Pursuits of war : the people of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, in the Second World War |
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Working With the Red Cross Pursuits of war : | ||
VOLUNTEER SPECIAL SERVICE CORPS
Mrs. James Gordon Smith, Chairman | 1939–1941 |
Miss Mary Stamps White, Chairman | 1941–1942 |
Mrs. Alfred Chanutin, Chairman | 1942– |
Mrs. Isaac Walters, Chairman | 1939– |
Number of workers | 929 |
Hospital and foreign war relief garments sewn |
30,982 |
Knitted garments for United States armed forces and for foreign war relief |
14,784 |
Kit bags for United States servicemen | 2,999 |
Miscellaneous comfort articles | 11,176 |
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville | ||
Carter's Bridge | Ivy | |
Covesville | Keswick | |
Greenwood | Proffit | |
Scottsville |
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Mrs. Blakeley Carter, Chairman | 1939– |
Number of workers | 2,498 |
Surgical dressings made | 5,687,430 |
Batesville | Ivy |
Crozet | Keswick |
Esmont | Miller School |
Farmington | Red Hill |
Free Union | St. John's Mission |
Greenwood | Scottsville |
Holy Cross Mission | Stony Point |
Howardsville | White Hall |
Miss Mary Harris, Chairman | 1939–1942 |
Pages of reading matter transcribed for the blind |
2,335 |
(This service was discontinued by the American Red Cross in June, 1942.) |
Miss Mary Stamps White, Chairman | 1939–1940 |
Mrs. John Maury, Jr., Chairman | 1940–1941 |
Miss Caroline Stuart, Chairman | 1941–1943 |
Mrs. John F. McGavock, Chairman | 1943– |
Miss Elizabeth Nolting, Chairman | 1941–1943 |
Mrs. Charles Merriman, Chairman | 1943– |
Mrs. John Chadwick, Co-Chairman | 1945– |
Mrs. Blakeley Carter, Chairman | 1939–1941 |
Mrs. Thomas S. Englar, Chairman | 1941–1943 |
Mrs. Harry L. Smith, Chairman | 1943–1944 |
Mrs. Raymond Hunt, Chairman | 1944– |
Number of workers certified | 69 |
Hours of work given | more than 27,785 |
Agencies assisted: | |
All Red Cross services | |
City and county ration boards | |
Ration boards' price panels | |
Rent control office | |
Selective Service boards | |
Civilian Defense Council | |
Joint Health Department | |
Hospitals and clinics |
Mrs. H. B. Mulholland, Chairman | 1941– |
Miss May Langhorne, Chairman for the C. & O. Canteen | 1943–1946 |
Number of workers trained and certified | 100 |
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Mrs. N. T. Hildreth, Chairman | 1941–1942 |
Mrs. Mason S. Byrd, Chairman | 1944– |
Mrs. Charles Barham, Jr., Chairman | 1945– |
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