TowerScope Volume 16, Issue Nr. 4, September 1966

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AUXILIANS DONATE 20,000 HOURS
Over 20,000 hours of time and effort were donated
last year by members of the Saint Joseph Hospital Auxi-
liary. At the Annual Awards luncheon held on September
10th at the Hospital, the auxilians were thanked by Sis-
ter Mary Andrew for their support and assistance. Mrs.
Kay Brown, President, presided at the meeting, and assis-
ted Sister Mary Andrew in the installation of the new of-
ficers. Over 125 women attended, including auxiliary
members and their guests.
Four members were given "Honorary Life Mem-
berships."   They are:   Mrs. Alice Akolt, Mrs. Catherine
Perenyi, Mrs. Marge Cullinan and Mrs. Helen Dore'.
The officers for the coming year are:
President - Mrs. Pat Kennedy
President-elect - Mrs. Mary Wallace
1st Vice President - Mrs. Fran Dwyer
2nd Vice President - Mrs. Jo Wendt
3rd Vice President - Mrs. Helen Myers
Recording Secretary - Elaine Latimer
Corresponding Secretary - Dorothy Casey
Our thanks to the past officers, and our congrat-
ulations to the incoming officers.
6,246 HOURS DONATED BY CANDY STRIPERS
The Candy Stripers were busy young ladies this
summer, as they accumulated over 6,246 hours of donated
services,   helping out  whenever  and  wherever needed.
Approximately 100 girls participated in the summer pro-
gram, and all are eagerly awaiting next summer when they
will be once more donating their time, talents and enthu-
siasm to Saint Joseph Hospital.
Pictured above is Mrs. Pat O'Shea, sponsor of
the Stripers, who is awarding "hours bars" to the four
volunteers who donated over 250 hours each. They are
Toni Freed, Barbara Inskeep, Stephanie Pustek and Terri
Kanan.
In the Round (cont.)
INFORMATION DESK
The smiling, happy face of Mrs. Margaret Gibbs
will not be greeting patients for the next month as Mrs.
Gibbs is on a European trip.
LABORATORY
Another European travelor is Miss Judy Giovale
who is touring the continent with her mother.
Congratulations to the following former students
who recently passed the ASCP registry test: Karen Col-
lier, Sue Rayn, Helen Ersinger, Barbara Eaton, Ann Bur-
nett and John Sy.
MAIL ROOM
Although the mail has always been on time, it's
even more so now that it has been expanded and its three
occupants are enjoying the much-needed work space:
PHYSICAL MEDICINE
Congratulations to Dr. George Twombly, Director
of the Physical Medicine Department on his recent ap-
pointment to Governor Love's Vocational Rehabilitation
Committee.
The remodeling of the Physical Medicine depart-
ment is in process. At the present time plastering is
underway, and the painting of the renovated department
will begin in the near future.
NEW PAGING SYSTEM GREAT
During the past two months several different meth-
ods of paging have been used by the switchboard opera-
tors in an attempt to reduce the amount of paging neces-
sary during the day and evening.
This month the operators began paging with only
the last three digits of the individual extensions. How-
ever, employees are reminded that when dialing a number
which is announced over the paging system, you must
always dial four numbers--the first number being four.
To date the switchboard operators feel the new
paging system is a great improvement over the former
system, and many patients have remarked on the reduc-
tion in the amount of paging.
I B M MACHINE ENROUTE
The long-awaited new "baby" of the hospital-
the IBM 1440 computer-is due any day, and members of
the business and accounting offices are busy preparing
for its arrival. Many of the other personnel throughout
the Hospital have been taking the special IBM program-
ming course in an attempt to be prepared when the ma-
chine is ready for programming.
The computer will permit the hospital to perform
billing procedures on the machine. All payroll proced-
ures will be accomplished on the machine, and many
patient records will be stored in the computer.