The Knoxville Woman's Club

Yearbook of the Sixteenth Session:  1943-1944
The Structure's History Parallels that of the Welsh Colony in Knoxville



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Honorary Roll and Advisory Committee of Past Presidents

Mrs. Walter Starnes Nash Mrs. Malcolm Bloom
Mrs. W. F. Trent Mrs. Chas. L. Larew
Mrs. J. B. Shinliever Mrs. Chas. A. Morse
Mrs. W. W. Baird Mrs. R. J. Yearwood
Mrs. Grover C. Davis Mrs. G. M. Bentley

Standing Committees
Publicity Finance
Mrs. Sam P. Angel
Mrs. Will T. Hayes
Mrs. E. F. King
Mrs. Geo. M. Ireland, Chairman
Mrs. Chas. V. Taylor, Co-Chairman
Mrs. Chas. McKinney
Mrs. W. S. Nash
Mrs. W. D. Richards
Membership Hostess
Mrs. Herman F. Cate, Chairman
Mrs. Chas. Kidd, Co-Chairman
Mrs. J. B. Shinliever
Mrs. W. P. Shockley
Mrs. E. F. King, Chairman
Mrs. Geo. M. Ireland, Co-Chairman
Mrs. Malcolm Bloom
Mrs. Olive T. Douglass
Mrs. A. Von Acuff
Mrs. Frank Jones
Mrs. Chas. Larew
Mrs. Geo. McCullough
Miss Anna Pearl Mitchell
Mrs. John Kirby
Mrs. James Sterchi
Mrs. J. G. Moser
Mrs. G. M. Bentley
Music Public Welfare
Mrs. E. V. Jacobs, Chairman
Mrs. Olive T. Douglass
Mrs. W. F. Trent
Mrs. Chas. V. Taylor
Mrs. Olive T. Douglass
Social Arrangements
Miss Bettye McNutt, Chairman
Mrs. Gordon Powers, Co-Chairman
Mrs. Frank Jones
Mrs. Chas. Cochran
Mrs. R. L. Harris
Mrs. J. G. Moser
Mrs. W. C. McClain
Mrs. James Sterchi
Mrs. W. W. Baird
Mrs. James Burgin
Mrs. E. J. White, Chairman
Mrs. Grover C. Davis, Co-Chairman
Mrs. T. C. Wilburn
Miss Bettye McNutt
Mrs. Chas V. Taylor
Mrs. Olive T. Douglass
Special Committees
Scrap Book Clipping Bureau
Mrs. W. F. Robertson, Chairman
Mrs. Bruce Greene, Co-Chairman
Mrs. J. Mack Davis
Mrs. R. N. Byrd
Mrs. R. N. Byrd, Chairman
Mrs. I. T. Sliger, Co-Chairman
Year Book Bridge
Mrs. W. D. Richards, Chairman
Mrs. Gordon M. Bentley, Co-Chairman
Mrs. W. T. Hayes
Mrs. Sam Angel
Mrs. Madison Williams, Chairman
Mrs. Sam Angel, Co-Chairman
Mrs. Grover C. Davis
Mrs. Louis B. Wimpenny
Mrs. Malcolm Bloom
Mrs. W. E. Cox
Mrs. C. V. Taylor
Mrs. Geo. M. Ireland
Mrs. Frank McDonald
Mrs. W. J. Savage
Mrs. C. E. Jordan, Jr.
Mrs. W. W. Baird
Mrs. Chas. A. Morse
Radio Telephone
Mrs. I. T. Sliger, Chairman
Mrs. Olive T. Douglass, Co-Chairman
"We respond when the air calls, 'That ours is a radio-minded Nation and that this is a radio-minded generation is accepted.'"
Mrs. R. Bruce Greene, Chairman
Mrs. C. E. Jordan, Jr., Co-Chairman
Mrs. Frank McDonald
Mrs. Geo. W. Johnson
Mrs. J. G. Moser
Mrs. Geo. M. Ireland
Mrs. W. H. Hughes
Mrs. John Kirby
Contact Legislation and Resolution
Mrs. T. P. Witherspoon, Chairman
Mrs. A. L. Russell, Co-Chairman
Mrs. E. W. Mitchel
Mrs Mary Headman
Mrs. Homer White
Mrs. G. C. Davis
Mrs. J. B. Shinliever, Chairman
Mrs. Gordon M. Bentley, Co-Chairman
Mrs. Chas. Kidd
Mrs. O. K. Anderson
Mrs. I. T. Sliger
Mrs. W. L. Bowen

Departments of Study Chairmen Co-Chairmen Committee Members Program Date(s)
Bible
"I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. - Hebrews 13:5"  "Read Mark 4:21-43."
Mrs. Grover C. Davis Mrs. E. J. White Mrs. Frank McDonald
Mrs. Geo. McCullough
Mrs. A. L. Rlule
October 8
November 12
December 10
January 14
February 11
March 3
April 21
May 5
Character Building
"Fame is what you have taken, Character's what you give."
Mrs. Olive T. Douglass Mrs. Frank McDonald Mrs. A. L. Rule
Mrs. Marion Kelly
Mrs. W. J. Savage
Mrs. Chas. Cochran
October 15
April 21
American Citizenship
"We inherit our glorious citizenship from the blood of our ancestors. We merit our loyalty to, and our devotion and sacrifice for, our beloved country."
Mrs. Malcolm Bloom Mrs. E. M. Wallace Mrs. Marion Kelly
Mrs. A. A. Simpson
Mrs. G. M. Bentley
Mrs. A. L. Russell
January 21
March 17
Public Speaking
"To be able to put beautiful thoughts into words is one of God's greatest gifts to mankind."
Mrs. Charles Larew Mrs. Homer White Mrs. Herbert L. Pope
Mrs. George L. Denton
Mrs. Fred Greer
Mrs. O. C. Beaman
Mrs. E. F. King
Mrs. W. F. Wimpenny
Mrs. R. M. Jones
October 15
April 21
National Defense
"We hold with Admiral Stephan Decatur, who said, 'My country, in its intercourse with other countries, may she always be right, but right or wrong, My Country.'"
Mrs. George M. Ireland Mrs. Malcolm Bloom
Mrs. A. L. Russell
Mrs. A. Von Acuff
Mrs. E. F. King
Mrs. James M. Trimble
Mrs. Mack Davis
Mrs. Fred DeRobertis
Mrs. S. E. N. Moore
Mrs. Fred Greer
Miss Laura Gardner
Mrs. Chas. Cochran
Mrs. G. J. Dominick
February 4
International Affairs
"The instinct of interest is the universal instinct of Mankind."
Mrs. Henry Leopold Mrs. Olive T. Douglass Mrs. Geo. M. Ireland
Mrs. H. L. Brandu
Mrs. Malcolm Bloom
Mrs. W. W. Potter
November 26
January 21
Literature and Drama
"From contemplation, one may become wise, but knowledge comes only from study."
Mrs. Richard Yearwood Mrs. E. F. King Mrs. Chas. Cochran
Mrs. E. J. White
Mrs. Alice B. Martin
Mrs. R. G. Wright
October 22
January 28
March 17
American Homes
"Type of the wise who soar but never roam.  True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home."
Mrs. Alice B. Farris Mrs. W. J. Savage Mrs. C. E. Jordan, Jr.
Mrs. Chas. V. Taylor
Mrs. J. G. Moser
Mrs. E. M. Coffey
October 15
November 26
March 31
Parliamentary Law
"Let a man keep the law, and his way will be strewn with satisfaction."
Mrs. Gordon M. Bentley Mrs. John B. Shinliever Mrs. Horace Carpenter
Mrs. A. Yaden
Mrs. Jesse Miller
Mrs. E. W. Mitchel
Mrs. Fred W. Keith, Sr.
November 5
Fine Arts
"He that is not moved by a concord of sweet sounds is fit for treason, stratagem and spoils."
Mrs. Ora Pearl Mitchell Mrs. Charles Larew Mrs. W. W. Baird
Mrs. W. J. Savage
Mrs. W. T. Lay
Mrs. R. L. Harris
Mrs. Ora Mitchell
October 29
April 28
Travel
"The doorstep to the Temple of Knowledge is Travel."
Mrs. Henderson Bolinger Mrs. Charles Larew Mrs. C. H. McKinney
Mrs. A. Von Acuff
Mrs. Chas. Kidd
Mrs. J. B. Shinliever
Mrs. Malcolm Bloom
Mrs. W. W. Baird
November 12
March 31

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