WWI - Bloomington County Club - McLean County Illinois Genealogy & History

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Bloomington Country Club
McLean County, Illinois

[McLean County, Illinois, in the World War, 1917-1918; by Edward E. Pierson & Jacob Louis Hasbrouck c 1921]
(Transcribed by: Teri Moncelle Colglazier)

The Bloomington Country Club was an active and very useful agency for good during the war. Contributing no less than twenty-seven men to the service, the club also was a leader in war relief work, the members individually contributing generously to every drive and being prominent in the various committees, co-operating patriotically with the Council of Defense and also other bodies working to win the great conflict.
During the epidemic of influenza which raged during the war, the Country Club very generously tendered the club house for a temporary hospital and a large number of soldiers and civilians were given attention there until the epidemic was over.
In many other ways, the club displayed its patriotism and won the grateful appreciation of the community.
The ladies of the Red Cross were permitted to use the club house for sewing and the preparation of supplies for the army and no distinction was made between members of the club and non-members.
This was a concession that was deeply appreciated by the members of the Red Cross and was fully taken advantage of and proved a great accommodation.
The officers of the club during the war were as follows:
President Fred B. Capen.
Vice President Sain Welty.
Secretary Ralph Hasenwinkle.
Treasurer Harris K. Hoblit.

The following is the list of members who were in the service:
Anderson, W. W.
Bachman, D. D.
Bohrer, Joe
Bracken, Dwight
Brokaw, John
Brown, Clifford
Burr, Hudson
Carrithers, H. H.
Coulter, J. G.
Dick, Harry
Espey, J. E.
Felmley, John
Funk, G. W.
Funk, Jacob, Jr.
Gailey, Dr. W. W.
Gardner, Dr. W. H.
Gregory, Omar B.
Harwood, T. F.
Hawk, H. C. Jr.
Howell, Dr. H. L.
Klemm, Julius P.
Noble, Dr. R. A.
Soper, H. A.
Starkey, John
Stautz, Geo. P.
Tenney, H. H.
Young, L. H.

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