mrs. Caldwell and her committee, which was composed of the following women:
Mrs. A. B. Anderson, Mis. E. 1 .. \-htord. Mrs. John Barksdale, Mrs. Richard Barr. Mrs. H. O. Blackwood, Mr -. A. G. Brandau, Mrs. J. 1 .. Bushnell. Mrs. Ernest Chadwell. Mrs. Milton Cook. Mrs. J. G. Creveling, Jr., Mrs. W. I Crockett. Mrs. Jor B. Dreds. Mrs. Paul DeWitt, Mrs. George Dibrell. Mrs. W. C. Dixon, Mrs. Houston Dudley. Wis Harry W. Evans. Mrs. Minus L., Fletcher, Mrs. Charles C. Fuller, Mrs. 1 .. 1 .. Gamble. Mrs. D. R. Gebhardt. Mrs. Charles Gilbert, Mrs. MePheeters Glasgow. Mrs. Harold Greene. Wrs. Searcy Green, Mrs. W. D. Haggard. Mis. T. Graham Hall, Mis. Kendrick Hardcastle. Mrs. Humphrey Hardison. Mrs. Al W. Harris, Mrs. Frank Harris. Mrs. Weaver Harris. Mrs. Arthur Henkel. Wr -. T. L .. Herbert, Mrs. W. C. Hoff- MAS. ROBERT CALDWELL (Ellen Rion) man, Mrs. Horace G. Ilill, Mrs. Gales Adams. Mrs. Charles lunt. Mrs. Robert F. Jackson. Mrs. Dudley Jones, Mrs. John Kreig, Mrs. Walter Lawrence, Mrs. M. S. Lebeck. Mrs. Hamilton Love, Mrs, Charles Lowen- thal. Mrs. Dave Lowenheim. Mrs. Thomas Malone, Jr., Mrs. Charles Manthey, Mrs. W. C. We- Cannon, Mrs. K. T. MeConnico, Mrs. Dan McGugin. Mrs. West H. Morton. Mrs. Harry P. Murrey, Mrs. A. G. Nichol. Mrs. L. G. Noel. Mrs. Thomas Parkes. Mrs. Gibson Patterson. Mt -. A. S. Perry, Mrs. James K. Polk. Jr., Mrs. A. E. Potter. Jr .. Mrs. John Price. Mrs. Emmett Pryor. Mr -. A. B. Ransom, Ar -. W. G. Raymond. Jr., Mrs. Carter Reeves. Mrs. Jennette Rose. Mrs. Kenneth Rose. Mrs. Thomas Keeling. Mrs. Paul Ryman. Mrs. L.ro Schwartz. Mrs. E. R. Schumacher. Mrs. Harold Shall- cross, Mrs. Thomas spain, Mrs. Louis 11. Sperry. Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman. Mr -. 6. W. Stars. Mrs. Walter Stokes. Mrs. C. P. Street. Mrs. Clarener Sutherland, Mrs. Walter Stokes. Jr .. Mrs. Edwin Swain, Mrs, Henry Teitlebaum, Mrs. Joseph Thomp- son. Mrs. T. Lgh Thompson. Mrs. Holland Tigert. Mrs. Humph- Try Timothy. Mrs. W. J. Wallace, Mrs. O'Bryan Washington. Mrs. Frank Wheeler, Mrs. Percy Williams, Mrs. J. A. Wither- sponD. Miss Frank Hollowell, Miss Martha Carroll. Wiss Mary White Guill. Miss Marie Hayes. Miss Julia Hindman, Miss Lucile Tandis. Miss Louise 6. Lindslev. Wiss Alice Leftwich, Miss Katherine LeSenr. Miss Ursula MeCampbell. Miss Teresa Me. Koin, Miss Elizabeth Morrow, Wiss Libbie Morrow. Wiss Neeley Morrow, Miss Elizobeth Price. Miss Daisy Sartain, Miss Myra Silfridge. Miss Ada Swan. Miss Ruth Vance. Miss Margaret Vance, Miss Aleda Waggoner, and Miss Mary Temple Waller.
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Miss Elizabeth Price's class of music pupils col- lected the largest number of records. Mrs. Milton Cook, through the public school children. collected several hundred records. and Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman made the first contribution in the county. The second contribution came from Mrs. T. L. Herbert. Jr .. in honor of her little daughter. Sallie Herbert.
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The members of the Vendredi Club acted as a committee for publicity, and the other organizations which co-operated as a whole with Mrs. Caldwell were the Centennial Club, Mrs. M. C. McGannon, Chairman; Rotary. Kiwanis and Com- mercial Clubs. Mrs. Gibson Patterson served as Chairman for the women's organi- zations which participated in the drive.
Miss Frank Hollowell's music class collected several hundred records, and Miss Hollowell also served as Chairman of the business section of Nashville, assisted by Miss Martha Carroll.
Mrs. Henderson Baker, Mrs. Richard Dake, Miss Mary Kreig. Mrs. Robert Cald- well, Mrs. Hooper Love and Mrs. Lucius Burch formed a commitee that kept a force at headquarters each day during the campaign and assisted with the packing and shipping of the 3.000 records donated by citizens of Davidson County.
Vendredi Club
MRS. ROBERT CALDWELL, President MRS. A. B. ANDERSON. Secretary
The Vendredi Musical Club, organized for the serious study of music, responded generously to every call for war work in Davidson County, and a roster of its mem- bers and their activities follows:
Mrs. Lillian Gary Anderson ( Mrs. A. B.), Liberty Loan drives, knitting, civilian relief work, volunteer nurse in influenza epidemic, and music: Mrs. Ellen Rion Caldwell (Mrs. Robert), instructor in Red Cross surgical dressings, Liberty Loan worker, Chairman of victrola drive, music: Mrs. Beatrice Williams Cook (Mrs. Milton), Liberty Loan drives, knitting for Red Cross and music; Mrs. Lelia Dortch Dixon (Mrs. W. C.), instructor in surgical dressings and Liberty Loans; Mrs. Corinne Tabler Gamble (Mrs. L. L.), Liberty Loan work, victrola drive and music ; Mrs. Marguerite Winstead Greene ( Mrs. Harold), Liberty Loan drives and music ; Mrs. Amanda Gaut Hardcastle (Mrs. Kendrick ), civilian relief, united war work campaign and Liberty Loans; Mrs. Julia Robards Herbert (Mrs. Thomas. Jr.), Lib- erty Loan drives. Red Cross and music; Mrs. Mary Cornelia Gibson Malone ( Mrs. Thomas). Red Cross. Liberty Loan drives, Service League and music: Mrs. Nina Ferriss MeConnico (Mrs. K. T.), knitting instructor, Liberty Loan drives, surgical dressings, volunteer nurse in influenza epidemic, and music: Mrs. Bertha Cheek Nichol (Mrs. Adam), Liberty Loan drives and music: Mrs. Hazel Coate Rose. Red Cross work and music: Mrs. Amelia Sawrie Sperry ( Mrs. Louis H.), canteen, sur- gical dressings. Red Cross, four-minute speaker. Liberty Loans and music: Mrs. Lillian Street ( Mrs. Claud P.), surgical dressings, Red Cross, knitting and Liberty Loans: Mrs. Martha Scruggs Washington ( Mrs. O'Bryan), knitting. surgical dress- ings. Red Cross and Chairman of Centennial Club kitchen in influenza epidemic : Miss Martha Carroll, music: Miss Frank Hollowell, Liberty Loan drives. Red Cross and music: Miss Ursula McCampbell, surgical dressings, Red Cross and music: Miss Daisy Sartain, music.
Every member of the Vendredi Club is included in the list of Nashville musicians who gave so freely and untiringly of their time to help in every patriotic entertain- ment for war purposes. and they each "kept the home fires burning" with both song and activity.
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Tennessee State Library and Davidson County Library World War Work
MISS MARY SKEFFINGTON. Chairman MISS LUTIE CORRINNE JONES, Vice-Chairman for State MISS MARGARET KERCHEVAL. Chairman for Davidson County
Miss Mary Skeffington was appointed State Publicity Director and Distributing Agent of Library Work for Tennessee by the National Library Association at Wash- ington. D. C., and Miss Lutie Corrinne Jones was made Assistant Chairman. These women distributed Government posters. propaganda and pamphlets, cooking recipes, and other bulletins of public service among the various libraries of the State, re- quiring several hours each day of volunteer service, aside from their regular routine duties. They also served as a bureau of information for the large number of county libraries in regard to World War propaganda.
Miss Margaret Kercheval. Chief Librarian of the Carnegie Library at Nashville. was appointed Chairman for Davidson County for the selection of books for the libraries which the War Department established at the soldiers' cantonments over the country.
Wiss Kercheval opened headquarters in October. 1917. in the basement of the main building of the Carnegie Library. and with the assistance of her war library committee. collected 1.000 volumes of books and 10.000 magazines in a few days. These books were of the very best literature, showing again that Davidson County did not stint its need of war contributions even when it came to giving personal pos- sessions. Miss Kercheval had serving with her:
Miss Lutie C. Jones. Miss Mary Skeffington and Miss Jane Skeffington, of the State Library; Miss Lizzie Bloomstein and Miss Jennie Lauderdale, of Peabody College Library, and the Fol- owing employees of the Carnegie Library : Mrs. Lillian B. Fleming. Miss Felicia G. Porter. Viss Nellie W. Cecil. Miss Lillian Hooper, Miss Will Ella Tatom. Wiss Morgiana Johnson, Miss ( arrie M. Water-, Miss Flavel Wilkin, Miss Norvella Vance. Miss Elsie Latch, Mis- Eula Nun, Miss Ethel Irvin. Miss Elizabeth Harrison. and Mrs. Robert Wharton Nichol. Secretary of the Tennessee Art Association. the headquarters of which is located in the Carnegie Library build- ing. Mrs. James C. Bradford. State President of the Art Association, was also an able supporter of his work.
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United War Work Campaign
MRS. JOSEPH T. HOWELL. Davidson County Chairman
At a conference of seven welfare organizations held at the Tennessee State Capitol on October 24. 1918, four hundred delegates were present and plans were formulated for a drive for war funds from November 1 to 16, the funds to be used by these organizations for welfare work among the soldiers in the World War.
Mrs. Arch Trawick was appointed State Director of the Woman's Division of the work: Miss Mary Stahlman, State Press Chairman: Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis, Director for Middle Tennessee: Mrs. Joseph T. Howell. Davidson County Chai :- man; and Mrs. George F. Blackie, Chairman of the State Advisory Board.
Mrs. Blackie chose the following members on her State Committee:
Mrs. A. H. Roberts, Mrs. Alex. Caldwell, Mrs. Jesse M. Overton. Mrs. James H. Kirkland, Mrs. Miles Williams, Mrs. E. A. Price, Mrs. J. C. Lusky, Mrs. Lou Lusky, Mrs. Lee Loventhal, Mrs. Leo Schwartz, Mrs. Alex. Irving, Mrs. Joseph Thompson, Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne. Mrs. Ferdinand Kuhn, Mrs. John Coode. Mrs. John McClure, Mrs. George Williams. Mrs. Spencer VicHenry, Mrs. Eugene Crutcher. Mrs. Leslie Warner. Mrs. Felix Ewing. Mrs. Robert F. Weak- ley. Mrs. W. E. Norvell, Mrs. W. F. Bang, Miss Elizabeth Eve. Mrs. Dempsey Weaver, Mrs. A. B. Smith, Mrs. John Hill Eakin, Mrs. John R. Aust. Mrs. John Wheeler. Mrs. R. S. Maddox, Mrs. John Moore, Mrs. Percy D. Maddin, Mrs. Garnett Morgan, Mrs. Frank Searcy Green, Mrs. Edward Buford, Miss Della Dortch, and Miss Margaret Kercheval.
Miss Mary Stahlman. who served as State Press Chairman. was active in the Davidson County organization also.
M.s. J. C. Lusky served as State Chairman for the Council of Jewish Women: Miss Margaret Kercheval as Library Chairman of Davidson County, and Miss Mary Skeffington of the state. Mrs. Ferdinand Kuhn was Chairman-General of the Woman's Division of the Knights of Columbus, and in two days' time the quota of $25.000 was far exceeded by her. the total sum raised by Mrs. Kuhn being $ 12,795. Mrs. Kuhn was assisted in this notable work by members of the Council of Catholic Women. who were the most able workers in the county in every war activity.
Miss Adele Stamp had charge of the work for the campaign at the Nashville Powder Plant, and working with Miss Stamp were:
Mrs. J. W. Elms, Mrs. W. C. Lord. Mrs. William Russell. Mrs. J. T. Wendelken, Miss Inez Hooten. Miss Elizabeth Dean, Miss Margaret King. Miss Virginia Swan, and Miss Marian Woodard.
At Ward Belmont College the chief workers were Miss Louise Lucas and Miss Louise Rapp. The contribution from the girls of this college was the largest and most spontaneous ever donated to any cause in the South during the World War.
The Centennial Club Chairman for the United War Work drive were:
Mrs. W. T. Ilale, Jr .. Mrs. Percy D. Maddin. Mrs. R. H. Lacey. Mrs. M. J. Smith, Mrs. Dempsey Weaver. Mrs. Thomas I. Webb, Mrs. Martin Gilmore. and Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne.
A strong bureau of speakers was organized throughout the state and county by Nashville women. Mrs. Clay G. Stephens and Mrs. Joseph T. Howell served as State Directors, and Mrs. Kendrick Hardcastle served as Davidson County Director of the Speakers' Bureau.
Many noted speakers came to Nashville during this drive, among them being Mrs. Josephus Daniels, who had three sons in the service. Mrs. Daniels spoke at luncheon at the Nashville Y. W. C. A. Association, and lectured at the Centennial Club and Ward-Belmont College in the interest of the work. Mrs. George F. Blackie
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served as Chairman of Arrangements for both of these meetings. Mrs. Blackie being the Nashville Y. W. C. A. President at that time.
Nashville women who spoke throughout Tennessee were:
Mrs. George F. Blackie, Mrs. Clay G. Stephens, Mrs. Guilford Dudley, Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis, Mrs. Joseph T. tlowell, Mrs. Alex. Caldwell. Mrs. George E. Blake, Mrs. Reuben Mills, Mrs. W. E. Howell. Mrs. Arch Trawick, Miss Della Dortch, Mrs. Leslie Warner, Miss Mary Louis Goodwin, Miss Louise G. Lindsley. Miss Katherine Morris, Mrs. John Coode. and Mrs. Humphrey Timothy.
Members of the Nashville Bureau of Speakers serving with Mrs. Joseph T. Howell and Mrs. Kendrick Hardcastle were:
Mrs. Leslie Warner, Mrs. Percy Warner. Mrs. Louis t. Sperry. Mrs. Henderson Baker. Mrs. Reuben Mills, Mrs. Edward Buford, Mrs. James T. Weakley. Mrs. Leo Schwartz. Mrs. Granbery Jackson, Mrs. Alex. Caldwell. Mrs. tyon Childress. Miss Mary Skellington, Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Mrs. Walter ( larke. Mrs. Lee Loventhal, Mrs. Patrick Cleary, Mrs. Ida- belle Wilson. Mrs. Horace G. Hill, Mrs. John Coode. Mr -. Ilarry Evans. Mrs. Eugene Crutcher. Mrs. Claude Waller. Mr -. A. E. Potter. Mrs. Ittie Kinney Reno, Mrs. Il. J. Grimes. Miss t.izzie Bloomstein, Mrs. Frank Searcy Green. Mrs. Gibson Patterson, Mrs. Walters McGill. Mrs. West II. Morton, Mrs. James Il. Kirkland. Wrs, Ferdinand Kuhn, Mrs. John M. Kenny, Mrs. Elizabeth Frye Page. Mrs. P. 1. Murray. Mrs. W. W. Sanders, Mrs. Robert W. Nichol. Mrs. Walter Jones. Wiss Louise G. Lindsley, Miss Delia Brew. Mrs. Neil S. Jones. Wiss Annie Demoville, Wiss Elizabeth Binford. Miss Mary Demoville. Miss Della Dortch, Mrs. ( laud D. Sullivan. Wiss Susie Edwards, Miss Delia Smith. Miss Mary Louise Goodwin. Miss Agnes Kuhn, Wis- Theo- dore Scruggs. and Mrs. James Beasley.
Members of the Nashville Y. W. C. A. who held offices in the campaign. besides those already men- tioned. were:
MRS. FERDINAND KUHN ( Kata Wall)
Mrs. John R. Wheeler. Recording Secretary for the state and Chairman of the "Earn and Give" department of the state. Those serving with Wrs. Wheeler were:
Miss Katherine Morris, Chairman of Industrial Committee; Miss Lula Andrews. State Chairman of Students' Work: Miss Helen Clarke. Director of Victory Girls: Miss Mary Pleasants Jones. Secretary for Nashville: Miss Mary Stahlman. Pub- licity Director: Miss Jennie Sparks. Secretary for county: Miss Addie Fuller. Office Secretary for State: Miss Lorena Keel. Assistant Secretary; and Miss Mary Helm Clarke, Chairman of Telephone Committee.
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