Mercy Hospital

In 1953, the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing graduation exercises were held at St. Dominic's Church in Portland. The Rev. Daniel J. Feeney presented the diplomas. The guest speaker was the Rev. Vincent A. Tatarczuk.

The class included, from left to right, front row: Dorothy Miller, Anne Redlon, Bernadette Escorcio, Mary Ryan, Patricia Geary, Margaret Mary Langlois, Paula Viney, Marcellie Beal, Theresa Tardiff, Mary Colby.

Second Row: Ann Riley, Joan Lindsey, Joan Martin, Mary Lou Sanborn, Suzanne Higgins, Evangeline Rush, Doris Aitkin, Eileen Conroy, Barbara Fleming.

Third row: Evangeline Morin, Mary Lamontagne, Mary Murphy, Jane Grant, Onlida Daigle, Ann Hunter, Ellen Lucas, Barbara O'Connor, Jeannie Caron, Jonane McCarthy, Delia Daigle.

Fourth row: Kathleen Smith, Norma McGlinn, Bernice Landry, Mary Ellen Roche, Ann Mitchell, Lillian Plourde, Margaret Anifant, Eunice Pettis, Anette Thibodeau, Mary Curran, and Barbara Nay.