The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-21
NORTH DAKOTA!
NURSES MEET
AT GATE CITY
Annual Convention Of State AS.
sOciati0n to Be Held in
Fargo Next Week
PROGRAM HAS WAR TONE
Miss Mahoney to Speak on Over.
seas Impressions-Service
Flag for Workers
PROGRAM HAS WAR TONE

Fargo, N. D., April 2l.-"1mpres'
sions from Over Seas Service" by
Miss Jennie Mahoney, former super
intendent Of the Bismarck hospital
training school and one of the first
North Dakota nurses to enlist for Red
! Cross work in France, and the pre-
sentatiOn Of a service flag to the
nurses of North Dakota will give an
| interesting war tone to the sixth an
nual convention OF the North Dakota
State Nurses association, to be held
here April "a and %.
The North Dakota association is at
| filated with the National American
self upon the fact that North Dakota
ranks seventh in the union in the per.
centage of its nurses who have enlist
| ed for war service. = All nurses who
have been in active service are asked
to wear their uniforms during the con.
vention, or at leas ton the morning OF
the opening day. The convention will
be held in stones auditorium. Among
the distinguished members of the pro.
fession who will be present will be
Miss Jane Eldridge. interstate secre-
tary Of the American Nurses associa:
ton.
The / executive committee Of the
state association includes Ethel Stan.
ford, as president; Mildred Clark, fret
vice president; Cudrin BOndahl, sec.
ond vice president; Clara A. Rue, sec
retary-treasurer and Angela c.
Boleyn, as corresponding secretary.
Marie Hanson, Sondrine Norgaard and
! hore NJ Tho
board.
The convention will open at $3.50
next Thursday morning, with registra.
ton. Alex Stern will deliver the ad.
dres sof welcome as president of the
city commission. and DR.. James P.
Aylen will greet the nurses on be-
half Of the medical association The
response will be made by Miss Mae l..
McCulloch. The presidents address
will be followed by the appointment Of
committees. ks..,.s.Tra...5
Thursday afternoon, Judge N. c.
| Young, state director, will speak on
the American Red Cross; Miss Louise
Hoorman, chairman, will report for
the state committee on Red Cross
nursing service; Clara A Rue Of MI.
not will present her report for the
committee on revision.
Our. New Responsihilities"~wi be
the subject of an address by Mrs. Ro-
bert Clendenning, president of the
North Dakota Votes for Women
league; Angela Green Holeyn will re.
port for the committee on registra.
ton; Mrs: r. M. Pollock will speak on
the work of the w. G. II. u, and
there will be committee reports and
papers by Mildred Clark. secretartads
the state board of nurses exAminer6;
Miss Mildred McCathy and Miss En-.
ma Schroeder. Friday morning Dr..
Axel Oftedahl will speak on Prob.
lens of the Army Nurse from Medi.
cal Officers Point Of View In the
4 afternoon Miss MahOney will speak on
overseas seryice;ua service flag will
be presented North Dakota nurses by
Mrs. Boleyn, and Miss McChlloch will
speak on public health nursing. Re.
ports, election of officers and other
business will occupy the remainder of
the afternoon, and in the evening the
convention will close with banquet
at the Gardner.