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N«AtBoTh«snndUfithe heforth* shew tace Fi Sept. 2 iiee wi9 p.lft.10 uibrouglThesteffectFestivs20.Thevance are rui sales iMemories in PicturesMtsi Mabel 0* Woods, Wesley Acres, Mitchell, looks at a picture of her adoptedMee of Anaheim, Calif., andin the back ground arepictures of the couple’s daughdaughter, Fannie Ann. taken ter, in the center, and their when she was a little girl, adopted son and daughter.i, lt;Ii 'The girl Is now Mrs, Jack Miss Woods, who was administrator of the Methodist Hospital (1923-4?) is probably the first single woman In south Dakota to adopt a child.(Republic Photo by Duba)Mabel Woods RecallsAdoption of Fannie Annthree years of nurses training.Upon graduation in 1918 she and nine other nurses and two doctors had their bags all pack-ed to go to Europe when the Armistice was signed.! Miss Woods was administrator of the Deaconess Hospital at Brookings from 1919 until 1923 when she was named administrator of the Methodist Hospital in. Mitchell.During the 23 years she wasBy ALICE DUBA I They have a daughter, Jackie,Republic Staff Writer 16; an adopted son David, 5, head of the hospital, she .placedAdopting Fannie Ann was a and an adopted daughter, Julie, 'jt upon a sound financial foot-3- ‘ , : „ lag, constructed addditionalMiss Woods was born Nov. 9,1882 near Mitchell in a claim shanty and when she was sixwonderful thing for me,” said Miss Mabel 0. Woods while looking over pictures and clippings in her apartment at Wesley Acres at Mitchell this week.Miss Woods was administrator of the Methodist Hospital when Fannie Ann’s father brought the 10-day old baby to the hospital. Miss Woods took care of her from then on although the adoption papers were not signed . until the little girl was threeyears old.Miss Woods said Fannie Ann was “worshiped and adored” by all the doctors and nurses and they were always giving her gifts. For many years Miss Woods took Fannie Ann with her when she made the rounds of thehospital during the morning visit. with each of the patients. Dr E. W. Jones did a lot to get the adoption processed through the Children’s Home at Sioux Falls.In a recent Minneapolis Tribune Sunday paper there was a feature story about Miss Marge Halverson of Yankton who has adopted daughters, Heidi, 10, and Julie, 12. Miss Halverson is quoted as saying she has been told she is the first single persons in South Dakota to adopt a child.Mrs. Julia Boyles of Minneapolis, who as Miss Julia Foiis, served as night supervisor of the Methodist Hospital while Miss Woods was administrator, sent the article to Miss Woods saying that Miss Woods had a-dopted her daughter many years before Miss Halverson had.Miss Woods and Miss Folis took Fannie Ann with them onmany of their trips to conventions.While the two women were planning to attend the national convention of the American Hospital Association in St, Louis when Fannie Ann was about four, Miss Folis said, “Let’s take the little rascal with us.” The little girl, playing on the floor and apparently not paying any attention piped up with, “Why not take the little rascal with you?” They took her and she was the “center of attention, Miss Woods said after that they took her to almost all the conventions and meetings they attended.Fannie Ann attended Mitchell High School and on the day she and Jack Mee received their diplomas from Dakota Wesleyan they were married. The couple now lives in Anaheim, Calif.wards and classrooms, built the cottage,, installed a new heat-•jiag unit and .laundry and addedmonths old she and her parentsjnew equipment in the operating moved to Aurora County where rooms and kitchen. The brick they 1 ved in a sod house for;nursss residence built in 1941 several years. . .. .iwas named Mabe! 0. WoodsShe attended rural school and Hall in her honor as was thethen wrote tests for a second grade and then a first grade teaching certificate. She taught eight years in Aurora County rural schools and two years in the lower grades at Kidder before she went to Naperville, 111., to attend college for a year and then to Asbury Deaconess Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., forCase BoundOver ToCircuit CourtHarry Jacobsen, Mitchell, was bound over to circuit court with bond continued at $500 on a charge of gaining property by false pretenses.Merton Tice appeared as legal council for Jacobsen.Speeding violations dominated the remainder of Sixth District Court action Friday morning.Forfeiting $25 speeding bonds were: Donna Goldammer,Mitchell; Richard A. Dame, College Park, Md.; Kevin F. Talley, Forestburg; Mark W. Hopp, Minneapolis; Donald Stange, Piankinton; Dennis Peterson, Denver; Russell J. Both-ern, Minneapolis; George H. Thomas, Jr., Omaha; and Harold A. Larsen, White Bear, Minn.Other forfeitures included: Eugene A. Ernster, Mitchell, $10 for speeding; F. E. Miller, Mitchell, $11 for parking violations; Billy Eugene Meidinger, Aberdeen, $100 for speeding; Gary A. Rathun, Washington, D. Reimniiz, Mt. Vernon, $10 for stop sign violation,Gilbert L, Callessey, Rapid City, $50 for following too close; Walfcr E. Dennng, Sioux Falls, $25 for, not displaying a proper inspection sticker and Charles Berry, $50 for exhibition driving.Henry Osterloo of Mitchell was fined $25 and 10 days in the city jail for operating a vehicle without a valid drivers license. The 10-day jail sen-addition added in 1962,When she retired in 1947 the enlarged plant was valued at $475,000 and was free of debt.She managed the hospital during the drouth and depression of the 1930s often accepting meat and eggs in payment. Many former students and patients remember Miss Woods planting flowers and shrubs and pulling and pushing sprinklers around the hospital grounds during those dry years.Miss Woods was selected as Miss Mitchell in i960 and the community honored her in the annua! program.An article in THE DAILY REPUBLIC soon after her retirement as administrator sums up the accomplishments of the 1960 Miss Mitchell.It said, “Her amazing work in Mitchell is a quarter of a century of dedicated service to mankind. The Methodist Hospital in MUcheU Is a living memorial to that dedication.“The story of Mabel 0. Woods writes Itself and he who writes her life serves only as a gatherer, a compiler of the tales of heroic deeds, the devotion to duty, the sacrifice for a cause, a sense of humor, a practical hut amazing business sense, but through it all, a woman who loves and is loved by mankind.”In 1949, Dakota Wesleyan University gave her an honorary degree—Doctor of Humane Letters.For the past three years she has lived at Wesley Acres. Most mornings she takes a walk. She has flowers under the windows of her apartment that receive her care and one of her hobbies is shuffleboard — she’s always ready to play “just one more game.”attends bn his record,Althorapidly able fo of seal Moadaj form an served, ed of t as ann Then form an Shows8:00 p 8:00 p.shows9:00 p.: urday. uled aland Sa filled 1 when a money ed stai your st Palace, Dakota Office,ChrRiteFune: Carlson 2:30 p. leyan Glen W The from 7 Milliketwill be lery.Mr. 24, 188 to Mr. and die hospital nited Ssteaded 29, 192 Soma a lived ir Survi Kermit and J daughtc Hansen grandcl He \ by a gi ers an-HSHOP IN MITCHELLMeetand L their i day ei the Li CIO L izing c at the 50th annive: Commi Daviso brated potlucimembt The dip.m. i of Hite of incl Home used.tence was suspended upon onehyear of good behavior.GIVE A MAN A CHANCE, HI MIGHT BECOMEFREE tor You IFree checking 3+ Mitchell ,National Bank!
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Mitchell Daily Republic
Mitchell, South Dakota, US
Fri, Aug 07, 1970
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