James Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing - Epitome Yearbook (Wilmington, NC)

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PROPHE Y American Nurses' .Association Special Events Section of Anrericcrn Iorcrnrrl of Nrtrsing September IQSS Edition IVhen rrrv editor handed rrre the assignment for this rrrorrtlr. I discovered that it was to be a report on a typical class of professional nurses who had graduated twenty years ago. I-low rrrarrv of these grachrates were still in rrrrrsirrg today? I tlrottght whv not do it on rrrv graduating class ol ylarnes Walker Nfernorial Hospital. IVilnrington, North Caro- lina. IYC had graduated in lflofi. evactlv twentv vears ago. So after persrrading rnv editor to allow rrre tirrre off In follow up this month's edition. I boarded a Ntational Air- lines plane and began mv journey in search of nineteen nurses. After arriving in XYilnrington. I proceeded to the New Ilanover County Medical Center. I was able to follow up on a good lead bv finding some of rrrv former classrrrates ernploved there. To begin with. I collided in the rrrairr corridor of the forrrtlr floor ferrrale rrreclical service unit with Mrs. Bar- bara Ilarclee. the forrrrer liarbara Satterwhite. It was to rrrv advantage that we recognized each other before she ottt- leted her Irostilitv rnv wav. what with all the floor's broken tlrerrnonretc-rs scattered here and there. But instead we hugged each other and exchanged jtrrrrbled and confused evclarnations. Over a cttp of coffee in the employee's main ditr- ing area. Bobbie told rrre about the new brick Early American lrorrre she and Ronnie have jtrst finished and their two children. a bov and girl both in high school now. After a few rnirrtrtes I was surprised bv another member of otrr class. Mrs. Judy Hudgens. present Assistant Di- rector of Nursing Service here. I rrrtrst sav judy still possesses the good leadership qualities she had while we were in school. She also has children. three to be exact. with cornllower blue eyes and flaxen hair. A tap on the shoulder brought me whirling around ltr come faceito face with Eula Nfav King. Hula Mae works in the Intensive Care Unit. On her vacation this coming sunnner, she has made arrangements to totrr Iran. I know that someday she would frrlfill her clrearrr. She hasn't changed a bit and she still has her one and only Bolton accent. After I explained mv purpose in coming. Judy, Ellla Nfav. and Ilobbie told me about the doings of some more of our classmates. A I.irrcla Storrdennrire Vernon is living in Iklilmington doing private duty nursing here in the county at various hospitals and lrorrres. .lean lic-ith and jlimmv are living at IVard's Corner now, Thev have a fartn and Jean stays home and takes care of their sis children. She no longer finds time to work as a nurse. Rtulr Strickland is working in Public Health in her hometown of New Bern. She and her twin sister share an apartrrrc-nt and tlrc-v are both well known in that area for their volunteer church work. Not trrcr far avvav over in Nforc-head Citv. Nfildred I.ocklrart is a head nurse at the hospital there. I hear that Gene lr. firrallv got his little sister and brother to boot. ,Vivian lilarrclrard and Eric are living in Clinton. where Vivian does general duty in the pediatric ward of Clin- ton's hospital. From IYilnrington, I travelled to Raleigh to visit Nfrrgaret Register. nursing instructor at Dorothea Dix State I'--s--it.rl. She w rs otlered the position two vears ago to fulfill the vacancy left by the late Miss Rachel Ifvestmorelancl. Alter spending the afternoon with Nfargaret discussing the latest therapeutic techniques in psychiatric nursing. I took a lllls ov er to Chapel I-Iill to see Alice Groves. I met her as she was getting off cltrty at Chapel Hill Menrorial Hospital. Later at .Xlicc-'s apartment. which is right off the campus of If N, C.. she still tried to convince me that single life is the best life. She steadilv clatc-s college professors. doctors. inter-ns, and other intc-resting men. Ive drove over to Durham to have supper with Sybil Crissett and her husband, who is a doctor and professor at Duke L'niver-sitv. Svbil filled me in on how she carue toDuke Medical Center to work a couple of years after graclu- ation and met her lrrrsband here. where rrpon they married grrrcl have lived ever since. Alice and Sybil tell me that Clee Hursey is still in Florida. She is in charge of first aid at one of Miami's repu- ted hotels. From Durham I caught the northbound train to Alexandria. Virginia to drop in on Bettv jo and Don Mfarshall. A taxi carried me fifteen miles otrt into the beautiful rolling hills of the Virginia countryside. past colonial styled houses and contemporary farms up to a two story split lcvel house with horse stables and surrounding fields. Betty jo carne out of the house to rrreet rrre. She took me in and introcltrced me to their fottr charming children. She ex- plained that Don would not be lrorrre until late evening, as he has to cornmtrte from IVashington. where he works for the Army Corps of Engineers. Betty ,Io has not worked for the past ten years and she said she was just content to stay lrorrre and keep hotrse and raise her children. From Virginia my next stop was a little town in the mountains of Kentucky where I found Phyllis and Cecil Bard. Plrvllis works part-tirrre as a visiting nurse into the rrrorrntairrs. She says the only drawback is that the only wav to get to some of the people who live there is by horse back. So Cecil bought her a mule which she uses to carry her bag and midwifery equipment. At Harrisburg. Pennsvlvania Pam Mavros Hale and her Harry are lrappilv contented raising their five children. Pam no longer works. btrt helps Harry take care of his rad io and television retail and repair business. We all had a tremenclorrs dinner with Pam in charge of the cooking, which she has become a wi7arcl at. Before returning to New York. I took a cross-cottntry jet to Califortria. In Los Angeles I found Carolyn Bat- ten ancl her husband Chico. Carolyn works at the Los Angeles County Hospital. and she and Chico love living here where they can attend all the cultural and entertainment activities. From I.. A. I drove north to a small town sotrth of San I rancisco to visit Sue and Dave IVylie. In the twenty years since we have gracltrated. I have visited them several times. so this was a resting place on my jotrrney before I retrrrnecl lrorrre. Sue and Dave have a beautiful japanese- styled house on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific. Dave works in San Francisco. and Sue runs the horrseholcl. Their children are exact replicas of both of them. So we spent several days together relaxing in the sun reminiscing over school days and how the fates of our classmates had turned out. CContinued Bottom Page 221 20