THURSDAY, JUNE *4, 19C5
Almas Whitman '
Awarded Medal
USS MIDWAY (CVA-41)
June 10 Airman Ray Whit
son, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Whitson of Route 4,
Eumsvile, N. C, has been
awarded the Armed forces
Expeditionary Medal, while
serving aboard the attack air
craft carrier USS Midway,
currently operating off the
coast of Viet Nam:
He received this award for
having served 30 or more con
secutive days as a crewmem
ber aboard the Midway in a
designated combat area.
Ai'craft.from his ship have
been making daily strikes
against military installations
in North Viet Nam and Viet
Cong concentrations in South
Viet Nam.
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Sgt. Radford
Promoted
LINCOLN, Neb. Sam L.
Radford, son of M". and Mrs.
Raleigh A. Radford of Cane
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Rivor n. C., has been promot
ed to staff sergeant in the U.
S Air Force at Lincoln AFB,
,Neb.
Sergeant Radford is a train
ing specialist in a unit, that
supports the Strategic Air
Command miss'oi of keeping
the nation’s intercontinental
missiles and jet bombers on
constant alert.
The sergeant, a graduate of
Eald C-eek (NT. C) High
School, attended Mars Hill
(N C) College.
His wife is the former Carol
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N. C. CANCER
INSTITUTE STATE
DISCUSSES WORK
T -UMBER TON “Reward
ing,’ is the word used bv
members of the staff of isorth
Carolina Cancer Institute
near here as they discuss
their work.
F ;r> Ur. J. a Martin, the
medical di ector, down to the
Janitorial staff, the main in
gredient is love.
For 13 years, the unique
hospital has lived up to the
purpose for which it was es
tablished to offer comfort
and care t-o patients in the
last stages cf cancer.
The goal from the beginn
ing has been to combine med
ical ski 1 and drug relief with
tender love.
A hospital atmosphere pre
vails but there is also an at
mosphere of homeyness. Nu~-
ses go beyond their trained
skill in showing love and con
cern for the patients.
Hospital silence is often
broken with gay laughter.
The hospital was opened
March 24, 1952. Even now, itj
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is the only such hospital be
tween Richmond. Va, and At
lanta, Ga. It’s sole purpose is
to care for patients with ter
minal cancer.
Establishing such a hospi
tal had its prob'ems. It wa3
a new concept and money
was adequate Thus the North
Carolina Division cf the Am
erican Cancer Society ca~riej
most of the financial load.
With the state’s physicians
unaware that such a hospital
existed and patients few in
number, a staff had to be
maintained around the clock.
It wasn’t easy to recruit a
staff under such circumstan -
ces.
Yet, today there is an aver
age of 40 patients. Funds
come from both the state and
the county. Personnel is more
easily recruited. Volunteer
workers help out.
Dr. Martin sums up the
feelings of those who serve:
“You go to the hospital
to help the patients and find
they help you.” Patients, on
the otherhand, seem to blos
som under the, skill and love
of the nurses Many live lon
ger than their conditions are
supnosed to allow.
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The idea for such a hospital
goes back several years before
its actual opening in 1952.
Tdie hope then was to devel
op a place to care for patients
with terminal or incu ab‘e
cancer who, otherwise, could
not afford hospitalization.
It was to be a home for
cancer patients after all treat
ment and surgical methods
had failed and only death re
mained. This was to be a home
to provide* comfort, relief from
pain, and loving care for
those beyond he p.
Such is still the hospital’s
goal.
Patients are certified by
their local welfare depart
ments and payment comes
both from welfare sources and
state money at the rate of
$lO per day per patient.
Original incorporators were
Mrs. Nancy Marshall of Mt.
Airy, D\ D. H. Bridger of
Bladenboro, Dr. James R.
Robertson of Wilmington, Dr.
H. Max Schiebel of Durham,
John W. Rankin of Wilming
ton, and Dr. Robert J Ruark
and Joe T. Martin of Greens
boro.
Current officers are Dr. D.
E. Ward, J'., of Lumberton,
President: David M. Britt of
Fairmont, Vice President; Mrs.-
E. H Alexander of Red
Springs, Secretary; and John
S. Ayers of Lumberton, Treas
urer
Half the trustees are physi
cians and half laymen. All
sections of the state are re
presented on the board.
Mt. Airy almost got the
hospital. Then, Durham was *
considered but a wing of the
old county heme here was
finally selected.
An organizational meeting
was held in Lumberton in
/pr ; l of 1951 with members
of the Cancer Society, the
State Nurses Ass-clatlon, an*
physicians and laymen meet
ing to make plans for the
hospital.
The Robeson County Com
missioners cooperated by lea
sing the building for 99 years
fo* sl. The General Assembly
voted money and donations
came from the American Can
cer Society and from individ
ual and clubs across the state.
Thus, the hospital actually
opened on March 24. 1952, as
a nursing home under the De
partment of Public Welfare.
It opened with one patient
Then, there were more pa
tients and a staff of 17 em
ployees. By October 5, 1953.,
61 patients had been admitted.
Os that number. 34 had
died and, miraculously, seven
had been discharged Twenty
four we _ e still hosoitalized.
In August rs 1957, the nur
sing home officially became
the North Carolina Cancer
Institute, a chronic disease
hospital specializing in the
care of cancer patients. It
was only the fifth such hos
pital in the United States.
The first ful'-time staff
physician was added. He was
Dr. D. W. Biggs, Jr., Lumber
ton. Dr. Martin now holds this
job.
With the change came fi
nancial help from the Gener
al Assembly. Now, the hospi
tal has 64 beds and an aver
age daily census of 35-40
patients.
The patients range in age
from pre-school, through
the teens, to the aged. All
types of cancer are treated.
TTiere are now 52 employ
ees on the payroll.
The North Carolina Cancer
Institute is still young and
growing and the future pro
mises an even better tomor
row thanks to the efforts
of the Cancer Society.