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Archbishop Thomas A. Connolly is placing the main crucifix in the new Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital following dedication of the new facility. The clinic had been a dream of Dr. Hinton D. Jonez and the Sisters of St. Francis for five years. The Sisters of St. Francis believed in Dr. Jonez and provided him space in the hospital which was soon overcrowded. It was then that the dream for a clinic created especially for M.S. patients was born. (TNT, 9/10/1952, p.1)

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A procession of church dignitaries was seen leaving the St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing on September 8, 1952, with Archbishop Thomas A. Connolly in the center. They were on their way to the hospital's new building to dedicate its Multiple Sclerosis Clinic with more than 200 patients, friends and well-wishers in attendance. The procession paraded between lines of brightly uniformed student nurses to the cornerstone laying and then into the clinic, blessing the structure with holy water. The new clinic had been a dream of Dr. Hinton D. Jonez and the Sisters of St. Francis for five years. Dr. Jonez had left his established practice five years earlier to devote all his time to MS sufferers. The Sisters raised $250,000 for the establishment of the Clinic. (TNT 9/09/1952, p.1)

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A crowd has gathered for the dedication of the new Multiple Scherosis Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital. The $250,000 building was two stories, solid concrete, half a block long and over 60 feet wide. It was faced with buff-colored brick and was completely fireproof and built so that more stories could be added. The nurses' home and the hospital be seen over the top of the new medical facility. (TNT, 9/7/1952, p.1)

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Archbishop Thomas A. Connolly, archbishop of the arch-diocese of Seattle, prior to the dedication of the new Multiple Scherosis building at St. Joseph's Hospital is wearing full robes and mitre, and holding a crosier, a staff resembling a shepherd's crook carried by bishops and abbots as a symbol of office.

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Archbishop Thomas A. Connolly is blessing the crucifixes during dedication of the new Multiple Scherosis Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital. Dr. Hinton D. Jonez had given up an established practice five years earlier to devote all his time to multiple sclerosis sufferers. His theory for alleviation of the disease was broadly based upon allergies, and the treatment was largely an injection of an allergenic extract varied in formula for each patient. (TNT, 9/7/1952, p.1)

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Archbishop Thomas A. Connolly is blessing the cornerstone with a ritual prayer during the dedication of the new Multiple Scherosis building at St. Joseph's Hospital. There are two men wearing Knights of Columbus uniforms behind the choirboys to the right of Archbishop Connolly. Several Benedictine nuns are standing together to the right of them and a Franciscan nun can be seen near the center. Priests assisting in the dedication are standing to the left of the Archbishop and behind him.

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Archbishop Thomas A Connolly is assisting in cementing the cornerstone during dedication of the new Multiple Scherosis Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital. More than 200 patients, friends and well-wishers attended the ceremony and inspected the new structure. (TNT, 9/10/1952, p.1)

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Dr. Hinton D. Jonez and Sister Mary Valeria are assisting in cementing the cornerstone during dedication of the new Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital. Dr. Jonez was the medical director of the facility and Sister Superior Valeria was superintendent of St. Joseph's. Both nuns are wearing Franciscan habits of an older style. The white habit would be worn by nurses.

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Archbishop Thomas A. Connolly is joining the procession leaving the School of Nursing for the dedication of the new Multiple Scherosis Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital. Nuns are seen in the front, followed by priests. Archbishop Connolly is coming down the steps. Franciscan nuns are leading the procession as they were in charge of nursing at St. Joseph's Hospital. Student nurses are posted along the sidewalk for the procession.

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Archbishop Thomas A. Connolly is talking with a few of the patients following the dedication of the new Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital. Sister Superior Mary Valeria and Dr. Hinton D. Jonez are in the background. The Sisters of St. Francis, who operate St. Joseph's hospital, raised $250,000 for the clinic of their own volition after seeing and helping Dr. Hinton D. Jonez' successful fight to bring hope for hundreds. (TNT, 9/10/1952, p.1)

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