Second Bicentennial lecture on Wednesday to feature program on Navy nurse Lauretta Eno

QUINCY — The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County and John Wood Community College are sponsoring a program by Arlis Dittmer entitled “Another Nurse, Another War” about the life of Lauretta Eno. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12, in JWCC’s Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium, 1301 S. 48th.

Eno served as a Navy nurse at the Navy Hospital in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the bombing in 1941. She was also assigned to a hospital ship during the war.

Following the war, she earned a master’s degree in nursing administration. She was later named director of nursing services and nursing education at Quincy’s Blessing Hospital, where her first goal was changing the nursing school from service-centered to an academically centered school.

This program is the second presentation of the Bicentennial Speaker Series sponsored by JWCC and HSQAC.

Dittmer is a retired health science librarian and former president of the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County. During her years with Blessing Health System, she became interested in medical and nursing history.

On Thursday, March 13, audience participants are also invited to attend “Morning Brew and Review,” a day after discussion of the program, held in the Historical Society’s Visitor Center Lounge, 425 S. 12th, at 9 a.m.

The program and “Morning Brew and Review” are free of charge and open to the public. Further information is available at hsqac.org or by contacting the HSQAC Office at 217-222-1835.