Wa shington County Hospital Nurse Pioneers Long Career
Sara describes growth from 96 to 344 beds at Washington County Hospital since 1931 and expanding nursing staff from five to 78 full time nurses plus 36 part timers and 91 aides. She recalls school training, capping ceremonies, and the evolution of nursing from practical duty to professional education, praising nurses like Miss Julia Lizer and Miss Lottie Parks MecConnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara
Washington County Hospital
Washington County Hospital School, of
Stre-fstie
Sara Andling
Hagerstown
Florence
Nightingale
Margaret Mullen
Julias
West
Vir-Lizer
Ginia
Tory
Hagers
Lottie Parks
Mathias M.j
Virginia Johnson
Tillian Benchoff
India
South Potomac School Entered and Burglaries Reported
South Potomac Junior High School suffered a weekend break in with locks and door panels smashed while a local hospital nurse Sara Johnson faced unrelated home repairs. A stretch of property damage totaled about 35 dollars as intruders targeted offices and church structures in Madison and Phewsville areas. Sara, who studies organ under Norman Lindsay, dreams of a pipe organ at home amid her nursing career.
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Washington County Hospital
Sara
Guilford Avenue
Mary L. Johnson
Full Gospel Church
New York City
T.A
South Potomac Junior High
St. Paul's
Elinor D Kable Named Valedictorian at Charles Town HS
Elinor D Kable is named valedictorian of the Charles Town High School senior class by principal Gordon W Fismon. She is the daughter of Donald and ______ Kable and graduates with a perfect 4 0 average, planning to attend West Virginia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor D. Kable
Charles Town High School
Gordon W. Fismon
Elinor
Donald Kable
West Virginia University
Marine Cpl Linn Davison Band at Iwakuni Cherry Blossom Concert
Two Japanese girls examine Linn Davison’s instrument at Mrs. Doris Davison’s home in Maryland. Linn, a former Daily Mail newspaper boy, enlisted in January 1955 after graduating from Hagerstown High School. He serves with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Band at Iwakuni Japan which performed during the second annual Japanese American goodwill concert on April 14. The event drew over 2,000 Japanese civilians and American servicemen as part of the Cherry Blossom festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Linn
Davison
Doris Davison
Baltimore Street
Daily Mail
Marine Corps
Hagerstown High School
1St Marine Aircraft Wing
U.S. Naval Air Station
Iwakuni
Japan
Youth Drowns in Cacapon River near Great Cacapon
Robert Smith Jr. 18, of Chevy Chase, drowned Saturday evening in the Cacapon River near Great Cacapon West Virginia while fishing with Elmo Stotter of Washington DC. He reportedly suffered a heart attack after losing balance and falling from a boat. State police investigated. funeral arrangements were set for Tuesday at Pamphrey Fir.
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Robert Smith, Jr
Chevy Chase
Cacapon
Great Cacapon
W. Va
Berkeley Springs
Elmo Stotter
Washington, D.C
Smith
Statler
Hunter Funeral Home
Bethesda
Young Smith
Racheel Smith
Pamphrey
Fragmented Local Weather and Water Incident Notes
Reading from a damaged page shows The sun as largest consumer of water in a river area near Bethesda. A young man aged, possibly eleven, drowned in about ten feet of water while authorities noted evaporation and bottle accumulation.
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Neral
Bethesda
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Florence Nightingale
South Potomac School
Washington County
BET USA
Potomac St
Lane
Furniture Company
Delaware and
Delaware Distributors, Inc
Broadway
Camden, N. J
NAME
Glassbake
Spring Sale
Hagerstown Gas
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