This photo was marked “November, 1943.” It shows KGH student and staff nurses marching in a parade held in Knoxville, probably in observation of Armistice/Veteran’s Day. Click on the photo to see a larger image.
Continue reading →On March 14, 1955, students who started their training in the Spring of 1953 received black bands for their caps. This meant they were Seniors. Graduating nurses traditionally handed down their black bands to a student in one of the … Continue reading →
by Robert Booker I was bothered the day I saw the news about the problems of Serene Manor Medical Center on Wray Street. Since 1957, it has served as a nursing home near the Knox County Health Department. It seems … Continue reading →
One of the favorite off-campus hangouts for KGH nursing students in the 1940’s and 1950’s was actually deemed “off-limits” by the school’s administrators. Knox County Coroner, Sidney Wolfenbarger, was the proprietor of Wolfenbarger’s Cafe, located at 989 North Central Avenue. … Continue reading →
For as long as her children can remember, Mary McCall McNamara (Class of 1954) has loved fried balogna sandwiches. They finally found out why when Mary told a news reporter. For the three months’ time KGH nurses were required to … Continue reading →
PROMINENT JACKSBORO FARMER SLAIN WITH MATTOCK Knoxville, Oct. 16 John Wiley Cooper, prominent farmer of Jacksboro, Campbell county, is dead; and Will Clark, farmer, is in the Knox County jail on a murder charge as the result of an altercation … Continue reading →
So grateful our search resulted in a front page article in the Knoxville News Sentinel. Please click here to read and view photos from the archives.
Continue reading →Source: Knoxville Journal — Dec 29, 1931 — Page 2 Girl Killed in Wreck Saturday, Buried Monday, Isn’t Legally Dead Although pretty Mildred Turner, 20, of No. 403 Warren avenue, was killed instantly Saturday in an automobile wreck near Bull … Continue reading →
KGH alumni were a featured story on WBIR-TV (Channel 10)’s Live at Five at Four show on September 18, 2012. The story, and accompanying video, are at the link below. Live at Five at Four
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