The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-25
Waterbu,yHo ReceiUe Important Offices


 pital School of Nursing +-Hre elected to important offices yesterday at the closing session of the annual meet ing of the Connecticut State Nurses Association.
 Miss Agnes OhIson of New Bri- tain, secretary of the State Board of Examiners for Nursing was re- elected president. Miss Ohlson also served at one time as Superintend- ent of nurses at the local hospital. Miss Ida Meier, director of the nursing school at William Backus Hospital, Norwich, named to one of three vice. -presidencies. It is esti- mated approximately 100 Waterbury nurses were present during the various sessions of the three-day convention.
 International peace will never be established, and nothing will be set- tied in the international conclaves following World War II unless we settle the problem of the control of atomic energy" Sen. Brien McMa- hon declared at the closing session yesterday afternoon.
 Stressing that the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission in New York must find 8 positive solution, Sen. McMahon, chairman of the special Senate committee on atomic energy said T hope that the legis- lation in the next Congress of great interest to nurses, and to all other people, will be the ratification of a treaty and contract to turn atomic energy into the way of peace"
 More than 300 Connecticut nurses heard Sen. McMahon express his belief that hearing of the modi- fled Wagner-Murray-Dingwell bill will clarify the issues involved in a federal health insurance.
 Rt. Rev. Msgr. E. J. Flanagan of Boys Town, Neb, outlined the his- tory of the growth of his orphanage which with the completion of new wing. will shortly care for 1000 boys. The well-known Catholic clergyman reported he began the project by borrowing $9O to provide a home for 50 boys.
 Other speakers at the closing ses- sion were Dr. Creighton Barker, ex- ecutive secretary of the Connecti- cut State Medical Society; and Miss Fife J. Taylor, president of the In- ternational Council of Nurses.
 The members voted unanimously to double dues of the organization in order to carry on the C.S.N.A. program and support the 10-point program of the American Nurses Association.
 Beside Miss Ohlson and Miss Meier, the following nurses were elected to office.
 Miss Dorothy filling, assistant di- rector of nursing service, New Ha- ven Hospital; and Miss Irma Bic heusen, of New Haven, executive secretary of the Connecticut Branch of the American Academy of Pediatrics Study of Child Health Services. Elected secretary treas urer was Miss Marguerite Coleman Of St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Hartford, and directors for three years, Miss Elizabeth s. Blk Ter, dean of the Yale School of Nursing, and Miss Mary E. Sulli- van, assistant director of municipal institutions in Hartford.
 Heads of C.SNA divisions elected today were Miss Rowena Belden, public health nurses; Miss Mary Loomis. private duty nurses; and Miss Helen Mccormick, institu- tional nurses, all of Hartford.
 Elected by the Connecticut State League of Nursing Education, which was in joint session with the CSNA, were Mrs. Janet Nusinof, director of nurses, Connecticut State Hos pital, Middletown, president; Miss Doretta Thicker, Hartford Hospital School of Nursing, treasurer; and Miss Florence Kempf, Hartford Hospital School of Nursing, and Miss Elizabeth Bixler, dean of the Yale School of Nursing, directors.