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Duke Hospital, InterGom Page 7 From The Auxiliary By Dorothy Sieker I wonder how many of iis wearing the cherry pink smock week after week have stopped to think just wliat it stands for. Tlie March issue of lieader’s Dig:est pays tribute to “The Ladies in Pink” in an article written by Paul W. Kearney. Our own Aux iliary was one of six cited for out standing? achievements. To quote from Mr. Kearney’s article: “As part of the Duke University Medical Cen ter, it caters to many patients brouf^ht in from smaller connnunity hospitals. Hence a chief function of this Aux iliary is to add the warm sympathetic, jrood-neighbor touch to an institution where almost everyone is a stranger . . . ‘ These dedicated women supplj^ a service and atmosphere which we can not buy,’ the administrator told us.” To date there are about 1200 hospi tals throughout the country with Aux iliary groups belonging to the Wom en’s Hospital Auxiliary, a six year old national organization sponsored by the American Hospital Association. This kind of volunteer assistance is something new in American hospi tals. True, there have been volunteer workers in hospitals since Civil AVar days. The “new” thing about the WHA effort is that for the first time there is a nation-wdde organization of volunteers, devoted exclusively to hos pital needs, organized under the aus pices of specific hospitals, and respon sible to the directors of these hospi tals. Our own Auxiliary has actually been functioning for eight years and was one of the first to be recognized by WHA. It is interesting to know, too, that the cherry-pink color which now stands as the official WHA color was (Continued on page 8) T)lth NEW ARRIVALS Dr. Dorothy Shearin, Pediatrics, a daughter, March 3. Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton (Peter) Mc Kay, Jr., Pediatrics, a daughter. Jean and Bill Whitford, P.sychia- try, a daughter, Judith Ann. Mrs. Bernard Harris (Pat Brink ley), formerly of Dr. Sapp’s office, a sou, Jannaiy 7, in Jaj>an. Mrs. Lola Ililburn, Record Library, a new' granddaughter, Candice Law'- rence Knight, in Rocky Mount, Jan uary 23. WEDDING BELLS Eleanor Katsko, technician in the Media Room, Bacteriology, and Jo seph Blackman were married Febru ary 15 and now live at 1003 Oakland Avenue. Calvin Blue, lab helper in the Bac teriology Wash Room, was married February 15 to Shirley Green, who works in the Dietetics Department. Dr. Julieta Perez and Dr. Donald F. Pai-sons will be married in July in Mexico City. Dr. Perez will finish her residency in anesthesiology in June. Julie Mitchell of the Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic was married Jan uary 26. She is now Julie Bryant. Faye Collins, Record Library, was married April 4 to William J. Hicks in the Fairview Baptist Church, Hills boro. NEW FACES AND OLD Social Service George Ann Hertlein, Psychiatric Social Worker, resigned January 31 to take a position as Casew'orker with the Child Welfare Division, District of Columbia Department of Public AVelfare, Washington, D. C. Sally Carroll is substituting on that serv ice until the position can })e filled. On February 28, Atha J. Cooper, student from the University of North Carolina School of Social Work, and Virginia Fleming, student from the /t Z)ltat Atlanta University School of Social Work, completed their field work for their Master’s degree in this depart ment. Surgical Private Diagnostic Clinic Merita (“Rita”) Keith .joined the Surgical P. D. C. Business Office Feb ruary 12. Kitty Bennett is recuperating from measles. Her husband, Pete, is just back from active duty. l’et(' is well known throughout the hospital, be cause he delivered papers there while in school at Duke. Record Library Mrs. Je Harned Bufkin has been promoted to Associate Professor of Medical Record Library Science and Mrs. Betty Wiggins Kernodle has been a])pointed Instructor in Medical Rec ord Library Science. Psychiatry Dr. Barry Shmavouian, associated with the Psychophysiological Labora tory, has been api>ointed Insti’uctor in Medical Psychology. Dr. Adriaan Verwoerdt became resident in the Outpatient Clinic Feb ruary 3. Ann Lodge replaces Christina (!i- dynskj' as clinical psychologist in the Outpatient Clinic. Judie Ann Clark is secretary for the Applied Health Team of the Cen ter for the Study of Aging. Jo.yco Brown is Dr. Hohman’s new secre tary. Joyce lives in Chapel Hill and before coming to Duke taught school in Hampton, Virginia. Anesthesiology The department wishes to exjiress its sympathy to Dr. Sara Dent whose mother passed away March 3; and to the family of Dr. Jack Coughlin. Dr. Coughlin, a member of the V. A. staff, suffered a heart attack March 4. Surgery Dr. Richard Connell, who completed his residency in EENT in December,
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