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Milton D. Brown

Mr. Brown, who received his education at Carnegie Institute and Columbia University, was a volunteer during the war with the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps, and also served with the French and Roumanian Commissions of the American Red Cross. From August, 1920 to October, 1922 he was with Near East Relief in the Caucasus as director of orphanages and schools, when he returned to the the United States to study methods in various vocational schools in the this country. Upon Mr. Brown’s return to Alexandropol he will direct industrial training in the orphanages.

 

Clark D. Martin

Mr. Martin, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and special student of Columbia University, served with the American Army in France and later was connected with the Red Cross in France and Roumania. From August, 1920 to December, 1922 he was with Near East Relief in the Caucasus, since which time he has been in the United States making a study of market conditions for Near East products in this country, to facilitate the organization’s purpose in creating a demand here for orphanage-made products that will help to make the orphan children of the Near East self-supporting. Mr. Martin has returned to Alexandropol to supervise the output of the orphanage workshops.

“A Close-up of Some Overseas Workers,” The New Near East magazine, Sept. 1923.

Mary E. Sill

Miss Sill, who studied fine are at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and who was graduated from the Fine and Industrial Arts Department of Teachers’ College, Columbia University, served as Y.M.C.A. secretary with the A.E.F. at the front and in advance zones in France in 1917 and 1918 and was with the Army of Occupation in Germany until August, 1919. Miss Sill was sent out to Beirut as an orphanage director.

“A Close-up of Some Overseas Workers,” The New Near East magazine, Sept. 1923.

Marjorie Jean Wilson

Miss Wilson, who has been assigned to work among girls in the Alexandropol orphanage, was graduated from St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y., and has been a teacher in science and vocational courses.

“A Close-up of Some Overseas Workers,” The New Near East magazine, Sept. 1923.

Inez Webster

Miss Webster, a student of Lombard College, did canteen work with the Y.M.C.A. in France during the war. She was subsequently connected with the Galesburg and Knox County Free Kindergarten and the American Red Cross in her home town and will act for Near East Relief as orphanage director in Syria.

“A Close-up of Some Overseas Workers,” The New Near East magazine, Sept. 1923.

Belle Bass

Miss Bass is an experienced relief worker, having served with the Red Cross and the Y.M.C.A. in France, Siberia and Czechoslovakia during and after the war, returning to the United States via Honolulu where she is engaged in teaching and Red Cross work. Miss Bass will do orphanage work in Alexandropol.

“A Close-up of Some Overseas Workers,” The New Near East magazine, Sept. 1923.

Katherine B. Tucker

Miss Tucker has gone to Alexandropol as a nurse. She was graduated from St. Agnes’ School and from Columbia University in Science. She received her nurse’s training at the presbyterian Hospital, New York.

“A Close-up of Some Overseas Workers,” The New Near East magazine, Sept. 1923.

Phyllis Henrietta Brown

Miss Brown’s destination was Alexandropol, Armenia, where she will have charge of agricultural training in the orphan city of 20,000 children. She is a graduate of Vassar and of the New York State School of Agriculture and Michigan Agricultural College, and has had affiliations with the Red Cross, National Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls and, during the war, the New York State Land Army. Upon sailing, Miss Brown said, “I wish to work for the Armenian people for I hope, at some future time, in a small way to be in a position to help further international relations and a stronger friendship between all nations.”

“A Close-up of Some Overseas Workers,” The New Near East magazine, Sept. 1923.

Albert A. Scott

of Fitchburg, Mass., sailed January 16, 1919. Assigned to the Beirut Area he served at Tripoli and left Beirut for America May 16, 1920. He may be addressed 1066 Main Street, Fitchburg, Mass.

Orrie O. Miller

left the States January 25, 1919, and came back in March of the following year, 1920. His work with Near East Relief was in the Beirut Area. When he returned to the Near East in September, 1920, it was to serve in the Caucasus with the Mennonite Relief Commission. Mr. Miller is now a shoe manufacturer at Akron, Pa., speaking on Mennonite Relief work in his spare time.