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The woman's organization was ably assisted by the Men's Committee in this campaign. Edgar M. Foster, Ed. C. Faircloth. Vernon Tupper. W. II. Lambeth. B. W. Landstreet and Lee Loventhal. well-known patriots among the women. were able workers and leaders of this, as well as many other campaigns in the county. The United War Work Campaign resulted in the largest check that was sent out of Nashville for patriotic purposes during the entire World War. The check was for- warded, signed by Edgar M. Foster. Financial Chairman of this drive, to the Na- tional Committee. This check represented Davidson County's contribution to the whole fund. which was $1.525,000. the quota being $150.000.
The means by which quite a large part of this sum was realized was through the sale of tags at down-town booths for two days by the Woman's Division. under Mrs. Joseph T. Howell. Mrs. Verner M. Lewis, Mrs. Henderson Baker. and Mrs. Kendrick Hardcastle.
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The following women served as captains and salesladies in the booths:
Mrs. Ferdinand Kuhn, Captain; Salesladies: Membership of the Council of Catholic Women, a roster of which appears with that organization elsewhere in this volume.
Mrs. John M. Kenny, Captain; Salesladies: Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Mrs. Il. J. Grimes, Mrs. D. T. Kimbrough, Mrs. J. Il. Campbell, Mrs. Lou Lusky, and Miss Mattie Jordan.
Mrs. Albert Britt, Captain; Salesladies: Miss Bessie MeDonald, Miss Dorothy Leitzerler, Miss Mary Pleasants Jones, and Mrs. George F. Blackie.
Mrs. Julius Martin, Captain; Salesladies:
Members of the Jewish Council.
Miss Mary Powers, Captain; Salesladies: Mrs. W. W. Crandall, Mrs. Thomas Broderick. and Miss Flora Gordon.
Mrs. W. J. Morrison, Captain; Salesladies: Mrs. Arch Trawick. Mrs. Il. C. Tolman, Mrs. Charles Bringleman, Mrs. John Norton, and Mrs. R. L. Sawyer.
Mrs. Miles Williams, Captain; Salesladies: Mrs. A. E. Potter, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. A. A. Doak, Mrs. Bettie MI. Donelson, and Miss Alma Oliver. Mrs. Idabelle Wilson secured the largest number of subscriptions of this committee.
Miss Sue Holmes, Captain; Salesladies: Miss Jane Culbert, Miss Willie Ruth Davidson, Mrs. R. C. Moore, Mrs. M. H. Dobson, and Miss Catherine Nelson.
Miss Barbara Kulin. Captain: Salesladies: Miss Sadie Cauvin, Miss Mary Ratterman, Miss Agnes Kuhn, and Mrs. P. A. Murray.
Miss Carrie Wessler, Captain: Salesladies: Miss Corrinne Goldberg, Miss Elizabeth Buckner, Miss Corrine Rich, and Miss Addie Fuller.
Miss Delia Brew, Captain; Salesladies: Miss Corinne Craig, Miss Elizabeth Hill, Miss Kath- leen Garrett, Miss Frances Ridley, and Miss Mary Harding Buckner.
Mrs. Dudley Gale, Captain; Salesladies: Mrs. V. M. Lewis, Mrs. W. T. Hale, Jr., Mrs. Gran- bery Jackson, Mrs. Charles Anderson, Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Mrs. Joseph Jacobus, Mrs. A. E. Potter, Mrs. W. H. Schuerman, Mrs. Bruce Douglas, Mrs. F. Searcy Green, Mrs. Arthur Joseph, Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne. Mrs. Alton Wade. Miss Mary Nelson, and Mrs. A. Loveman.
Miss Frances Dudley, Captain; Salesladies: Mrs. Horace G. Hill, Miss Lillian Warner, Girls of Patriotic League.
Mrs. Robert Caldwell, Captain; Salesladies: Mrs. Richard Barr, Mrs. W. C. Dixon, Mrs. L. L. Gamble, Mrs. O. N. Bryan. Mrs. Joe Wallace, Jr., Mrs. Claude P. Street, Mrs. Thomas Herbert, Jr., Mrs. W. C. Hoffman, Mrs. Jack Witherspoon, Mrs. A. B. Anderson, Mrs. E. R. Schumacher, Miss Frank Hollowell, and Miss Daisy Sartain.
Mrs. David Rosenfeld, Captain; Salesladies: Mrs. Henry Morgan, Mrs. Charles Eastman, Mrs. John Marsh. Miss Bella Goodwin, Mrs. A. Loveman, and Mrs. Reuben Mills.
Mrs. Esmond Ewing, Captain; Salesladies: Mrs. Sam Harwell, Mrs. John Berry, Mrs. Mor- ton B. Howell, III. Mrs. J. B. Watson, Mrs. Hooper Love, Miss Sara Ewing, and Miss Virginia Martin.
The following women served as Captains of the Industrial Committee, their duty being the canvassing of all large department stores in Nashville, all manufac- turing plants in Davidson County and other large institutions to secure funds :
Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis, Miss Katherine Morris, Mrs. R. C. Moore, Mrs. John R. Aust, Mrs. Frank Searcy Green, Mrs. A. J. Dyer, Mrs. Len B. Fite, Mrs. W. W. Crandall. Mrs. George F. Blackie, Mrs. Dan McGugin, Mrs. James Cayce, Mrs. James Weakley, Mrs. A. Frank, Mrs. Buist Schwab, Mrs. Sol Gordon, Mrs. Florence Wilkes Hooper, Mrs. W. J. Spire. Mrs. Sam Woolwine, Mrs. John Bevington. Mrs. Charles Anderson. Mrs. Granbery Jackson, Mrs. Vernon Sharp, Mrs. Charles Dudley Jones, Mrs. Frank Gillette, Mrs. R. A. Henry, Mrs. Hill McAlister, Mrs. Ben Childers, Mrs. W. W. Dillon, Mrs. T. Dwight Webb. Mrs. Leo Schwartz, Mrs. Robert Cheek, Mrs. Henry Gillespie. Mrs. Thomas Newbill, Mrs. W. W. Crandall. Mrs. I. W. Miller, Mrs. Her- man Stelzer, Mrs. Paul Hunter, Mrs. Joseph Abrams, Mrs. Lou Lusky, Mrs. Dempsey Weaver, Mrs. William T. Hale, Jr., Mrs. West H. Morton, Mrs. John Barksdale, Mrs. Edgar M. Foster, Mrs. Robert Kenyon. Mrs. Vance Alexander, Mrs. W. V. Kennedy, Mrs. P. A. Murray. Mrs. Edward Sherley, Mrs. Lou Rascoe, Miss Elizabeth Binford, Mrs. Humphrey Timothy. Mrs. Sam C. Wilkes, Mrs. Paul Cohen, Mrs. Alex. Irving, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. Joseph T. Howell, Mrs. L. Franklin, Mrs. Edwin Murray, Mrs. Walter Jones, Mrs. Frank Carl Stahlman, Mrs. Richard Dake, Mrs. Lyon Childress. Mrs. Edward McCarthy, Mrs. John R. Wheeler. Mrs. Joe O'Bryan, Mrs. Joseph A. Gray, Mrs. Sam Kessler, Mrs. Foster Hume, Mrs. Joseph Warner. Mrs. IIenderson Baker, Mrs. Neil S. Jones, Mrs. W. O. Tirrill, Mrs. E. W. Foster, Mrs. A. E. Potter, Mrs. Frank Y. McGavock, Mrs. C. C. Waggoner, Miss Mary Webb, Mrs. Horace Smith, Mrs. W. G Ewing, and Mrs. William B. Shelton.
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One of the most enthusiastic celebrations ever held in Nashville was the one held by these captains when they made their final reports, together with the other teams of this organization, at a banquet given at the Chamber of Commerce in Nashville. The amount secured by these women far exceeded any other drive for funds during the entire war. A friendly rivalry existed among the teams of the Industrial Committee. each of which had the same number of men accompanying the women on their canvasses. Edgar M. Foster. B. W. Landstreet. Lee Loventhal. Vernon Tupper. W. H. Lambeth and E. C. Faircloth. General Chairmen for the various sections of Nashville and Davidson County, were present at the banquet. They engaged in their usual differences as to which one of the teams secured the largest amount of money. and. as usual. Edgar M. Foster. who became noted throughout the World War as an "expert mathematician." succeeded in convincing the other teams, much against their wills, that his team led by a big majority. this majority always being figured by Mr. Foster or members of his team.
In the midst of some of our intense war drives one was reminded that "scrap- ping" was not confined to the battle front alone: but an armistice was always signed by those engaging in the fracas at the end of each campaign. and probably in the next drive the workers served side by side with the "friendly enemy" of the last drive.
Mrs. George F. Blackie. President of the Nashville Y. W. C. A .: Mrs. Arch Tra- wick. State Director of the United War Work Campaign. Wrs. Verner Moore Lewis. Middle Tennessee Director: Miss Mary Stahlman. State and County Press Chair- man. who so ably put the cause before the public. and Mrs. Joseph T. Howell, who has the distinction of being the leader of one of the most successful war drives of the county among the women. each were the recipients of "honorable men- tion" in the national organization's report for the efficient service they each ren- dered in organizing the Tennessee and Davidson County United War Work Cam- paign. and the splendid results of this drive are largely due to their efforts. ably assisted by the Director. Edgar M. Foster, and the Sectional Chairmen. Vernon Tupper. W. H. Lambeth. Edward C. Faircloth. B. W. Land-treet. and Lee Loventhal.
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POLK MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN
Center of Home and Educational Department, Ten- nessee State Fair, During Woman's World War Work Expositions, 1917 , 1918, 1919
Mrs. Robert Wharton Nichol, Director of the Department, was the originator and promoter of the Exposition, the only one of its kind in the South.
SARAH CHILDRESS POLK Wife of President Polk
PRESIDENT JAMES KNOX POLK 1845-1849
Inscription on Fountain
"A Man and a Woman Whose Lives Were Constructive Forces for Love-Law and Service in The Home, the State, the Nation"
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Woman's World War Work Expositions. Home and Educational Department, Tennessee State Fairs, 1917, 1918 and 1919
MRS. ROBERT WHARTON MICHOL. Director
Mrs. Robert Wharton Nichol. Director of the Home and Educational Depart- ment of the Tennessee State Fair. was the first woman of the South and. as far as is known. even of the entire country. to conceive the idea of presenting an exposi- tion of war activities of the women and children of the state, at a State Fair. Mrs. Nichol offered booths in the Home and Educational Department in the Woman's Building. of which she was director. to the war organizations of Tennessee and Davidson County. where every war activity could be practically demonstrated: where educational propaganda could be issued to the thousands of visitors to the State Fair. and where funds could be raised for specific war purposes by voluntary con- tributions and other means.
For several weeks prior to the opening of the State Fair in 1917. Mrs. Nichol. Director. kept a force of workers busy arranging elaborate decorations in the build- ing. which were an inspiration for patriotic service. Flags of all nations, patriotic music. historie cabinets, relies and scenes from the World War. together with dis- abled and R. O. T. C. soldiers, produced a vivid and lasting impression upon the throngs of visitors from all parts of Tennessee.
The propaganda effected during the pioneer days of 1917 and the fact that the various phases of war organizations were presented in the Home and Educational Department of the Woman's Building, at the Tennessee State Fair. resulted in the organization of many war activities throughout the state. and served to enlighten the public to the necessity of an "army at home."
In the fall of 1918 the War Exposition of the women at the Tennessee State Fair was one of the greatest in the entire country. Various activities, including those of international. national. state. county and city units, were represented and demon- -trated each day. The first exhibit of World War relies in Tennessee was shown at this Fair.
In 1919 the principal feature of the Home and Educational Department during the Tennessee State Fair week was the "Peace Jubilee." together with important reconstruction work in Health. Child Welfare. Recreation and Memorials. which were augmented by Mrs. Robert Wharton Nichol. Director. The first day was given over to the American Legion Auxiliary of Davidson County. with Mrs. Jesse M. Overton and Mrs. John 6. Gilmore as Chairmen, which organization was a develop- ment of the World War.
The war work of the Home and Educational Department of the Tennessee State Fair was distinctive in that it presented the only exposition of World War ar- tivities of the women of the South and, as far as is known, even in America.
Mrs. Robert Wharton Nichol was chosen to direct many World War movements. but the most far-reaching service rendered by her was that of originating and di- reeting the Woman's World War Work Exposition, as that work was instrumental to the combining of the achievements of the various activities engaged in by the women of Davidson Counts during the entire war period. and the reconstruction work.
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The personnel of the World War administration of the Home and Educational Department of the Tennessee State Fair included:
Mrs. Robert Wharton Nichol. Director (throughout the war) ; Miss Mary R. Lewis. Assistant Director: and Mrs. J. L. Brandon, Mrs. James C. Bradford and Miss Adah Miles, Assistant Directors (for one year each).
Secretaries during the World War period were: Miss Mary Lewis, Miss Louise Howell. Miss Martha Howell, Miss Eva Hagan, Miss Mary DeMoville Hill and Miss Elizabeth Eve.
Those composing the Advisory Committee of Mrs. Nichol's department were: Mrs. James F. Caldwell, Mrs. James Cayce, Mrs. Emmett Cooper, Mrs. Horace G. Hill, and Mrs. A. H. Roberts, Honorary Chairman.
General Chairmen and the organizations they repre- sented in the Exposition were:
Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense. Tennessee Division-Mrs. George W. Denny, State Chair - man of the organization, and Mrs. Leslie Warner, Vice- Chairman-at-large: Miss Della Dortch, Mrs. B. F. Wil- son. Mrs. John M. Kenny and Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, State Officers, were Chairmen at various periods of the three years' work.
MISS MARY LEWIS
Davidson County Division. Council of National De- fense-Mrs. Robert W. Nichol, Chairman; Mrs. Charles W. Baker, Mrs. West H. Morton, Mrs. Henderson Baker, Mrs. James B. Totten, and Mrs. Craig McFarland were Chairmen of the State Fair Committee.
Nashville Division. Council of National Defense-Mrs. Vernon Sharp. Mrs. James S. Frazer. Mrs. John W. Thomas, Mrs. Walter L. Jones and Mrs. Reuben Mills, Co-Chairmen.
Red Cross. Nashville Chapter-Mrs. Percy D. Maddin, Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Mrs. Frank W. Ring, Mrs. George F. Blackie and Mrs. E. O. Tate served as Chairmen of the various depart- ments of the work.
MISS LOUISE HOWELL
Navy Comfort Committee-Mrs. Harry Evans, Mrs. J. W. Miller and Mrs. Andrew Price, Co-Chairmen.
Army Comfort Leagne-Mrs. Percy Warner and Mrs. William B. Shelton, Co-Chairmen.
The National League for Woman's Service-Mrs. Jesse M. Overton and Mrs. C. S. Brown, Co-Chairmen. Mrs. John G. Gilmore, Mrs. Granbery Jackson and Mrs. Frank Searcy Green served as Chairmen of the Service League booth for 1918, and Mrs. Ellis C. Huggins as Chairman of decorations and furnishings for the booth.
The Girls' Patriotic League- Mrs. Rogers Caldwell and Miss Lillian Warner, Co-Chairmen.
Girls' Auxiliary, Nashville Chapter, A. R. C .- Miss Annie Mae Underwood. Miss Willie Ruth Davidson, Miss Sadie Canvin, Miss Mary Ratterman and Miss Margaret Buford, Co-Chairmen.
Children's Auxiliary. Nashville Chapter, Red Cross-Mrs. James Spencer Me- Henry and Mrs. John S. Lewis. Co-Chairmen.
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Nashville Chapter. Red Cross Emergency Canteen Service-Mrs. W. O. Tirrill. Mrs. C. A. Craig. Mrs. John Moore and Mrs. Samuel Douglas. Chairmen.
Nashville Chapter. Red Cross Motor Corps-Mrs. Robert S. Check. Captain, and members of the Motor Corps. Co-Chairmen.
Home and Foreign Relief-Miss Della Dortch, State Chairman. and Mrs. Miles Williams. Mrs. Ari- Brown, and Miss Mary Louise Goodwin, Chairmen.
W. C. T. U. (State. City. County and National-Mrs. John Welsh. State Chair- man: Mrs. Wary P. Bang and Mrs. R. L. Kennedy. Davidson County Chairmen; and Mrs. W. 1 .. Talley. Mrs. Robert 1 .. Jennings and Mrs. R. G. Crowley. Co-Chair- men.
American, Belgian, French and British Blind Association. Nashville Committee Mrs. John P. Frank, Mrs. James Frank. Mrs. Kathryn P. Wright and Mrs. W. W. Dillon. Co-Chairmen.
Fatherless Children of France Society Miss Mary Shackelford. Mrs. Dempsey Weaver and Mrs. Joseph T. Howell. Co-Chairmen.
Le Bien-Etre du Blesse-Mrs. Richard T. Wilson. Mis. George 3. Washington. Mrs. W. D. Haggard and Mrs. Joseph Warner. Co-Chairmen.
American Memorial Hospital. Rheims, France. Bed No. 63-Mrs. A. H. Roberts. Mrs. W. W. Dillon. Mrs. Robert Wharton Nichol and Miss Ann Humphreys Morton. Co-Chairmen.
War Salvage Association- Mrs. G. M. Neely. Mrs. R. A. Gulbenk. Mrs. Frank Searcy Green and Miss Elizabeth Eve, Co-Chairmen.
U. S. School Gardens- Mrs. James C. Bradford. President, served as Chairman for Exposition.
Victory Gardens-Mrs. R. E. Porter. Mrs. Charles S. Caldwell and Miss Alma Oliver. Co-Chairmen.
Parent-Teacher Home and School Gardens -- Mrs. James C. Bradford. Mrs. Lou Lusky. Mrs. T. H. Burleson. Mrs. R. A. Griffin, Mrs. Alex. Irving, Mrs. J. C. Walker. and Mrs. Alice Wilson Cloyd. Co-Chairmen.
Child Welfare- Mrs. Eugene Crutcher and Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress. Chairmen.
(A large number of babies from all parts of the state were weighed and meas- ured by this committee. which had the most attractive booth at the 1917 Fair. They were assisted by all parent-teachers of city and county.}
Sunday School and Religious Work was led by Mrs. Isaac Sewell. Chairman.
Recreation Mrs. Robert W. Nichol, Director: Mrs. Celia Grady Reddy, Mrs. Lon Lusky. Mrs. R. A. Griffin. Miss Elizabeth Binford and Mrs. Alex. Irving. Co- Chairmen.
Dietetics-Mrs. Mice Wilson Clovd. Chairman.
School Lunches-Mrs. G. M. Whittemore. Chairman.
Study Courses-Miss Willie Williams, Chairman.
Weighing and Measuring of Babies for County Committee-Mrs. J. B. Totten, Mrs. Carey A. Folk. Miss Julia Green. Mrs. George Williams and Mrs. J. C. Walker, Chairmen.
Awarding of Certificates to One Hundred Per Cent Babies of Tennessee-Mrs. Albert H. Roberts (wife of the Tennessee Governor at that time). Mrs. Eugene Crutcher. Mrs. Robert W. Nichol. Mrs. Alex. Irving, Mrs. W. W. Dillon, Mrs. Alice Wilson Clovd. Mr -. R. A. Griffin. Mrs. Adair Lyon Childress. Miss Anne L. Gal- lagher. Dr. W. E. Hibbett. City Health Officer of Nashville, Co-Chairmen.
American Made Toys-Mrs. Leslie Hussey and Mrs. Nina 1. Brittain. Chairmen.
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Housewives' League -- Miss Louise G. Lindsley, State: Mrs. John W. Black. Mrs. Charles Caldwell, Mrs. Miles Williams and Miss Alma Oliver, Co-Chairmen of Davidson County League.
Sewing. Quilting and Patching -- Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, Mrs. William L. Gran- bery and Mrs. Norman Kirkman, Co-Chairmen.
Spinning and Weaving-Mrs. L. Buchanan, Chairman.
Knitting. Nashville Chapter, A. R. C .- Mrs. R. E. Fort and Mrs. K. T. McCon- nico. Mrs. B. Frank Fields and Miss Elizabeth Morrow. Chairmen.
( The oldest and youngest knitters of Davidson County, aged eighty-four and nine years, were stationed in this booth, making a picturesque sight and demon- strating the fact that women of all ages were doing their "bit" in Davidson County. )
War Savings and Thrift Stamp Organizations of the Exposition were led by Mrs. James H. Kirkland, Mrs. John R. Anst and Mrs. A. E. Potter.
King's Daughters-Mrs. W. E. Norvell, Mrs. W. H. Buchanan, Mrs. R. D. Ezell and Mrs. Gibson Patterson, Co-Chairmen.
Council of Jewish Women-Mrs. Leo Schwartz, Mrs. David Rosenfeld. Mrs. Lee Loventhal, Mrs. J. C. Lusky and Mrs. Reuben Mills, Co-Chairmen.
MISS ADAH MILES
Banners for "Columbia Calls Her Women"-Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, originator, owner and designer.
U. D. C.'s-State, Mrs. John C. Brown and Mrs. B. D. Bell, Chairmen; County, Mrs. Thomas Newbill, Mrs. Charles Hurd and Miss Evelyn Crutcher, Co-Chairmen.
D. A. R.'s. Davidson County Chapter-Mrs. C A. Marshall, Mrs. E. W. Foster, Mrs. Byron Martin. Mrs. Foster Hume, Mrs. Bruce R. Payne and Miss Mary Webb, Co-Chairmen.
Colonial Dames-Mrs. C. B. Wallace, Mrs. Claud Waller, Mrs. James H. Kirkland. Mrs. L. B. Fite and Mrs. Fielding Yost, Chairmen.
Children of Confederacy-Mrs. W. L. Talley and Miss Lucile Talley, Chairmen.
National League for Service Motor Corps, 1917 -Miss Percie Warner, Captain, and Mrs. Bernard Fensterwald and Mrs. Fielding Gordon, First and Second Lieutenants, served as Co-Chairmen.
MISS ELIZABETH EVE Ladies' Hermitage Association-Mrs. B. F. Wil- son and Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson, Regents, Chair- men of 1917, 1918, and Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Secretary, and Mrs. Margaret L. Hicks, Treasurer, Co-Chairmen of 1919.
Patriotic Pageantry-Mrs. Celia Grady Reddy, Miss Elizabeth Binford and Miss Pauline Sherwood Townsend, all of whom did spectacular work along this line dur- ing the war period, served as Co-Chairmen.
Liberty Loans-Mrs. Guilford Dudley and Mrs. Joseph Warner, Chairmen.
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A VICTORY GARDEN
MRS J. H. MATTHEWS IN HER PATRIOTIC BOOTH AT THE TENNESSEE STATE FAIR. 1918 Mrs. Matthew- is shown with the fourteen premiums she received on her Canned goods. the products of which were raised by her in her back yard zarden under the Victory Garden Association work. of which Mr- Charles Caldwell served as Chairman.
Patriotic Musical Programs-Mrs. William C. Hoffman and Mrs. E. R. Schu- macher. Joint Chairmen.
War Posters-Mrs. Norman Farrell. Chairman.
National Bulletins on Foods. Health. Recreation. Gardens, etc. Miss Louise C. Lind-ley. Mrs. Alex. S. Caldwell and Mrs. Robert W. Nichol. Chairmen.
War Food Demonstrations- Mrs. Bettie Lyle Wilson and Mrs. J. W. Black. both of whom were experts in their special lines.
State Educational Bulletins- Mrs. Idabelle Wilson and Miss Virginia Moore, Co-Chairmen.
Tennessee State Capitol AAssociation Mrs. Robert F. Weakley. Mrs. John Hill Eakin. Miss Mary Allen Thompson and Mrs. James B. Ezzell. Co-Chairmen.
Centennial Club-Mrs. John Hill Eakin. Mrs. 1. W. Miller. Mrs. William T. Hale. Jr .. Mrs. S. S. Crockett. Mrs. Lemuel R. Campbell and Mrs. R. II. Lacey. Co-Chairmen.
Craft- Miss Sarah Gaut. Mrs. Katherine P. Wright. Miss Louise Fleece and Mrs. H. II. Williams, Co-Chairmen.
Mis. James C. Bradford. President of the Nashville Art Association. secured model- for war memorials and peace monuments and World War relics for the His- forical Section of the Fair in 1918. from all parts of America.
Women artists who contributed time and talent during the war to war posters and other art advertising were: Mrs. Frank Avent, Miss Pearl Saunders, Miss
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Bertha Calvert, Miss Minnie Gattinger, Mrs. Willie Bettie Newman, Miss Louise Allen, Miss Myra Thompson, Miss Edith M. Flisher, Mrs. E. E. McNcely, Miss Ella S. Herge- sheimer, Miss Margaret Early (fourteen years of age, designed a Liberty Loan poster which received national comment), Cornelius Hankins, Mrs. Edward Potter, Jr., Mrs. Sarah Ward Connely, Miss Mary L. Macomber and Miss Lillian Genth.
Federated Clubs-Mrs. Alex. Caldwell, State; Mrs. Walter Jones. Mrs. George E. Blake, Mrs. Claud Waller and Mrs. James E. Caldwell, Co-Chairmen; Tennessce Children's Home Finding Society, Mrs. Claud D. Sullivan; Old Woman's Home Auxiliary, Mrs. Walter Keith and Mrs. Horace G. Hill; United Commercial Travel- ers, Mrs. John Oman, Chairman; Equal Suffrage Association, Mrs. W. A. Overall, Chairman; and Daughters of America, Mrs. Pat Quigley, Chairman.
Each organization mentioned in this chapter entered into a friendly rivalry to see which could make the most lavish display and the most helpful demonstration at their respective booths. Characteristic of Davidson County's womanhood, the results of the efforts of the women at the various booths at the Woman's World War Work Exposition received nation-wide comment. Mrs. Robert W. Nichol, Di- rector, received numerous communications from Eastern and Western states con- gratulating her original ideas and commenting upon the wonderful display of Davidson County women's talents and willing sacrifices made by them for their boys in service. Each patriotic organization was not only given an opportunity to demonstrate its achievements at the Exposition, but was enabled to add a consid- erable amount of funds to its treasury. The funds for the Gold Star Service Flag of Davidson County were secured at a booth at the Exposition by the Girls' Patriotic League, of which Mrs. Rogers Caldwell was State President. The work at the Ten- nessee State Fair by the women during the reconstructive period was extensive and profitable, and work along these lines was still being carried on under the direction of Mrs. Robert Nichol when this volume went to press.
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Davidson County Chapters. Daughters of the American Revolution
MRS. EDWIN A. PRICE. Regent of Tennessee MRS. EDWARD WEST FOSTER. Chairman of World War Activities
The Daughters of the American Revolution justified their inheritances as de- scendants of the makers of America by the hearty response they accorded their coun- try in the creat crisis of the World War. In every phase of war work. however difficult. the three Nashville chapters, Cumberland. Campbell and MeCrory. were foremost in the ranks of workers, and their record is entirely worthy of the blood of their distinguished ancestors.
Mrs. Edwin A. Price. State Regent of the D. 1. R.'s. appointed Mrs. Edward W. Foster Chairman of War Activities for Davidson County. and Mrs. Foster received efficient co-operation of every mem- ber of the three chapters in the county.
CUMBERLAND CHAPTER. D. A. R.
The oldest chapter established in Nashville is the Cumberland. of which Mrs. Harry Evans was Regent during the World War. Other officers were: Mrs. Louis Henry Sperry. First Vice-Regent: Mrs. MRS, EDWIN A. PRN. Margaret Shank R. nt ot lenteskre F Ting t, World War James B. Totten. Second Vice-Regent: Mrs. James O. Hendley. Recording Secretary: Mrs. R. A. Henry. Corresponding Secretary: Miss Gene Bradford. Registrar: Mrs. Margaret Lind-Jey Hoyte Hicks. Treasurer. and Miss Martha James. Historian.
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