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VOLUME 18, NUMBER 48
DECEMBER 22, 1971
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
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Hospital Cafeteria To Expand Hours,
Open 'Scatter' Section Next Week
SANTA COMES TO DUKE—The
Medical Center Christmas party last week
featured fun, food, and even old Santa
Claus himself. Dietitian Linda Kelley,
above, tells Santa her wishes for
Christmas. Below, Santa reaches into his
bag of goodies. The party, held from 2 to
4 p.m. and again from 10:30 to midnight
Thursday, attracted several thousand
people. The Dietetics Department
prepared some 4,000 brownies, 450
dozen cookies and untold gallons of
punch for the gathering. See additional
photo on page two. (staff photo)
Beginning Dec. 28, the Hospital
cafeteria will open a fast food "scatter
system" section where customers can get
a quick lunch or snack without waiting in
line.
In addition, the cafeteria will expand
its operating hours from 6:30 a.m. to 11
p.m. seven days a week with a half-hour
break in the afternoon for clean-up.
The new "fast food" section will
utilize one of the two present cafeteria
lines. The customer will be able to select
a hamburger, a hot dog, a cold sandwich,
french fries, a salad, a dessert or a hot or
cold beverage by just walking to that
particular section of the counter.
After making his selection he can
proceed directly to a cashier and be
seated in a shorter period of time.
The purpose of converting one of the
cafeteria lines to this scatter system,
according to Gerald T. Forton, director
of Dietary Services, is to speed up our
present food service and offer some "fast
food" items as an alternate menu.
While the "fast food" section will
operate on the scatter system, the rest of
the cafeteria will operate by the
traditional line method for serving hot
entrees, vegetables and dozens of other
items.
The scatter line area will open at 7:30
a.m. and serve coffee and sweet rolls until
10:30 a.m. Beginning at 10:30 a.m. the
scatter line will go into full operation for
hot and cold sandwiches, french fries,
salads, desserts and beverages.
It will remain open until 11 p.m.
except for a half hour between 3 and
3:30 p.m. to give housekeeping a chance
to clean the area.
The regular cafeteria line will operate
during its customary hours of 6:30 to 9
a.m. for breakfast, 11 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
for lunch, and 4:30 to 7 p.m. for dinner.
Mr. Forton commented that the
cafeteria has been streamlining its food
service lines over the past several months
by adding automatic ice dispensers and
self-service beverage dispensers in
anticipation of the opening of the scatter
line.
The cafeteria serves more than 3,000
people daily. The lunch period is the
busiest time, with an average of 1,200
people going through the serving lines.
Doctors To Be Heard
On Duke Radio Show
Two Duke doctors will be featured on
the University's nationally distributed
"Challenges in Education" radio series
over the next two weeks.
The programs, prepared by Charles
Braswell, Duke’s director of radio and
TV, will be:
"Recertification of Practicing
Physicians," by Dr. William G. Aniyan,
vice president for health affairs; and "A
New Technique for the Plastic Surgeon,"
by Dr. Glenn Shepard, a resident in
plastic surgery.
The Aniyan interview may be heard
locally on WDNC, Durham, at 10:55
a.m., Christmas Day; on WCHL, Chapel
Hill, at 11:15 a.m., Dec. 26; and on
WPTF, Raleigh, at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 2.
The Shepard interview may be heard
(at the same times listed above) on
WDNC, Jan. 1; WCH L, Jan. 2; and WPTF,
Jan, 9.