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    "ocrText": "of\n-4-\ncharacter is excellent; and she can be depended upon entirely. She\nhas her own ideas but can accept the plans of others and her plans\nare usually sound, is impatient with others not measuring up to her\nown fine standards. Plans her work well, with vision for future\nand carries out her plans. She is well prepared, continues to keep\nE\nup with latest information. She was successful with Home Hygiene\ngroups which she taught. She is a splendid organizer, is inclined\nto be impatient with others who do not measure up to her standards\nor cannot see her view point. She has improved herself steadily,\nis ambitious to advance.'\nDr. Roscoe Faulkner, Director, Williamson County Health Department,\nFranklin, Tennessee - July 17, 1940\n\"Miss Ruth Laxton has been Acting Supervising Nurse for the Willi.\nson County Health Department from September 1939 to July 1940. She is\nplain in appearance, dresses appropriately and is exceedingly well\ngroomed. Miss Laxton will be leaving because of the return of the\nregular supervisor from her leave of absence. Miss Laxton has an\naverage personality; she is an earnest and constant student, has a\ngood cultural background and an excellent character. Miss Laxton is\nunquestionably reliable, has her own ideas but can accept the\nopinions and plans of others, shows high order of intelligence, knows\nthe underlying principles of nursing and can use them with any tech-\nnique, She knows her subject thoroughly, keeps up-to-date in tech-\nnical knowledge, has a good voice for teaching, can be heard. Miss\nLaxton organizes work well, plans well for others, has ideas, sees\nand meets needs and is potentially a leader; she is a little prone to\nbecome impatient with achievement. Miss Laxton is neat, intelligent\nvery industrious and intensely interested in all phases of Public\nHealth Nursing.'\nMiss Eugenia Kleinfelter, Asstant to Director of Nursing Covering Area,\nAmerican Red Cross, Washington, D. C. - July 20, 1940\n\"Miss Ruth Laxton has been an itinerant public health nurse with\nus in Mary, Texas from October 20, 1938 to April 19, 1939. Miss\nLaxton is a capable, qualified public health nurse. She is a small\nperson, and the times I have seen her has been well dressed, has a\nvivacious manner. She seems well adjusted and has a good cultural\nbackground. May be inclined to press certain points, but this, I\nbelieve, is caused by her earnestness to do a good piece of work.\nHer character is excellent and she is unquestionably reliable, has.\nher own ideas butwcan. accept the opinions and plans of others. She\nshows a high order of intelligence and is an excellent teacher. She\norganizes work well, keeps up-to-date in technical knowledge and\nshows education her use of it. Miss Laxton is potentially a leader.\nSpecial Assets: Has done a splendid piece of work in the position\nshe has occupied under Red Cross.\"\nI\nDr. J. B. Black, Director, Rutherford County Health Department,\nMurfrees-Boro, Tennessee - June 20, 1941\n\"Miss Ruth Laxton has been Teacher of Health Education and Nurse\nwith this department since August 1940. She dresses appropriately\nhas ar average personality, a good cultural background and unquestioned\nintegrity. She shows average intelligence, is moderately skillful,\nshows education is the use of her subject, keeps up-to-date in tech-\nnical knowledge, has a good voice for teaching; can be heard and gets\ngood response from students. She plans well for others. 11"
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