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"At the entrance of our government in the world's great struggle John Weber was among the first to volunteer. He sold all of his possessions, invested his funds in Liberty Bonds for the benefit of his widowed mother and, untrammeled, dedi- cated himself with heart and hand to the services of his country.
"He sought no office, desired no insignia or rank, but joined a battery of ar- tillery as a private soldier, and by his soldierly conduct attracted the attention and esteem of his officers and the admiration and confidence of his comrades.
"On the practice field. by the explosion of a trench mortar of his battery. he and four of his comrades met instant death. His remains were taken back to the home of his childhood, to the great State of Tennessee, whose soil has been conse- crated by the blood of more patriots than any state of the American Union, save one.
"John Weber made the supreme sacrifice for his country and its cause, and if he had lived through all the years allotted to man on earth. and every virtuous effort crowned with its full reward, and had there been vouchsafed to him a chariot of fire, he could not have left this earth with greater glory.
"He lived and passed like some rare flower: maturing early. opens wide at night. dispels its richest fragrance on the air. and in the morning is withered on its stem."
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Private Weber's mother has many letter- in her possession from army officials and friends which commend her son's fearlessness and readiness to pay the supreme sacrifice.
PVT. EDGAR O. WILLIAMS was born in Nashville. Tenn .. in 1873. He was a brother of James T. Williams, who resides in Nashville. He was a member of the regular army. having enlisted at Fort McDowell. Calif .. December 24. 1913. When the United States entered the World War he was transferred by request from Com- pany 1. 30th Infantry. to Company C. Ilth Infantry. He died of disease July 1. 1918 which he contracted while at camp awaiting embarkation for overseas. llis body was brought to Nashville for burial, draped in the flag which he so faithfully and willingly served. and for which he made the supreme sacrifice.
PVT. ALPHELS NELSON WHITE. son of Robert and Margaret E. White. of Nash- ville. Tenn .. was born in Allisona. Tenn .. April 20. 1896. He was inducted into World War service at Nashville. September 22. 1917. and was trained at Camp Jackson. S. C. He sailed for overseas duty April 21. 1918. lle was actively en- gaged in several noted battles, among which were the engagements in the St. Mihiel sector. He died November 29, 1918. of wounds received on the battlefield in that sector. He served with the following organizations: Company . 327th Infantry: Company F. 322nd Infantry: and was with Company F. Ilth Infantry. at the time of his death. He was buried at Beaune Cote d'Or. France. Private White was fear- less and his marked courage in battle was highly commended by authorities in service.
IST LIEUT. WALTER S. YARBROUGH. son of Mrs, Daisy Yarbrough. of Nashville. Tenn .. was born on February 27. 1895. He was reared in Nashville and received his early education in the Nashville public schools. Ambitious for a complete edu- cation. he worked his way through college, and during his last year at Transyl- vania University he became instructor of athletics. He was a football star in prep school. and was chosen. while at the University of Kentucky. as all-Kentucky quar- terback. Before completing his education. the United States entered the World War. and immediately thereafter Lieutenant Yarbrough entered an officers' training camp. at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind., and was commissioned First Lieutenant. While there he was athletic and boxing instructor.
A quotation from the paper. published by the 12th Infantry Club. at Fort Ben- jamin Harrison. of which he was a member. reads as follows:
"Walter S. Yarbrough. "Wat.' was the athletic star of the 12th Company and in addition to coaching the boxers, represented the company in the middleweight di- Vision of the boxing world."
Lieutenant Yarbrough was sent to Camp Funston. Kans .. and later to Fort Sill. Okla .. for special training in bavonet fighting. and at the completion of the course was sent back to Camp Funston as bayonet instructor. Here he organized the foot- ball team of the 89th Division, which later played in Paris, France, with distinction
When the 89th Division embarked for overseas, Lieutenant Yarbrough was at- wahed to Company F. Both Infantry, and served with this regiment overseas. Later he was transferred to the officer's stall. much to his dissatisfaction, and by request og- allowed to again join his connades at the front with the 89th Division. Ile
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participated in all engagements from St. Mihiel to Meuse-Argonne. On the night of November 8 a patrol of fifteen men was sent to swim the Meuse River, which was entirely frozen over. The men were compelled to turn back before they reached the German lines. As important information was needed at the time, the night following Lieutenant Yarbrough was again selected to attempt this sacred duty, due to his splendid athletic record.
Captain Malvin C. Fisher, who was in command of the regiment at the time, in a message sent to Lieutenant Yarbrough's mother. said: "Watt was the only officer whom I could hope to successfully swim the icy river. The mission was one of great danger. A friend accompanied him and they were to be protected from the ice by a barrage, but it failed. Lieutenant Yarbrough was desperately wounded and was taken prisoner and died November 26, 1918."
Mrs. Yarbrough received many communications from the highest officers of the A. E. F. down to "buck" privates of the 89th Division, commenting in glowing terms on the courage and faithfulness of her son, on his cheerful devotion to duty, and on the love for him of his comrades.
One officer wrote: "I hope if it is necessary for me to give my life that I can give it as willingly and cheerfully as Lieutenant Yarbrough. He had a smile that would make his worst enemy love him."
Lieutenant Yarbrough's body is now buried at Rose Hill Cemetery. Columbia. Tenn., by the side of his grandfather, a captain in the Civil War. Lieutenant Yar- brough was a model young man and his record as soldier will be read with pride by Tennesseans for generations, and his name will be listed among the greatest heroes of America. This last brave act which caused his death is a deed but few soldiers of the World War can boast, yet no sacrifice was too great for this brave hero to make. His was indeed the supreme sacrifice. He smilingly gave his all.
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Anuing Hrmury
VERS. W. D MAGGAL6 |Annie Laurie Champi
MRS. FORTE AMENDE MIIH
MRS. RYCH11 JACKSON LAWRINCL.
MRS. JOSEPH LINDALER
VIRS, MARGARLI CAMPBELL. PITCHER ( MIS. J. SO MERS. SAM BLOOMSILEN
MRS. VERNER M. WILLIAMS HARI AME -. J. E.
MRS. JAMES KNON PORK (Mary flibbler
MRS. R. \ GLIBINK (Mildred Metcalf,
MRS. EDWARD SHELLEY Elizabeth Snyder
MRs. J. D. GoopWIN |Jessie Cov)
MRS. MARY 1 OUIST WARNER LIE (Mrs. Luke)
MRS. H. B. His. MRS. A. J. PORTER
MER -. J. W. HURi
MIRs. P. 1. SHELTON
MRS. AUGINA FORD SAWROL. Mr -. B. A.)
DAVIDSON COUNTY WOMEN IN THE WORLD
WAR. 1914-1919
MRS. WILLIAM K. MC ALLISTER
MRS. HESSE CORBETT
MRS. JOHN C. BROWN (Elizabeth Guhlress)
MRS. SARAH CATHERINE MILLER
MRS. JOHN MOORE
MISS MAE PHILIPS
MRS. NOAH COOPER
Miss LUCILE LANDER
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Tributes by Davidson County's Two Colonels whose Regiments Were Composed of a Large Per Cent of Davidson County Soldiers
1. commander of the 11 1th Field Artillers. and on its behalf. I am impelled to make a permanent record of the deep appreciation felt by every officer and enlisted man of the regiment for the whole-hearted and unselfish service rendered it by the splendid womanhood of Nashville and Davidson County.
The unlimited sacrifices and beautiful devotion of these women in contributing to our comfort served to inspire each of us throughout the entire service.
I wish to extend to every one of them my assurance of deep personal apprecia- tion and respect.
I Signed: LUKE LFA.
Colonel. 11 Field Artillery. A. E. F.
Nashville. Teun .. July 5. 1922.
It is fitting and proper that a record of the World War activities of the women of Davidson County should be preserved. The work of these noble women consti- tutes a precious heritage to posterity.
Modern warfare is not merely a conflict between the armed forces of the com- batants but it has become a struggle in which there is a post of duty for every man. woman and child. and the part that cach must play is essential to the final success.
The sentiment of the soldiers is: All honor to the womanhood of David-on County.
(signed) HARRY S. BERRY. Colonel. 115th Field Artillery. A. E. F.
Hendersonville. Tenn .. July 10. 1922.
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Tennessee and Davidson County Surgical Dressings Committee
MRS. GEORGE WEEKS H .: LE ( Virginia McHenry )
MRS. GEORGE WEEKS HALE. MRS. ARTHUR EVANS
MRS. JOSEPH THOMPSON
State Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary
The first organized efforts for World War relief work in Davidson County were made by a voluntary organization under the chairmanship of Mrs. George Weeks Hale. State Chairman. and Mrs. Hale's sister. Miss Louise MeHenry. Davidson County Chairman. Mrs. Hale and Miss MeHenry were traveling in France when war was declared in 1914. Impressed with the need for women's services. they worked in the Red Cross workrooms at Tours, France, for three weeks in order to acquire the correct knowledge for making hospital supplies. They were the only Americans in this group.
Upon their return to Nashville, in November, 1914, Mrs. Hale assembled a few of her friends at her home and organized them into a unit for making surgical dressings for French hospitals. Money for materials was obtained by voluntary sub- scriptions and meetings were held at the homes of the members. The work went forward with such earnestness that by spring of 1915 three cases of hospital supplies were ready for shipment to the hospital at Tours. France-the first offering from any Southern State to the belligerent countries.
In October. 1915. Mrs. Hale was appointed presi- dent of the National Organization, Surgical Dressings Committee. for Tennessee. by Miss Carita Spencer, Na- tional President. Mrs. Hale consolidated her unit with the new organization and organized four other un'ts in
MISS LOUISE MCHENRY
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difaggot sections of the city. Working units were established in nearly every county war of the State, and more than four thousand women were enrolled as members f the Tennessee organization. Thirty thousand sur- gical dressing- were made by the Tennessee com- mitter.
When the United States entered the World War. and upon the establishment of the American Red Cross chapters. Mrs. Hale advised members of her unit throughout the State to alliliate with this or- ganization.
The charter members and supporters of Mrs. Hale's unit were:
Mis. John Atchison. Mrs. Frank \. Berry. Wis, Johnson Bransford. Mrs. Whitelourd R. Cale. Mrs. Henry Connor. Vr- Henry E. Colion, Mrs. Guilford Dudley. Mrs. Idahelle Wilson. Mrs. Harry W. Evans. Mrs. Arthur Evans. Mrs. Felix Ewing. Mrs. Edgar M. Faster. Mrs. MePheeters Glas- guw. Mr. Graham Hall, Mrs. Harry Howe. Mrs. Clarence Lewis, Mrs. Perey D. Maddin. Mrs. Clark Pritchett. Mrs. John B. Ran-om, Jr., Mrs. Robert Smith. Mrs Harry Stores, Mis. Joseph Thompson, Ji. Mrs. T. Graland Tinsley. Mr. Sagen Walker, Mis, Edwin Warner. Mrs. Robert Watkins, Mrs. Dempsey Weaver. Mrs. Therea- 1. Webb. Mrs James Spencer Mellenis. Miss Enima Morrow Anderson, Miss Sara Berry. 'iis- Della Dortch, Miss Louise Mellenty. and Mlle Margont Saurin.
Mrs Hale received the "Reconnaissance Medal" from the French Government in token of it- appreciation of her valuable services. She also received congratula- tions from Miss Maud Wetmore, National Chairman of War and Home Relief. and Mrs. Mary Hatch Willard. International Chairman of the Surgical Dressings Com- mitter.
When the call for a million surgical dressings came forth frem Europe. Tennes- -ee was the first Southern State to respond. with Mrs. Hale as leader. Before the United States en- tered the war. shipments to the warring nations were made by the American Red Cross and other relief societies.
Mis- Louise Metlenry devoted her entire tim . to World War work until her fatal illness in June. 1917. She was stricken while working on a flag to present to two little boys in when she wished to in-till patriotism. Her desire to serve her country until the end of the strife was her only regret in boing. She believed that the great conflict was sig. nife int of the spiritual welfare of the world. and The alluded to death as "going over the top." Vi- Ve Henry wis ever eiger to make any sacrifice neer . -aty for her country.
the organized the first Red Cross class in Vash. Ville at the Y. B. ( V .. and through ho effort - the hr-t Red Cross flay elevated in Nashville was raised with impressive ceremonies on do roof of the Y. W. C. V. building.
The idea of heat children's auxiliaries was Mis. Mellenny's, and she could not
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rest until an auxiliary was formed in Nashville. Under her loving ministry many children received lessons in good citizenship.
Miss MeHenry was an ardent patriot. and a few days before her death she re- marked: "It is a wonderful time to live and a beautiful time to die, when so many buoyant young spirits are going." Her casket was draped with the flag of her coun. try, which she loved and served so faithfully.
IN MEMORIAM
- LOUISE MCHENRY. June 10. 1918.
"Deep within the soul of her. Where no eye could see. Burned the radiant ecstasies Of God's Eternity.
"As through Cathedral windows The Temple light doth glow.
There shone about her holy life The truths her soul did know." -Mary DeMoville.
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Davidson County French Red Cross Unit
MRS. JAMES SPENCER MCHENRY. Organizer
In December. 1911. three years before America entered the World War. a unit. composed of young school girls, was formed for the purpose of making surgical dressings for the French Red Cross. Mrs. James Spencer MeHenry was the presi- dent of this pioneer unit.
Meetings were held once a week at the home of Mrs. MeHenry for a period of five months. More than fourteen hundred muslin bandages and gauze compresses were made and sent to France by this unit. Fund- for purchasing supplies were donated by the members of the unit. which was composed of the following young ladies, with Mrs. James Spencer Mellenry as president and instructor:
Miss Glads- Witherspoon, Miss Ruth Witherspoon. Miss Lily Atchison. Miss Emma Morrow Atchison. Miss Kathleen Garrett. Miss Mary Harding Buckner. Miss Lunds Fite. Miss Annie Laurie Campbell. Miss Elizabeth Gardner, Miss Martha Killebrew. Miss Elizabeth Neil. Miss Martha Lindsey. Miss Valore Blair. Miss Martha Hayes, Miss Linda Landis, Miss Cornelia Kreble. Wiss Mary Wheeler. Miss Lillian Dobson. Wiss Reba Wilson Gray. Miss Elizabeth Buckner. Miss Alice Hall Lindsey. Miss Evalina Kenner. Miss Helen Killebrew. Miss Ellen Stokes. Miss Saphia Ezzell. Miss Lucile Manev. Miss Mary De Moville Hill. Miss Elise Maney, Miss Agnez Zarecor. Miss Corrinne Craig. Miss Sarah Shannon. Miss Mildred Gray. Miss Evelyn Donglas. Miss Emma Schwab. Wiss Avon Hail, Miss Mildred Bond. Miss Elizabeth Fite. and Miss Lilhan Warner.
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Query Club
MISS FRANCES PILCHER and MISS FERMINE PRIDE, World War Presidents
It is peculiarly fitting that the Query Club should have been the first club in Davidson County to undertake any constructive form of World War relief work, as it is the oldest woman's club in Tennessee.
In the summer of 1914, Miss Louise MeHenry, one of the beloved members of the club, and for several years its president, was traveling in France, when war was declared. She witnessed the stirring mobilization of the French troops, and immediately joined a group of French women organized for the purpose of making hos- pital supplies. Thus from the outbreak of the World War-three years before America's entrance into the conflict-the Query Club had the distinction of having a part in World War relief work.
Returning from France in the fall of 191-4. Miss Mc- Henry presented to the Query Club the needs of the French hospitals: and at a meeting on November 28, 1914, it was decided that the club would prepare a box of hospital supplies to be shipped to France as early as possible.
The first meeting for this purpose was held at the MISS FRANCES PILCHER Y. W. C. A., December 10. 1914, with the Club Presi- dent, Miss Paralee McLester, and Miss McHenry as instructors. Both the active and honorary members of this club took part in the work. which was so vigorously car- ried on that on January 14. 1915, a box, containing one hundred and eight band- ages, six hundred compresses, and a large quantity of other necessities. was ready for shipment to France. Hospital supplies were so scarce in France at that time that the letter of appreciation from the hospital at Tours. to which the shipment was sent, was a very warm one.
During the winter of 1915 and 1916 several of the Query Club members assisted Miss Louise McHenry in getting up a box containing outfits for the World War babies in France.
The Club members who had a part in this Davidson County pioneer World War work were: Miss Louise McHenry, Organizer: Miss Paralee McLester. President : Miss Annie Allison, Miss Lula Andrews. Miss Ella Brown, Miss Auna Blanton. Miss Dorothy Calhoun, Miss Libbie Morrow, Miss Elizabeth Thompson. Miss Louise Bryan. Miss Della Dortch. Miss Lizzie Elliott. Miss Courtney Hollins, Miss Eunice Jackson. Miss Alice Orr. MISS FERMINE PRIDE Miss Frances Pilcher, Miss Fermine Pride. Miss Mar- garet Vance. Miss Mary Lou White, Miss Rebecca Jones, Miss Lucile Landis. Miss Mary Linda Manier. Miss Mary Lipe, Miss Cornelia Marr. Miss Mary Ramage. Miss Theodora Scruggs. Miss Ada Swann. Miss Flavel Wilkin, and Miss Ellen Wallace.
Honorary members: Mrs. Charles Kinkead. Mrs. Charles A. Martin. Mrs. Tyler
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Calhoun. Mrs. Charles C. Trabuc. Mrs. Wvery Handly. Mrs. Horace Trabue. Mrs. Perey D. Maddin, Mrs. Walter Keith. Mrs. Frank W. Ring. Mrs. Leshe Kirkpatrick. Mrs. Harry Leech. Mrs. Guilford Dudley. Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne. Mrs. W. L. Gran- bery. Mrs. W. 11. Montgomery. Mes. Claude Waller. Mrs. A. G. Adams. and Mrs. 1 B. Benediel.
The Query Club was one of the first organizations in Tennessee to make appro- priate war-time changes in its routine work. As early as December 12. 1911. it was agreed that the club should do away with its expensive year book and give the money thus saved to World War relief work.
In Wav. 1917. as a substitute for the annual club picnic, an informal gathering was held at the home of Miss Frances Pilcher. then Club President, and the sum of $60, which would ordinarily have been devoted to an elaborate picnic luncheon. was voted by the club members to be sent to the American Permanent Blind War Relief fund. The Query Club members not only made financial contributions to war charities, but they also joined the national movement for conservation and simple living.
At the club meeting in December. 1917. it was voted that the club. as a whole, would adopt one French orphan.
In February. 1918. a War Savings and Thrift Club was formed by the members, with Miss Mary Stallman as chairman. Miss France- Pilcher remained in office as president of the Query Club during the year 1918. A second French orphan was adopted by Miss Mary Lou White in the name of the Query Club. Again the annual pienie was planned along simple lines and the sum of $25 thus saved was given to the Nashville Emergency Canteen of the American Red Cross. of which Mrs. Harry Evan- was Commandant.
On February 1. 1919. the Query Club assumed charge of a third French orphan.
In addition to the club members who took active part in the Query Club's pioncer World War work. the following members later became affiliated with other war or- ganizations and had share in all subsequent war work in the county: Miss Mar- waret Bransford. Miss Anna Cooper. Miss Katherine Hall. Miss Amelia MeLester. Miss Frances Mc Lester. Miss Mary Hiner. Miss Mary Hollins. Miss Mary D. Hous- ton. Wiss Anne Kinkead. Miss Elizabeth Kirkland. Miss Louise Parkes. Miss Mar- Caret Ransom. Miss Katherine Seay. Miss Mary Stahlman, Miss Ellen Stokes, and Mis Ellen Ransom.
The honorary members of the Query Club who answered every call. regardless of how difficult the task might be. were:
Mr -. A. G. Adams, Mrs. J. M. Anderson, Mis. A. B. Benedict, Mrs. Sue L. Brown. Mrs. Claiborne Bryan. Mr4. James (. Bradford. Mrs. Tyler Calhoun. Mrs. T. Wilbur Crutcher. Jr .. Mrs. Lemuel R. Campbell, Mrs. MeNott Cox, Mrs. Whiteboard R. Cole. Mrs. Sidney S. Crockett. Mrs. John H1. De Witt. Mrs. Guilford Dudley. Mrs. McPheeters Glasgow. Mrs. W. L. Granbery. Mrs. J. W. Howard, Mrs. Avery Handly, Mrs. W. D. Hardeman, Mrs. Marvin Holderness, Mrs. Alfred E. Howell. Mrs. Knox Hume, Mrs. George Hillman, Mrs. W. T. Keemon. Mrs. Walter Keith. Mrs. Charles S. Kinkead. Mrs. Perey D. Maddin. Mrs. Leslie Kirkpatrick. Mrs. Frank W Ring, Mrs. Walter Stokes, Mrs. Mamie B. Sawrie. Mrs. Charles Sykes, Mrs. Charles C. Traque, Mrs. John W. Thomas. Mrs. Joseph Thompson. Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne. Mrs. Claude Waller. Mrs. Denpory Weaver, Mrs. George P. Winton. Mrs. Thomas E. Matthews, Mrs. W. W. Berry. Mrs. John H. Renses, Mrs. George Price. Mrs. M. A. Montgomery, Mis. Samuel H. Orr. Mr -. ( Parles (. Martin, Mrs. W. Il. Williamson, Mrs. Ann Rankin, Miss Mary De Moville. Miss Annie De Mosille. Miss Mary Allen Thompson. Miss Annie Thompson. Miss Flavel Wilkin, Miss Mary Woods. Miss Prudence Polk. Miss Alice Orr, and Miss Cornelia Marr.
It is a matter of pride with the Query Club that, when the United States entered the World War. the club furnished many directors of important war activities. Mrs.
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Percy D. Maddin was Vice-Chairman of the Nashville Red Cross Chapter and Chair- man of the Administrative Board: Mrs. Sidney S. Crockett organized and was the first leader of the Nashville Chapter Emergency Canteen, and Chairman of Camp Activities; Mrs. Guilford Dudley was State Chairman of the Woman's Committee for the First, Second and Third Liberty Loans and a member of the National Board; Miss Louise MeHenry was Chairman of the Educational Classes and Nursing Service. Nashville Chapter. A. R. C., and was the first Davidson County woman to serve in World War work: Mrs. Frank W. Ring was supervisor and instructor of the Surgical Dressings Department of the Nashville Red Cross Chapter; Mrs. Dempsey Weaver was President of the Middle Tennessee and Davidson County Society of Fatherless Children of France and a member of the National Board; Miss Virginia Nelson. Miss Catherine Hall and Miss Ann Blanton were selected for overseas duty, and Miss Ellen Wallace was stationed at a Y. W. C. A. hostess house in a southern camp.
Many of the Query Club members were mothers of sons in service and the wives of husbands in service. The service flag, which bore more stars on its white field than any other in Tennessee, hung in the home of Mrs. A. G. Adams, who, as Miss Sue Howell, was one of the charter members of the Query Club. Mrs. Adams had six sons in active service and a seventh in government work.
There was no call of the government which did not receive the loyal support and assistance of the Query Club from 1911 until 1919. the close of the World War period.
Mrs. Claude Waller had the distinction of cutting the first pattern for surgical dressings used in Nashville. Mrs. Walter Keith was one of the first volunteers for Red Cross work. Mrs. James C. Bradford served on the National Board of the United States War Garden Movement. Mrs. J. M. Anderson was one of the first Red Cross instructors. Miss Libbie Morrow was one of the first to begin publicity work. and continued to perform this duty during the four years of the war. Miss Della Dortch was State Chairman of Belgium Relief, and raised $60,000 for this work. Miss Mary Linda Manier completed one of the first Red Cross courses in surgical dressings and served as one of the first instructors. Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne was State Vice-Chairman of National League for Woman's Service and Vice-Chair- man of Army Comfort League. Mrs. W. L. Granbery was Chairman of Christmas parcels for soldiers of the A. E. F., 1918, when thousands of packages were labeled and mailed by the Nashville Chapter. Red Cross. Mrs. M. A. Montgomery was among the first instructors in Red Cross Surgical Dressings classes. Mrs. Averv Handly and Miss Mary Ramage were active members of the Nashville Emergency
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