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DuicE Hospital, InterCom Pa^e 7 Miami in May with her sister; Mr. and Mrs. Pete lieniiett, who visited Ilarker’s Island; Dr. and Mi’s. Don KeHer, who were at Wrig;htsville Beach in May; and ]\Ii.ss Lucy Harms, wlio visited in Savannah for the w'eek of May 4. S.P.D.C. moved into their new of- fiees on May 11.—By Nclle O’Briant. Anesthesia Conj'ratnlations to Drs. Jack and Aniiabelle Craddock on the birth of twins, Charles and Jjlaine, born May 15. Dr. Dent spent two weeks’ vacation in May in Canada, returning May 2(i. Dr. Stei>hen ])resented an exhibit at the annual meeting of the Ameri can Medical Association in New York June 2-7. He was aceomj)anied by Dr. J. II. A. Lawrence. Resignations in the De])artment: Joseph Matthews ill resigned May 14 and will enter the Presbyterian Seminary at Richmond, Va. Ronald Krueger, laboratory assist ant, resigned May 20 for sunniier va cation. ]\liss Martha lirown resigned May 18 with no definite ])lans for the pres ent. Mrs. Beverly AVhite resigned ^lay 31 to go with her luisband who is re turning from overseas. Mrs. Inez Chami)ion resigned June 1 after her daughter’s graduation from liigh school to move to Florida. Anatomy All staff members of the De])art- mcnt of Anatomy attended tlie Ameri can Association of Anatomists ]\Ieet- ings in Baltimore, Maryland on A]>ril 17-19. Dr. J. E. Markee presented exhibits and Dr. Billy Nikitovitch- Winer and Dr. John \V. Everett j)re- sented a paper at the Federation Meeting in Chicago before journeying on to Baltimore, where they i)resented another paper. Roger Berry also pre sented a paper at the Anatomists Meetings. Dr. Kenneth L. Duke and family will spend their summer vacation in New ilexico and Utah. Dr. Lenox D. Baker, professor of or thopedic surgerj- at Duke Hospital, was recently named ])resident-elect of the N. C. Medical Society. He will take office in May, 1958. Medical director of the N. C. (Cerebral Palsy Hospital, Dr. Baker is a graduate of Duke and took orthopedic training at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has been a member of the Duke staff for 20 years and in 1956 was selected as the Nortli Carolina doctor who had done most for the handicapped, an honor con ferred by the President’s Committee on Employ the Physically Handi capped. Dr. Baker, prior to his elec tion to the top Medical Society office, served as vice speaker of the society’s House of Delegates and was a member of the executive council. For the jiast 12 years, he has headed the ex- liibits and audio-visual education pro gram of the society. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wells early in May. Norma Jean Hurst, a technician in the Anatomy Department for the jiast four years, will leave soon with her husband, Ronald L. Hurst, Avho will receive his M.D. in June. They will be stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Fifty members of the Anatomy De partment had a dual Birthday-Party- IMcnic in honor of Dr. Markee’s birth- For Duke Student Nurses—A Fairy Godfather Joseph Stein, a Duke patient from New York, helped make the student nurses Junior-Senior banquet some thing really special this year. A rice patient of Dr. Kempner, Mr. Stein comes to Durham twice yearly for treatment and a check-up at Duke. Wanting to give a dinner for the senior nurses he joined with the juniors for the annual banijuet, not only paying half the banciuet cost, but also adding some s])ecial gifts of his own. In addition to having orchids flown from Hawaii for seniors, mem bers of the faculty and the officers of the junior class, he gave each senior a fountain )>en and every guest a bot tle of perfume. Joining with Mr. Stein in giving the students a special bau([uet was Lou Siegel, also a pa tient from New York, who ordered Cornish hens for the bancpiet at the Washington Duke. Following dinner, which was at tended by 140 students and faculty members, Mr. Stein and Dean Jaco- bansky spoke briefly to the grou]) and members of the junior class presented special entertainment. Nursing School Awards Six outstanding candidates have won scholarships for study in the Duke University School of Nursing. Winners of the annual competition were Elizabeth Wheeler of Durham, Barbara Parrish of Randleman and Anne Roebken of Cedarburg, Wise., all winners of $1000 scholarships; and Sarah Jones of Fayetteville, Elizabeth Mraz of Charlotte and Ju dith Rand of Buffalo, N. Y., $()()() award winners. day. Again Dr. Markee was not caught short winded but was able to blow out all those caudles in a single breath.
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