St Vincent Hospital School of Nursing - Vincentine Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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We dedicate this page to our beloved parents and guardians, whose help, guidance and solicitude, whose spirit of love and sacrifice have made possible the nursing education which we value so highly. E IU FRESHMEN

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Officers for 1955 Sitting: Mrs. Paul C. Fritsch, Presidentg Mrs. Wilmer Blanchard, Re- cording Secretaryg Mrs. Frank Smith, Financial Secretary. Standing Mrs.,J. W. Pietrowski, 2nd Vice Presidentg Mrs. Andrew McAvoy, Corresponding Secretaryg Mrs. Ray Murnen, Treasurerg Not Shown: Mrs. H. H. Kerr, 3rd Vice President. 1.',i.1.,.,... ,. 213:11TEE5:f2f+1g.gf.:3eE'2'iis ifift2.'2tf1i':1:p.5i'S 321-, -an .11ififQ'f'321.1ii':.:3:42:-.5222-ifalf-Iif ff:f.1v:.:f'f-v:. .Q.zT3Qa11.1'1k-upz E: , ..,., ,.,,,,, . i . ,,,,. .,. '-.,.- . ..., - ,.,.,. ,,.,,,. as M, , ,. ,,,,. ,...,. . , . ., . ,. ..,., ,..i.f,.,..1 ,.,,:.x.f,fp4fr ,111 1.1.4, 1-V.: E 4 'iw 32:21. 51.3 5211113 wha .521 ga - Z1i1'. 'f..a+ 2.V1l'l 2--z 1-.f+v.i 334' ff:-1-4 --w-.vf.'E 1- ' 's21f1 ,.f'.1 ..qf',,r:3fi'.j'fif52.1.-e i.- '4,'1f'X-'3.?:'!ft- 5 '- ggz.-f-.12-f-': 'w .,...., ia . 1- 5 3-,Q ,sei 1 .1 ef 1 .1 I f The Ladies Guild Celebrates its 20th Anniversary We are happy to congratulate the Ladies Guild of St. Vincent's Hospital on its outstanding contri- bution ot voluntary service and generous donations of lite-saving equipment for the benefit ot the patients ot St. Vincentls. The Guild also sponsors financial aid tor nursing education with the specific purpose of improving nursing care tor the individual patient. The members ot the Guild are most cer- tainly deserving ot special commendation tor the tremendous amount of good they have accomplished in the comparatively short space ot twenty years. Mrs. John Hankinson, Jr., and Mrs. Peter Fluge in the Guild Gift Shop. 24 S ' . Original toundresses grouped about the anniversary cake for a photo, Left to Right: Mrs. J. H. Spieker, Mrs. l Nicholas Walinski, Mrs. Joseph Griss, Mrs. Earl Lindower, l N Mrs. F. B. Andrews, Mrs. Fred M. Douglass. Not Shown: Mrs. Joseph Tompkins.

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