YMCA Just Wants to Deliver American Soldiers' Money, May 24, 1919

From The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., May 24, 1919

Y.M.C.A. Wants These Addresses

Atlanta, May 24—The Y.M.C.A. still is working hard to deliver the remaining remittances from American soldiers, entrusted to that service from overseas, because the Y.M.C.A. only furnishes as safe a medium of transmission as could be found, but also gave the service for nothing. In fact, in transmitting $19,538,772.71 from the soldiers to America the “Y” service saved the doughboys fully $60,000, which otherwise would have had to be paid out on money orders.

And the delivery was accurate and prompt saving only in cases where incomplete or incorrect addresses or the disappearance of the payee made it difficult to complete the transaction. Because of such reasons, the Remittance Bureau of the “Y” has been unable to locate 1,229 payees with remittances aggregating about $75,000—less than one-third of one per cent of the total amount handled.

The bureau is now searching for the following payees in this State, which it has been thus far unable to locate for the delivery of remittances.

The service is hunting the following payees in North Carolina to deliver these remittances as fast as possible:

G.N. Arwood, Asheville

E.N. Neel, Charlotte

Bessie Strowther, Charlotte

Mrs. Harriet Weeks, Chattanooga

J.S. McCachren, Concord

Anna Hart, Durham

Mrs. Bertha Gee, Far City

Mrs. A.L. Smith, Fayetteville

Mrs. Mary Catherine Walker, Fayetteville

J.H. Franks, Kings Mountain

James H. Shearin, Lanson

? B. Usher, Laurel Hill

Mrs. South Greenlee, Marion

Bud Holder, McClansville

Mrs. H.W. Harrelson Jr., Reffin

Mrs. Nancy Brooks Robinson

R.H. Sapp, Winston-Salem

W.M. Stevens, Wilson

Roch Stewart, Winston Salem

Curtiss Van Wyatt, Charlotte

Mrs. Hattie Massie, Selma

P.G. Sellers, Washington

Payee

W.I. Griffin, Route 3, Nashville

Robert T. Rosemend, Fayetteville

C.L. Cornwell, Route No. 3, Louisburg

Mrs. Annie Mann, Rocky Mount

Mrs. G. Moore, Reedsville

Remittor

W.J. Griffin, Field Hospital No. 13

Steele Du Basque Cadet 16—For. Det.

A.W. Cornwell, P.B. Corps

Charles Mann, Ca. J—808 Pon, Inf.

City Moore, Pvt., Co. B. 323—L. Bn.