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QUARTERLY BULLETIN
VOLUME 39 SPRING, 1964 NUMBER 4
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A BIRTHDAY CARD OF THE I880's
Sac Inside Front Cover

 The Frontier Nursing Service was born ·
in a private dining room in the Capitol Hotel
in Frankfort, Kentucky, in May 1925. The ·
little girl who received this card is now in (
her eighties.
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FRONTIER NURSING SERVICE QUARTERLY BULLETIN
Published at the end of each Quarter by the Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.,
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Subscription Price $1.00 a Year  
I·Iditor’s (Mice: \Vend0ver, Kentucky  
vonunn as spmwc, wei NUMBER 4 I I
"Entered as second class matter June 30, 1926, at the Post Office at Lexington, Ky.,
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Copyright, 1964, Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. i
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 CONTENTS
ARTICLE AUTHOR PAGE
A Legend of the Flat Woods Hope Muncy 19
A Tribute to A Lady Marion Edwards Shouse 23
American Association of
Nurse—Midwives Helen E. Browne 39
Beyond the Mountains 47
· Editor`s Own Page 22
Field Notes 51
· Fifty Thousand Leopards Oryx 38
First Rose of the Spring at Wendover 31
Go, Lovely Rose (Verse) Edmund Waller 2
I Remember, Jim . . . (Verse) Patricia Ware 17
In Memoriam 41
1 In Memory of My Friend Flicka (Illus.) Doc, as told to Molly Lee 29
Mrs. Dewey Gross, Sr. A Photograph Inside back cover
Old Courier News 25
Old Staff News 33
On Saying Goodbye Patricia Ware 3
. Our Mail Bag 5
The Seneca Indians Frances P. Bolton 40
Urgent Needs 7
Urgent Needs Are Truly Urgent Virginia Branham 6
  BRIEF BITS
‘ A Plea for A Sinner (Verse) Source Unknown 32
  Children and Chickens Contributed 18
Family Records The Countryman 21
I News About Wide Neighborhoods 28
[ Open Door Contributed 16
I Polite Little Girl Modern Maturity 55
  The Giant Horseman The Countryman 46
T \ White Elephant 50
  { Will She Ever Raise Him ? Contributed 55
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GO. LOVELY ROSE  
Go. lovely Rose —
Tell her +ha+ was+es her +ime and me.  
Tha+ now she leau+y +rom +he ligh+ re+ired:  
Bid her come +or+h.  
Su++er herse|¥ +0 be desired. i
And no+ blush so +0 be admired. {
Then die —— +ha+ she gv
The common +a+e 0+ all +hings rare  
l\/lay read in +hee; {
How small a par+ 0+ +ime +hey share ll
Tha+ are so wondrous swee+ and +air!  
Edmund Waller, 1606-1687  
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‘ PATRICIA WARE, R.N., s.c.M.
g Belle Barrett Hughitt Memorial Nursing Center
on Bullskin Creek, Brutus, Clay County
Q There are many times in life when we have to say "Good-
- bye." To people, to places, to possessions. Sometimes it is easy,
a mere wave of the hand. Sometimes it is so hard that the word
will not come, and silence and the tears in our eyes must speak
S for us.
  As I write this, the time approaches for me to say my own
V "Goodbyes." In two weeks’ time I will sail for England. Mean-
§ while . . .
  Look around. Look at the mountains. It is winter. Bare
_ trees in the cold earth, wind swaying the leafiess branches, wait-
ing perhaps for a fresh fall of snow to blanket them; and for a
cardinal to light, in scarlet relief against the white.
But soon, it will be spring, and oh, spring on the mountains
I is lovely, with the young green of the leaves, the purple-pink haze
of the redbud, and the delicate perfection of the dogwood.
; Then summer, hot and deep and gloriously green, changing
  subtly into fall, covering the mountains with a burnished beauty
Q of red and gold.
{ Think of the people. For two years you visit them, "doctor
them," lecture them, become exasperated by them (and vice
` versa to be sure), marvel at their warm heartedness and gener-
3 osity, . . . love them!
_  So now, go up to the barn and say "Hi" to Pam, the brown
  and white cow. Never thought you could milk a cow, but it’s
wonderful what you can do if you try. (Though Pam probably
I still has doubts about your ability.)
I Walk to the next stall. "Hello Merrylegs." Stroke the
I strong silken neck and black mane, and remember the rides
L you’ve had together, and whisper to your horse that you wish
S she had the wings of Pegasus and could fly the Atlantic.
i Y Then down the hill to the jeep. Maybe the door doesn’t iit
R ° too well, and the top leaks when it rains, but at least it "ge1;s
é you there," bumping along creek beds, fording the river; through
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the slippery sucking mud after a heavy rain, over the slick ice  
in winter, through the choking summer dust . . . and reflect that  
it is marvellous that you are trusted with a jeep at all consid- Q
ering that you — er — disabled a couple. i
But then, these people that you work for and with, at the .
hospital and Wendover, are pretty wonderful. From the moment
you arrive, feeling kind of lost and lonely and even wondering  
why you are here at all, they make you one of them. Everyone Q
knows your name while you are vainly trying to remember even f
one of theirs. Make you feel immediately a part and not an  
onlooker, make you belong! {
Turn now—and look at the white house on the hill. For two L
years it has been "home." Remember the time the pipes from l
the water tank froze up and had to be thawed with an acetylene z
torch; remember the time you turned painter, and happily and ,_
inexpertly "brightened up the kitchen." Remember Christmas,  
and trimming the tree by the light of the fire in the big stone  
fireplace; and remember summer . . . and sitting out on the
porch, the branches of the trees swaying in the gentle breeze, gi
a rustling, musical curtain of green, with the sunlight glinting i'
through in dappling gold. p i
Remember . . . remember . . . The Hard Days. When you T ,
were so tired, life seemed all work, those awful records still to `f
be written up, the jeep wouldn’t start, and old Beckie’s blood F
pressure was sky-high because she refused to take her pills! . . .  
The Good Days, when you were walking on air, the charting was ?
done, and Beckie had decided to take her pills for this week
anyway!
Look around, and remember, and know that you never will ·,,
be able to say Goodbye. Oh, you’ll pack your cases, you’ll board  
the ship and you will sail the Atlantic. But these people, these l
places and these things which you have loved are a part of you,
and will remain with you, thank God, wherever you are, for ever.
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1 From a member of our Chicago Committee: I am enjoying -
~ the last bulletin with the pictures and uses of the herbs, because
X I spent many Sunday afternoons with our maid, searching for
  many of those pictured, in the knob back of our house in Som-
i erset, Kentucky.
i Hom an authority on wild yarbs: What a charming article
i on the common medicinal plants!
From a member of our Boston Committee: The Bulletin is
L fascinating—as always—the story of the herbs I am sending
I on to my daughter-in-law .... Again thank you for all the Bul-
_ letin says to me each time it comes.
j From an old friend in Louisville, Ky.: I was quite charmed
  with the article in the issue for Winter 1964 on "Yarb Lore in
  the Kentucky Mountains." At one time in my life I was blessed
by having a very precious Great-Grandmother. She was a deep-
country woman, born and bred and spent her life in the real
pt country where doctors and store medicine were practically
Q’ unknown. One of my recollections of her was at the various
j seasons of the year, she went out into the woods and gathered
I roots and herbs and the bark of certain trees from which she
Q made her "bitters," salves, tonics, teas, etc. that she used to
v_ keep herself well and strong; and eventually enabled her to live
3 to a ripe old age.
  From the Director of The Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt Botani-
1 cal Library in Pittsburgh:
A copy of the issue for Winter, 1964, of the Quarterly Bul-
letin of the Frontier Nursing Service has come to my desk. I
—,, have been much interested by your editorial on pages three and
  four and in the treatment of "Yarbs" on pages 5-17 ....
‘; I would also inquire as to what happens to the original
drawings after the plates have been made? Of course they
should be preserved. This library has the largest collection in
the world of contemporary botanical art and illustration. The
. collections number in excess of 4200 water colors, many hun-
_ dreds of black and white drawings, prints, etc. If there is any
  question about the preservation of these original drawings for
i ‘ posterity, I commend your consideration of their being deposited
Q here subject to whatever restrictions you and your organization
I may care to place on them ....
3 We do endeavor to establish here as complete a record of
j this type of material as is possible.
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 URGENT NEEDS ARE TRULY URGENT  
By VIRGINIA BRANHAM F;
Senior Courier 4
On my return to Wendover, Agnes Lewis asked me to proof- ‘
read the Urgent Needs—reading it with a fresh viewpoint. I Q
asked her for simp1icity’s sake why one couldn’t say that the ¢¤
Hyden Hospital plant was on 40 acres of mountain land rather
than 40.38. She looked up with surprise, "But it is 40.38 acres ·
and this is a permanent record." That ended that inane question.
The needs of a rural nursing and medical service run the ,
gamut from A to Zed. How nice it would be if they were all 2
fascinating, intriguing items. My imagination was caught by a ‘
laboratory specimen incubator. The X-ray darkroom repairs and q
new developing tank—I can see the doctor examining X-rays,
and both he and the nurse who took them being ever grateful ,
for the new equipment. 4
There are other equally needed items. However, they are I
not all as heart warming. A new cover for a septic tank at Red l
Bird could hardly be called exotic, but is urgently needed. Ah!
Earlier on that list is an examining table for the clinic (with
pad and stirrups) that is more appealing. But what of the one I
there? I guarantee "hits plum guv out"!
Anyone who has been dependent on his own water supply
more than appreciates good wells and water tanks. In a land of
no fire departments, where one sees bare chimneys as a stark ”
reminder, a corroded water line from tank to fire hydrant is _ I
frightening. Also, if Agnes Lewis says water tanks cannot be J ‘
kept watertight—they cannot. . l
Having lived in the Cabin, I read with interest of the chim- I
ney caps for various fireplaces "to prevent gusts of soot from
blowing down chimney"—that is almost British understatement. p
Before coming here I had never seen soft coal—nor known what I
soot really was. I .
"Betty’s Box"-—the name alone stopped me! At last Social l
Service has ample room for all the Grab that is shipped from
outside by the many friends of the FNS. There is space for .,
_ unpacking, sorting, and storing this needed used clothing. (There at
is always a special need for clothing for the school children.) "’*‘
Betty Lester is justly proud of "Betty’s Box"!
The sewage treatment plant is a staggering item and num-
ber one on the Urgent Needs. Oh, if only just "a new cover—
septic tank" were needed! Unfortunately, such is not the case {
at the Hospital plant. g ’
I am picking at random but all of the items tell a tale. At  
Wendover, the fencing was damaged by the ilood and the coal { _
house on the Upper Shelf demolished in a storm. The retaining 2 I
wall opposite the jeep shed is a must with so much driving in E p
icy and slick weather. While re-reading Urgent Needs, I am  
impressed anew by the scope of the FNS and the diversity of   Q
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, HYDEN HOSPITAL PLANT
  This consists of a number of buildings located on 40.38
acres of mountain land. The principal buildings are the Hospital
. and Annex; Joy House (residence of the Medical Director) ; Mar-
  garet Voorhies Haggin Quarters for Nurses; Mardi Cottage
{ (quarters for the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery); St.
Christopher’s Chapel; an oak barn; employees’ cottages; and
l smaller buildings. Some of the most urgent needs for this boun-
dary are listed below:
1. SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT FOR HOSPI-
TAL AND HAGGIN QUARTERS: steel tank,
with equipment installed in it; sewer lines
(500’); electrical wiring to plant, etc.——materi-
als and labor—estimated .................... $8,000.00 to $10,000.00
· _ 2. LECTURE ROOM IN ANNEX: 3-rooms in Annex
V thrown into one large room for Frontier Gradu-
` ate School lecture and study room. The faculty
and students are delighted that they no longer
have a combined classroom, living room and din-
ing room in Mardi Cottage.
Carpentry work, painting, tile, etc ..... $1,537.07
._ Classroom table .................................... 44.58
A Split Bottom Chairs—1 dozen @
iv $5.00 each ........................................ 60.00
3i Blackboard ............................................. 40.00
···~ Window Shades—7 @ $4.00 each ...... 28.00
Bulletin Board ...................................... 20.00
Electric Wall Clock .............................. 10.00
i Materials, labor and furnishings .l..........________________ 1,739,65
  Note: Whether you can give all of this or just
  V a chair or window shade, we shall be
3 most grateful.
i 3. ANNEX CREOSOTED—TRIM PAINTED: (last
U · done in 1958) —materials and labor—estimated.- 600.00
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4. BETTY’S BOX: 3-room cottage repaired and (
painted and cupboards installed. Designed for
Betty Lester to use for unpacking, sorting and Y;.
distributing all our gifts of used clothing. This {3 _
is a godsend for Betty and all her helpers—mate- xl
rials and labor ............................._............................ 424.08  
5. BEDPAN WASHER AND STEAMER: quoted @1 990.00  
Note: Our hospital has never had a bedpan ’
washer and sterilizer and needs one  
very badly.
6. STEPS UPI-HLL TO HOSPITAL: (steep mountain  
path used by clinic patients) ; wooden steps, lo- j
cust posts (supports) and iron rails——materials .
and labor ..................................................................... 225.73 y`
7. METAL CHAIRS FOR HOSPITAL WARDS: 10  
@ $15.90 each .......................................................... 159.00  
8. FIBERGLASS (WASHABLE) ROCKING  
CHAIRS FOR WARDS: (so that mothers can T
rock their babies)—2 @ $29.95 each ................._.. 59.90  
9. WASHING MACIHNE AND DRYER: (largest  
size)—for babies’ clothing, hospital blankets,  
etc. j
Washing Machine-—-quoted @ ................ $189.95 7
Dryer (especially needed in winter) —  
quoted @ ......................... . .......................... 209.00 398.95
10. LABORATORY SPECIMEN INCUBATOR: l
(slightly used) ...................................................._...._. 125.00 ._.· _
H 11. X-RAY DARK ROOM REPAIRS AND NEW DE- 'L
VELOPING TANK: .......... . ..............................._.....__ 188,64 g
12. NEW FORMICA TOPS FOR OLD BEDSIDE  
TABLES: 12 tops @ $7.75 each ............._.._...______ 93,00 il
13. LIGHTS FOR DELIVERY ROOM: 3 dental lights  
(purchased from U. S. Division of Surplus Prop- }
erty) installed over delivery table—materials  
and labor ...................................................................._ 33.41  
14. PILLOWS FOR WARDS: 10 @ $1.67 each (on  
sale) ..................................... . ....................................... 16.70  
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FOR NURSES
B: 1. TRIM OF STONE BUILDING (INCLUDES
Ti . WOODEN, SCREENED PORCHES)-—
Li PAINTED: last painted in 1958. Must be
,; painted before winter—materials and labor-
? estimated .............................   .................................. $ 800.00
¤ 2. FIRE ESCAPE OFF THIRD FLOOR: materials
I and labor .....,............................................................... 75.00
S 3. LIVING ROOM—DRAPERIES AND SLIP COV-
, ERS: for 1 large sofa, 2 small sofas, 2 chairs,
i and two windows-—materia1s and the cost of
‘ making them——estimated ......................................... 215.00
  4. NURSES’ SITTING ROOM—DRAPERIES AND
  SLIP COVERS: for large sofa, 2 chairs, and 1
1 window——materials and the cost of making them
  —estimated ................................................................ 80.00
Q 5. KITCHEN CABINET SINK—REPLACED: stain-
T less steel, 2-bowls with double drainboards and
Q wooden cabinet——materials and labor—estimated 700.00
  6. WASHING MACIHNE: (for staff laundry) larg-
Q est size—quoted @ .................................................. 189.95
  7. BLANKETS:—ALL—WOOL SECONDS: 1 dozen
. @ $6.00 each .............................................................. 72.00
  8. METAL HOUSE FOR GARBAGE CANS: ............._ 39.95
S 9. WINDOW SASH BALANCES—REPLACED: ........ 45.60
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Q; Quarters for Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery
`Q 1. MARDI COTTAGE—ADDING SE`COND STORY:
H A new roof has to be put on. While doing this,
if we need to convert the low attic space to a full
  S second story, with air space above it; insulate
{ the building; add three bedrooms, a bath and a
lr large storage room; creosote the house and paint
{ the trim. This addition will enable us to take
  more students in the Frontier Graduate School
  of Midwifery.
  —cost of remodeling-estimated ...........____o.________.__ $1(),()0()_0()
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2. LIVING ROOM AND 5-BEDROOMS RE- j
PAINTED:—materials and labor .....,.................... 187.71 I
3. BED SPRINGS AND MATTRESSES:—3-sets @ V.
$31.50 ea ..................................................................... 94.50  
Note: In quoting us on these, the local dealer  
and the manufacturer have both given E;
us their profit. ”'
4. NEW WASHING MACHINE: largest size-
quoted @ ............................. . ..........,............................ 189.95
5. FLOOR LAMP FOR LIVING ROOM:—quoted @1 22.50 i
6. VACUUM CLEANER: rebuilt .................................. 52.40 i
7. FIRE SCREEN: ........................................................... 10.00  
8. BEDROOM MIRROR: ................................................. 4.98  
Jov HOUSE  
The repairs and replacements at our Medical Director’s  
Residence were met by the Helen Newberry Joy Fund. 5
WENDOVER i
1. BIG LOG HOUSE—SCREENED PORCHES— 1
REPLACED AND ENLARGED: These wooden
porches were built in 1925 and are no longer re- i
pairable. We badly need more room, especially  
for committee meetings and staff dinners. We re
plan to enlarge the porch off the living room and  
enclose it with windows for year-round use. It A
i must have a concrete foundation and floor for 2*
termite control, and a new roof and screen wire i
for the upstairs sleeping porch. We estimate the  
cost of materials and labor @ ..............................._ $ 3,000,00 g
2. GARDEN HOUSE CREOSOTED AND TRIM  
PAINTED: This building was last painted in i
. 1959. To protect the wood, it must be painted  
this summer——materials and labor-—estimated .... 750.00 [
3. KITCHEN AND EMPLOYEES’ DINING ROOM [
PAINTED: materials and labor ..................._.._.____ 129,49  
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j 4. BIG LOG HOUSE—CI-HNKED: chinking between
1 logs rep1aced—original chinking loose and some
missing. This work necessary to make building
  warmer and cut down on heating costs. Cement
  and labor ..................................................................... 291.64
E. 5. REVOLVIN G CHIMNEY CAPS: Essential to pre-
”! vent gusts of soot from blowing down chimneys.
5 1 for Mrs. Breckinridge’s room; 2 for ofiices and
1 for guest room in Big Log House; and 2 for
i Upper Shelf bedrooms—6 quoted @ $75.00 each 450.00
T 6. REBUILDING ROCK RETAINING WALLS OP-
_ POSITE WORK SHOP AND JEEP SHED: Es-
  sential for maneuvering vehicles in icy and in-
  clement weather—materials and labor—esti-
  mated ................................... . ...................................... 500.00
l 7. COAL HOUSE FOR UPPER SHELF—DEMOL-
l ISHED BY STORM: Holds coal for open iire-
  places that are the only means of heating staff
i bedrooms—concrete block foundation, boxed and
{ stripped, and a new tin roof—materials and
_ labor ............................................................................ 293.37
1 8. SMALL CONCRETE BLOCK BUILDING: (9%’
x 20' x 8' high)-—for collection of tin cans, bot-
I tles, etc., until they can be carted off to county
E dump, six miles down river. (One end to be par-
:_ titioned off for Mrs. Breckinridge’s geese and
  goslings.)—materials and labor——estimated ........ 500.00
rj. 9. CABIN—PORCH REPAIRED: concrete block
~“ supports, new flooring and lattice under porch-
! materials and labor—estimated ,.........,................. 200.00
  10. CABIN—TRIM PAINTED: paint and labor—esti-
f mated .......................................................................... 125.00
{ 11. BOARD FENCE IN FRONT OF WENDOVER:
> (damaged by flood)-—needed for continued
l proper appearance of place—materials and labor 53.38
[ 12. SMALL VACUUM CLEANER: for cleaning fur-
[ naces at Wendover and outpost centers—essen-
  tial ........................................ . ........................._............ 24.95
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13. BEDS—HOLLYWOOD TYPE: replacing sagging ,
coil springs and felt mattresses. (The local
dealer and the manufacturer, in quoting us on ,
these beds, have both given us their profit.) Q
Frames, box springs and mattresses-?) sets  
quoted @ $40.45 each .............................................. 121.35 wl
14. ADDING MACHINE: quoted @ .............................. 179.14 1
15. BLANKETS: all-wool seconds; 6 quoted @ $6.00 P
each ..______________________.____,_____________.___________._.............,...... 36.00
16. CROW BAR: ................................................................. 6.95  
17. ALUMINUM ROASTER: ........................................... 5.95  
JEEPS  
Two new jeeps needed to replace The Gosling at  
Hyden Hospital and Nameless at Wendover. These {
jeeps are not safe. Due to their old age, the cost of re-  
pairs is not justifiable. i
1——New Jeep—heavy duty—after trade-in of  
old jeep—approximately__ _____,___..................... 2,000.00  
THE GEORGIA VVRIGHT CLEARING i
1. ELECTRIC PUMP UNIT INSTALLED ON
VVELL, SUPPLYING WATER TO CARETAK-
ER’S COTTAGE AND TO BULL BARN: re- ;
placing hand pump—pump unit, hot water tank, I
pipe connections to house; 500’ of pipe line to  
bull barn—equipment, materials and labor .......... $ 588.18 {
2. CHICKEN WIRE FENCE AROUND YARD: Care-  
_ taker’s family have chickens and cannot have a  
blossom patch without this fence. Posts, wire 1
and labor ....._........________,________,_____________________________________ 65.63 _ %
3. HEIFER BARN—TWO STALLS RE-FLOORED: » .
lumber and labor .__.....____._________________________________________ 47 .58
BEECH FORK NURSING CENTER
Jessie Preston Draper Memorial -
1. CENTER PAINTED: last done in 1959—work to
be done by free local labor—materials only-
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p 2. INCINERATOR: built of concrete blocks with
pipe for grates-—materials and labor——estimated 75.00
p 3. WATER TANK: 1-iron hoop replaced; hoop and
$_ labor—estimated ....................................................... 40.00
  4. WINDOW FAN: necessary so that small bedrooms
Q upstairs can be used in hot weather .................. 19.95
’ 5. STAINLESS STEEL—FLAT WARE: service for
r eight ............................................................................ 29.88
6. GLASS CHURN: .......................................................... 6.95
  BRUTUS NURSING CENTER
{ Belle Barrett Hughitt Memorial
i 1. NEW WATER TANK: Cypress water tank in-
  stalled when center was built in 1930 can no
{ longer be made watertight; and it is essential
  that we conserve every drop of water when the
l spring is dry. Tank quoted @ $1,232.00, plus
  transportation and erection costs—estimated
l total cost ..................................................................... $ 1,400.00
i 2. WATER LINE FROM TANK TO FIRE HY-
DRANT-REPLACED: galvanized pipe (in-
stalled in 1930) is so corroded on the inside that
there is not enough pressure on the iire hose for
; protection—pipe, fittings and labor—estimated-- 300.00
I 3. CENTER PAINTED: Last fall the paint was peel-
Q ing and we scraped off all loose paint and applied
1, one primer coat over bare wood to protect house
  during winter-—must be painted this summer-
  materials and labor-estimated .............................. 600.00
4. BLANKETS: all-wool seconds; 8 @ $6.00 each .... 48.00
- 5. BOUNDARY LINE AND PASTURE FENCE: one
  side of fence replaced——locust posts, wire and
labor—estimated ....................................................... 75.00
1 6. SMALL PRESSURE COOKER: quoted @ ............ 13.95
7. VACUUM CLEANER: ................_............................... 77.00
· 8. BED SPRINGS AND MATTRESS: .......................... 31.50
Note: In giving us this quotation the local
dealer and the manufacturer have given
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Caroline Butler Atwood Memorial
1. NEW METAL ROOFS ON HORSE BARN, MA- ._
NURE BENT, CHICKEN HOUSE AND TOOL j,
HOUSE:—-material and labor ........._.,.,.,................ $ 434.50 yl
2. REVOLVING CHIMNEY CAP FOR LIVING •%
ROOM FIREPLACE: to prevent gusts of soot
from blowing down chimney—cap and installa-
tion—estimated .................. . ....................................... 75.00
3. DEEP FREEZER:—quoted @ .................................. 249.95 °
Caring for the garden is recreation for the L
center nurses and they would like to preserve  
the products of their labor. V
4. LIVING ROOM EASY CHAIR (ROCKER): re- .
placing 35-year-old chair not repairable .............. 30.44 {
5. CURTAIN MATERIAL: for 2—bedrooms—10 g
yards @ .50 per yd .,............_............_........._............. 5.00  
6. PAINT: for living room, waiting room, 2-bed- {
rooms, kitchen and bathroom—voltu1teers did .
the painting ................................................................ 48.25  
7. LIVING ROOM SOFA: maple sofa with cushions  
quoted @ ............................. . ...................................... 109.95   .
8. BED SPRINGS AND MATTRESSES: 2-sets @  
$31.50 ea .............................................____...._............... 63.00 i
Note: In giving us this quotation the local i
dealer and the manufacturer have  
given us their proft.   I
RED BIRD NURSING CENTER  
Clara Ford ix
1. NEW WATER TANK: Cypress tank installed §
when center was built in 1928 can no longer be , p
kept watertight. New tank quoted @ $1,001.35, i
plus transportation and erection—estimated
total cost ..................................................................... $ 1,100.00 ~
Note: Red Bird can use a smaller tank than I
Brutus because it has a deep well pump
and is not entirely dependent on the {
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2. CENTER DRIVEWAY: washed-out section of
road filled in with mixed concrete (too steep to
, hold gravel)-—work done by volunteer commit-
. tee members—1-load mixed concrete ..............._..,. 97.25
  3. HEATING WAITING ROOM AND CLINIC: This
4 is our only log center and without insulation the
‘ furnace has never kept this end of the house
A warm enough. In recent years, with sub-zero
, weather, patients have suffered and pipes have
Ki frozen. At the last Committee Meeting it was
· decided to build a chimney at the side of the
{ waiting room and install a heating stove. The
chairman gave his time in lining up the work and
; supervising it.
— Chimney—materials and labor .........,.... $195.68
i Heating stove ...................,........................ 60.00 255.68
* 4. EXAMINING TABLE FOR CLINIC: with pad
- and stirrups—material and labor—estimated ...... 50.00
  5. PAINT FOR LIVING ROOM: put on by volunteers 9.64
  6. SCREEN WIRE REPLACED ON PORCH: mate-
; rials and labor ......................................................_.__ 34.45
  7. NEW COVER FOR SEPTIC TANK: materials
  and labor .................»...,............,..........,.....,...,........,.,.. 59,50
i 8. FURNACE: new tilt grate—grate and labor ......,... 15.35
{ 9. HEAVY DUTY BASKET GRATE FOR LIVING
  ROOM FIREPLACE: ,......,..........................____________ 16,50
  WOLF CREEK NURSING CENTER
‘ Margaret Durbin Harper Memorial
§ 1. BOILER REPAIRS: motor for circulating pump
E overhauled; new damper, controls and labor ........ $ 161.25
l 2. ROCK WALL—AT GARAGE`: built higher to
L keep road from washing and water from pouring
V over onto walk to clinic—cement and labor—
t estimated .................,..................................._.___,,__,,____ 1()()_()()
. 3. WATER PUMP-NEW PARTS: water seal, gas-
i ket, air volume control and motor repaired-
t parts and labor ................,................_..____________._________ 94_74
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4. HEAVY DUTY BASKET GRATE FOR LIVING
ROOM FIREPLACE: .......,..........,......,.................... 16.50 .
5. KITCHEN SINK DRAIN PIPE: changed to pre-
vent frequent blockage——pipe and labor .............. 29.45
6. SLIP COVERS FOR TWO EASY CHAIRS: mate- 2*
rials and making~—estimated .................................. 25.00  
7. SCREEN WIRE FOR PORCH: 1-roll—30" ............ 12.95 {
8. CURTAIN MATERIAL—3—BEDROOMS: 12-yards li
@ ..50 ...............................................1........................... 6.00 Q
9. COVERED WASTE CAN FOR CLINIC: ................ 4.95
CONFLUENCE NURSING CENTER  
"P0ssum Bend"—F1·ances Bolton  
This center was at Confluence for 32 years. It was evacu-  
ated in 1960 under orders of the United States Government. The  
site is now an access area for the Buckhorn Dam Reservoir and  
the buildings have all been torn down by the Government. The  
new Frances Bolton Nursing Center has not yet been relocated.  
The money given the Frontier Nursing Service by the United  
States Government for these buildings, is invested in government {
bonds, with the interest added to the principal annually.  
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Patient with influenza, telephoning her physician: "Doctor,
I am at death’s door."
Physician: "All right. I’ll hurry down and open the door for  
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I I REMEMBER, JIM . . .
by
PATRICIA WARE, R.N., s.c.M.
I I remember. Jim. how you used Io say . ..
I "I wish I could go wi` you—uns Io—day . ..
I Up Io Ihe mine Io IooI< aI Ihe spring . ..
I ...I`d IiI