Title
Tuscaloosa Red Cross "Grey Ladies" Assist Northington General Hospital Patients
Subject
Northington General Hospital
World War II
Description
Tuscaloosa's first Red Cross Grey Ladies, a volunteer organization selected to carry out the Red Cross program of providing recreation for Northington [General Hospital] patients, this week took up their duties at the hospital. Taking the Post Library book cart from ward to ward, and assisting patients with their work in the craft and occupational therapy shops are but a few of the countless services the group has plans for. Pictured here are 47 of the 58 Grey Ladies:
Front row (left to right) - Mrs. R.W. Cowart, Mrs. H.C. Pannell, Mrs. C.M. Ayres Jr., Mrs. Dale Bowen, Mrs. L.M. Champagne, Mrs. J.R. Cudworth, Mrs. R.P. McLoed, Mrs. M.T. Maxwell, Mrs. E. J. Finnell.
Second row - Mrs. Shaler Houser, Mrs. T.J. Hill, Mrs. Ethel Bratton, Mrs. Claude Hinton, Mrs. L.H. Weatherford, Mrs. Sam Friedman, Mrs. J.W. Mustin, Mrs. Frank Fitts, Mrs. M.C. Rumley Jr.
Third Row- Mrs. Lousie Byer, Mrs. Robert Palmore, Mrs. E.N. Sherer, Mrs. Namcy O. Devers, Mrs. George Davis, Mrs. Richard Little, Mrs. Joseph Durrett, Mrs. Harold Taylor, Mrs. Robert Cleere, Mrs. Preston Fendley. Fourth Row - Mrs. Charles A. Bernier, Mrs. M.T. Jemison, Mrs. J.B, Clemmer, Mrs. Helen Craig, Mrs. C.C. Simpson, Mrs. Lewis Powell, Mrs. Frances Tierce, Mrs. E.L. Dodson, Mrs. W. B. Rowe. Back Row - Mrs. J.B. Searcy, Mrs. H.H. Yoder, Mrs. Harrison Sibley, Mrs. Bruce Shelton, Mrs. Virgil Jones, Mrs. Patton Kennedy, Mrs. Anna Cain, Mrs. Annie Overby, Mrs. W.P. Blcom.
Front row (left to right) - Mrs. R.W. Cowart, Mrs. H.C. Pannell, Mrs. C.M. Ayres Jr., Mrs. Dale Bowen, Mrs. L.M. Champagne, Mrs. J.R. Cudworth, Mrs. R.P. McLoed, Mrs. M.T. Maxwell, Mrs. E. J. Finnell.
Second row - Mrs. Shaler Houser, Mrs. T.J. Hill, Mrs. Ethel Bratton, Mrs. Claude Hinton, Mrs. L.H. Weatherford, Mrs. Sam Friedman, Mrs. J.W. Mustin, Mrs. Frank Fitts, Mrs. M.C. Rumley Jr.
Third Row- Mrs. Lousie Byer, Mrs. Robert Palmore, Mrs. E.N. Sherer, Mrs. Namcy O. Devers, Mrs. George Davis, Mrs. Richard Little, Mrs. Joseph Durrett, Mrs. Harold Taylor, Mrs. Robert Cleere, Mrs. Preston Fendley. Fourth Row - Mrs. Charles A. Bernier, Mrs. M.T. Jemison, Mrs. J.B, Clemmer, Mrs. Helen Craig, Mrs. C.C. Simpson, Mrs. Lewis Powell, Mrs. Frances Tierce, Mrs. E.L. Dodson, Mrs. W. B. Rowe. Back Row - Mrs. J.B. Searcy, Mrs. H.H. Yoder, Mrs. Harrison Sibley, Mrs. Bruce Shelton, Mrs. Virgil Jones, Mrs. Patton Kennedy, Mrs. Anna Cain, Mrs. Annie Overby, Mrs. W.P. Blcom.
Source
Personal Collection of Whitney Telle
Publisher
Northington General Hospital News
Date
August 4, 1944
Type
Newspaper
Identifier
61
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Text
Northington General Hospital News
Original Format
Newspaper