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since Helen’s oldest daughter,
Theresa, is entertaining measles!
Mona’s daughter, Jane Morgan
]\Iills, and husband, Don (now a Lt.
in the Air Force stationed in Green
ville, S. C.), and their small daughter
Scottie, spent the weekend of May
27 with Mona.
The Dean’s Office at this writing,
is buzzing with preparations for com
mencement and we are happy that all
but four of eighty M.D. graduates
plan to return for commencement ex
ercises.—Helen M. Thomas
Ob-Gyn
John B. McCall and J. B. Williams
liave that “Florida tan”; both en
joyed a pleasant vacation in Florida.
Yancey Culton, Carroll Shoemaker
and Paul Green, Jr., have returned
from a vacation.
The Ob-Gyn residents entertained
at a “get-together” in the residents
(juarters, May 17, for the internes
wlio were leaving in May and June.
The department enjoyed their stay
which was only a short time and bids
them a fond farewell. Those leaving
are: Carroll Shoemaker, Blair Bryan,
I{()bert Windon and Frank Lang. We
wish them well wherever they go.
Dr. Robert Windon is to be con
gratulated on a new son born April
26. Cigars were passed out.
Bad new’S from the ob-gyn clinic
Dr. VonRoebel has been missed
in tlie clinic due to illness; Mrs.
Lillie Robbins also has been missed
—she has a broken arm.
—Jo Thompson
Hospital Laundry
(Congratulations to Bruce and Ruth
Roberts! A baby girl, Valeria Jean,
came Feb. 8.
J\largaret Bullock enjoyed a recent
vacation in New York City and Long
Island.
Others having- vacations are Marie
Samuels, Rose Johnson, Janie Ed
wards, Lillian Phillips, (’ora Adams,
Mary Ann Ward, and Kathryn Wil
liams.
Welcome to Eva Cooper and
Eugene Rogers w'ho are new in our
department.
A speedy recovery to Gertrude
Smith who is confined to her home
with an illness.
Our sincere sympathy to Willie
I\Iathews in the recent death of his
father.—Thelma Stafford
Business Office
Nancy King visited Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina the week of ilay 28
to June 4.
Drucilla Horton had a vacation at
home May 14 to May 25.
Nancy and Harold Balltzglier spent
their vacation at ^Myrtle Beach June
4 to June 18.
Helen Wagoner is a new cashier in
the Business Office.
Bernie Welch, administrative in
terne, has spent a three months’
period in the Business Office. The
Office is losing him on July 8 to a
girl in AVinston-Salem.
John McBryde, Gertrude Webb
and Nancy Balltzglier spent a pleas
ant day in Winston-Salem April 2(J.
They ate lunch with Reid Holmes, a
former administi-ative interne and
chatted with Reubin Graham and
(’lyde Hardy, also former boys. Bn-
route home, they stopped in Burling
ton to see Mr. Pyne and his family.
He seems to be very well situated
and happy and the Durham trio was
much impressed by his hospital.
—Nancy Halltzylier
Admitting Office
Mrs. Mary Trent left for her home
in Oklahoma on Jlay 15. She visited
her daughter, Elizabeth Hendricks,
and the family of Dr. and Mrs. James
11. Semans, the innnediate occasion
being the dedication of the beautiful
Trent Room in the ]\Iedical Library.
]\rrs. Trent’s many friends in Durham
and Duke TTniversity joined her in
lionoring the memory of the late Dr.
Josiah C. Trent.—Nancy lialltzglier
Anesthesiology
Guests of the department recently
were: Dr. J. A. Griffiths from London,
England; Dr. T. Morch, University of
Chicago; Dr. L. Randell-Iiaker, Car
diff, Wales; Dr. Wesley Bourne, Mc
Gill University, Montreal, Canada;
Dr. Arnold Johnson, Montreal, Can
ada ; and Dr. J. F. Hammett, Waynes-
ville.
Dr. Albert Warshauer, assistant
professor, resigned April 15 to accept
a position at the University of Louis
ville, Kentucky.
Dr. Ruth Martin, associate pro
fessor, resigned April :3() and will join
her husband in June in Gainesville,
Fla.
Mrs. Betty Stuart, technical assist
ant, resigned May 8 to move to
Raleigh. J\Irs. Lee Roycroft replaced
xMrs. Stuart on May 14.
The department is liajipy to have
Miss ^lary Campbell, Chief Nurse
Anesthetist, back after a seven weeks
absence due to illness and surgery.
Dr. Doris C. Grosskreutz accepted
the position as Chief of the Depart
ment of Anesthesia at the V. A.
Hospital on May 14, coming to us
from the staff of the Department of
Anesthesia of the UN(^ Lledical
School.
Dr C. E. Whitcher began his second
year residency March 26, having
taken his first year at Memorial
Hospital in Chapel Hill.
Congratulations to Joseph J\lat-
thews, laboratory assistant, who grad
uates from Duke University June 4.
Peter Duvoisin, Laboratory assis
tant, "esigned on May 81.
The following residents finished the
course in anestiiesiology on June 80:
Dr. Kenneth Hall to aceejit the
])osition of Chief of Neuroanesthesi
ology at the National Institute of
Neurological Disease and Blindness,
Bethesda, Md.; Dr. G. W. Farris to
enter private practice in (’hattanooga,
Tenn.; Dr. AV. T. Rice to enter ])ri-
vate ])ractice in Orangeburg, S. (1
Congratulations to Dr. and Mrs.
L. W. Fabian on the birth of a six-
pound boy on May 25th. Mother and
sou are getting along fine.
—Inez Champion
Anatomy
We are happy to have I\lrs.
Wheeler, secretary to the Department
of Anatomy, back with us, after hav
ing a severe case of poison ivy.
]\Ienibers of the Anatomy Depart
ment celebrated Dr. ]\Iarkee’s birth
day on i\Iay 22nd by having a barbe-
(|ue and brunswick stew supper out
at one of the Duke gates.
Dr. D. C. Hetherington recently
attended an executive meeting of the
Tissue Culture Association at the
R. B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory
at Bar Harbor, ilaine.
Drs. Markee aiui Peele and Sam
Agnello will attend the AMA ]\Ieet-
ing in (’hicago in June.
Dr. and Mrs. Markee attended the