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Alabama (2)" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential
Library.
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FROM
THE VHITE HOUSE
WA HING ON, D.C.
Dovey Roundtree
1822 11th Street NW
Washington, D.C.
To Dovey Roundtree
With best wishes,
Betty Ford
FROM
WHITE HOUSE
SKARY
WALHINGTON, D.C.
Mr. Francis Ambrose
Brookside Vineyard Company
Old Guasti, California 91743
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To Francis Ambrose
With best wishes, Bitty Ford
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FROM
/HITE HOUSE
FORD
SHINGTON, D.C.
SERIO
Mr. and Mrs. Minos Georgerakis
% Sts. Constantine and Helen
Greek Orthodox Church
4115 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20011
To Minos and Patricia Georgerakis
With appreciation and best wishes,
Betty Ford
June Bay
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
With best wishes,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SERVICE
Bet
June Bay
906 8th Avenue
Shenandoah, Idwa 51601
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HE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
FORD
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Daphene Morgan
Shades Mountain School
Birmingham, Alabama 35226
To Shades Mountain School
With best wishes,
Herald R Ford
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Betty Lou Reed
927 Holly Court
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
To Betty Lou Reed
With bestwishes, Bitty Ford
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To the Fairfield High School Band
With appreciation for your Warm welcome
on my visit to Birmingham and with my
warmest regards,
Betty Ford
To Abby Kendrick
With memories of Birmingham
and my best wishes,
Betty Ford
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o Isabelle Shelton
With appreciation from both Susan and me for the opportunity to work with you,
and hopes for more of the same for many years to come. My very best wishes and
personal regards,
Betty Ford
To Fran Lewine
Looking back on the first of what I'm sure will be many hectic trips together!
With my respect and best wishes,
Betry Ford
GERALD
To Fay Wells
With respect and affection, and my best wishes always,
Betty Ford
FORD
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To Naomi Nover
With fond regards and memories of our first trip together,
Betty Ford
BERNID the FORD LIBRARY
To Ginny Sherwood
With admiration and memories of our first trip together,
Betty Ford
&
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To Susan Peterson
A very early riser! With memories of pre-White House chats and our first trip
together. With respect and admiration, and my high regards,
Betty Ford
To Marlene Cimons
With memories of our trip to Birmingham and best wishes and personal regards from two
of your subjects Susan and me,
Betry Ford
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GERALD
To Tish Avery
With memóries of our first trip together andmy very best wishes,
Betty Ford
GERALD FORD LIBRARK
Mary Tuthill
With appreciation of the job you do for 1 lichigan and my very best wishes,
Betty Ford
GERALD FORD
To Ann Wood
With memories of our first trip together and many more miles to be logged. With
regards and best wishes,
Betty Ford
LIBRARY GERALD
GERATE
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Ann Wood
809 C. Street SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
A BRIEF HISTORY OF
ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL
SP
On November 21, 1898, St. Vincent's Hospital was officially
opened to care for the sick in Birmingham, Alabama. The
hospital had its beginning in the former DeBardeleben home at
15th Street and Second Avenue, South. Two years later it was
moved to the present location at 2701 Ninth Court, South.
St. Vincent's Hospital has a history rich in romance and ser-
vice. It was started as a mission by four Daughters of Charity of
St. Vincent de Paul, who had served as Army Nurses in the
Spanish American War. By 1900 their number had grown to six.
St. Vincent's original structure opened in 1900
The School of Nursing was organized in 1900 and the first
three graduates were the first nurses trained in Alabama. At the
time of the First World War, in 1917, the Provincial Superior of
the Sisters, Mother Margaret of Emmitsburg, Maryland,
journeyed to Washington, D.C. to offer the services of her Sisters
as Government Nurses. The first and only band of American
Sisters to engage in work overseas during that World War was
made up of ten Daughters of Charity from the St. Louis Province
with Sister Chrysostom as Chief Nurse.
In 1917, Sister Chrysostom was replaced at St. Vincent's
First St. Vincent's Hospital, opened Thanksgiving Day, 1898 Old De-
Hospital by Sister Magdalen. In 1920, Sister Angela Brien was
Bardeleben Residence, 15th Street and 2nd Ave., South
appointed as Administrator. Sister made numerous im-
In their limited facilities at the old DeBardeleben residence,
provements in the hospital during her term of office. In addition
the four Sisters began caring for patients. Often because of
to the erection of the School of Nursing, the entire hospital was
crowded conditions some patients in emergency were placed on
renovated and paramedical departments such as X-ray and
pallets on the floor. The new building was opened in 1900. Sister
Pathology were added. In 1952 the East Wing was added under
Chrysostom was the first Administrator of the hospital and she
the direction of Sister Lydia Hoffman.
was also the first graduate nurse registered in the State of
The initial plans for the new St. Vincent's Hospital began un-
Alabama.
der the direction of Sister Carlos McDonald, Administrator from
At the time St. Vincent's Hospital was opened, there was no
1961 to 1966. They were brought to completion during the ad-
public hospital in Birmingham. The hospital of the United
ministration of Sister Mary Bourke at which time the complex
Charities had just burned in Smithfield. The people in Bir-
became a reality. The present Administrator, Sister Xavier
mingham were behind the movement to build St. Vincent's
Ballance, succeeded Sister Mary in May 1972.
Hospital. Reverend Patrick O'Reilly, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic
Church, was credited with providing the initiative to obtain funds
The modern concrete, glass and brick building with the most
and a hospital site. Father O'Reilly visited the Provincial House
technological aids to medical treatment, was made possible by
of the Daughters of Charity at Emmitsburg, Maryland, and was
the reputation that the hospital has earned in nearly three-
successful in obtaining a group of Sisters to staff the first
quarters of a century of service to the community. Of total
hospital.
building costs, $1.4 million was contributed from the communi-
He promised the Sisters in the name of the citizens of Bir-
ty.
mingham $10,000.00 if they would erect a structure costing
The hospital is administered by the Daughters 0 of Charity of
$40,000.00. The hospital was built at a cost of, not $40,000.00,
St. Vincent de Paul operating as a voluntary, non-profit corpora-
but approximately $200,000.00 with the most modern and best
tion under the Board of Trustees of the Order and a Lay Advisory
appointed operating rooms in the South.
Board of community leaders.
ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL
2701 - 9th Court So. : Birmingham, AL 35205
933-7111
Facts
about
St. Vincent's FORD
Hospital
GE
LIBRARY
Birmingham, Alabama
1974
TYPE: A voluntary, non-profit, short term
AVERAGE DAILY COST OF OPERATING
general hospital operated by the Daughters
HOSPITAL: $29,906
of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul,
SURGICAL OPERATIONS: 6,713
Established in 1898.
ANESTHETICS GIVEN: 8,065
ACCREDITED: By Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Hospitals.
X-RAY EXAMINATIONS: 22,277
BED CAPACITY: 293 Beds plus 50 Bassinets.
LABORATORY TESTS: 386,375
ADMISSIONS:
PRESCRIPTIONS: 263,682
In-Patient 12,136
MEALS SERVED: Patients 252,382
Out-Patient 5,779
Cafeteria 266,614
Emergency Room 5,929
518,996
BABIES BORN: 1,586
LAUNDRY: 950,363 lbs.
DAYS OF PATIENT CARE: 89,234
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:
AVERAGE DAILY ADULT CENSUS: 244.48
Rotating Internship
School of Nursing
AVERAGE LENGTH OF EACH PATIENT'S
School of Medical Technology
STAY: 7.32 Days
HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES:
AVERAGE COST PER PATIENT DAY OF
Full Time:
687
SERVICE: $115.81
Part Time:
88
TOTAL COST OF OPERATING HOSPITAL
Interns:
3
FOR 1974: $10,915,806
Students:
188
MEDICAL STAFF:
Active:
120
Courtesy:
148
Consulting:
23
Honorary:
3
294
VOLUNTEERS:
Auxiliary:
130
Blue Bird:
50
185
ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL
2701 - 9th Court So.
Birmingham, Al. 35205
933-7111
Birmingham
delight
day
night
Birmingham is different in a hun-
Four buildings surround you-each
dred ways that will absolutely delight
magnificent design-winners of the largest
you all day long and on into an
Class-A architectural competition ever
evening of exciting night life.
conducted by the American Institute
Daytime finds the dramatic
of Architects.
mountain landscape beckoning
you in all directions. down-
The Exhibition Hall features
town the pulsing throb of a
bright progressive city on the
100,000 square feet of open space more
move. Fall offers a
than enough for the largest of trade shows,
breathtaking pano-
conventions, and expositions of every
rama of autumn's
kind. Beautiful restaurants, lounges,
cathedral colors, and
meeting and banquet areas complete this
spring the airy fairy-
sparkling new facility.
land of thousands of dog-
woods in bloom.
Concert Hall. Superlative viewing
At night enjoy any of
conditions and acoustics make opera,
Birmingham's fine restaurants. One
ballet, symphony and stage shows more
evening you can be twenty-odd stories
memorable than ever in this unusually
high, savoring fine
beautiful 3,000-armchair-seat theatre.
French cuisine and
gazing through
The Theatre. Equally well-planned,
glass walls at the
one of its finest features is a flexible stage
city's million
which projects for an 800-seat thrust-
sparkling lights.
style arrangement, or converts to a
proscenium plan. Like the Concert Hall,
The new $50 million
its backstage facilities are also a tribute
to the architectural skill that makes the
Birmingham/Jefferson
Civic Center a model of its kind.
Civic Center
where something exciting is always
going on!
The Coliseum. Gigantic in scope,
it is a perfect setting for major sports
events, conventions, ice shows, circuses,
and large-scale performances of every
kind. A large restaurant will be housed on
the first level, overlooking the piazza.
(Scheduled for opening in 1976.)
FORD is GERALD LIBRARY
See all of
and antique shops, is
train at the BIRMING-
Marshall. It's the oldest
to the bass and bream-
Sparkling new
There's nothing conven-
Birmingham
also nearby, so don't
HAM ZOO (the largest in
such event in America
What's your
filled lakes and bird-rich
hotels and motels
tional about a convention
A good place to start
miss it.
a nine-state area) is like a
and it is acknowledged
favorite sport?
fields surrounding
pamper you with
in BIRMINGHAM!
is Birmingham's justly
Then there's
safari, with rare and
as the biggest and best!
Golf, tennis, fishing,
the city.
unexcelled service
Let us help you plan
famous JAPANESE
ARLINGTON, one of the
exotic animals on all
One of Birmingham's
hunting, football, basket-
The Birmingham and
You're a very special
yours. Our staff of experts
GARDENS, the work of
South's most superbly
sides.
newest attractions is the
ball, baseball, sports car
Alabama International
guest-and you know it-
is ready with a complete
a noted Japanese land-
preserved and beautiful
The Veterans' Day
gigantic RED MOUN-
racing-whatever you
Motor Speedways attract
the minute you arrive at
range of services. They'll
scape architect. Stroll its
antebellum homes, dat-
parade and banquet are
TAIN CUT. A part of the
like, you'll enjoy it to
the finest drivers in the
one of Birmingham's
help you make your con-
gravel paths and delight
ing back to the 1820's
Birmingham highlights.
expressway system, it
the hilt in Birmingham.
nation. Major football
many attractive
vention in Birmingham
in every kind of flowering
VULCAN, the giant iron
This was originated here
exposes millions of years
Year-round-almost-perfect-
clashes at Legion Field
accommodations.
an outstanding success.
shrub, bridges, statuary,
god standing guard atop
in 1947 with the help of
of geologic time in its fos-
weather lures you out to
keep excitement at a high
Whether it's a steam-
lakes, and even an
Red Mountain, second in
Generals Eisenhower and
sils and rock formations.
the course, to the courts,
pitch in the fall.
ing-hot breakfast served
Call or write us at:
authentic teahouse.
size only to the Statue
in your room or a five-
The 67-acre BOTANI-
of Liberty.
course gourmet dinner in
Greater Birmingham
CAL GARDENS are just a
Birmingham also boasts
one of the sumptuous
Convention and
few steps away. Rare
one of the South's finest
dining rooms, you'll find
Visitors Bureau
orchids and exotic tropi-
art museums. Its spark-
everything to make your
1909 Seventh Ave., North
cal plants fill the green-
ling new facilities house
46
stay most pleasant indeed.
Birmingham, Ala. 35203
house, and the grounds
fascinating collections
Most feature sparkling
Telephone (205) 252-9825
abound with specimen
of every type, including
entertainment spots, and
roses, azaleas, camellias
part of the world-famous
all are just minutes away
even a delightful wild
Kress collection.
from shopping and
flower garden.
A ride on the mini-
attractions of every kind.
Quaint Mountain
Whichever you choose,
Brook Village, with its
you'll want to return!
enchanting boutiques
Rour
Explore a little farther afield.
Alabama's got everything!
BIRMINGHAM is a launching point
to see Alabama- a harmony of contrasts
from its rugged mountains to its rolling
Gulf surf. Wide lakes and quiet streams.
Its antebellum homes and congenial
people. Its space-age cities and unspoiled
countryside. Water sports and sightseeing,
or just relaxing in the sun.
North of the All-America City,
explore the rugged mountains of Little
River Canyon or the space age at NASA's
Redstone Arsenal and the Alabama Space
and Rocket Center. Or, take a drive to
nearby lakes to enjoy water sports and
recreational facilities unsurpassed
anywhere.
See the archaeological treasures at
Moundville which tell the exciting story
of the pre-Columbian Indian civilization.
Only 90 miles south of BIRMING-
HAM lies the birthplace of the Confed-
eracy with relics of the Civil War and the
seat of Alabama's modern-day government.
Swift freeways, excellent highways
and scenic byways will take you there.
Make BIRMINGHAM the beginning to
going a little farther afield and discover-
ing all of Alabama.
Greater Birmingham
Convention and Visitors Bureau
1909 Seventh Avenue, North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
Telephone (205) 252-9825
GALA II GENERAL RELEASE
September 5, 1974
Mrs. Elizabeth Ford makes her first official visit as the nation's new
First Lady in Birmingham this weekend. Mrs. Ford and 10 other prominent
women will be honored as "Outstanding Women of America" during an array of
entertainment and fashion spectaculars which will benefit St. Vincent's Hospital.
The event, called Gala II, is a huge, community-wide volunteer project
whose purpose is to raise funds for the non-profit, general hospital operated
by the Daughters of St. Vincent de Paul. Sister Xavier, Hospital Administrator,
said the money will be used to purchase a Tomograph Unit and Pulmonary Function
Machine.
The 11 women will be honored with special presentations for their
philanthropic, charity and cultural leadership Saturday night at a black tie
ball at the new Birmingham/Jefferson Civic Center, for which tickets are $150
per couple.
The Master of Ceremonies will be Charles Kuralt, of CBS News' "On the Road"
series. Popular singing star John Gary will entertain. Dancing, led by the First
Lady will close the evening.
White House spokesmen said that Mrs. Ford would center her activities around
the hospital, touring the facilities Saturday morning and holding a news conference
there. She is then scheduled to attend a luncheon honoring all of the women at the
Parliament House Hotel, rest during the remainder of the day, and finally, to appear
as the leading lady at the Gala II Ball at 7:30 P.M.
Mrs. Ford and her party are scheduled to arrive in Birmingham late Friday
afternoon and the other honored women are expected to attend a private dinner
party for the benefactors of Gala II at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Friday night.
The Gala II Honorary Chairman is Ms. Aileen Mehle, nationally syndicated
columnist whose by-line is "Suzy." Cornelia Wallace, wife of Alabama Governor
George C. Wallace, is the official State Hostess for Gala II.
In addition to Mrs. Ford, the following personalities will be recognized as
Outstanding Women of America:
Patricia Buckley, wife of author-columnist William Buckley. She is vice
president of the Society for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New York Hospital
and is on the advisory board of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute.
Congresswoman Yvonne Burke, an active proponent of social welfare programs
and vice president of the 1972 Democratic National Convention.
Kitty Carlisle, television star, and vice chairman of the New York State
Council of the Arts.
Marian Javits, wife of Senator Jacob Javits.
Jane Langley, member of the original Pickens Sisters trio of the 1940's, who
today takes an active role in civic affairs.
Eleanor Lambert, a leading personality of American fashion, who guides and
produces some of the world's most important fashion events.
Merle Oberon, motion picture actress, who established a park with theater,
library and play facilities for the under-privileged children of Acapulco, Mexico.
Cicely Tyson, Emmy-award winning television actress and member of the Board
of Governors of Urban Gateways, an arts-in-the-schools program in Chicago.
Diana Vreeland, a leading figure in the international worlds of fashion and
society, and consultant to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's costume institute.
Grace Warnecke, wife of internationally famous architect, John Carl Warnecke.
The vice president of the San Francisco Ballet Association, she also is a member
of the women's committee of the Smithsonian Institute and the advisory board of
the California Theater Foundation.
GALA II HOW THE PROCEEDS WILL BE SPENT
All profits from Gala II will go to St. Vincent's Hospital for the purchase
of a new Tomograph Unit and a Pulmonary Function Machine. These two pieces of
equipment cost more than $100,000.
The Tomograph Unit is used for body section radiography in X-ray diagnosis.
It enables the technician to take X-rays of a specific area of the body, blocking
out all surrounding tissue.
The Pulmonary Function Machine measures the capacity and expulsion of the
lungs and will be a great advance on the present equipment in use at St. Vincent's.
It is used in the case of pulmonary problems such as asthma, emphysema, bronchitis,
pneumonia and pulmonary edema.
Money from last year's Gala 75 was used to buy equipment for the X-ray
Department and the Nuclear Medicine Laboratory. The $66,000 Dyna Camera, which
has been in use almost a year, enables the Nuclear Medicine staff to make scans
in a matter of minutes, which with previous equipment might have taken several hours.
The machine is more versatile in its uses and produces pictures with greater resolution
and detail. It has a video tape recorder incorporated into it. This insures that
retakes are never necessary.
Also purchased last year was a 105 Camera for the X-ray Department. The camera
cost $15,000 and can take up to 12 frames per second, giving a reproduction close to that
of a movie. It is especially useful for making esophogus X-rays.
GALA II FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER, MUSEUM OF ART
According to designer George del Favero, decorations for Gala II Friday
night dinner party will be of "understated elegance, with Nature as the theme."
After being "welcomed" to the Museum area by the decorative lights in the park
which will be switched on for the whole weekend, the party goer will find more
tiny lights decorate the entrance to the Museum.
The main hall of the Museum will have a "chandelier" of miniature bird
cages and hanging plants. Banks of live plants and three vignettes of oriental
rugs and wicker furniture will form seating areas.
Tablecloths for the dinner will be of linen printed with birds, with matching
napkins and holders. Amber votive candles and white butterfly ashtrays will complete
the theme.
Centerpiece for the dinner will be a six foot umbrella of vulture feathers.
George claims to have every available vulture feather in the country that is not
still on the vulture.
There will be no formal program for the Friday night dinner.
Hosts and hostesses for the honored women at the museum party will be as
follows: Chairperson, Eileen Mehle, Don Hawkins, City Council President;
Elizabeth Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hess; Yvonne Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Williams;
Marian Javits and Senator Jacob Javits, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Cunningham; Diana
Vreeland, Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Glenn; Eleanor Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Terrell;
Patricia Buckley and William Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Brady; Kitty Carlisle,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Boykin; Jane Langley, Mayor George G. Seibels, Jr.; Grace Warnecke
and Carl Warnecke, Mr. and Mrs. Elton B. Stephens; Merle Oberon, Mr. and Mrs.
Crawford Johnson, III; Cicely Tyson, Abe Berkowitz.
GALA II
SATURDAY LUNCHEON
A ladies luncheon and fashion show will be held at the Parliament House
on Saturday as part of the Gala II week-end. Fashions will be by Parisian.
Decorations for the luncheon will feature panels of Diana the Huntress,
live plants and hanging baskets of flowers. Each lady will be presented
with a small shopping bag of favors and the potted plants used for the
decorations will be given away as door prizes.
As the ladies are feted, the prominent male guests at Gala II also
will be entertained at a luncheon in the Penthouse of the Central Bank. Civic
and business leaders will be their hosts.
GALA II SATURDAY NIGHT GALA EVENING
Saturday night's Gala evening will feature decorations both elegant
and lavish.
For the cocktail party Civic Center's Red Carpet Lounge, the columns will
be decorated with white ostrich plumes and mirrors.
The dinner and presentations will be held in the adjoining exhibition hall,
where a 30 X 30 foot cascading mirror canopy will hang over the runway area.
Six natural jewel colors will provide the theme for the decorations. Each
table will be completely color coordinated to its moire silk cloth, with napkins,
napkin rings, centerpieces and programs all matching. Centerpieces for the tables
will be chicken wire baskets containing votive candles, decorated with sequins
and vulture feathers.
The circular VIP tables will have cerise colored cloths and accessories
with centerpieces of teardrop candelabra and ostrich plumes. The head table,
which will be pink, will be decorated with similar candelabra in a spiraling
shape. The guests of honor will each receive a monogrammed moire memory book.
Their monogrammed napkins will be held in crystal rings.
GALA II PERSONAL FAVORS
When each of the Gala II honorees is shown to her room at the Parliament
House, she will find a large selection of gifts and useful articles selected
to help make her stay more pleasant.
Just for pleasure, fresh fruit, a longstemmed rose, a bouquet of flowers,
a bottle of sherry and a cut crystal glass. For practical matters, a personalized
pad with pen and pencil set, padded coat hangers, an elegant pin cushion with pins
and ready-threaded needles, three pairs of spare hose, (just in case) and engraved
luggage tags. To flatter her femininity, hand lotion, monogrammed soap, perfume,
a monogrammed lace handkerchief and satin monogrammed pillow cases on the bed.
To keep her up to date, magazines and newspapers, and as a momento of the South,
the Southern Living Cook Book.
GALA II CHAIRPERSON: "SUZY"
When Aileen Elder Mehle was dared by a Miami newspaper publisher to create
a better socialite feature than the one she was heard criticizing at a cocktail
party, the future "Suzy" little suspected that she would attain the worldwide
stature she now enjoys.
The internationally known columnist is the Honorary Chairwoman for St.
Vincent's Gala II.
Professionally, Mrs. Mehle hadn't written a line when she took up the
challenge offered her. The "Suzy" pen name took life as the author attempted
to keep her identity hidden from those Miami bon vivant friends about whom she
was writing. In fact, she helped perpetuate the secret by suggesting to her
cronies that "a man was writing the column".
In 1962 King Features started syndicating "Suzy", and in 1963 more than 35
papers carried her byline.
In June 1967, "Suzy" switched outlets to the Chicago Tribune-New York News
Syndicate. "Suzy's" appearance in the New York News topped an already imposing
list that included dailies in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit,
Boston, Miami, Cleveland, Denver, Montreal, Madrid, and Mexico City. She appears in
90 newspapers.
GALA II
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
SISTER XAVIER BALLANCE, D. C.
Sister Xavier Ballance, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
since 1957, is the Administrator of St. Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham.
Sister Xavier is a native of Columbus, Ohio. Sister is a registered
professional nurse, a graduate of Mercy School of Nursing in Toledo, Ohio,
and St. Louis University.
Sister's experiences for a decade as a nurse ranged from Staff nursing
to supervision in Mississippi, Texas, Illinois and Louisiana. Sister
received a Masters degree in Health Care Administration at George Washington
University in Washington, D.C. in 1968. Since then she has had experience
in hospital administration in Massachusetts, Texas, and Alabama.
Sister Xavier is currently a member of the American College of Hospital
Administrators, American Hospital Association, Alabama Hospital Association and
maintains active nurse registration in Ohio.
Sister Xavier is currently an active participant in Health Care Administration
in the Birmingham community. Sister is president elect of the Birmingham Regional
Hospital Council, Director of Diocesan Health Services, and a member of several
community health committees. The basic purpose of these committees is to
improve health care in the Birmingham community.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (continued)
GEORGE DEL FAVERO, artistic designer for all facets of Gala II, is
Director of Visual Merchandising and Store Planning for Parisian, Inc.,
a Birmingham headquartered fashion store. A resident of Birmingham for
26 years, George has worked for Parisian for 22 years. He is a native of
New York, educated at New York University. Virtually every artistic venture
in the Birmingham area for almost a quarter century has had his involvement,
including the Festival of Arts, Birmingham Symphony, Museum of Art, Beaux
Arts Ball, Fall Fashion Time and Birmingham Press Club. A former nominee
for Man of the Year, he has received awards from the City of Birmingham,
Festival of Arts, Salvation Army and Red Cross.
DON L. HAWKINS is Assistant Director and Director of Promotions for
the Birmingham/Jefferson Civic Center, the site of Gala II. A Democrat,
Don was a floor leader for the Alabama delegation to the 1968 Democratic
Convention which nominated the then Vice President, Hubert Humphrey for
President. In 1964, he was the youngest delegate to the Democratic Convention
which nominated the late President, Lyndon B. Johnson. He was a member of the
Alabama State Democratic Executive Committee, 1966-1970 and his wife, Donna,
is now serving a four year term. A Birmingham native, he is a graduate of
the University of Alabama. Don has twice been chairman of the annual Festival
of Arts International Fair, has been vice president of the Festival three times
and presently is a director of the Festival.
EDDIE LEITMAN is a partner in the Birmingham law firm of Berkowitz,
Lefkovits and Patrick. A Vietnam veteran, he received the Bronze Star Medal
while serving as an Army Captain. A Birmingham native, he is a graduate of
the University of Alabama with a BS in Business Administration and a law degree.
Eddie is a member of the American Bar Association, Alabama Bar Association, the
Birmingham Bar Association and Temple Emanuel. He serves on the board of
numerous local Jewish organizations and is vice president of Birmingham Lodge 2913
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (continued)
of B'nai B'rith.
MRS. GERALD R. FORD
(ELIZABETH B. FORD)
Betty Ford, one of the "Legendary Women of America" is destined to
become more legendary as the new First Lady of our Country.
She was born Elizabeth Bloomer in Chicago, Illinois, and soon afterward
moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Mrs. Ford attended Bennington College in Vermont, majoring in modern
dance, under the direction of Martha Graham, among others. She then went on
to continue a more intensive dance course with Martha Graham in New York where
she became a member of the Martha Graham Concert Group. Upon returning to
Grand Rapids, Mrs. Ford organized her own dance group and became a model and
fashion consultant for one of the Grand Rapids stores. She also spent time
working with handicapped children sharing with them an appreciation of this
art.
On October 15, 1948, Elizabeth Bloomer married Gerald R. Ford, who a few
weeks later was elected United States Representative in Congress from the Fifth
District of Michigan and served as minority leader of the House of Representatives
prior to becoming Vice-President then President of the United States.
The Fords have four children, Michael Gerald presently attending Gordon-
Conwell Theological Seminary; John Gardner is a Forestry major at Utah State;
Steven Meigs is a freshman at Duke University; and Susan Elizabeth is a senior
at Holton Arms School for Girls.
In Grand Rapids and Washington, Mrs. Ford has been active in Republican
women's groups. In the Capitol, she has been involved in the Congressional Club
and has acted as President of the Senate Red Cross Club. She has also been
programchairman for the Cancer Society Benefit Campaign in Alexandria.
DIANA VREELAND
For more than thirty five years Diana Vreeland has been a leading
figure in the international worlds of fashion and society. After ending
a ten year stint as Editor in Chief of Vogue Magazine, Mrs. Vreeland has
been a consultant to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute
since October, 1972.
Born and raised in Paris, Mrs. Vreeland made her mark on the American
fashion world when she became Fashion Editor of Harper's Bazaar. She held
this influential post from 1937 until 1962.
During her professional life in fashion and her years in Europe, Diana
Vreeland has remained an elegant figure in international society. She has
been personal friends with all the top couturiers and has always worked
closely with writers, artists, photographers and other people in the fabric
world, maintaining a unique and creative involvement in everything she touches.
The two exhibitions that Mrs. Vreeland has mounted for the Costume
Institute thus far, The World of Balenciaga and Inventive Clothes: 1909-1939,
have broken records not only in attendance and press coverage, but have
exerted a major influence in current fashions and design.
ELEANOR LAMBERT
Eleanor Lambert is one of the leading personalities of the American
fashion world and a prime crusader for world recognition of American
fashion.
After going to art schools in Indianapolis and Chicago, Miss
Lambert moved to New York and worked her way up in the art public relations
field. Today, Miss Lambert's experienced hands guide the press relations
of the creative talents at all levels of American fashion, and she guides
and produces some of the world's most important fashion events. She has
been appointed by the U. S. Government to produce American fashion shows in
Moscow, Australia, and Europe.
In 1960, Eleanor Lambert received the New York Board of Trade's Gold
Medal Award for outstanding contribution to the fashion industry. In 1964
the Hall Syndicate asked her to write a column of her experiences, travels
and to give fashion information for the average woman. When the National
Council on the Arts was established, Eleanor Lambert was named to the Body,
the first time fashion had been listed among the creative arts.
Miss Lambert is currently completing a compendium of fashion throughout
the world, tentatively called "World Guide to Fashion."
CICELY TYSON
Although only recently heralded for her acting talent, Cicely Tyson
made her television debut in 1958, long before she received an Academy
Award nomination. The 1973 nomination was only part of international
acclaim for Miss Tyson's portrayal of Rebecca, the sharecropper's wife
in "Sounder".
Formerly a secretary, then a model, Cicely Tyson worked almost 15
years in theater, film, and television before she attained star status.
Little known to today's audience, Miss Tyson was the first young black
actress to face viewers with a natural, unstraightened hairstyle.
Aside from her acting, Cicely Tyson is active in the promotion of
the arts. She was instrumental in founding a classical ballet company,
the Dance Theater of Harlem, and serves on the Board of Governors of
Urban Gateways, and arts-in-the-schools program in Chicago.
Some of her private pleasures include jogging, bicycling, meditating,
and an all-vegetable diet.
Miss Tyson has recently won an Emmy Award for her role of a 110 year
old former slave in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman."
MERLE OBERON
Internationally known actress Merle Oberon was born in Tasmania,
Australia and attended schools in India and France. She began her
career in London at age 16 with a role in "The Private Life of Henry VIII".
Miss Oberon achieved international star stature when she co-starred
with Leslie Howard in "Scarlet Pimpernel". More movie roles followed like
"Dark Angel", "Till We Meet Again", "Berlin Express", "Wuthering Heights"
with Sir Lawrence Olivier, "Desiree" with Marlon Brando and many others.
In her private life Miss Oberon has shown concern for the under
privileged. While living in Mexico she established a five acre park with
theater, library and recreational facilities facilities for the under-
privileged children of Acapulco.
Now living in Los Angeles, Miss Oberon has helped the Actors Studio
West by donating a theater. All proceeds go to the acting group to
encourage young actors and playwrights.
JANE PICKENS LANGLEY
Jane Pickens Langley is fondly remembered as one of the Pickens
Sisters, a singing trio that enjoyed tremendous popularity during
World War II. The Sisters sang on a CBS radio show and set a pattern
of singing styles still imitated today. Mrs. Langley later became a singing
star in her own right.
Today Mrs. Langley resides in Newport, Rhode Island, where she is
noted as a gracious hostess and socialite. Mrs. Langley has run for
Congress and always takes an active role in civic affairs.
PAT BUCKLEY
Pat Buckley, the wife of well-known national columnist and "Firing
Line" host William F. Buckley, is a woman who enjoys the outdoors,
sailing, skiing, playing tennis and gardening are some of her favorite
activities.
Born in Vancouver, Canada, Mrs. Buckley was educated privately and
attended Vassar for her collegiate studies. She and her husband were
married in 1950 and have a 21 year old son who is currently attending
Yale.
Mrs. Buckley manages to find time to devote to the Advisory Board
of Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute and serves as Vice President of
the Society for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New York Hospital.
KITTY CARLISLE
Kitty Carlisle, whose participation as a panelist on "To Tell The
Truth" has made her face one of the most familiar in the nation, has
had a long and varied career as an entertainer.
Born in New Orleans, Miss Carlisle went to Europe when she was
ten and while there engaged in musical and dramatic arts training.
When she returned to the United States, Miss Carlisle made her
debut at the Capitol Theater in New York. Later she moved over to
Broadway where she attracted the attention of movie producers.
Subsequently, she bacame involved in a string of motion pictures like
"Here is My Heart" with Bing Crosby and "A Night at the Opera" with the
Marx Brothers. Miss Carlisle later went on to make appearances in
some of the country's top night clubs and hotels. She has also sung
at the Metropolitan Opera.
Miss Carlisle has served under Governor Rockefeller as a consultant
on women's opportunities. She is a member of the visiting committee of
the Board of Overseers of Harvard University for the Visual and Performing
Arts and has also been elected an Associate Fellow at Yale. Miss Carlisle
is currently vice-chairman of the New York State Council of the Arts.
MRS. JOHN CARL WARNECKE
Mrs. John C. Warnecke, wife of the internationally famous architect
John Carl Warnecke, combines life as the wife of a busy husband with
work as a writer, translator, and promoter of the arts. The Warneckes
commute between homes in Washington, D.C., New York City, San Francisco,
and a ranch in Sonoma County, California. Mrs. Warnecke travels with her
husband all over the world and participates in many of the national and
international activities of his practice.
The daughter of former Ambassador George F. Kennan and a Norwegian
mother, Grace Warnecke was born in Riga, Latvia and grew up in Europe
as much as in this country. She graduated with honors from Radcliffe
College in 1954. A linguist, Mrs. Warnecke has worked in Russian studies
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as the Russian interpreter
for the San Francisco International Film Festival and translated for many
delegations both here and in the USSR. Last April she accompanied Senator
Edward Kennedy and his family to the USSR as their interpreter.
Mrs. Warnecke was the Book Critic for San Francisco magazine and
works as a free-lance writer. She pursues a strong interest in the arts as
Vice President of the San Francisco Ballet Association, has served on the
Boards of Directors of the San Francisco Art Institute, the Crocker Art
Gallery in Sacramento, California; and is currently serving on the Women's
Committee of the Smithsonian Institution as well as on the Advisory Board
of the California Theatre Foundation.
Grace Warnecke's most challenging and rewarding job, though, is as the
mother of three children, Charles, Adair and Kevin, and friend and advisor
to her four step-children.
INIVERSITY
of
ALABAMA
university college
university of alabama in birmingham
Birmingham,
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Town and Gown Theater of The University of Alabama in Birmingham
serves the city as a community theater and Alabama as a state theater. In addition
to presenting a subscription series of plays and musicals each season at Clark The-
ater, Town and Gown also tours productions throughout Alabama.
Many young Alabamians who have established themselves in theater, motion pic-
tures, and television have received their training and early experience at Town
and Gown.
The Theater, established in 1950, is also becoming nationally known as a try-
out center for new plays and musicals. Last season, Town and Gown presented the
world premiere of the new musical, "Something About Ann," by Anita Loos, Ralph Blane,
and James Gregory.
To be presented in the 1974-75 season, marking Town and Gown's 25th anniversary,
is the world premiere of the musical version of "Happy Birthday," with book by
Anita Loos, score by Gerry Mulligan, and lyrics by the late Judy Holliday. Also
this season, the Theater is doing the American premiere of "Trelawney."
The founding director of Town and Gown is James Hatcher, native of Enterprise,
Alabama, graduate of Birmingham-Southern College and the University of Alabama,
and an associate professor at The University of Alabama in Birmingham. An adviser to
Gala II, he is responsible again this year for the public presentation of the event's
honored guests.
Mr. Hatcher was the founding director of the Alabama State Council on the Arts
and Humanities and founding chairman of the Alabama School of Fine Arts. He is arts
adviser to Governor George C. Wallace, and for the past 28 years has produced and
directed the Miss Alabama Coronation Pageant. In 1960, he produced the Miss America
Reunion Pageant in Atlantic City.
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SAINT VINCENT'S HOSPIT
SP
GERALD
On behalf of the Daughters of Charity, the entire administration
and the staff,
SAINT VINCENT'S HOSPITAL
wishes to acknowledge with deep appreciation
PARISIAN
for its countless contributions and sincere friendship during
GALA II
as well as in the past years of association.
ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL
(History)
At first glance, the new St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham,
Alabama, may not appear to be such a revolutionary structure,
yet its unique history and progressive growth characterized it as
a most noteworthy landmark.
Officially opened on November 21, 1898, Saint Vincent's
Hospital was first located at the former DeBardeleben Home at
15th Street and Second Avenue, South. At the turn of the century,
it was moved to its present location at 2701 Ninth Court, South.
Service oriented, the hospital was first started as a mission
by four Sisters who had served as army nurses in the Spanish
American War. Known as the Four Daughters of Charity of St.
Vincent de Paul, The Sisters' ranks in 1900 grew by two more.
Although severely limited by their facilities in the old De-
Bardeleben Home, the small band of Sisters began caring for
patients. They coped with crowded conditions and pallets on the
floor until the new building was opened in 1900. By then Sister
Chrysostom, the first graduate nurse registered in the State of
Alabama, was on hand to serve as the hospital's first admin-
istrator.
Already, in two years, Saint Vincent's Hospital had come a
long way. Prior to its opening, there was no public hospital in
Birmingham. With the Hospital of the United Charities just burned
in Smithfield, Birmingham people needed and were eager to
build St. Vincent's.
Credited with providing the initiative to obtain funds for the
new project, Reverend Patrick O'Reilly, Pastor of Saint Paul's
Catholic Church, also found a suitable hospital site. In addition,
Father O'Reilly visited the Provincial House of the Daughters of
Charity at Emmitsburg, Maryland, and was successful in recruiting
a group of Sisters to staff the first hospital.
Eventually, with Father O'Reilly's leadership and with the
support of Birmingham citizens, the hospital was built at a cost
of approximately $200,000.00. It was equipped with the most
modern and best appointed operating rooms in the south.
The new St. Vincent's completed May, 1972
Next, another revolutionary event occurred. The School of
Nursing was organized in 1900, and the first three graduates were
the first nurses trained in Alabama. With the advent of World
War I, in 1917, The Provincial Superior of the Sisters, Mother
Margaret of Emmitsburg, Maryland, journeyed to Washington,
D.C. to offer the services of her Sisters as government nurses. In
fact, the first and only band of American Sisters engaging in over-
seas work during the World War was a group of ten Daughters
of Charity from the St. Louis Province with Sister Chrysostom as
chief nurse.
Consequently, Sister Chrysostom was replaced at St. Vin-
cent's Hospital by Sister Magdalen. Then in 1920, Sister Angela
O'Brien was appointed Administrator. Under Sister Angela's term
of office, numerous improvements were made at the hospital.
Besides the erection of the school of nursing, the entire hospital
was renovated. Paramedical departments such as x-ray and path-
ology were added. By 1952, the east wing was also added under
the direction of Sister Lydia Hoffman.
Through the years Birmingham was growing and with the
city's progress came the increasing need for expanded patient
care. Plans for a new St. Vincent's Hospital were formulated.
From 1961 to 1966, initial plans for the new hospital began
under the direction of Administrator, Sister Carlos McDonald.
Later under the administration of Sister Mary Bourke, final plans
were completed and soon the complex was made a reality. By
May 1972, to supervise the new hospital, came the present Ad-
ministrator, Sister Xavier Ballance.
In nearly three-quarters of a century, St. Vincent's Hospital
had earned the highest reputation of service to the community.
Because of such continuing service, the people of Birmingham
contributed $1.4 million of the new hospital's total building costs.
Clearly, supported by the community, the modern concrete, glass
and brick building contained the most technological aids to med-
ical treatment.
Today, the hospital is still administered by the Daughters of
Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Today, the hospital still operates
as a voluntary, non-profit corporation under the Board of Trus-
tees of the Order and a Lay Advisory Board of community lead-
ers. Today, St. Vincent's Hospital still remains a mammoth land-
mark of community service.
ABAM
THEY
SEAL
STATE OF Alabama
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
MONTGOMERY 36104
GEORGE C. WALLACE
GOVERNOR
Dear Friends:
As Governor of Alabama, I extend best wishes
to everyone participating in Gala II, a wonderful
example of people helping people.
Much planning and work have been necessary
in the presentation of this second annual spectacular
fund raising event and those responsible for its
success certainly are worthy of commendation.
I know this occasion will be an enjoyable and
meaningful experience for everyone involved.
With best wishes, I remain
Sincerely,
George C. Wallace
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Governor
MRS. GEORGE C. WALLACE
GCW:slg
Alabama's First Lady
and
Official Hostess
September 7, 1974
Dear Honored Guests and Friends of St. Vincent's Hospital:
We are most grateful to you for participating in an event which is
very dear to the hearts of those on the staff of St. Vincent's. In
fact it is an endeavor which is essential to us in order to keep our
hospital first rate.
Again we at St. Vincent's Hospital share with the entire city of
Birmingham in the unique privilege of meeting and honoring "Living
Legendary Women of America", who have made outstanding contributions
in just about every field of endeavor.
We are also grateful to our loyal supporters who have always managed
to be in close proximity when the need arose. And somehow, they will
always be around when necessary.
Needless to say, it is impossible to thank our Doctors and personnel
adequately. Their untiring services have made St. Vincent's a truly
remarkable hospital. Our Advisory Board and Ladies' Auxiliary have
contributed in numerous ways far beyond the call of duty. We are
indeed blessed in having the very best serving St. Vincent's Hospital.
The Sisters wish to express their gratitude to the many wonderful
people who are responsible for the progress of our great institution.
Each of you will be in our daily prayers and we ask God's blessing
for you and yours.
Sincerely,
Sinter Xamin
Sister Xavier
Administrator
AWARDS CEREMONIES
PROGRAM
Charles Kuralt
Presiding
Master of Ceremonies
Sister Xavier Ballance
OPENING CEREMONIES
Administrator, St. Vincent's Hospital
"Dixie-Battle Hymn", arr. George Poole
Mildred Ann Tatum and Andrew Gainey, soloists
Recipients of Awards
Alabama State Song
Legendary Women of America
The National Anthem
Elizabeth B. Ford
Mae Nolden Pickens, soloist
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Jane Pickens Langley
Invocation
Marion Javits
Merle Oberon
Most Reverend Joseph G. Vath, Bishop
Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama
Patricia Buckley
Cicely Tyson
Kitty Carlisle Hart
Diana Vreeland
Eleanor Lambert
Grace Warnecke
DINNER
The first dance will be led by Mrs. Gerald Ford, First Lady of the
GALA CONCERT
United States, with Mr. Emil Hess; and by Aileen Mehle, Hon-
orary Chairwoman of Gala II, with the Honorable George Seibels,
John Gary
Mayor of the City of Birmingham.
WELCOMING CEREMONIES
Program staged by Town and Gown Theater
University of Alabama in Birmingham
Introduction of Distinguished Guests
Greetings
Directed by James Hatcher
Mrs. George C. Wallace
First Lady of Alabama
Town and Gown Ensemble directed by Amos Hudson
Aileen Mehle
Mrs. Pickens accompanied by John Marberry, Judson College
Honorary Chairwoman, Gala Il
ELIZABETH B. FORD
Betty Ford, one of the "Legendary Women of America" is
destined to become more legendary as the new First Lady of our
country.
She was born Elizabeth Bloomer in Chicago, Illinois, and
soon afterwards moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Mrs. Ford attended Bennington College in Vermont, majoring
in modern dance, under the direction of Martha Graham, among
others. She then went on to continue a more intensive dance
course with Martha Graham in New York where she became a
member of the Martha Graham Concert Group. Upon returning
to Grand Rapids, Mrs. Ford organized her own dance group and
became a model and fashion consultant for one of the Grand
Rapids stores. She also spent time working with handicapped
children sharing with them an appreciation of this art.
On October 15, 1948, Elizabeth Bloomer married Gerald R.
Ford, who a few weeks later was elected United States Repre-
sentative in Congress from the Fifth District of Michigan and
served as Minority Leader of the House of Representatives prior
to becoming Vice-President then President of the United States.
The Fords have four children, Michael Gerald presently at-
tends Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; John Gardner is a
Forestry major at Utah State; Steven Meigs is a freshman at Duke
University; and Susan Elizabeth is a senior at Holton Arms School
for Girls.
In Grand Rapids and Washington, Mrs. Ford has been active
in Republican women's groups. In the capitol, she has been in-
volved in the Congressional Club and has acted as President of
the Senate Red Cross Club. She has also been program chairman
for the Cancer Society benefit campaign in Alexandria.
PATRICIA BUCKLEY
Pat Buckley, the wife of well-known national columnist and
"Firing Line" host William F. Buckley, is a woman who enjoys the
outdoors. Sailing, skiing, playing tennis and gardening are some
of her favorite activities.
Born in Vancouver, Canada, Mrs. Buckley was educated pri-
vately and attended Vassar for her collegiate studies. She and her
husband were married in 1950 and have a 21 year old son who is
currently attending Yale.
Mrs. Buckley manages to find time to devote to the Advisory
Board of Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute and serves as Vice
President of the Society for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New
York Hospital.
YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE
The Vice-President of the 1972 Democratic National Conven-
tion, Yvonne Burke has recently completed her first year in the
U.S. Congress as one of three black Congresswomen.
Mrs. Burke, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, is a
graduate of UCLA and received her law degree from the Univer-
sity of Southern California. She has practiced law since 1956, has
served six years in the California Legislature, and was a delegate
to the 1968 Democratic Convention before being elected to the
House of Representatives. While there Mrs. Burke was granted
the first maternity leave in congressional history.
She was named Woman of the Year in 1972 by KNX News-
radio, is a member of Women Lawyers and the National Associa-
tion of Negro Business and Professional Women.
Mrs. Burke is an active proponent of social welfare programs.
KITTY CARLISLE HART
Kitty Carlisle, whose participation as a panelist on "To Tell
The Truth" has made her face one of the most familiar in the na-
tion, has had a long and varied career as an entertainer.
Born in New Orleans, Miss Carlisle went to Europe when she
was ten and while there engaged in musical and dramatic arts
training.
When she returned to the United States, Miss Carlisle made
her debut at the Capitol Theater in New York. Later she moved
over to Broadway where she attracted the attention of movie
producers. Subsequently she became involved in a string of mo-
tion pictures like "Here Is My Heart" with Bing Crosby and "A
Night At The Opera" with the Marx Brothers. Miss Carlisle later
went on to make appearances in some of the country's top night
clubs and hotels. She has also sung at the Metropolitan Opera.
Miss Carlisle has served under Governor Rockefeller as a
consultant on women's opportunities. She is a member of the
visiting Committee of the Board of Overseers of Harvard Univer-
sity for the Visual and Performing Arts and has also been elected
an Associate Fellow at Yale. Miss Carlisle is currently Vice-Chair-
man of the New York State Council of the Arts.
MARION JAVITS
Marion Javits, wife of the New York Senator, Jacob Javits,
was born in Detroit, Michigan. She married the Senator in 1947.
She is the mother of three children, Joy, Joshua and Carla.
She has written a column for the New York Post, "Senator's
Wife," and co-produced a play, "Hang Down Your Head and
Die".
She evaluated new British plays and films for production in
the U.S. in 1966 and has served as National Vice Chairman of the
Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Always active in her husband's political campaigns, Mrs.
Javits has also worked for local New York City candidates.
She was a main supporter of the National Arts and Human-
ities Foundation Act in 1965 and has encouraged establishment
of foundations for the arts.
MERLE OBERON
Interntionally known actress Merle Oberon was born in
Tasmania, Australia and attended schools in India and France.
She began her career in London at age 16 with a role in "The
Private Life of Henry VIII".
Miss Oberon achieved international star stature when she
co-starred with Leslie Howard in "Scarlet Pimpernel". More mov-
ie roles followed like "Dark Angel", "Till We Meet Again", "Ber-
lin Express", "Wuthering Heights" with Sir Lawrence Olivier,
"Desiree" with Marlon Brando and many others.
In her private life Miss Oberon has shown concern for the
underprivileged. While living in Mexico she established a five
acre park with theater, library and recreational facilities for the
underprivileged children of Acapulco.
Now living in Los Angeles, Miss Oberon has helped the Ac-
tors Studio West by donating a theater. All proceeds go to the
acting group to encourage young actors and playwrights.
CICELY TYSON
Although only recently heralded for her acting talent, Cicely
Tyson made her television debut in 1959, long before she re-
ceived an Academy Awards nomination. The 1973 nomination
was only part of international acclaim for Miss Tyson's portrayal
of Rebecca, the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder".
Formerly a secretary, then a model, Cicely Tyson worked
almost 15 years in theater, film, and television before she attained
star status. Little known to today's audience, Miss Tyson was the
first young black actress to face viewers with a natural, un-
straightened hairstyle.
Aside from her acting Cicely Tyson is active in the promotion
of the arts. She was instrumental in founding a classical ballet
company, The Dance Theater of Harlem, and serves on the Board
of Governors of Urban Gateways, an Arts-in-the-schools Program
in Chicago.
Some of her private pleasures include jogging, bicycling,
meditating, and an all-vegetable diet.
Miss Tyson has recently won an Emmy Award for her role of
a 110 year old former slave in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane
Pittman".
DIANA VREELAND
For more than thirty-five years Diana Vreeland has been a
leading figure in the international worlds of fashion and society.
After ending a ten-year stint as editor in chief of Vogue mag-
azine, Mrs. Vreeland has been a consultant to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art's Costume Institute since October, 1972.
Born and raised in Paris, Mrs. Vreeland made her mark on the
American fashion world when she became fashion editor of
Harper's Bazaar. She held this influential post from 1937 until
1962.
During her professional life in fashion and her years in
Europe, Diana Vreeland has remained an elegant figure in inter-
national society. She has been personal friends with all the top
couturiers and has always worked closely with writers, artists,
photographers and other people in the fabric world, maintaining
a unique and creative involvement in everything she touches.
The two exhibitions that Mrs. Vreeland has mounted for the
Costume Institute thus far, THE WORLD OF BALENCIAGA and
INVENTIVE CLOTHES: 1909-1939, have broken records not only in
attendance and press coverage, but have exerted a major influ-
ence in current fashions and design.
GRACE WARNECKE
Grace Warnecke, wife of the internationally famous architect
John Carl Warnecke, pursues a strong interest in the arts as Vice
President of the San Francisco Ballet Association, on the Ad-
visory Board of the California Theatre Foundation and the Wom-
en's Committee of the Smithsonian Institution. She was the
Book Critic for San Francisco magazine and works as a free-
lance writer.
Born in Riga, Latvia, Mrs. Warnecke grew up in Europe as
much as in this country. She graduated with honors from Rad-
cliffe College in 1954. A linguist, she has worked in Russian
studies at Massachusettes Institute of Technology, as the Russian
interpreter for the San Francisco International Film Festival and
translated for many delegations both here and in the USSR. Last
April she accompanied Senator Edward Kennedy and his family
to the USSR as their interpreter.
Mrs. Warnecke's most challenging and rewarding job is as
the mother of three children, Charles, Adair and Kevin and friend
and advisor to her four step-children.
SEBOU
JAMES HATCHER
Advisor to GALA II
Advisor to GALA II
International make-up wizard Sebou was reared in Iran
James Hatcher, Director of the Birmingham Town and Gown
where he was the son of an Iranian diplomat. At the age of 15 he
Theater, holds the Academic Appointment of Associate Professor
became beauty stylist to the Iranian royal family who he contin-
of Theater at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. He was
ues to serve today - including H.I.M. Queen Farah Pahlavi and
Founding Director of the University sponsored Town and Gown
H.R.H. Princess Asharif Pahlavi.
Theater, which was established in Birmingham in 1950.
Hatcher, a native of Enterprise, Alabama joined the Univer-
Sebou speaks eight languages fluently. In addition, he's
sity in 1950 as an instructor in speech. He is a graduate of Bir-
studied acting, psychology and even has been a teacher. He has
mingham-Southern College and holds the Masters Degree from
done the make-up and created the hairstyles for several Broad-
the University of Alabama. During the past 25 years he has re-
way productions and for two major motion pictures.
ceived local, state, national and international recognition for his
work with all of the arts.
Today, Sebou owns a consulting salon on beauty on New
For many years he has produced the Miss Alabama and
York's upper East Side. He offers a complete range of beauty
Junior Miss Alabama pageants, and in 1960 directed the Miss
treatments for both men and women including all facets of
America pageant in Atlantic City.
Governor George C. Wallace appointed Mr. Hatcher the first
make-up and hair styling.
Executive Director of the Alabama Council on the Arts which
was founded in 1966.
For the devotion to St. Vincent's Hospital
and for the services he has rendered as
Executive Chairman of GALA II
We extend our sincere appreciation to
DON L. HAWKINS
Saint Vincent's Hospital gratefully acknowledges the support and
cooperation during the preparation and execution of GALA II to:
HONORARY CHAIRWOMAN
Mrs. Aileen Mehle (Suzy)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
George Delfavero
Don Hawkins
Eddie Leitman
FOUNDER OF GALA
PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN
Stan Bradley
St. Vincent's Hospital
SPECIAL ADVISORS
pays tribute to one of its dearest friends
Sebou
James Hatcher
CITY HOSTS
GEORGE DELFAVERO
Mayor George Siebels
whose unselfish and tireless efforts
Don L. Hawkins, Council President
SPONSORS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
gave birth to GALA
Robert E. Luckie
GALA II COMMITTEE
ADVERTISING
LADIES LUNCHEON
Mary Fife
Parliament House
Jonni Hicks
Dorothy Norton
Pam Hicks
Gordon McWhorter
Joan Perry
Mildred Cohn
Joyce Ross
Joy F. Maulitz
T. D. Russell
Myra Odess
BENEFACTOR'S PARTY
ROOMS FOR GUESTS
Catherine Cabaniss
Teresa Bruno
Virginia Goodson
Donna Hawkins
Carol Lacy
Melanie Morris
Patsy Mabry
Sondra Simpson
TABLE CLOTH COMMITTEE
DECORATIONS FOR
Mary Frances Abbott
SATURDAY NIGHT
Doris Kennedy
sincere appreciation to the
Sylvia Patrick
Kathrine Mathieu
States Marine Corps
Betty Lefkovits
Recruiting Service
TRAVEL COORDINATOR
DOOR PRIZES
Mary Pat Terhart
irmingham, Alabama
Barbara Shook
to St. Vincent's Hospital through
INVITATIONS
HOSPITALITY SUITE
services they have rendered
Peggy Bonfield
Mildred Cohn
the GALA II weekend.
Betty Franklin
June Davis
Catherine Mathieu
Katherine Freeman
Mildred Pattillo
Myra Odess
Eleanor Smith
Jane Smith
Norval Springfield
HOTEL HOSTS AND
DECORATIONS
HOSTESSES
Carol Barron
Mr. and Mrs. George Delfavero
Katherine Freeman
Mr. and Mrs. Don Hawkins
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Leitman
GIFTS
Jan Elliott
Mary Fife
MEN'S LUNCHEON
Donna Hawkins
Don Hawkins
Melanie Morris
Eddie Leitman
Joyce Ross
PUBLICITY
SECURITY
Stan Bradley
Dr. Rex Harris
Don Brown
Larry Hawkins
HOTEL REGISTRATIONS
AUTOMOBILES
Sandy Apolinsky
Dudley Pendleton
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With heartfelt gratitude, St. Vincent's Hospital acknowledges the
tremendous contributions that have made GALA Il a successful
celebration.
We wish to acknowledge these gifts given to St. Vincent's
Steiner/Bressler Advertising Agency
Ingalls Foundation
Hospital as door prizes for GALA II
Commercial Printing Company
Pullman-Standard
EBSCO Industries
Shades Valley Sun
The Eastern Steamship Lines:
Perry/Hoyle Advertising, Inc.
Joan Perry
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Sterling Advertising & Public Rel., Inc.
Joyce Ross
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Cobb Lane Flowers
T. D. Russell
Elma Bell
Jane Smith
Servicemaster of Birmingham:
The Birmingham News
Herbert Maulitz
Dr. R. Rex Harris
$25.00 Gift Certificate
The Birmingham Post-Herald
Birmingham Police Department
Robert L. Franklin
Don Brown
WVOK Radio
Bill Woods Beechcraft, Inc.:
Central Bank of Birmingham
WSGN
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Contri Brothers Gift Basket
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Crawford and Company
Don A. Hawkins
J. Ortman Company:
Henry G. Gobeil
Blach's Department Store
James Hatcher
Greater B'ham. Convention &
Jewelry
R. Larry Hawkins
Business Bureau
Herbert Blatt Displays
Horst's Flowers
The Feldstein Company, Inc.:
Emil Hess
Peggy Trechsel
Clock
Tom Kelly
Rae Trimmier
Jo Ellen O'Hara
Al Lichtenstein
Robert Sidney Furs, Inc. of New York:
Kay Kilpatrick
Donald Hess
Fur Trim All Wool Sweater
Parliament House
Chief James Parsons
Mary Fife
Donald D. Wear
Hugh Smith
J. C. Penney Company, Inc.:
Jonni Hicks
St. Vincent's Hospital Auxiliary
Jennie Roberts
AM - FM Clock-Radio
Mary Frances Abbott
Zuma Elgin
Doris Kennedy
Robert J. Conkling
Margo's Dress Shop:
Mildred Pattillo
Elton B. Stephens
$50.00 Gift Certificate
Sarah Teague
William E. Ricker
Mary Pat Terhart
M. Andrew Davenport
Frankie Engel Antiques:
Brookside Wine Company
Bob Vega
S. Vincent Townsend, Sr.
Ralph Scott
$50.00 Gift Certificate
S. Vincent Townsend, Jr.
Martha Ann Wheatley
Ralph Knapp
Secret Service
The Sisters and staff of St. Vincent's Hospital are most apprecia-
Joe Bruno
Arnold Peek Motors
tive of the kindness and generosity of these benefactors.
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THE HOSPITAL REPUTATION BUILT
SEAL
ST. INCENTS HOSPITAL
In the spring of 1898, Rev. Patrick A. O'Reilly,
Pastor of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church,
The new St Vincent's Hospital complex
organized a mass meeting of citizens
completed in May, 1972, at 27th Street and 9th
to consider his suggestion that there was need of
Court, South replaces the original
establishing a hospital to serve
structure opened in 1900.
Jefferson County and the City of Birmingham.
The modern concrete, glass and brick building
The meeting resulted in the organization of the
with the most technological aidsto
Sisters of Charity Hospital Association
medical treatment was made possible by the
which set about raising money for a building
reputation that the hospital has earned in nearly
through subscription lists. As a
three-quarters of a century of service
temporary measure, the home of
to the community Ottotal building costs, $1.4
Mr. H.F. DeBardeleben was converted to a
million was contributed from the community.
hospital until the permanent building could be put
up. The temporary establishment opened
The hospital is administered by the Daughters of
in December, 1898.
Charity of St. Vincent de Paul operating
On March 13, 1899, ground breaking
as a voluntary corporation under the
ceremonies for the first permanent building, to be
Board of Trustees of the Order and a Lay
located at 2701 Ninth Circle South,
Advisory Board of community leaders.
took place. The location became known as Mt.
St. Vincent.
On Thanksgiving Day in 1900, the first permanent
home of the Hospital was opened.
Some of those involved in the organization of the
Hospital besides the Rev. O'Reilly were
Dr. B.L. Wyman, Mr. H.H. Sinege,
Mr. W.P. McCrossin, Mr. J.M. McCartin, Mr.
Allen J. Krebbs, Mr. Robert Jemison,
Mr. B. Steiner and the Most Rev. Bishop Edward
Patrick Allen, Diocese of Mobile.
Others were the Very Rev. Father R.A. Lennon,
Superior of the Order of the Daughters
of Charity, Sisters Benedicta and Magdeline, who
undertook organization of the temporary
Hospital; and Sisters Placida,
Patricia and Antonia who participated in the
direction. Mother Mariana, Superior of
The Sisters in the U.S. selected the present site
of the Hospital, and Sister Chrysoston was
the first Administrator in the original
permanent building.
Patrick
A.
ORely
Catholic
Church
The new St. Vincent's Hospital complex
of
completed in May, 1972, at 27th Street and 9th
Court, South replaces the original
structure opened in 1900.
The modern concrete, glass and brick building
The
organization
with the most technological aids to
of Charity Association
medical treatment, was made possible by the
set about raising money for a building
reputation that the hospital has earned in nearly
through subscription lists As a
three-quarters of a century of service
temporary measure, the home of
to the community. Of total building costs, $1.4
Mr H.F. DeBardeleben was converted toa
million was contributed from the community.
hospital until the permanent building could be
up. The temporary establishment opened
The hospital is administered by the Daughters of
in December 1898
Charity of St. Vincent de Paul operating
On March 13. 1899, ground breaking
as a voluntary, non-profit corporation under the
ceremonies for the first permanent
Board of Trustees of the Order and a Lay
at 2701 Ninth Circle
Advisory Board of community leaders.
The
On
Rebert
Mobile
the
the
Sherlock, Smith & Adams, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama, Architect.
Pearce, DeMoss & King, Inc., Decatur, Alabama, Contractor.
Marshall, Field & Company, Chicago,
Illinois, Interior Designer.
Rambusch Company, New York, Chapel Designer.
The first floor contains a coordinate of
departments. The admitting office extends from
the entrance lobby to the elevators which
are near emergency operating rooms, central
The entrance and facade of the new building face
supply, the pharmacy and the ten-bed emergency
northward from the highlands on the
receiving room.
southside. The majestic elevation of the building
affords a broad view of Jones Valley and
On the opposite side of the building on the first
the skyline of the City of Birmingham.
floor, but accessible to all the supply
departments, is the out-patient clinic.
There are diagnostic facilities serving these
various departments. Also on the ground floor are
four x-ray rooms, all connecting with
a dark room.
In a separate treatment area, but part of this
composite of services is the arterial
diagnostic room. Also separated is the linear
accelerator installed in a room with
concrete walls thirty inches thick. This machine
is used for treatment of malignancies.
The offices for administration of the Hospital
occupy the northwest corner of
the second floor.
The cafeteria, also on the second floor, extends
across the front of the building
with full advantage of the view across the valley.
The room has been decorated in refreshing
citrus colors of lemon and tangerine, with trim of
poplar green.
Maternity care is located on the third floor.
In a unique arrangement here, the six nurseries
are completely visible from a central
nurses' station. Also, one of the nurseries is
equipped to be converted to a high risk unit.
There are private labor rooms, a recovery room
for post-delivery care and a mother's
recreation room.
The doctor's lounge is also located
on the third floor.
The fourth floor operating rooms contain the
ultimate in technological equipment.
Some of the features of the eleven operating
rooms in the building are color
balanced, shadowless lighting, facilities for
developing x-ray film in the operating room,
advance warning systems for detecting
electrical leakage, separate power panels,
monitoring machinery for the anesthesiologist,
heart pump, visible stop-watch timing
devices, and the size - each operating room is
twenty by twenty feet.
The recovery room is within the fourth floor
operating rooms and across the hall
from the head anesthesiologist's office. It will
accommodate ten patients. Here is a
centralization of life-saving equipment. A panel
of monitoring devices for each
patient keeps nurses apprised of the
patient's progress.
The intensive care unit is adjacent to the
operating room. It consists of eight private rooms
with one two-bed room which can be used
for patients needing the kidney dialysis machine.
The Interns' and Residents' quarters are
on the fifth floor between intensive
care on the fourth and coronary care on the
sixth floor.
The sixth floor contains two special care units,
especially for patients with heart disease.
Coronary patients can be monitored while
walking around. Their condition is
observed at receiving panels at nurses' stations.
The acute coronary unit also contains
monitored beds connected to the fully
instrumented nurses' station.
By means of electrodes and photoelectric cells
attached to the patient's body, heart
action and pulse rate can be observed constantly,
whether the patient is in bed or walking
about, even on the balcony.
The seventh floor offers a sweeping view of the
City of Birmingham and its surrounding
range of mountains. This floor is devoted to
medical patients.
Slender strips of imported stained glass fill the
windows casting shafts of light across
The chapel in the old building was a source of
the chapel in a rainbow effect. The colors differ in
comfort and peace to many patients,
direction and intensity with outside light.
their relatives, and hospital staff members for
The only figures on the windows are bronze
seventy-two years. The chapel on the second
appliques of the Stations of the Cross.
floor in the new building retains the
restful quality of the earlier one with a timeless
Statues of the Virgin Mary and St. Vincent de Paul
design using both traditional and contemporary
flank the altar which contains a table
elements.
topped with a single 1 000 pound polished stone
of Alabama marble on a base of
Swedish granite. A figure of Christ on the cross
which was carved in
Italy is suspended from above.
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Warmth on my arrival in Birmingham,
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