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FRONTIER NURSING SERVICE QUARTERLY BULLETIN ‘§
Published at the end of each Quarter by the Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. ,
Lexington, Ky. ’ ,
Subscription Price $1.00 a Year
Edit0r's Ofiicc. Wemlover, Kentucky 41775 *7*
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VOLUME 48 SPRING, 1973 NUMBER 4 ,
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Send Form 3579 to Frontier Nursing Service, Wendover, Ky. 41775 i`
Copyright, 1973, Frontier Nursing Service, Isc. j
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Q CONTENTS
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,3 ARTICLE AUTHOR PAGE
Beyond the Mountains 27
Q Continuing Education 11
f I Editor’s Note to Old Couriers
{ and Old Staff 9
Q r Field Notes 31
tv In Memoriam 25
· Jeanne Marlene Wooton (Mrs. Jimmy A Photograph Inside
: Darrell Couch) Back Cover
_ , Old Courier News 15
V Old Staff News 23
` i On Leaving Judi 2
Our Mail Bag 10
The Annual Meeting 7
The Board of Governors 14
` Transportation Is a Problem:
_ The Nurse Finds the Way Cynthia Sherwood 19
i Triumphant Parents Ruth H einsohn 21
i Urgent Needs 3
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_ BRIEF BITS
Q Color Therapy The Colonial Crier 28
Every Man . . . Paul Crnme’s Big D,
T Dallas Morning News 17
Q Franklin’s Milestones The Colonial Crier 6
{ Grover (Verse) Mary Brewer 29
Personal Call The Countryman 22
bi Vacation Views The Colonial Crier 35
" Wary Whitesmith The Countryman 20
§ White Elephant 30
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ON LEAVING S
We came . . .
+0 care A
+0 give y0u care
+0 give you 0+ ourselves '$
Bu+ y0u have given us s0 much m0re-— I
+0r y0u have given us back 4
a sense 0+ 0urselves . . . V
+he +reed0m +0 live in +ullness, sharing . . .
laugh+er l
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wisd0m A
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+he Jrimelessness 0++he hills . . . '_
. . . and 0+ being _
In giving 0+ yourselves i
we have discovered ourselves . . . _
and each 0+her . .. i
Judi
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0n leaving FNS a++er
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A URGENT NEEDS
. It has long been our custom, through the pages of this col-
umn, to inform our friends of the most urgent needs of the
E Frontier Nursing Service and, because we have generous friends,
many of these needs have been met by special donations for this
purpose year after year.
ll We do not need to explain to any businessman or housewife
W that everything costs more today than it ever has before—be it
~ labor, materials or equipment. Although we have had no major
` maintenance or replacement projects in hand during the last
few months, we have——with Wendover, Hyden Hospital and the
outpost centers—a continuing need for minor repairs and upkeep,
J for replacement of worn-out equipment—and your donations to
= help with these costs are always most gratefully received.
In addition there are three areas of need which must be met
in the near future to which we would like to call your attention.
A 1. As you know, The Cabin at Wendover, the oldest building
» in the FNS, became unsafe because of the slipping, sliding ground
n behind and underneath it. The foundation was listing in four
A directions, the logs were pulling away from the chimneys, and
0 the chimneys themselves had developed alarming cracks. The
, building has now been torn down and we are in the process of
, building an additional retaining wall behind the site of The Cabin
to insure that the road to the Big House will not cave in. The
. work is being done by our maintenance staff, using stone taken
’ from the chimneys and the foundation of the old building. How-
ever, we do have to meet the costs of re—enforcing for the wall,
the cement and the labor and this expense is estimated at
{ $1,000.00
Until the new retaining wall is finished, the old site cleared com-
é_ pletely, and an expert evaluation of the site obtained, we will
not know whether or not we can rebuild the Chapel on that
, location.
. 2. Frontier Nursing Service now has a fleet of some twenty-
seven vehicles, including Jeeps, VWs, a car and a station wagon
» for patient transportation outside the mountains, and a truck

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for the maintenance department. With that many "wheels", we
always need replacement vehicles.
The cost of a Jeep today is $3,300.00.
The cost of a VW today is $2,300.00.
3. A most urgent need within the next few months will be
the provision of kitchen and cafeteria equipment for the Mary 4
Breckinridge Hospital. These furnishings are not included in the
contract cost of the new hospital. The hospital will open with is
forty inpatient beds but the kitchen and dining facilities will also , p
be used by on—duty staff and will be open to outpatients of which 7
we see between seventy-five and a hundred a day. Our consultant
dietitian has prepared a list of items needed for the kitchen and .
dining room, including in her list an estimate for replacement
needs for the foreseeable future since it is much less expensive (
to provide for such replacement in the initial order. `
FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT
30 doz. 9%" Plates ........,..................................................... $ 308.70 °·
30 doz. Soup Plates .............................................................. 355.80 .
15 doz. 6%" Plates .............................................................. 195.15
60 doz. 5%" Plates ...........l.................................................. 780.60 `
40 doz. Teacups ..........,............................. . ............................ 611.60
40 doz. Saucers ...................................................................... 520.40
6 doz. Sherbets .................................................................... 25.86
30 doz. 5 oz. Tumblers .................,...................................... 47.40 ·
30 doz. 8 oz. Tumblers ........................................................ 51.60 (
30 doz. 10 oz. Tumblers ...................................................... 57.60 `
12 doz. Salt & Pepper Shakers ............................................ 26.64
20 doz. Fiberglass Serving Trays ........................................ 1,040.00
4 Carts ........................................ - ........................................ 208.00
1 Truck ................................................................................. 66.48 3
30 doz. Knives .............................. ...... . ................................ 132.60
30 doz. Forks (dinner) ................................................_.._.._. 75.60
30 doz. Forks (salad) ..............................................._...,,.._.. 68.40 ly-
60 doz. Spoons ..............................................................._...._.. 87.00
20 doz. Soup Spoons .........................................,......__._____,___ 45.60
4 Roasters with tops ................................................._____.___ 210.80
1 Dough Scale with scoop and weights ....................._.oo... 77.47
3 32 oz. Portion Scales ..................................,.__.._,_,__________ 45.72

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6 Thermometers (Cooking and Refrigerator) ................ 17.11
8 Wire Whips ...................................................................... 18.25
1 Timer ............,.......................... . ...................»..................».. 5.39
1 Egg Poacher (15 egg) ...............».»................................ 30.48
i 5 doz. Assorted Cooking Spoons ...................................... 68.55
A 6 Bread Tongs .........,..................,1....r................................. 4.92
1 Kitchen Shears .........,.................................................... 3.30
[ 2 Skimmers .,........,.....................,......................................... 2.28
s 4 doz. Spatulas (assorted sizes) ........................................ 12.38
‘# 6 Wire Strainers (assorted sizes) .................................... 7.53
8 Mixing Bowls (assorted sizes) ,..................................... 23.28
‘ 12 doz. Bun Pans ..................,...,.,......................................... 63.70
4 doz. Cake Pans., 9" ........,.....,,......,................................... 9.36
‘ 1 doz. Tube Cake Pans ....,.,....................,.......................... 70.08
2 doz. Loaf Pans ........................,....,.................................. 41.84
4 doz. Pie Pans ._.,..........,...,,,............................................... 62.96
1 doz. Bake Pans (12 X 18) .........,...................................... 73.66
Y 12 Sauce Pans (assorted sizes) .....,.......................,............ 75.33
. 4 Stock Pots with covers ..........,...,....,.............................. 55.88
4 Pitchers, 2 qt. _________________________________________,____,or..._...,.....,,.. 15.44
-‘ 4 doz. assorted Pastry and Vegetable Brushes .....,........ 47.78
. 1 Edlund Can Opener __..._,____._..,.,..,.,...,.,..._.,......,,............. 22.79
2 Colanders, 11 qt. .........................................................,.... 30.48
12 Cooking Forks. (assorted sizes) .................................... 47.16
~ 32 Kitchen Knives (assorted sizes and kinds) ................ 66.63
j 8 Cookie and Dough Cutters ,........................................... 10.65
' 2 Cutting Boards ................................................................ 38.10
4 Double Boilers ................................................................ 105.40
2 doz. Napkin Dispensers ......................._.......................... 63.50
10 Cast Iron Fry Pans (assorted sizes) ............................ 43.52
_; 4 Garbage Cans ......,.......i................................................... 82.28
T 17 Serving Spoons. (assorted sizes) ..........................,._...__ 71.20
1 30 Measures (from spoons to one gallon sizes) .............. 57.41
4. 2 doz. Scoops ...................................................................... 36.19
12 Ladies (assorted sizes) .............................._._..__._____o______ 11.14
12 Servers (cake, pie and meat) ........................................ 33.44
» Steam Table Pans and Covers ............................................ 407.36
Cleaning Materials, including mop pails, wringers,
mop heads, dust pans .......... . ...... . ................................. 149.98

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Assorted Small Utensils, including vegetable peelers,
graters, scrapers, funnels, egg slicers, rolling pins,
et cetera ................._.........................................................i 50.00 4
TOTAL: $7,075.73 ll
The above prices are based on a. bid received from one supplier. l
Bids will be invited from other iirms before the food service-
equipment is purchased. If any of our kind friends would like
to make a contribution toward the purchase of this equipment, p I
we shall be most grateful. ° ‘
FRANKLIN ’S MILESTONES i
Ben Franklin had so many accomplishments that it comes
as little surprise to discover still another. The book, H ome Life §
in Colonial Days, reports that Franklin himself placed all the
milestones on the post-road from Boston to Philadelphia. Being
Franklin, he added something new to the task. This was a cy- j
clometer of his invention which whirred or clicked as he rode
along in his "chaise" and told when a mile had been reached.
Then Ben would reach for one of the heavy milestones carried
in a cart alongside the chaise and drop it at the exact point. The V
setting would be done later. _
This same book (which is not new) says that many of the i
milestones placed by Franklin are still visible near Stratford, i
Conn. It’s something to look for on a vacation trip East if the
expressways haven't taken over. ¤
—The Colonial Crier, March-April, 1971 i
Colonial Hospital Supply Company *’
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THE ANNUAL MEETING
I The forty-eighth annual meeting of Frontier Nursing Serv-
W ice, Incorporated was held at Spindletop Hall in Lexington,
Kentucky, on Wednesday, May 23, 1973. Arrangements for the
< annual meeting were in the capable hands of Mrs. John H. Kerr,
Jr. and Mrs. Carter Stanfill, co-chairmen of the Blue Grass Com-
mittee, and members of their Committee, and they had done a
{ , beautiful job. We are grateful to the University of Kentucky
‘ ° for allowing us to use Spindletop Hall, the faculty and alumni
club, and to the management of the club who prepared a delicious
luncheon.
Mrs. Jefferson Patterson, our National Chairman, had come
¤ from Washington to preside at the annual meeting and at the
I meeting of the Board of Governors which was held on Wednes-
day morning before the luncheon. The Invocation was given by
V The Rev. Moultrie McIntosh, Rector of Christ Church, Lexing-
. ton, and the Minutes of the last meeting were read by the Sec-
' retary, Mrs. John Harris Clay. Mrs. Patterson introduced mem-
; bers of the Board of Governors present and some of our guests
A —Dr. Peter Bosomworth, Vice President for Medical Affairs at
the University of Kentucky, Mr. W. W. Taylor and other mem-
V bers of the firm of Watkins, Burrows and Associates, architects
A for the Mary Breckinridge Hospital, Mrs. Victor Payton, a mem-
ber of the Chicago Committee and their representatives at the
meeting, our good friend, Miss Ruth Spurrier of the Division of
Public Health Nursing, Dr. Frances Thomas, Associate Dean of
' Nursing at the University of Kentucky, and the new chairman
i of the Louisville Committee, Mrs. James Rawleigh (old courier
. Florence Booker). A moment of silence followed the reading,
i, by Mr. McIntosh, of the names of Board members, Trustees,
Committee and Council members who had died during the year.
3 The Treasurer, Mr. Edward S. Dabney, gave the Treasurer’s
·p Report and presented a budget, which had been accepted by the
Board, of $1,225,316 for the present fiscal year.
Mrs. Patterson welcomed the three new Trustees who were
A elected at the meeting—Mrs. Donald Jones (old courier Beth
Burchenal) of Cincinnati, and Miss Betty Lester and Mr. R. B.
Campbell, both of Hyden. Miss Kate Ireland reported on the

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progress of the Mary Breckinridge Hospital; Dr. Peter Bosom- Y
worth spoke brieily to bring greetings from the University of
Kentucky and to describe the functions of the new Health Sci- E
ences Advisory Committee which has been recently formed in
Kentucky. Miss Brovsme introduced the Director of Medical Serv- 4
ices of FNS, Dr. J. Huston Westover, who was so kind as to say
that "no one could find a iiner group with whom to work—or a
more imaginative group" and who outlined some of the chai- 5
lenges which would face the FNS in the coming year. Miss '
Browne introduced the staff members present and reported on ·
some of the activities of the past year. i
The Trustees, members and friends of FNS were pleased to Y
hear a few words from the National Chairman. Mrs. Patterson ·
said, in part: j
"It has been my custom, since becoming National Chairman _
of the Frontier Nursing Service in 1960, to limit myself to pre- ·
siding at annual meetings such as this one . . . but I think I
will allow myself to talk for a few minutes today to tell you
about something that has never yet been mentioned at these
meetings. When I was chatting with some members of the New i
York Committee recently, I found they knew little about the ,
4 Board of Governors and they were interested in knowing more,
and I feel their interest is not unique. So, as Chairman of that i
body, I think it is appropriate for me to tell you about them
and about three other groups that support the Service ....
"The Board is divided into standing committees as follows:
Nominating, Executive, Finance and Investment, Personnel, ,
Long-Range Planning, Development, Education, and Building
and Grounds. Perhaps you would like to know something about
the people who direct our organization. You see their names
published in our Quarterly Bulletins and you see some of their
faces right here in this room but you probably can’t guess the,
variety of their professions. We have four bankers, three doc-
tors and one each of the following, in alphabetical order, college
president, contractor, investment counsellor, lawyer, publisher,
medical research technician, public relations and community
development, manufacturer, postmaster and undertaker. Of ,
these, three are our neighbors, Leslie County men. Others are ‘
from Berea, Boston, Cleveland, Lexington, Louisville, New York, I
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“ "We also have one ex ofhcio member who is vital to our
meetings——Miss Browne, the Director. She has been with the
* Frontier Nursing Service for thirty—iive years and succeeded
Mrs. Breckinridge as Director. You will hear from her soon and
A I wish to pay tribute to her ability and vision. She keeps in
touch with, all sorts of government agencies and this is not easy
f in this day and age.
"Our Trustees, many of whom are here today, number
»’ eighty—one, and they come from seventeen states . . . So, al-
— though we operate only in this wonderful state of Kentucky,
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1 "And now we come to our life blood——our donors—who must
be the most honest people in the world. Out of 1,867 pledges.
. to the Mary Breckinridge Hospital and Development Fund, only
A one has not been paid that is due. The total amount given to
`· the Mary Breckinridge Hospital and Development Fund is over
three million dollars ....
"While listing the people who work for the FNS on the out-
side, Governors, Trustees, and donors, I would be very remiss
` if I did not mention those who work on the inside—the staff,
_ many of whom give full time for a large part of their lives to
the providing of medical and nursing care . . . which is our
A reason for being. Among the nearly two hundred employees
there are four doctors, soon to be iive, and seventy-five nurses,
including trainees, and about fifty clerical workers, many of
who are our own babies. Without them there would be no FNS.
I salute them all."
EDITOR’S NOTE TO OLD COURIERS AND OLD STAFF
I Your FNS friends are eager to have news of you so we
invite one and all to write Wendover, letting us know where
you are and what you are doing. We will be glad to share your
I news via the Quarterly Bulletin.

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OUR MAIL BAG
From A Friend In Ohio: Your need to make ends meet and your T
thrift in saving postage and paper appealed to me. I always have
money to give. I feel one never misses what one gives and the
blessings are twofold.
From A WHO Visitor: I think my faith in nurses and nursing
has been renewed, having seen your nurses give primary care to i
the people in Leslie County. I only wish we could see the same F
dedicated service given in other parts of the world. Q
From A N urse-Midwife On Home Leave From Africa: I am writ- +
ing to say thank you so much for allowing me to come to Hyden _
Hospital for three months. It was a wonderful and worthwhile J
experience. I am especially grateful to the doctor and the nurse- *
midwives. for their patience in teaching me new procedures. I l_
feel you have a very fine midwifery school because of the indi- '
vidualized instruction and supervision given to each student in i
a wide range of experiences by these people. They surely are
dedicated to their tasks.
From A Guest From Michigan: So much of the interest and
excitement of the trip was a result of my visit with the Frontier —
Nursing Service. The objective and motivation behind the or-
ganization was so evident in all of those associated with it. Peo-
ple actually wanted to serve other people and to extend needed
medical care in the best way possible to meet local needs. I do
hope that I will be applying for a district nurse position and per- .
haps the Family Nurse program in 1974. Frankly, I feel the I
FNS has a lot to teach me both medically and in the manner in 3
which it delivers medical care. Hopefully, I would have some- I
thing to give the FNS in return. i
From A Visitor From Johns Hopkins University: My visit to the
Frontier Nursing Service was truly an inspiration. The concept V
of the family nurse-midwife is peculiarly exciting to me, pri- i
marily because of the potential role she could play in health care 1
in rural areas of developing countries. One of the serendipitous 1
aspects of my decision to study in the area of health care delivery
is the discovery of a definite humanitarian bent among a num- .
ber of people working in this area.
From A Friend In Pennsylvania: The Winter Bulletin was so ‘
interesting that I read it almost cover to cover. I wish I could I
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. CONTINUING EDUCATION
For many years Frontier Nursing Service was dependent
Q on its own resources for many things—including the continuing
i education of its professional staff——because of its physical iso-
} lation. Any health professional who made the long trip into
’ the mountains to see us was apt to find himself lecturing to the
E staff or consulting about patients. Now, with better roads in the
I area and vastly improved highways to the "outside", continuing
*· education for our staff is much more readily available—and the
. physicians and nurses are eager to take advantage of the oppor-
tunities offered. We will let the students in our educational pro-
w gram tell you of some of the seminars and workshops they have
· attended within the last four months:
` From Sylvia Hostetler and Mary Hermiz:
Does FNS give in-service programs? Sometimes it offers
something better-the privilege and opportunity of attending
` seminars or symposiums given at nearby medical centers which
provide opportunities for students and staff to be exposed to
current management of complicated subjects. One such occa-
sion was on February 22 when St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lexing-
ton invited us to their first Annual Symposium on Ischemic Heart
Disease. A
Q Topics such as the medical and surgical treatment of Is-
l chemic Heart Disease, its complications and their management,
g and special diagnostic procedure such as cardiac catheteriza-
t tions were discussed by well-known cardiologists and cardiac
l surgeons. Much of what we had learned previously about this
subject was reinforced and we were brought up to date about
X newer and better concepts of management, especially surgical
V management.
From Betty Mulder:
· Since nursing and medicine will never be at a standstill,
its practitioners and advocates must keep up with the surge
f ahead. Such was the purpose of the nursing seminar held at
A the University of Kentucky February 28 through March 2. The
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Diseases", was conducted by Miss Gayle Traver, an instructor in I
the College of Medicine and assistant professor in the College .
of Nursing at the University of Arizona, and was attended by l
some seventy-five nurses, including FNS students and staff from
the districts, emergency room, clinic and general ward at the
hospital. 1
The seminar was very well presented and each of us felt
we had learned many new things in the care of respiratory
patients and had received additional instruction and guidance 1
in some areas with which we were already familiar. Throughout ,—
the seminar we were challenged to make practical use of the ·
information obtained, and we have already begun to do just that.
From Susan Grosser, Kathy Marqiiis, Diane Du!l"ont and Sheila {
wright; j
Dr. Wasson invited four of her students from Family Nurs-
ing I and one of the clinic supervisors to go with her to the E
Eastern Kentucky Spring Seminar held at Jenny Wiley State
Park in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, the week end of March 10-11. _
This program was ably coordinated by Dr. Ballard D. Wright, `
Director of Anesthesiology and Medical Director of the Cardio- .
pulmonary Laboratory at the Highlands Regional Medical
Center. l
The lectures dealt with various aspects of the care of the ·
patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Included ;
in the program were eight lectures as well as several practical .
workshops. The main address was given by Dr. Gunnar Stom of I
Upsala, Sweden. Using illustrative slides, he described in some 1
detail the research exercise on patients with heart and lung
disease. We were most grateful to have the opportunity to
attend this fine conference without charge, and to listen as each
of the guest lecturers discussed pulmonary disease and presented
various practical applications of present knowledge and methods ‘i
which could be used by the general practitioner. {
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From Liz Dickey: i
On March 21 and 22, two staff members and five Family I
Nursing I students accompanied Dr. Wasson to the 19th Annual ii
Symposium on Cardio-Vascular Diseases held in Louisville under
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i joint sponsorship of the Kentucky Heart Association and the
University of Louisivlle. Many distinguished speakers refreshed
Q our concepts of heart and vascular disease, and added the newer
i aspects in treatment to our reservoir of knowledge. We returned
to the mountains eager to practice and share our new skills with
l patients and co-workers. However, we are all trying to iigure a
way to reduce the work load of the heart when one climbs
l uphill. Any suggestions?
`_ From Sheila Wright:
· Two of us in the present Family Nursing I class are already
midwives. Our purpose in coming to FNS was to participate
F in the first trimester and gain experience in the basics of diag-
{ nosis and treatment of disease. Midwifery is not, of course,
j included in the first trimester, but there have been opportunities
to join with the midwives in attending obstetric and gynecology
; conferences. I have been grateful for the opportunity to keep in
touch with the midwifery side of my work. I especially enjoyed
A a short visit to the conference on Pregnancy Complications at
* the Continuing Education Center at Lexington.
From Marion James:
* As a district nurse, I had worked with a five—year—old girl,
e crippled from birth from cerebral palsy The child was unable
J to walk but was quite normal intellectually. After I entered
; Family Nursing I, I had the opportunity of following her more
i closely as she went to Cardinal Hill Hospital in Lexington to be
I fitted with braces and crutches. Previous evaluations pointed
to this age as the ideal time for a child with this problem to
undertake learning to walk. Irene had to spend nine weeks in
the hospital for fittings and physical therapy. Her expenses
l were subsidized by the Commission for Handicapped Children,
`Q which is housed at Cardinal Hill. Miss Sarah McCormack, social
. worker for the Commission, welcomed the child’s mother and
» myself when we drove down for a visit. I was treated to a tour
i of the facilities and a discussion of the operation of the Com-
H mission which has worked with the FNS over many years.
I Because of their continuing assistance, one more child is able to
{ walk and will soon become a schoolgirl.
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THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
The Board of Governors of Frontier Nursing Service held ‘
its spring meeting at Wendover the week end of April 6, 1973, i
with nineteen of the twenty-four members present. The Na-
tional Chairman, Mrs. Jefferson Patterson of Washington, D. C., I
arrived on the Wednesday, Miss Freddy Holdship came down on
Thursday, and other members arrived on Friday afternoon or |
in time for the meetings of the various standing committees of `
the Board which were held on Saturday. Members were given ll
the opportunity to visit the hospital, the new hospital site, and
an outpost center.
Following dinner at Wendover on Saturday evening, Dr.
Anne Wasson moderated a panel discussion, by students and
staff, of the Family Nurse program. Participating in the panel
presentation were Marion James and Sheila Wright, represent-
ing Family Nursing I, Jo Hanson, Family Nursing II, Barbara
Kinzie, Family Nursing III, Janice Kersgaard and Judith Floyd,
representing the hospital and district, respectively, and Archie
Bermett, the pharmacist, who discussed his system for the dis-
pensing and control of medications which the nursing staff are I
allowed to prescribe under Medical Directives. Dr. Wasson dem-
onstrated some of the recently acquired teaching aids which are
used by the students for class and independent study.
The formal meeting of the Board was held at Wendover ¤
on Sunday morning. ;
The FNS staff are always pleased to meet and talk with I
members of the Board of Governors in the mountains once a E
year, and to show them at first hand what we are doing. This 2
year we also had the pleasure of entertaining Mr. Morris ·
Cheston who came with Mrs. Cheston to the meeting, and Mes- -
dames John Kerr and Thomas Nuzum who accompanied their l
husbands. It was good to have the wives of two of our Hyden y
members, Mesdames Fred Brashear and Eddie J. Moore, with
us on the Saturday evening.

· QUARTERLY BULLETIN 15
OLD COURIER NEWS
Edited by
i JUANETTA M. MORGAN
i From Cherry Forbes Wunderlich, Bethesda, Maryland
j —March 13, 1973
i It’s been good to hear so much about the progress of your
| projects, especially the new hospital and the family nursing
_ project. Our interests are largely in the area of health care also
T as John does immunology research and I’m involved with a
group that gives childbirth preparation classes. We have two
little boys—Eric, born in 1970, and Mark, born just a month ago.
From Wendy Vauglm Carter, Guilford, Connecticut
—-April 4, 1973
I’ve been meaning to write but find that being a newlywed
and a working girl doesn’t leave much time for correspondence!
Yes, I did graduate from Cornell and am now a full-fledged R.N.
I’m working only three days a week at a fhospital in Middletown,
Connecticut, as I have a full-time job as a farmer’s wife! George
I is a dairy farmer and next year we are moving to Virginia as we
have just bought a farm in Culpepper.
E From Marion Shouse Lewis, Marrakesh, Morocc0—March 4, 1973
; This is a fascinating country—lots of camels and donkeys
and line pairs of horses drawing open carriages. There are few
I cars, except in the cities. We drove from Tangier to Fez and
g then on here via Beni-Mellal. We are off tomorrow to Casablanca,
Rabat and back to Spain next week.
I Barcelona, Spain——April 1, 1973
. Thus far our trip has been delightful. It was lovely to re-visit
! Portugal and to see parts of it that we had missed before. We
hired a car in Lisbon and drove down to Algarve and then over
into Spain. On April 3rd we iiy to Mallorca for a few days and
then to Vienna, Austria, where we’ll get a car and drive through
Austria, Germany and Holland.

16 Fnomrrnn Nunsme sanvrcm 1
The Hague, Ho1land—May 7, 1973
We were fortunate enough to arrive here just as the tulips
were at their height. Our hearts and minds are overflowing with
the beauty of all we’ve seen-—fields of hyacinths., jonquils and ,
tulips and fruit trees in bloom, all backed by green fields dotted A
with cattle, horses and sheep; fenced with blue canals and the z
windmills turning against an azure sky. We’re going to a Delft {
factory this afternoon and tomorrow on to Rotterdam and to- (
England on Thursday. }
From Berit Pratt, at Wendover, to Mrs. Robert A. Lawrence
(old courier Patsy Perrin) in Westwood, Massachusetts (
(p