KEEPING IN TOUCH
(Continued from jiafje 7)
• NOTES OF INTEREST . . .
Dr. Deryl G. Stow, resident in Otolaryngology, began active
duty with the Army in March and his basic training will be in
New Mexico. Dr. Robert A. Doyle, resident in Psychiatry, has left
to serve in the U. S. Airforce. Bernice Belue, Director of Occupa
tional Tlierapy, has returned from a vacation spent skiing in Aus
tria and Switzerland and Mrs. E. S. Raper, E.N. in SPDC, va
cationed at Delray Beach, Florida, in February. Jean Holbert, R.N.
in Delivery Room, has returned to work after undergoing surgery.
Robert King and Wesley Taylor of Medical Art and Illustration
were hospital patients in February.
Mrs. Martha Scoggins, Director of the Housekeeping Depart
ment, attended a University of Florida short course for hospital
housekeei)ers on “Linen Control; Communications, and Methods
Improvement” sponsored by the Florida Crown Chapter of the
Xational Executive Housekeepers Association and the Florida
Hospital Association. Held in Gainesville, Florida, the course at
tracted about 90 housekeepers from thirteen states.
• ENGAGEMENTS...
Carol Upchurch, secretary for Dr. Frank Clippinger, is en
gaged to Warren Wliitehurst who teaches in Scotland Neck and
their wedding is set for June 25. Janie Bland, L.P.N. in OR, is
engaged to Maynard Price and their wedding will take place in
April. Jerry Rodenhizer, R.N., and Herb Pipps have announced
their engagement.
• GOOD-BY
To Mrs. Bobby Redding and Jerry Eidenier who have left the
Medical Center Library. To Margaret Whitehead, formerly a
technician in Microbiology, and to Mark Howze who has gone to
the Medical College of South Carolina as a medical photographer.
To Raymond Andrews, former head of the Anesthesia Laboratory,
who has moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and to Mary Frances
Cashion who has resigned as ENT clinic and Aiidiology secretary.
To Mrs. Peggy Riley who worked in Psychiatry. To Mary Nowic-
zewski, L.P.X. in OR, who left in Febriiary to work at Prince
(4(*orge General Hospital and to Carolyn Hamilton, Medical Rec
ords, who has moved to Griffin, Georgia.
Also to Joyce Cash, Medical Records, who is now with General
Telephone Company; to Mrs. Kathy Michel, secretary to Mr. Binde-
wald, whose husband will be graduating from Law School in June
and who will be returning to New York; to Linda Lowe, R.N., who.
has left Matas; to Mrs. Judith Lowry, R.X., who has left Howland;
to Nancy Ferrell who has left the Vocational Rehabilitation Office;
to Mrs. Broxton, relief dietitian, who has moved with her husband
to Washington, D.C.; and to the three ANA exchange visitor
)iur.ses, Berilie Swan and Margaret Thomas of Australia and
Hanora Bygrove of Ireland, who will be spending the next six
months in Galveston, Texas.
• BUNDLES FROM HEAVEN . . .
It’s a boy, born January 80, for Jeanne Coffer, R.N., and Mr.
Coffer. Belated congratulations to Madell Gattis, L.P.N. on Mc
Dowell and her husband on the birth of a son, Allen Frederick, Jr.,
in December. Dr. and Mrs. Rubin Bressler announce the birth of a
daughter, Karen Ann, on January 2(i and Dr. and Mrs. N. B. Rat
liff, Pathology, have a new son born last October 13. Mrs. Gerald
Lawson, technician in SPDC, and Mr. Lawson announce the birth
of a daughter, Camela Diane, of January 18 and Mrs. Ethel Clem
ons, L.P.N. on Holmes, and Mr. Clemons have a new son born on
January 10. Chuck and Terry Daly have adopted a baby girl,
Cindy Marie. Terry was formerly Dr. Eisdorfer’s secretary in the
Department of Psychiatry. Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Taylor, Pathology,
announce the birth of a daughter on January 3. Mrs. Winifred E.
Hawley (Martha) of SPDC has a new granddaughter, Margaret
Ann, born to Mr. and Mrs. William E. Cranford, Jr., on March 20.
• WEDDING BELLS . . .
Barbara Hemans, R.N. in OR, was married on February 27 to
Raymond Hayes. Kathy Westbrook, Medical Records, and Tommy
Ayscue were married on February 6 and Mary Beth Wilson, also
of Medical Records, and Andrew ilorris Carroll were married on
February 5. The wedding of Myrtle Gentry, L.P.N. on Reed and
William Charles Hogan, Bacteriologj", took place on February 11.
James Cook, son of Mrs. Mabel K. Cook who is receptionist in Ob-
Gj'ii, and Brenda E. Tally were married on January 18. Marie
Stone, secretary on Drake, and Leroy Brewer were married on Oc
tober 16, 1965. Margaret Twigg, R.N. in Recovery Room, and Dr.
Marvin Pomerantz were married on P^ebruary 24.
• CONDOLENCES . . .
To Mrs. Irene Moore, SPDC inirse’s aide, whose father, ]\Ir.
Tippett of Roseboro, died on March IG.
To Dr. R. Frederick Becker, assistant professor af Anatomy,
whose father died on January 11.
To Roxanna Day, L.P.N. on Halsted, whose mother died on
January 11.
To Dr. William A. Gay, Research Associate in Pharmacology,
whose mother died on March 20.
For tliose who are considering contributions to the 1966 Cancer
Crusade, it might be interesting to note that during 1965 there were 15
grants at Duke University Medical Center for cancer research supported
1)}' the American Cancer Society. The total value of these grants was
$327,123. Of this total about $155,000 was spent during the year.
The total contrilnition to the ACS from Durham County in 1965
was $11,200.
ilrs. Ililburn and Mrs. Ayscue of iledical Records and Harrj- Miles of the
Department of Ophthalmology are shown in the Carousel Room, a pleasant
and popular area for coffee breaks and meals.
A wide selection of snacks is available in the Carousel Room, and a grill is
provided for tliose wishing to toast their sandwiches. The new area is operated
by the Duke University Stores.
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