The following twenty ladies signed the application: Sophia E Poindexter, PearlAdamnson, Jewel Brown, Blanche Hake

Anna Vessells, Flora E. Brownlee, Leta Kinman, Helen Kinman, Dorothy Dillon Mitchell, Nellue H. Dillon, Laura Austin, Grace Rotramel, Harriett Milker, Ethel Smith, May Ewing, Minnie Threewitt, Cora Smith, Nora Johnson, Hallue Lewis, Mattie McCollum, Pearl McCollum and Virda W. Bauer.

 Unfortunately, it was learned that Mrs. Harriett Miller , whose name appears on the charter, was not eligible. She was the grandmother of a foster son who had not been adlopted, so her money was returned.

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