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Duke University Medical Center, InterCom
From
The
Auxiliary
by Betty Leach
The Auxiliary has been a busy
place since InterCom last came out.
Our publicity chairman, Mrs. John
Warner (Peprry) took a short vaca
tion, and so the writing of this column
fell to me.
Before I do anything else 1 want
to thank all the members who worked
at the downstairs cotfee counter for
more than two weeks under trying
circumstances. Their efforts are much
apj)reciated by Mary Daugherty,
Nancy Craven and me.
The seven-week Orientation Course
was well attended this year and much
api)reciated. As she has for several
years. Miss Lelia Clark arranged a
very interesting schedule to show the
participants different dei)artments of
the Hospital each of the seven weeks.
We are very fortunate at Duke to
have such an opportunity, and 1 hope
even more volunteers will take advan
tage of it next year.
The annual Pink Elephant Sale was
held on March 19 in the tunnel con
necting the hos[)ital with the Diagnos
tic and Treatment Building. Mrs.
Julian Kuffin and Mrs. Bayard Car
ter were co-chairmen of the event. I
would like to add my thanks to theirs
for the help Auxiliary members gave
to make this sale a success. Since at
least fifty members of our Auxiliary
gave of their time, we cannot name
them all here. We wish we could!
Plans are being made for the State
Convention of hospital auxiliaries to
be held here in Durham in June. And
our Auxiliary was represented at the
Health Fair held in Duke Indoor
Stadium April 1-4. If you were not
able to be there, be sure to read this
month’s Intercom feature so you will
understand why such events as the
Health Pair are needed.
LOOKING FOR BARGAINS? The place to find them was the Duke Hospital Aixxiliary’s
Pink Elephant Sale on March 19. Here Auxiliary members Mrs. W. V. Cooke, Mrs. Julian
Ruffin, Mrs. Bayard Carter, Mrs. James Mooney, Mrs. Henry McIntosh and Mrs. Frank
Engel, check stock just before opening. The sale cleared over $475 to be used to support
Auxiliary projects. (Herald-Sun photo by Moore)
4.
Dr. Joseph W. Beard
International Symposium
on Viruses and Cancer
Meets at Duke
Dr. Joseph W. Beard, head of the
Duke M(‘dical ('enter’s virus-cancer
laboratory, served as chairman of the
planning committee for an interna
tional symposium held on the cani])us
March 81-April 3.
Supported by a grant from the Na
tional Cancer Institute, National In
stitutes of Health, the symposium at
tracted not only authorities from
American medical centers but 22
sj)eakers from seven foreign nations
as well: Russia, Sweden, Germany,
England, France, Czechoslovakia and
Canada.
In all, about 100 toj) researchers
the field of avian (fowl) tumor vi
ruses gathered at Duke to discuss the
latef-t develojnnents in their field.
Health Careers—
Opportunity Unlimited
(Continued from page 2)
Careers, and Tennessee has definite
plans for establishing such a j>rogram
in that state.
Another North Carolina effort to
interest students, their parents and
counselors, was the Health Fair held
April 1-4 in the Duke Iiuloor Sta
dium. The first statewide event of its
kind, it was sponsored by the Dur
ham-Orange County Medical Society
and attracted over 50,000 visitors.
The Fair emphasized again the need
to aim recruitment effort at bright,
young people of high school age who
must be attracted into health careers
if a superior level of health service
is to be achieved.
There is no substitute for the right
person with the right education;j^^
preparation.