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’46 Class Reporter—Laura Brautigam June, (760) 366-8181, LRJune@roadrunner.com. H.R. 5483 to award a Congressional gold medal to the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps is still stuck in committee. The official flag of the Corps was presented on June 1, 1944. It featured the Maltese Cross which was also worn on the left shoulder of the Cadet nurse uniform. Mona Staska Riley of CA says traffic in LA is terrible. Astrid Johnsen Reiley now lives in Lake Ronkonkoma, NY. Emogene Fisher Martin of VA sent a letter after two short hospital stays and a trip to Hawaii. The sister-in-law of Phyllis Conner, who died this past December, said in a note that Johns Hopkins School of Nursing was Phyllis’s great love and that she relished the friendships of all the people she met there.

’50 Class Reporter—Betty Borenstein Scher, (443) 449-5934, bbscher@comcast.net. Starting right off, Anna Clair Junkin, (Ella) Ruth Stilz Whitmore, and I still manage to have lunch together almost monthly. Ann and I are staying put in Baltimore, but Ruth will be taking off for AZ, settling down there with her daughter Beth who is going into a dermatology practice there. Meanwhile, Ruth seems to be always taking off to visit one of her children or another member of the family. From Jo McDavid Hubbard comes the news that hubby Stan is finally in the recuperative stage of serious illness, but it has been a long haul for them all. Thank heaven, Jo says, that her daughter and son were always nearby and so helpful. Jo also reports that she has one grandson in the nursing program at the University of Kentucky. Don David reports for Ginger Groseclose David, whose vision prevents her from writing. Don writes, “No special news…but we are doing pretty well, if you don’t expect toooooo much.” Their daughter and family are settled into a new home about a mile away, so having a grandson so close is very nice. Ginger still manages to do all of the things she used to do, even though it takes longer, and she is not pleased with herself. Don also reports that they spent several hours in their basement one night when the “terrible tornadoes” hit nearby, but they escaped any damage. Whew! Janey Shutts Pinkerton writes that she “had arthritis and couldn’t type on the computer or write letters since before Christmas,” but is better now. She also writes, “I’ve had problems with osteoarthritis and am using a scooter power chair to zoom around in.” She likes being in NC and still has her 8-year-old dog named Alex. Finally, I have received several notes from Marion Bee, who continues to be absolutely thrilled with her retirement: the location, the closeness to a niece and nephew, her many activities including growing fresh vegetables and flowers, still having the game nights with Scrabble and Canasta despite the 75 inches of snow in the area in the winter. After reading in the last issue of the CHH alum who has been a member of the Harvard Nurses Study since it began in 1976, Marion was reminded that she, too, has been in the same study since it began so many years ago. As for me, Betty Borenstein Scher, I continue to do my volunteer work with the Medical Archives (fabulous fun!) and with Hospice, see my son Bobby and his family almost every weekend in D.C., see Susan here in Baltimore, and soon will be driving down to NC to visit son David and his family, then two weeks later flying out to NM to see daughter Linda and her crew. Also, of course, there is reading and jigsaw puzzles…Bye for now. Stay busy and keep in touch!

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