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  winter. The number of home coniinements stay about the same
§ in this area, although mothers admitted to hospital as emergen-
* cies are usually sent home by ambulance twenty-four to forty-
{ eight hours after delivery. In parts of the country it is now
{ becoming common practice to select mothers booked for hospital
{ coniinement for early discharge to care of the District Nurse.
{ ....
  From Dr. and Mrs. Hen1·y Waters in Marshfield, Wisconsin
g —December, 1965
'{ The year has brought several changes to our family. For
{ one thing, Bill is now a iirst year medical student at Tulane Uni-
] versity, while still an active reserve in the Marine Corps, flying
  weekends with a squadron based at New Orleans.
{ George is now in his fourth and last year at Columbia Uni-
{ versity Medical School. At present he is serving his surgical
{ clerkship at Bellevue Hospital on New York’s lower East Side.
l Mikie is still working on the editorial staff of the Amb World.
{ ....
From Molly and Nora Lee in Yelverton, Devon, England
—December, 1965
This is a brief note to let you know how much we enjoyed
{ our train journey home on a lovely sunny day and the children’s
{ welcome at the farm. They had decorated our room with holly,
{ paper chains and a lovely card of welcome.
{ Tonight after two days and nights of rain we "swam" to the
{ village barn for carol singing, sitting on bales of hay and, as a
W great gesture of welcome, we were included in Father Christ-
{ mas’s sack of presents for the children! Nora is planning on
' { visiting her school on Monday.
{ ....
From Trudy Schatz in West Cameroon, Africa—January, 1966
We are very busy in our teaching hospital. I have very little
{ to do with midwifery as I am in charge of the Nursing Training
{ Program and midwifery is not a part of it.
With Kay Hunt here, we hear some news about FNS. Greet-
{  ings to those whom I know.