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Dietary Services Announces Year's Best Dressed Employee WHAT THE WELL-DRESSED WOMAN WEARS—A. clean, pressed uniform, of course. Ethel Taylor received a congratulatory letter from Robert O. Metcalf, assistant administrative director of the hospital, after being selected the Best Dressed Employee of the Year in the Department of Dietary Services. Robert F. O'Connell, director of dietary services, (left) explained that Ms. Taylor was chosen because of her consistent go^ grooming and proper dress. (Photo by Ina Fried) Memorizing Lines, Catching Butterflies Ethel I'aylor of the patient tray assembly area has been chosen the Best Dressed Employee of the Year in the Department of Dietary Services. Ms. Taylor, who has worked here for eight years, was chosen from among the monthly winners named since the program began in September. Her prize is a day at Carowinds. Runner-ups for the annual award were Minnie Petty, a baker in the main kitchen emploved here for 28 years, and Mary Pulley, a cashier in the first floor cafeteria employed for 12 years. Each received a token two dollar bill since they came in “number 2" in their respective areas of the department. (Continued from fnige 1) haircoior. “As Millie, 1 just came to work with a scarf tied around my head instead of having to wash my hair every night.” _ Summer Repertory During the winter,’ actors may try out for each play, but the Summer Theater is like a repertory company with only one tryout for the season. Another difference is that rehearsals for summer plays last only two or two and a half weeks instead of the month customary in the winter. “It becomes very tiring after working eight hours a day and then rehearsing anywhere from two to four hours a night,” Ms. Shumaker admitted. “1 don’t see how students do it. Anytime one student wasn’t on, he’d lie down on the floor and sleep. They’re smart kids. They can't afford not to be. ‘There is a problem of returning to ‘normal’ during the day and going back into character at night,” she continued. “I sometimes tend to overlap the two, especially if 1 have a large part. It’s hard trying to memorize lines and type a letter at the same time. Butterflies in the Stomach “Of course, we all go through the ‘usuals’ before a play begins every night — butterflies in the stomach, nervous chatter, saying lines over and over.” During “Hot L Baltimore,” Ms. Shumaker remembers wailing for a cue that either she didn’t hear or the other actor forgot to say. “If you don’t give the right cue, everybody’s lost,” she said. ‘There was chaos for about five minutes.” Finally, someone worked the right cue into their improvised conversation. Students, faculty, employees and people from the community participate in the plays. “I’d love to ■ntcccom Is published weekly for Duke University Medical Center employees, faculty, staff, students and friends by ttie medical center's Office of Public Relations, Joe Sigler, director; Charles Young, m^ical writer; William Erwin, Comprehensive Cancer Center medical writer; Miss Annie Kittrell, secretary. Editor David Williamson Public Relations Assistant Mrs. Ina Fried PubNc Relations Advisory Committee: Sam Agnello, audiovisual education; Herbert Aikens, personnel; Dr. Robert Anderson )r., surgery; James.Elennett Jr., vice president's office; Dr. Athos Ottolenghi, physiology and pharmacology; Michael Schwartz, hospital administration; Miss Isabelle J^^ebb^^Nj^Hirsing^ervice^^ see more people from the medical center become involved," Ms. Shumaker urged. like a Family At first, she said, everyone in the cast is a little reserved. As time goes on, “you get to be a family. After it's over, it’s sort of depressing. It takes a while to unwind.” The divorced mother of four finds time for other activities as well as acting, now that her children are grown. She writes poetry (one has recently been accepted for publication in a book) and carves Trading Post FOR SALE—Philco console stereo; AM-FM, FM-MPX turntable, Mediterranean style of pecan wood, excellent condition, $175. Pool table: regulation size, slate top, as is, $75. Please call 383-5233 after 4:30 p.m. FOR SALE—General Electric Clothes Dryer. Harvest gold color. Automatic electronic control. Three cycles: Regular, Permanent Press-Poly Knit, and Timed. Good condition; practically new. Have had it for less than 6 months. $150. Call 688-9169 after 4 p.m., all day on Saturday and Sunday. FOR SALE—1971 Fiat 850 convertible. Excellent body and running condition. AM-FM. 33 MPG. $1,000. Call 544-2476 after 6 p.m. MUST SELL—Moving Overseas! Baldwin “Interlude” organ with automatic rhythm. Gas dryer, white, Whirlpx)l, costs only $2.50 per month to run. Three-piece sectional sofa, brown tweed. Boomerang shaped coffee table, walnut with other wocxl inlay. Electric stove, two storage areas, four burners, full size. Rocker love seat, patchwork design, walnut trim. TV, maple colonial cabinet, B & W. Window fan with thermostat. Call 383-3725 or 286-9247 during daytime; 286-1823 evenings. Can be seen at 2206 Englewood Ave. FOR SALE—’'rruckload of firewood, $30. Will cut to specification. Call 732-7242 before 8 a.m. or after 5:30 p.m. (Hillsborough). FOR SALE—Suzuki 380 GT motorcycle, 2000 miles. Two helmets, luggage rack. 55 mpg. Condition is f>erfect. Call 477-5449 after 5:30 p.m. FOR SALE—1966 Chevrolet with 62,000 miles, AT, PS, PB, new battery, $400. Good Ixxly and gcxxl running condition. Also, 1966 Dodge 1/2 ton pick-up in good running condition. LWB, heavy duly, four forwards, heater, radio, gun rack, gxjd running condiii(m, T6,500 miles, $500. Call 471-1023 or see at 3000 Omah St. FOR SALE—12’ x 9’ oval rug in new condition; yellow floor lamp; twinsize linens and draf>es (pink and white); hand-crocheted afghan; shower doors; dd 1940's rV cabinet. Call 471-1023 or see at 3(XX) Omah St. wood, making and selling frames and wall hangings of weathered wood. She recently was asked to supply an out-of-state gift shop with her wood crafts. “1 love gardening, art, and sp>orts,” she said, “but most of all, I love f>eople. “The main thing we always hope with the plays is that the audience likes it.” Acting Ambition Her acting ambition? “I’ve thought about doing commercials, little old lady character parts. I worked at WDNC in the forties, so I have done commercials, but 1 don't think there’s any outlet for me around here now.” There was a mischievous twinkle in her eyes as she added, “Just once. I’d like to go on the six o'clock news as a ‘little old weather lady."' Speech Experts Host Workshop A new test for evaluating language development in children between three months and four years old is being explained and demonstrated in a workshop here today and Saturday. Twenty speech and language clinicians who work with preschool children throughout North Carolina are attending the workshop on the Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development (SICD) from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. on both days in the conference room of the Civitan Building, 2213 Elba St. They will practice administering the test to normal children from an area Head Start Program on Saturday from 10-11 ;30 a.m. “Children learn most of their language before they are five years old,” said Dr. LuVern Kunze, director of Duke’s Center for Speech and Hearing Disorders. “If we are going to help the child with a language disorder, we must identify his problem early. “This new test provides information which the language disorders specialist needs to plan and carry out a program to help such a child," he said. Speaking at the workshop in addition to Kunze is Dr. Dona Hedrick, chairman of the Department of Sjieech Pathology and Audiology at Florida State University and one of the developers of the SICD. I'he progi am is co-sponsored by the Center for Sj>eech and Hearing Disorders and the Developmental Evaluation C^eiuer at Duke. The Best Dressed Employee program was initiated by the department's Employee Management Group (EMCi) after a suggestion by EMG representative Bobby Mayfield a year ago. The major criterion for selection was compliance with a dress code drawn up by the EMG. The code stresses neatness and cleanliness. A well-fitting uniform with a name pin is to be worn whenever an employee is on duty. Each month one honoree was selected from each of three areas of the department: Cafeteria/ Catering/Diet Office, Main Kitchen/Storeroom and Tray Unit/Nourishment Center/Rankin. Photographs and names of the best dressed employees were displayed on a bulletin teard near the first floor cafeteria each month. Each honoree received tickets for five meals to be used during that month. A committee from each area selected one of their monthly winners as their nominee for the annual award. A special committee selected Ms. Taylor as overall winner from the three nominees. Honorees selected each month as best dressed in the Cafeteria/Catering/Diet Office area were Yvonne Rogers, Christine Isler, Sheila Judd, Shirley Mayfield, Shirley Crews, Ruth Burroughs, Emma Smith, Mary Pulley and Evangeline Page. Those in the Main Kitchen/Storeroom were Margaret Mickens, Martha Perry, Ruth Lloyd, Minnie Petty, Vera Lucas, Barbara Banister, Eugene Singleton, Robert Hester, Priscilla Green and Virgilene Moore. In the Tray Unit/Nourishment Center/Rankin they were Jennie Wood, Emily Carver, Linda Bennett, Alberta Wadsworth, Deborah Reade, Rosalind Bailey, Francina W'ashington, Lola Gilchrist, Ethel Taylor andjanie Butler. JUNIOR VOLUNTEERS Orientation for young people participating in the hospital’s Junior Volunteer Program for 1976 will be held Monday, June 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Tuesday, June 22, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Boys and girls who wish to help on the wards are required to attend. Anyone who cannot be at the meetings may help in other areas such as the snack bars or in the various clinics as messengers or' guides, according to Mary Daugherty, coordinator of auxiliary services. Mrs. Daugherty has more information on the program, and she can be reached at 684-3981. FOLKUFE FESTIVAL The North Carolina Bicentennial Folklife Festival, featuring crafts, trades, musical performances and folklore demonstrations will be held July 3. 4, and 5, at the West Point Mill restoration site on Roxboro Road. I'he mill restoration site is six miles north of downtown 'Durham across from Riverview Shopping Center. Parking will l)e along Roxboro Road with shuttlebuses rutlning from parking areas to the festival. The event will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on July 3 and 5, and it will run from 1-9 p.m. on Sunday, July 4.
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