At the end of this email is the roster of the members of the WRC attached to the T. J. Harrison GAR Post in Kokomo in 1938 - this is taken from a booklet called "The Home Guide", put out by the WRC of Kokomo. It also gives the following history: It started in 1887 - president was Mrs. Flora Wolchner, secretary was Mrs. Agnes Hite. The charter members were: Clara Young, Oma Barnes, Lizzie Redmond, Alice Lowe, Lizzie Sellers, Elizabeth Raines, Ella Sumption, Libbie Moore, Carrie Lowe, Mary L. Stiles, Anna Eliza Jones, Emma Somers, Elso Dolman, Susanna Styer, Louisa Harris, Nancy Williams, Belle Bell, Mary Grant, Etta Wykes, Addah Johnson, Susan Garrigus and Lacy Moore. The booklet gives many of the locations where meetings took place. It also states that the WRC helped entertain at the GAR encampment in 1898, held at the Grace Methodist Church and attended by about 400 veterans. In 1938, the roster is as follows (notes after a name were made by my great-grandmother): President - Rebecca Shauman Senior Vice President - Nellie Bireley Junior Vice President - Genevieve Garrison Secretary - Lottie Chadd Treasurer - Minnie Miller Chaplain - Mary J. Thatcher Conductor - Emma Galbreath Guard - Lena Zuttermeister Patriotic Instructor - Edith Schornstein Musician - Jean Somers Assistant Conductor - Florence Harrell Assistant Guard - Dorothy Foster Color Bearer No. 1 - Josephine Pennington Color Bearer No. 2 - Jessie Jackson Color Bearer No. 3 - Emma Miller Color Bearer No. 4 - Blanche Warner Membership: Sarah J. Brandon (deceased in 1939) Nellie Bireley Mary Carr (deceased) Nannie Cook Florence Dye Dora Ellis Ophia Everman Louise Falk (deceased in 1944) Emma Fawcett Emma Galbreath (deceased in 1944) Nannie Gross (deceased in 1944) Blanche Gorton Nora T. Gauze Lillian Hall Florence Harrell (deceased in 1944) Jessie Jackson Dora Jones Mary E. Johnson Nellie Kerlin Hattie Kirkpatrick (deceased) Emma Lindsay Carrie Lowe (deceased) Minnie Miller Ida Mix (deceased) Emma Miller Mary Mygrant Virginia Munger (deceased in 1943) Della Bilby Josephine Pennington Mary J. Pickering (deceased) Bell Purdum (deceased) Edith Schornstein Jean Somers Emma Somers (deceased) Laura Summers (deceased in 1944) Katherine Sutherland Dora Smith (not a member) Fannie Ray Mary Taylor Harriet Truax (deceased in 1939) Mary J. Thatcher Elizabeth Jan Vice (deceased) Mary E. Ward (deceased in 1943) Lena Zuttermeister (deceased) Rebecca Shauman Genevieve Garrison Elizabeth C. Locke (deceased in 1944) Dorothy Foster Bell Markwood Mary Kellar Blanche Warner (deceased in 1944) Della Dearinger Lottie Chadd Sarah J. Brandon lived in Beltsville, Maryland; Lillian Hall lived in Portland, Oregon, Hattie Kirkpatrick lived in Indianapolis; Della Bilby lived in Tipton; Fannie Ray lived in Sims, Indiana; all others are listed in Kokomo. The rest of the booklet is mostly interesting advertising of local businesses and a few articles on health and home. Just thought the WRC history and roster was interesting (Katherine Sutherland is my great-grandmother - the one who made all of the notes). Jan Rader Kent, OH