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The first officers were E. W. Ogden, president; Powell Smith, vice-president; N. E. Logan, treasurer; and Mrs. C. M. McClung, secretary.  The directorate was composed of George Blow, Fred Bonham, N. E. Logan, Powell Smith, A. H. Steere, W. A. Schoenfield, Ben Morton, Curtis B. Johnson, E. W. Ogden, Mrs. Lena Warner, and Mrs. Lucy Templeton.  [Photo at left - "Red Cross Directors' Meeting:  Col. William S. Shields is speaking.  Around table from his right are Mrs. W. C. Ross, Fred Bonham, Mrs. Ernest Logan, Fred Ault, Mrs. C. H. Davis, R. K. Gibson, Will Hall, D. A. Rosenthal, Ernest Logan, Ed Albers, Arthur Steere, Mrs. Albert Hope.]

In the two years of exceedingly busy work which followed, there were many changes of officers and directors.  Mr. Ogden resigned the presidency on October 1, 1917, to go to France in the Red Cross work.  He was succeeded by Fred Ault, who served until March 19, 1918, when John M. Thornburgh became the active head of the chapter.  After serving a year as treasurer, Mr. Logan was succeeded by Fred Ault, who, in turn, was succeeded by William Lyons.  Mrs. McClung retired in 1919 after giving two years of her time as secretary of the chapter.  Mrs. E. W. Ogden, who had returned from France as a Red Cross worker, was chosen in her place.

The directorate during the two years of active work was composed at one time or another of the following:  Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Logan, Fred Bonham, Mrs. Lena Warner, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ogden, A. H. Steere, Mrs. L. D. Tyson, D. A. Rosenthal, E. D. Albers, R. K. Gibson, John M. Thornburgh, William Lyons, Mrs. W. McBath, Mrs. J. Stewart French, Mrs. Walter McCoy, Mrs. B. D. Bosworth, A. P. Frierson, Wiley L. Morgan, Mrs. Henry Kelso, Mrs. Clyde Gothard, Dan Chambliss, F. J. Callan, Mrs. C. M. McClung, Mrs. Albert Hope, Mrs. C. H. Davis, Fred Ault, G. H. Clark, Mrs. Walter Wright, and Mrs. Kenneth Gilpin.  [Photo at right - "In a Red Cross Warehouse:  Mr. E. W. Ogden, of Knoxville, seen at his desk in a warehouse in the Toul Sector, France."]

The chairmen, who served as head of the various committees, were:

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