Charlotte Memorial Hospital School of Nursing - Lamp Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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DEDICRTIOn Mom, I would like for vou to meet Miss Hazel Solomon, our operating room supervisor and faculty adviser to the Student Government, who has meant so much to all of us in our three vears here. Through her enthusiasm, inspirational guidance and untiring efforts she gave us confi- dence. Her pleasing personality and quiet efficiency make her our ideal. And we, the senior class, proudly dedicate this 1953 edition of the Lamp to her.

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PROPHECY How swiftly the years go by! The year is 1963. The flood of war is over and democracy has swept the tide of Communism from the face of the earth. I am seated in front of my people vision screen (similar to old time television, only instead of channels it can be tuned to any person alive), when suddenly the doorbell rings and much to my surprise, my old friend Ann Stoneham walks in. We began talking about old times. Through our heads pass thoughts of old friends, people we knew in training, faces we haven ' t seen in years. Guess we ' ll tune in some of the old gals and see what they ' re doing. Nola Kyles is receptionist at William T. Berkely ' s Plastic Institute. She does much to boost his business with her contagious smile and friendly manner. Still loyal to her once inseparable friend, Lexine Allen travels over fifty miles to take her red-headed, freckled face brood to the Child Health and Super- vision Clinic of which Carolyn Atwell is now director. From across the water, we see Blanche Gilbert and Betty Floyd have been exiled from the country of Xzygrophytez for trying to institute a branch service of Alcoholics Anonymous. We also see that Wanda Reid ' s recipe for roast chinchilla won first, place in Arthur Godfrey ' s cooking contest. Turned from nursing to the domestic type since Buddy developed such a gourmet ' s appetite. Broadway saw the opening of several bright new hits, but the biggest crowd pleaser was a play written by Montez Holder and directed by Jo Cloninger entitled Open the Dura and Let Willy In. This explosive comedy features Peggy Brady as Betty Bovie, Pauline Wike as Molly Menninges, Pittman and Hayes as Plain Patties, Carterette as Dulah Dural Hook, and Medriath Kiker as Gertie Gelfoam. In the journalistic world, Jean Crisp, national medi- cal news commentator, stated during her weekly broad- cast that the long awaited Blue Report, Current Placebos For Neurotics, has been released. Dr. Blue is now one of the leading psychologists at Yale Univer- sity. We see Peggy Snow, Ruby Steele, and Bobby Webb, delegates from the United States, as they board the TWA Constellation for Copenhagen to attend the International Council of Nurses meeting. While abroad they plan to visit their old friends, Catherine Hine and Mary Frances Carroll, who are medical missionaries to the Belgian Congo. Only one student has remained at the old alma mater. Joyce Smith has taken the position of assistant director of the School of Nursing. (Miss Burton finally gave up!) Edith Craver is world famous for the big farm she owns, on which she raises varied species of delicate cats for the ' production of catgut. We also see that Dottie Long, operating room supervisor at Bellevue Hospital, is one of her best customers. Miss Long ' s assistant, Peggy Woods, decided to give up her Army career because all of the colonels were too old or already married. Martha Ann Neighbors, who is next in line for the Hope Diamond, is cruising to East Peru as nurse com- panion to her future husband who is suffering from ex-ophthalmic photophobia. Edie Ritter ' s first aid comes in mighty handy as she travels all over the United States taking care of Coach Stapels pro-football team. Wonders never cease! Geraldine Snider is director of a beautiful Public Health Center located at the foot of Sugar Creek and Peggy Davis is kept busy as head of the delousing department. Captain Ellen Beam from the United States Flight Nurse Corps found an exciting life in the air. She gads about from place to place still as confused as ever. While flying home on a ten day leave she couldy hardly believe her eyes when she s aw her old colleague Vir- ginia Horton, walking gracefully through the plane greeting her passengers. Here comes a flash from the Arctic Zone. The sun- shine gals, Mary Spires and Joycie Morrison, are kept busy on their Eskimo Reservation in Alaska. Dr. Sue McRee burns the whale oil at all hours working on her experiment of trying to cross breed viruses. Martha Ann Capps, Pat Heilig, and Virginia Kim- bril are still the inseparable three. At last reports they were beginning a business, The Nursing Advertising Agency, specializing in singing commercials. Billie Soles is the star attraction on the program. (We always knew her vocal ability would go further than the shower.) Look! Peggy Royal really succeeded, she became fa- mous for her invention of ZIP which quick as a wink eliminates superfluous hair. Her slogan, Un- wanted hair? It ' s off because it ' s out. Mutt Jenrette ' s obsessive compulsion to always have everything done ahead of time is the cause for her success as a Time Conservatism Her recent time studies for student nurses are to be published in next month ' s American Journal of Nursing. Another publica- tion of interest is Iris Walter ' s best seller, How To Be A Success After Forty. We always wondered if Louise Lee would keep her retite figure, here we see she is operating a reducing farm in Reno. The Lee Eat and Reduce Plan pro- vides three nutritious meals a day . . . without pills, wafers, exercise or hunger. Val Byrd patronizes the farm routinely. Snud Gathings ' ability to get around came in handy as she is now employed as a bubble dancer for the Colgate Surgical Soap Company. Her co-worker Eliza- beth Goodyear, now a housewife, works with Spud during her spare time— Goodyear blows while Spud dances. We really enjoyed seeing all of our old classmates on people ' s vision and are glad to see that they are doing so well. I guess we had better sign off now so Ann, who has achieved her ambition as being a wife and mother of three, can catch the next plane back to God ' s country (Texas). Ann Stoneham and Wanda Reid, Prophetesses Associate: General Stabb. Page Nine

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RLUmnAE ASSOCIRTIOn Miss Elinor Caddell President Mrs. Louise Yarborough Vice-President Miss Ann Miller Secretary Miss Margaret Little Treasurer womErrs auxiliary Mrs. Edward R. Hipp President Mrs. Cansler Carroll Vice-President Mrs. Edward Nicoll Treasurer Mrs. Charles Witmer Recording Secretary Mrs. H. F. Kincey Corresponding Secretary