Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing - Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Since we were very tired ol lra ’el- in we flecicled to tJo home to Boston. I liere, ia the tjrape ■vine, we learned ahont tnore of oiir classmates. Flo Ridlon. loan Risser. and Lucy Rich, alias thf Three ? Iusl e- teers , have joined the navy. 1 heir duties cotisist of sw ' cd)hing the decks eioht hours a day. ■laiu ' t Spud Snowman has disco ered a wav to make potato( s t row aho c the ground like tomatoes. II ' ou fi( to Hudson you will see a place called Bring em in undesirahle. take em out desirable. Reducit Shoppe run hv Dot Santos. Its one ol those get -rich-cpiick schemes . Helen Plata is Adrei nnes right hand Ixdper. FIlie Mesrpiita and H(den I ighe are starring in the latest Broadwax’ comedv en- tith ' d I he Fives f Foxes of Slutt .leff . Bar!) Whtham is a loxely X ' oung housexvife xxith to children. She xxill soon he gixing adx ' ice on Hoxx to Keep Friends I )iscipline C hildren. FI aine Smittx ' Smith atui Chel Silxa- hans hax ' f gon ‘ into the Boxing matches lor w oimm. C hel is a xvinm ' r. hut Smitty as Manager, is haxing a difficidt time per- suading Chel that hitting the oppommt on the head is not alloxved. ■Phil SI lea is the founder of that exotic perfunu ' Skunk t0 xvhich repels unde- sirahle men. Sallx’ Smith is the nexx Beautilul Blonch Irom Bashful Bend . And rex 1 illotson is conducting sight-see- ing tours around Boston at night. Rut h Parker is starting her duties as nurse in the jungle hy teaching the hand xvashing procedure xxith the use of muddy xxater. As soon as the Scheiderer txx ' ins hax’e had plastic surgery so that they may he identical they xvill hecome managers of the Toni 1 xvins. . t one ol the most |)romin ‘nt night ( luhs in exx’ ork Citx . we see Flo , agao fea- tured. doing the luda hula. Kw ai Chang is gix ing h ' ssotis on ' hoxx ' to eat xxith chop sticks . Alice otz is still running around seeing xx’hat joke she can play on xx hom . Maxns hox is traxeling xxith Ringling Bros. Circus as the girl xxho gels saxxed in txxo parts. The Nexv England Home for broken heart- ed. single, handsome x ' oung men is managed hv Audrex ' Oleson and FI aine W ' eaver. Norma WVight is the head matron of an Or- phan Asylum. lary Murray is mar- ried to the elegant IDuke of Carsonshire, and lix’es in ci beautiful home in Canada. Beloxv the Nlason- Dixon line xve hear . larjie Broxx ' n is the txpical Southern Belle xxho as usual has a terrible time keeping her dozen male friends from meeting each other, Nell ie Borsa is xx riting a hook on I low to 1)0 I liimoroiis in 1 ryinq Sifuotions — all nurses shoidd read it. Faur( en Morrill has her pilot s license and spends her time xxriting messagf ' s in the skx’ to her friends. Dot Berry is still trying a nexx ' chemical xx ' hich xxill make hair groxx- again on bald heads. loanne Dionne is running the boat cruises up the Charles Rix’er. ■ t Boston s leading Barber Shojjpe Fiz Joties. Charlotte Hardx’, ' t xonne Matson and Tillie f estana are employed as the 1Q60 Barber Sho|) ()uartet. 1 he total number ol men getting hair uls has reached an all time peak. At this point, the magic seems to haxe run out of th( ' crx ' stal hall and xv ‘ again lind ourselxes in the anticjue shop. on prohahlx are just as surprised as xve xvere at the doings of our former classmates, hut x-arietx’ is certainly the spice of life. Nellie F Rickie P CKtAJS OP» FOR -Cftsy Voo 6£T THC. oF [ 26 ]

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hrmigli the “ [poking Cjlass W liat heller way to renew old memories, tlian to walk down famous Charles Sireet towards ihe General. This was the idea that was in our minds as we passed the old an- tique shops lining the street. As usual one of them was selling out and we ch ' cided lo step in and hrowse among the anticiues. As we stepped in. our eyes lighted upon ci shiny crystal hall w ' ith a sign w ' hich read Wdlh a glance, the future is yours . As we looked in. much to our surprise w ' e saw ' ourselves starting on a trip. The fol- lowing is an account of this very journey. T had just stopped the Ccir in New Market. New Hampshire, w ' hen who should come along hut Norma ICisson pushing a haf)y carriage with her 5 little hoys heside her. While talking lo her we learned t hat in her spare time she designs student tiurses uniforms. As we crossed the sireet Connie f indsay (rractically knocked us down with her bicycle. She told us she was leaching Scjuare Dancing in VTrmont and that fiarh Holm was the gal who called the dances. We sent our hest wishes via Connie to l-ou Ann McKenzie who is Supervisor of N arses at Burlington Cieneral Hospital. 1 hree days later we arrived at f alm lieach. Florida, where we saw Marjie Barrett and Fran- nie Bl ackwell. the famous authors o f the hook Advice lo a Young Bride. 1 hey told US that Doris fhggs had gone into the Interior Decorating business at Sarasota, hut was soon going lo gi e it up to become Night Supervisor at MC»H. While we were shop- pitig in I exas we bought a Carovision Set. the newest thing in television sets. It W ' as invented hy Caroline Kilmer aided by her many NI.I. I . adm irers. As we turned on the set we saw .June Ford announcing ' Girls in I lue . the story of 3 navy nurses. The parts were plaved hy Ginnv Kellv. I3ettv Fifield and “Fllie” Burns. On the next pro- gram. America s lamous actress, Claire ( iril- lin, was starred. Our next stop was Virginia, w here we saw Fock Eve and Bel ICousseau. Lock has given up her title of Miss America to become Sujjerxisor of a hospital there, lietty is studying lo hecotne a Veterinarian. As we were tired ol riding we decided lo take an airplane to Newfound- land where we learned that Ida Carnell was a Pidilic Health Nurse majoring in Com- iT)unicahle diseases. So far she has otdy been ill with the measles and mumps. She told us she had received a letter from Pat Briggs, who had just started teaching Ob- stetrics at the Rhode Island Lying-In Hos- ()ital. She also had a letter from Pat Duns- moor who is an Army Nurse. Wdiile wailing for the plane to take us to the Canadian woods we picked up a paper and the headlines were “.June Moore receives citation as America s Model Mother Af- ter reaching the woods we stopped at a lum- ber camj) to ask directions. Much to our sur))rise the owners were Mar ’ Ann Melzer and .Joyce J rentiss. They informed us that they built sturd ' furniture for Nurses dor- mitories. Our next slop was Alaska where we found that Fou Miol ene and Claire J3alm- forth had just opened up a home for Ex- hausted C rold Miners . 1 he chief speaker at ihe dedication ceremony was Rachel ICown. author ol a new hook on hospital procedures. When we reached California, we were ad- vised to see the exclusive magazine I nicjue Dress Designs , the author being A. Rickel- son. It was published by the Appropriate f)ress for the J opular Nurse J id lishing Co. the president of wliich is Connie Harri- son. “Connie told us that NIarie NIatthews and her husband w ' ere giving skiing lessons to student nurses in Seattle. V asli. In New York we had our hair styled hy the famous st list Marcia Coj)pelman. Also, there having her hair done, was Dr. “Chello Arias who was planning a tour of the w orld. [ 23 ]

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I oclay. after lun ina linislied i7ty work. I was walking clown rremoni Slrec‘1. 1 In cold February air seemed to stinudate me into a mood of reminiscing. It certairdy clidn t seem like 10 ears since we were all working and stuciving at dear olclMCdl. My. how tiu ' years have llown. 1 %vas attracted by a crowd of people across the street. I saw a familiar face on a platform. I coiddn t believe it. but it was Ann I - wis. She was campaigning lor the lOOl tuber- cidosis drive. After the rally was over I bailed her. After man ' hellos and flow are you. we started conversing about all the kids. It seems that this tour has enabled her to see many of them. Ann informed me l eggy ' M ay is in ew York nursing her eight children, while Michelle Rexmond is modeling nurses uni- lorms for the I ' . S. Navy. Wdien Ann was in Maine last week she ran into Sue Ad- ams who is employc ' cl as nurse at l owcloin College and Fran Cira bam. who is fixing aboard a yacht in Camden. Maine. As I bax ' e been fixing in lioston. I told b er ol the many changes; such as Sally Mac (.fuarrie being assistant to Miss Marx ' Smith xxbo has taken ox ' er Miss l erkins position in the Nursing Department. .Joan YlacKicban is married and xxorking as bead nurse in C.S.R. We then decided to go ox’er to IFoxelli s l izza Shop to continue our discussion, bop ing that she may baxe some nexvs from the rest of the class. Since there xvas a lull in business at this hour. Ylarguerite found it possible to contribute to the conxersal ion. She told us that l at Mart in was sjiecial nurse and adxiscxr on cardiac fractures at M.l.T. fraternilics, and that of all ihintjs Joyce Corbett xvas bouse mother at Sigma l bi Epsilon. W ' e also learned that .leanne Derrab bad just finished a post graduate course and is xxorking mornings at C hihlren s Hospital and afternoons at Boston l.x’ing-ln. v e xvere c(uite surprised to bear that Ylarx A I ice Reilly xx ' as in Calcutta. India, xxork- ing as a Missionary nurse, and that ' Oerry Smith xxas prix’ate nurse to an oil man in Ynezuela. As xve xvere talking, in xva Iked ' ivianne And erson xxbo is noxv head nurse of the hsiting Nurses Association in f oston. SI le told us ol I etty Smith s gilt of cjuaciruplets to society, xx ho finds time to xvork at Cushing ( leneral Hos[)ital in Framingham. W ' e I earnc ' cl that M arion Cairns xxas a nurse at her husband s IY)ys School, and that Nancx ' (Torclon bad opened a Nursing Home for fractures in the A|)palachian Mts. hvianne had brought the Daily Record in xvith her and xve scanned the front page xve noticed that Ann Yfoclder is the nexx ' sxvimming instructor at YfCafls sxximming l ool on the fFdfinch laxxii. W ' e also read xvliere Charlotte Raymond xvcrs modeling her nexv sensational nailpolish called, Fink Polka f ot Inlaid. W all laughed as xve read that MCfl had just receivc ' cl a tiexx set ol campus laxvs put out by h-llen Curtis. I told tile girls that the MCfH yearbcioks xxere much nicer noxx that Mary Cipriani xxas painting the graduate portraits lor them, but t hex fell xery sorrx xvben I told them that Fou Hudson xvas still xxailing to lx reliexed from I FI labor room, xvhere she is still Irx- ing to olitain her 12 cases. As xxe xvere about to leaxe. iti came M a r i e Himelsbach, bursting xvith front page nexvs. It seems M arilyn Rutherford XV h o XX a s chosen America s Ideal Mollier last year won 1st prize this year in the ogue Knitting contest — and Sxixia Tin ■ng s nox el Inside seller list. .Yfler xxe became settled again. Marie told us that Donna Berry, happily married, xvas also xxorking part-time in the Windsor Hospital, and that Pal Hastings is serxing lea, ' Ah ' rmont Style, in Seattle. And as for Ylarie. she is just plain duchess to her duke. 1 HE Fnii r 27 ]