Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-17

auspices of the two Masonic lodges
here, the cornerstone of the new Amer
icus and Sumter County Hospital will
be laid this morning at 1920 o'clock.
This very interesting occasion has long
been contemplated with deepest inter
est by the devoted women who have
worked so zealously to the end of pro-
viding this splendid institution for
Ame"icus, making as it does the near
completion of their labor of love and
devotion for afflicted humanity.
The two Masonic lodges, Americus
No. 13, and M. B. Council, No. 95,
will assemble at Masonic Temple, at
$3.50 o'clock and proceed to the hospi-
tai building out Lee street where the
exercises will be held. Mrs. C. c. Haw-
kins, president of the Americus Hos
pital association, together with the di-
rectors and other officers and mem
bers, will be present to participate in
the exercises, and these devoted wo-
men, as we'll az others who have SO
valiantly contributed to the success of
the hospital movement during several
years. are to be congratulated upon
the near completion of their work.
Following is the roll of officers Of
the Americus and Sumter County Hos
pital association:
Directors-Mrs. f. L. Murray, Mrs. G..
J Sherlock, Mrs. L. w. Brown, Mr2.
Fred Arthur, Mrs. C.. M. Williams,
Mrs Frank Harold, Mrs. R. P. Stack
house, Mrs. E. L. Carswell.
The officers of the ASSOCIATION are
Mrs. C. C. Hawkins, president; Mrs
C. ]. Sherlock, vice president; Mrs. l.
w. Brown, secretary; Mrs. Fred Ar
thur, treasurer; Mrs. c. NJ Williams.
chairman Of finance committee
The executive board is composed OF
Mrs Geo. Van Ripper, Mrs. VIM. Dodson
and Mrs. C. M. Council
The building committee is Mrs. R. f..
Maynard, Mrs. Geo Van Ripper, Mrs.
C. C. Hawkins, Mrs. John Butt, Mrs. II
B. Mashburn.
Following is a list of active members
of the association:
Mesdames Fred Arthur, R. S. Broad
hurst, E. L. Bell, Jno Butt, W. D. Bal
ley, L. NJ Brown, J. E. Hightower, s.
r. Heys, Allen Hill, John Howell, S.
+. Howell, w. S. Ivey, W. ]. Josey,
w. M. Jones, H. R. Johnson, Linton
Lester, 2. A. Littlejohn, Taylor Lewis,
Frank Lanier, r. l.. Maynard, E. L.
Murray, H. B. Mashburn, R. L. Nc
Math, S. NJ Mckee, r. E. McNulty, =.
o. Macarthur, Willis Macarthur, c. o.
Niles, ]. R. Pinkston, ]. A. Parker, Ell
ton C. Parker, ]. H. Reeve, Arthur
Rylander, C. J. Sherlock, Ed Sheffield
w. o. Barnett, D. L. Borum. 2. Z.
Clegg, John A. Cobb Zach Childers,
Chas. Culpepper, w. c. Carter, Welborn
Clark, Chas. Council, Chas Crisp, A.
B. Campbell, ]. E. Carswell Will Dod-
son. w. w. Dykes, Sam Daniel, ]. R.
Ellis. E. B. Everett, W. L. English, Tim
Furlow. Furlow Gatewood, F. p. Har'
rold, Thomas Harold, c. c. Hawk
ms. s. H. Hawkins, Tom Hudson, JOS
ephine Hudson, Jim Harris, Jr., P. l..
Holt, e. J. Shehan, Frank Sheffield,
r. p. Stackhouse, r. P. Sans, j. z. ID.
Ship. w. J. Thornton, w. NJ. Tullis,
II. C. Tarver. L T. Turner, c. M. VIII
liams. w. p. Wallis, Crawford Wheat
ley. w. w. Wheeler Geo. Van Ripper,
j. A. Davenport, C. p. Davis, E. a
Hawkins, Ed Prather, B. e. turner
C. G. Wall; Misses Sarah P. Cobb, An
ME Mclaughlin, n. Ragan.
The hospital is in charge of Miss
Breeden, the superintendent, and
Misses Ross and Morgan.