Rowan Memorial Hospital School of Nursing - White Cap Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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LAST WILL and TESTAMENT State of North Carolina County of Rowan Rowan Memorial Hospital Salisbury, North Carolina We, the Seniors of the Class of 1950, of the aforesaid state, county and city, being of sound minds and reputable character and in order to form a more perfect class, establish memories, insure friendship and lasting happiness, do hereby ordain and establish this our last will and testament. MIKE Al We do bequeath: 1. To the Rowan Memorial Hospital our loyalty and best wishes. 2. To the Nursing Staff we leave our love and appreciation for their untiring efforts in our behalf. 3. To the best Medical Staff a group of girls could wish to have, we leave our love, best wishes and many thanks for being so patient with us. 4. To Dr. Rendleman we leave a loudspeaker, hoping the other stu- dents will profit from it. ANN IOECAR 8, il To the Juniors we hereby bequeath the following: 1. Our black bands (with a jar of glue and a roll of adhesive) and all the responsibility, ups and downs (mostly downs) that go with any Senior. Whoops! Hold your caps, girls. 2. Our striped uniforms because those last few shreds just wouldn’t Pa bapanes 3. Our list of telephone numbers and all non-steady infatuations— just in case you need them some lonely night.

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1949—Another Senior Class graduated and we were quite thrilled to know the next class to finish would be ours. In the meantime, Jolene Osborne and Betty Cooper dropped out and two of us packed our bags and went to Washington to stay three months. Every three months found two or three of the class going and some coming from Washing- ton until we all learned to nurse children. We will never regret nor forget these three months. At last came the day for our black bands. Now we knew what it meant to become a senior nurse. With our welcome to the class this year came five newcomers to our class. They were transferred from Grace Hospital in Banner Elk. They were Ruby Drye, Tess Buchanan, Opal Moretz Yarborough, Peggy Hicks and Esther Harless. 1950—This time we confront gradaution with an entirely different feeling from that of previous years, for just think, we will be the gradu- ates of tomorrow. As we discard our dear ‘ole blue and white for our ideal white and spotless unitorms, it brings to our minds many thoughts of the past and of the future. We feel that, despite the hardships we have met, we look back upon them with fond memories and say ‘our duties well-performed; Our three years well spent.” Also we deeply appreciate the interest of our advisor, Miss Francis, who very willingly helped us to organize and publish THE Wuirr Cap for which we are very grateful to her. In behalf of the students following us, may they find the joy and happiness we have had during the past three years. SARA PERRELL

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4. Our love for Doctors Wright and Erb, but don’t get sick just to see them. Our love for Doctor Long’s jokes and our so cherished love for all the staff members. Treat them right, girls. 5. Also, we leave each of you a pair of so-called “Knickers.” Wash them regularly, girls, and don’t wear them in the hall. SHOCKING! AREIGL ERIN Personally we do bequeath: 1. Pearl Anders leaves her ability to sleep walk to anyone capable of keeping the house in an uproar in the middle of the night. 2. Betty Harwood leaves her ability to get dates and have a good time (and we do mean a good time) to Margaret Spivey. 3. Anna Jean Poole leaves one of the most mixed up love affairs in the history of our nurses home to Robbie Thompson, hoping she can manage it and survive. Good luck, Gal! 4, Ruth Rinehardt leaves her ability to “hang on to him”, her height, weight and shoes (414) to Margaret Daniels, hoping they will be useful. Also her love for potato salad and dill pickles—Lucky girl! 5. Annie Lee McSwain, so-called “Flea’’, leaves all her old infatua- tions to Ruth Cope so she won’t ever be dateless. She refuses to leave her love for “Bea’’, but to Ruth Robbins and Evaline King she leaves the memory of her hourly fights with that “beloved roommate” Bea. 6. Elaine Overman leaves her philosophy of life to Ruby Poteat, hoping she will be able to understand and discuss it as Elaine did. Plus this, you are given the privilege of having a date every night from seven to eight if you can find a man who will help keep the furniture warm for an hour.