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9 Auxilians Celebrate 20th Anniversary The Duke Hospital Auxiliary celebrated its 20th anniversary at a •luncheon April 29 at the Downtown Holiday Inn. Guest speaker for the event was Ross Porter, former superintendent of Duke Hospital and one of the forces behind establishment of a hospital auxiliary at Duke in 1950. During his address to the more than 100 auxilians present, Mr. Porter listed the five tenets of hospital auxiliaries which he said were exemplified by the Duke organization. First, he said, auxiliaries must include members representative of the entire community. Secondly, they must put service to patients ahead of fund-raising activities. Next, auxiliaries should be part of the hospital structure and have members dedicated to the purposes of the hospital. Fourth, auxilians should never work toward reaching a tremendous membership, but instead should strive to have a truly dedicated smaller group. And, lastly, he said a hospital auxiliary should plan a continuous program of renewal, recruiting younger members and giving them responsible positions within the organization. Mr. Porter, presently working with the U.S. Public Health Service in Charlottesville, Virginia, reminded the ladies that the Duke auxiliary, one of the first in the country, wasthe founder of the cherry pink color now the national auxiliary trademark, and was the first organization to develop the idea of candystripers or junior volunteers. Present at the luncheon were nearly a dozen charter members of the Duke Hospital Auxiliary and most of its past presidents. Sea Level Surgeon Dies at Duke May 25 Dr. Harold Monroe Peacock, 48, chief surgeon at Sealevel Hospital in Carteret County, died at the Medical Center May 25. Dr. Peacock, who received his medical training at Duke, had been at Sea Level for a number of years. The 90-bed community hospital became a part of Duke Medical Center about a year ago. Dr. Peacock was the brother of Carver J. Peacock of Durham. AT TWENTIETH ANN!VERSARY—CharXer members of the Duke Hospital Auxiliary got together at the 20th anniversary celebration of the organization's founding in April. From left to right are Mrs. John W. Everett, Mrs. Alan K. Manchester, Mrs. Julian Ruffin, Mrs. H. Shelton Smith, Miss Lelia Clark, Mrs. E.L. Persons, Mrs. Julian M. Wright, Mrs. Clement Vollmer, Mrs. B.R. Jordan, and the guest speaker for the luncheon, Mr. Ross Porter, (staff photo) Walter Thomas Fund Still Growing Memorial funds continue to be received for the Walter L. Thomas Education Fund in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Thomas, 64, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and a Duke faculty member for more than 30 years, died April 18. Mrs. Thomas and her daughter, Mrs. Tommy Wilson, established the fund on the same day and Dr. Roy T. Parker, department chairman, set up a collection point for memorial contributions. Dr. Parker said that several uses of the funds are under consideration. Dr. Thomas began his long association at Duke in 1937. During World War II he served overseas with the 65th General Hospital, a Duke affiliate that was staffed by many members of the medical faculty here. DR. WALTER THOMAS
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