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the first day they saw more than 700 children. To say that they were overwhelmed would be a gross understatement. They secured more volunteers and more organization for the next day and saw even more children. On the third day the crowd was so large that traffic backed up causing the police to have to check out the cause of the traffic jam. When "the smoke cleared", they had seen more than three thousand children during that first several days of clinics, had immunized all and examined many- all free of charge.

Following this success. Dr. Evans was understandably exhausted. She was persuaded by the Association to take a vacation and visited New York, Philadelphia, and Durham while investigating ways of making the Clinic more effective. She was tremendously impressed with Durham. While she was away, the Columbia Clinic Association arranged for a permanent "headquarters" for the clinic. It was located in a two story building at the corner of Harden and Lady Streets. The rent was paid frequently by many benefactors and much of the furniture and equipment was donated by the friends.

It should be noted that she didn't just become complacent and wait for the children to come to her, she still traveled to areas surrounding Columbia and gave service. In October, 1930, she dismissed her patients and and went to Eastover where she saw more than 200 children and vaccinated all that needed vaccination without charge.

On July 27, 1931, the "Evans Clinic Association of Columbia. S.C." was incorporated by the secretary of state of SC "In perpetuity". The officers of the Association (besides Dr. Evans) were: W.C. Johnson, Rev. J.P. Reeder, Dr. J.J. Starks, Dr. D.H. Sims, C.A. Johnson, R.L. Peguese, H.W. Baumgardner, A.W. Simkins, Dr. N.A. Jenkins, Dr. S.R. Greene, Albertha Simons, N.J. Frederick, R.W. Mance, and Henry Marshall.

For the next several years, the Evans Clinic continued it's services. In May 1932, renovations were begun so that the specialty work that had begun could be done more effectively and efficiently. There was a Dental Clinic held four days a week by Dr. H.H. Cooper and an Eye. Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic conducted twice weekly by