Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital School of Nursing - Aeneid Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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raduates ■.fe5S«»a 5 fsss ! t tr ■ iiiis conversatFo fr om inow when Z Cx girls who Jo A ni| Mar tin .and Loi thing l|.ke this A ' ren ' t ' u Jd nn call V I got her4 hu ' ' ' H cy cfre J i rn an, j t son of j Francisc 0 s lS p r ni a. ' ' Id take plaie on any street in the United States 5 years f the Class of ' 55 meet. ust pie||t on the Main Street in Columbus, Ohio are eir conversation would probably go some- artin? Winstel, I have been meaning to ou know how busy you can get working. ?. They are fine and we are living in San you married or could you ever decide who you loved? Tell me how are all the girls we gr aduated with, you should know more about them since I have been away so long? Mary Ann married Jim and they have a son who is taking after his Daddy, he weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz. at birth. Jim is coaching football at Notre Dame so they are in Indiana. Betty Jo and Buddy were married when he was discharged. They are in Charlottesville. She is working in the Delivery Room at the University of Vir¬ ginia while Buddy is in school. Oh, Marianna and Don finally got married after she finished a course in O R at Johns Hopkins. They have a little girl. Kaye Toney and Hazel Helmintoller are in Brooklin, New York working in Public Health in the slums. Kaye is still looking for George. Molly and Jimmy are in Washington, D. C. She is working in some First Aid Room in a large hotel. They have a little girl. Audrey is head nurse on MR at Delaware State. She says things haven ' t changed much since we were there. Joyce is in the Navy, she is on a ship and says it really is the life! Kay Schumaker and Wanda Linton are both doing private dutv at the C. ; O. Bonnie and Dick are in Cincinnati, Ohio and have 4 children, she isn ' t work¬ ing ! ' ' June and Hie finally made it to Bermuda. They are having a wonderful time. June is Night Supervisor, and Hie is OB Supervisor in the large st hospital there. Nadine is in Germany with Gov. He is making the Air Force a career. Eleanor and Bobby are living in Covington. She is Surgical Supervisor at the C. h. O. Libby is Superintendent of the Alleghany Memorial Hospital. Norma and Ken are in New York, Norma is working ia,,rgfe§t hospital ther e. Peggy Jean and Arthur are living in Florida. Sh Prking ii| a,H ivate Robin is still going to school. She has her B. S. working| pFx|i ® M• • If®, f ' I saw Joan the other day, she and A1 are here in C i bus. Sh .ji W .mng at the University Hospital doing general duty. f Well Jo Ann I guess I had better go. When you go hospital as OPD nurse. A ‘ ijiifT o h r-hn d you see any of the girls, tell them I ' ll see them in 5 mor e the’ ' - las re M Y- r . ' r ' ' union. LoisWinstel .Greshel J6 Ann Martin 12

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clci4 col %n,; c eCC(Mf OHcC cuA tc cC id Cou : X04C4. Left to right. FRONT ROW: Elizabeth Carol Biggs; Marianna Bransford; Peggy Jean Clark; Hazel Gloria Helmin- toller; Lois Ann Hicklin; Mrs. Wanda Hodge Linton; Marjorie Preston Kern. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Norma Chaplin Knicely; Mildred Jo Ann Martin; Joyce Marie Masters; Bonnie Gene Nicely; Joan Allene Pearson; June Lee Price; Betty Jo Reid; Miss Grace Ricks, sponsor. THIRD ROW: Mary Ann Reid;Mrs. Mollie Rhea Clark;Doris Nadine Rocke; Mrs. Kaye Wickline Schumaker; Audrey Frances Simmons; Kay Frances Toney; Virginia Eleanor Williams; and Lois Louise Winstel. 11

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.om iCftcUcuK Today the pictures taken on the night of graduation came back to the nursing school office and as I stare at the picture of those 2Z potential graduates, the picture fades and 1 see instead a picture taken on September 8, 1952 in front of the Y. M. C. A. and there are 32 eager young women touring the C. O. shops and getting ready to settle down to 3 years of hard work in their chosen pro¬ fession. This group had only yesterday came with their families and enrolled in this school of nursing. After viewing their rooms and getting unpacked, the girls left with their families for lunch and to return at 3 p.m.for a reception in their honor. Shortly after their families departed, they went to their rooms having a part gone with them, and to cover their loneliness they started getting acquainted with their classmates. That night they found the usual pranks await¬ ing them as they prepared to retire. These being the beds short-sheeted, crumbs, and macaroni in the beds and NOTES of encouragement pined to their pillow s. The following week was made up of tours, picnics, and the start of classes. They being Anatomy, Chemistry, Professional Adjustments I and Nursing Arts. By the end of the week they were well into the pattern of what being apreclinical r eally felt like . Beginning on Monday of the following week there was a set schedule to fol¬ low. So this was the beginning of their new life; the life of a nurse. Not too long after they were taught how to make a bed and give a bed bath were they kept off the wards. This new experience made them feel as though they were really a nurse. The last of February and first of March following found this group engrossed in finals and the worry of whether they would make the grade and receive their caps. On March the 8th this group of now 25 received their caps, a step in the nur sing profes sion which means that you have successfully passed your pre- clinical period and are now Freshmen. Things worth while remembering are their formal Christmas Dances at the Greenbrier, their basketball team, the Glee Club, those nights they entertained with talent shows, and their long hours of studying in the shower rooms and closets hoping that they neither aroused their housemother or their instructors at the far end of their hall. The day they had dreamed of ending came on June 5th when all classes were over for the year and was climaxed by a picnic at Douthat. For the next two years this class was separated due to affiliations and va¬ cations and now that they are all back together they feel as if their Senior year was the happiest. This year found them being invited to dances, banquets, and teas in their honor. The day they have longed for and even counted the days un¬ til, finally came; their graduation day. May 23, 1955. They will never forget this day with their long sleeves, their organdy caps, and the bouquet of roses. Indeed a day long to be remembered! This day was the final step in their cho¬ sen profession and having renewed their vow The Florence Nightengale Pledge, they felt that their past 3 years are not soon to be forgotten and this being their most valuable possession, their profession. The haze is gone and I see the picture of the graduation class of ' 55 and it is a reality of what WE have worked hard for and now have seen fulfilled. Audrey Simmons 13