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Duke Hospital, InterGom Page 7 BILLY R. BARBER Employee of the Month Billy K. Barber of the Siirf'ieal liistruineiit Shoj) received the Em ployee of the Month honors. Mr. Barber has been a Duke enii>loyee since March 3, 1947. lie was one of the early einployees in the instrument shop and has advanced to the j)osition of supervisor. Mr. Barber’s advance ment is due primarily to excellence in the (juality and quantity of his work. He has played an important part in the desif^n and construction of some of the specialized equipment bein" used at the Medical Center. The instrument shops are located in the l^ell Building, and Mr. Barber would be pleased to show you the set-uj) at any time. Coufjratnlations and thanks to Billy Barber for running a fine shop. Baker House (Continued from page 1) nuilated many crumpled fenders in the ])rocess. On September 29, 1943 the nurses and doctors of tiie Duke Medi cal Center staff unanimously recom mended the changing of the name of the Nurses’ Home to Baker House. In 1939, when the PDC building was built, the connecting passage to Baker House was also built. This ended the complete separation of this building from the rest of the hospital; facilitated more pleasant wet w'eather transit between buildings and made Baker House a logical place to look for new office space when this became a major problem in the 1950’s. Between the 40’s and early 50’s, however, drastic changes took place in the functions of Baker House. After the war the house staff grew in size as did the School of Nursing. Until this time the house staff had been housed most unsatisfactorily in rooms scattered throughout the hos pital with no lounge facilities and no feeling of permanence to any of their quarters. When Hanes House was started in 1952, it was decided that Baker House w’ould become a resi dence for house staff'. Although tlie inclusion of female house staff and medical students in a predominantly male fortress caused some consterna tion in the administration, the plan was adopted without any dire results. About 1954, the offices began to in vade Baker House. In this year part of the first fioor and the basement was put to use. First the neurologists moved over; then more of the depart ment of medicine offices moved; final ly members of the Private Diagnostic Clinic came. The early days w’ere not })erfectly smooth. For a time Mrs. Bess Cebe, Dr. Stead’s secretary, conducted business over a wall phone, connected to the old switchboard in Baker House rather than the main hos[)ital switch board. Basement offices (originally designed for trunk storage) flooded freiuently sending all available hands running to move files and medical journals. Pjven the decor in Baker House has undergone a series of changes. In keeping M’ith her longtime interest in Duke’s School of Nursing, Mrs. Eliza beth P. Hanes (in whose memory Hanes House is named) made fluids available early in the building’s his tory to decorate the lounges. Mrs. Bayard Carter chose the furnishings and for many years these two women maintained the homey atmosphere that the house staff inherited when they moved in. The female touch is noAv gone, and the decor has taken on a more utilitarian atmosjihere. This Kspring, with the change over to half office and half call room space. Baker House again bends with the times. House officers nowadays; are married, by and large, and maintain ing homes in town. The single men are busy apartment hunting! House staff on call will still have a com fortable spot in which to sleep and relax w'hile on duty. And here is a change that even the old guard w'ill have to say is a step forw’ard—there w'ill be a completely enclosed connect ing passagew'ay between each floor of Baker House and the corresponding fioor of the PDC building, facilitating Baker House’s emergence as an in tegral part of the Duke Medical Center. Z)ltU TJkat New Arrivals JMrs. Judy Simpson, anesthesia secretary, a daughter, Sheryl Ijynn, .January 18. Dr. and Mrs. Albin Johnson, Sur gery, a daughter, Hilery Leilani, January 30. Dr. and Mrs. William Hunter, Sur gery, a daughter, Jane Alice, Febru ary 5. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Krueger, Sur gery. a daughter, Patricia, December 31. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Flemnui, Sur gery, a son, Saverio Michael, Decem ber 22. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Berry, Sur gery, a son, Robert Graham II, De cember 27. Dr. and Mrs. L. K. Thoinjison, Sur gery, a son, Mark, December 12. Dr. and Mrs. Donald Silver, Sur gery, a son, Donald, December 19. Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Logue, Sur- gery, a son, Mark Patrick, January 13. Dr. and Mrs. John Laszlo, Medicine and Physical Therapy, a daughter,. Rebecca, February 8. Dr. and Mrs. Ted Goldbloom, Psy chiatry, a daughter. Dr. and Mrs. John Hughes, Psy chiatry, a daughter. Dr. and Mrs. James Wynn, Medi cine, a daughter, Robin Elizabeth,. March 11.
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