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    "ocrText": "MRS. JOSEPH M. CUDAHY, Fresident\nMRS. JAMES o. HEYWORTH, First Vice-President\nMRS. URI B. GRANNIS, Cor. Secretary\nMRS. CHARLES H. SCHWEPPE, Second Vice-President\nMRS. GEORGE R. NICHOLS, JR., Rec. Secretary\nMRS. ALBERT H. WOLF. Treasurer\nMRS. JOSEPH T. RYERBON, Asst. Treas.\nThe Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago\n830 MONROE BUILDING-104 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE\nMiss EDNA L. FOLEY\nSUPERINTENDENT\nMiss MARY E. WESTPHAL\nHOURS.\nCentral 2172\n8:30A.\nTelephones\nASST. SUPERINTENDENT\n{\nCentral 2173\nCentral 2174\nCOUNCIE\nMarch 21,\nPrev. Cor\nNo. End\nM\nRECD MAR 28 1923\nreply\nMiss Ida F. Butler,\nmusing\nreport\nAmerican Red Cross,\nnota\nWashington, D. C.\nTo\nReferred\nto\nMy dear Miss Butler:\nthe\nI am sorry that I cannot help you out but Gertrude\nMary Smith is not even a name to me.\nMiss Farquhar, a graduate of the Boston Children's\nHospital of about 1900 or 1901, served under the Red Cross in\nthe devastated areas in Italy and she may remember Miss Smith.\nHer name and hospital may help you identify her. She worked\nwith us a very short time in Genoa.\nI do not even remember the name of the Red Cross\nnurse who was in charge of the American Hospital in Rome and\nwho, I believe, was also in charge of the American nurses in\nItaly not with the Tuberculosis Commission, but undoubtedly\nthe records will help you out there. Many of the sick nurses\nwere carried to Rome or cared for under nurses not in the\nCommission.\nMrs. Charlotte Heilman in Athens served in the\ndevastated areas and through the influenza before joining\nthe Tuberculosis group. It is a far cry from Washington to\nAthens but Mrs. Heilman has an excellent memory and if she\nknew Miss Smith, perhaps would remember the way she did her\nhair, how long she was ill and all about her. I found Mrs.\nHeilman an exceedingly interesting woman and very able.\nWith best wishes, believe me\nSincerely yours,\nsomething\nEdua L. Loley\nEdna L. Foley,\nSuperintendent.\nELF/D.\n2x-"
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