Garfield County High School - Remuda Yearbook (Jordan, MT)

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MEDICINE direction of Mrs. Ann Rich. Its purpose was to earn money to keep the hospital open or to buy needed equipment, as the Hospital Board thinks necessary. Wide publicity, both on television and radio made the auction a huge success, bring- ing in over $25,000. Another first, a CPR course was held in all the health classes here at GCHS. Mr. Hayes, along with the help of Ada Weeding, April Milroy, and Clifford Highland, turned his students into Basic Life Supporters. Shown at left and above: Bobby O'Connor, Administrator Gregory Hemingway, Doctor Fred Hane, Lab Technician Maxine Sickles, Head Nurse Darlene Shawver, Nurse Jana Olson, County Nurse Sheila Johnson, Aide Deanna Stanton, Aide Kathy Hayes, Aide June Nelson, Aide Lillian O'Connor, Clerk Jackie Currey, Clerk Jim Gibson, Janitor Grace Euell, Head Cook Volunteer Ambulance Drivers Shown: Jim Rvan, Jerry Johnston, John FitzGerald, Bernie Hildebrand, Clifford Hiqhland, Rickey Mart, Rocky Nelson, April Milroy, and Ada Weeding. Not Shown: Irl Stanton, Ansel S. Krum, John W. Mumion, Diane Vollmer, P. T. Cremer, George FitzGerald. 25

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MEDICINE Iri Stanton Chairman Calvin Thomas Adonna Colvin Vice -Chairman sec. Treas. HOSPITAL BOARD April Milroy Clifford Highland Garfield County's first hospital as it stands Medicine in Gar- field County can be traced down through the ages, the Indian medicine man, the midwives, and finally 'the doctors. The first known doctor to live in Gar- field County was a man called Dr. Baker. He stayed until WWI broke out. After he left to join the army, Dr. Carroll became Gar- field County’s new doc- tor. He stayed until about i923. Dr. B. C. Farrand was the first doctor to stay for any length of time . in Garfield County. He came here in 1925. Fife was Garfield County’s doc- tor for 57 years, retiring in 1972. The first hospital was built in 1925, at a cost to the taxpayers of about $30,000. Later, af- ter the new hospital was completed in 1952, it was turned into a private rest- •home. It was finally closed down September 5 of this year after serving the peo- ple of Garfield County for nearly 55 years. After Dr. Farrand came a succession of men, Dr. Obie, Dr. Ling, .and Dr. Savic, none of them stay- ,ing very long. For a white today we tiad no doctor but de- pended on Miles City for any medical aid. Dr. Hemingway came in 1977 and .has been our doc - tor for nearly 6 years. On October 23, 1982, a hospital Benefit Auction was held under the 24

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Environment Garfield County interesting? Yes, as I found out recently, Garfield County is very inter- esting. I have to give credit where credit is due. If it hadn't been for Gary Peterson, this article would have been very short. He had access to the information I needed. Statistically, Garfield Coun- ty ranks seventh in the state of Montana. Our elevation is 2626 feet. According to the 1980 census, Garfield County has a population of 1656. Our county covers 3,169,280 acres. Six- teen per cent of this land is land controlled by the Bureau of Land Management, 68°Io of this acreage is deeded acres, 7°]o is water acres, 4% is Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, 4°lo of this land belong - ing to the state of Montana, and l 7ois used for county pur- poses , such as school and town sites, cemeteries, and right of ways. Believe it or not, our county has about 290 species of animals. Fifty species are fish, 6 are amphibians, 13 species are rep- tiles, 55 species are mammals, and incredibly enough, 166 species are birds. 26