Flower Hospital School of Nursing - Creed Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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7c?4ze77Zd2zc5eZ4 Un.. On September 8th, 1953 a group of 34 eager, inexperienced, aspiring, young girls were drawn from the farms,villages, and cities of Ohio and Michigan and one even from as far away as West Virginia to Flower Hos- pital to begin three years of special- ized education. It all began with the 34 innocents traveling by bus daily at 7:30 A.M. out to the citadel of learning, Toledo Universityg where for 18 weeks we took our basic courses in physiol- ogyg anatomy, psychology, microbiol- ogy and chemistry. We carried away with us many memories of fine pro- fessors, long hikes from class to class, interesting labs and lectures, and dissected cats. Our first day on duty, November Z3! What an event! lf we thought we were scared out at T.U. .......... ! Welltime passed, filled with many parties, picnics, and lots of HARD, HARD study and April the second fi- nally came around, when we traded in our skirts and blouses for caps and fichues. At this time there remained only 28 of the original 34. None of us shall soon forget that moment when Miss Rees pinned our caps on and Miss Rehklau lighted our lamps. Nurses at last! But not quite. We shoved off to special departments and vacations were soon upon us. Before we knew it 30 more replicas of our selves one year earlier were arriving, and we were juniors. Now we began an intense round of heavy classes, floor duty, organizational work and pressing so- cial affairs. That second year is a rough one! Spring came again and with it the sad, yet happy, parting of those going on affiliation. But first a going- away picnic at Walbridge Park and off we went. That summer we put on the Jun- ior-Senior Prom with the theme of Country Gardens. A big success. We were now down to Z1 members. In August we lost our class advisor, Miss Beck, who took apositionwith the Grace Hospital in Detroit. We a- dopted Mrs. Haberkamp. Seniors at last and with that the addi- tion ofShirley Podach, a transfer stu- dent from St. Vincent's hospital. And then about the biggest honor a school or class can have. Our own Norma Capaul was elected President of the Student Nurse Organization of Ohio. That really put Flower on the map. We are all quite justly proud of her. Our senior year was the time of sad departures and joyful reunions as the girls came and went on affiliations at Toledo State Hospital and Children's Hospital in Columbus. Many memo- ries are retained from those places. In January we were all quite saddened to see our Director, Miss Rees, leave Flower to take another position with the White Cross Hospital in Columbus. Soon after we lost our second class advisor, Mrs. Haberkamp and chose Mrs. Jastremski for our third. By now Miss Dorcas Crossman from Tex- as became our Director of Nursing and a fine one at that, you-all! ln January our class put out more pizza in one night than Conte's must put outin a week. How we slaved over that hot oven down at Simms for our movie and pizza party. Well as the end approached we were tired, as could be witnessed by the number of horizontal figures on the beds back in the den at Highland. Bynow many of our members were old married women. We thought when we finished we would have reached the end of the road. But now we know different. Graduation is merely a milestone in the long process of learning, tho' ad- mittedly a pretty big one. Now we go forth again, 22 eager, inexperienced, aspiring young .......

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Yr 4 OPAL TI-IARP KAY TIPPENHAUER It matters not how a person Leave silence to the saints dies, but how they live. am but human. LOIS WARNER Life without mischief is not life at a11. 5 f PAT WILLIAMSON Good nature is the sign of a large and generous sou1. s-.V L. .. .K-Q-N. - -.ww-V..

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emhfz Dec. 23, 1966 Delta, Ohio Hi Jane, l've so much to tell you so if my two sets of twins, one husband, and pets will allow me the time, l'll start. Last week when I was Christmas shopping in Toledo, I bumped into Kay Tippenhauer, and we talked for hours in the middle of a toy department. You knew, didn't you that Norma Caupal got so mixed up in SNAO that when she and Gary finally tied the knot, she named her children S,N,A, and O followed. Kay, herself, is head nurse on first floor at dear old Flower, which happens to be strictly TUR's. Mary Ann Kopp QMathenyj, in spite of all the trials and tribulations of her wedding, has been leading a busy and happy life. We all breathed a sigh of relief when she started down the aisle to the strains of the wedding march. Kay says that Kathy McCoy flew to Hawaii. She be- came rather impatient waiting for Don, and is now considered an expert hula dancer. I ran into Marilyn Meinen fWelchj, but we cou1dn't stop long. She had to get back and relieve Bing, who was taking care of the four little winds . He also wanted to leave the parking lot in her capable hands for a few hours. While walking past the Lion's Store I saw a darling freckled-faced, red haired, little boy, on one of the lions, hollering his head off. His mother turned out to be Mary Lou Appleman. She had brought him to Toledo to see Santa. Alll can say is that she's braver than I. We talked over tea and cookies andllearned that Shirley Podach is ex- pecting her ninth baby. She hopes it will be another boy, so she can manage her baseball team in her spare time. She has spare time? Opal Tharp started back to West Virginia, you know, but got lost in the wilds of Kentucky and did a little frontier nursing. Her book about her experiences is one ofthe best sellers list, and is ded- icated to Dr. Seligman. Janet Baland QSawyery is the new director of nurses at Bowling Green. Milly Milliron, at the same time, was made supervisor of surgery which is very nice since she always liked it so well. There was a small article in the paper about Lois Hong Kong Fey She was returning to China after a short vacation at home. There was notification concerning the new exhibition at the Art Museum. The artist is none other than Betty Hartman! Everyone is just roaring over her inter- pretation of T at A in oils. There was also a big write up in that same paper about Jo Platt'sfifth marriage. I guess he is loaded with that green stuff, what luck! One of the editorials was com- menting onthe fine work that Lois War- ner has been doing with the mentally ill. Her latest treatment, rolling patients down the hall in a barrel, is supposed to be very effective. The re was a big spread in Life Ma- gazine about Mert Rutherford. She and her husband grow mammoth water- melons. Now there is a girl I better drop in on. The Farm Family of the Week was Caroline Brugger and her husband. They have a huge farm! Did you see wherethey've made Not as a Stranger again with Zaiga Ozolins playing the lead? Just think one of our classmates in the movies! RamonaStoddard is now the supervisor of the new Central Supply Department at Flower. Her article about a new method of sterilization appeared in the America.nJournal of Nursing. It seems she uses lemon juice. Well, Mrs. Smith, l'll let you get back to your cooking school and music lessons, but do try to take time to let me know how the world is treating you. As Ever, Lee