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The patriotie women of Tennessee. led by Mrs. Harry W. Evans, of Nashville, at once organized the Navy Comforts Committee to supply this demand. They were the pioneers who blazed the way for the tremendous World War work that later became necessary when the huge army of the United States was training for over- seas duty.
Mrs. Evans was appointed by Washington officials as Tennessee Chairman for the Navy Comforts Committee, and although the work was new and the treasury without funds. an organization was formed which attacked the work with such ef- ficieney that the results were both immediate and satisfying.
STATE UNITS
Among the most active Tennessee units outside of Davidson County were: Clarks- ville Unit. Mrs. J. D. Herndon. President: Mrs. William C. Daniel. Secretary; Fayetteville Unit. Miss Lucile Lamb. President: Wiss Elizabeth Beasley. Secretary: Tom Rve Unit. Paris, Mrs. John Sweeney. President: Wiss Louise Scale -. Secretary; Viss Corrinne Lewis. Treasurer: Huntingdon I nit. Wiss Mary Hawkins. President; Franklin Unit. Mrs. William B. Dozier. President: Mrs. Joseph Eggleston. Serre- tary: Hendersonville I nit. Miss Sara Berry. President: Cedar Hill Unit. Mrs. Joseph Washington. President: Cookeville Unit. Mrs. Rutledge Smith, President: I nion City Enit. Mrs. A. L. Brevard. President: Springfield Unit. Mrs. Neil S. Glenn President: and Ridgetop Unit. Mr -. J. Il. Zarecor. President. The last-
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named unit was the first unit to fill an order for helmets for aviators. This unit served later with the Nashville Red Cross Chapter.
A central committee was appointed by Mrs. Harry W. Evans to direct the work in the State and consisted of: Mrs. Harding Jackson, Vice-Chairman: Miss Mary Ramage, Secretary and Treasurer: Mrs. Sidney S. Crockett. Advisor and ex-officio member of all committees: Mrs. W. J. Morrison. Publicity; Mrs. Andrew Price, In- spection: Mrs. Spencer McHenry, Packing; Miss Lillian Warner. Girls' Auxiliary : Mrs. I. W. Miller, Centennial Club. and Miss Sallie Richardson. Knitting.
MRS. ANDREW PRICE (Elizabeth Gay)
Mrs. Andrew Price's Inspection Committee was composed of Mrs. Percy Warner, Mrs. Edwin A. Price, Mrs. John Hill Eakin, and Mrs. George Price.
Serving with Mrs. Spencer McHenry in the Pack- ing Department were: Mrs. Charles C. Trabue, Miss Annie DeMoville, Mrs. C. A. Goding. Mrs. J. W. Howard. Mrs. Kate B. Hutchinson, Mrs. L. G. Handley, Mrs. Charles Dudley Jones, and Mrs. W. V. Kennedy.
Miss Lillian Warner's Girls' Auxiliary included: Miss Mary Nelson. Miss Reba Gray, Miss Eleanor Tyne, Miss Mary Lee Crockett. Miss Mary Harding Buckner, Miss Lucile Holman, and Miss Frances Dudley.
Miss Sallie Richardson's Knitting Committee was composed of: Mrs. Edwin Warner. Miss Kath- erine Berry. Miss Mary Linda Manier, and Mrs. Edward Scruggs.
Mrs. I. W. Miller's Committee included: Mrs. John Hill Eakin, Mrs. D. C. Scales. Mrs. W. O. Tirrill. Mrs. Sam Puryear, Mrs. Charles S. Brown, Miss Alice Tuck. Mrs. Simpson Walker. Mrs. Sidney S. Crockett, Mrs. John W. Mosby and Mrs. A. W. Shipp.
The Central Committee organized sixty-one charter units of the Navy Comforts Committee in Tennessee, and these units worked constantly in the closest harmony with the Nashville Committee.
The Davidson County Navy Comforts Committee was organized at a mass meet- ing at the Centennial Club in April. 1917. and representatives from every woman's organization and club in the county were present. They were organized into a Headquarters Committee, with Mrs. Harry W. Evans as director, and also director of the county organization. The use of the Centennial Club was tendered the com- mittee for their headquarters by Mrs. Sidney S. Crockett, the president, and the members of this club gave generous assistance in every branch of the work which was carried on in the club house for ten months.
The executive Board of the Davidson County Committee consisted of :
Mrs. Walter Stokes, Review Club; Mrs. George E. Blake, Browning and Friday Morning Clubs; Mrs. John Kreig. Kipling Club; Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Daughters of 1812; and repre- sentatives of the following United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapters: Mrs. Mark Harrison, Mary Frances Hughes Chapter; Mrs. Harry Lee, Annie Humphreys Morton Chapter: Mrs. W. T. Davis. William B. Bate Chapter; Mrs. Thomas Newbill, Nashville Chapter; Miss Mary House. Harriet Overton Chapter; and Mrs. John C. Brown, State U. D. C .: Mrs. Reau Folk, First Ten- nessee Regiment; Mrs. L. G. Noel. Vanderbilt Woman's Club; Mrs. Armstrong Allen. Twentieth Century Club: Mrs. Roger Eastman. Belmont Magazine Club. Mrs. W. F. Bang and Mrs. W. L. Tally. W. C. T. U .; Mrs. Robert W. Nichol. Art Association; Mrs. Leslie Warner and Miss
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STabla JEcts Suffrage Assortation: Mis. G. M. Seuls. Vanderbilt Aid: Mrs. Grabber. Jack - Verde Let Wegman's Club; Mas. Elizabeth Five Page. Metaphysical Club; Mrs. Ale Cland Istent Trong Assa lation: Mrs Charles Cohn, Temple Sisterhood; Mrs. J. D. Blanten. Wand Simmots Was Lunes Palmer, Florence Cuttenden Home: Wis. Walter Keith. Old Woman's Home: Site Head . Hill. Old Woman's Home. Junion Board; N& W. G. Ewing, Protestant's () Mr- 11. \ Helabaugh, Rutledge Magazine Club; and the following representatives at VE !). A. R. Chapters, with Mrs. E. W. Fuster as chairman-general: Mrs. K. T. W.Comom .. Cumberland Chapter: Mrs James E. Caldwell. Campbell Chapter: and Mrs. W. W. V.Crox Chapter: Wis, Edward Buford. Y. W. C. A .: Mrs Henry Teitlebaum, Council Hier Women: Mas, James E. Caldwell, Peabody Woman's Club: Mrs. John Hill Eakin. Two wa Clab: Mes. Robert F. Jackson, Colonial Dames: Mrs. Walter Johns. East Side Civic Ylt Ats, Alex Caldwell. State Federation of Women's Clubs: Miss Louise G. Lindsley. Ladies' Hermitage Association: Miss Martha Handley. A. J. Harris Circle. Independent Daughters of Food Fordey: W Elizabeth Bloomstein. Magazine Circle: Mis Fermin Pride and Miss Frances Abbas Qners Club: Miss Roberta Tapples. Second District: Miss Margaret Thompson. Ninth Viaboot. and Mrs. Count R. Boyd. Fourteenth District.
Instructions in how to "knit the kits" were received from National Headquarters. at Washington. and and army of knitters was recruited from the veteran knitter- of other wars and from every rank and file of Davidson County's womanhood. To procure wool for such a knit- ting force now became the first interest of the Navy Comforts Committee, and various kinds of public bene- hit entertainment> were given to raise funds for this purpose.
The Girls' Auxiliary gave a ball al the Chamber of Commerce. in Nashville, and raised the first large sum for the wool fund. Miss Lillian Warner. Chairman of the Auxiliary. served as chairman of the ball. and the Central Committee of the Davidson County Executive Board acted as patronesses.
Mrs. Paul Rye served as chairman of a card party at the Hermitage Hotel. where seventy-five tables were provided. with handsome prizes by the generosity of the Nashville retail merchants. and a large sum was real- ized for the wool fund from Mrs. Rye's entertainment.
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Nashville newspapers gave generously of their spare and local motion picture houses kept the committee's work constantly before the public by flashing messages on the screen and by allowing school girls and young matrons, wearing the Navy Comforts Committee badge, to pass collection plates through the audiences.
The following battleships were fully equipped by the work of the women of this organization: The U. S. S. Nashville, the Dixie, the Panther, the Balch. the Melville. the Shaw. the Stewart, the Colorado, and the Farragut.
In August. 1917. a letter was sent to Washington, D. C .. by Mrs. Evans, asking that the members of the Navy Comforts Committee be allowed to work for the sol- dier- as well as the sailors. National authorities at once replied with the desired permission, and all woolen outfits then on hand were sent to Tennessee men. wherever they could be reached. Many outfits were sent to Col. Luke Lea. Com- mander of the IL Ith Field Artillery, and to Col. Harry Berry, Commander of the 115th Field Artillery. Four hundred and eighty-eight outfits were forwarded to Captain Perev A. Perkins. Ambulance Company No. 166. Tennessee Enit of the Rain- bow Division. The men of this unit had no sweaters or other woolen comforts, and in twenty-four hours after the request for such articles was received the consign-
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ment was shipped. reaching Captain Perkins' men on the day they sailed for over-ra- duty.
Lieut. John Overton. one of Nashville's fallen heroes. of the l. S. Marines, was supplied with a complete woolen outfit. and on the day he left America he wrote a letter of appreciation to the members of the Navy Comforts Committee. Capt. Lewis Tillman. of the United States Reserves in France, was sent muy of the comfort- for his men. Howell Adams, of the 12th Engineers (Ry.1. 1. 5. Res is . was also I've recipient of a complete outfit
After ten months of the most strenuous and efficient work the Navy Comfort- Committee realized the necessity of consolidating its forers with the newly established American Red Cross Chapter to prevent duplication of work and waste of mate ial. Mrs. Harry W. Evans, President, sent a circular letter to all the units in Tennessee. asking them to merge with their local Red Cross Chapters. When this was done the life of the Navy Comforts Committee as a separate organization came to a close . but the intelligent efforts of its trained women added much to the efficiency of the Nashville Chapter of the Red Cross, as well as other patriotie organizations formed later.
Mrs. Harry Evans became the Commandant of the Emergeney Canteen Service of the Nashville Red Cros . Chapter, where she worked with the same ability which had made the Navy Comforts Committee such a success.
Mrs. Evans also had charge of four hundred wai :- resses at the Nashville Hippodrome during the hom". eoming of the Tennessee boys of the A. E. F., at which time three large banquets were served. giving thousand of soldiers a bounteous "feed."
Women who made possible the success of this pio- neer organization, which began its service with the en- Miss MARY RAMAGE trance of America into the World War, will be found to be practically the personne! of the women of Davidson County who carried on until the close of war activities, which culminated in the 1919 Christmas roll eall of the Nashville Red Cross Chap- ter, of which Mrs. Granbery Jackson, a member of the Central Committee. was chairman. Due to the experience gained in organization by the members of the Navy Comforts Committee, many of whom became leaders in other patriotic or- ganizations, credit is due a large per cent of the splendid war work of the women of Davidson County.
The following members of the Navy Comforts organization, who were pioneers, gave generous donations and assisted materially from their homes by knitting and by serving on Telephone Committees to secure workers:
Mrs. J. T. Altman, Mrs. Horace Allen. Mrs. T. P. F. Allison. Mrs. Charles Anderson, Mrs. W. L. Anderson, Mrs. Vance Alexander, Mrs. A. B. Anderson. Mrs. Joseph Abrams, Mrs. B. D. Bell, Mrs. B. B Allen, Mrs. W. S. Bransford, Mrs. Johnson Bransford. Mrs. Byron Martin, Mrs. C. D. Berry, Mrs. O. N. Bryan. Mrs. W. W. Berry, Mrs. H. B. Bond, Mrs. L. P. Bellah, Mrs. H. O. Blackwood, Mrs. W. T. Blue, Mrs. Frank A. Berry, Miss Mary E. Burke, Mrs. Charles Bringhurst, Mrs. Charles Bringleman, Mrs. Dan C. Buntin. Mrs. Count Boyd, Mrs. O. C. Barton. Mrs. J. W. Black, Mrs. H. A. Batchelor, Mrs. Robert Cowan. Mrs. M. S. Combs, Mrs. Robin Cooper. Mrs. Paul Cohn, Mrs. Thomas Craighead. Mrs. Sheffield Clark, Mrs. W. L. Coulter, Mrs. R. E. Donnell, Mrs. H. M. Doak, Mrs. H. F. Dulin, Mrs. A. S. Dabney. Mrs. William Duncan. Mrs. C. H. Dabney, Mrs. Frank Dodson. Mrs. Samuel Douglas, Mrs. L. F. Davis, Mrs. C. W. Clifford, Mrs. M. E. Everett, Mrs. John Early, Mrs. James M. Frank. Mrs. Thomas Farrell.
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.- Manodlo- Frost. Mrs. G. W. Fowler. Mes. Bernard Fensterwald, Mr. W. 1. Gianbery. She- Ligue- (.wathnes. Mrs. F Spares Giren, Mrs. Mary Graves, Mrs. Roberta ( have ilanding M. (, A. Harrington. Mrs. George Hale. Mis Carry Herman. Mrs. W. D. Hutchison. Mrs W V. Hughes, Mrs. P. L. Harned, Mes, Frank Hobson, Mrs. Laura Hutchison. Mrs. Florence W. Hooper. Mts. Mary Hawthorne. Mrs. E. A. Hatcher. Mrs. Grace House, Mrs. Henry Hotton VI. Avery Handly. Mrs. Ben He man, Mrs. Alex Irving. Mrs. Thomas Jos. Mis. Howell E. Jak- n Mrs. Edwin Jackson. Mrs. Robert F. Jackson, Mrs. Norman Kirkman. Mrs. Van Leer Visent, Mrs. George Killebrew, Mrs. John Kennedy, Mrs. R. C. Kenvon, Mrs. Gertrude Lewis. blee E. T. Love. Mis John Felvett, Mts. Jake Lefkowitz. Mrs. Lee Leventhal. Mrs. Horace MobAr- John Ashford. Mrs. J. M. Anderson. Mrs. (. S. Brown, Mrs. Charles Dudley Jones. Mow I \ Leonard, Mrs. W. \. Brvin. Mis. Lewis Baxter, Mrs. Dora B. Grimes. Mrs. E. W. Vi II B. Carre. Mrs Irving Chase, Mrs. Watkins ( rockett, Mis. Nathan Crockett. Mrs. pistole1, Mis, John Check. Mrs. M. M. Cecil. Mrs. John W. Mosby. Mrs. K. C. Moore IF W V. Kooprik. Wis. Buist Richardson. Mrs. Emhe Muth, Mrs. Daisy Lenchan Hoff. Mr. Robert Check. Mrs. Robert Caldwell, Mrs. Leurs Davis, Mrs. W. O. Parmer. Mrs. Ja Dvy Mt Craig MeFarland, Mrs. W. R. Dismikes, Mrs. H. M. Drifoos. Mrs. Harvey Y Dale. Mrs. Heuts Neuhof. Mrs. Albert Ewing. Mrs. Sandy E. Owen, Mr. Montgomery, Mes. R. C. Ewing. Mr-, Myra Fall. Mrs. R. E. Fort. Miss Daisy M. Gunn. Mrs. E. W. Frye. Mrs. William Gupton, Mrs. C. A. Manthy. Wis Mortimer Gaines, Mis. J. E. Hart. Mrs. D. (. Hart. Wis. E. F. Hayward. Mrs. Eustace Hail, Mrs. Sam MeKas. Mrs. Charles Hunt, Mrs. Lucy Manning, Mrs. Moiton B. Howell. Mrs. J. W. Howard. Mrs. Boyt ( .. Howell. Wis, Ferdinand Kuhn. Mrs. John Coode. Mrs. P. A. Murray. Mrs. Sam Woolwine. Mrs. Katherine T. Allen. Mrs. W. 11. Bailey. Mrs. Sam K. Harwell. Mrs. M. E. Deirsberry, Mrs. Marshall Hotchkiss, Mrs. W. D. Haggard. Mt -. J. B. Johns. Mrs. (. A. Goding. Mrs. James Il. Kirkland. Mrs. J. B. Daniel. Mrs. John Kreig, Mr -. Wil- hain Litterer. Mis. Fred Kelsey, Mrs. Dan MeGugin. Mrs. J. W. Moore. Mrs. M. C. MeGannon, Mrs. Je B. Morgan. Mrs. George Morgan, Mrs. 1. 1. Corson, Mrs. Garnet Nucl. Miss Margaret Thompson. Mrs. James E. Caldwell. Jr .. Mrs. Hazel Padgett. Mrs. E. A. Ruddiman. Mrs. John 1. Wokwen. Mrs. Edward Buford. Mrs. Lou Rascoe. Mrs. ( lif Mcclendon, Mis. J. H. Stevenson, Mrs. W. F. Tillett. Wr -. Carey A. Folk. Wrs. J. A. Witherspoon, Mrs. Len K. Whitworth, Mrs. W. I. Witt. Mrs. William \. Ogden. Mrs. W. C. Waldo. Mrs. W. B. Cook. Mrs. Frank Walkink. Mrs. Louis Wood. Wis. John A. Jones. Mr -. B. F. Young, Wr4. 11. B. Chadwell. Mrs. Fieldling Yost. Mrs. White- foord R. Cole, Mrs. James Caver. Mrs. W. Taylor Camp- bell. Mr -. W. W. Crandall. Mrs. R. D. Crutcher. Mrs. Verner Moore Lewis, Mrs. William A. Carter, Mrs. J. H. Corbett, Mrs. J. G. Creveling. . Ir .. Miss Alma Oliver. Miss Dorothy Ashley, Miss Elizabeth Cage. Miss Ola Nann Cage, Mrs. Lee 11. Farris. Mrs. M. E. Fontaine, Mrs. G. A. Locke. Mrs. Ben Lindauer, Mrs. A. Loveman, Mrs. F. G. Lewis, Mrs. Lou Lusky, Mrs. M. S. Lebeek. Mrs. West H. Morton. Mrs. Ridley Wills, Mr -. Fleury Nellellan, Mrs. J. D. G. Morton, Mrs. I. W. Miller, Mrs. Thomas Matthews, Mrs. Ellen Marshall. Mrs. Richard McClain, Mrs. John W. Mosby, Mrs. G. N. Martin. Mrs. J. M. MeGee. Wr -. T. J. Mason. Mrs. Robert W. Nichol. Mrs Andrew O'Brien, Mrs. Margaret Peck, Mrs. l'hzabeth Frye Page. Mrs. Harris Pinner, Mrs. William C. Pollard. Mrs. James K. Polk. Mrs. Marsh Polk. Mrs. Robert Pickering. Mrs. Alex Porter, Mrs. Porter Phillips, Mrs. Samuel Pritchett. MI- James Beasley, Mrs. Bolling Rice. Mrs. J. R. Reeves, Mrs. William B. Reese. Mis. Charles Reeves, Mrs. Elf Ridelsheimer, Mrs. L. R. Rogers, Mrs. Granville P. Rose. Mrs. C. G. Stephens. Mr -. Edward T. Srav. Mrs. M. Sobel. Mrs. R. S. Salzkotter. Mrs. M. J. Smith, Mrs. John Sharpe. Mrs Vernon Sharp, Mrs. Gertrude Schrader. Mrs. Euclid Snow. Mrs. Margaret Sykes. Mrs. 6. 1 .. Smith, Mrs. T. M. Steele. Mrs. W. Il. Bailey, Mrs. Brown Buford. Mrs. J. C. Sweeney. Wiss Helen Buford. Mr -. A. M. Shook. Mra. Leo Schwartz, Mrs. M. A. Spurr. Wr -. A. B. Benedict. Mrs. Joseph W. Byras, Miss Frances Bennie. Mrs. Thomas Nowbill. Mrs. William B. shelton. Mrs. James B. Ezzell. Miss Elizabeth Eve. Miss Margaret Early, Mrs. W. G. Ewing. Mrs. Henry E. Colton. Mrs. E. W. Foster. Mrs. Rogers Caldwell, Mrs. Charles Caldwell, Mrs. Ivan Childress, Mrs. James S. Frazer. Mrs, Georgia Knox-Berry, Mrs. Gladys 1. Chamberlain. Mr -. E. B. Cayce. Mrs, Ed. A. Lindsey. Mrs. M. M. Cullom. Mrs. Charles Baker. Mrs. George
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F. Blackie, Mrs. Percy D. Maddin, Mrs. Water Keith, Mrs. Len B. Fite, Mrs. Mary Washington Frazer, Mrs. S. E. Dickey, Miss Ellen Foster, Mrs. Sam Donglas, Mrs. W. M. Duncan, Mrs. Rufus Fort, Mrs. John H. De Witt, Mrs. Mary C. Dorris, Mrs. Bruce Douglas, Mrs. Oliver Timothy, Mrs. A. N. Tillman, Miss Lillian Taylor, Mrs. Sam Woolwine, Mrs. Joe Wertham, Mrs. W. H. Lambuth, Mrs. Emmett Cooper, Mrs. J. M. Whitsitt, Mrs. Mark Harrison, Mrs. John O. White, Mrs. George Frazer, Miss Percie Warner, Mrs. Bettie Lyle Wilson, Mrs. John Weber, Mrs. J. W. Warner, Miss Ann Warner, Mrs. C. (. Young, Mrs. John Henry Smith, Mrs. Thomas G. Garrett, Mrs. A. E. Cudworth, Mrs. Harvey Herbert, Miss Sara Hitchcock, Mrs. John A. Hitchcock, Miss Elizabeth Binlord. Mrs. George William Fall, Mrs. B. F. Wilson, Mrs. Idabelle Wilson, Mrs. Richard T. Wilson. Miss Louise MeHenry, Mrs. Robert Brannan, Mrs. Humphrey Timothy, Mrs. Cliff MeClendon. Mrs. W. E. Norvell. Mrs. W. 11. Schoerman, Mrs. Joseph West, Mrs. William Manier, Mrs. Owsley Manier, Mrs. James Weakley, Mrs. H. Taylor Campbell, Mrs. J. H. Corbett, Mrs. Paul M. Davis, Mrs. George Schwab, Mrs. M. H. Dobson, Mrs. Horace Canvin, Miss Sadie Canvin. Mrs. R. D. Crutcher. Miss Evelyn Crutcher, Mrs. Frank D. Fuller, Mrs. Renben Mills, Mrs. Harley Matthews. Miss Alice Ifall Lindsey, Mrs. Carey E. Morgan, Mrs. Theresa MeGavock, Mrs. C. A. Marshall. Mrs. Hill McAlister, Mrs. Horace G. Ilill, Mrs. G. M. Neely, Mrs. Jesse M. Overton, Mrs. Leslie Warner, Mrs. A. E. Potter, Mrs. Gibson Pat- terson, Mrs. Kendrick Hardcastle, Mrs. W. A. Oughterson. Mrs. E. Y. Fitzhugh, Mrs. W. L. Granbery, Mrs. Walter Stokes. Mrs. T. Leigh Thompson, Mrs. R. A. Griffin, Mrs. Ellie Huggins, Mrs. Dwight Webb, Mrs. Joseph T. Howell. Mrs. Eugene Crutcher, Mrs. Watkins Crockett. Mrs. Green Benton, Mrs. R. E. Porter, Mrs. C. A. Craig, Miss Kathryn Craig, Mrs. George Washington, Mrs. J. B. Daniel, Mrs. Guilford Dudley, Mrs. Dandridge Caldwell, Mrs. F. M. Clements, Mrs. W. 11. Witt, Miss Lean Marie Faircloth, Miss Frances Pilcher, Mrs. Hallum Goodloe, Miss Lutie C. Jones. Mrs. Alex Perry, Mrs. R. C. Moore, Mrs. Miles Williams, Mrs. J. K. Rains, Mrs. David Rosenfeld, Mrs. Edward Scruggs, Mrs. Charles Stetson, Mrs. W. J. Spire, Mrs. Lewis MeCary. Mrs. Leo Schwartz, Miss Mary R. Smith, Mrs. A. W. Shipp, Mrs. Thomas J. Tyne. Mrs. John W. Thomas. Mrs. Joseph Thompson, Jr .. Mrs. Smith Tennison, Mrs. John W. Thomas, Jr., Miss Elizabeth Buckner, Miss Mary Harding Buckner. Miss Anna Blanton, Miss Minna Hartman, Miss Alice G. Smith, Miss Estelle Haskins, Miss Lanra Benton, Miss Courtney Hollins, Miss Elizabeth Hollins, Miss Lonise Stacey, Miss Julia Hodgson, Miss Bertha Stronp. Miss Freda Chilton. Miss Elizabeth Hough. Miss Ursu'a Smith, Miss Louise Cunning- ham, Miss Mamie Kimbrough. Miss Marion Toney, Miss Hazel Connette, Miss Nell Kean, Miss Jane Turrentine. Miss Mary Porter Kirkman, Miss Martha Tillman. Miss Margaret Estill, Miss Pettie Miller, Miss Annie Mai Underwood, Miss Lizzie Elliott. Miss Susie McWhirter. Miss Elizabeth Wood, Miss Lucy Eastman. Miss Sally Moran, Miss Pearl Watson, Miss Lucile Ferguson, Miss Effie Morgan, Miss Mary Wyatt, Miss Lonise Gamble, Miss Ellen Nance, Miss Mary Lou Goodwin. Miss Nella Patterson, Miss Rose Goodwin, Miss Elizabeth Price, Miss Emilie Goodrich. Miss Mary Parham, Miss Jennie Hough, Miss Frances Davies, Miss Ellen Duffey, Miss Floy Lewis. Miss Mary Lou Harris. Miss Mary Harold. Miss Elizabeth Hart, Miss Elizabeth Kirkland. Miss Louise Lindsley. Miss Helen Mitchell. Wiss Blanche Martin, Miss Martha Nichols, Miss Agnes Smith. Miss Ida Swann, and Miss Rebecca Ward.
Several strong knitting units were organized in Nashville through this organiza- lion, one of the largest being the D. B. Unit, organized by Mrs. John B. Ransom, Jr., and Mrs. Rogers Caldwell. with Mrs. James E. Caldwell. Jr., as instructor. The members of this unit were:
Mrs. John A. MeEwen, Mrs. Allen Berry. Mrs. Charles Hunt, Mrs. Paul Rye, Mrs. W. D. Haggard, Mrs. Richard Dake, Mrs. Edwin Murray, Mrs. Fount Williams, Mrs. Spencer MeHenry. Miss Mary Webb, Mrs. Charles Dudley Jones, Mrs. Henry Frazer, Mrs. Fielding Gordon, Mrs. Walter Morgan, Mrs. Joseph Palmer, Mrs. Byron Martin, Mrs. Meredith Caldwell, Mrs. Felix Cheatham. Mrs. Dandridge Caldwell, Mrs. John Cheek, Mrs. J. A. Hawkinson, Miss Leland Rankin, Mrs. Ceeil Ewing, Mrs. Engene Shannon, Miss Alice Gertrude Smith, Mrs. Joseph H. Thompson, Mrs. Frank Searcy Green. Mrs. Charles E. Morrow. Mrs. Thomas Malone, Jr., Mrs. Perkins Sexton, Mrs. Daisy Lenehan lloffman. Mrs. Walter Stokes. Jr., Mrs. Charles Whitworth, Mrs. Andrew Zeitler. Miss Corrine Craig, Miss Lillian Joy, Miss Sara Shannon, Miss Mary Hard- ing Buckner, Miss Elizabeth Buckner. Mrs. Foster Hume, Mrs. C. A. Goding, Mrs. Thomas Herbert. Jr., Mrs. K. C. Moore, Jr., Miss Lillian Warner. Miss Evelyn Douglas, Miss Bessie Dunbar, Miss Ellen Stokes, Miss Ruth Vance, Miss Margaret Vance, Miss Martha Lindsey.
The personnel of the National Life and Accident Company Unit. with Miss Margaret Crecellus as president. consisted of :
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3- 36, Han CKOr. M . Hanet Dillon. Mr. Paul Rss. Mas Gladys Witherspoon.
NIE SE Voleteos Mis. Douglas Mosles, Mis Ethel Santh. Miss Annie Brock. Mi- Tale Verrueger She- . Man Sur Ger. Miss Margaret Kelley. Miss Farine Meadow. Mass Nelli V VS MF Folk Mitchell. Miss Dorsey Monger. Miss Glans Rost. Mis- Sader She. Me- Sally Moran. Mes. Grant Thomas, Miss Edna Aluwav. Miss India LEGT MY Best Cooper, Miss Manie Dixon, Miss Martha Futh, Miss Nellie Mai Gibbons. 100 1460 VER Amine Kelley. Miss Desses Maxwell, Miss Frances Morton, Miss Reha Offelger Mer Ko Palen. Miss Suite States. Miss Frances Reaves, Miss Yola Thomas. Mis Pean gement Me- Matte Williams. Miss Nell Wesley. Miss Margaret Welch, Mis- Helen Walker.
C. A. Chais. President of the National Life and Accident Insurance Company. challenged th's mit to further endeavor by promising to purchase knitting needles and all the wool consumed. This unit in their splendid work gave Mr. Craig ample entie -.
CHURCH OF THE ADVENT U MIT
Mr -. J. Buist Richardson was president of the Church of the Advent Unit. and the work of this organization was exceptional. so that they were drafted as a unit to entime to knit for the Red Cross at the formation of the Nashville Chapter.
The following were the members of Mrs. Richardson's unit: Mrs. J. Buist Rich- mdson. President: Mrs. Roscoe Nunn. Mrs. J. B. Swindell. Mrs. Anna C. Shipman. Vis. J. N. Chamberlain. Mrs. C. H. Brothers. Mrs. \. D. Bryan. Mrs. I. C. Hlibbs, Vi -. M. R. Parrish. Mrs. William Scheffer. Miss Joe Cockle. Miss Gertrude Lewis. Vi -- Priscilla Polk. Wiss Medora Hill. Miss Dorothy Hill. Miss Margaret Edwards, Vii -- Eula Nunn. Miss Amy Nunn. Wiss Frances Nunn. Mis- Emma Jean Lawrence, Vi -- Willie Temple. Wi- Lorena Southgate. Miss Elizabeth Southgate. and Miss I.lizabeth Jungerman.
CENTENNIAL CLUB UMT
Mrs. I. W. Miller was president of the Centennial Club I nit. the principal object of which was to establish knitting units at the Warioto Settlement Home. the Wesley
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Home and the Old Woman's Home. For the unit institution, Mrs. Emilie Muth, mother of Mrs. Miller, at the age of eighty-six, contributed over seven hundred articles knitted for the boys by her own hands. Later Mrs. Muth was among the most ardent knitters of the Red Cross Chapter, and was unsurpassed by any other knitter in Tennessee.
CORRINNE CAVERT UNIT
Miss Corrinne Cavert organized a unit among the public school teachers, whose patriotism cannot be too highly praised for the excellent manner in which they in- stilled with the spirit of helpfulness the children in their charge from the beginning of the war through the reconstruction period. The Davidson County Teachers' As- sociation received favorable comment from National and State officers of all World War organizations.
The members of Miss Cavert's Unit were: Miss Corrinne Cavert. Miss Rose Goodwin. Miss Annie Cavert. Miss Ida Cavert, Miss Alice Leonard, Miss Hettie Duff, Miss Laura M. Malone, Miss Lillian Taylor, Miss Margaret Rose, Miss Grace Rose, Miss Claytie Robinson. Miss Jennie Waggoner. Miss Hattie Cotton, Miss Marie Cage, Miss Louise Cage. Miss Keeble Trimble, Mrs. Henry Manthey, Miss Julia Green. Mrs. Ross Hudleston, Mrs. Lou Rascoe, and Mrs. P. M. Tamble.
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