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ST. CHRlSTOPHER'S CHAPEL AT HYDEN HOSPITAL
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The cover picTure is a giTT To The FronTier Nursing Service Trom The Eli Lilly Company
Through i¤/Ir. Thomas RiTman and ivlr. John A. Kos [The phoTographer). These Two gen- ·
Tlemen did an illusTraTed sTory of The FronTier Nursing Service, called The Song oT Thou- `
sandsTicl Mr. Stork to laugh in my face with a loud voice saying, "I beat
you this time ! "
Of course Martha wanted us to go right in to dinner.
"I specially cooked you a blackberry pie," were her wel-
coming words.
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stand, for blackberry pie. I hunted around getting things all Q 
set up to catch a little sister, perhaps, for Rodney. As it turned  
out, little Samantha arrived and I handed her to Timmy. Q
Timmy had just gotten herself settled by the fire with little 5.
Samantha when suddenly two more little feet appeared.  
"Here, Timmy!" I yelled, "Put Samantha down and come QI
get this one!" ll
Timmy said to me in an exasperated voice, "Where shall I  
l put her, on the hearth ‘?" _ ,§
l So we placed Samantha in her mother’s arms, and little,  
A three-pound Samuel arrived pale and wan. By this time Aunt  
Susie had arrived with a hot water bottle and "I’ll bet you sure  
was surprised."  
I put little Samantha and little Samuel in bed with their  
wonderful mother. Timmy and I sat down and had our black- lj?
berry pie, hot coffee, and all in leisurely fashion and with easy  
minds. The twins were left tucked in with a smiling, grateful lj
mother. ll
We took our leave of the little family and prepared for our P
journey back home. But Cindy, my mare, seemed to say to her- il
self, "You two have had all the excitement—now it’s my turn  
to have some excitement for myself." And, nothing doing, I  
could not mount her. I called to Martha’s husband, John, who il
unsaddled Cindy. We looked for the burr we were sure we would  
find. No burr could be found. Cindy was just having fun with l
us, so she eventually allowed me to mount. Away we went- i
Timmy on Marvin and I on Cindy who was feeling very gay
and every now and then kicking her hind legs to the overcast,
snowy clouds. We soon left the cabin nestled along the side of
Sargos Creek and now covered in a mantle of white.
Between Cindy’s spells of gaiety, Psalm 104 passed through {
my mind.  
"O Lord, how manifold are Thy works. In wisdom hast  
Thou made them all: The earth is full of Thy riches."

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f  EDITOR’S OWN PAGE
E We feel deeply honored to have been allowed to reprint the
  Presidential Address made by our own Dr. Francis M. Massie to
, the Southern Surgical Association in December 1960. We are
é sure that every one of our readers will rejoice in the reading of it.
E} Many have wanted to see the photographs of the outside
l: and inside of St. Christopher’s Chapel that we print now with the
  kind permission of the photographers. The poem on page 2 is
  one we have cherished for six years. In giving it now we don’t
  foresee the time in which St. Christopher’s Chapel would crumble
il away. Its 15th Century window has lasted already more than
  500 years. The craftmanship in stone and metalwork that went
  into the building of the Chapel is as fine as any done in the 15th
it Century. So long as the civilized world holds together, so long
  should St. Christopher’s Chapel stand erect to the glory of God.
  We like to link this Chapel with the words on our seal "For
V Mother and Child." We think, in fact we know, that a spiritual
E blessing goes out from the prayers and services held in it to help
it our mothers give care, with patience, to the training of their
  children.
  It is always a pleasure to print stories written for the
f Bulletin by members of our own group. Two of these have been
g sent by former staff members. Jean Kerfoot, who wrote Ole
. Peter, is now back in the province of Alberta in her native
Canada. Luree Wotton, who wrote A Special Day for the House
in the Valley, is taking courses at Aurora College in Aurora,
Illinois. Their thoughts turned back to the Frontier Nursing
Service at Christmastime like homing pigeons when they sent
us these unique bits for publication. Snow Babies is another of
i the contributions from the gifted pencil of Anna May January
  who has stayed with the Service for seventeen years. We par-
  ticularly like the study of the blue jay called Coppy by our
Trustee, Miss Margaret Gage. More than we can express we
appreciate the kind things so many of you write us about this
. Tl Bulletin, a few of which we quote under Our Mail Bag.

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A SPECIAL DAY FOR THE HOUSE  
IN THE VALLEY  
by
LUREE WOTTON, R.N., c.M.
It was a happy house. It sat all alone in a pretty valley and ,
looked out its front door to a rippling creek. It also had a nice
family, with a mother and a father and two busy little girls. ·
It was especially happy today, though, because it was such a —
special day. The House had known that the girls were to get ,
a new brother or sister for quite awhile because mother had  =
been getting ready. She had picked out the best of the baby  ‘
clothes and had carefully washed them and put them in a clean  
box under the bed. The House had also seen her cutting up a  
big blanket to make four little blankets and carefully hemming il
each one. These she put in her special box. The House had been  
saddened when it saw her sigh because her new baby would not  
have anything new. Just the same, everyone had been looking ,
forward to the day when the baby would come and now that  I
day was here. It
Mother had been really busy all morning but after lunch  
she just sat around. Now, at mid-afternoon, the nurses were  
coming down the path. The little girls seemed quite unconcerned  
but the House`smiled to itself. It was really pleased to see the  
nurses bustle about. That meant it would not be long. The box ~ 
was brought from under the bed and the first clothing carefully ,
chosen and laid out. ` 
Just at the edge of dark there was a very special and heart  3
warming cry. Both mother and the House were especially happy I 
because now there would be a little boy to live there. The baby ·
was tenderly bathed and dressed, with the mother eagerly watch-
ing. The House nearly had to blink back tears of joy as the little ,,
wiggling bundle was placed in the mother’s arms. fa
It was dark when the nurses left the House. The mother
was sleeping quietly with a smile on her lips. The girls were `
chattering happily about their new baby. The aunt, who was » _
staying for a few days, was busy in the kitchen and already » 
good smells were coming from the pot on the stove. _ 
The House watched the nurses leave; they walked down the . 
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  path, crossed the foot bridge and began to climb out of the valley
  to the road above. Just then the House noticed that the father
  was coming home from work. He stopped, spoke with the nurses,
* and then quickened his steps toward home. The little House
gave a contented sigh as it watched him hurry toward the lighted
l doorway.
{ The House seemed to nestle down and breathe a thankful
prayer as it prepared for its watch under the stars. It had truly
p ’ been a special day.
  —— ;-
  FRANKLIN, THE OCEAN OGRAPHER
  Only those whose preference is yet for the sea on voyages
  to Europe will know the magic of the Gulf Stream, and perhaps
  question its mystery. This curious current which carries warmth,
f from west to east, even in mid-winter, was one of the many odd
  bits of science dipped into by Ben Franklin.
gg In 1769 Franklin was in London, serving as Deputy Post-
'; master for the Colonies. The question handed him was why
ll ships from New York to England took about three weeks longer
_?2 for the journey than did those which departed from the harbor
  of Boston.
  In analyzing the mystery, Franklin had the help of his kins-
_j man Captain Folger. They prepared a chart of the Gulf Stream
fl showing both course and speed and indicating that east-bound
’ ships from New York simply did not have the advantage of it.
I The chart was printed by the post office.
Sad to say, the British were skeptical, refusing to believe
that "humble fisherfolk" could have any real knowledge. How-
,, ever, Franklin’s findings have long since been confirmed by mod-
g 1. ern science, according to a full report on the Gulf Stream, written
I by Arthur C. Clarke, which appeared in a recent issue of Holiday.
——The Colonial Crier, Autumn 1961
I Colonial Hospital Supply Company
» Chicago, Illinois
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cARo1..YN A. BANGHART, RN., c.M., Bs. ,
Dean, Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery j
Huguette Merchiers visited the Frontier Nursing Service in _
the spring of 1954 and remained with us for six weeks. "Snooky"
was the name by which we all knew her. She had many experi- '
ences during this visit which subsequently helped her in setting _
up antenatal and well-baby clinics in some of the rural areas of  
` Turkey, as well as in the city of Ankara. She was a member of s
the WHO Team (members were from Belgium, Scotland, and ·
of course, Turkey) which had been invited by Turkey to assist '
in a beginning program of care for mothers and babies. Snooky  
remained in Turkey for five years. Being versatile and a highly  ,
qualified nurse—midwife, she filled many positions, including that  _
of the teacher of graduate nurses training to be nurse-midwives,
and teachers of midwifery. She even drew the plans for a nurs-  5
ing center and directed the building of it. l
Snooky is now at work in her beloved Belgium where she Q
is a regional supervisor in the Oeuvre Nationale de l’Enfance, an Q
organization devoted to the care of mothers and babies. She is »
planning to visit the FNS again in 1962.  .
These are some of the photographs which Snooky gave me g _
when I visited her in Brussels last year on my way back from  
the Congress of the International Confederation of Midwives in  
Rome. She was eager to talk of the years in Turkey, and of the 1 ` f 
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HIGH WATER DELAYS BULLETIN i ,
Wendover, March 1, 1962:—This Bulletin has been delayed  
because of high water during the last week in February. The j
ilood we have had is in no way comparable to our 1957 flood, but  
the water has been high enough to block the highway between  i
Hyden and Lexington at Manchester and between Hyden and  {
Hazard at Wooton. This meant that only a small trickle of mail  (
came in to Hyden, via Harlan, for two days——and this trickle did
not contain the Bulletin proof. Also, Wendover has been isolated
as far as vehicular transportation is concerned, making it impos-
sible to get the addressed Bulletin envelopes out to the printer 1
in Lexington. The Muncy Creek ford of the Middle Fork River
is impassable and likely to remain so for several days. High .
water washed out the road over the Hurricane Creek culvert, I
effectively blocking our alternate exit. Water covered the road  
in front of Wendover, rendering it impossible to get a jeep even  
as far as the swinging bridge. Today the Middle Fork has {
returned to a normal "high tide" level, the envelopes can be i
taken to the swinging bridge by jeep, carried around the moun- I
tain to the highway, and then transported to the printer in Lex- ‘.
ington by car. Normal mail service should be resumed today or i
tomorrow so we can get on with proof—reading the Bulletin, but `H
there will be about a week’s delay in its publication. j
—PEGGY ELMORE 1
DID YOU KNOW?  
There are only four places where our flag iiies day and V
night-—the United States Capitol, the grave of Francis Scott Key
at Frederick, Maryland, the World War Memorial at Worcester,
Massachusetts, and Fort McHenry, Baltimore, where the "Star  -
Spangled Banner" was written .... Elsewhere military regula- L' 
tions require the furling of the Hag at sunset.  
—Reporténg From Washington, 1
Frances P. Bolton,
Congressman, 22nd District, Ohio `

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  QUARTERLY BULLETIN 11
ii, OLD COURIER NEWS
  Edited by
j AGNES LEWIS
  From Susan Perry, New London, New Hampshire
I  —September 20, 1961
 ? Never have I enjoyed a six weeks more thoroughly than
H those that I spent with the Frontier Nursing Service last summer.
Everybody was always so cheery and gay. It was a unique experi-
ence to be able to meet and work with some of the mountain
_ people. It is not everybody who has a chance to meet people who
so closely resemble the people who pushed our frontier westward.
A —Christmas, 1961
  I hope that all is well at the FNS. College (Colby) is just
  as good as ever. I see Mathilde Hunting quite often and we have
{ a good time recalling all of our experiences with the FNS. Next
I year I am planning to transfer either to Simmons or to Columbia
I for Physical Therapy. I have been accepted at both. The whole
‘· family is going to New Hampshire next Thursday to ski until
I New Year’s Day.
 I From Mrs. James A. Barnes (Harriette Sherman)
I —November 20, 1961
Q Enclosed is a check which I would like to have put in the
memorial fund for Jean. It is a little over twenty years since
L I knew Jean at Wendover and yet she is as close to me as though
_, it were yesterday. You must feel her loss terribly. She was one
._“ of the kindest people I have ever known and I am glad I had the
V chance to know and work with her.
I often think of you all at Wendover and hope someday to
be back—perhaps to bring a daughter. Betsy is ten and a half,
 V- and a horse fiend. Unfortunately we don’t have the space to
  have one so she confines her enthusiasm to the local stable. Mimi
i is eight almost and very busy with school, et cetera, but Hank
~ at four and a half is the busiest of all. He is giving me grey hair!
Saw Bubbles Cuddy Moore last January. She came out from
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middle of one of our snow storms, and we had a wonderful  
evening catching up.  
From Birch Hincks, Boston, Massachusetts—December 4, 1961 il
This is just a letter to catch you all up on what I am doing-  
particularly since the job I have is concerned with the welfare  
of children as is much of the FNS work! .
As you know, I was interested in getting some kind of hos- '
pital job, and when I was with you last spring I was thinking in I
terms of medical social work. Shortly after I returned to Vassar ’
after spring vacation, I ran across a job which really seemed it
perfect for me, even though it was not social work. I started  q
working last July, and still I iind the job fascinating. I’m work- Q
ing at the Boston-Lying-In Hospital, on a U. S. government study ’
which is trying to determine why children are born with brain ’
damage. Our study is being done in twelve hospitals in the  I
country, but on a larger scale at the Boston—Lying-In than at q
any of the other hospitals. I am an "Obstetrical Observer" and
I work on the delivery floor—observing and recording everything
that happens to the patients during labor and delivery. This is {
interesting and exciting, and we quite often pinch-hit for the  I
nurses in emergencies. i
I see Alice Herman quite often at the hospital—she works
on one of the floors of Richardson House, which is the private ‘
wing of the hospital. r  l
From Alison Bray, London, England—December 13, 1961
I thought you might be interested in the following tribute  
to Mrs. Breckinridge, written by my Baltimore friend who is  i
about the same age, and to whom I took a copy of Wide Neighbor- I-
hoods. i
"I’m getting more and more fascinated with your Aunt
Mary’s Wide Neighborhoods. What a wonderfully rich experi-
ence her life has been; and what a courageous, fearless, intelli-
gent and everything else person she was and is! I’m ever so ,
grateful to have made her acquaintance."  
From Ellen Ordway, Lawrence, Kansas—Christmas, 1961 A
This year has been a very busy one for me but most enjoy-  I
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  work, research, meetings, talks, etc., I was ready to take off on
Y2 a held trip to Mexico to collect bugs and enjoy myself. Despite
A almost continual rain for the six weeks we were gone, Mexico
j lived up to all expectations, and we did get a great deal of collect-
', ing done, as well as being able to cover a considerable amount of
  country. We spent most of the time on the east coast winding
 Y our way back and forth, on and off the plateau. After crossing
L the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, we went through Oaxaca and north
to Mexico City, where we (after iive weeks of camping in the
 , field) were able to spend two glorious nights sleeping in real
1 beds and taking real showers. Even though it was soon evident
  that one day in Mexico City hardly gave us a chance to do and
I see all we wanted to, we again hit the road back to Kansas.
 ‘ I thoroughly enjoyed seeing this fascinating country even though
_A it was a hasty trip. Perhaps there will be another trip next
 _ summer, and perhaps I can again get to see more of Mexico. I
- am hoping so anyway. V
I By the time you get this letter, I hope to be taking my
"Prelim" or "Qualifying" exams which is the big event for which
I have been studying for all these years. If I get through
{ them in one piece, I can probably spend the rest of the year con-
 » centrating on the research work for my dissertation and thus
eventually graduate from student to perhaps instructor classi-
. fication. It will be a great day!
_ (Ellen is studying at the University of Kansas for her Ph.D.
j degree.)
 , From Mrs. Francis V. Lloyd, Jr., (Libby Boardman)
 ( 1 —Christmas, 1961
_ I long to bring my daughter Molly to see you. She is just 16
i and I know must wait awhile to come oflicially. She went riding
this summer. A weeks pack trip to Norway. Those ponieswould
_ be perfect in your mountains—nothing fazes them! i
 . From Mrs. Samuel Newsom (Sylvia Bowditch), Mill Valley,
Calif0rnia—Christmas, 1961
I I was so sad not to have had a chance to really talk to Mardi
 i Bemis Perry when she returned from Wendover last summer. I

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saw her just brieiiy a couple of days before I came back here  
after a grand visit with mother in Chocorua. I would so love to jj
have caught up with things and heard a first-hand account of '
you, etc. It is amazing how vivid my memories of the people and
places are after all these years.  
Now that Sambo is in school the better part of the day, I ,_
can help out a lot more at the shop which I thoroughly enjoy.  
I wish you could see all our pretty, gaily decorated bonsai this  i
year.  
 »
From Victoria Coleman, Stockholm, Sweden—-Christmas, 1961  
Greetings from the darkness of the great North. I must say  l
that despite the lack of sunlight, Stockholm is a lovely city and  
her people have been more than warm and hospitable to me. The  
little Swedish that I have managed to pick up will be quickly  
forgotten, I am sure, but not the rest of this wonderful year. *
I will be coming home next July and sincerely hope to visit g
Wendover before settling down to work again in Washington.  
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From Lucy Conant, Hamden, Cormecticut——Christmas, 1961  
I am back teaching public health nursing at Yale and also `
working on my dissertation in Sociology. I’ve gotten to that l
stage. I continue to enjoy having a house and garden; and last
spring added a second cat. I
From Libby Bradford, Cambridge, Massachusetts
—Christmas, 1961
I was very sorry to miss you at the Boston Preview. (I had  
to run an Auction at Radcliffe!) I am finishing up my last year at i
Radcliffe—my future, unknown! I wish I had the nursing quali- E
flcations to come back to the FNS and do something constructive i
along those lines. i
· · . . ·l
From Mrs. Robert F. Muhlhauser (Ann Danson), Glendale,  1
Ohio—Christmas, 1961
We had a good Canadian vacation. Each young one had a  ,
guest which added to the island gaiety. J

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  QUARTERLY Bufmarin is
l.
  Bob and I went East in November and visited Sandy at
il Wellesley, Rick at Taft and saw my sister and her family in
i Scarsdale. A fun trip. Now we are looking forward to the holi-
days when the house will be full of gay young voices again.
  From Mrs. Henry H. Meigs (Ellen Mary Hare), Philadelphia,
Q Pennsylvania—Christmas, 1961
  We took the four boys to Wyoming this summer, and though
 [ the youngest is only 4% we went on a week’s pack trip that was
 I a tremendous success. It is a wonderful life; and the ranch life
{ and organization reminded me so much of Wendover.
  From Mrs. Benjamin Reukberg (Nancy Harmon), Newburg,
l Pem1sylva.nia—Christmas, 1961
  In August, we moved from La Fayette, N. Y., to Newburg,
g a small rural town of 300 people, located in south-central Penn-
  sylvania. We were fortunate to acquire a century-old house, con-
 ; structed of bricks which had been made here in Newburg. An
 ’ interesting aspect of the house is its iireplaces, eight in all, includ-
l ing two large ones that had been used for cooking purposes. So
{ far our major remodeling project has been the converting of a
· former summer kitchen into a library. The property also includes
I a smoke house, an outhouse and a barn, plus three small pastures,
I one of which Nancy has seeded in the expectation that we soon
will be raising a steer for the family larder.
. In September, Benjie began teaching at Shippensburg State
f College, where he is an assistant professor of political science.
 j He is continuing to work on his doctoral dissertation which deals
g with the political functions of Soviet foreign policy doctrines.
Nati began kindergarten this fall, which means that Davie
is now the "man of the home" each weekday morning, assisted
by Beth who is also "Mommy’s little helper." All three children
, try hard to help, with eager hands and mischief in their eyes.
*4 Such are the joys of life.
j From Mrs. Robert S. Rowe (Barbara Jack), Decatur,
 ( Illinois—Christmas, 1961
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excellent talk, and the years slipped away fast. The Service is I
often in my thoughts. Our eldest son is in his senior year at '
Lake Forest Academy, which you probably know is where Mrs. _
Arpee’s husband has taught for so many years. In fact, Jack is i
in one of his classes. Mrs. Arpee has been so good to Bob and i
me to help us feel at home on our few brief visits to the school, 1
and, of course, we often talk about FNS. To catch you up .
briefly with news of my own family. We have four boys. Ronald  -
is a freshman in the Mt. Zion High School here, and Larry is in ,
the third grade. Robin is into everything as he will be two years
old on the 16th. 9
From Bronwen Jenny, Munich, G