Hollins University - Spinster Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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WP' H Wwe LAURA TUCRER Laura Tucker sa1led for France on February 1 19 She was accepted by the Red Cross last fall as a nurses a1d and was expect mg her sa1l1ng orders any day when the arm1st1ce was s1gned But 1n January she an offer to g to France w1th the Y W C A to do canteen work She expected to be stat1oned at one of the leave areas but was sent to Jom the Y W C A workers w1th the Army of OCCUpat1OH 'VIARIE LEBBY Laura Armltage IS 1n Brest France w1th the Y W C A where she has charge of the ofhcers can teen 1n the Moderne Hotel She was connected w1th the G G Pollard un1t and left R1chmond Va Octo bel 17 18 She was hrst given '1 place Wlth the comm1ttee f1.1I'H1Sl'111'1g amusement for the soldlers but later asked to be transferred lJ6l16X1Hg she could do more emment work mmglmg XV1tl'1 the boys LAUPA ARMITAGE Mar1e Lebby entered the SCFVICC 1n February 1918 and was sent to Camp Sev1er Greenv1lle S C 1 July 1918 she was sent to New York sa1l1ng for France 1n August She was connected w1th Dr Stuart McGu1res 1111112 from R1chmond and they were located at Base Hospltal No 45 near Toul Ehzabeth Reynolds of Ronaoke Va went to France 1n October of 1918 as a nurse s 'nd 1n the Red Cross SCTVICC and was stat1oned 111 M111 tary Hospltal No I 'lt Neu1lly whlch IS just OLltS1ClC of Parls Th1s hosp1tal was started and lTl'111lt2l111CCl by Mrs W P lV'lI'1ClC1'lJllt 111 what was known as the Woman s College E, 1:.:a...afA.d!.:'+., L EMMA CARSON Emma Carson went to France September 1918 w1th the Y W C A She was stat1oned at a large hosp1tal t Chatel Guyon and was 1n charge of the nurses home there for four months Then she was ordered to Base HOSDI tal No 57 PHTIS At both places It was her duty to look after the welfare of the nurses to dlrect the1r recreatxon to try to make lt l'101'1'1Cl1lCC and pleasant for them ELIZABETH REYNOLDS 8.1 ,I 1 . . , .Y .,,f , ---- H Lirgl--A ..-.a..-..B- ivrv- - - -f-- - - H Mhhl lm ' 'ir V C 4 V I X A ,V M. ,1.NQq' Q A -, - 1 - , ' 'V U 4 ' Kr f r 'V' lf., . . . . L V . - Q I 1 , . . . ., If f A' Ib! ' - . ff' 1 - ' ' ' Q 1' I f - 2 1 's X A , 1 - 1' , f 'fm , , . . . . . . . f, L A ' ' ' '4 N - -I 1 Q . 1 . f 2- Q , . , . ' , , ' , V' A 7121- - 1, 47 . we 5 t - V4 ,V ,U Q 51 , 5 i ,sn YY- . A , V. ti, VV A , K , ' t ' XL f' 5, ff ff f q :er . t, 4 - f , 7 9 ' ' . , , 1 ' - . ' ' an - v ,u 1 I I Q 1 y - had o ' , ' . . ', 3 ' .I V . . C . X s 1 u , ' n n I ., ' C . X ' J J , , . . 1'1 Y I , - -1 .- , . 4 n , 1 1 I . 7 , . , . y Y , 'i y ' ' 1 C 1 C - . c y Q . . . C l Q C . . X. c Y . , V V C .

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g Hollins Alumnae -War Workers Probably some of us will remember Dick', or Monte. After doing some wonderful work abroad, she returned on the Caroliaza, which was sunk. Many of us read with pride the news- paper accounts of her splen- did courage during the crisis. The following is an extract from a letter from her father, E. N. Dickerson: Lillian did very good work in France, but when the Germans got to Chateau- Thierry I thought it .time for her to return. On the ship she saw that the plug was out of the boat as it was being lowered, and made one out of a napkin and quite certainly saved the boat from sinking. After- wards she took her turn at the oars for four hours at a stretch, and generally kept them all going when they were about to give up. The twin boat which started with hers was lost. The passengers on her boat were very enthusiastic about her, and the papers called her the heroine of thesea, etc. I got the in- formation from others, as she was very loath to talk about the matter at all. Lillian died October 20, '18, at Albuquerque, New Mexico, as Mrs. John Randle. Mary Paxton is a canteen worker with the Y. WV. C. A.. at Langres, France. Before sailing, she held a high government position in this coun- try. She was head of the entire domestic science extension work for the U, S, Government in Roanoke. Miss Henrietta Taylor needs no introduction at Hollins. She was in Paris from November 20. 1917. to March, l9l8, with the Red Cross, her special work being the making of front Packets for the front-line hospitals. She had the supervision of 250 French workers, and was li1'10Wl1 to them by the name Sante Henrietta. x

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be -Spinster Y. W. C. A. She On October 28th she at Brest Noxfember to La Mon-t Dore Carlo, where she is A -MAY CAMP - Katherine Wallace Hall is one of the Amer- ican Red Cross canteen workers. She sailed for France on November 26, 1918- The party of workers was delayed in London, and did not arrive in Paris until january Znd. Since January 10th she has been working in the Metropolitan Canteen, Paris. . May Camp enlisted' August 20, l918, with the trained at Barnard College. sailed for France, and landed 9th, She went from Paris and from there to Monte now. KATHERINE HALL 8 ' 1' P 1. , ' , ' V - 1 . ' V V 4 , Y! i f it i , V ' ' ' flvM1iJgJ , , - V, .il Y. . K Y , A- - , , . f.,gf y, x 1 in