Mercy School of Nursing - Mercilite Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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CLHSS PRUPHECY CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA June, 1950 H Hello, Dr. Matthews' office. Why, Helen Riddle, is it really you? Yes, this is Miss Riddle speaking. Could I be of service to you?' Helen, don't you remember me? 'Toni' Melton? Well, what are you up to, 'Toni'? I wondered when it would be possible for me to see Dr. Matthews. I hear he needs another office nurse. Yes, that's right. I'm sure I can 'arrange an interview for you. Have you seen any of our classmates at Mercy recently? Yes, several of them are working in Charlotte. Inda Hildreth is assistant Night Supervisor at Mercy, and Vera Maddox is working in the Operating Room there. Cornelia Scruggs is Dr. Sanger's new surgical assistant. She took a post-graduate course in Surgery in New York. Gloria Gaspard is medical assistant in Dr. Kingsley McDonald's office. And Dorothy Cranford is supervising Third Main at Mercy, or had you heard? No, and what about Estelle Witten and Miriam Self? Oh, they're out in California now doing industrial nursing with one of the large ship building companies. Where is Ruth Deal working? She is now Mrs. Earl Jones, she's working in an Obstetrician's office in Raleigh. By the way, I saw Ann Small and Exie Barker only last week. They're Air Line Hostesses with Trans- Continental Airlines. What are the Lohr girls doing now?' Doris and Carolyn are working at the hospital in Lexington. They were married in a double wedding ceremony last Christmas. ReallV? Well, I'll just have to hang up. I'm on my way out to Mercy now to see Ethel Parks Oakley and her new twin boys. 'Toni', I'll call you about your interview. 'Bye. Y X- 75 95 nn 44 ac Good morning. Well, Alice Ratchford! Do sit down. Mrs. james Barrow, if you please! We've just moved back from VVashington. We're ex- pecting our baby in September. I think that's wonderful! I suppose you knew Rosa Lynch is specializing in Pediatrics and working in Belmont. Maybe she can give you some pointers after the baby arrives. Yes, and if 'jenny' Sandstrom can get a few days off from her course in Anesthesia, she's coming down from Chicago for the big event. By the way, what ever happened to Kay Carson? She's at Duke University, just finished a post-graduate course in surgery. Her husband is also a Duke graduate. He's a preacher, you know. Betty Clontz is at Duke too, doing general duty in Obstetrics. I guess you knew that 'Chris' Anderson and Maxine Comer are in South American. They've opened a mission hospital somewhere on the western coast. Have you kept up with many of our classmates since we got out of training? Some of them. Barbara Yandle is specializing in Obstetrics at Margaret Hague in New Jersey. Gwen Ledbetter and Alice Ellison are both in the Navy Nurse Corps. Mary France Lowe and Catherine Fisher are doing Public Health Nursing in Wadesboro, North Carolina. By the way, is Alice Robinson still in Charlotte? Yes, she is now Mrs. Oren Hill. She's working in her husbands office in the Professional Building. Remember Faith Gray? She is married to Tommy Barringer and is Superintendent of Nurses at the hospital in Concord now. Rachel Smith has just taken a position as Operating Room Supervisor in Goldsboro. Did you know that Nellie Deaton has been influential in opening a new Obstetrical Clinic at Cherokee and is head nurse there? And Katherine Massey is district nurse for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in western North Carolina. I've been wondering where Dorothy Shepherd and Mary Krewson are working. Mary is in Asheville doing general duty in thc Nursery and Dorothy is working in the Delivery Room at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson, North Carolina. Now there are only two more of our classmates I haven't located-Mary Byrd and Margaret Horne. Do you know where they are? Yes, Mary is married and is doing private duty here in Charlotte, and Margaret is Director of Nurses in one of the hospitals in Shelby, her home town. Well, Alice, I certainly am glad you dropped in. Perhaps our little chat has helped pass the time away until you can see Dr. Matthews. The Doctor will see you now. RUTH DEAL AND CORNELIA SCRUGGS CLHSS HISTORY - - - SEHIORS 1948 As we near the end of our three years of training at Mercy Hospital, it is but natural that our thoughts wander back to the day we entered this School of Nursing as scared-very scared- probationers. With wide eyes and eager minds we came, wondering just what was ahead. We were in two separate groups, and most of the group that entered February 2, 1945, were members

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of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps and were proud of those gray uniforms with the red trimmings. After four months of hard study that acquainted us with the art of nursing in general, we were a proud group when we received our caps on May 31, 1945. The second group of our present Senior Class ioined us on September 1, 1945, with a total of thirty-six girls. Most of this group were also United States Cadet Nurses. The next bio event was the capping on January 30, 1946, an affair that made us all full-fledged nurses, and we began our hall-duty alongside of the older student nurses the next day. The months to come constituted a series of new experiences on the halls, not to mention classes, exams., dances, dates, week-ends, vacations, etc. ln all it spelled a good deal of hard work, but it was also a period of great good times. Now as a climax to our work we are about to publish a record of it-our first hospital annual. As seniors we are indeed grateful to everyone who has helped us along the way: the Sisters of Mercy, supervisors, older nurses, instructors, doctors, all who have helped to educate us in the profession we have chosen to follow. As we separate to follow our own individual paths we will long remember all that Mercy has done for us. RUTH DEAL AND CORNELIA SCRUCCS, Historians. THE CLHSS UJILL We, the class of 1948, being of sane mind and sound body, do, hereby, execute this Last Will and Testament. ARTICLE 1: To Mother Raphael, we leave our sincere appreciation for all the problems she has helped us solve during the past three years. ARTICLE ll: To Sister Mary Peter, we leave our sincere thanks and appreciation for guidance and understanding. ARTICLE III: To the ones who have guided us in our studies, our gratitude. ARTICLE IV: To the incoming seniors, we leave our Senior dignity. ARTICLE V: To the doctors, we leave our deep and genuine appreciation for their hardwork and enduring patience. ARTICLE V1: 1 SECTION : Christa Lee Anderson wills her beauty to anyone who can acquire it. SECTION 2: Kay Carson wills her love for tall boys to Louise Campayner. SECTION 3: Exie Barker will thoughtfully leave her love for First West to the coming students. SECTION 4: Betty Clontz regretfully leaves her shy ways to Margaret Wingate. SECTION 5: Maxine Comer, after much consideration, wills her dancing ability to Peggy Council. SECTION 6: Ruth Deal unselfishly will her quiet reserved manner to Gwendolyn Ingle. SECTION 7: Faith Gray leaves her slim stature to all those who stay on their diets. SECTION 8: Carolyn Lohr leaves her love for nursing to everyone. SECTION 9: Doris Lohr wills her sincerity and loyalty to the school. SECTION 10: Alice Robinson leaves her Ugettingealong ways to those who can do it. SECTION 11: Anne Small, after much thought, ean't think of anything. SECTION 12: Dorothy Cranford leaves her dependability to Mary Randall. SECTION 13: Helen Riddle bequeaths her babyish ways to Mary Wentz. SECTION 14: Rachel Smith leaves her short uniforms to anyone who can use them with the new fashions going around. SECTION 15: Mary V. Byrd wills here ability to get campused to the unlucky ones. SECTION 16: Nellie Deaton leaves her dark curls and variety of hairdO's to Rose Marie Sanzi. SECTION 17: Alice Ellison leaves her loapy walk to Mable Yates. SECTION 18: Catherine Fisher wills her calmness to Mildred Killian. SECTION 19: Gloria Gaspard wills her ability to resist answering her buzzer to Josephine Barbour. SECTION 20: lnda Hildreth leaves her southern drawl to Eileen North. SECTION 21: Margaret Horne simply refuses to leave her voice to anyone. CShe might need it! SECTION 22: Mary Krewson, after much thought and persuasion, leaves Ruth Lotshaw one of her many boxes of candy. SECTION 23: Gwendolyn Ledbetter leaves her laughing way to Shirley Barbour. SECTION 24: Mary Lowe leaves a request that the hospital enlarge the numbers on the doors, so that others might see them. SECTION 25: Rosetta Lynch leaves her rhoughtfulness to Eunice McDougald. SECTION 26: Vera Maddox refuses to leave the only thing she loves, Robert. SECTION 27: Kathryn Massey wills an old pair of duty shoes to Bobbie Mclver. CHoping they'll see her through.D SECTION 28: Helen Melton leaves her knack for flirting to Louise Humphrey. SECTION 29: Ethel Parks leaves her beautiful complexion to Betty Plyler. SECTION 30: Alice Ratchford leaves her ability to get in a stew to Virginia Hoskins. SECTION 31: Comelia Scruggs leaves her dry wit to Clara Dawkins. SECTION 32: Agnes Sandstrom leaves her courteousness to Ruth Molkers. SECTION 33: Miriam Self wills her quick temper to Patty Nance, hoping she will never use It. SECTION 34: Dorothy Shepherd leaves her love for hill-billy songs to those who attend the square dances. SECTION 35: Estelle Witten leaves her sarcasm to Geraldine White. SECTION 36: Barbara Yandle leaves her hourly analysis of the news to Billy McAuley.