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of Mrs. Walter Blackmer as supervisor provided sheets, pillow cases, flannel undergarments and other necessities, and proved of invaluable assistance.

Early in the epidemic the President of the Red Cross, through the local Press, called for a fund to be used for Relief work. The response was generous and spontaneous. Mrs. Leo Wallace was made custodian of this fund, ajd the sum of $1214.50 was contributed

This report would not be complete with a grateful mention of the wholehearted support give the work of Relief by the Red Cross Secretary, Miss Anne Neave[begin xout] n [xout end] who in addition to her ordinary work, onerous enough at all times, performed many other duties, notably the high dduty of volunteer nurse.

Gratitude is felt for the support given by the Press, through the Editor of the Salisbury Evening Post, Mr. J. F. Hurley, and the Editors of the Woman's Work, Mr. W. H. Wiley.

Salisbury should feel proud of the faculty of her Public Schools for the Principal and large percentage of the teachers worked faithfully and devotedly throughout the entire epidemic, showing the finest type of civil loyalty. The Red Cross work of Relief was also greatly facilitated by the generousnco-operation and encouragement of the County Health Officer, Dr. A. J. Warren, the Board of Health and the Board of Physicians.

I do not feel that I can omit from this report a reference to the fine service given by the operators of the Telephone Company of Salisbury. The gave prompt and loyal attention at all times and at all hous. The working day of the Chairman averaged eightenn hours until the last three days of service. For three weeks the only hours free from telephone calls were those from one to six in the morning. Without the sympathetic co-operation of the ladies in the telephone office her work would have been greatly hampered. -5-

The following statistics will be interesting: Number of families supplies with food..........144 Number of people supplied with food............568 This means that these families were taken care of for a period of from one to three weeks. Homes investigated not needing help...............150 Number of home in which nurses were placed...71 Number of persons nursed..............................279 Number of volunteer nurses..............................78 Number of paid nurses (not trained)....................5

This does not mean that we had at any one time anything like this number of nurses -- fifteen is the greatest number we could call upon any single day. This menas fifteen for both night and day nursing. A few of ths number only nursed one or two days, others nursed almost without intermission through the calendar month. Near the close of the epidemic we had very few nurses to call upon, many being physically exhausted, others having contracted influenza. I should like to add that the paid nurses, four of who were negro, performed their work in the most praiseworthy manner. They were of the greatest assistance to the Committee.

Elizabeth W. Henderson Cott[begin xout]o[end exout][^e]n Mrs. Lyman A. Cott[begin xout]o[end exout][^e]n _________________________________________ Chairman Influenza Emergency Committee

INFLUENZA EMERGENCY COMMITTEE OF THE SALISBURY RED CROSS, under which Committee all Relief Work during the Edpidemic of Influenza from October 5th to November 7th 1918 was carried on:

Mrs. Lyman A. Cotton, Chariman, Dr. A. J. Warren, Miss Mary F. Henderson, Mrs. E. W. Burt, Mrs. E. C. Gregory, Mr, John E. Ramsay, Mrs. M. O. Linton, Mr. W. F. Snider, ex-officio member, and Miss Anne Neave.

WOMEN VOLUNTEER NURSES

[left hand column]

Mrs. E. C. Gregory, Miss Janet Quinn, Miss Louise Rainey, Mrs. W. T. Rainey, Miss Lila WebbnTiernan, Miss Mary Chilson, Miss Mattie Chilson, Miss Christine Mills, Miss Ora Mills, Miss Edith McKenzie, Miss Mittie Watson, Mrs. R. W. Tiernan, Miss Eva Peeler, Miss Abbie Peeler, Miss Jennie Wright, Miss Sophie Kluttz, Miss Lila Brown, Miss Hattie Baker, Miss Bessie Wright, Miss Essie Orr, Miss Nell Haynes, Miss Grace Lawrence, Mrs. J. O. Haynes, Mrs. Lyman Cotton, Mrs. Nannie Hill, Miss Blanche Fralet, Miss Meade Fraley, Mrs. Lee S. Overman, Miss Daisy Bean, Mrs. Mary Peeler, Mrs. M. G. McGurdy, Mrs George Pettingill, Mrs. Edwin Earle, Mrs. T. B. Clayton,

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[right hand column]

Mrs. L. T. Holshouser, Mrs. J. P. McAdams, Miss Massey Mrs. C. F. Massey, Miss Louise Neave, Miss Anne Neave, Miss Jessie Lawrence, Mrs Walter Black[m?]er, Miss Gertrude Montgomery, Mrs. L. R. Putnam, Miss Marguerite Putnam, Mrs. R. G. Kiser, Miss Lucile Linn, Miss Zora Hanna, Miss Marian Ramsay, Miss Margaret Ramsay, Mrs. Birney, Miss Johnsie Coit, Miss Bertha Knox, Miss Eleanor Watson, Miss Virgie Jenkins, Miss Lois Campbell, Mrs. H. C. Davidson, Mrs. W. C. Maupin, Mrs. Edwin Overman, Miss Lida Olive, Mrs. James P. More, Mrs. E. H. Harrison, Mrs. W. E. Burt, Miss F. M. Steward, Mrs. J. A. Morton, Mrs. D. A. Atwell, Mrs. Tom Murphy, Mrs, Monroe.

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MEN VOLUNTEER NURSES.

[left column 1] Rev. Mark Milne Mr. Charles H. B. Larrimore, Mr. Edward Neave, Mr. Eugene Bean, [right column 2] Mr. W. S. Benton, Mr. Frank Miller, Capt. Frank Brown, Rev. Byron Clarke. Mr. Freeman

PAID NURSES.

[left column 1] Miss Maria Ruffin, Rev. J. M. Morton, Col., Loanna Mowery, Col., [right column 2] Rev. I. W. Montgomery, Col. Bessie Alexandr, Col.,

HELPED IN VARIOUS WAYS.

Jennie Williams, Col., Janitress Community Building, Queene Roberts, Laura Hoskins, Col.

COMMITTEE ON FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

[left column 1] Mrs. Lyamn A. Cotton Mrs. E. C. Gregory, Miss Louise Neave, Mrs. James P. Moore, Mrs. Will Hennessee, Mrs. B. D. Williams, Miss Lucile Linn, Miss Margaret Ramsay, Mrs. R. W. Sinclair, Miss Margaret Knox, Miss Elizabeth Heilig, Miss Anne Weave, [right column 2] Miss Kathryn Overman, Miss Grace Overman, Mrs. Walter Blackmen Mrs. Ed. Hennessee, Mrs. E. W. Burt, Mrs. J. L. Hatch, Miss Mary Linn, Miss Bertha Knox, Mrs. Edwin Earle, Miss Mary F. Henderson, Mrs. M. C. Linton

FOOD GIVE BY PLEOPLE OF SALISBURY AND ROWAN CO.

[left column 1] Mrs. Leroy Smith, Mrs. John S. Henderson, Mrs. W. H. Ragland, Empire Drug Store, Miss Johnsie Coit, Miss Ora Mills, Mrs. John Wright Davis, Mrs. Mark Milne, Mrs. Edwin Earle, Mrss. R. Lee Wright, Miss Clara Knox, Mrs. C. E. Stevenson, Mrs. James Davis, [right column 2] Mrs. H. C. Daniels, Mrs. Lyman A. Cotton, Mr Thomas Vanderford, Main Pharmacy, Miss Lula Hayden, Mrs. Dave Oestreicher, Mrs. W. C. Feamster, Mrs. John E. Davis, Mrs. John E. Ramsay, Mrs. George Pettingill, Mrs. W. B. Duttera, Miss Edith Walton, Miss Janet Quinn,

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Food given by people of Salisbury and Rowan Co, (Con't)

Chickens.

[left column 1] Mrs. ,W. T. Watckins Mrs..John Hoffman, Miss Fannie Bost, Mrs. John Owen, Mrs. Walter McCullers, Mrs. George Fowler, Mrs. John Foard, Mrs. Henry Shoaf, Mrs. L> C. Williams, Mrs. George Rithie, Mrs. W. A. Richie, Mrs. D. A Baker, Mrs. Cora Bringle, Mrs. D. A. Beaver, Mrs. G. A. Chase, Mrs. B. C. Sechler, Mrs. J. H. Wooley, Mrs. J. S. Koon, Mrs. Ed Overman, Mrs. W. W. Stabler, Mrs. Morgan, [right column 2] Mrs. J. D. Lewis, Mrs. H. L. Gobble, Mrs. Frank Hilliard, Mrs. Frank Waggoner, Mrs. Foard Fowler, Mrs. P. O. Tatum, Mrs. Henry Monroe, Mrs. Henry Monroe, Mrs. M. D. Summerall, Mrs. Gilvert Ritchie, Miss Mary Cobble, Mrs. J. D. Bias, Mrs. Clarence Barnhardt, Mrs. Kate Bringle, Mrs. F. R. Brown, Mrs. Barger, Mrs. E. K. James, Mrs. F. F. Corliss, Mr. Z. Z. Russell, Mrs. W. H. Hardin, Mrs. W. S. Nicholson, Mrs. J. T. Julian.

Milk.

[left column 1] Mr. T. D. Brown, Mrs. J. P. Cathay, Mrs. W. H. Woodson, Mrs. J. R. Bias, Mrs. Eli Cross, Mrs. John Whitehead, Miss John Lyerly, Morrison & Fisher Mrs. Lee Wallace,, Mrs. S. S. Stabler, Mrs. E. W. Burt, [right column 2] Mrs. J. D. Heilig, Mrs. T. W. summersett, Mrs. O. D. Davis, Mrs. W. C. Rufty, Mrs. D. L. Arey, Miss Callie Beard, Mrs. J. A. Ludwick, Mrs. E. C. Crego, A. B Saleeby, Mrs. Will Aldred, Mrs. A. E. Davis

Eggs.

[left column 1] Mrs. John Lyerly, Mrs. Davis Oestreicher, Miss Lura Garner, [right column 2] Mrs. George Martin, Mrs. E. C. Greco,

Cooking Utensils Given.

[left column 1] S. H. Kress & Co., Mrs J. E. Hennessee, MRs. A. L. Smoot, [right column 2] Woolworth's 5 & 10 cent Store, McClellans 5 & 10 cent Store, Mrs. F. V. Barrier

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