Sewickley Herald

              The Herald
The Sewickley Valley's Home News Weekly
Vol. 40.   No. 42.
SEWICKLEY, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1943
Price Five Cents
Hospital Opens Course for IL S. Cadet Nurses
The Sewiekley Valley Hospital School
of Nursing is now one of the manf
organizations which are very busy these
days preparing to receive the young
women who are joining the TJ. 8. Cadet
Nurse iCorps. The eourse of studies and
the clinical experience has not .only ibeen
accelerated but has been reinforced to
meat the changes in society's concept .of
values and needs.
In this picture, four pre-clinical students wero discussing the new and interesting situation with Miss Nellie Towner, E. N., who is in charge of the nurses'
residence and is supervisor of student
health at tlie Sehool. From lefit to right
are Miss Catherine (Heuler of Sewickley,
Miss June Welder of (Reading and Miss
Helen Mihalio of Ambridgo, with Mis-
Mary Grogan of Pittsburgh, standing
in the rear.
Qualifications for entering the Cadet
Nurse Corps are identical with those of
regular student nurses in an. accredited
school, but tho girls of the .Cadet Corps
have some unusual advantages. During
the first nine months of their training,
called their .pro-cadet period, they are
given a regular monthly allowance of
$15.00. Por the following 15 to 21
months, this is raised to $20.00 per
month. For the next six months the
Cadet Nurses are eligible to be assigned,
wherever needed • by the Federal Government; they are then paid $30.00 a
month by the institution to which they
are assigned.
At the end of this Senior Cadet period
they graduate, and upon passing the
State Board examinations are certified
as (Registered Nurses. They are then
assured    of    employment   in    essential
Photo by Toia
nursing service of their choice. Complete tuition and fees are paid (for the
Cadet Corps; their school uniforms,
room and board are furnished. There
are official summer and winter Cadet
uniforms for optional outdoor wear.
These uniforms are very attractive, and '
very military, too.
The Sewiekley Valley Hospital will
admit a class of Cadet students next
January. The Hospital is doing everything possible to meet the .present emergency and relieve the shortage of
nurses. There is an ever growing emphasis placed on student nurses to be
prepared to replenish the ranks of graduate nurses who are joining the armed'
forces and other essential civilian services.
There is no obligation on the part of
the student, upon completion of her
course, to enter any specific -service.
However, this enrollment is a time saver
and indicates the individual's willingness to render patriotic service.
At a meeting of the Block Loaders
of the Allegheny .Council of (Defense,
on September 17, Block (Leader captains were given instructions concerning the (Red Cross Nursing- program,
and, as a vital war project, the Leaders
will pass on these instructions to their
Block Leaders in the field, who will
canvass the county to enlist the services of nurses' aides and retired professional nurses. Instructions wore given on Cadet -Nurses, 'Hidden Nurses,'
Nurses' Aides, and Homo Nursing.
These courses are to be instituted by
tho Block Leaders in the various districts for the benefit of all women in
their  communities.
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Marine Sent to College
Private Bruce Biehard Myers, age 21,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl "W. Myers,
626 Blackburn Avenue, is attending
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, with a
Navy V-12 Unit of itho TJ. S. Marine
Corps. Enlisting in Cincinnati, Ohio,
November 14, 19-2, ho attended Ohio
Wesieyan University where ho was a
member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
and was active in tennis, "basketball,
swimming, track, howling and writing
Sports events for tho local school paper.
■He had been a machine oporator at the
Homestead Valve Mfg. Co. and a labor
boss at the Amorican Bridgo Company
bef-.ro enlisting ia the Marines.
Staff Sergeant John D. Watson,. nwV
stationed at Saliua, Kansas, has passed
his examinations for the grade of warrant officer in tho Army Air Forces, Ho
has boon in the service since April,
1040, and was formerly on duty at AI-
brook Fiol-d-, Panama Canal Zono, in tho
Bombardment Wing.
Lieutenant Georgo W, Dulin of 525
Straight Stroot, is attending tho Anti*
Aireraft Artillery School at Camp
(Davis, North Carolina.
Commissioned Second Lieutenant
(Richard Tumey Berg, formerly of
Sewickloy, was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the Army of tho United
States Sept. 25th upon successful completion of tho Officer Candidate Course
at The Infantry School at Port Benning, Georgia. Lt. Berg is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Borg of Cranston
Farm, Coraopolis Heights.
The new lieutenant enlisted in the
army on Nov. 17, 1942 and served witli
tho Lehigh University E.O.T.C. before
going to Officer Candidate Scliool throe
months ago. Ho hold the rank of Corporal  before  being commissioned.
The  now  officer   is   a  graduate   of
Shady Sido Academy in Pittsburgh, and
' Lehigh  University  at Bethlehem,  Pa.,
whore ho was prominent as a member
of Delta Upsilon Fraternity,
At The Infantry Scliool, world's largest institution of its kind, Lt. Borg
took a throe months' course to fit him
for his now responsibilities. The course
covers tlio tochniqiio of handling all
the varied modorii infantry weapons
and tho tactics of leading small infantry units in combat,
Lt. Borg has been homo on a ton-day
leave, and loft on Monday to report to
Port McClellan, Alabama,
Attending Oberlin College
Private Ealph Lee Bollinger, IS, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bollinger, 301
Frederick Avenue, is attending Oberlin
College, Oberlin, Ohio, with a Marine
Detachment, Navy V-12 Unit. Enlisting in Philadelphia on March 2, 1943,
Private Bollinger attended the Hill
School, Pottstown, Pa., whore he wn_
activo in the glee club, dramatic club,
English club, football, squash and track
teams and. the pipe club, His civilian
activities included blacksmith's helper,
truck driver and construction gang during vacations.
Promoted to Sergeant
Sergeant Bernard O. MeCormiek, son
of Mrs. William P. MeCormiek of 339
MciOready Way, was promoted to that
rank Inst week. Inducted in Juno,
1942, ho has boon stationed at South-
wark Station, Philadelphia.
Promoted to Corpora-
Corporal Fred J. "Weingartz of Bellevue, former employee of the Sewickley
Herald (advt.), was recently promoted
to the rank of corporal technician
fifth grade at the Provost Marshal General's Officers' School at Fort Custer,
Michigan. Corporal Weingartz was in
Sewickley on Saturday on a two-day
furlough.
Treated In Hospital
Private Louis Vescio writes from the
Oliver Memo-rial General Hospital,
Augusta, Georgia, that he's been having
a bit of trouble with .his knee- and was
sent to tho hospital for repairs. He's
getting along 'pretty good' ho says and
wants his address changed, as "I sure
do enjoy Tending the Herald,"
Melvin E, Baumgartel and Harold M.
AVeston graduated at Shaw Field, Sum-
tor, S. C, in its 19th class of aviation
cadets. Having completed their nine,
weeks of training at that bnsie flying
school, members of that class moved on
to advanced schools nt George Field,
Illinois, iSponeo and Turner Fields in
Georgia.
Two new recruits at tho U. S. Naval
Training Station, Great Lakes, 111., are
Allen A, Moore, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albort Moore, 2.16 Henry Avenue, and
diaries F. Masterson, 17, son of Mr, and
Mrs, Francis Masterson, -301. Grant
Street.
Thoy arc now receiving instruction
in seamanship, military drill, and Naval
procedure. Later they will be, assigned
to one of the Navy's service schools or
to active duty nt sea.
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