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Association of South Carolina" (also later called the "South Carolina Good Health Association"). This organization tried to place trained nurses and special welfare workers into each county to educate the people and stimulate an interest in health. It was a volunteer organization that depended on donations and was unable to survive. Dr. Evans reportedly never gave up the dream of restarting the organization. [[highlighted]] Also that year she published a book, [[underline]] Martha Schofield, Pioneer Negro Educator [[/underline]]

In 1918, she became a registered volunteer in the Medical Services Corps of the United States.[[/highlighted]] She closed St. Luke's Hospital in order to perform this duty. She continued to practice medicine and located her office at 1501 1/2 Taylor Street.

In May of 1930 she was elected to the board of trustees of Haines College in Augusta, Georgia. Haines was an accredited Junior College founded by Miss Lucy Laney, who also served as it's president. Haines College (or Institute) eventually became Lucy Laney High School.

Also in 1930, she achieved what was perhaps her greatest professional accomplishment. In late May and early June, she invited to her home the "movers and shakers" of Columbia's Afrikan community. After meeting with the women and the men and organizing clubs to help in the sponsoring of a children's clinic in Columbia, a girls club was organized and sponsored a popularity contest in order to raise money for the children's clinic.

These clubs collectively called themselves the Columbia Clinic Association. The Clinic started meeting in the basement of the Zion Baptist Church which was petitioned in order to assure a minimum of privacy. The preliminary information concerning need was gathered by volunteers using a door to door method. When the information gathering was completed, the word was spread to the public about the plans to give free vaccinations to schoolchildren through the churches.

After all the preliminary work had been done, the plans made, and the date set, the worry as to how successful the effort would be started. It was hoped that 150-200 children would come. As it turns out, it was successful beyond their wildest expectations. On

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