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

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LAST WILES ANDRES ee viel ia We, the Senior Class of Rowan Memorial Hospital, being of sound body and fairly stable minds, having seen signs and symptoms of our approaching graduation, do hereby deem it necessary to write our last will and testament. I. . To our Parents: For their loving caretanesidit aruer we leave our hopes, that our lives may be as successful, as their fondest dreams would have them to be. Il. To Rowan Memorial Hospital: We leave our deepest re- spect and admiration for three years of wonderful memories, and for helping us to achieve this “our Graduation Day”. Ill. To the Doctors: We leave our heartfelt gratitude for their untiring efforts in trying to increase our wisdom, and helping us to become good professional nurses. IV. Tothe Nurses: We leave our successors, the Junior Class, hoping that they will not walk off with the narcotic keys as many times as we did. I, Helen Caudle, do hereby leave my ability to stay up twenty hours out of twenty-four, without any untoward effects, to Ver- nonccd Crisco. I, Jane Edwards, leave my love for nursing to Colleen Smith, hoping that she will derive as much satisfaction from it as I have. I, Sonja Strait, bequeath my ability to leave care studies until the last minute to anyone who dares. I, Cookie Mochida, being a selfish person, have decided to take all my belongings with me! I, Ann Wright, will my ability to graduate from nursing in four years to Betty Goodman, who seems to need it. I, Pat Miller, leave my position as editor of the ‘White Cap” to the next editor in hopes that she will not have to struggle like aids I, Rachel Hedrick, will my ability to stay awake in Senior Seminars to anyone who can. I, Elsie Lankford, leave my love for First East to Marion Grant in hopes that she gets to work there as much as I| have. I, Marie Powers, bequeath the President's seat to the next Student Body President, with best wishes for a successful year. I, Lois Smith, leave my dirty shoes to Betty Sellers. Finally, we the Senior Class of 1957, do constitute and declare the’ Senior Glass of 1957 1o be the executers of this ounlastawall and testament. In witness whereof, we hereby subscribe our names this the tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven. MARIE POWERS, Testator Witnesses: MRS. ANN WRIGHT MISS SONJA STRAIT

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BE @ Pr Gay Greetings Everyone! This is the voice from Mars—’’squeeks”’! I just.got back from a place ealled Earth today and oh! I sure do have some news! Lanky and Powers are still fussing! Only this time over who has the best looking Cadillacs! It seems like they both married multi-millionaires and live next door to each other. Powers really has to watch her diet or else she gains ten pounds on a piece of candy. Lanky eats everything she can get her hands on and never gains an ounce—she still has that cute figure! Wow! You should see Sonja and Jack's monsters! They live in Pennsylvania and those monsters play basketball against each other because everyone else is afraid to play with them. Rochel and Lowell have a beautiful mansion in Lexington. They seem to be having trouble deciding which Nursing School or Medical School to send their twelve children to. It must be nice to keep the medical profession in the family. I saw Lois Smith at the Mayo Clinic as Director of Nursing and boy! She sure has a crip of a job! And seems to be enjoy- iaerits. | |)! Faye Paul is-working on First West at Rowan Memorial Hos- pital. As Head Nurse she has a job on her hands—incidentally, “Granny” is still in Room 108. Ann and Joe Wright finally got together! It seems that Joe was sent overseas so Ann decided to join the Marines so she could be with him. Well, just about the time he was sailing back to the States—she had to be overseas—but now after ten years they are finally together. You know Pat “George” still doesn't know whether she mar- ried a Pediatrician or an Obstetrician. She wanted Wayne to be an Obstetrician and Wayne says—Pediatrician. Well, to keep peace Wayne is both! It's a lucky thing, with their two dozen kids. MGM finally got Jane Edwards to sign a contract with them: after winning all those beauty contests. She and Dalton still haven't decided what they are going to do. I couldn't keep up with Helen Caudle. She joined the WAVES and has been traveling around the world. Well, that’s all the news I have—Oh! yes! you asked about Cookie Mochida—she’s a head nurse for the California Chamber of Commerce. COOKIE MOCHIDA Prophet

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IN @ RIG AS 5.@ galGHhsS Left to right! BETTY GOODMAN, BETTY SELLERS, COLLEEN SMITH Yes, being a Junior was the one desire that we had looked forward to since we entered training. That was the time we were relieved of our quiet studies, and most of all we were that much nearer to that white uniform and black band. We had taken one step more toward that glorious horizon and that sunset of tomorrow. “Now as we look forward to that coming day We find that tomorrow is now on its way, So being a Junior is only a step, To dreams of the future, and memories we've kept.”