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

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I'O ESQ XVe have escl1ewed the Ofdlllilfy method of prophesy and have not referred to our crystal ball for a look 1nto mneteen hundred and etghty four We have taken all the avallable stat1st1cs concern1ng each and every member of the graduatmg class and have through the courtesy of the IBM Corporat1on programmed th1s 1nformat1on Through the help of IIIIS tremendous macl11ne we haxe been tble to gue you an accurate sc1ent1f1c revealmg p1cture of the future as each member of our fun lovlng class of 64 IS 1l'lVOlVCfl The results IDTOITIISCCI to be so utterly amaz1ng we could hardly watt to see what th1s magn1f1 cent monster of a PIACCIICIOI' would spew out F1rst we found that tl1e former Dawnna Bland l1as just moved IHIO a palaclal resldence vwhere she and l1er husband are l1v1ng Wlfll tl1e11 three Clllldlell She and her husband who IS pxestdent of a local sh1pp1ng company enterta1n many fore1gn shlp captalns 1n thls home The former MISS Bland IS YVOI'lClIIg as head nurse on the PCLll'1II'1CS floor and has just been nomlnated to tl1e Board of D1rectors of the Local Ch1ldren s A1d SOCICIY Of 1ntere5t to note that Mrs Betty Bradshaw Creech of Wallace fame IS now nurs1ng con sultant to her husband 5 cha1n of tonsor1al establlshments fbarber shopsj In her spare t1me she operates a model farm 1r1 Wallace The former M155 Br1tta1n IS no longer act1ve IH the nurslng profess1on but 1S l1v1ng 1n Los Angeles Cal1forn1a w1th Harry They spend the1r spare t1me at the beach takmg plctures of the1r foul chlldren Mary Emma Brock IS occupted almost COHUHUOLISIY nursmg her SIX ch1ldren She and her famxly IS hung 1n tl1e Panama Canal area wl1ere her husband IS chtef engmeer on a speclal pro 1ect there M155 B1ll1e Burney has her B S degree 1n nursmg and has just been appomted DlfCCtOT of Nursmg at the N C Memor1al Hosp1tal 1n Chapel H111 She spends her spare t1me 1n the More head Planatar1um stargazmg w1th her many male companlons Another holder ofthe baccalaureate degree 111 IIU1'S1IIg IS the former Mary jo Dempsey She a11d her physlcal CCILICZIUOTI mstructor husband have developed a way by whlch a person can lose fabulous 1mounts of welght by followmg the1r method Th1s method has been 1ncorporated mto tl1e PlIyS1C'1l Therapy program of the hosp1tal where sl1e IS employed an Elekes w1fe of the pres1dent of the Nat1onal Florlst ASSOCIHIIOH has been clted by the Pres1dent for her wonderful floral contr1but1ons to many hospltals throughout the nat1on Another of our graduates MISS amce Henderson has rece1ved the Nurse of the Year award from the Wlarsaw Lad1e5 Club for her warmth and ded1cat1on beyond the call of duty 1n the lo cal hosp1tal A word from overseas our Sharon Parr1sh IS work1ng hard to wlpe out malar1a 1n Afrlca She IS 1n the Peace Corp and IS DITCCYOT of Nurstng of an Afrlcan hosp1tal More from overseas the former MISSCS Ponder and Sull1van send greetmgs to the1r many fr1ends from the hosp1tal tl1ev are workmg 1n Nlgefla The1r husbands who are now off1cers 1n tl1e A1r Force are statroned there The former presldent of our own Student Councll Mary R1chardson 1S now work1ng part t1me at the Morehead C1ty Hosp1tal as she can only spend a short t1me away from her ten chlldren D1ane Sm1th who IS of course marr1ed now has just g1ven blrth to her fourth set of tw1ns The publ15her of the Amer1can ournal of NUTS1Ug IS encourag1ng her to prmt her story oan Wall lnstructor of nursmg students 1n Obstetrlcs 1n a Ralelgh hosp1tal has recently PL1bl1Sl1CCl a book of newer concepts 1n Obstetrlcal Nursmg u51ng electronlc techn1ques The forn1er Angle Wooten has recently been appotnted Cl1I'CClOI' of nurslng at the New Han over County Memorlal Hosp1tal where her husband IS supervrsor of the Outpatlent CIIHIC Last but not least MISS Betty Bullard IS work1ng hand 1n hand w1th the psychlatrrsts at Dorthea Drx Hosp1tal try1ng to educate poor student nurses who have mlxed feel1ngs and con fhcts w1tl1 tl1e1r 1ds and superegos After rece1v1ng all th1s wonderful 1nformat1on from the IBM machme we are thr1lled to f1nd that there 15 no phase of l1fe where one of our alun1nae IS not useful and needed We real1ze that there has never been a machme that d1dn t make errors but we belreve that most of th15 data IS reltable Our school of nursmg w1ll long be remembered for 1fS outstand1ng products and the qual1ty of any 1nst1tut1on 1S judged by 1tS products Class Prophet MISS Betty Bullard 20 OOO OOD ! . . . . . .. t - - ' , t , L I.. . . ' Y 7 ' I 1 L 4, 1 ,x 1 . . , .. . . V . . .. ' r - 9 . . . . . 9 .. . . . . V . . ' v ' L 1. , . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . , . . . . . - , ' , . . . . L . , . . . . . . . . . .. . L ' . . . . . . 2 1 C - L V . nn Q a n u 0 U c . . . ' 2 . ,L c ,I , , . . . . , J A ., . . . L - 2 . . . . . .. . W 0 . . . . 1 . I I , , . . . . . . 7 7 . 1 9 - J , , 5 . . . . . . . . 1 1 2 .. . . . . . 1 . . . . . . ., . . 7 . t

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. . fast artcl cgestament . State of North Carolina County of New Hanover City of Vllilmington james Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing We the Graduates of james Walker Memorial Hospital, as of August 27, 1964, reaching the finale of thzs point in history, our School of Nursing, we do hereby bequeath our following blessings, thzs Our Last Will and Testament. ARTICLE I-To Miss Dixon, we want to express our deepest appreciation for the interest you have shown and the many thoughtful deeds you have done. ARTICLE II-To our family and friends, we leave our deepest love and sincere gratefulness for giving us the strength and desire to reach our goal and urging us to sleep through our problem one more night before cashing in our chips. ARTICLE III-To our doctors, we express our very greatest thanks for the lectures, their under- standing when we appeared so dense in surgery, on the floor, and in delivery, also our gratitude goes to Doctors Hooper, Koonce and Walker for their nice gifts at our Junior-Senior, last and ARTICLE IV-To Miss Starnes, our class advisor, thanks for all the guidance, we've just about made history! ARTICLE V-To our Director, Associates, Faculty, Supervisors, and Headnurses, we wish to ex- press our deepest gratitude for the guidance and understanding you have shown each of us. ARTICLE VI-To Mrs. Garner, Mrs. Murray, and Mrs. Holden, our housemothers, thanks for all you have done, watching the clock for twelve midnight, getting letters the right days, some- time and many other things. ARTICLE VII-To the underclassmen, we leave our desire for you to have the best of good for- tune 1n the future with our profession, we made it, so can you! ARTICLE VIII-I, Alice Brittain, leave, my fond memories of my trip to Florida last year to anyone who has nerve enough to do the same. surely not least the house party and all of the activities during this time. I, Betty Bullard, leave my fun-loving and mischievous nature to anyone who can endure the cam- puses that it sometimes brings. l, Billie Burney, leave my Tonsils, burnt Adenoids, Nasopharyngeal Cranuloma, and biopsies to Dr. Hooper Johnson, in hopes that he will never get another community patient like me. I, Mary Jo Dempsey, leave with anybody who can exercise each night, then eat a little snack, and expect exercising to do the job. We, Joyce Ponder and Mary Emma Brock, leave with thanks and appreciation our Pilonidal Cyst, to Dr. Graham. I, Dawnna Bland Dillon, leave my ability to come in training engaged and stay that way, with- out leaving until the proper time to get married, to Jean Hart. I, Lynda Sullivan Hanson, leave my calendar to anyone who loves to mark off days as well as I do. I, Mary Richardson, leave my ability to write incident reports to any lucky Junior who has never written one. I, Joan Wall, leave my babysitting to Josie Laffinteau. I, Diane Smith, leave my ability to give Morphine by mouth to any confused Junior. I, Sharon Parrish, leave my ability to rise and shine at six A.M. to all tired juniors. 21