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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 12, folder \"9/6-7/74 - Birmingham,\nAlabama (2)\" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential\nLibrary.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from BOX Of the Files at the Geraid R. Ford Library\nFROM\nTHE VHITE HOUSE\nWA HING ON, D.C.\nDovey Roundtree\n1822 11th Street NW\nWashington, D.C.\nTo Dovey Roundtree\nWith best wishes,\nBetty Ford\nFROM\nWHITE HOUSE\nSKARY\nWALHINGTON, D.C.\nMr. Francis Ambrose\nBrookside Vineyard Company\nOld Guasti, California 91743\n1\nTo Francis Ambrose\nWith best wishes, Bitty Ford\nLIBRARY\nFROM\n/HITE HOUSE\nFORD\nSHINGTON, D.C.\nSERIO\nMr. and Mrs. Minos Georgerakis\n% Sts. Constantine and Helen\nGreek Orthodox Church\n4115 Sixteenth Street NW\nWashington, D.C. 20011\nTo Minos and Patricia Georgerakis\nWith appreciation and best wishes,\nBetty Ford\nJune Bay\nFROM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWith best wishes,\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nSERVICE\nBet\nJune Bay\n906 8th Avenue\nShenandoah, Idwa 51601\nROM\nLIBRARY\nHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nFORD\nDERALD\nDaphene Morgan\nShades Mountain School\nBirmingham, Alabama 35226\nTo Shades Mountain School\nWith best wishes,\nHerald R Ford\nUSE\nBetty Lou Reed\n927 Holly Court\nDeerfield, Illinois 60015\nTo Betty Lou Reed\nWith bestwishes, Bitty Ford\nGERALD\n0801\nbe\nTo the Fairfield High School Band\nWith appreciation for your Warm welcome\non my visit to Birmingham and with my\nwarmest regards,\nBetty Ford\nTo Abby Kendrick\nWith memories of Birmingham\nand my best wishes,\nBetty Ford\nFORD\n029839\no Isabelle Shelton\nWith appreciation from both Susan and me for the opportunity to work with you,\nand hopes for more of the same for many years to come. My very best wishes and\npersonal regards,\nBetty Ford\nTo Fran Lewine\nLooking back on the first of what I'm sure will be many hectic trips together!\nWith my respect and best wishes,\nBetry Ford\nGERALD\nTo Fay Wells\nWith respect and affection, and my best wishes always,\nBetty Ford\nFORD\nLIBRABY\nTo Naomi Nover\nWith fond regards and memories of our first trip together,\nBetty Ford\nBERNID the FORD LIBRARY\nTo Ginny Sherwood\nWith admiration and memories of our first trip together,\nBetty Ford\n&\nGERALD\nTo Susan Peterson\nA very early riser! With memories of pre-White House chats and our first trip\ntogether. With respect and admiration, and my high regards,\nBetty Ford\nTo Marlene Cimons\nWith memories of our trip to Birmingham and best wishes and personal regards from two\nof your subjects Susan and me,\nBetry Ford\nLIBRARY FORD j\nGERALD\nTo Tish Avery\nWith memóries of our first trip together andmy very best wishes,\nBetty Ford\nGERALD FORD LIBRARK\nMary Tuthill\nWith appreciation of the job you do for 1 lichigan and my very best wishes,\nBetty Ford\nGERALD FORD\nTo Ann Wood\nWith memories of our first trip together and many more miles to be logged. With\nregards and best wishes,\nBetty Ford\nLIBRARY GERALD\nGERATE\nLIBRARY\nJSE\nAnn Wood\n809 C. Street SE\nWashington, D.C. 20003\nA BRIEF HISTORY OF\nST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL\nSP\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 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 O'Reilly, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic\nChurch, was credited with providing the initiative to obtain funds\nThe modern concrete, glass and brick building with the most\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\nFacts\nabout\nSt. Vincent's FORD\nHospital\nGE\nLIBRARY\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\nBirmingham\ndelight\nday\nnight\nBirmingham is different in a hun-\nFour buildings surround you-each\ndred ways that will absolutely delight\nmagnificent design-winners of the largest\nyou all day long and on into an\nClass-A architectural competition ever\nevening of exciting night life.\nconducted by the American Institute\nDaytime finds the dramatic\nof Architects.\nmountain landscape beckoning\nyou in all directions. down-\nThe Exhibition Hall features\ntown the pulsing throb of a\nbright progressive city on the\n100,000 square feet of open space more\nmove. Fall offers a\nthan enough for the largest of trade shows,\nbreathtaking pano-\nconventions, and expositions of every\nrama of autumn's\nkind. Beautiful restaurants, lounges,\ncathedral colors, and\nmeeting and banquet areas complete this\nspring the airy fairy-\nsparkling new facility.\nland of thousands of dog-\nwoods in bloom.\nConcert Hall. Superlative viewing\nAt night enjoy any of\nconditions and acoustics make opera,\nBirmingham's fine restaurants. One\nballet, symphony and stage shows more\nevening you can be twenty-odd stories\nmemorable than ever in this unusually\nhigh, savoring fine\nbeautiful 3,000-armchair-seat theatre.\nFrench cuisine and\ngazing through\nThe Theatre. Equally well-planned,\nglass walls at the\none of its finest features is a flexible stage\ncity's million\nwhich projects for an 800-seat thrust-\nsparkling lights.\nstyle arrangement, or converts to a\nproscenium plan. Like the Concert Hall,\nThe new $50 million\nits backstage facilities are also a tribute\nto the architectural skill that makes the\nBirmingham/Jefferson\nCivic Center a model of its kind.\nCivic Center\nwhere something exciting is always\ngoing on!\nThe Coliseum. Gigantic in scope,\nit is a perfect setting for major sports\nevents, conventions, ice shows, circuses,\nand large-scale performances of every\nkind. A large restaurant will be housed on\nthe first level, overlooking the piazza.\n(Scheduled for opening in 1976.)\nFORD is GERALD LIBRARY\nSee all of\nand antique shops, is\ntrain at the BIRMING-\nMarshall. It's the oldest\nto the bass and bream-\nSparkling new\nThere's nothing conven-\nBirmingham\nalso nearby, so don't\nHAM ZOO (the largest in\nsuch event in America\nWhat's your\nfilled lakes and bird-rich\nhotels and motels\ntional about a convention\nA good place to start\nmiss it.\na nine-state area) is like a\nand it is acknowledged\nfavorite sport?\nfields surrounding\npamper you with\nin BIRMINGHAM!\nis Birmingham's justly\nThen there's\nsafari, with rare and\nas the biggest and best!\nGolf, tennis, fishing,\nthe city.\nunexcelled service\nLet us help you plan\nfamous JAPANESE\nARLINGTON, one of the\nexotic animals on all\nOne of Birmingham's\nhunting, football, basket-\nThe Birmingham and\nYou're a very special\nyours. Our staff of experts\nGARDENS, the work of\nSouth's most superbly\nsides.\nnewest attractions is the\nball, baseball, sports car\nAlabama International\nguest-and you know it-\nis ready with a complete\na noted Japanese land-\npreserved and beautiful\nThe Veterans' Day\ngigantic RED MOUN-\nracing-whatever you\nMotor Speedways attract\nthe minute you arrive at\nrange of services. They'll\nscape architect. Stroll its\nantebellum homes, dat-\nparade and banquet are\nTAIN CUT. A part of the\nlike, you'll enjoy it to\nthe finest drivers in the\none of Birmingham's\nhelp you make your con-\ngravel paths and delight\ning back to the 1820's\nBirmingham highlights.\nexpressway system, it\nthe hilt in Birmingham.\nnation. Major football\nmany attractive\nvention in Birmingham\nin every kind of flowering\nVULCAN, the giant iron\nThis was originated here\nexposes millions of years\nYear-round-almost-perfect-\nclashes at Legion Field\naccommodations.\nan outstanding success.\nshrub, bridges, statuary,\ngod standing guard atop\nin 1947 with the help of\nof geologic time in its fos-\nweather lures you out to\nkeep excitement at a high\nWhether it's a steam-\nlakes, and even an\nRed Mountain, second in\nGenerals Eisenhower and\nsils and rock formations.\nthe course, to the courts,\npitch in the fall.\ning-hot breakfast served\nCall or write us at:\nauthentic teahouse.\nsize only to the Statue\nin your room or a five-\nThe 67-acre BOTANI-\nof Liberty.\ncourse gourmet dinner in\nGreater Birmingham\nCAL GARDENS are just a\nBirmingham also boasts\none of the sumptuous\nConvention and\nfew steps away. Rare\none of the South's finest\ndining rooms, you'll find\nVisitors Bureau\norchids and exotic tropi-\nart museums. Its spark-\neverything to make your\n1909 Seventh Ave., North\ncal plants fill the green-\nling new facilities house\n46\nstay most pleasant indeed.\nBirmingham, Ala. 35203\nhouse, and the grounds\nfascinating collections\nMost feature sparkling\nTelephone (205) 252-9825\nabound with specimen\nof every type, including\nentertainment spots, and\nroses, azaleas, camellias\npart of the world-famous\nall are just minutes away\neven a delightful wild\nKress collection.\nfrom shopping and\nflower garden.\nA ride on the mini-\nattractions of every kind.\nQuaint Mountain\nWhichever you choose,\nBrook Village, with its\nyou'll want to return!\nenchanting boutiques\nRour\nExplore a little farther afield.\nAlabama's got everything!\nBIRMINGHAM is a launching point\nto see Alabama- a harmony of contrasts\nfrom its rugged mountains to its rolling\nGulf surf. Wide lakes and quiet streams.\nIts antebellum homes and congenial\npeople. Its space-age cities and unspoiled\ncountryside. Water sports and sightseeing,\nor just relaxing in the sun.\nNorth of the All-America City,\nexplore the rugged mountains of Little\nRiver Canyon or the space age at NASA's\nRedstone Arsenal and the Alabama Space\nand Rocket Center. Or, take a drive to\nnearby lakes to enjoy water sports and\nrecreational facilities unsurpassed\nanywhere.\nSee the archaeological treasures at\nMoundville which tell the exciting story\nof the pre-Columbian Indian civilization.\nOnly 90 miles south of BIRMING-\nHAM lies the birthplace of the Confed-\neracy with relics of the Civil War and the\nseat of Alabama's modern-day government.\nSwift freeways, excellent highways\nand scenic byways will take you there.\nMake BIRMINGHAM the beginning to\ngoing a little farther afield and discover-\ning all of Alabama.\nGreater Birmingham\nConvention and Visitors Bureau\n1909 Seventh Avenue, North\nBirmingham, Alabama 35203\nTelephone (205) 252-9825\nGALA II GENERAL RELEASE\nSeptember 5, 1974\nMrs. Elizabeth Ford makes her first official visit as the nation's new\nFirst Lady in Birmingham this weekend. Mrs. Ford and 10 other prominent\nwomen will be honored as \"Outstanding Women of America\" during an array of\nentertainment and fashion spectaculars which will benefit St. Vincent's Hospital.\nThe event, called Gala II, is a huge, community-wide volunteer project\nwhose purpose is to raise funds for the non-profit, general hospital operated\nby the Daughters of St. Vincent de Paul. Sister Xavier, Hospital Administrator,\nsaid the money will be used to purchase a Tomograph Unit and Pulmonary Function\nMachine.\nThe 11 women will be honored with special presentations for their\nphilanthropic, charity and cultural leadership Saturday night at a black tie\nball at the new Birmingham/Jefferson Civic Center, for which tickets are $150\nper couple.\nThe Master of Ceremonies will be Charles Kuralt, of CBS News' \"On the Road\"\nseries. Popular singing star John Gary will entertain. Dancing, led by the First\nLady will close the evening.\nWhite House spokesmen said that Mrs. Ford would center her activities around\nthe hospital, touring the facilities Saturday morning and holding a news conference\nthere. She is then scheduled to attend a luncheon honoring all of the women at the\nParliament House Hotel, rest during the remainder of the day, and finally, to appear\nas the leading lady at the Gala II Ball at 7:30 P.M.\nMrs. Ford and her party are scheduled to arrive in Birmingham late Friday\nafternoon and the other honored women are expected to attend a private dinner\nparty for the benefactors of Gala II at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Friday night.\nThe Gala II Honorary Chairman is Ms. Aileen Mehle, nationally syndicated\ncolumnist whose by-line is \"Suzy.\" Cornelia Wallace, wife of Alabama Governor\nGeorge C. Wallace, is the official State Hostess for Gala II.\nIn addition to Mrs. Ford, the following personalities will be recognized as\nOutstanding Women of America:\nPatricia Buckley, wife of author-columnist William Buckley. She is vice\npresident of the Society for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New York Hospital\nand is on the advisory board of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute.\nCongresswoman Yvonne Burke, an active proponent of social welfare programs\nand vice president of the 1972 Democratic National Convention.\nKitty Carlisle, television star, and vice chairman of the New York State\nCouncil of the Arts.\nMarian Javits, wife of Senator Jacob Javits.\nJane Langley, member of the original Pickens Sisters trio of the 1940's, who\ntoday takes an active role in civic affairs.\nEleanor Lambert, a leading personality of American fashion, who guides and\nproduces some of the world's most important fashion events.\nMerle Oberon, motion picture actress, who established a park with theater,\nlibrary and play facilities for the under-privileged children of Acapulco, Mexico.\nCicely Tyson, Emmy-award winning television actress and member of the Board\nof Governors of Urban Gateways, an arts-in-the-schools program in Chicago.\nDiana Vreeland, a leading figure in the international worlds of fashion and\nsociety, and consultant to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's costume institute.\nGrace Warnecke, wife of internationally famous architect, John Carl Warnecke.\nThe vice president of the San Francisco Ballet Association, she also is a member\nof the women's committee of the Smithsonian Institute and the advisory board of\nthe California Theater Foundation.\nGALA II HOW THE PROCEEDS WILL BE SPENT\nAll profits from Gala II will go to St. Vincent's Hospital for the purchase\nof a new Tomograph Unit and a Pulmonary Function Machine. These two pieces of\nequipment cost more than $100,000.\nThe Tomograph Unit is used for body section radiography in X-ray diagnosis.\nIt enables the technician to take X-rays of a specific area of the body, blocking\nout all surrounding tissue.\nThe Pulmonary Function Machine measures the capacity and expulsion of the\nlungs and will be a great advance on the present equipment in use at St. Vincent's.\nIt is used in the case of pulmonary problems such as asthma, emphysema, bronchitis,\npneumonia and pulmonary edema.\nMoney from last year's Gala 75 was used to buy equipment for the X-ray\nDepartment and the Nuclear Medicine Laboratory. The $66,000 Dyna Camera, which\nhas been in use almost a year, enables the Nuclear Medicine staff to make scans\nin a matter of minutes, which with previous equipment might have taken several hours.\nThe machine is more versatile in its uses and produces pictures with greater resolution\nand detail. It has a video tape recorder incorporated into it. This insures that\nretakes are never necessary.\nAlso purchased last year was a 105 Camera for the X-ray Department. The camera\ncost $15,000 and can take up to 12 frames per second, giving a reproduction close to that\nof a movie. It is especially useful for making esophogus X-rays.\nGALA II FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER, MUSEUM OF ART\nAccording to designer George del Favero, decorations for Gala II Friday\nnight dinner party will be of \"understated elegance, with Nature as the theme.\"\nAfter being \"welcomed\" to the Museum area by the decorative lights in the park\nwhich will be switched on for the whole weekend, the party goer will find more\ntiny lights decorate the entrance to the Museum.\nThe main hall of the Museum will have a \"chandelier\" of miniature bird\ncages and hanging plants. Banks of live plants and three vignettes of oriental\nrugs and wicker furniture will form seating areas.\nTablecloths for the dinner will be of linen printed with birds, with matching\nnapkins and holders. Amber votive candles and white butterfly ashtrays will complete\nthe theme.\nCenterpiece for the dinner will be a six foot umbrella of vulture feathers.\nGeorge claims to have every available vulture feather in the country that is not\nstill on the vulture.\nThere will be no formal program for the Friday night dinner.\nHosts and hostesses for the honored women at the museum party will be as\nfollows: Chairperson, Eileen Mehle, Don Hawkins, City Council President;\nElizabeth Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hess; Yvonne Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Williams;\nMarian Javits and Senator Jacob Javits, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Cunningham; Diana\nVreeland, Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Glenn; Eleanor Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Terrell;\nPatricia Buckley and William Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Brady; Kitty Carlisle,\nMr. and Mrs. Sam Boykin; Jane Langley, Mayor George G. Seibels, Jr.; Grace Warnecke\nand Carl Warnecke, Mr. and Mrs. Elton B. Stephens; Merle Oberon, Mr. and Mrs.\nCrawford Johnson, III; Cicely Tyson, Abe Berkowitz.\nGALA II\nSATURDAY LUNCHEON\nA ladies luncheon and fashion show will be held at the Parliament House\non Saturday as part of the Gala II week-end. Fashions will be by Parisian.\nDecorations for the luncheon will feature panels of Diana the Huntress,\nlive plants and hanging baskets of flowers. Each lady will be presented\nwith a small shopping bag of favors and the potted plants used for the\ndecorations will be given away as door prizes.\nAs the ladies are feted, the prominent male guests at Gala II also\nwill be entertained at a luncheon in the Penthouse of the Central Bank. Civic\nand business leaders will be their hosts.\nGALA II SATURDAY NIGHT GALA EVENING\nSaturday night's Gala evening will feature decorations both elegant\nand lavish.\nFor the cocktail party Civic Center's Red Carpet Lounge, the columns will\nbe decorated with white ostrich plumes and mirrors.\nThe dinner and presentations will be held in the adjoining exhibition hall,\nwhere a 30 X 30 foot cascading mirror canopy will hang over the runway area.\nSix natural jewel colors will provide the theme for the decorations. Each\ntable will be completely color coordinated to its moire silk cloth, with napkins,\nnapkin rings, centerpieces and programs all matching. Centerpieces for the tables\nwill be chicken wire baskets containing votive candles, decorated with sequins\nand vulture feathers.\nThe circular VIP tables will have cerise colored cloths and accessories\nwith centerpieces of teardrop candelabra and ostrich plumes. The head table,\nwhich will be pink, will be decorated with similar candelabra in a spiraling\nshape. The guests of honor will each receive a monogrammed moire memory book.\nTheir monogrammed napkins will be held in crystal rings.\nGALA II PERSONAL FAVORS\nWhen each of the Gala II honorees is shown to her room at the Parliament\nHouse, she will find a large selection of gifts and useful articles selected\nto help make her stay more pleasant.\nJust for pleasure, fresh fruit, a longstemmed rose, a bouquet of flowers,\na bottle of sherry and a cut crystal glass. For practical matters, a personalized\npad with pen and pencil set, padded coat hangers, an elegant pin cushion with pins\nand ready-threaded needles, three pairs of spare hose, (just in case) and engraved\nluggage tags. To flatter her femininity, hand lotion, monogrammed soap, perfume,\na monogrammed lace handkerchief and satin monogrammed pillow cases on the bed.\nTo keep her up to date, magazines and newspapers, and as a momento of the South,\nthe Southern Living Cook Book.\nGALA II CHAIRPERSON: \"SUZY\"\nWhen Aileen Elder Mehle was dared by a Miami newspaper publisher to create\na better socialite feature than the one she was heard criticizing at a cocktail\nparty, the future \"Suzy\" little suspected that she would attain the worldwide\nstature she now enjoys.\nThe internationally known columnist is the Honorary Chairwoman for St.\nVincent's Gala II.\nProfessionally, Mrs. Mehle hadn't written a line when she took up the\nchallenge offered her. The \"Suzy\" pen name took life as the author attempted\nto keep her identity hidden from those Miami bon vivant friends about whom she\nwas writing. In fact, she helped perpetuate the secret by suggesting to her\ncronies that \"a man was writing the column\".\nIn 1962 King Features started syndicating \"Suzy\", and in 1963 more than 35\npapers carried her byline.\nIn June 1967, \"Suzy\" switched outlets to the Chicago Tribune-New York News\nSyndicate. \"Suzy's\" appearance in the New York News topped an already imposing\nlist that included dailies in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit,\nBoston, Miami, Cleveland, Denver, Montreal, Madrid, and Mexico City. She appears in\n90 newspapers.\nGALA II\nTHE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE\nSISTER XAVIER BALLANCE, D. C.\nSister Xavier Ballance, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul\nsince 1957, is the Administrator of St. Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham.\nSister Xavier is a native of Columbus, Ohio. Sister is a registered\nprofessional nurse, a graduate of Mercy School of Nursing in Toledo, Ohio,\nand St. Louis University.\nSister's experiences for a decade as a nurse ranged from Staff nursing\nto supervision in Mississippi, Texas, Illinois and Louisiana. Sister\nreceived a Masters degree in Health Care Administration at George Washington\nUniversity in Washington, D.C. in 1968. Since then she has had experience\nin hospital administration in Massachusetts, Texas, and Alabama.\nSister Xavier is currently a member of the American College of Hospital\nAdministrators, American Hospital Association, Alabama Hospital Association and\nmaintains active nurse registration in Ohio.\nSister Xavier is currently an active participant in Health Care Administration\nin the Birmingham community. Sister is president elect of the Birmingham Regional\nHospital Council, Director of Diocesan Health Services, and a member of several\ncommunity health committees. The basic purpose of these committees is to\nimprove health care in the Birmingham community.\nTHE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (continued)\nGEORGE DEL FAVERO, artistic designer for all facets of Gala II, is\nDirector of Visual Merchandising and Store Planning for Parisian, Inc.,\na Birmingham headquartered fashion store. A resident of Birmingham for\n26 years, George has worked for Parisian for 22 years. He is a native of\nNew York, educated at New York University. Virtually every artistic venture\nin the Birmingham area for almost a quarter century has had his involvement,\nincluding the Festival of Arts, Birmingham Symphony, Museum of Art, Beaux\nArts Ball, Fall Fashion Time and Birmingham Press Club. A former nominee\nfor Man of the Year, he has received awards from the City of Birmingham,\nFestival of Arts, Salvation Army and Red Cross.\nDON L. HAWKINS is Assistant Director and Director of Promotions for\nthe Birmingham/Jefferson Civic Center, the site of Gala II. A Democrat,\nDon was a floor leader for the Alabama delegation to the 1968 Democratic\nConvention which nominated the then Vice President, Hubert Humphrey for\nPresident. In 1964, he was the youngest delegate to the Democratic Convention\nwhich nominated the late President, Lyndon B. Johnson. He was a member of the\nAlabama State Democratic Executive Committee, 1966-1970 and his wife, Donna,\nis now serving a four year term. A Birmingham native, he is a graduate of\nthe University of Alabama. Don has twice been chairman of the annual Festival\nof Arts International Fair, has been vice president of the Festival three times\nand presently is a director of the Festival.\nEDDIE LEITMAN is a partner in the Birmingham law firm of Berkowitz,\nLefkovits and Patrick. A Vietnam veteran, he received the Bronze Star Medal\nwhile serving as an Army Captain. A Birmingham native, he is a graduate of\nthe University of Alabama with a BS in Business Administration and a law degree.\nEddie is a member of the American Bar Association, Alabama Bar Association, the\nBirmingham Bar Association and Temple Emanuel. He serves on the board of\nnumerous local Jewish organizations and is vice president of Birmingham Lodge 2913\nTHE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (continued)\nof B'nai B'rith.\nMRS. GERALD R. FORD\n(ELIZABETH B. FORD)\nBetty Ford, one of the \"Legendary Women of America\" is destined to\nbecome more legendary as the new First Lady of our Country.\nShe was born Elizabeth Bloomer in Chicago, Illinois, and soon afterward\nmoved to Grand Rapids, Michigan.\nMrs. Ford attended Bennington College in Vermont, majoring in modern\ndance, under the direction of Martha Graham, among others. She then went on\nto continue a more intensive dance course with Martha Graham in New York where\nshe became a member of the Martha Graham Concert Group. Upon returning to\nGrand Rapids, Mrs. Ford organized her own dance group and became a model and\nfashion consultant for one of the Grand Rapids stores. She also spent time\nworking with handicapped children sharing with them an appreciation of this\nart.\nOn October 15, 1948, Elizabeth Bloomer married Gerald R. Ford, who a few\nweeks later was elected United States Representative in Congress from the Fifth\nDistrict of Michigan and served as minority leader of the House of Representatives\nprior to becoming Vice-President then President of the United States.\nThe Fords have four children, Michael Gerald presently attending Gordon-\nConwell Theological Seminary; John Gardner is a Forestry major at Utah State;\nSteven Meigs is a freshman at Duke University; and Susan Elizabeth is a senior\nat Holton Arms School for Girls.\nIn Grand Rapids and Washington, Mrs. Ford has been active in Republican\nwomen's groups. In the Capitol, she has been involved in the Congressional Club\nand has acted as President of the Senate Red Cross Club. She has also been\nprogramchairman for the Cancer Society Benefit Campaign in Alexandria.\nDIANA VREELAND\nFor more than thirty five years Diana Vreeland has been a leading\nfigure in the international worlds of fashion and society. After ending\na ten year stint as Editor in Chief of Vogue Magazine, Mrs. Vreeland has\nbeen a consultant to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute\nsince October, 1972.\nBorn and raised in Paris, Mrs. Vreeland made her mark on the American\nfashion world when she became Fashion Editor of Harper's Bazaar. She held\nthis influential post from 1937 until 1962.\nDuring her professional life in fashion and her years in Europe, Diana\nVreeland has remained an elegant figure in international society. She has\nbeen personal friends with all the top couturiers and has always worked\nclosely with writers, artists, photographers and other people in the fabric\nworld, maintaining a unique and creative involvement in everything she touches.\nThe two exhibitions that Mrs. Vreeland has mounted for the Costume\nInstitute thus far, The World of Balenciaga and Inventive Clothes: 1909-1939,\nhave broken records not only in attendance and press coverage, but have\nexerted a major influence in current fashions and design.\nELEANOR LAMBERT\nEleanor Lambert is one of the leading personalities of the American\nfashion world and a prime crusader for world recognition of American\nfashion.\nAfter going to art schools in Indianapolis and Chicago, Miss\nLambert moved to New York and worked her way up in the art public relations\nfield. Today, Miss Lambert's experienced hands guide the press relations\nof the creative talents at all levels of American fashion, and she guides\nand produces some of the world's most important fashion events. She has\nbeen appointed by the U. S. Government to produce American fashion shows in\nMoscow, Australia, and Europe.\nIn 1960, Eleanor Lambert received the New York Board of Trade's Gold\nMedal Award for outstanding contribution to the fashion industry. In 1964\nthe Hall Syndicate asked her to write a column of her experiences, travels\nand to give fashion information for the average woman. When the National\nCouncil on the Arts was established, Eleanor Lambert was named to the Body,\nthe first time fashion had been listed among the creative arts.\nMiss Lambert is currently completing a compendium of fashion throughout\nthe world, tentatively called \"World Guide to Fashion.\"\nCICELY TYSON\nAlthough only recently heralded for her acting talent, Cicely Tyson\nmade her television debut in 1958, long before she received an Academy\nAward nomination. The 1973 nomination was only part of international\nacclaim for Miss Tyson's portrayal of Rebecca, the sharecropper's wife\nin \"Sounder\".\nFormerly a secretary, then a model, Cicely Tyson worked almost 15\nyears in theater, film, and television before she attained star status.\nLittle known to today's audience, Miss Tyson was the first young black\nactress to face viewers with a natural, unstraightened hairstyle.\nAside from her acting, Cicely Tyson is active in the promotion of\nthe arts. She was instrumental in founding a classical ballet company,\nthe Dance Theater of Harlem, and serves on the Board of Governors of\nUrban Gateways, and arts-in-the-schools program in Chicago.\nSome of her private pleasures include jogging, bicycling, meditating,\nand an all-vegetable diet.\nMiss Tyson has recently won an Emmy Award for her role of a 110 year\nold former slave in \"The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.\"\nMERLE OBERON\nInternationally known actress Merle Oberon was born in Tasmania,\nAustralia and attended schools in India and France. She began her\ncareer in London at age 16 with a role in \"The Private Life of Henry VIII\".\nMiss Oberon achieved international star stature when she co-starred\nwith Leslie Howard in \"Scarlet Pimpernel\". More movie roles followed like\n\"Dark Angel\", \"Till We Meet Again\", \"Berlin Express\", \"Wuthering Heights\"\nwith Sir Lawrence Olivier, \"Desiree\" with Marlon Brando and many others.\nIn her private life Miss Oberon has shown concern for the under\nprivileged. While living in Mexico she established a five acre park with\ntheater, library and recreational facilities facilities for the under-\nprivileged children of Acapulco.\nNow living in Los Angeles, Miss Oberon has helped the Actors Studio\nWest by donating a theater. All proceeds go to the acting group to\nencourage young actors and playwrights.\nJANE PICKENS LANGLEY\nJane Pickens Langley is fondly remembered as one of the Pickens\nSisters, a singing trio that enjoyed tremendous popularity during\nWorld War II. The Sisters sang on a CBS radio show and set a pattern\nof singing styles still imitated today. Mrs. Langley later became a singing\nstar in her own right.\nToday Mrs. Langley resides in Newport, Rhode Island, where she is\nnoted as a gracious hostess and socialite. Mrs. Langley has run for\nCongress and always takes an active role in civic affairs.\nPAT BUCKLEY\nPat Buckley, the wife of well-known national columnist and \"Firing\nLine\" host William F. Buckley, is a woman who enjoys the outdoors,\nsailing, skiing, playing tennis and gardening are some of her favorite\nactivities.\nBorn in Vancouver, Canada, Mrs. Buckley was educated privately and\nattended Vassar for her collegiate studies. She and her husband were\nmarried in 1950 and have a 21 year old son who is currently attending\nYale.\nMrs. Buckley manages to find time to devote to the Advisory Board\nof Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute and serves as Vice President of\nthe Society for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New York Hospital.\nKITTY CARLISLE\nKitty Carlisle, whose participation as a panelist on \"To Tell The\nTruth\" has made her face one of the most familiar in the nation, has\nhad a long and varied career as an entertainer.\nBorn in New Orleans, Miss Carlisle went to Europe when she was\nten and while there engaged in musical and dramatic arts training.\nWhen she returned to the United States, Miss Carlisle made her\ndebut at the Capitol Theater in New York. Later she moved over to\nBroadway where she attracted the attention of movie producers.\nSubsequently, she bacame involved in a string of motion pictures like\n\"Here is My Heart\" with Bing Crosby and \"A Night at the Opera\" with the\nMarx Brothers. Miss Carlisle later went on to make appearances in\nsome of the country's top night clubs and hotels. She has also sung\nat the Metropolitan Opera.\nMiss Carlisle has served under Governor Rockefeller as a consultant\non women's opportunities. She is a member of the visiting committee of\nthe Board of Overseers of Harvard University for the Visual and Performing\nArts and has also been elected an Associate Fellow at Yale. Miss Carlisle\nis currently vice-chairman of the New York State Council of the Arts.\nMRS. JOHN CARL WARNECKE\nMrs. John C. Warnecke, wife of the internationally famous architect\nJohn Carl Warnecke, combines life as the wife of a busy husband with\nwork as a writer, translator, and promoter of the arts. The Warneckes\ncommute between homes in Washington, D.C., New York City, San Francisco,\nand a ranch in Sonoma County, California. Mrs. Warnecke travels with her\nhusband all over the world and participates in many of the national and\ninternational activities of his practice.\nThe daughter of former Ambassador George F. Kennan and a Norwegian\nmother, Grace Warnecke was born in Riga, Latvia and grew up in Europe\nas much as in this country. She graduated with honors from Radcliffe\nCollege in 1954. A linguist, Mrs. Warnecke has worked in Russian studies\nat Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as the Russian interpreter\nfor the San Francisco International Film Festival and translated for many\ndelegations both here and in the USSR. Last April she accompanied Senator\nEdward Kennedy and his family to the USSR as their interpreter.\nMrs. Warnecke was the Book Critic for San Francisco magazine and\nworks as a free-lance writer. She pursues a strong interest in the arts as\nVice President of the San Francisco Ballet Association, has served on the\nBoards of Directors of the San Francisco Art Institute, the Crocker Art\nGallery in Sacramento, California; and is currently serving on the Women's\nCommittee of the Smithsonian Institution as well as on the Advisory Board\nof the California Theatre Foundation.\nGrace Warnecke's most challenging and rewarding job, though, is as the\nmother of three children, Charles, Adair and Kevin, and friend and advisor\nto her four step-children.\nINIVERSITY\nof\nALABAMA\nuniversity college\nuniversity of alabama in birmingham\nBirmingham,\nA1\nTown and Gown Theater of The University of Alabama in Birmingham\nserves the city as a community theater and Alabama as a state theater. In addition\nto presenting a subscription series of plays and musicals each season at Clark The-\nater, Town and Gown also tours productions throughout Alabama.\nMany young Alabamians who have established themselves in theater, motion pic-\ntures, and television have received their training and early experience at Town\nand Gown.\nThe Theater, established in 1950, is also becoming nationally known as a try-\nout center for new plays and musicals. Last season, Town and Gown presented the\nworld premiere of the new musical, \"Something About Ann,\" by Anita Loos, Ralph Blane,\nand James Gregory.\nTo be presented in the 1974-75 season, marking Town and Gown's 25th anniversary,\nis the world premiere of the musical version of \"Happy Birthday,\" with book by\nAnita Loos, score by Gerry Mulligan, and lyrics by the late Judy Holliday. Also\nthis season, the Theater is doing the American premiere of \"Trelawney.\"\nThe founding director of Town and Gown is James Hatcher, native of Enterprise,\nAlabama, graduate of Birmingham-Southern College and the University of Alabama,\nand an associate professor at The University of Alabama in Birmingham. An adviser to\nGala II, he is responsible again this year for the public presentation of the event's\nhonored guests.\nMr. Hatcher was the founding director of the Alabama State Council on the Arts\nand Humanities and founding chairman of the Alabama School of Fine Arts. He is arts\nadviser to Governor George C. Wallace, and for the past 28 years has produced and\ndirected the Miss Alabama Coronation Pageant. In 1960, he produced the Miss America\nReunion Pageant in Atlantic City.\n-30-\n0100\nSAINT VINCENT'S HOSPIT\nSP\nGERALD\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.\nABAM\nTHEY\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,\nGeorge C. Wallace\n88868\nGovernor\nMRS. GEORGE C. WALLACE\nGCW:slg\nAlabama's First Lady\nand\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,\nSinter Xamin\nSister Xavier\nAdministrator\nAWARDS CEREMONIES\nPROGRAM\nCharles Kuralt\nPresiding\nMaster of Ceremonies\nSister Xavier Ballance\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 Il\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.\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\nJAMES HATCHER\nAdvisor to GALA II\nAdvisor to GALA II\nInternational make-up wizard Sebou was reared in Iran\nJames Hatcher, Director of the Birmingham Town and Gown\nwhere he was the son of an Iranian diplomat. At the age of 15 he\nTheater, holds the Academic Appointment of Associate Professor\nbecame beauty stylist to the Iranian royal family who he contin-\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.\nGovernor George C. Wallace appointed Mr. Hatcher the first\nmake-up and hair styling.\nExecutive Director of the Alabama Council on the Arts which\nwas founded in 1966.\nFor the devotion to St. Vincent's Hospital\nand for the services he has rendered as\nExecutive Chairman of GALA II\nWe extend our sincere appreciation to\nDON L. HAWKINS\nSaint Vincent's Hospital gratefully acknowledges the support and\ncooperation during the preparation and execution of GALA II to:\nHONORARY CHAIRWOMAN\nMrs. Aileen Mehle (Suzy)\nEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE\nGeorge Delfavero\nDon Hawkins\nEddie Leitman\nFOUNDER OF GALA\nPUBLICITY CHAIRMAN\nStan Bradley\nSt. Vincent's Hospital\nSPECIAL ADVISORS\npays tribute to one of its dearest friends\nSebou\nJames Hatcher\nCITY HOSTS\nGEORGE DELFAVERO\nMayor George Siebels\nwhose unselfish and tireless efforts\nDon L. Hawkins, Council President\nSPONSORS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN\ngave birth to GALA\nRobert E. Luckie\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\nDoris Kennedy\nsincere appreciation to the\nSylvia Patrick\nKathrine Mathieu\nStates Marine Corps\nBetty Lefkovits\nRecruiting Service\nTRAVEL COORDINATOR\nDOOR PRIZES\nMary Pat Terhart\nirmingham, Alabama\nBarbara Shook\nto St. Vincent's Hospital through\nINVITATIONS\nHOSPITALITY SUITE\nservices they have rendered\nPeggy Bonfield\nMildred Cohn\nthe 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\nStan Bradley\nDr. Rex Harris\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\nSS Bahama Star. Arranged through Brownell Tours\nCobb Lane Flowers\nT. D. Russell\nElma Bell\nJane Smith\nServicemaster of Birmingham:\nThe Birmingham News\nHerbert Maulitz\nDr. R. Rex Harris\n$25.00 Gift Certificate\nThe Birmingham Post-Herald\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\nJ. Ortman Company:\nHenry G. Gobeil\nBlach's Department Store\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\nFur Trim All Wool Sweater\nParliament House\nChief James Parsons\nMary Fife\nDonald D. Wear\nHugh Smith\nJ. C. Penney Company, Inc.:\nJonni Hicks\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\nFrankie Engel Antiques:\nBrookside Wine Company\nBob Vega\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. Virciglio\nBart Starr Lincoln-Mercury\nWAPI-Channel 13\nBrownell Pontiac\nWAPI-Radio\nDon Drennen Buick\nWBRC-Channel 6\nDoug Willey Pontiac\nWBMG-Channel 42\nDrennen Motor Company\nWCRT-Radio\nEast Lake Auto Sales\nWERC-Radio\nHill's Chrysler-Plymouth\nWQEZ-FM Radio\nRoyal Olds\nVirginia Lange\nBruno's\nAlabama's Finest Food Stores!\nSERVING YOU\nBETTER\nSAVING YOU\nMORE!\nBruno's is Alabama's fastest growing food\nstores with 44 stores in Birmingham, Mont-\ngomery, Tuscaloosa, Jasper, Dora, Cullman,\nHaleyville, Decatur, Huntsville, Pell City,\nSylacauga, Anniston, Athens, Pelham, Gads-\nden, and Albertville to serve you.\nBRUNO'S TAKES\nGOOD CARE\nOF YOU\nGERATE FORD LIBRARY\nDistributed\nBIRMINGHAM\nLocally By\nDAVID TIRE CO.\nHYATT HOUSE\nA New Dimension\nDelta\nGreat things\nin Southern\nHospitality\nWorld's Largest and Fastest\nare always\n9th AVENUE\nSelling Private Brand Tires\n& 21st STREET NORTH\nhappening\nCompliments of\nat\nWAITE'S\nBarber's\nEastwood Mall\n\"Good Things to Eat\"\nNatural Goodness\nCOMPLETE FAMILY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS\n2101 7th Avenue, South\n*\nBirmingham, Alabama\nGala\nWELCOME GALA II\nEMPIRE SEAFOOD CO., INC.\nSERVICE IS OUR MOTTO\n1116 2nd Avenue North\nBirmingham, Alabama\nfun!!\nMEMBER\nfun!,*\nAMERICAN\nSOCIETY\nWhen you are planning a trip, drop in or call and discuss\nyour plans with experienced agents. 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And it\nchallenge of\nPREMIERE!\ndevotion to their professions has made each of these women an inspiration to\nis still the head of the\ncouldn't be more\nspectacular\nThe big man is back in\nthe world.\nfamily! Jack\nnew adventures.\nshocking. Darren\naction-in the untamed\nMcGavin stars.\nElam, Gary\nLee Majors\nwilderness!\nBusey star.\nstars.\nClint Walker stars.\nPARISIAN\nWBRC-TV\nDOWNTOWN\nFIVE POINTS WEST\nEASTWOOD\nVESTAVIA\nDECATUR\nAA\nJANITOR SUPPLIES\nBrookside,\nR\nMOORE\nServing the Hospital Industry\nA Complete Line of\nMAINTENANCE SUPPLIES\nMOORE BUSINESS FORMS, INC.\nP. 0. 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ALABAMA 35203\n1421 First Avenue So. - Call 322-6772\nbeautifu\nWith our\ncompliments.\nask for your free copy\nThere is a\ntradition\nof the 1975 Hallmark Date Book\nand Pocket Calendar\nthe special\nBRISTOL\nlittle ways to remember important days.\nStop by soon\nantibiotic for almost\nDEB'S HALLMARK\nevery bacterial infection.\nEastwood Mall - Birmingham, Alabama\nfor\nHallmark\n29\ncoosa valley telephone co.\n1610 cogswell avenue pell city, alabama 35125\nyears.\nBest Wishes to\nFriend\nSt. Vincent's and\nVisters\nit's Great Service\nEASTWOOD MALL\nROEBUCK\nThe best news you've had\nEXCHANGE SECURITY BANK\nFor almost more years than we can\nall year\nremember, we've called ourselves \"the friendly\nbank.\" And that's the kind of bank we've always\ntried to be.\nBut maybe we should have been saying\nNewsWatch\n13\n\"the friendly neighborhood bank\" instead.\nBecause, wherever you are, there's a pretty\ngood chance we are, too.\nIf you'll check the list, you'll find the\nExchange Security branch that's closest to you.\n7:25 AM REPORT\nWe'll bet it won't be very far away.\nwith Carl Daniels\nAfter all, if we're going to be friends, we\nought to be neighbors, too.\nWHERE TO FIND US, WHEREVER\nNOON REPORT\nYOU ARE:\nwith Carl Daniels\nTom Roberts\nDowntown - 317 North 20th St.\nDick Breit\nBessemer - 330 North 19th St., Bessemer\nCahaba Heights - 3172 Cahaba Heights Plaza\n5:00 PM REPORT\nCenter Point - 2020 Center Point Road\nwith Tom Roberts\n*Eastwood Mall - 7728 Eastwood Mall\nGary Sanders\nFive Points South - 941 South 20th St.\nBob Ivy\nFive Points West - 2250 Bessemer Road\n* Green Springs 475 Green Springs Hwy.\n6:00 PM REPORT\n*Hoover - 1651 Montgomery Hwy., So.\nwith Wendell Harris\nMountain Brook - 2721 Culver Rd.\nGary Sanders\nRosemary\n32nd Street South - 3121 Third Ave., So.\nUniversity- - 832 South 19th St.\nValley Avenue - 234 West Valley Ave.\n11:00 PM REPORT\nWendell Harris\nVanderbilt - 1013 Vanderbilt Rd.\nwith Les Coleman\nNews Director\nJohnny McClure\nWAPI\nVestavia - 529 Montgomery Hwy.\nWest Lake - 731 North 9th Avenue, Bessemer\n*Western Hills Mall - 43 Western Hills Mall\nWAPI-TV\nCHANNEL\n13\n*Bank here 24 hours a day with Exchange\nSecurity's MiniBank Master Charge.\n\"Where the News Watch never stops\"\nMember FDIC\n103 OXMOOR RD. / BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 35209 / (205) 870-8520\nAnybody can sell you a desk and a\nchair, but\nfor the office that says,\n\"This is me\" you need the total know-\nledge and design facilities of Crawford\nInteriors.\nCrawford\nBut\nif you just want a desk and a\nInteriors,\nchair, you can't beat the variety of styles\nInc.\nto be found at Crawford.\nFor The Complete Office\nPARLIAMENT\nHouse\n420 South 20th Street\nBirmingham, Alabama 35233\n205-323-7211\nCompliments of\nA\nFRIEND\nchrono\nSt. Vincent's Hospital\nTHE HOSPITAL REPUTATION BUILT\nSEAL\nST. INCENTS HOSPITAL\nIn the spring of 1898, Rev. Patrick A. O'Reilly,\nPastor of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church,\nThe new St Vincent's Hospital complex\norganized a mass meeting of citizens\ncompleted in May, 1972, at 27th Street and 9th\nto consider his suggestion that there was need of\nCourt, South replaces the original\nestablishing a hospital to serve\nstructure opened in 1900.\nJefferson County and the City of Birmingham.\nThe modern concrete, glass and brick building\nThe meeting resulted in the organization of the\nwith the most technological aidsto\nSisters of Charity Hospital Association\nmedical treatment was made possible by the\nwhich set about raising money for a building\nreputation that the hospital has earned in nearly\nthrough subscription lists. As a\nthree-quarters of a century of service\ntemporary measure, the home of\nto the community Ottotal building costs, $1.4\nMr. H.F. DeBardeleben was converted to a\nmillion was contributed from the community.\nhospital until the permanent building could be put\nup. The temporary establishment opened\nThe hospital is administered by the Daughters of\nin December, 1898.\nCharity of St. Vincent de Paul operating\nOn March 13, 1899, ground breaking\nas a voluntary corporation under the\nceremonies for the first permanent building, to be\nBoard of Trustees of the Order and a Lay\nlocated at 2701 Ninth Circle South,\nAdvisory Board of community leaders.\ntook place. The location became known as Mt.\nSt. Vincent.\nOn Thanksgiving Day in 1900, the first permanent\nhome of the Hospital was opened.\nSome of those involved in the organization of the\nHospital besides the Rev. O'Reilly were\nDr. B.L. Wyman, Mr. H.H. Sinege,\nMr. W.P. McCrossin, Mr. J.M. McCartin, Mr.\nAllen J. Krebbs, Mr. Robert Jemison,\nMr. B. Steiner and the Most Rev. Bishop Edward\nPatrick Allen, Diocese of Mobile.\nOthers were the Very Rev. Father R.A. Lennon,\nSuperior of the Order of the Daughters\nof Charity, Sisters Benedicta and Magdeline, who\nundertook organization of the temporary\nHospital; and Sisters Placida,\nPatricia and Antonia who participated in the\ndirection. Mother Mariana, Superior of\nThe Sisters in the U.S. selected the present site\nof the Hospital, and Sister Chrysoston was\nthe first Administrator in the original\npermanent building.\nPatrick\nA.\nORely\nCatholic\nChurch\nThe new St. Vincent's Hospital complex\nof\ncompleted in May, 1972, at 27th Street and 9th\nCourt, South replaces the original\nstructure opened in 1900.\nThe modern concrete, glass and brick building\nThe\norganization\nwith the most technological aids to\nof Charity Association\nmedical treatment, was made possible by the\nset about raising money for a building\nreputation that the hospital has earned in nearly\nthrough subscription lists As a\nthree-quarters of a century of service\ntemporary measure, the home of\nto the community. Of total building costs, $1.4\nMr H.F. DeBardeleben was converted toa\nmillion was contributed from the community.\nhospital until the permanent building could be\nup. The temporary establishment opened\nThe hospital is administered by the Daughters of\nin December 1898\nCharity of St. Vincent de Paul operating\nOn March 13. 1899, ground breaking\nas a voluntary, non-profit corporation under the\nceremonies for the first permanent\nBoard of Trustees of the Order and a Lay\nat 2701 Ninth Circle\nAdvisory Board of community leaders.\nThe\nOn\nRebert\nMobile\nthe\nthe\nSherlock, Smith & Adams, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama, Architect.\nPearce, DeMoss & King, Inc., Decatur, Alabama, Contractor.\nMarshall, Field & Company, Chicago,\nIllinois, Interior Designer.\nRambusch Company, New York, Chapel Designer.\nThe first floor contains a coordinate of\ndepartments. The admitting office extends from\nthe entrance lobby to the elevators which\nare near emergency operating rooms, central\nThe entrance and facade of the new building face\nsupply, the pharmacy and the ten-bed emergency\nnorthward from the highlands on the\nreceiving room.\nsouthside. The majestic elevation of the building\naffords a broad view of Jones Valley and\nOn the opposite side of the building on the first\nthe skyline of the City of Birmingham.\nfloor, but accessible to all the supply\ndepartments, is the out-patient clinic.\nThere are diagnostic facilities serving these\nvarious departments. Also on the ground floor are\nfour x-ray rooms, all connecting with\na dark room.\nIn a separate treatment area, but part of this\ncomposite of services is the arterial\ndiagnostic room. Also separated is the linear\naccelerator installed in a room with\nconcrete walls thirty inches thick. This machine\nis used for treatment of malignancies.\nThe offices for administration of the Hospital\noccupy the northwest corner of\nthe second floor.\nThe cafeteria, also on the second floor, extends\nacross the front of the building\nwith full advantage of the view across the valley.\nThe room has been decorated in refreshing\ncitrus colors of lemon and tangerine, with trim of\npoplar green.\nMaternity care is located on the third floor.\nIn a unique arrangement here, the six nurseries\nare completely visible from a central\nnurses' station. Also, one of the nurseries is\nequipped to be converted to a high risk unit.\nThere are private labor rooms, a recovery room\nfor post-delivery care and a mother's\nrecreation room.\nThe doctor's lounge is also located\non the third floor.\nThe fourth floor operating rooms contain the\nultimate in technological equipment.\nSome of the features of the eleven operating\nrooms in the building are color\nbalanced, shadowless lighting, facilities for\ndeveloping x-ray film in the operating room,\nadvance warning systems for detecting\nelectrical leakage, separate power panels,\nmonitoring machinery for the anesthesiologist,\nheart pump, visible stop-watch timing\ndevices, and the size - each operating room is\ntwenty by twenty feet.\nThe recovery room is within the fourth floor\noperating rooms and across the hall\nfrom the head anesthesiologist's office. It will\naccommodate ten patients. Here is a\ncentralization of life-saving equipment. A panel\nof monitoring devices for each\npatient keeps nurses apprised of the\npatient's progress.\nThe intensive care unit is adjacent to the\noperating room. It consists of eight private rooms\nwith one two-bed room which can be used\nfor patients needing the kidney dialysis machine.\nThe Interns' and Residents' quarters are\non the fifth floor between intensive\ncare on the fourth and coronary care on the\nsixth floor.\nThe sixth floor contains two special care units,\nespecially for patients with heart disease.\nCoronary patients can be monitored while\nwalking around. Their condition is\nobserved at receiving panels at nurses' stations.\nThe acute coronary unit also contains\nmonitored beds connected to the fully\ninstrumented nurses' station.\nBy means of electrodes and photoelectric cells\nattached to the patient's body, heart\naction and pulse rate can be observed constantly,\nwhether the patient is in bed or walking\nabout, even on the balcony.\nThe seventh floor offers a sweeping view of the\nCity of Birmingham and its surrounding\nrange of mountains. This floor is devoted to\nmedical patients.\nSlender strips of imported stained glass fill the\nwindows casting shafts of light across\nThe chapel in the old building was a source of\nthe chapel in a rainbow effect. The colors differ in\ncomfort and peace to many patients,\ndirection and intensity with outside light.\ntheir relatives, and hospital staff members for\nThe only figures on the windows are bronze\nseventy-two years. The chapel on the second\nappliques of the Stations of the Cross.\nfloor in the new building retains the\nrestful quality of the earlier one with a timeless\nStatues of the Virgin Mary and St. Vincent de Paul\ndesign using both traditional and contemporary\nflank the altar which contains a table\nelements.\ntopped with a single 1 000 pound polished stone\nof Alabama marble on a base of\nSwedish granite. A figure of Christ on the cross\nwhich was carved in\nItaly is suspended from above.\n.VINCENTS HOSPITAL\nINVALID CARRIAGE.\n2701 9th Court South Birmingham, AL 35201 (205) 933-7111\nGERALD\nTo Bobbi Jo Parsons\nWith appreciation of your thoughtfulness and\nWarmth on my arrival in Birmingham,\nBetty Ford\nTo Peggy Kennedy\nWith appreciation for your\nGERALD - FORD LIBRARY\nhospitality and warmth,\nBetty Ford\nIo Cornelia Wallace\nBERALD\nLIBRARY\nWith fond memories of your Southern Hospitality\nand hopes for. more visits together to come,\nBitty Ford\nwe\nTo Father Flynn\nWith appreciation and best Wishes,\nFORD & LIBRARY DERALD\nBetty Ford\nTo Mary Fife\nWith fond memories of our\nFORDD as LIBRARY\ndelightful lunch together,\nBetty Ford\nTo the John Lucias\nGERALD f FORD LIBRARY\nWith prayers for a healthy and happy\nfuture for Jason,\nBetty Ford\nTo Jimmy Hatcher\nGERALD LLBRARY R. 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FORD LIBRARY\nTo Lesley Teigen\nWith fond memories of her beautiful smile\nand pretty blonde hair,\nyour\nBetty Ford\nTo Sister John Mary\nWith appreciation and best wishes,\nDEPALL\nLORO\nBetty Ford\nLIBRARY\nTo Eleanor Randolph\nWith very best wishes to a talented writer and memories of Birmingham and Chicago,\nBetty Ford\nBEBALD\nFROM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nVASHINGTON, D.C.\nCarmella LaSpada\nNo Greater Love\n1750 New York Avenue NW\nWashington, D. C. 20006\nDENALD\nGROA\nLIBRARY\nTo Carmella LaSpada\nWith appreciation and best wishes,\nFROM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWA HINGTON, D.C.\nMiss Ruth Paul\n4301 Massachusetts Avenue NW\n#6004\nWashington, D.C. 20016\nSERALD\nLIDRARY OHO\nTo Putle Paul\nFROM\nTHE WHITE house\nASHINGTON, D.C.\nDr. Constance Battle\n9925 Conestoga Way\nPotomac Park, Maryland 28854\nBENALD FORD\nLIBRARY\nTo Dr Constance Battle\nFROM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nCol. Rene R. 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