Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-10-16
REPORT OF CANTEEN SERVICE
FOR ROCKINGHAM CHAPTER,
A. R. c., FROM JUNE 10, 1918, TO
OCTOBER 1, 1919.

vi June OH, 1910, MIS-. w. +.
Webb, Vice Chairman of the Rocking
ham Red Cross Chapter, called a
meeting and organized the Canteen
Service to serve at the Hamlet Can
teen two days each week, viz, Mon
day and Thursday.
The following officers and their aids
were appointed. For Monday, A. M.
Mesdames, w. N. Everett, ST., Cap
tain; W. C. Leak, First Lieut.; Boyd
Gasque, Second Lieut.. Monday P. M,
Mesdames A. Arenson, Captain; H. L.
Guthrie, First Lieut.; B. F. Palmer,
Second Lieut..
Thursday, whole day, Mesdames j.
7. Collier, Captain; Miss Maude
Moore, First Lieut.; W. P. Webb, Sec
ond Lieut.; R. B. Waddell as Canteen
Buyer. The last of July we began
serving on Saturday, as an accommo-
dalton to Hamlet Chapter with Mes
danes Boyd Gasque, Captain; W. N.
Everett, ST., First Lieut.; j. S. Led
better, Second Lieut..
We served these three days until
October LIST, when Saturday was given
back to be served by Hamlet Chap
ter.
The following ladies assisted in the
Canteen work, some of them every
day, others Observation-Disclosures
W. c. Leak, H. S. Ledbetter, W. P.
Webb, H. L. Guthrie, ]. T. Collier,
W. N. Everett, ST., Stella Cameron,
Fred Dickinson, G. F. Smith, J. S.
Ledbetter, w. T. Covington, R. B.
Waddell, l. S. London, w. N. Everett,
Jr., Mary Dockery, Tom McRae, Frank
Leak, Walter Thomas, A. Arenson,
Robert Biggs, B. F. Palmer, Boyd
Gasque, Will Steele, C. D. E. Edger-
ton, z. V. Robertson, Lucy Russell, Ber-
nard Garrett, Misses Maude Moore,
Hattie Marks, Bessie Terry, Mable
Dunn, Lizzie Cole, Halle Covington,
Todd Armstead, Pat Monroe, Mossie
Long, Beth Thomas, Wilma Stansill,
Johnsie Cameron.
The Canteen had no official Com
mander during this time, Mesdames
W. P. Webb and R. B. Waddell serv-
ing together. In December, 1918, the
executive board of Rockingham Chap
ter, appointed Mrs. Weddell, Com
mander and Buyer. After the armis-
tice was signed, November 18th, and
the weather began to get cold, interest
began to wane, so during winter and
spring of 1918 and 1919 there was
very few faithful workers, often three
and four workers serving train of
400, 500, sometimes 600 boys, and do
ing the local work, serving the boys
passing through on passenger trains,
sometimes giving hot lunches to 60
OF more, which was hard and trying
in cold weather. Mesdames W. N.
Everett, Sr., and j. T. Collier deserve
especial mention for their faithful
services, and the use Of their cars con-
stantly. About March 1st, 1919, Mes
danes j. P Leak, W. F. Long, Jr., E.
A. Allen, Robert G. Leak volunteered
for service and to use their cars, which
was a boon to the Canteen indeed.
The following young ladies' also came
to "lend a helping hand" Misses Faith
Covington, Mary Entwistle, Betsy
Long, Helen Long, Edith, Myra and
Ophclia Ormond, Effie Baldwin and
just lots of the High School Girls. The
boys several times spoke of Rocking
hams pretty girls, and how they
would rather look at and talk to them,
than eat anything the Canteen could
give them.
We have served at different times,
coca-cola, coffee, iced tea, pies, tea
cakes, pound-cake, fried chicken, vari-
Gus sandwiches, cigarettes, chewing
gum, candy, chocolate bars, water
melon, cantaloupes, grapes, in fact a
little of all kinds of fruit that we
could get; also post cards.
During this time we have served
95,202 soldiers, 427 seamen, and 290
marines, total of 95,919. 1t has cost
$2,401.68 to serve these boys; ST.
674.26 of this was donations or cred
it's, making cost to the chapter,
$727.42. Mrs. W. P. Webb in her Red
Cross talks collected from $500 to
$4,000 for Canteen, and the leading
merchants of the town contributed
each week until January list, 1919,
from 25c to $1.00 each.
Below is a letter from Miss Martha
Fort, Director of Canteen Service, for
Southern Division, of Atlanta, Ga:
am glad our leaders think we did we'll.
We did our best in this work and
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. R. B. WADDELL,