Duke Hospital, InterGom
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Auxiliary
The closing of the Dope Shop meant
a challenge to the Duke Hospital
Auxiliary. During the six- to eight-
week period required for the remodel
ing of the Dope Shop, the lobby cof
fee counter must serve the ‘ ‘ displaced
persons” from the Medical School as
well as possible with admittedly in-
adecpiate facilities. The deluge de
scended, and we can report that we
are w'eathering the storm, with the
help of Mrs. Barbee, Mrs. Johnson,
and Mrs. Sills from the Dope Shoj).
We appreciate this assistance in cop
ing with the tremendous increase in
hungry customers. With all due ap
preciation of our many faithful vol
unteers, the problems of staffing the
two coffee counters entirely w'ith vol
unteer workers during this busy
period were insurmountable—even
for Mary Daughterty, our Secretary of
Volunteer Services, w’ho can find
substitutes if they are to be found.
Sick children, trips out-of-town, fam
ily obligations, and the like interfere
with the volunteers’ work schedule,
and the additional number needed for
every shift were simply not available.
Even in “normal times” we always
need more volunteers. However,
thanks to Mr. Wellons, manager of
the University Stores, w'e have the
help we need. We are open for busi
ness earlier and on Saturday and
Sunday mornings, and are serving
more people more rapidly. Mrs.
Manchester begins pouring coffee at
the small table in the office doorway
at 8:15 A.M., and many are grateful
that it is not necessary to wait until
9 ;30. When the Dope Shop reojjcns,
we shall return to our former state of
relative peace and quiet!
The annual Orientation Course for
new volunteers w'as held on eight suc
cessive Wednesday afternoons from
January 31 to March 20. The group
was larger than usual and most en
thusiastic. Miss Lelia Clark, Director
of Nursing Service, planned and or
ganized a program that gave the vol
unteers some knowledge of almost
every department of the huge com
plex that is Duke University Medical
Center, and many staff members gave
their time to assist in training better
informed volunteers. In the country
at large it is most unusual for hospital
personnel to cooperate so fully in the
orientation of Auxiliary members.
The Duke Auxiliary is very ai)preci-
ative of the time and effort exj)ended
for us by very busy people. We feel
that the superiority of this volunteer
training j)rogram to those in almost
all other hospitals conducted solely
by the Auxiliary makes us a more
useful and efficient adjunct of the
hospitals services.
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AUXILIARY ORIENTATION COURSE. Pictured in the lounge of the Gerontology
Building, these Auxiliary volunteers were introduced to the workings of Duke Medical
Center in an eight-weeks Orientation Course. Miss Elinor Osborn of the Nursing Service
is conducting a tour of the new building. Volunteers participating are: seated, Mrs. Ralph
Arnold, Mrs. H. B. Burrack, Mrs. Harold Silberman, Mrs. G. S. T. Cavanagh, Mrs. B.
Reichenbach, Mrs. J. W. Brock; standing, Mrs. E. S. Harrar, Mrs. Ted Minah, Mrs. A.
Barnes, Mrs. Henry Emerson, Mrs. J. W. Halderman, Mrs. Stanley Sawicki, Mrs. E. C.
Fowler, Mrs. Chris Hamlet, Miss Elizabeth Tinsley, Mrs. C. C. Daugherty.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Secretaries and technicians from the Dean’s Office and the
Division of Neurosurgery entertained Dr. Woodhall at a surprise luncheon in the Hospital
Dining Room on his birthday, January 22. The surprise was a bit delayed because the
Dean was held up in the operating room. An approximate calculation shows that the nine
“Dean’s Dames” attending the luncheon have served Dr. Woodhall some 202,720 working
hours (less coffee breaks, of course!).