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Bloomington Club Honor Roll

McLean County, Illinois
(Transcribed by: Teri Moncelle Colglazier)


Thirty-three members of the Bloomington club were in the service, one Lieut. Louis E. Davis making the supreme sacrifice for his country.

A large proportion won commissions and were otherwise prominent in the army. The club through individual subscriptions, was a leader in war relief work and its generosity was proverbial. In many ways the club contributed to the universal movement towards winning the war.

The officers of the club during the war were the following:

President, John W. Harber.
Vice-President, Everett C. George.
Secretary, Geo. F. Dick, Jr.
Treasurer, C. J. Northrup.

Directors, H. D. Bunnell, E. B. Mitchel, Ira S. Whitmer, Geo. C. Heberling, C. L. Hill.

Following is the honor roll:

Capt. Frank W. Aldrich
Hudson Burr
Edward S. Brown
Clifford Brown
D. D. Bachman
Dr. E. A. Behrendt
Roy R. Cheney
Lieut. Louis J. Colehower
*Lieut. Louis E. Davis
Harry K. Dick
Ralph C. DeMange
Dr. Watson W. Gailey
Dr. W. H. Gardner
Dr. G. H. Galford
Tracy E. Green
Omar B. Gregory
Rogers Humphreys
C. Blake Holton
Lieut. Ralph J. Heffernan
H. C. Hawk Jr.
Harry W. Hall
Lieut. Julius P. Klemm
Waldo A. Kuhn
I. G. Lain
Capt. Ralph N. McCord
Major (Dr.) R. A. Noble
Capt. Horace A. Soper
John J. Starkey
Geo. P. Stautz
Harry H. Tenney
Lieut. Walter Williams
Bourke C. Williams
Harold R. Watkins

*Died in the service.

[McLean County, Illinois, in the World War, 1917-1918; by Edward E. Pierson & Jacob Louis Hasbrouck c 1921]



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