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    "ocrText": "I\na\n-2-\nHer devoted services as Director of the Queen\nEleonora School, as a nurse among the wounded soldiers, and\nas a public health and social worker in Phipippopolis won for\nS\nher the title of \"The Good Samaritan\" in Bulgaria.\nC\nA memorial service was held in honor of this\n0\n\"Good Samaritan\" -Miss Helen Scott Hay- - in the Evangelica]\n+\nChurch on the 18th of December, 1932 at 11 o'clock. The ser-\nvice was conducted by the minister of the church Rev.A.Simeo-\n+\nnoff and her three first students: B-Christova, K.Pachedjieva\nand N.Sendova. The three of them neing leaders of nursing in\nBulgaria today. Miss B.Christova . gave in short her biography;\nMiss Pachedjieva told of several touching instances of her\nlife and Miss Sendova gave a few outstanding characteristics\nof her as a teacher and nurse. The speeches were followed\nwith the \"Requium\" by Shopan, sung by the nurses' chorus of\nthe Red Cross Training School.\nAt the memorial service there were representatives\nof the Bulgarian Red Cross, The State Health Department, Mi-\nnistry of Education, members of the Bulgarian \"urses Associ-\nation, members of the Woman' Committee of the Red Cross\nTraining School, the editors of various newspapers, the American\ncolony in Sofia and many friends.\nUpon the initiative of the Woman' Committee at\nthe Red Cross Training School a fund was established in the\nname of \"Helen Scott Hay\" for specialization of Bulgarian\nnurses in America.\nThere were several articles written in the news-\npapers and the Nursing Magazine \"Sestra\" about the activities\nof Miss Hay in Philippopolie and Sofia. Announcements of her\ndeath were made in many Bulgarian newspapers.\nThe Bulgarian people mourn the death of this\nAmerican nurse, Helen Scott Hay, who sacrifieed part of her\nlife for Bulgaria and want that the American people should\nknow about it.\nFrom her first three students:\nMiss B-Christova- Chief Public Health Nurse of the\nChild Welfare Stations.\nMiss N.Sendova- Director, Red Cross School for Nurses\nMiss K.Pachedjieva-Assistant Director, Red Cross\nSchool for Nurses.\n2\n8"
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