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FRIDAY
5:05 - 5:20 p.m. Interview with Kay Kilpatrick
6:30 p.m.
Hairdresser comes
7:50 p.m.
Leave hotel for black tie dinner
8-8:30 p.m.
Reception at Art Museum
8:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Dinner at Art Museum
9:30-ish
Return to hotel
SATURDAY
11:35 a.m.
Leave hotel for hospital tour
11:45 - 2:10p. m.
Tour of St. Vincents
12:15 - 12:25p. m.
Q and A session with press
12:30-ish
To room
L p.m.
Meet with other honorees and
go to luncheon in hotel
2:15 p.m.
To room
6:30 p.m.
Hairdresser comes
7:50 p.m.
Leave for GALA
10-ll-ish
Return when you feel like it
SUNDAY
11:35 a. m.
Leave hotel for airport
11:45 a. m.
Shake hands with Republicans
11:55 a. m.
Board aircraft
Noon
Wings up
3:10 p.m.
Arrive Andrews
3:30 p.m.
Arrive White House
SPECIAL GUESTS
CBS-TV personality Charles Kuralt
Singer John Gary
New York-based beauty consultant SEBOU
OTHERS
George Seibels, mayor of Birmingham
Sister Xavier, adminstrator of St. Vincents
Emil Hess, leading citizen and one of your hosts
Sister Catherine, chairwoman of Gala
Vincent Townsend, publisher - Brimingham News
Dick Bennett, GOP state chmn; Jean Sullivan, commteewmn
Nina Miglianico, city council -- John Buschanan's opponent
George Delfavero - Don Hawkins - Eddie Leitman - GALA
TEN OTHER HONOREES
Mrs. Jacob Javits (Marion)
Mrs. Yvonne Braithwaite Burke (D-Ca.)
Mrs. William F. Buckley (Patricia)
Miss Eleanor Lambert, New York fashion authority
Miss Merle Oberon, actress
Miss Diana Vreeland, consulting editor to Vogue
Mrs. Kitty Carlisle Hart, television personality
Miss Cicely Tyson, emmy-award winning actress
Mrs. John C. Warnecke (Grace), wife of architect
Mrs. Jane Pickens Langley, former singer
Honorary chairwoman: Mrs. Aileen Mehle ("Suzy")
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SCHEDULE FOR GALA II WEEKEND BENEFITING
GERALD R. FORD LIS
ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
September 6-8, 1974
advance person- Patti Matson
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
2:40 pm
Depart the South Lawn via motorcade enroute Andrews AFB
(Accompanying you in your car will be Nancy Howe,
and Betty Buchanan).
whopaying
for
3:00 pm
Arrive Andrews AFB.
Board 131 Convair en route Air National Guard Ramp,
Birmingham, Alabama.
Note: You will be occupying a private compartment
in the rear of the plane. With you in the compart-
ment will be Nancy Howe, Helen Smith, and Betty
Buchanan.
Flying time: 2 hours and 20 minutes
4:30 p.m.
Arrive Birmingham, Alabama.
Press and staff will proceed you in departing from
the aircraft.
You will be met by: Mayor George Siebels of Birmingham,
Sister Xavier, Administrator of St. Vincent's Hospital,
and Rep. John Buchanan.
Mayor Siebels will escort you to a roped section of
crowds for a handshake session and then to the motorcade.
4:45pm
Depart via motorcade for the Parliament House Hotel.
5:00pm
Arrival in Hotel Suite
2.
5:05pm
Fifteen minute interview with Kay Kilpatrick of Birmingham
Post-Herald.
Note: You may remember that Kay is the daughter-
in-law of Carroll Kilpatrick who covers the White
House for the Washington Post.
5:20-6:30pm
Personal time.
GERALD R. FORD
6:30 pm
Hair dresser arrives. (Betty Stevens)
7:50 pm
Depart via motorcade en route Birmingham Museum of Art for
Benefactors' Reception and Dinner Party.
(Black tie: about 350 people)
You will be met by: Mr. Emil Hess, President of Parisian Store
(a large chain in Birmingham), and Mr. Joseph Brady, Vice
President of St. Vincent's Advisory Board.
Your arrival at the Reception will be announced. After 15 minutes
you will be escorted into dinner by your host and hostess,
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hess. You will be seated at a round table.
Among those seated with you, in addition to the Hess's will be:
Mrs. George C. Wallace, Miss Aileen Mehle (columnist "Suzy"),
Sister Xavier, Bishop Joseph G. Vath of the Birmingham Diocese.
No further remarks of introduction are planned.
9:15-9:30pm
At the conclusion of the dinner, Joe Brady will ask that guests
remain seated as you and your party depart, and Mr. Hess will
escort you to the door. The motorcade departs Birmingham
Museum of Art en route Parliament House Hotel.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
11:35am
Depart Parliament House via motorcade en route St. Vincent's
Hospital.
11:45am
Arrive St. Vincent's Hospital.
You will be greeted by Sister Xavier, Administrator
of the Hospital, Sister Catherine, Public Relations
Director for St. Vincent's Hospital and Chairwoman
of
Gala H
of Gala II.
You will tour the Hospital for 20-25 minutes.
12:15 pm
Ten minute press availability
3.
A brief Question and Answer session with members of the press, both
local and those who cover the White House.
12:30pm
Depart St. Vincent's Hospital en route the Hospitality House.
12:40pm
Arrive Hospitality House and go to suite for Personal Time.
1:00pm
Luncheon for "Outstanding Women" at the Hospitality House. A
Fashion Show by Parisian Store is concurrent.
You and the other "Legendary Women" will receive the Keys to the
city.
2:15pm
Luncheon ends.
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Depart for suite for personal time.
2:20-6:30pm
Personal Time.
6:30pm
Hair dresser arrives in suite.
7:50pm
Depart via motorcade for Civic Center for Gala II Ball and Dinner.
8:00pm
Arrive Civic Center.
You will be met and escorted to dinner.
Presentation and acceptance of "Legendary Women of America" Award.
Brief remarks required.
Approx. 10:30pm You will lead the first dance of the evening with Mr. Emil Hess.
Among others who will dance with you will be Rep. John Buchanan.
Approx. 11:15pm At about 11:15pm, or whatever time you would like to leave, you
have been invited to drop by a reception off the main ball room for
the Hospital's Main Benefactors. This is optional.
Approx. 11:25pm Depart via motorcade to Hospitality House.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
11:30 a.m.
Depart Hospitality House for the Birmingham Airport.
12:00 noon
Depart Birmingham enroute Andrews AFB
(flying time 2 hours and 10 minutes)
4.
3:10 pm
Arrive Andrews AFB
3:15 pm
Depart Andrews AFB via motorcade for the White House
3:25 pm
Arrive South Lawn of the White House.
GERALD R. FORD LIB
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1974
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Ford
Mrs. Ford will be honored this weekend in Birmingham, Alabama as one of
America's "Outstanding Women". She will be feted in 2 days of ceremonies-
September 6 and 7- at the Gala II Celebration Benefiting St. Vincent's Hospital.
Mrs. Ford will leave Washington D. C. at 3:00pm Friday and will attend a dinner
at the Birmingham Museum of Art on Friday evening. Saturday activities include
a tour of St. Vincent's Hospital, a luncheon and fashion show, and a brief question
and answer session with members of the press. The highlight of the weekend will
be the Gala Ball Dinner Saturday evening at the Birmingham Civic Center. One
thousand guests are expected. Mrs. Ford will leave Birmingham for Washington,
D. C. at about noon on Sunday.
Others being saluted as "Legendary Women of America" at the Gala II festivities
are: Rep. Yvonne Burke; Patricia Buckley, wife of columnist William Buckley;
television personality Kitty Carlisle Marion Javits, wife of Senator Jacob Javits;
Patrice Munsel, Metropolitan Opera soprano; actress Merle Oberon; New York
fashion authority Eleanor Lambert; Diana Vreeland, consulting editor to Vogue
Magazine; Grace Warnecke, wife of architect John C. Warnecke; Emmy Award
winning actress Cicely Tyson.
Aileen Mehle (syndicated columnist "Suzy") is Honorary Chairwoman for the Gala,
and Cornelia Wallace is the official hostess. CBS television personality Charles
Kuralt will be the Master of Ceremonies for the Gala II Ball. Singer John Gary
will entertain.
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Note: Members of the press wishing to travel with Mrs. Ford must contact her
press office by the close of business Wednesday, September 4th. It will be on a
first-come-first-serve basis.
For planning purposes: both dinners require black-tie.
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Birmingham!
He hope as you
maintain your busy
schedule this gift
will allow you to
rest better.
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THE
VOKE OF
CJD
Л. VINCENTS
CODE
Vol. 5, No. 8
ANNIVERSARY EDITION
ST. VINCENT'S
HOSPITAL
75th
ANNIVERSARY
FROM OUR CHAPLAIN
TV Advertising Campaign
Father Eugene Flynn, O.S.B.
For Hospitals
In its attempt to counter some of the adverse national
HE NEVER FORGETS
publicity hospitals have been receiving, and to take
advantage of an opportune time of the existing public
The First Christmas has a
ADMINISTRATOR'S COLUMN
and legislative concern and awareness surrounding
health care delivery, the American Hospital Association
great deal to do with our dread
is undertaking a national, paid advertising campaign.
of forgetting someone this
CHRISTMAS AT ST. VINCENT'S
Christmas of 1973. For on the
Four thiry-second messages have been professionally
first Christmas no one was
produced giving the hospitals' story. These spots will
HOSPITAL
Know
forgotten!! On the first Christ-
Dear Members of the St. Vincent's Hospital Family,
run a total of more than 30 times, nationwide during
mas there was only one list, but
the major network news broadcasts from September 9th
PEOPLE
What
it contained the names of all
Since the holiday season is
through October 12th.
men. On the first Christmas
always a special time for
They're
there was only one Giver, God
families, during this time, my
We in the health care field believe these messages will
our Father; and there was only
thoughts are very specially of
give us an opportunity to speak out in behalf of the
one Gift, His only begotten and
you our hospital family.
Doing
more that 7,000 hospitals throughout the nation.
divine Son.
Christmas is a glow that has
Examine and appreciate the
warmed the hearts of the
gift of our Father to us on the
hospital personnel and patients
first Christmas. Then and only then will we begin to realize
throughout the many years St.
how important God considers us, how foolish we are to
Vincent's has served Bir-
think that He will ever forget us, and how we ought to
mingham.
remember Him now.
Watch
We admit that human life, especially a healthy, vigorous
Christmas is peace and good will a foretaste of what
life is a valuable gift. Men are forever grateful to others
could be if we would all but follow the teachings of the One
who save their lives, to doctors who stop the inroads of dis-
whose birthday we celebrate.
HOSPITAL
ease. Yes, human life is our most valuable gift; what good
Christmas is a time of giving. No other time of the year
EDITOR'S LAMENT
are gold, platinum, diamonds when we are dying and can-
cuases people to want to give of themselves, to share their
not enjoy them?
lives with others as Christmas does.
PEOPLE
Getting out this paper presents prob-
On the first Christmas our Eternal Father gave us a still
Christmas is joy, and emotion felt by our hospital family
lems.
You'll see hospital people in action during the
more valuable gift. He gave us His Son and through Him a
and passed on to the patients under our care. It is being
American Hospital Association's month-long
If we print jokes, people will say we
share in His own divine life. The birth of Jesus at
happy despite the troubles that beset us
advertising program on the major network
are silly;
Bethlehem means our rebirth to the life of God. This is the
Christmas is turning our thoughts from material things
news programs beginning September 16.
If we don't, we're too serious.
message of Christmas: God came down to take human life
to those which are spiritual. It is a blessing which implants
Evening Network
If we clip things from other papers,
Date
News Programs
that we might be raised up to the life of God.
goodwill among the personnel and friendship among all
We're too lazy to write it ourselves;
May each of you have a blessed and happy Christmas
people.
Monday, September 16
ABC
CBS
NBC
If we don't, we're stuck on our own
and a New Year filled with good health, peace and content-
Christmas at St. Vincent's is the tenderness for the past
Tuesday, September 17
ABC
CBS
NBC
stuff!
ment.
75 years that the hospital has served Birmingham-courage
Thursday, September 19
ABC
CBS
If we stick to the job all day,
to live in these troubled times and hope for the future of the
Saturday, September 21
ABC
CBS
We ought to be out hunting up news;
hospital in service to the citizens of Birmingham.
Sunday, September 22
CBS
If we do go out and try to hustle,
In behalf of the Board of Trustees, the Advisory Board
Monday, September 23
CBS
NBC
We ought to be on the job in the
Wednesday, September 25
CBS
NBC
and the Daughters of Charity, I express my gratitude for all
office.
Thursday, September 26
ABC
CBS
that each of you has done to bring the spirit of Christ to your
Saturday, September 28
ABC
CBS
If we don't print contributions,
work. I am especially grateful to those of you who will leave
Sunday, September 29
ABC
CBS
We don't appreciate true genius;
their own families to care for our patients on Christmas and
Monday, September 30
ABC
NBC
If we do, the paper is filled with junk,
New Year's Day.
Tuesday, October 1
ABC
NBC
If we make a change in a fellow's
May each of you and your loved ones have a blessed
Wednesday, October 2
ABC
NBC
write-up,
Christmas and a New Year filled with peace and joy.
Saturday, October 5
ABC
CBS
We're too critical;
Sunday, October 6
CBS
If we don't, we are asleep.
Gratefully yours,
Monday, October 7
ABC
NBC
Now, like as not, someone will say
Tuesday, October 8
ABC
NBC
We swiped this from some other
Thursday, October 10
NBC
Friday, October 11
NBC
paper.
WE DID!
Saturday, October 12
ABC CBS
Sister Xavier
Check your local listings for exact times.
Administrator
A BRIEF HISTORY OF
ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL
Gala II
Doctor Littlejohn Honored
On November 21, 1898, St. Vincent's Hospital was officially
Gala II, an event honoring Legendary Women of
opened to care for the sick in Birmingham, Alabama. The
America, will be held September 6th and 7th. The
hospital had its beginning in the former DeBardeleben home at
proceeds of this spectacular benefit will be used to
15th Street and Second Avenue, South. Two years later it was
purchase a Pulmonary Function machine for the Respi-
moved to the present location at 2701 Ninth Court, South.
ratory Department at a cost of $30,250.00, and a
St. Vincent's Hospital has a history rich in romance and ser-
Tomograph Unit for the Radiology Department costing
vice. It was started as a mission by four Daughters of Charity of
$70,000.00.
St. Vincent de Paul, who had served as Army Nurses in the
Spanish American War. By 1900 their number had grown to six.
First St. Vincent's Hospital, opened Thanksgiving Day, 1898
In their limited facilities at the old DeBardeleben residence,
Old DeBardeleben Residence, 15th Street and 2nd Ave., South
the four Sisters began caring for patients. Often because of
Mrs. Aileen Mehle (Suzy)
crowded conditions some patients in emergency were placed on
Honorary Chairwoman for
For his many contributions to the field of psychiatry,
pallets on the floor. The new building was opened in 1900. Sister
Gala II
the American Psychiatric Association recently bestowed
Chrysostom was the first Administrator of the hospital and she
Life Fellowship in the Association to Dr. Wilmot Shipp
was also the first graduate nurse registered in the State of
Littlejohn.
Alabama.
At the time St. Vincent's Hospital was opened, there was no
Dr. Littlejohn is acclaimed ás an outstanding
public hospital in Birmingham. The hospital of the United
psychiatrist and until his retirement he was a member of
Charities had just burned in Smithfield. The people in Bir-
mingham were behind the movement to build St. Vincent's
St. Vincent's Hospital Staff.
Hospital. Reverend Patrick O'Reilly, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic
Church, was credited'with providing the initiative to obtain funds
The Legendary Women to be honored at Gala II are
It is with pleasure we congratulate Dr. Littlejohn on
and a hospital site. Father O'Reilly visited the Provincial House
as follows: Mrs. Gerald R. Ford, America's First Lady;
this well deserved honor and recognition.
of the Daughters of Charity at Emmitsburg, Maryland, and was
successful in obtaining a group of Sisters to staff the first
Mrs. William F. Buckley, Jr., a New York socialite and
Continued from page 1 Clinical Specialist
hospital.
wife of the noted columnist and author; Mrs. Jane
He promised the Sisters in the name of the citizens of Bir-
Pickens Langley, one of the Pickens sisters who enjoyed
staff on Second East is now involved in diabetic
mingham $10,000.00 if they would erect a structure costing
tremendous popularity during World War II; Mrs. Diana
teaching on one level or another. A new innovation in
St. Vincent's original structure opened in 1900
$40,000.00. The hospital was built at a cost of, not $40,000.00,
Vreeland, Consulting Editor of Vogue Magazine; Miss
diabetic care has recently been implemented here at St.
but approximately $200,000.00 with the most modern and best
Cicely Tyson, Academy Award winner; Mrs. Yvonne
Vincent's. The Eyetone capillary blood sugar test
appointed operating rooms in the South.
Brathwaite Burke, Congresswoman from California; Miss
provides almost instant diagnostic results in a crisis
The School of Nursing was organized in 1900 and the first
Merle Oberon, internationally known actress; Miss
situation. The information serves as guidelines for
three graduates were the first nurses trained in Alabama, At the
time of the First World War, in 1917, the Provincial Superior of
Eleanor Lambert, a leading personality in the fashion
immediate treatment.
the Sisters, Mother Margaret of Emmitsburg, Maryland,
world; Miss Kitty Carlisle, television personality; Mrs.
journeyed to Washington, D.C. to offer the services of her Sisters
Jacob Javits, wife of the Senator from New York.
Mrs. Chalkly, one of five cardiovascular specialists in
as Government Nurses. The first and only band of American
Birmingham, provides direct patient care - especially to
Sisters to engage in work overseas during that World War was
Honorary Chairwoman of Gala II is Mrs. Aileen Mehle
the critically ill. She is on call for any serious patient
made up of ten Daughters of Charity from the St. Louis Province
of New York. Mrs. Mehle is better known as "Suzy",
problems and answers all Codes, Blue and 99. Mrs.
with Sister Chrysostom as Chief Nurse.
Chalkly lends assistance in writing special procedures for
In 1917, Sister Chrysostom was replaced at St. Vincent's
the syndicated social columnist. This dazzling person-
ality was honored last year at Gala 75. Mrs. George C.
critical care units and she is also very much involved in
Hospital by Sister Magdalen. In 1920, Sister Angela O'Brien was
Wallace, charming wife of Alabama's governor, will
staff development in her field.
appointed as Administrator. Sister made numerous im-
provements in the hospital during her term of office. In addition
again be State Hostess.
Because it is important for a cardiac patient to
The new St. Vincent's opened May of 1972.
to the erection of the School of Nursing, the entire hospital was
understand his condition and what must be done in an
renovated and paramedical departments such as X-ray and
The Gala Weekend activities include a Benefactor
emergency situation, patient and family teaching is one
Pathology were added. In 1952 the East Wing was added under
Dinner at the Birmingham Museum of Art on Friday
of Mrs. Chalkly's more important functions. Instruc-
the direction of Sister Lydia Hoffman.
evening where the Legendary Women will be intro-
tions regarding diet, medications and specific care are
The initial plans for the new St. Vincent's Hospital began un-
duced; an informal breakfast reception at St. Vincent's
given to individual patients before they are discharged
der the direction of Sister Carlos McDonald, Administrator from
Hospital hosted by the Volunteers, giving St. Vincent's
from the hospital. Patients are encouraged to telephone
1961 to 1966. They were brought to completion during the ad-
personnel an opportunity to meet the honored guests; a
and seek advice if further problems or questions arise.
ministration of Sister Mary Bourke at which time the complex
ladies luncheon and fashion show sponsored by
became a reality. The present Administrator, Sister Xavier
Parisian's, Inc. at the Parliament House. On Saturday
Ballance, succeeded Sister Mary in May 1972.
Mrs. Chalkly is Co-Chairman of the Coronary Club
evening, the Gala II Ball will be held at the Civic Center
The modern concrete, glass and brick building with the most
which is sponsored by the Jefferson County Heart
where the ladies will receive their awards as Legendary
technological aids to medical treatment, was made possible by
Association. The Club meets monthly here at St.
Women of America.
the reputation that the hospital has earned in nearly three-
Vincent's. Topics such as diet, exercise and medication
quarters of a century of service to the community. Of total
are discussed. Both patient and family are invited to
building costs. $1.4 million was contributed from the communi-
Even though printed invitations for Gala II were
attend.
tv.
mailed to various people, the event is open to the
Isn't it reassuring to know that the health care field
has such highly skilled personnel as the Clinical Nursing
Presently under construction is St. Vincent's Professional
The hospital is administered by the Daughters o of Charity of
public. However, tickets must be purchased in advance.
St. Vincent de Paul operating as a voluntary. corpora-
Tickets may be purchased by contacting the Public
Building. The 3.9 million dollar structure will house 50
Specialist? We at St. Vincent's are certainly proud of
tion.under the Board of Trustees of the Order and a Lay Advisory
Relations Department at St. Vincent's Hospital.
physicians on its seven floors. The new facility will include a six
ours.
Board of community leaders.
floor parking deck. The building will be ready for occupancy in
the fall of 1974.
ST. VINCENTS
GALA 75,
a spectacular event, honoring Outstanding Women
HOSPITAL
of America, took place September 22, 1973 to benefit St. Vincent's Hospital and to
celebrate its 75th anniversary.
The Gala weekend began on Friday evening September 21st with a patrons'
dinner at the Parliament House which was hosted by Miss Eleanor Kidd. Saturday
morning included a brief ceremony and tour at the hospital which was followed by a
special program, open to the public, at the Clark Theatre. A luncheon for the
honored ladies and the Women's Committee of Gala 75 was held at the Woodward
House. The official hostess of Gala 75 was Alabama's lovely First Lady, Mrs. George
Wallace.
The highlight of the weekend was the glittering Gala 75 Ball at the Civic Center
and Exhibition Gardens. Fourteen charming women from all across the nation were
presented "Outstanding Women of America" awards. These honorees included:
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Mrs. Walter Annenberg, Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale, Mrs.
Donald Chipman, Miss Arlene Francis, Mrs. William B. Harris, Miss Helen Hayes,
Mrs. John Johnson, Mrs. Leonard Lavin, Mrs. Jules Lederer (Ann Landers), Miss
Anita Loos, Mrs. Aileen Mehle (Suzy Knickerbocker), Mrs. Henry Paschen (Maria
Tallchief), Mrs. Ronald Regan, Mrs. John Swearingen.
Preceeding the awards presentation was a fashion show featuring a collection of
fashions by Kasper, an internationally known designer, who was also a guest for
the weekend. The evening concluded with dancing to the music of the Buddy
Morrow Orchestra.
OUTSTANDING WOMEN OF AMERICA
COORDINATING CHAIR MEN FOR GALA 75
FINALIZING PLANS FOR THE GALA 75 WEEKEND
Seated from left: Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale, Mrs. Ronald Regan, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Mrs. Walter
George Delfavero and Eddie Leitman
From left, Mrs. Don Hawkins, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Eddie
Annenberg, Miss Anita Loos.
Leitman, Mrs. Martha Godsey, Mrs. Ann McMillan
Standing from left: Mrs. Aileen Mehle, Mrs. Leonard Lavin, Miss Arlene Francis, Mrs. George C. Wallace,
and Sister Xavier
Mrs. Donald Chipman, Mrs. John Swearingen, Mrs. William Harris.
WELCOMING GALA GUESTS TO BIRMINGHAM
Mrs. Lyndon Johnson receiving her award from Sister Elise,
From left to right:
Provincial Superior of the East-Central Province of The
Mrs. Martha Godsey, Mrs. Gayle Leitman, Sebou, Mrs. Aileen Mehle (Suzy), Mrs.
Daughters of Charity and Sister Xavier, Administrator of St.
Carol Cheraskin, Kasper, Sister Michael Ann, Mrs. Nancy Langley
Vincent's Hospital.
Mrs. Jules Lederer
(Ann Landers)
Welcoming Miss Anita Loos, center, are Sister
Mrs. Henry Paschen
Lucille Marie and Mrs. Margie Crates.
(Maria Tallchief)
Sister Xavier, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Bishop
Joseph G. Vath
Mr. James Hatcher, Gala's Direc-
tor of Presentations, and Mrs. Lyn-
don B. Johnson
Mr. W. Cecil Bauer, Miss Eleanor Kidd, Mr. William
Lathrop
HIGHLIGHTS
AND
SIDELIGHTS
The elegant Gala 75 Ball
Sisters welcoming Mrs. Lyndon Johnson
to St. Vincent's.
Mr. Don Wear, Master of
Mrs. George Wallace, Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Mrs. Walter
Ceremonies for Gala 75 Ball
Annenberg, Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale at the Gala 75 Ball.
Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale, Mrs. Lee
Styslinger, Mrs. Ronald Regan
Mrs. Aileen Mehle, Mr. Don
Hawkins, Mrs. John Swearingen
Arlene Francis receiving her award from Sister Xavier and
Sister Elise
Mrs. Aileen Mehle (Suzy)
George and Faye Delfavero
Sister Catherine, Sister Xavier, Miss Zuma Elgin and St. Vincent's Volunteers ready to
Miss Eleanor Kidd welcoming Mrs.
Mrs. Carl Hess, Mr. Emil Hess, Sebou, Mrs. Emil Hess,
welcome honored guests to hospital.
Leonard Lavin, right, to Patrons' Dinner.
Kasper
Alabama's First Lady with Sisters from St. Vincent's.
Sister Elise and Sister Mary Lawrence
Arlington Belles greeting Mrs. Ronald Regan at the Clark Theatre
The Voice of St. Vincent's
St Vincent's Hospital
P.O. Box 915
Birmingham, Alabama 35201
Miss Jane Rice, (Miss Alabama 1974,) performing at Clark
Sister Xavier, D.C.
Theatre during Saturday morning's program.
Administrator
Edited and published by the
Public Relations Department.
ST. VINCENT SCHOOL OF NURSING
2701 Ninth Court, South
Non-Profit
Organization
Birmingham, Ala. 35205
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ST. VINCENT
PAID
Permit # 2523
"A TRADITION OF
Birmingham, Ala.
DEVOTED SERVICE
BY THE
DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY
SINCE 1898"
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SAINT VINCENT'S HOSPITAL
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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.
ALABAMA
***
GREAT
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,
V
George George C. C Wallase Wallace
Governor
MRS. GEORGE C. WALLACE
Alabama's First Lady
and
GCW:slg
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,
Sister Xamin
Sister Xavier
Administrator
AWARDS CEREMONIES
PROGRAM
Charles Kuralt
Presiding
Master of Ceremonies
Sister Xavier Ballance
GERALD R. FOR
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 II
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.
ELEANOR LAMBERT
Eleanor Lambert is one of the leading personalities of the
American fashion world and a prime crusader for world recogni-
tion 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 informa-
tion 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 fash-
ion throughout the world, tentatively called "World Guide to
Fashion."
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.
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
Advisor to GALA II
JAMES HATCHER
Advisor to GALA II
International make-up wizard Sebou was reared in Iran
where he was the son of an Iranian diplomat. At the age of 15 he
James Hatcher, Director of the Birmingham Town and Gown
became beauty stylist to the Iranian royal family who he contin-
Theater, holds the Academic Appointment of Associate Professor
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.
make-up and hair styling.
Governor George C. Wallace appointed Mr. Hatcher the first
Executive Director of the Alabama Council on the Arts which
was founded in 1966.
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We express our sincere appreciation to the
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TRAVEL COORDINATOR
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Birmingham, Alabama
Barbara Shook
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for their kindness to St. Vincent's Hospital through
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HOSPITALITY SUITE
the many services they have rendered
Peggy Bonfield
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during the GALA II weekend.
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HOSTESSES
Carol Barron
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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
3 day Cruise for 2 persons to Nassau aboard the
Sterling Advertising & Public Rel., Inc.
Joyce Ross
Cobb Lane Flowers
T. D. Russell
SS Bahama Star. Arranged through Brownell Tours
Elma Bell
Jane Smith
The Birmingham News
Herbert Maulitz
Servicemaster of Birmingham:
The Birmingham Post-Herald
Dr. R. Rex Harris
$25.00 Gift Certificate
Birmingham Police Department
Robert L. Franklin
Don Brown
WVOK Radio
Bill Woods Beechcraft, Inc.:
Central Bank of Birmingham
WSGN
10 Hours Dual Flight Time
Contri Brothers Gift Basket
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Crawford and Company
Don A. Hawkins
Henry G. Gobeil
Blach's Department Store
J. Ortman Company:
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
Parliament House
Fur Trim All Wool Sweater
Chief James Parsons
Mary Fife
Donald D. Wear
Jonni Hicks
Hugh Smith
J. C. Penney Company, Inc.:
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
Brookside Wine Company
Bob Vega
Frankie Engel Antiques:
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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Don Drennen Buick
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Doug Willey Pontiac
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St. Vincent's Hospital
Birmingham, Alabama
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF
ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL
LIBRARY
Facts
STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY FOR ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL
THE CHARITY OF CHRIST URGES US!
As Daughters of Charity established as a vital and integral part of the
WE BELIEVE THAT:
work of the Church by St. Vincent de Paul, Universal Patron of Charity
Every man is created and loved by God and is responsible to Him.
and Our Founder, we individually and collectively dedicate ourselves to
We must protect and defend the God-given rights and dignity of every
promote Christian community and to enhance the dignity of man by pro-
man from conception through life and death.
viding optimal health care services to all persons we serve in response to
We are obliged to employ management principles and structures which
community needs insofar as our capabilities and resources allow. Our
assure the highest quality of professional care, patient and family services,
commitment impels us to extend Christ's mission of mercy; to witness to
employee justice and development and education for medical and para-
medical health workers.
the Gospel message; to care for the whole person-body, mind and soul-
in a spirit of equality and ecumenism; and to serve all persons as we
We are pledged to continue to serve the people of this area within this
philosophy, seeking always to serve with respect, competence and com-
would serve Christ.
Daughters of Charity
passion.
Facts
FORD 2. 03 LIBRARY
about
St. Vincent's
Hospital
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
A BRIEF HISTORY OF
ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL
SERVICE
LIBRARY
CODE
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 O'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 D'Reilly, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic
The modern concrete, glass and brick building with the most
Church, was credited with providing the initiative to obtain funds
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
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the wounded. With the founding of primary schools and homes for the aged,
their works continued to multiply. "We are in urgent need of Sisters," wrote
Louise de Marillac, "because of the great demand there is for them."
By 1790 the number of establishments had grown to four hundred and
fifty, with twenty of this number in Poland.
During the French Revolution the Sisters suffered cruel persecution, but
their status was restored in 1830 by a decree from the Minister of the Interior:
"Considering that the necessary aid to the sick can only be rendered by
persons dedicated to their calling and directed by the enthusiasm of charity."
During the latter part of the Eighteenth Century the Daughters of Charity
began to extend their houses throughout Europe, but the major expansion
abroad did not come until the Nineteenth Century, between 1830 and 1890.
Today their works extend to sixty-five countries.
In 1809 Elizabeth Ann Seton, a young widow from New York, founded
the Daughters of Charity in the United States.
Mrs. Seton set up a charitable congregation in Emmitsburg, in the Mary-
land mountains near Baltimore. She appealed to the Mother House in Paris for
the rules of the Daughters of Charity and modeled her community on the
teachings of St. Vincent de Paul.
The "Little Company" quickly grew in numbers and the works of the
Sisters spread to the surrounding states and beyond. Because of the obvious
transportation and communication problems of the day, the union with the
Daughters of Charity did not take place until 1850, when 300 Sisters of one of
Mother Seton's communities officially joined the parent body.
Today there are houses of the Daughters of Charity all over the United
States.
Saint Vincent de Paul, Founder of the
Daughters of Charity.
The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, who have operated St.
Vincent's Hospital since 1898, are part of a world-wide community of some
44,000 members.
Founded in France in 1633 by St. Vincent de Paul, the Daughters of
Charity were the first uncloistered community in the Church and the first to
work directly with the poor, the sick, the aged and the afflicted.
Following the guidelines of her Seventeenth Century sister, the present-day
Daughter of Charity remains dedicated to the unfortunates of humanity and
continues to work effectively-from one end of the globe to the other in the
fields of teaching, social service and health care. In the United States the
Daughters of Charity operate forty-four hospitals.
This imposing army of women, the largest and one of the most progressive
in the Church today, sprang from a nucleus of "four or five good peasant
girls."
Intent on combating the poverty and ignorance rampant in Seventeenth
Century France, St. Vincent de Paul, then a parish priest and known as
Monsieur Vincent, began his mission in Paris in the early 1620's. To help
those in need, he organized the Confraternities of Charity, later to become the
Ladies of Charity. A short time afterwards, with the assistance of Louise de
Marillac, he founded the Daughters of Charity.
Louise de Marillac, later to become St. Louise, was a young woman of
remarkable energies and spiritual development. Always concerned with helping
the sick and needy, Louise recruited a group of young village girls, set up a
small community in her home and began to train them in the skills of
housekeeping, teaching and nursing. It was this original company, described in
an account of the time as "four or five good peasant girls," which St. Vincent
named "Daughters of Charity, Servants of the Sick and Poor."
The Community grew rapidly. The Sisters were called upon to assist in
caring for the patients at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Paris; to care for
unfortunate waifs at the Foundling Home;to visit patients at the Asylum for
the mentally ill, to instruct children.
"We believe that mental, moral, spiritual, and physical rights and
During the Thirty Years' War the Daughters of Charity set a precedent and
responsibilities are identical for every man, regardless of race, creed, or
social or economic status and, in assisting him we must consider the
amazed their contemporaries by going onto the battlefield to bring first aid to
total person."
-Daughters of Charity
Responding to Charity
"When all the poor in the world are no
longer poor.
When all the hungry are fed,
and all the naked are clothed;
when the lame can run,
and the blind can see;
when the deaf can hear all the lovely
harmony of music and song.
"When the sick, and the dying, and the
abandoned babies, and the orphans,
and the outcast,
and the lonely and the forsaken
are all gathered in Heaven,
and are safe in the Arms
of our Loving Father;
and when there will be no more
suffering on earth,
then, indeed,
Saint Louise and all her Daughters will
be in Heaven, too."
But until that day-
There will always be Daughters of Charity.
CHARITY OF JESUS OF CRUCIFIED PRESSES
THE
Sn
Motto and Seal
of
The Daughters of Charity
of
St. Vincent de Paul
SUGGESTIONS FOR REMARKS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT GALA
(They suggest a one or two sentence response)
My husband started telling me what a real Dixie welcome
was like after he visited Birmingham a couple of months
ago. But seeing is believing, and I have to say that the
only thing that could have possibly topped the warmth of
the fabulous colors in this room tonight is the warmth of
the welcome you've given me this weekend. You've given
me the keys to the city -- I give you the keys to my heart.
My deep appreciation to the Daughters of Charity for the
very great honor you give me in inviting me to be a part of
Gala.
And my even greater appreciation for letting
me be a part of Birmingham for a weekend.
Thank you.
Bx 8 9/6-8/74
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Ford Presidential Library.\nFRIDAY\n5:05 - 5:20 p.m. Interview with Kay Kilpatrick\n6:30 p.m.\nHairdresser comes\n7:50 p.m.\nLeave hotel for black tie dinner\n8-8:30 p.m.\nReception at Art Museum\n8:30 - 9:30 p.m.\nDinner at Art Museum\n9:30-ish\nReturn to hotel\nSATURDAY\n11:35 a.m.\nLeave hotel for hospital tour\n11:45 - 2:10p. m.\nTour of St. Vincents\n12:15 - 12:25p. m.\nQ and A session with press\n12:30-ish\nTo room\nL p.m.\nMeet with other honorees and\ngo to luncheon in hotel\n2:15 p.m.\nTo room\n6:30 p.m.\nHairdresser comes\n7:50 p.m.\nLeave for GALA\n10-ll-ish\nReturn when you feel like it\nSUNDAY\n11:35 a. m.\nLeave hotel for airport\n11:45 a. m.\nShake hands with Republicans\n11:55 a. m.\nBoard aircraft\nNoon\nWings up\n3:10 p.m.\nArrive Andrews\n3:30 p.m.\nArrive White House\nSPECIAL GUESTS\nCBS-TV personality Charles Kuralt\nSinger John Gary\nNew York-based beauty consultant SEBOU\nOTHERS\nGeorge Seibels, mayor of Birmingham\nSister Xavier, adminstrator of St. Vincents\nEmil Hess, leading citizen and one of your hosts\nSister Catherine, chairwoman of Gala\nVincent Townsend, publisher - Brimingham News\nDick Bennett, GOP state chmn; Jean Sullivan, commteewmn\nNina Miglianico, city council -- John Buschanan's opponent\nGeorge Delfavero - Don Hawkins - Eddie Leitman - GALA\nTEN OTHER HONOREES\nMrs. Jacob Javits (Marion)\nMrs. Yvonne Braithwaite Burke (D-Ca.)\nMrs. William F. Buckley (Patricia)\nMiss Eleanor Lambert, New York fashion authority\nMiss Merle Oberon, actress\nMiss Diana Vreeland, consulting editor to Vogue\nMrs. Kitty Carlisle Hart, television personality\nMiss Cicely Tyson, emmy-award winning actress\nMrs. John C. Warnecke (Grace), wife of architect\nMrs. Jane Pickens Langley, former singer\nHonorary chairwoman: Mrs. Aileen Mehle (\"Suzy\")\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSCHEDULE FOR GALA II WEEKEND BENEFITING\nGERALD R. FORD LIS\nST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA\nSeptember 6-8, 1974\nadvance person- Patti Matson\nFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6\n2:40 pm\nDepart the South Lawn via motorcade enroute Andrews AFB\n(Accompanying you in your car will be Nancy Howe,\nand Betty Buchanan).\nwhopaying\nfor\n3:00 pm\nArrive Andrews AFB.\nBoard 131 Convair en route Air National Guard Ramp,\nBirmingham, Alabama.\nNote: You will be occupying a private compartment\nin the rear of the plane. With you in the compart-\nment will be Nancy Howe, Helen Smith, and Betty\nBuchanan.\nFlying time: 2 hours and 20 minutes\n4:30 p.m.\nArrive Birmingham, Alabama.\nPress and staff will proceed you in departing from\nthe aircraft.\nYou will be met by: Mayor George Siebels of Birmingham,\nSister Xavier, Administrator of St. Vincent's Hospital,\nand Rep. John Buchanan.\nMayor Siebels will escort you to a roped section of\ncrowds for a handshake session and then to the motorcade.\n4:45pm\nDepart via motorcade for the Parliament House Hotel.\n5:00pm\nArrival in Hotel Suite\n2.\n5:05pm\nFifteen minute interview with Kay Kilpatrick of Birmingham\nPost-Herald.\nNote: You may remember that Kay is the daughter-\nin-law of Carroll Kilpatrick who covers the White\nHouse for the Washington Post.\n5:20-6:30pm\nPersonal time.\nGERALD R. FORD\n6:30 pm\nHair dresser arrives. (Betty Stevens)\n7:50 pm\nDepart via motorcade en route Birmingham Museum of Art for\nBenefactors' Reception and Dinner Party.\n(Black tie: about 350 people)\nYou will be met by: Mr. Emil Hess, President of Parisian Store\n(a large chain in Birmingham), and Mr. Joseph Brady, Vice\nPresident of St. Vincent's Advisory Board.\nYour arrival at the Reception will be announced. After 15 minutes\nyou will be escorted into dinner by your host and hostess,\nMr. and Mrs. Emil Hess. You will be seated at a round table.\nAmong those seated with you, in addition to the Hess's will be:\nMrs. George C. Wallace, Miss Aileen Mehle (columnist \"Suzy\"),\nSister Xavier, Bishop Joseph G. Vath of the Birmingham Diocese.\nNo further remarks of introduction are planned.\n9:15-9:30pm\nAt the conclusion of the dinner, Joe Brady will ask that guests\nremain seated as you and your party depart, and Mr. Hess will\nescort you to the door. The motorcade departs Birmingham\nMuseum of Art en route Parliament House Hotel.\nSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7\n11:35am\nDepart Parliament House via motorcade en route St. Vincent's\nHospital.\n11:45am\nArrive St. Vincent's Hospital.\nYou will be greeted by Sister Xavier, Administrator\nof the Hospital, Sister Catherine, Public Relations\nDirector for St. Vincent's Hospital and Chairwoman\nof\nGala H\nof Gala II.\nYou will tour the Hospital for 20-25 minutes.\n12:15 pm\nTen minute press availability\n3.\nA brief Question and Answer session with members of the press, both\nlocal and those who cover the White House.\n12:30pm\nDepart St. Vincent's Hospital en route the Hospitality House.\n12:40pm\nArrive Hospitality House and go to suite for Personal Time.\n1:00pm\nLuncheon for \"Outstanding Women\" at the Hospitality House. A\nFashion Show by Parisian Store is concurrent.\nYou and the other \"Legendary Women\" will receive the Keys to the\ncity.\n2:15pm\nLuncheon ends.\nFORD LIBRARY j GERALD\nDepart for suite for personal time.\n2:20-6:30pm\nPersonal Time.\n6:30pm\nHair dresser arrives in suite.\n7:50pm\nDepart via motorcade for Civic Center for Gala II Ball and Dinner.\n8:00pm\nArrive Civic Center.\nYou will be met and escorted to dinner.\nPresentation and acceptance of \"Legendary Women of America\" Award.\nBrief remarks required.\nApprox. 10:30pm You will lead the first dance of the evening with Mr. Emil Hess.\nAmong others who will dance with you will be Rep. John Buchanan.\nApprox. 11:15pm At about 11:15pm, or whatever time you would like to leave, you\nhave been invited to drop by a reception off the main ball room for\nthe Hospital's Main Benefactors. This is optional.\nApprox. 11:25pm Depart via motorcade to Hospitality House.\nSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8\n11:30 a.m.\nDepart Hospitality House for the Birmingham Airport.\n12:00 noon\nDepart Birmingham enroute Andrews AFB\n(flying time 2 hours and 10 minutes)\n4.\n3:10 pm\nArrive Andrews AFB\n3:15 pm\nDepart Andrews AFB via motorcade for the White House\n3:25 pm\nArrive South Lawn of the White House.\nGERALD R. FORD LIB\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1974\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Ford\nMrs. Ford will be honored this weekend in Birmingham, Alabama as one of\nAmerica's \"Outstanding Women\". She will be feted in 2 days of ceremonies-\nSeptember 6 and 7- at the Gala II Celebration Benefiting St. Vincent's Hospital.\nMrs. Ford will leave Washington D. C. at 3:00pm Friday and will attend a dinner\nat the Birmingham Museum of Art on Friday evening. Saturday activities include\na tour of St. Vincent's Hospital, a luncheon and fashion show, and a brief question\nand answer session with members of the press. The highlight of the weekend will\nbe the Gala Ball Dinner Saturday evening at the Birmingham Civic Center. One\nthousand guests are expected. Mrs. Ford will leave Birmingham for Washington,\nD. C. at about noon on Sunday.\nOthers being saluted as \"Legendary Women of America\" at the Gala II festivities\nare: Rep. Yvonne Burke; Patricia Buckley, wife of columnist William Buckley;\ntelevision personality Kitty Carlisle Marion Javits, wife of Senator Jacob Javits;\nPatrice Munsel, Metropolitan Opera soprano; actress Merle Oberon; New York\nfashion authority Eleanor Lambert; Diana Vreeland, consulting editor to Vogue\nMagazine; Grace Warnecke, wife of architect John C. Warnecke; Emmy Award\nwinning actress Cicely Tyson.\nAileen Mehle (syndicated columnist \"Suzy\") is Honorary Chairwoman for the Gala,\nand Cornelia Wallace is the official hostess. CBS television personality Charles\nKuralt will be the Master of Ceremonies for the Gala II Ball. Singer John Gary\nwill entertain.\n####\nNote: Members of the press wishing to travel with Mrs. Ford must contact her\npress office by the close of business Wednesday, September 4th. It will be on a\nfirst-come-first-serve basis.\nFor planning purposes: both dinners require black-tie.\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nWITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES)\nFORM OF\nCORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nDOCUMENT\nSchedule\nSchedule for Gala II Weekend benefiting St. Vincent's Hospital,\n9/6/1974\nB\nBirmingham, Alabama, September 6-8, 1974. 2 pages. (2 copies)\nFile Location:\nBetty Ford White House Papers, Box 8, Folder: \"9/6-8/74 - Birmingham, AL (1)\"\nSMD - 6/28/2018\nRESTRICTION CODES\n(A) Closed by applicable Executive order governing access to national security information.\n(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.\n(C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNA FORM 1429 (1-98)\nWelcome to\nBirmingham!\nHe hope as you\nmaintain your busy\nschedule this gift\nwill allow you to\nrest better.\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nThe Jefferson County\nChiropractic Society\nDr. P.R. Hug,\nCommittee Chairman\nHandmade\nMrs. Betty Ford\nJefferson County Chiropractic Society\n3106 Cahaba Heights Plaza\nBurmingham, ala. 35243\nFORD LIBRARK\nTHE\nVOKE OF\nCJD\nЛ. VINCENTS\nCODE\nVol. 5, No. 8\nANNIVERSARY EDITION\nST. VINCENT'S\nHOSPITAL\n75th\nANNIVERSARY\nFROM OUR CHAPLAIN\nTV Advertising Campaign\nFather Eugene Flynn, O.S.B.\nFor Hospitals\nIn its attempt to counter some of the adverse national\nHE NEVER FORGETS\npublicity hospitals have been receiving, and to take\nadvantage of an opportune time of the existing public\nThe First Christmas has a\nADMINISTRATOR'S COLUMN\nand legislative concern and awareness surrounding\nhealth care delivery, the American Hospital Association\ngreat deal to do with our dread\nis undertaking a national, paid advertising campaign.\nof forgetting someone this\nCHRISTMAS AT ST. VINCENT'S\nChristmas of 1973. For on the\nFour thiry-second messages have been professionally\nfirst Christmas no one was\nproduced giving the hospitals' story. These spots will\nHOSPITAL\nKnow\nforgotten!! On the first Christ-\nDear Members of the St. Vincent's Hospital Family,\nrun a total of more than 30 times, nationwide during\nmas there was only one list, but\nthe major network news broadcasts from September 9th\nPEOPLE\nWhat\nit contained the names of all\nSince the holiday season is\nthrough October 12th.\nmen. On the first Christmas\nalways a special time for\nThey're\nthere was only one Giver, God\nfamilies, during this time, my\nWe in the health care field believe these messages will\nour Father; and there was only\nthoughts are very specially of\ngive us an opportunity to speak out in behalf of the\none Gift, His only begotten and\nyou our hospital family.\nDoing\nmore that 7,000 hospitals throughout the nation.\ndivine Son.\nChristmas is a glow that has\nExamine and appreciate the\nwarmed the hearts of the\ngift of our Father to us on the\nhospital personnel and patients\nfirst Christmas. Then and only then will we begin to realize\nthroughout the many years St.\nhow important God considers us, how foolish we are to\nVincent's has served Bir-\nthink that He will ever forget us, and how we ought to\nmingham.\nremember Him now.\nWatch\nWe admit that human life, especially a healthy, vigorous\nChristmas is peace and good will a foretaste of what\nlife is a valuable gift. Men are forever grateful to others\ncould be if we would all but follow the teachings of the One\nwho save their lives, to doctors who stop the inroads of dis-\nwhose birthday we celebrate.\nHOSPITAL\nease. Yes, human life is our most valuable gift; what good\nChristmas is a time of giving. No other time of the year\nEDITOR'S LAMENT\nare gold, platinum, diamonds when we are dying and can-\ncuases people to want to give of themselves, to share their\nnot enjoy them?\nlives with others as Christmas does.\nPEOPLE\nGetting out this paper presents prob-\nOn the first Christmas our Eternal Father gave us a still\nChristmas is joy, and emotion felt by our hospital family\nlems.\nYou'll see hospital people in action during the\nmore valuable gift. He gave us His Son and through Him a\nand passed on to the patients under our care. It is being\nAmerican Hospital Association's month-long\nIf we print jokes, people will say we\nshare in His own divine life. The birth of Jesus at\nhappy despite the troubles that beset us\nadvertising program on the major network\nare silly;\nBethlehem means our rebirth to the life of God. This is the\nChristmas is turning our thoughts from material things\nnews programs beginning September 16.\nIf we don't, we're too serious.\nmessage of Christmas: God came down to take human life\nto those which are spiritual. It is a blessing which implants\nEvening Network\nIf we clip things from other papers,\nDate\nNews Programs\nthat we might be raised up to the life of God.\ngoodwill among the personnel and friendship among all\nWe're too lazy to write it ourselves;\nMay each of you have a blessed and happy Christmas\npeople.\nMonday, September 16\nABC\nCBS\nNBC\nIf we don't, we're stuck on our own\nand a New Year filled with good health, peace and content-\nChristmas at St. Vincent's is the tenderness for the past\nTuesday, September 17\nABC\nCBS\nNBC\nstuff!\nment.\n75 years that the hospital has served Birmingham-courage\nThursday, September 19\nABC\nCBS\nIf we stick to the job all day,\nto live in these troubled times and hope for the future of the\nSaturday, September 21\nABC\nCBS\nWe ought to be out hunting up news;\nhospital in service to the citizens of Birmingham.\nSunday, September 22\nCBS\nIf we do go out and try to hustle,\nIn behalf of the Board of Trustees, the Advisory Board\nMonday, September 23\nCBS\nNBC\nWe ought to be on the job in the\nWednesday, September 25\nCBS\nNBC\nand the Daughters of Charity, I express my gratitude for all\noffice.\nThursday, September 26\nABC\nCBS\nthat each of you has done to bring the spirit of Christ to your\nSaturday, September 28\nABC\nCBS\nIf we don't print contributions,\nwork. I am especially grateful to those of you who will leave\nSunday, September 29\nABC\nCBS\nWe don't appreciate true genius;\ntheir own families to care for our patients on Christmas and\nMonday, September 30\nABC\nNBC\nIf we do, the paper is filled with junk,\nNew Year's Day.\nTuesday, October 1\nABC\nNBC\nIf we make a change in a fellow's\nMay each of you and your loved ones have a blessed\nWednesday, October 2\nABC\nNBC\nwrite-up,\nChristmas and a New Year filled with peace and joy.\nSaturday, October 5\nABC\nCBS\nWe're too critical;\nSunday, October 6\nCBS\nIf we don't, we are asleep.\nGratefully yours,\nMonday, October 7\nABC\nNBC\nNow, like as not, someone will say\nTuesday, October 8\nABC\nNBC\nWe swiped this from some other\nThursday, October 10\nNBC\nFriday, October 11\nNBC\npaper.\nWE DID!\nSaturday, October 12\nABC CBS\nSister Xavier\nCheck your local listings for exact times.\nAdministrator\nA BRIEF HISTORY OF\nST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL\nGala II\nDoctor Littlejohn Honored\nOn November 21, 1898, St. Vincent's Hospital was officially\nGala II, an event honoring Legendary Women of\nopened to care for the sick in Birmingham, Alabama. The\nAmerica, will be held September 6th and 7th. The\nhospital had its beginning in the former DeBardeleben home at\nproceeds of this spectacular benefit will be used to\n15th Street and Second Avenue, South. Two years later it was\npurchase a Pulmonary Function machine for the Respi-\nmoved to the present location at 2701 Ninth Court, South.\nratory Department at a cost of $30,250.00, and a\nSt. Vincent's Hospital has a history rich in romance and ser-\nTomograph Unit for the Radiology Department costing\nvice. It was started as a mission by four Daughters of Charity of\n$70,000.00.\nSt. Vincent de Paul, who had served as Army Nurses in the\nSpanish American War. By 1900 their number had grown to six.\nFirst St. Vincent's Hospital, opened Thanksgiving Day, 1898\nIn their limited facilities at the old DeBardeleben residence,\nOld DeBardeleben Residence, 15th Street and 2nd Ave., South\nthe four Sisters began caring for patients. Often because of\nMrs. Aileen Mehle (Suzy)\ncrowded conditions some patients in emergency were placed on\nHonorary Chairwoman for\nFor his many contributions to the field of psychiatry,\npallets on the floor. The new building was opened in 1900. Sister\nGala II\nthe American Psychiatric Association recently bestowed\nChrysostom was the first Administrator of the hospital and she\nLife Fellowship in the Association to Dr. Wilmot Shipp\nwas also the first graduate nurse registered in the State of\nLittlejohn.\nAlabama.\nAt the time St. Vincent's Hospital was opened, there was no\nDr. Littlejohn is acclaimed ás an outstanding\npublic hospital in Birmingham. The hospital of the United\npsychiatrist and until his retirement he was a member of\nCharities had just burned in Smithfield. The people in Bir-\nmingham were behind the movement to build St. Vincent's\nSt. Vincent's Hospital Staff.\nHospital. Reverend Patrick O'Reilly, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic\nChurch, was credited'with providing the initiative to obtain funds\nThe Legendary Women to be honored at Gala II are\nIt is with pleasure we congratulate Dr. Littlejohn on\nand a hospital site. Father O'Reilly visited the Provincial House\nas follows: Mrs. Gerald R. Ford, America's First Lady;\nthis well deserved honor and recognition.\nof the Daughters of Charity at Emmitsburg, Maryland, and was\nsuccessful in obtaining a group of Sisters to staff the first\nMrs. William F. Buckley, Jr., a New York socialite and\nContinued from page 1 Clinical Specialist\nhospital.\nwife of the noted columnist and author; Mrs. Jane\nHe promised the Sisters in the name of the citizens of Bir-\nPickens Langley, one of the Pickens sisters who enjoyed\nstaff on Second East is now involved in diabetic\nmingham $10,000.00 if they would erect a structure costing\ntremendous popularity during World War II; Mrs. Diana\nteaching on one level or another. A new innovation in\nSt. Vincent's original structure opened in 1900\n$40,000.00. The hospital was built at a cost of, not $40,000.00,\nVreeland, Consulting Editor of Vogue Magazine; Miss\ndiabetic care has recently been implemented here at St.\nbut approximately $200,000.00 with the most modern and best\nCicely Tyson, Academy Award winner; Mrs. Yvonne\nVincent's. The Eyetone capillary blood sugar test\nappointed operating rooms in the South.\nBrathwaite Burke, Congresswoman from California; Miss\nprovides almost instant diagnostic results in a crisis\nThe School of Nursing was organized in 1900 and the first\nMerle Oberon, internationally known actress; Miss\nsituation. The information serves as guidelines for\nthree graduates were the first nurses trained in Alabama, At the\ntime of the First World War, in 1917, the Provincial Superior of\nEleanor Lambert, a leading personality in the fashion\nimmediate treatment.\nthe Sisters, Mother Margaret of Emmitsburg, Maryland,\nworld; Miss Kitty Carlisle, television personality; Mrs.\njourneyed to Washington, D.C. to offer the services of her Sisters\nJacob Javits, wife of the Senator from New York.\nMrs. Chalkly, one of five cardiovascular specialists in\nas Government Nurses. The first and only band of American\nBirmingham, provides direct patient care - especially to\nSisters to engage in work overseas during that World War was\nHonorary Chairwoman of Gala II is Mrs. Aileen Mehle\nthe critically ill. She is on call for any serious patient\nmade up of ten Daughters of Charity from the St. Louis Province\nof New York. Mrs. Mehle is better known as \"Suzy\",\nproblems and answers all Codes, Blue and 99. Mrs.\nwith Sister Chrysostom as Chief Nurse.\nChalkly lends assistance in writing special procedures for\nIn 1917, Sister Chrysostom was replaced at St. Vincent's\nthe syndicated social columnist. This dazzling person-\nality was honored last year at Gala 75. Mrs. George C.\ncritical care units and she is also very much involved in\nHospital by Sister Magdalen. In 1920, Sister Angela O'Brien was\nWallace, charming wife of Alabama's governor, will\nstaff development in her field.\nappointed as Administrator. Sister made numerous im-\nprovements in the hospital during her term of office. In addition\nagain be State Hostess.\nBecause it is important for a cardiac patient to\nThe new St. Vincent's opened May of 1972.\nto the erection of the School of Nursing, the entire hospital was\nunderstand his condition and what must be done in an\nrenovated and paramedical departments such as X-ray and\nThe Gala Weekend activities include a Benefactor\nemergency situation, patient and family teaching is one\nPathology were added. In 1952 the East Wing was added under\nDinner at the Birmingham Museum of Art on Friday\nof Mrs. Chalkly's more important functions. Instruc-\nthe direction of Sister Lydia Hoffman.\nevening where the Legendary Women will be intro-\ntions regarding diet, medications and specific care are\nThe initial plans for the new St. Vincent's Hospital began un-\nduced; an informal breakfast reception at St. Vincent's\ngiven to individual patients before they are discharged\nder the direction of Sister Carlos McDonald, Administrator from\nHospital hosted by the Volunteers, giving St. Vincent's\nfrom the hospital. Patients are encouraged to telephone\n1961 to 1966. They were brought to completion during the ad-\npersonnel an opportunity to meet the honored guests; a\nand seek advice if further problems or questions arise.\nministration of Sister Mary Bourke at which time the complex\nladies luncheon and fashion show sponsored by\nbecame a reality. The present Administrator, Sister Xavier\nParisian's, Inc. at the Parliament House. On Saturday\nBallance, succeeded Sister Mary in May 1972.\nMrs. Chalkly is Co-Chairman of the Coronary Club\nevening, the Gala II Ball will be held at the Civic Center\nThe modern concrete, glass and brick building with the most\nwhich is sponsored by the Jefferson County Heart\nwhere the ladies will receive their awards as Legendary\ntechnological aids to medical treatment, was made possible by\nAssociation. The Club meets monthly here at St.\nWomen of America.\nthe reputation that the hospital has earned in nearly three-\nVincent's. Topics such as diet, exercise and medication\nquarters of a century of service to the community. Of total\nare discussed. Both patient and family are invited to\nbuilding costs. $1.4 million was contributed from the communi-\nEven though printed invitations for Gala II were\nattend.\ntv.\nmailed to various people, the event is open to the\nIsn't it reassuring to know that the health care field\nhas such highly skilled personnel as the Clinical Nursing\nPresently under construction is St. Vincent's Professional\nThe hospital is administered by the Daughters o of Charity of\npublic. However, tickets must be purchased in advance.\nSt. Vincent de Paul operating as a voluntary. corpora-\nTickets may be purchased by contacting the Public\nBuilding. The 3.9 million dollar structure will house 50\nSpecialist? We at St. Vincent's are certainly proud of\ntion.under the Board of Trustees of the Order and a Lay Advisory\nRelations Department at St. Vincent's Hospital.\nphysicians on its seven floors. The new facility will include a six\nours.\nBoard of community leaders.\nfloor parking deck. The building will be ready for occupancy in\nthe fall of 1974.\nST. VINCENTS\nGALA 75,\na spectacular event, honoring Outstanding Women\nHOSPITAL\nof America, took place September 22, 1973 to benefit St. Vincent's Hospital and to\ncelebrate its 75th anniversary.\nThe Gala weekend began on Friday evening September 21st with a patrons'\ndinner at the Parliament House which was hosted by Miss Eleanor Kidd. Saturday\nmorning included a brief ceremony and tour at the hospital which was followed by a\nspecial program, open to the public, at the Clark Theatre. A luncheon for the\nhonored ladies and the Women's Committee of Gala 75 was held at the Woodward\nHouse. The official hostess of Gala 75 was Alabama's lovely First Lady, Mrs. George\nWallace.\nThe highlight of the weekend was the glittering Gala 75 Ball at the Civic Center\nand Exhibition Gardens. Fourteen charming women from all across the nation were\npresented \"Outstanding Women of America\" awards. These honorees included:\nMrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Mrs. Walter Annenberg, Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale, Mrs.\nDonald Chipman, Miss Arlene Francis, Mrs. William B. Harris, Miss Helen Hayes,\nMrs. John Johnson, Mrs. Leonard Lavin, Mrs. Jules Lederer (Ann Landers), Miss\nAnita Loos, Mrs. Aileen Mehle (Suzy Knickerbocker), Mrs. Henry Paschen (Maria\nTallchief), Mrs. Ronald Regan, Mrs. John Swearingen.\nPreceeding the awards presentation was a fashion show featuring a collection of\nfashions by Kasper, an internationally known designer, who was also a guest for\nthe weekend. The evening concluded with dancing to the music of the Buddy\nMorrow Orchestra.\nOUTSTANDING WOMEN OF AMERICA\nCOORDINATING CHAIR MEN FOR GALA 75\nFINALIZING PLANS FOR THE GALA 75 WEEKEND\nSeated from left: Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale, Mrs. Ronald Regan, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Mrs. Walter\nGeorge Delfavero and Eddie Leitman\nFrom left, Mrs. Don Hawkins, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Eddie\nAnnenberg, Miss Anita Loos.\nLeitman, Mrs. Martha Godsey, Mrs. Ann McMillan\nStanding from left: Mrs. Aileen Mehle, Mrs. Leonard Lavin, Miss Arlene Francis, Mrs. George C. Wallace,\nand Sister Xavier\nMrs. Donald Chipman, Mrs. John Swearingen, Mrs. William Harris.\nWELCOMING GALA GUESTS TO BIRMINGHAM\nMrs. Lyndon Johnson receiving her award from Sister Elise,\nFrom left to right:\nProvincial Superior of the East-Central Province of The\nMrs. Martha Godsey, Mrs. Gayle Leitman, Sebou, Mrs. Aileen Mehle (Suzy), Mrs.\nDaughters of Charity and Sister Xavier, Administrator of St.\nCarol Cheraskin, Kasper, Sister Michael Ann, Mrs. Nancy Langley\nVincent's Hospital.\nMrs. Jules Lederer\n(Ann Landers)\nWelcoming Miss Anita Loos, center, are Sister\nMrs. Henry Paschen\nLucille Marie and Mrs. Margie Crates.\n(Maria Tallchief)\nSister Xavier, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Bishop\nJoseph G. Vath\nMr. James Hatcher, Gala's Direc-\ntor of Presentations, and Mrs. Lyn-\ndon B. Johnson\nMr. W. Cecil Bauer, Miss Eleanor Kidd, Mr. William\nLathrop\nHIGHLIGHTS\nAND\nSIDELIGHTS\nThe elegant Gala 75 Ball\nSisters welcoming Mrs. Lyndon Johnson\nto St. Vincent's.\nMr. Don Wear, Master of\nMrs. George Wallace, Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Mrs. Walter\nCeremonies for Gala 75 Ball\nAnnenberg, Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale at the Gala 75 Ball.\nMrs. Alfred Bloomingdale, Mrs. Lee\nStyslinger, Mrs. Ronald Regan\nMrs. Aileen Mehle, Mr. Don\nHawkins, Mrs. John Swearingen\nArlene Francis receiving her award from Sister Xavier and\nSister Elise\nMrs. Aileen Mehle (Suzy)\nGeorge and Faye Delfavero\nSister Catherine, Sister Xavier, Miss Zuma Elgin and St. Vincent's Volunteers ready to\nMiss Eleanor Kidd welcoming Mrs.\nMrs. Carl Hess, Mr. Emil Hess, Sebou, Mrs. Emil Hess,\nwelcome honored guests to hospital.\nLeonard Lavin, right, to Patrons' Dinner.\nKasper\nAlabama's First Lady with Sisters from St. Vincent's.\nSister Elise and Sister Mary Lawrence\nArlington Belles greeting Mrs. Ronald Regan at the Clark Theatre\nThe Voice of St. Vincent's\nSt Vincent's Hospital\nP.O. Box 915\nBirmingham, Alabama 35201\nMiss Jane Rice, (Miss Alabama 1974,) performing at Clark\nSister Xavier, D.C.\nTheatre during Saturday morning's program.\nAdministrator\nEdited and published by the\nPublic Relations Department.\nST. VINCENT SCHOOL OF NURSING\n2701 Ninth Court, South\nNon-Profit\nOrganization\nBirmingham, Ala. 35205\nU. S. POSTAGE\nST. VINCENT\nPAID\nPermit # 2523\n\"A TRADITION OF\nBirmingham, Ala.\nDEVOTED SERVICE\nBY THE\nDAUGHTERS OF CHARITY\nSINCE 1898\"\nTORO OTHERS LIBRARY\nple.\nSAINT VINCENT'S HOSPITAL\nSP\nOn behalf of the Daughters of Charity, the entire administration\nand the staff,\nSAINT VINCENT'S HOSPITAL\nwishes to acknowledge with deep appreciation\nPARISIAN\nfor its countless contributions and sincere friendship during\nGALA II\nas well as in the past years of association.\nST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL\n(History)\nAt first glance, the new St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham,\nAlabama, may not appear to be such a revolutionary structure,\nyet its unique history and progressive growth characterized it as\na most noteworthy landmark.\nOfficially opened on November 21, 1898, Saint Vincent's\nHospital was first located at the former DeBardeleben Home at\n15th Street and Second Avenue, South. At the turn of the century,\nit was moved to its present location at 2701 Ninth Court, South.\nService oriented, the hospital was first started as a mission\nby four Sisters who had served as army nurses in the Spanish\nAmerican War. Known as the Four Daughters of Charity of St.\nVincent de Paul, The Sisters' ranks in 1900 grew by two more.\nAlthough severely limited by their facilities in the old De-\nBardeleben Home, the small band of Sisters began caring for\npatients. They coped with crowded conditions and pallets on the\nfloor until the new building was opened in 1900. By then Sister\nChrysostom, the first graduate nurse registered in the State of\nAlabama, was on hand to serve as the hospital's first admin-\nistrator.\nAlready, in two years, Saint Vincent's Hospital had come a\nlong way. Prior to its opening, there was no public hospital in\nBirmingham. With the Hospital of the United Charities just burned\nin Smithfield, Birmingham people needed and were eager to\nbuild St. Vincent's.\nCredited with providing the initiative to obtain funds for the\nnew project, Reverend Patrick O'Reilly, Pastor of Saint Paul's\nCatholic Church, also found a suitable hospital site. In addition,\nFather O'Reilly visited the Provincial House of the Daughters of\nCharity at Emmitsburg, Maryland, and was successful in recruiting\na group of Sisters to staff the first hospital.\nEventually, with Father O'Reilly's leadership and with the\nsupport of Birmingham citizens, the hospital was built at a cost\nof approximately $200,000.00. It was equipped with the most\nmodern and best appointed operating rooms in the south.\nThe new St. Vincent's completed May, 1972\nNext, another revolutionary event occurred. The School of\nNursing was organized in 1900, and the first three graduates were\nthe first nurses trained in Alabama. With the advent of World\nWar I, in 1917, The Provincial Superior of the Sisters, Mother\nMargaret of Emmitsburg, Maryland, journeyed to Washington,\nD.C. to offer the services of her Sisters as government nurses. In\nfact, the first and only band of American Sisters engaging in over-\nseas work during the World War was a group of ten Daughters\nof Charity from the St. Louis Province with Sister Chrysostom as\nchief nurse.\nConsequently, Sister Chrysostom was replaced at St. Vin-\ncent's Hospital by Sister Magdalen. Then in 1920, Sister Angela\nO'Brien was appointed Administrator. Under Sister Angela's term\nof office, numerous improvements were made at the hospital.\nBesides the erection of the school of nursing, the entire hospital\nwas renovated. Paramedical departments such as x-ray and path-\nology were added. By 1952, the east wing was also added under\nthe direction of Sister Lydia Hoffman.\nThrough the years Birmingham was growing and with the\ncity's progress came the increasing need for expanded patient\ncare. Plans for a new St. Vincent's Hospital were formulated.\nFrom 1961 to 1966, initial plans for the new hospital began\nunder the direction of Administrator, Sister Carlos McDonald.\nLater under the administration of Sister Mary Bourke, final plans\nwere completed and soon the complex was made a reality. By\nMay 1972, to supervise the new hospital, came the present Ad-\nministrator, Sister Xavier Ballance.\nIn nearly three-quarters of a century, St. Vincent's Hospital\nhad earned the highest reputation of service to the community.\nBecause of such continuing service, the people of Birmingham\ncontributed $1.4 million of the new hospital's total building costs.\nClearly, supported by the community, the modern concrete, glass\nand brick building contained the most technological aids to med-\nical treatment.\nToday, the hospital is still administered by the Daughters of\nCharity of St. Vincent de Paul. Today, the hospital still operates\nas a voluntary, non-profit corporation under the Board of Trus-\ntees of the Order and a Lay Advisory Board of community lead-\ners. Today, St. Vincent's Hospital still remains a mammoth land-\nmark of community service.\nALABAMA\n***\nGREAT\nSEAL\nSTATE OF Alabama\ngovernor's OFFICE\nMONTGOMERY 36104\nGEORGE C. WALLACE\nGOVERNOR\nDear Friends:\nAs Governor of Alabama, I extend best wishes\nto everyone participating in Gala II, a wonderful\nexample of people helping people.\nMuch planning and work have been necessary\nin the presentation of this second annual spectacular\nfund raising event and those responsible for its\nsuccess certainly are worthy of commendation.\nI know this occasion will be an enjoyable and\nmeaningful experience for everyone involved.\nWith best wishes, I remain\nSincerely,\nV\nGeorge George C. C Wallase Wallace\nGovernor\nMRS. GEORGE C. WALLACE\nAlabama's First Lady\nand\nGCW:slg\nOfficial Hostess\nSeptember 7, 1974\nDear Honored Guests and Friends of St. Vincent's Hospital:\nWe are most grateful to you for participating in an event which is\nvery dear to the hearts of those on the staff of St. Vincent's. In\nfact it is an endeavor which is essential to us in order to keep our\nhospital first rate.\nAgain we at St. Vincent's Hospital share with the entire city of\nBirmingham in the unique privilege of meeting and honoring \"Living\nLegendary Women of America\", who have made outstanding contributions\nin just about every field of endeavor.\nWe are also grateful to our loyal supporters who have always managed\nto be in close proximity when the need arose. And somehow, they will\nalways be around when necessary.\nNeedless to say, it is impossible to thank our Doctors and personnel\nadequately. Their untiring services have made St. Vincent's a truly\nremarkable hospital. Our Advisory Board and Ladies' Auxiliary have\ncontributed in numerous ways far beyond the call of duty. We are\nindeed blessed in having the very best serving St. Vincent's Hospital.\nThe Sisters wish to express their gratitude to the many wonderful\npeople who are responsible for the progress of our great institution.\nEach of you will be in our daily prayers and we ask God's blessing\nfor you and yours.\nSincerely,\nSister Xamin\nSister Xavier\nAdministrator\nAWARDS CEREMONIES\nPROGRAM\nCharles Kuralt\nPresiding\nMaster of Ceremonies\nSister Xavier Ballance\nGERALD R. FOR\nOPENING CEREMONIES\nAdministrator, St. Vincent's Hospital\n\"Dixie-Battle Hymn\", arr. George Poole\nMildred Ann Tatum and Andrew Gainey, soloists\nRecipients of Awards\nAlabama State Song\nLegendary Women of America\nThe National Anthem\nElizabeth B. Ford\nMae Nolden Pickens, soloist\nYvonne Brathwaite Burke\nJane Pickens Langley\nInvocation\nMarion Javits\nMerle Oberon\nMost Reverend Joseph G. Vath, Bishop\nDiocese of Birmingham in Alabama\nPatricia Buckley\nCicely Tyson\nKitty Carlisle Hart\nDiana Vreeland\nEleanor Lambert\nGrace Warnecke\nDINNER\nThe first dance will be led by Mrs. Gerald Ford, First Lady of the\nGALA CONCERT\nUnited States, with Mr. Emil Hess; and by Aileen Mehle, Hon-\norary Chairwoman of Gala II, with the Honorable George Seibels,\nJohn Gary\nMayor of the City of Birmingham.\nWELCOMING CEREMONIES\nProgram staged by Town and Gown Theater\nUniversity of Alabama in Birmingham\nIntroduction of Distinguished Guests\nGreetings\nDirected by James Hatcher\nMrs. George C. Wallace\nFirst Lady of Alabama\nTown and Gown Ensemble directed by Amos Hudson\nAileen Mehle\nMrs. Pickens accompanied by John Marberry, Judson College\nHonorary Chairwoman, Gala II\nELIZABETH B. FORD\nBetty Ford, one of the \"Legendary Women of America\" is\ndestined to become more legendary as the new First Lady of our\ncountry.\nShe was born Elizabeth Bloomer in Chicago, Illinois, and\nsoon afterwards moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan.\nMrs. Ford attended Bennington College in Vermont, majoring\nin modern dance, under the direction of Martha Graham, among\nothers. She then went on to continue a more intensive dance\ncourse with Martha Graham in New York where she became a\nmember of the Martha Graham Concert Group. Upon returning\nto Grand Rapids, Mrs. Ford organized her own dance group and\nbecame a model and fashion consultant for one of the Grand\nRapids stores. She also spent time working with handicapped\nchildren sharing with them an appreciation of this art.\nOn October 15, 1948, Elizabeth Bloomer married Gerald R.\nFord, who a few weeks later was elected United States Repre-\nsentative in Congress from the Fifth District of Michigan and\nserved as Minority Leader of the House of Representatives prior\nto becoming Vice-President then President of the United States.\nThe Fords have four children, Michael Gerald presently at-\ntends Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; John Gardner is a\nForestry major at Utah State; Steven Meigs is a freshman at Duke\nUniversity; and Susan Elizabeth is a senior at Holton Arms School\nfor Girls.\nIn Grand Rapids and Washington, Mrs. Ford has been active\nin Republican women's groups. In the capitol, she has been in-\nvolved in the Congressional Club and has acted as President of\nthe Senate Red Cross Club. She has also been program chairman\nfor the Cancer Society benefit campaign in Alexandria.\nPATRICIA BUCKLEY\nPat Buckley, the wife of well-known national columnist and\n\"Firing Line\" host William F. Buckley, is a woman who enjoys the\noutdoors. Sailing, skiing, playing tennis and gardening are some\nof her favorite activities.\nBorn in Vancouver, Canada, Mrs. Buckley was educated pri-\nvately and attended Vassar for her collegiate studies. She and her\nhusband were married in 1950 and have a 21 year old son who is\ncurrently attending Yale.\nMrs. Buckley manages to find time to devote to the Advisory\nBoard of Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute and serves as Vice\nPresident of the Society for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New\nYork Hospital.\nYVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE\nThe Vice-President of the 1972 Democratic National Conven-\ntion, Yvonne Burke has recently completed her first year in the\nU.S. Congress as one of three black Congresswomen.\nMrs. Burke, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, is a\ngraduate of UCLA and received her law degree from the Univer-\nsity of Southern California. She has practiced law since 1956, has\nserved six years in the California Legislature, and was a delegate\nto the 1968 Democratic Convention before being elected to the\nHouse of Representatives. While there Mrs. Burke was granted\nthe first maternity leave in congressional history.\nShe was named Woman of the Year in 1972 by KNX News-\nradio, is a member of Women Lawyers and the National Associa-\ntion of Negro Business and Professional Women.\nMrs. Burke is an active proponent of social welfare programs.\nKITTY CARLISLE HART\nKitty Carlisle, whose participation as a panelist on \"To Tell\nThe Truth\" has made her face one of the most familiar in the na-\ntion, has had a long and varied career as an entertainer.\nBorn in New Orleans, Miss Carlisle went to Europe when she\nwas ten and while there engaged in musical and dramatic arts\ntraining.\nWhen she returned to the United States, Miss Carlisle made\nher debut at the Capitol Theater in New York. Later she moved\nover to Broadway where she attracted the attention of movie\nproducers. Subsequently she became involved in a string of mo-\ntion pictures like \"Here Is My Heart\" with Bing Crosby and \"A\nNight At The Opera\" with the Marx Brothers. Miss Carlisle later\nwent on to make appearances in some of the country's top night\nclubs and hotels. She has also sung at the Metropolitan Opera.\nMiss Carlisle has served under Governor Rockefeller as a\nconsultant on women's opportunities. She is a member of the\nvisiting Committee of the Board of Overseers of Harvard Univer-\nsity for the Visual and Performing Arts and has also been elected\nan Associate Fellow at Yale. Miss Carlisle is currently Vice-Chair-\nman of the New York State Council of the Arts.\nMARION JAVITS\nMarion Javits, wife of the New York Senator, Jacob Javits,\nwas born in Detroit, Michigan. She married the Senator in 1947.\nShe is the mother of three children, Joy, Joshua and Carla.\nShe has written a column for the New York Post, \"Senator's\nWife,\" and co-produced a play, \"Hang Down Your Head and\nDie\".\nShe evaluated new British plays and films for production in\nthe U.S. in 1966 and has served as National Vice Chairman of the\nAlbert Einstein College of Medicine.\nAlways active in her husband's political campaigns, Mrs.\nJavits has also worked for local New York City candidates.\nShe was a main supporter of the National Arts and Human-\nities Foundation Act in 1965 and has encouraged establishment\nof foundations for the arts.\nELEANOR LAMBERT\nEleanor Lambert is one of the leading personalities of the\nAmerican fashion world and a prime crusader for world recogni-\ntion of American fashion.\nAfter going to art schools in Indianapolis and Chicago, Miss\nLambert moved to New York and worked her way up in the art\npublic relations field. Today, Miss Lambert's experienced hands\nguide the press relations of the creative talents at all levels of\nAmerican fashion, and she guides and produces some of the\nworld's most important fashion events. She has been appointed\nby the U.S. Government to produce American fashion shows in\nMoscow, Australia, and Europe.\nIn 1960, Eleanor Lambert received the New York Board of\nTrade's Gold Medal Award for outstanding contribution to the\nfashion industry. In 1964 the Hall Syndicate asked her to write a\ncolumn of her experiences, travels and to give fashion informa-\ntion for the average woman. When the National Council on the\nArts was established, Eleanor Lambert was named to the body, the\nfirst time fashion had been listed among the creative arts.\nMiss Lambert is currently completing a compendium of fash-\nion throughout the world, tentatively called \"World Guide to\nFashion.\"\nJANE PICKENS LANGLEY\nJane Pickens Langley is fondly remembered as one of the\nPickens Sisters, a singing trio that enjoyed tremendous popularity\nduring World War II. The sisters sang on a CBS Radio Show and\nset a pattern of singing styles still imitated today. Mrs. Langley\nlater became a singing star in her own right.\nToday Mrs. Langley resides in Newport, Rhode Island, where\nshe is noted as a gracious hostess and socialite. Mrs. Langley has\nrun for Congress and always takes an active role in civic affairs.\nMERLE OBERON\nInterntionally known actress Merle Oberon was born in\nTasmania, Australia and attended schools in India and France.\nShe began her career in London at age 16 with a role in \"The\nPrivate Life of Henry VIII\".\nMiss Oberon achieved international star stature when she\nco-starred with Leslie Howard in \"Scarlet Pimpernel\". More mov-\nie roles followed like \"Dark Angel\", \"Till We Meet Again\", \"Ber-\nlin Express\", \"Wuthering Heights\" with Sir Lawrence Olivier,\n\"Desiree\" with Marlon Brando and many others.\nIn her private life Miss Oberon has shown concern for the\nunderprivileged. While living in Mexico she established a five\nacre park with theater, library and recreational facilities for the\nunderprivileged children of Acapulco.\nNow living in Los Angeles, Miss Oberon has helped the Ac-\ntors Studio West by donating a theater. All proceeds go to the\nacting group to encourage young actors and playwrights.\nCICELY TYSON\nAlthough only recently heralded for her acting talent, Cicely\nTyson made her television debut in 1959, long before she re-\nceived an Academy Awards nomination. The 1973 nomination\nwas only part of international acclaim for Miss Tyson's portrayal\nof Rebecca, the sharecropper's wife in \"Sounder\".\nFormerly a secretary, then a model, Cicely Tyson worked\nalmost 15 years in theater, film, and television before she attained\nstar status. Little known to today's audience, Miss Tyson was the\nfirst young black actress to face viewers with a natural, un-\nstraightened hairstyle.\nAside from her acting Cicely Tyson is active in the promotion\nof the arts. She was instrumental in founding a classical ballet\ncompany, The Dance Theater of Harlem, and serves on the Board\nof Governors of Urban Gateways, an Arts-in-the-schools Program\nin Chicago.\nSome of her private pleasures include jogging, bicycling,\nmeditating, and an all-vegetable diet.\nMiss Tyson has recently won an Emmy Award for her role of\na 110 year old former slave in \"The Autobiography of Miss Jane\nPittman\".\nDIANA VREELAND\nFor more than thirty-five years Diana Vreeland has been a\nleading figure in the international worlds of fashion and society.\nAfter ending a ten-year stint as editor in chief of Vogue mag-\nazine, Mrs. Vreeland has been a consultant to the Metropolitan\nMuseum of Art's Costume Institute since October, 1972.\nBorn and raised in Paris, Mrs. Vreeland made her mark on the\nAmerican fashion world when she became fashion editor of\nHarper's Bazaar. She held this influential post from 1937 until\n1962.\nDuring her professional life in fashion and her years in\nEurope, Diana Vreeland has remained an elegant figure in inter-\nnational society. She has been personal friends with all the top\ncouturiers and has always worked closely with writers, artists,\nphotographers and other people in the fabric world, maintaining\na unique and creative involvement in everything she touches.\nThe two exhibitions that Mrs. Vreeland has mounted for the\nCostume Institute thus far, THE WORLD OF BALENCIAGA and\nINVENTIVE CLOTHES: 1909-1939, have broken records not only in\nattendance and press coverage, but have exerted a major influ-\nence in current fashions and design.\nGRACE WARNECKE\nGrace Warnecke, wife of the internationally famous architect\nJohn Carl Warnecke, pursues a strong interest in the arts as Vice\nPresident of the San Francisco Ballet Association, on the Ad-\nvisory Board of the California Theatre Foundation and the Wom-\nen's Committee of the Smithsonian Institution. She was the\nBook Critic for San Francisco magazine and works as a free-\nlance writer.\nBorn in Riga, Latvia, Mrs. Warnecke grew up in Europe as\nmuch as in this country. She graduated with honors from Rad-\ncliffe College in 1954. A linguist, she has worked in Russian\nstudies at Massachusettes Institute of Technology, as the Russian\ninterpreter for the San Francisco International Film Festival and\ntranslated for many delegations both here and in the USSR. Last\nApril she accompanied Senator Edward Kennedy and his family\nto the USSR as their interpreter.\nMrs. Warnecke's most challenging and rewarding job is as\nthe mother of three children, Charles, Adair and Kevin and friend\nand advisor to her four step-children.\nSEBOU\nAdvisor to GALA II\nJAMES HATCHER\nAdvisor to GALA II\nInternational make-up wizard Sebou was reared in Iran\nwhere he was the son of an Iranian diplomat. At the age of 15 he\nJames Hatcher, Director of the Birmingham Town and Gown\nbecame beauty stylist to the Iranian royal family who he contin-\nTheater, holds the Academic Appointment of Associate Professor\nof Theater at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. He was\nues to serve today - including H.I.M. Queen Farah Pahlavi and\nFounding Director of the University sponsored Town and Gown\nH.R.H. Princess Asharif Pahlavi.\nTheater, which was established in Birmingham in 1950.\nHatcher, a native of Enterprise, Alabama joined the Univer-\nSebou speaks eight languages fluently. In addition, he's\nsity in 1950 as an instructor in speech. He is a graduate of Bir-\nstudied acting, psychology and even has been a teacher. He has\nmingham-Southern College and holds the Masters Degree from\ndone the make-up and created the hairstyles for several Broad-\nthe University of Alabama. During the past 25 years he has re-\nway productions and for two major motion pictures.\nceived local, state, national and international recognition for his\nwork with all of the arts.\nToday, Sebou owns a consulting salon on beauty on New\nFor many years he has produced the Miss Alabama and\nYork's upper East Side. He offers a complete range of beauty\nJunior Miss Alabama pageants, and in 1960 directed the Miss\ntreatments for both men and women including all facets of\nAmerica pageant in Atlantic City.\nmake-up and hair styling.\nGovernor George C. Wallace appointed Mr. Hatcher the first\nExecutive Director of the Alabama Council on the Arts which\nwas founded in 1966.\nGALA II COMMITTEE\nADVERTISING\nLADIES LUNCHEON\nMary Fife\nParliament House\nJonni Hicks\nDorothy Norton\nPam Hicks\nGordon McWhorter\nJoan Perry\nMildred Cohn\nJoyce Ross\nJoy F. Maulitz\nT.D. Russell\nMyra Odess\nBENEFACTOR'S PARTY\nROOMS FOR GUESTS\nCatherine Cabaniss\nTeresa Bruno\nVirginia Goodson\nDonna Hawkins\nCarol Lacy\nMelanie Morris\nPatsy Mabry\nSondra Simpson\nTABLE CLOTH COMMITTEE\nDECORATIONS FOR\nMary Frances Abbott\nSATURDAY NIGHT\nWe express our sincere appreciation to the\nDoris Kennedy\nSylvia Patrick\nKathrine Mathieu\nUnited States Marine Corps\nBetty Lefkovits\nRecruiting Service\nTRAVEL COORDINATOR\nDOOR PRIZES\nBirmingham, Alabama\nBarbara Shook\nMary Pat Terhart\nfor their kindness to St. Vincent's Hospital through\nINVITATIONS\nHOSPITALITY SUITE\nthe many services they have rendered\nPeggy Bonfield\nMildred Cohn\nduring the GALA II weekend.\nBetty Franklin\nJune Davis\nCatherine Mathieu\nKatherine Freeman\nMildred Pattillo\nMyra Odess\nEleanor Smith\nJane Smith\nNorval Springfield\nHOTEL HOSTS AND\nDECORATIONS\nHOSTESSES\nCarol Barron\nMr. and Mrs. George Delfavero\nKatherine Freeman\nMr. and Mrs. Don Hawkins\nMr. and Mrs. Eddie Leitman\nGIFTS\nJan Elliott\nMary Fife\nMEN'S LUNCHEON\nDonna Hawkins\nDon Hawkins\nMelanie Morris\nEddie Leitman\nJoyce Ross\nPUBLICITY\nSECURITY\nDr. Rex Harris\nStan Bradley\nDon Brown\nLarry Hawkins\nHOTEL REGISTRATIONS\nAUTOMOBILES\nSandy Apolinsky\nDudley Pendleton\nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\nWith heartfelt gratitude, St. Vincent's Hospital acknowledges the\ntremendous contributions that have made GALA Il a successful\ncelebration.\nWe wish to acknowledge these gifts given to St. Vincent's\nSteiner/Bressler Advertising Agency\nIngalls Foundation\nHospital as door prizes for GALA II\nCommercial Printing Company\nPullman-Standard\nEBSCO Industries\nShades Valley Sun\nThe Eastern Steamship Lines:\nPerry/Hoyle Advertising, Inc.\nJoan Perry\n3 day Cruise for 2 persons to Nassau aboard the\nSterling Advertising & Public Rel., Inc.\nJoyce Ross\nCobb Lane Flowers\nT. D. Russell\nSS Bahama Star. Arranged through Brownell Tours\nElma Bell\nJane Smith\nThe Birmingham News\nHerbert Maulitz\nServicemaster of Birmingham:\nThe Birmingham Post-Herald\nDr. R. Rex Harris\n$25.00 Gift Certificate\nBirmingham Police Department\nRobert L. Franklin\nDon Brown\nWVOK Radio\nBill Woods Beechcraft, Inc.:\nCentral Bank of Birmingham\nWSGN\n10 Hours Dual Flight Time\nContri Brothers Gift Basket\nBirmingham Chamber of Commerce\nCrawford and Company\nDon A. Hawkins\nHenry G. Gobeil\nBlach's Department Store\nJ. Ortman Company:\nJames Hatcher\nGreater B'ham. Convention &\nJewelry\nR. Larry Hawkins\nBusiness Bureau\nHerbert Blatt Displays\nHorst's Flowers\nThe Feldstein Company, Inc.:\nEmil Hess\nPeggy Trechsel\nClock\nTom Kelly\nRae Trimmier\nJo Ellen O'Hara\nAl Lichtenstein\nRobert Sidney Furs, Inc. of New York:\nKay Kilpatrick\nDonald Hess\nParliament House\nFur Trim All Wool Sweater\nChief James Parsons\nMary Fife\nDonald D. Wear\nJonni Hicks\nHugh Smith\nJ. C. Penney Company, Inc.:\nSt. Vincent's Hospital Auxiliary\nJennie Roberts\nAM - FM Clock-Radio\nMary Frances Abbott\nZuma Elgin\nDoris Kennedy\nRobert J. Conkling\nMargo's Dress Shop:\nMildred Pattillo\nElton B. Stephens\n$50.00 Gift Certificate\nSarah Teague\nWilliam E. Ricker\nMary Pat Terhart\nM. Andrew Davenport\nBrookside Wine Company\nBob Vega\nFrankie Engel Antiques:\nS. Vincent Townsend, Sr.\nRalph Scott\n$50.00 Gift Certificate\nS. Vincent Townsend, Jr.\nMartha Ann Wheatley\nRalph Knapp\nSecret Service\nThe Sisters and staff of St. Vincent's Hospital are most apprecia-\nJoe Bruno\nArnold Peek Motors\ntive of the kindness and generosity of these benefactors.\nA.J. 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FORD\nCDE\nSt. Vincent's Hospital\nBirmingham, Alabama\n+\nA BRIEF HISTORY OF\nST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL\nLIBRARY\nFacts\nSTATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY FOR ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL\nTHE CHARITY OF CHRIST URGES US!\nAs Daughters of Charity established as a vital and integral part of the\nWE BELIEVE THAT:\nwork of the Church by St. Vincent de Paul, Universal Patron of Charity\nEvery man is created and loved by God and is responsible to Him.\nand Our Founder, we individually and collectively dedicate ourselves to\nWe must protect and defend the God-given rights and dignity of every\npromote Christian community and to enhance the dignity of man by pro-\nman from conception through life and death.\nviding optimal health care services to all persons we serve in response to\nWe are obliged to employ management principles and structures which\ncommunity needs insofar as our capabilities and resources allow. Our\nassure the highest quality of professional care, patient and family services,\ncommitment impels us to extend Christ's mission of mercy; to witness to\nemployee justice and development and education for medical and para-\nmedical health workers.\nthe Gospel message; to care for the whole person-body, mind and soul-\nin a spirit of equality and ecumenism; and to serve all persons as we\nWe are pledged to continue to serve the people of this area within this\nphilosophy, seeking always to serve with respect, competence and com-\nwould serve Christ.\nDaughters of Charity\npassion.\nFacts\nFORD 2. 03 LIBRARY\nabout\nSt. Vincent's\nHospital\nBirmingham, Alabama\n1974\nTYPE: A voluntary, non-profit, short term\nAVERAGE DAILY COST OF OPERATING\ngeneral hospital operated by the Daughters\nHOSPITAL: $29,906\nof Charity of St. Vincent de Paul,\nSURGICAL OPERATIONS: 6,713\nEstablished in 1898.\nANESTHETICS GIVEN: 8,065\nACCREDITED: By Joint Commission on\nAccreditation of Hospitals.\nX-RAY EXAMINATIONS: 22,277\nBED CAPACITY: 293 Beds plus 50 Bassinets.\nLABORATORY TESTS: 386,375\nADMISSIONS:\nPRESCRIPTIONS: 263,682\nIn-Patient 12,136\nMEALS SERVED: Patients 252,382\nOut-Patient 5,779\nCafeteria 266,614\nEmergency Room 5,929\n518,996\nBABIES BORN: 1,586\nLAUNDRY: 950,363 lbs.\nDAYS OF PATIENT CARE: 89,234\nEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:\nAVERAGE DAILY ADULT CENSUS: 244.48\nRotating Internship\nSchool of Nursing\nAVERAGE LENGTH OF EACH PATIENT'S\nSchool of Medical Technology\nSTAY: 7.32 Days\nHOSPITAL EMPLOYEES:\nAVERAGE COST PER PATIENT DAY OF\nFull Time:\n687\nSERVICE: $115.81\nPart Time:\n88\nTOTAL COST OF OPERATING HOSPITAL\nInterns:\n3\nFOR 1974: $10,915,806\nStudents:\n188\nMEDICAL STAFF:\nActive:\n120\nCourtesy:\n148\nConsulting:\n23\nHonorary:\n3\n294\nVOLUNTEERS:\nAuxiliary:\n130\nBlue Bird:\n50\n185\nST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL\n2701 - 9th Court So.\nBirmingham, Al. 35205\n933-7111\nA BRIEF HISTORY OF\nST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL\nSERVICE\nLIBRARY\nCODE\nOn November 21, 1898, St. Vincent's Hospital was officially\nopened to care for the sick in Birmingham, Alabama. The\nhospital had its beginning in the former DeBardeleben home at\n15th Street and Second Avenue, South. Two years later it was\nmoved to the present location at 2701 Ninth Court, South.\nSt. Vincent's Hospital has a history rich in romance and ser-\nvice. It was started as a mission by four Daughters of Charity of\nSt. Vincent de Paul, who had served as Army Nurses in the\nSpanish American War. By 1900 their number had grown to six.\nSt. Vincent's original structure opened in 1900\nThe School of Nursing was organized in 1900 and the first\nthree graduates were the first nurses trained in Alabama. At the\ntime of the First World War, in 1917, the Provincial Superior of\nthe Sisters, Mother Margaret of Emmitsburg, Maryland,\njourneyed to Washington, D.C. to offer the services of her Sisters\nas Government Nurses. The first and only band of American\nSisters to engage in work overseas during that World War was\nmade up of ten Daughters of Charity from the St. Louis Province\nwith Sister Chrysostom as Chief Nurse.\nIn 1917, Sister Chrysostom was replaced at St. Vincent's\nFirst St. Vincent's Hospital, opened Thanksgiving Day, 1898 Old De-\nHospital by Sister Magdalen. In 1920, Sister Angela O'Brien was\nBardeleben Residence, 15th Street and 2nd Ave., South\nappointed as Administrator. Sister made numerous im-\nIn their limited facilities at the old DeBardeleben residence,\nprovements in the hospital during her term of office. In addition\nthe four Sisters began caring for patients. Often because of\nto the erection of the School of Nursing, the entire hospital was\ncrowded conditions some patients in emergency were placed on\nrenovated and paramedical departments such as X-ray and\npallets on the floor. The new building was opened in 1900. Sister\nPathology were added. In 1952 the East Wing was added under\nChrysostom was the first Administrator of the hospital and she\nthe direction of Sister Lydia Hoffman.\nwas also the first graduate nurse registered in the State of\nThe initial plans for the new St. Vincent's Hospital began un-\nAlabama.\nder the direction of Sister Carlos McDonald, Administrator from\nAt the time St. Vincent's Hospital was opened, there was no\n1961 to 1966. They were brought to completion during the ad-\npublic hospital in Birmingham. The hospital of the United\nministration of Sister Mary Bourke at which time the complex\nCharities had just burned in Smithfield. The people in Bir-\nbecame a reality. The present Administrator, Sister Xavier\nmingham were behind the movement to build St. Vincent's\nBallance, succeeded Sister Mary in May 1972.\nHospital. Reverend Patrick D'Reilly, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic\nThe modern concrete, glass and brick building with the most\nChurch, was credited with providing the initiative to obtain funds\nand a hospital site. Father O'Reilly visited the Provincial House\ntechnological aids to medical treatment, was made possible by\nof the Daughters of Charity at Emmitsburg, Maryland, and was\nthe reputation that the hospital has earned in nearly three-\nsuccessful in obtaining a group of Sisters to staff the first\nquarters of a century of service to the community. Of total\nhospital.\nbuilding costs, $1.4 million was contributed from the communi-\nHe promised the Sisters in the name of the citizens of Bir-\nty.\nmingham $10,000.00 if they would erect a structure costing\nThe hospital is administered by the Daughters 0 of Charity of\n$40,000.00. The hospital was built at a cost of, not $40,000.00,\nSt. Vincent de Paul operating as a voluntary, non-profit corpora-\nbut approximately $200,000.00 with the most modern and best\ntion under the Board of Trustees of the Order and a Lay Advisory\nappointed operating rooms in the South.\nBoard of community leaders.\nST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL\n2701 - 9th Court So. : Birmingham, Al. 35205\n933-7111\n+\nthe wounded. With the founding of primary schools and homes for the aged,\ntheir works continued to multiply. \"We are in urgent need of Sisters,\" wrote\nLouise de Marillac, \"because of the great demand there is for them.\"\nBy 1790 the number of establishments had grown to four hundred and\nfifty, with twenty of this number in Poland.\nDuring the French Revolution the Sisters suffered cruel persecution, but\ntheir status was restored in 1830 by a decree from the Minister of the Interior:\n\"Considering that the necessary aid to the sick can only be rendered by\npersons dedicated to their calling and directed by the enthusiasm of charity.\"\nDuring the latter part of the Eighteenth Century the Daughters of Charity\nbegan to extend their houses throughout Europe, but the major expansion\nabroad did not come until the Nineteenth Century, between 1830 and 1890.\nToday their works extend to sixty-five countries.\nIn 1809 Elizabeth Ann Seton, a young widow from New York, founded\nthe Daughters of Charity in the United States.\nMrs. Seton set up a charitable congregation in Emmitsburg, in the Mary-\nland mountains near Baltimore. She appealed to the Mother House in Paris for\nthe rules of the Daughters of Charity and modeled her community on the\nteachings of St. Vincent de Paul.\nThe \"Little Company\" quickly grew in numbers and the works of the\nSisters spread to the surrounding states and beyond. Because of the obvious\ntransportation and communication problems of the day, the union with the\nDaughters of Charity did not take place until 1850, when 300 Sisters of one of\nMother Seton's communities officially joined the parent body.\nToday there are houses of the Daughters of Charity all over the United\nStates.\nSaint Vincent de Paul, Founder of the\nDaughters of Charity.\nThe Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, who have operated St.\nVincent's Hospital since 1898, are part of a world-wide community of some\n44,000 members.\nFounded in France in 1633 by St. Vincent de Paul, the Daughters of\nCharity were the first uncloistered community in the Church and the first to\nwork directly with the poor, the sick, the aged and the afflicted.\nFollowing the guidelines of her Seventeenth Century sister, the present-day\nDaughter of Charity remains dedicated to the unfortunates of humanity and\ncontinues to work effectively-from one end of the globe to the other in the\nfields of teaching, social service and health care. In the United States the\nDaughters of Charity operate forty-four hospitals.\nThis imposing army of women, the largest and one of the most progressive\nin the Church today, sprang from a nucleus of \"four or five good peasant\ngirls.\"\nIntent on combating the poverty and ignorance rampant in Seventeenth\nCentury France, St. Vincent de Paul, then a parish priest and known as\nMonsieur Vincent, began his mission in Paris in the early 1620's. To help\nthose in need, he organized the Confraternities of Charity, later to become the\nLadies of Charity. A short time afterwards, with the assistance of Louise de\nMarillac, he founded the Daughters of Charity.\nLouise de Marillac, later to become St. Louise, was a young woman of\nremarkable energies and spiritual development. Always concerned with helping\nthe sick and needy, Louise recruited a group of young village girls, set up a\nsmall community in her home and began to train them in the skills of\nhousekeeping, teaching and nursing. It was this original company, described in\nan account of the time as \"four or five good peasant girls,\" which St. Vincent\nnamed \"Daughters of Charity, Servants of the Sick and Poor.\"\nThe Community grew rapidly. The Sisters were called upon to assist in\ncaring for the patients at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Paris; to care for\nunfortunate waifs at the Foundling Home;to visit patients at the Asylum for\nthe mentally ill, to instruct children.\n\"We believe that mental, moral, spiritual, and physical rights and\nDuring the Thirty Years' War the Daughters of Charity set a precedent and\nresponsibilities are identical for every man, regardless of race, creed, or\nsocial or economic status and, in assisting him we must consider the\namazed their contemporaries by going onto the battlefield to bring first aid to\ntotal person.\"\n-Daughters of Charity\nResponding to Charity\n\"When all the poor in the world are no\nlonger poor.\nWhen all the hungry are fed,\nand all the naked are clothed;\nwhen the lame can run,\nand the blind can see;\nwhen the deaf can hear all the lovely\nharmony of music and song.\n\"When the sick, and the dying, and the\nabandoned babies, and the orphans,\nand the outcast,\nand the lonely and the forsaken\nare all gathered in Heaven,\nand are safe in the Arms\nof our Loving Father;\nand when there will be no more\nsuffering on earth,\nthen, indeed,\nSaint Louise and all her Daughters will\nbe in Heaven, too.\"\nBut until that day-\nThere will always be Daughters of Charity.\nCHARITY OF JESUS OF CRUCIFIED PRESSES\nTHE\nSn\nMotto and Seal\nof\nThe Daughters of Charity\nof\nSt. Vincent de Paul\nSUGGESTIONS FOR REMARKS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT GALA\n(They suggest a one or two sentence response)\nMy husband started telling me what a real Dixie welcome\nwas like after he visited Birmingham a couple of months\nago. But seeing is believing, and I have to say that the\nonly thing that could have possibly topped the warmth of\nthe fabulous colors in this room tonight is the warmth of\nthe welcome you've given me this weekend. You've given\nme the keys to the city -- I give you the keys to my heart.\nMy deep appreciation to the Daughters of Charity for the\nvery great honor you give me in inviting me to be a part of\nGala.\nAnd my even greater appreciation for letting\nme be a part of Birmingham for a weekend.\nThank you.\nBx 8 9/6-8/74\nAAAD тнэли YAGHUTAS HOT гля,\n(semogeer sonsines out 10\nsmoolew state 1691 is dellv OUT pailie:\naddriom 30 stones 6 bettel"
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