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    "ocrText": "Forrance\nC\no\nP\nY\nJune 5, 1925.\nSofia Bulgaria.\nDorNoyes ess Jieiv of gatog O'I.S 500 ent Ised eW\nDirector, Nursing Service, ewaselq sserg s ed [fiw Jiaiv\nAmerican Red Cross,\nWashington, D.C.\nMy dear Miss Noyes Elexeonia KIEV\nIt\nis a longotimensince have been thinking to write to\nyou, but because of many not done until now, and\nas the time is very near when Miss Torrance will leave Bulgaria\nwe take advanage of the occasion to say something of the activity\nshe has developed in the School and in the Nursing Profession\nas a wholeaeroo0) Ioodoa\nWe certainly are so sorry that Miss Torrance is going to\nleave us so soon, because the three years she has been with us\nseem like three lovely days, full of sunshine.due to her strong\ncharacter - good spirit - absolute truthfulness - justice - patience\nand\nwillingness - always, wherever and whenever to help people with what\nshe can. She has been and will continue to be, a real example\nto students, nurses and to everybody who has come in close contact\nwith her, and she has worked with such enthusiasm and perserverance\nthat we fully agree with the article, written in one of the American\npapers a year ago, calling her, 11 Florence Nightingale on the Balkans\".\nMiss Torrance developed very well the work of madern Nursing\nwhich was begun in 1915 by Miss Hay the assistance of Miss Torrance\nand we hope that the Bulgarian nurses will appreciate what the\nAmerican nurses have done and will try their best for further develop-\nment. Now we won't miss the chance to thank the American Red Cross\nfor sending Miss Theodora LeGros as Miss Torrance's assistant. She\nwas such a good teacher to the students in their practical work\nin the hospital wards - most of her time with them - woring together\nand showing them how to do things right. Most of the new order in\nthe Red Cross Hospital is due to her. We appreciate her and her work\nand would like to see her again. Her name is often mentioned\nby the people she worked with and we are very glad to have in\nher place Miss Hazel Goff, who is very interested in the school\nand trying very hard to arrange a good program, which, of course,\nis an important condition which will raise still more the standards\nof this school.\nReally the American Red Cross has done so much for Bulgaria\nand we will try to show our gratitude by working faithfully\nand with enthusiasm in the Nursing field, having always in\nmind the splendid work of the American Nurses and the wonderful\ncharacter of Miss Torrance thank to whose tactful and wise\nway of doing things, the nursing profession in Bulgaria has gained\nso much. We would be most happy if we could have Miss Torrance\nall her life with us."
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