The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-10-25

Information that Will be of COnsid-
cradle Value at the Present
Time

| Time
| In making a survey of the nursing
facilities of Marion county, Mrs. 0.
i T. Green, the county Red Cross chair
man Of this particular branch of the
/ Red Cross, found quite a number of
practical nurses, a few graduate
nurses and some who though they
had very little experience still were
willing volunteers to aid in times of
need. Especially among the negroes
did she find a number who expressed
"a desire to be nurses, and do their
part TO help the government.
! She submits the following list of
names which may be of service to
those who wish to secure help in
nursing the present epidemic:
| At the Marion County Hospital are
Miss Dilday and the following pupil
nurses: Miss Lillian Clarkson, Miss
Ray. Caldwell, Mrs. Grace Johnston,
Miss Ruth Dreher, Miss Tillie Dantz-
Ter, Mrs. Abbie Wallace, Miss Mar
jorie Wright, Miss Kathleen Dupuis,
Miss Margaret Cook. Miss Doris
Grimm.
Miss Cecil Hadsock and Miss Will
son may also be reached through the
hospital.
Miss Annie Davis has volunteered
to help all she can.
Miss Gertrude Robinson, who is
making her home at Mrs. George l..
lTaylor's is graduate nurse.
Mrs. Eugene Booher on Orange av-
enue, has had a great deal of exper-
fence in training before she was
married.
At Electra is Miss Myrtle Mock, a
fine practical nurse.
| Orange Springs has two-Mrs
Sears and Mrs. Jessie Hall. There
are also several colored nurses at Or
ange Springs, who can only nurse
there
| At Fort Mccoy, Alice Mcleod, a
Icolored nurse, has had experience in
Ifevers and pneumonia At the same
place may be found Gussie Shepherd,
lalso colored, who has worked some in
a hospital.
Ia practical nurse.
i Symbolic Simmons is at the head of
the colored hospital in Ocala and says
she is willing to do anything or go
anywhere to win the war or help the
government.
Lenora T. Simons, colored, can be
reached through Box 1874, Ocala post
office.
At 105 South Second street is a
L
: ed from Tampa.
The following practical nurses may
be found among the colored people:
3 Josephine Single, Carrie Parker, near
E Howard Academy; Jenny Brown and
/ Mary Johnson. Tucker Hill.
S Below are the names of coloreC
8 girls and women who are DESTROYS OF
becoming nurses: Nora Douglass
Tucker Hill; Annie Marshall, north.
4 west of Tucker Hill; Lizzie Williams
J, Elenora Fryes, Edith Tillis, Tucker
S Hill; Willie Mccoy, West End; Bes
sic Robinson, Sugar Hill; Susie Little
!. Cradle Quarters; Josephine ellison
s northwest of city; Lizzie Burney, west
S of city; Bell Ellis. northwest of city
Lillian Ruthnello, Falana's store
Mary Cohen, Annie Bell Smith, Char
, lie May Smith, Ida Gaulman, north
; west of city; Mollie Westly, back o.
old Jail! Jamie Braddock, back of ole
Jail; Lizzie Harge, Tucker Hill.
J From the above may be found som.
; who quick to learn might prove to b.
) of material help at the present tim,
: as we'll as in the future.
J To the above list may be added tn
. name of Mrs. Lege of Eastlake, as i
: was unintentionally left out las
; might as was also that of Mrs. Jollif
! fe, who can be reached through Mrs
: Brinson. Mrs. Lege is not only a grad
. uate nurse but student of Christian
: Science and as such offers her serv
Ices. Mrs. Jolliffe has had exper
) fence in child's hospital, where he
3 special duty was to look after thei
nourishment.
To the foregoing lists add tn
names of Miss Marshall now servinl
her country in France, Mrs. Grac
Burkhalter, doing her part at Cam
: Johnston, Mrs. Stiles and Mrs. OFT
man, both of whom put in their re
= quest for application blanks to serv
8 before they left our city and Mario
3 county can well feel she was not lack
s ing in her response to the government
q when it called TO ra nurses survey O
! the county.