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

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Prophecy Passing through Salisbury on my way to New York where I was going to visit Shirley Hall, anesthetist at Cornell Medical Center, I developed a sudden intuition to stop and look over many of the spots we loved as student nurses and to renew old acquaintances. As I drove bythe city lake, Inoticed a beautiful white house sitting majestically among the trees and much to mysurprise saw Gaye Marshall coming out the drive. In talking with her I learned that Betty Mackie is Director of Nurses at Granite Fall's new multi-million dollar hospital and that Lois Smith's dreams of becoming a major inthe Air Force Nurse Corps had been fulfilled. Lois will soon fly to Paris where she will be joined by Major Nancy Poovey and Jo Hendrix who have just returned from overseas duty. The girls wrote that they had recently seen Ethel Myers and Ewell in Switzerland. After saying goodby I made Rowan Memorial my next stop. Who should I see but Ernestine Owens, day supervisor, bubbling over with the news that Shirlene Edwards and Francis had just become the proud parents of an 8 lb. baby boy; they had asked Ernestine and Bill to be the godparents. Touring the hospital, Iwas amazed at the changes. The place had grown in beauty as well as efficiency. Gladys Van Poole has returned as OR supervisor from Duke and is assisted by Raye Powell, who has come back to Salisbury since her marriagetoJimmy. Obstectrics alsoclaims anew supervisor--our own Betty Hendren. After completion of the tour we gathered in the kitchen for coffee and a ''gab ' session. It was then Hazel Eudy, president of the Alumni, told me that Shirley Culler, Julia Thomason, and Barbara Yount were devoting all their time to being housewives. Theydidn't seem at all surprised when I told them that Martha Page had married and is raising children ''Cheaper by the Dozen as she always said she would, but imagine their surprise when they learned Edna Stroud and Bill have quadruplets. Everyone was pleased to hear that Margaree Stewart is director of nurses at Dix Hill. Another director from our midst is7Peggy Gant) whoriseat Queen's hospital, Hawaii. Naturally, we beamed when we thought of Janet Haynes being crowned Mrs. Americathis year. During our chatter, we were surprised to realize how many of our classmates are in Washington. Shortly after her marriage, Annie Graham accepted a position as floor supervisor with Children's Hospital. Marion Sowers recently resigned from her position with the National Institute of Health to marry its new administrator. Lucky Ruby Brewer is re- laxing from her responsibilities as Director of Nursing Service at Bethesda Medical center by spending the summer abroad. Feeling that time was growing short, I said my goodbyes and left the hospital only to meet Joyce Jones coming from Doctors Frazier, Erb and Cline's office. She has found her five years working for them most enjoyable. Through her I learnedthat Mary Herman and Naomi Dyson are clinical instructors for Taylors- ville's new school of nursing and that Dare Harrell is working for a Surgeon in Kinston. Once againlI bid a regretful goodbye to these friends and a beloved town; al- though I'm leaving with a heavy heart I can hardly wait to relate the news of the girls to Shirley, who I m sure also looks back to our experiences here with deep nostalgia and longing and yet with thankfulness for the successes and achieve- ments that have grown out of us. Ours--truly a class with a future. Yvonne Childers Propnecy

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We all remember very well that day, September 14, 1953, when we entered nurses’ training at Rowan Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Salisbury. That was the day when all thirty-eight of us began to know each other and to become familiar with our surroundings--people and places which were to become very familiar to us in the ensuing three years. We began having classes the next day--Nursing Arts, and Drugs and Solutions under Mrs. Doris Crutchfield and Mrs. Bobbie Coley, Chemistry, and Anatomy and Physiology under Miss Patricia Irwin, and Professional Adjustments I under Miss E. Laura Lohman, the Director of Nursing at that time. Mrs. Pauline Irwin was Director of Education, and our class sponsor was Miss Patricia Irwin, who helped us greatly with all of our projects that year. The following week we were guests of honor at a Student Body weiner roast at the City Park. We enjoyed several strenuous games which made it rather hard for us to get out of bed so early the next morning to go to class, and even harder to concentrate during those classes. The annual Halloween Carnival that year was sponsored by the Pre-Clinical and Junior Classes. When we helped to sponsor this, we really began to feel a part of our school. The first of November we received our uniforms and began to go to the hospital to work for about two hours each day. The first day we were only allowed to change water in the patients flowers, so we weren't too surprised when one patient reported that his flowers had been changed six times in one day. On Monday following Thanksgiving we moved into our new nurses’ home which had been under construction since the preceding summer. Prior to this we had been free to go home every weekend due to the limited facilities where we had been living but now we were allowed to go home only one weekend a month--all part of training, they said. Christmas, the time of festivity, rolled around and we had our first dance of the year. An even greater success was our pajama party for students only. The perfect climax to this season was our vacation--either Christmas, or New Years--and we worked the other week in the hospital, did we feel important! Beginning in February we began to study for our finals which would determine if we would be accepted into the School and who would get caps. We had been having study hours every night, but now we really studied instead of reading comics and writing letters. The day finally arrived, March 28, 1954--Capping Exercises at the First Baptist Church, and all of our girls received their caps! One of the greatest thrills that comes to a Student Nurse, and it had come to us. Now that we had our caps we were placed in various places in the hospital to work. One girl was sent to the Operating Room where she learned to step lively is the best policy and that she may even be called the cook if she were seenoutside the hospital in her scrub dress and cap. One girl went to the Diet Kitchen where she tore up all of her hose learning to squat”, and the rest of the girls were placed on Medical and Surgical Floors. We lost several girls this year due to several reasons--Ollie Treadway, Emma Lee Heath, Betty Bowman, Faye Miller, Alice Riddle, Janelle Queen, and Dorothy Surles. Juniors! A new Director of Nurses, Miss Mary Kurchinsky, Director of Education, Miss Orpha A. Burgess; and Mrs. Betty Boyd was Associate Director of Nurses and also our Class Sponsor. The Halloween Carnival was sponsored by our class this year and we felt that we were well on our way to sponsoring a Junior-Senior Prom. All of our money-making schemes were aimed for this purpose and to publish a yearbook in our Senior year. By Christmas this year we had lost two girls to Dan Cupid, Patricia McLamb and Wanda Tulbert. In May our first groups of girls left for Washington, D.C. for Pediatric Affiliation, and following them in June was the first group of us to go to Torrance, Pa., for Psychiatric Affiliation. The rest of us followed later in groups of about seven. Those were the days! ! The social highlight of this year was the Junior-Senior Prom which we gave in honor of the Seniors. This was held at the Elks Club, and the theme Moonlight and Roses” . Seniors--what beautiful music to our ears, and what a pretty black band on our caps! Another new Di- rector of Nurses--Mrs. Sara Washeim, Director of Education--Miss Josephine Rappaport. No more working 3- 11 for weeks on end, can you imagine? Our one aim this year was to publish a yearbook, helped by our class sponsor, Miss Alene Withers. Every- one in the class worked very hard to reach this goal. We had our annual Christmas party, and a Valentine's Dance, but again the social highlight of the year was the Junior-Senior Prom, given in our honor this year. As the time for graduation draws near we're both glad and sorry--glad to graduate and sorry to leave all of our close friends here. Several of our girls will be married soon and others will be returning to their home towns to work. All of us will remember, I'm sure, our days here at Rowan Memorial Hospital--1953 through 1956.

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Last Wil aud Testament ee om We,the members of the Senior Class of Rowan Memorial Hospital School of Nursing being of sound mind and body do hereby declare and publish this as our last will and testament. . ARTICLE II We leave to our faculty both present and past our thanks for helping and directing us toward our goal; that of being a good professional nurse. JOR MEIKE EAD, GEL To our doctors we leave our devotion and gratitude for bearing with us in our mistakes and during ourtrials and trib- ulations. ARTICLE IV To Mrs. Miller to whom we owe so much we leave our sincerest wishes that she have many more successful years at Rowan Memorial Hospital. I, Ruby Brewer, do hereby will and bequeath my ability to stretch the truth to Patsy Lee, who does almost as good a job as I do anyway. I, Yvonne Childers, will my ability to carry onconversationto Sonja Strait, who needs it badly. feeouietey Culler, nature to Fay Paul. I, Naomi Dyson, will and bequeath my love for Washington to any fortunate person having a boy friend there. I, Shirlene Edwards, do will my desire to go to college to Bobby Sue Ennis, because I not longer want to go. I, Hazel Eudy, bequeath my ability to dress to Jean Triplett. I, Peggy Gant, leave my silly giggle to Verlyn Adkins. I, Annie Graham, do will and be- queath my back brace to Cookie Mo- chida, who has the same symptoms as te will my good Peeohicley eHall,, wills my loveifor blue picture hats to anyone having nerve enough to wear them. Peebare wtiarrell, leave my cute dimples to Marion Grant, in hopes that she will develop some. I, Janet Haynes, bequeath my ability to stay awake at night and sleep in the daytime to anyone preferring these odd hours. I, Betty Hendren, will my slow speech to Elsie Lankford, who talks speedily. I, Jo Hendrix, having nothing to leave am taking everything with me. I, Mary Herman, bequeath my ability to @pritnp. “at the mirror to J ane) bd- wards. I, Joyce Jones, leave a new flask for the Cysto room to Miss Huff, who wouldn't believe I broke it. I, Betty Mackie, will my love for Bop to Marie Powers. I,Gaye Marshall, bequeath my neat appearance to Coleen Smith. I, Ethel Myers, leave my profes- sional attitude to Vanonda Crisco. I, Ernestine Owens, do will and be- queath my smallness to Helen Caudle. I, Martha Page, will Dr. M's diet to Dootsie Honeycutt. I, Nancy Poovey, leave my strength to Dianne Johnston. 1, Rae Powell, will my ability to be dumb'! to anyone capable of being as dumb as I[ am. I, Lois Smith, leave my dirty shoes tos betty w.ellers, I, MarionSowers, leave my love for PA. to the Junior Class. I, Margaree Stewart, will and be- queath my loyalty to Raleigh to anyone liking it. I, Edna Stroud, leave my ability to live in a house-trailer to Rachel May. I, wWulia = Phomason; bequeathaine telephone booth to anyone who wants it. I, Gladys Van Poole, will my ulcers torbat George: Ee Barbara. count. cheeks to Betty Keller. We the members of the Seniors Class do will and bequeath to the Jun- ior Class our black bands in hopes they will wear them as proudly as we did. To the Freshman Class we leave our dignity feeling sure they will need it to preserve them during the next two vears. In witness thereof, I, Jo Hendrix, having been authorized and delegated to bring together this last will and testa- ment of the Senior Class and do hereto set my hand and affix my seal on this, the twenty-third of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty- six. leave my rosy Witnessed By: Signed: GLADYS VanPOOLE JO HENDRIX EDNA STROUD Testator