OHM/BMC ALUMNI
NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2005
OFFICERS:
President: Joan McPhail, Topsham (207) 353-7341
Vice President: Ann White, Portland 772-6128
Secretary: Deanna Richardson, Scarborough
Treasurer: Jackie Fournier, Kennebunk (207) 985-6684
Corresponding Secretary: Ella Couch, Westbrook
THUMBNAIL SKETCH of each of your officers will be featured in the next few newsletters.
Joan McPhail graduated from Concord Hospital, N.H., St. Joseph's
College, and worked at OHM/ BMC from 1963-1997. She served in the following
positions: Floor (staff nurse), charge nurse 3rd floor, Head Nurse ER,
In-service Education, Nursing Research, Assistant Director of Nursing, ER,
Staff Employee Health. She moved to Maine Medical with the merger and later
accepted a position at Occupational Health & Rehab, a private company who
contracted with private businesses and she became Nurse Manager of the Employee
Health Department at Central Maine Medical in Lewiston. She is currently
retired and living in Topsham, Maine.
MEETING
DATE: SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2005-PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART.
DUES: For members who need a
reminder dues were due in January. Please make your check payable to OHM/ BMC
Alumni and mail to Deanna Richardson, P. 0. Box 3, Scarborough, ME 04070-0003
from whom your treasurer picks them up to deposit.
SYMPATHY to
the families of Alice Nelson-Portland, Dr. Albert Henry Rothrock-Gorham;
Ethel Osgood-Cornish; Martha Sherman-Belleview, FL; Carol
Farwell-Portland; and Eloise Jasper whose mother passed away
recently. We extend our condolences to our former osteopathic family.
NEWS from Ella Couch: T. Sue
Smith is a grandmother we learned at the Christmas party at The Governors
.... Rita O'Brien has had thyroid tests .... Sue Crockett is
recovering from an illness, as is Ginny Farr .... Kathie (Orr) Giering who
lives in Boston says hello to all and hopes someday to be back in Maine and see
everyone on a regular basis .... A note from Sandy Richards in
Royal Palm Beach, Florida wishes everyone a Happy New Year and love to all.
They were very fortunate to only have fruit tree damage from the hurricanes.
They did evacuate and spent 8 days in Atlanta, Georgia for Hurricane Francis
and 4 days at Fort Myers Beach for Hurricane Jeanne. The Royal Palm area
sustained a lot of roof damage and tree damage. We express sympathy to her and
her family in the loss of her father last May and also a brother-in-law in June
... Dr. Milton Redliltz sends best wishes from Ocala, FL (the Florida
horse country) where he and Elaine now reside. They are "in reasonable
shape" and visit their son in Connecticut and a daughter in Virginia, but
still miss the coastal breeze and changing seasons of Maine....Happy belated
Anniversary-wishes to Nola Chaisson and her husband Joseph who
celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on November 6, 2004. She is an RN and
worked at BMC for twenty years .... Irene
Kosky and Tony are spending the winter in Florida ... Arline Wilkinson lives
in Orlando, FL with her daughter and sends regards.... Thelma Douglas sends
her love and best to all .... Dr. William Bergen and wife, Mary, along
with his son Joe (an Osteopathic Physician, Assistant Director of the Emergency
Department at Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA) and wife Marcia (a DO
anesthesiologist) were going to be in the country of Guatemala in January
joining a medical mission sponsored by DOCARE (DO care) to bring medical care
to the native population of that country (and others in the third world). Bill
and Mary now live in Presque Isle and have been back in Maine after their
five-year stint in Alaska for about eight years. He continues to work two days
a week for The Aroostook Medical Center "only when we can't be on our
sailboat on which we live from June until October." Bill still tells
people that the only reason Joe survived his salmonella infection as an infant
(from age 7 months till 10 months) was because of the magnificent
personal nursing care Joe received on the Peds wing at OHM. His oldest son is
practicing law in Kennebunk; Sean is a fish broker in Boston; Billy is a CIO of
a successful software company in Framingham and Jayne just graduated in May
from UMO and is working full time in Senator Collins' office in Washington, DC.
Great to hear from all of
you and keep the news coming please for others to share in your "goings
on." You can mail items of interest to Deanna by using the return address
on the envelope you received this newsletter in. Cut it out and paste it on an
envelope and return your news to her for the next newsletter.
Celebrating “100 Years
of Osteopathic Medicine in Maine” -Dr. Martyn Richardson sent
this information on the Commemorative Book, which premiered at the 2004 MOA
Centennial President's Awards Banquet and highlights the history of the
osteopathic profession in Maine. It is available from The Maine Osteopathic
Association, 693 Western Ave, #1, Manchester, ME 04351 for a cost of $30.00 and
the DVD "With These Hands" for $30.00 or you can purchase both the
book and DVD Set for $50.00 and it is 100% tax deductible. You may visit the
website at www.mainedo.org or contact the MOA office at 207-623-1101.
HOSPITAL REUNION is this year! Can you believe
it! Mark your calendars for Saturday,
October 22, 2005. The last one was held
at The Elks Club, 1945 Congress Street, in Portland and it was terrific to see
so many former employees in attendance.
FUTURE MEETINGS: Do you have any ideas for a program, an outing or what-have-you in the
future? We, your officers, would like to hear from you. Please call any of the
officers or write to your editor who would be Happy to forward it to them.
A SHORT STORY:
Dr. Pettapiece usually told me a story when I was at his home and this one is
about an older man who bought a car and he had never had a license to drive
before this and people were rather reluctant to ride with him. Eventually a
friend was feeling sorry for the new driver and decided to accompany him on one
occasion. When asked whether or not he was nervous, he replied well when he got
her up to 50 I was singing 'Abide With Me'. When he got her up to 70 I sang
'Nearer My God to Thee', and when he got her up to 90 I sang 'Lord I'm Coming
Home’.
Deanna
Richardson