comments' (continued from page twelve) Surgery Miss Gerry Moore transferred from orthopaedics to general surgery replacing Mrs. Rose Hagan as secretary to Dr. Donald Silver. Mrs. Hagan recently moved to Plattsburg, New York. She had been employed at the Medical Center for 16 years, 15 of which were with the Department of Surgery .... Dr. and Mrs. Loring R. Helfrich are the proud parents of a son born December 20 ... . Mrs. Alma Seningen is the new secretary to Dr. Joseph Beard replacing Mrs. Bettye Fitch. Mr. and Mrs. Fitch have a new daughter born January 12 ... . Mrs. Barbara Ferretino is now working as secretary to Dr. Glenn Young replacing Mrs. Ann Hooper who moved to Califor nia .... Mrs. Rita Johnson has joined the thoracic surgery division as secretary to Dr. Will C. Sealy Surgical P. D. C. New orderlies are John Holder, who transferred from nursing service, James Harrington, who was previously employed in S. P. D. C., and Robert Jackson, who has been hospitalized as a result of an automobile accident .... Mrs. Ann Hinsdale and Mrs. Delores Bagley, both compensation and liability officers, have resigned .... Miss Anita Thornton, part- time employe in S. P. D. C. while attend ing Croft Business College, has transferred to full-time employment in Dr. Edward Orgain's vector lab .... Robert Dunston, orderly, has transferred to the operating room .... James Street, also an orderly, has transferred to X-ray .... Mrs. Helen Waller, R. N. supervisor, has been in the hospital recently .... S. P. D. C. em ployes express their heart-felt sympathy to Mrs. Mary Paulette, R. N. in Ob-Gyn, who lost her mother December 22 Urology Robert Mebane, CPA, has resigned from the urology clinic staff this month OBITUARY Mrs. Cora Ellis Duncan, an employe of the hospital laundry for more than 17 years, died December 3, 1969. She is survived by her husband, Theo dore Duncan. Mrs. Duncan was a native of Virginia. CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATE—C. Edward McCauley presents a certificate of accomplishment to Mary McLachlan, acting director of dietetics, at the completion of a week-long course in personnel relations sponsored by the Carolina Hospitals Improvement Program (CHIP). Other course members at the^table, from left to right, are Gretchen Cheek, supervisor of Central Supply; Jim Daniel, unit administrator for pediatrics, and Lin Bentel, unit administrator for the general medical unit. At lower left, the back belongs to Oscar Aylor, an assistant director of the hospital, (photo by Dave Hooks) Employe Promotions Rita Beskie — promoted from Secretary I to Secretary II Esther Brandon — promoted from PCA II to PCA III Annie Clark — promoted from PCA I to PCA II Marye S. Cunningham — promoted from Staff Nurse to Clinical Nurse II William O. Davis — promoted from Research Tech. I to Medical Tech. II Annie B. Dickens — promoted from Secretary I to Accounting Clerk II Irene Dunnagan — promoted from Medical Supply Assembler II to Ward Clerk I Robert Dunston — promoted from Orderly II to Surgical Attendant Barbara Ferenttino — promoted from Secretary I to Secretary II Libby Fletcher — promoted from PCA I to PCA II Judith S. Frazier — promoted from Clerk Typist II to Programs Officer Nancy Hall — promoted from Secretary I to Secretary II Delories Harmon — promoted from Office Clerk I to Clinic Receptionist I James Hart — promoted from PCA I to PCA II Mary Hicks — promoted from Secretary II to Administrative Secretary I Rachel L. Hougom — promoted from Secretary I to Secretary II Russell Lawrence — promoted from PCT I to Medical Tech. I John Laws — promoted from Laboratory Assistant to Research Technician I Dorothy McNeal — promoted from Housekeeping to Laboratory Assistant Robert L. McRae — promoted from Animal Caretaker III to Medical Tech. I Helen Molina — promoted from Secretary I to Secretary II Lola Page — promoted from LPN to Medical Tech. II Sandra Prentis — promoted from X-ray Tech. II to X-ray Tech. Ill S. Diane Ray — promoted from Clerk Typist I to Clerk Typist II Linda M. Rose — promoted from Staff Nurse to Clinical Nurse II Helen Sheely — promoted from unclassified clerical to Med. Records Clerk I Patsey Sutphin — promoted from Secretary II to Administrative Secretary II Linda Temple — promoted from Clerk Typist I to Insurance Officer I Edna Thomas — promoted from Insurance Officer II to Insurance Office Supervisor Brenda Thompson — promoted from Insurance Office I to Insurance Office II Hylary Trayer — promoted from Research Technician II to Research Technician III Margaret Wilson — promoted from Research Technician II to Research Technician III Bobette Yeargan — promoted from Charge Control Clerk to Office Clerk I