The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-09-23
SOME PARENTS
FOR HOSPITAL
DIVIDED SENTIMENT AMONG
RELATIVES OF DECEASED AS
TO KIND OF MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL COMMITTEE GETS
LIST OF PARENTS AND OTHER
RELATIVES FAVoRING HOS
PITAL

Parties interested in the proposed
Memorial Hospital have prepared the
following statement for publication
In last weeks issue OF the local
papers the inference was to be gath
cred from publication that appear.
| ed that the families of virtually all
the Blount county boys who had lost
their lives were opposed to the build
ing of hospital as memorial but
! on the contrary favored a shaft.
AS result of a careful investiga
tion it has been found that out of the
thirty boys whose relatives can be
located that the relatives of only six
have endorsed the building of a shaft.
The relatives of six of the boys could
not be found. But the relatives of
| 19 of the boys are enthusiastically in
favor of building a Memorial Hospital
and have signed the following state
ment:
We, the parents and near relatives
Of the Blount county boys, who gave
their lives in the great World War
wish to express our appreciation for
the efforts being made to erect a
suitable memorial in their honor.
While we are deeply grieved over
our loss, still we do not believe or ask
that all the honor be given to those
who gave their lives, but believe that
any memorial erected should be of
such a character that it could be
| dedicated to the living as well as the
dead, regardless of rank or standing,
and thereby do equal honor and
justice to all alike, and for this rea-
son we prefer memorial hospital to
monument which could be dedicat-
ed to the dead only.
When this has been done, and at
the proper time, we are in favor of
erecting a monument and dedicating
it to the boys who gave their lives.
ID. Webb, father, Martha Webb,
mother, w. E. Webb, brother, repre-
senting Henry L. Webb.
j. r. Myers, father, l.. A. Myers,
mother, A. s. Myers, uncle, Mary E.
Myers, aunt, representing William P.
Myers.
Upton Stinnett, father, Matte
Stinnett, mother, Robert Stinnett,
brother, representing Wesley Stin-
nett.
J. A. Caylor, foster-father and
brother, representing Grayson Caylor.
c. M. Gourley, father, D. F.
Gourley, mother, j. H. Gourley,
brother, representing Charles M.
Gourley.
Belle Marine, mother, E. H. Marine
brother, Fannie Whitehead, grand
mother, representing Leonard
Mollie Burchfeld, widow, repre-
senting William Burchfeld.
]. D. Townsend, father, Lavina M.
Townsend mother, w. L. Townsend
brother, representing Harry Town
send.
Jack Talent, father, Mary Talent,
mother, representing Paul Talent.
John S. Willocks, father, Martha
M. Willocks, mother, representing
Hobart D. Willocks.
Mrs. J. E. Mcmillan, sister and
only near relative, representing John
E. Norton.
Jasper Lawson, father, Mrs. M. A.
Lawson, step-mother, representing
Luke Lawson.
w. T. Lowe, father, Mrs. M. J.
Lowe, mother, representing Claude
0. Lowe.
Charles OFT, father, Mrs. Margery
OFT, mother, Mrs. Rebecca OFT,
grandmother, representing David
OFT.
S. A. Sterling, father, Ida Sterling,
mother, C. H. Sterling, representing
Lloyd Sterling.
]. S. Gibson, father, Mrs. Kate
Gibson, mother, Gusta Gibson, sister,
representing E. R. Gibson.
Mrs. G. B. Warren, widow, Mrs. E.
M. F. George, mother-in-law, Rev. W.
F. Henderson, grandfather, repre-
senting Carlos Warren.
w. H. Love, father, Mrs. w. II.
Hubert C. Love, brother, representing
Fred D. Love.
Mrs. Thera Miller, mother, Mrs.
Bertha Millsaps, sister, representing
Harry Miller.
1t would certainly be very unfor-
tunate if we the Blount County peo-
pie should get into a wrangle over
the proper kind of a memorial for
our dead soldiers and sailor boys as
Knoxville has done, and as a result
do nothing. From the above it APP
pears that very large majority of
the families of these dead boys have
stated very plainly as to their pre-
ference in this matter, and now we
should go ahead with the campaign to
raise the funds and build the hospital.
1t appears that the proposition for
a hospital has the endorsement of
decided majority Of our citizens, in
asmuch as every minister in the
county, the head of every school and
college, the head of all the large
manufacturing plants, every county
official, the Emerson J. Lones Post of
the American Legion have all given
it their endorsement.
The plans to turn the funds over
to a committee elected by the county
court whose duty will be to select the
site, erect and equip, manage and
control the hospital assures the public
that their interests will be we'll safe