Person

Mrs. W. M. S. Hammond

Elected president of the Woman's Club of Clarke County in April 1922.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of April 27, 1922 reports that the Woman's Club of Clarke County, meeting at the Parish House on April 13 with nineteen members present, elected Mrs. W. M. S. Hammond president for the coming year.

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What the source supports

That Mrs. W. M. S. Hammond was elected president of the Woman's Club of Clarke County in April 1922.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item breaks the surname across a line ("Ham mond") and gives her only by her husband's initials. It does not say where she lived.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The April 27, 1922 report of the Woman's Club.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 27, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-04-27 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, item "Mrs. Hammond Heads the Woman's Club"

Relevant passage

MRS. HAMMOND HEADS THE WOMAN’S CLUB The Woman’s Club of Clarke County met at the Parish House iqi [on] April 13, represented by nineteen members. ... The routine business was followed by electing officers for the coming year, resulting as follows: President, Mrs. W. M. S. Ham mond; Secretary, Miss Emma Jones

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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