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Pathology
Dr. Wiley Forbus, Dr. Stanfield
Kogers and Dr. George Margolis at
tended a meeting of the American As
sociation of Pathologists and Bac
teriologists, held April 7-9 in Hous
ton. Dr. Forbus also gave a lecture
for students of tlie University of
Texas Medical School at Galveston on
April 6.—Jean lUackstone.
Private Medical Laboratory
Mrs. Mary B. Crowgey joined the
lab as a technician on Marcli 17. Mrs.
Crowgey’s husband is a resident in
the Psychiatry Dei)artment at UNO.
—P. IF. Smith.
Psychology
Dr. F. G. Hall is fine after an at
tack suft'ered at the hands of an un
known assailant. He attended meet
ings of the Aeromedical Association,
held last month in Washington.
Catherine Styron, a technician for
Dr. Goodall, will become the bride of
John Stone, on June 18 at the W’^atts
Street Baptist Church. Catherine’s
fiance will com])lete his work in civil
engineering in June.
Dr. Goodall, his wife and two chil
dren, are settled in tlieir home at 152
Pinecrest Road.
Dr. and Mrs. Wayland Hull are the
j)arents of a new son, Brian, born
March 13. The Hulls have two other
children, Jeffrey, nine, and Nancy,
tw’o and a half.—Sue Gaines.
Anatomy
Dr. and Mrs. Markee, Dr. .John
Everett, Dr. R. F. Becker, Dr. 1). C.
Hetherington, Dr. Talmage Peele,
Leon AValker, Don Christian and Dr.
William Knisely attended the Ameri
can Association of Anatomists meet
ing in Philadelphia April 4-8. Tlie
Duke doctors presented ])apers dur
ing tlie fotir-day sessions.
Department of Surgery
New Faces:
Nancy (Mrs. Luther) Sappenfield,
formerly of Cluirlotte Memorial Hos-
])ital, is now secretary to Dr. Keith
Grimson of General Surgery; her hus
band is a second-year Medical Stu
dent.
Susan Upchurch, formerly of Sur
gical Pathology, is now to be seen
greeting and assisting patients at the
Surgical PDC desk.
Travel Notes:
Helen Blackley, Secretary in Neu
rosurgery, has just returned fi’om a
visit to her sister in Petersburg, Va.
Bertha Rankin, Secretary to Dr.
Lenox Baker of Orthopaedics, is en
joying a trip to St. Petersburg and
Pensacola, Fla., with her husband,
Dick, who is an assistant resident on
KENT.—Southern.
X-Ray Department
The North Caroliiui Society of
X-Ray Technicians held its annual
convention in Winston-Salem March
11 and 12. The following student
technicians from Duke attended:
Misses Shirley Bailey, Lois Gift’en,
Ruth Sigmon, and Betty Crum])ler.
Miss Libby Ross, Miss Peggy S])ain-
hower and John li. Cahoon, staff
technicians at Duke, also attended.
Friday afternoon was devoted to
a scientific program by students
representing the six A.M.A. approved
training schools in X-ray Technology
of North Carolina. Miss Bailey of
Duke won first prize. .Joe Waller, a
transfer student from Duke to J5ow-
man-Gray, won second prize.
A banquet and dance were lield
Saturday night.
Bill Barbour, former student of
Duke, now at Camj) Butner Hospital
was elected delegate to the National
Convention in Boston to be held May
29.—Mrs. Barbara Cannada.
Ob-Gyn Department
Dr. Walter L. Thomas is recover
ing from an operation, and is getting
along very nicely. We are looking
forward to seeing him back at work
soon.
“Rusty” Hedderly, Dr. Violet
Turner’s secretarj% is also recovering
from a knee o])cration. It is good to
have her back.
We lost Dr. W. Ru])ert Iverr in
March, who has gone to Houston,
Texas, to enter private practice with
his father. Both Dr. and Mrs. Kerr
will be missed by all.
The newest bridegroom is Dr.
Walter Cherny. The lucky bride is
the former Roweiui Ann Hooker of
Florida. Our congratulations to botli
the bride and groom.—Mrs. Josephine
Thompson.
Multilith Department
Robert Hobbs and Dwight Teague
have just completed two years of
training in the field of offset printing.
Dwight has taken a job in the multi
lith department of Burlington Mills,
Burlington,
W^e welcome Guy Harnu)ii, wlio is
replacing Dwight.
Mrs. Nancy Auman is a comj)ara-
tive newcomer to the department liav-
ing started work in October as secre
tary. Her husband, George, is a di
vinity student. They have one daugh
ter eighteen months old.
Miss Lucille W'^aite is no newcomer
to the memo department, but has and
still does keep that mimeograph ma
chine humming from the nuuiy sten
cils she has to run daily.—N. F. Car
den, Jr.
Bacteriology Department
The Conants are now ])ionecring in
their cabin, which has been remodeled
by them and their nuuiy friends. A
new home is now being j)lanned, and
w’ork on it will begin this summer.
A new employee in the department
is Miss .Jane Parker of Goldsboro and
Durham, who is to rei)lace Mrs. I’at
Thames in June. Jane is a former
school teacher and did summer re
placement work at Duke last year.—
Jean Hawkins and Pat Thames.
Biochemistry
W’^illiam F. Bridgers was nuirried
to the former Anne -Jenkins of Tus
caloosa, Ala. on Feb. 10. The bride
groom is working on his Ph.D. in Bio
chemistry and tlie bride is secretary
to I. T. Reamer, Duke Hospital I’iiar-
niacy.
Social Service Department
Ruth l^'ike attended a Workshop at
Tulane University Scliool of Social
Work ill New Orleans in March. The
Workshoj) was on the Medical Social
Worker’s Short-term (’ontacts with
Patients. Attending tlie Workslio|)
were 35 medical social workers in
public health programs and hosiiital
social service dejiartmeiits of the
southern states.
Laundry
J. E. Sessom, who has been ill for
the last two months, has iiiiiiroved so
much that he is able to be with us
for about two hours each day. He
came back on March 14 and we are all
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