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St. Francis’ Founding Mother
Meet Mother Marie deBethany Crowley, foundress of the hospital. I don’t know anything about her. Need to do some research!
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St. Francis Sanitarium
Don’t be alarmed by the name. In the early days, this is what hospitals were once called.
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Nurse’s Diploma
St. Francis was once a training hospital. Lots of nurses received a diploma like this one.
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One of the First Children Born at St. Francis Hospital.
Please meet little miss Beverly Louise Gimler! Isn’t she just a doll!
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Noe’s Ark, 1961
I like this one! It shows Governor Noe and his wife Anna Gray taking the hospital sisters on a ride on his Yacht Noe’s Ark.
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Nurses uniform
This is an original nursing uniform worn by a St. Francis nurse. Looks uncomfortable to me!
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Father Enaut, St. Francis Hospital Benefactor.
Father Enaut lived and worked in Monroe most of his life. He took over duties as Priest of St. Matthew church when Father Gergeaud died in the 1870s. He saw…
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List of Franciscan Sisters who have Worked at St. Francis Hospital.
I recently had a relative in the hospital, which gave me a chance to browse their photo collection that lines the hallway of the first floor. I will post some…
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Bob Hope Comes to Monroe
This is a full page ad asking locals to buy War Bonds. This was in 1943, in the middle of WWII. Everyone who did buy a bond, got a free…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 