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

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Prophecy A reunion of the Class of 1958 of the Chesapeake and Ohio School of Nursing was held last night at Pig Run Inn owned and operated by Lucy and Bob. It was a lovely evening, with a turnout of 19 graduates, and husbands and 51 child¬ ren. The first to arrive at the inn was Mildred with her husband Ray and four lovely chil¬ dren. Mildred is now the Pediatric Supervisor at C O Hospital. Virginia Bond arrived with her husband, a doctor, whom she met while working as Operating Room Supervisor at Richmond Memorial Hospital. (By the way this is Jenny ' s third husband.) Who do you think flew all the way from California just to be with us? Yes, you ' re right, Barbara Goins Williams and her husband. Bill. Barb is now head nurse on the Psy¬ chiatric ward at Letterman ' s Army Hospital. (By the way they have two sets of twins plus three other children.) Yes, Delberta Ruckman finally married Bud (no surprise to us). They have a large chicken farm in Frost, W. Va, Delberta is Superintendent of the Frost General Hospital. Ellen Crawford arrived slim and chic in her 1962 red. Ford Convertible. Ellen is supervisor of 4th floor of Children ' s Hospital, Richmond, Va. Keep up the good work, Ellen. The next step will be a gold Cadillac. Upon arriving, Connie Houchins quickly shed her shoes, and honored us with the Charleston. Connie is still working with Ringling Brothers Circus in Florida. She plans to leave the Circus soon and join her husband, John, in Selba, South Dakota. Violet Sweet slipped quietly to the back table with her husband, Earl. They have just returned from Italy, where they spent three months in the glass house that Earl de¬ signed. As we looked around, in strolled the former Mary Goodbar with her husband. Tommy, and three little towheads. Mary looked as gay as she did on her wedding day. Tommy has re-enlisted in the Air Force for the third time. Mary has given up Nursing to be with her children, and to tour the country with Tommy. (How does it feel to be a Colonel ' s wife, Mary?) After talking to Mary and Tommy for a few minutes, who appears but Mary Brooks with her husband. Roy. She told us Roy has been out of the Navy for a year now and aft¬ er receiving her degree in Nursing Education, they will reside in Orlando, Fla. , where Roy is employed in deep sea fishing and Mary will teach in a hospital there. (No chil¬ dren as yet.) Who just drove up in the black and white Ford with a gold stripe? It couldn ' t be Janey Goodbar -- Yes, Air Force uniform and all. Captain at that. She tells us that she is stationed in Indiana and from the looks of that three carat diamond she seems to be doing all right for herself. (Couldn ' t be you know who, could it, Janey?)

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Last Will and Testament We, the graduating class of 1958, upon leaving our Alma Mater, do bequeath this, our last will and testament. To the O.R., we leave our tired feet, chapped hands and aching back. To the Juniors, we leave our black bands in hope you will act like dignified Seniors as we did. To the Freshmen, we leave plenty of time off duty to do their socializing. I, Mary Goodbar, will my ability to hold and love one man to Brenda DiGrassi. I, Barbara Goins, leave my ability to run all over the country after a barefoot boy to anyone who thinks they can keep up with me. I, Violet Sweet, will my calm, cool and collected ways to anyone who is in need of them. I, Betty Roberts, will my ability to get a crush on one man and keep it to Sue Gay in hopes she has better luck than I did. I, Mary Brooks, will my ability to obtain a record player and buy a record every month to someone who can afford it. I never could. I, Jenny Fox, will my love for brown eyes and dark hair to those girls who love frosty blondes. I, Gay Owens, will my brown sweater to anyone who thinks they can get by with wear¬ ing it - I never could! I, Jenny Bond, leave all the boys to the oncoming classes, I, Karen Bostic, will my ability to get into trouble to anyone who can outdo me. I, Delberta Ruckman, will my ability to sleep until 6:30 a.m,, have breakfast, and get to work by 6:50 a. m. to anyone who thinks they can do it. I, Eliza Goodbar. will my ability to flirt with the men to anyone who has what it takes. I, Lucy Williams, will my love for the country to those city girls who have telephones. I, Mildred Wilson, will my red teddy bear to Elaine Leisher since 1 don ' t need him any longer. I, Peggy Meads, will - No! I’m taking it all with me. I, Connie Houchins, leave to anyone capable, my ability to be mischievous and still remain innocent. I, Ellen Crawford, will my quiet, soft bedroom shoes to Sandra Pivont for future use in hopes she won ' t make so much noise. I, Delores Dilly, leave my ability to argue, to Sarah Payne and hope she profits by it. 1 sure haven ' t. I, Ethel Gill, leave my dance, The Charleston, to anyone who thinks they can do it. I, Mary Gall, will my three inch heels to Joyce Shaver in hopes she will wear them.

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Well, here come Karen and Dempsey and little papoose. You’ll never believe it, but Karen drove here tonight. These two must have C O in their blood. Oh, well, it sure helps with that $50, 000 home out on the river. Betty Roberts arrived with her old flame. Yes, she finally took the step, Betty was chosen the best dressed nurse 1963. She has toured many places and just returned from Iran after having spent two years there as an Industrial nurse, for the American, Iran Oil Company. She says she likes it fine and from the looks of the gentleman on her arm I think I would enjoy it too. As we look around, we see Mary Gall and her husband, prank. They have just ar¬ rived from South America, where Mary is doing missionary work and Frank is employed with the Oil Company. How ate the twins, Mary? They surely are sweet. In struts Ethel Gill in a green chemise (still in style) with a huge bow in the back, Ethel is still single but by the process of elimination, it won ' t be long. Slowly this class becomes a class again. Here come Gay Carron Owen and her husband, Morgan. Gay is home to stay after five years in California (Morgan decided he didn’t like the Navy after eight years ' duty). Gay will replace Miss Ricks as Educa¬ tional Director at C O. Good luck. Gay, remember our Anatomy Classes. Don ' t be too hard on the girls. This looks like a night for the Air Force. Here comes Peggy Meads wearing what every Air Force Nurse wears, and she wears it with dignity. You’ve really gone places since we ' ve seen you last, from a graduate to a major. Peggy remains aloof when asked about her romantic life, but say, Peggy, where is Major Brougham? Well, look who just strolled in looking like a fashion model. Geneva Fox just came in especially for the reunion from her many duties as instructor at Duke University. Gen- ny, who is your current flame? Bob, Dick, Jack, Keith, or did you find someone else? Well, it looks like everybody is present and accounted for, but wait just a minute here comes Dilley arguing with the girls as to which is the best road to Pig Road Inn. Dilley just blew in from Reno after receiving her divorce from a millionaire whom she met during her two years’ stay in Iran, Incidentally, this poor man is a garbage collec¬ tor now. Nice work, Delores. As our reunion draws to a close we wish to thank Bob and Lucy for the use of their Inn this evening. We hope that we can repeat this evening again in ten years.