PROBE VOL. VI No.4 PUBLISHED BY THE ALLENTOWN HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES April 1979 Hospital Salutes Techs, Volunteers During the week of April 8 through 14, The Allentown Hospital saluted its Medical Technologists and this week, April 22 through 29, it will pay tribute to its Volunteers. The Technologists, often forgotten links in the hospital medical care chain, operate in the Hospital's many labs. The Volunteers carry out a vari- ety of vital functions throughout the Hospital. The Hospital maintains a staff of 44 \ Techonologists/Technicians working in such diverse areas as Histology, Blood Bank, Hematology, Urinalysis, and Chemistry. The Hospital also HAPPY TECHS - Hospital Technologists from the Laboratory celebrated National maintains a School of Medical Tech- Techn.ologis.ts Week, April 8 through 14, with a cake provided by Dr. Alexander nology in which eight students are Nedwich, Dlre.ctor of.the Laboratory. Included in the festive occasion are, standing, presently enrolled. fro.m left. to right, Cindy McCr?ne, Supervisor, Microbiology Lab; Kathy Carty, Unnal~sls/Serology; Dr. Ned wich: Amy Aronoff, Chemistry; and Irene Reinert, A group of two hundred and fifty Supervisor, Blood Bank. Seated, from left to right are: Barbara Kresge, Supervisor, Volunteers donate their time and last Cytology ~ab; Beverly .Weber, Histology; and Sharon Kuchar, Hematology. The March contributed 3,145 hours Technolo~lsts also received a bouquet of carnations from Mrs. Boyer, President. throughout the Hospital at a cost sa vings of many thousands of dollars. The Volunteers will be honored at an Auxiliary's 10-Year Record: Impressive April 24th dinner. The Candy Stripers will be similarly honored this summer. In the ten year period from 1966 to How does this group of dedicated 1976 the Allentown Hospita Auxiliary women raise all the funds for hospital donated a half million dollars to the projects? Nursing School Hospital. Considering that the total According to Mrs. Elmer Bausch, membership of the group is about 350, current President, the group has a Sets Graduation the amount donated is impressive. variety of functions which raise Sixty-eight members of the class of What is equally impressive is that in money. Many of the funds come from '79, Allentown Hospital School of the past year, the Auxiliary has the Gift Shop and the Snack Bar, both Nursing, will graduate in commence- donated an additional $70,000 for operated by the Auxiliary. Parking ment exercises to be held at 7:30 p.m. equipment and new services. These revenues collected during Fair week Friday, May 18 at the Lehigh Consis- most recent gifts include the Two also add to the treasury as does the tory Cathedral, 1533 Hamilton St., Dimension Reel-Time Ultra Sound annual "Thanksgiving Letter," sent to Allentown. unit in the Heart Station, $10,000 for all Auxiliary members seeking contri- The exercises mark the 78th time the telemetry equipment in the Emergency butions. School has held commencement and Room, and $9,000 for equipment and One of the biggest fund raising the 3rd time the event has been held at alterations in the new Birthing Room events of years gone by is no longer the Consistory. To date 2,976 nursing in the Labor and Delivery Suite. held. According to Mrs. Bausch and students, excluding the class of '79, Gifts from the Auxiliary in the past Mrs. Sally Schaeffer, wife of Dr. "CD" have graduated from the school. decade include two redecorations of Schaeffer and President-Elect of the Of the 68 members of this year's the cafeteria at a total cost of $90,000. Auxiliary, the Auxiliary maintained a gradua ting class, 65 are female and The group purchased cobalt equip- stand at the Fair where they sold a three are male. The three join a list of ment for $80,000. Air conditioning in variety of homemade food items. Fair 15 other male graduates who have be- the classrooms in the Nurses' Resi- customers stood in line to buy the come Registered Nurses after com- dence and the Hospital auditorium Auxiliary's food and the members pleting the three-year program. came to $37,000. Remodeling of the were up at 4 a.m. every morning The principal speaker for the com- Nursing School library cost the Auxil- during Fair week to stock the stand. mencement this year will be chosen at iary membership $10,000 and car- Like the Food Stand, the Auxiliary's a la ter da te. peting and new furniture in the Nur- sewing group used to produce many of Assisting int he commencement ex- ses' Residence came to almost $8,000. the items used in the Operating Rooms ercises will be Mrs. Valeria Boyer, The largest contribution made by the Auxiliary was a $250,000 pledge to (Cont'd on page 2) (Cont'd on page 2) 1\ LIt::" 1\ n ~__-r nl"7l") Auxiliary Graduation UPDATE ... (Cont'd from page 1) (Cont'd from page 1) and the Hospital: dressings, sheets, President and Chief Executive Officer pillow cases, etc. Use of disposable of the Hospital, who will present di- Oldtimers Dine May 8 items and a central laundry made the plomas to the graduates. Kalman J. sewing group obsolete and it last Fortoloczki, Vice President for Ad- The Oldtimers' Dinner is scheduled gathered in 1970. ministration, will preside at the cere- this year for Tuesday, May 8 at the mony and Dr. Morton 1. Silverman, Lehigh Valley Club. The festivites The Auxiliary is actively seeking Vice President of the Board of Direc- begin at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails. new members, particularly men and tors, assisted by Miss. Joyce McGoni- Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. husband and wife teams. The Auxili- gle, Director of Nursing, will present The dinner marks the 15th time the ary added 50 new members this year awards and honors. The Reverend Hospital's "Oldtimers" have and hopes to continue adding mem- Francis Cerullo, of St. Augustine's assembled to wine and dine and bers. Membership dues are $2. Church, Lawrence, Mass., brother of receive longevity pins. The first Miss Kathleen Cerullo, last year's dinner, fifteen years ago, feted about Mrs. Bausch will leave her post in Outstanding Student Nurse, will be 80 employees with 10 or more years of May. It is the third time she has acted the officiating clergyman. service. This year about 250 em- as President of the Hospital Auxiliary. Graduation will be preceded by the ployees are invited to attend. Pen- She served two other terms in the 60's Senior Breakfast, held the same sioners are also invited. There were 47 and early 70's. A graduate of the morning in the Hospital's cafeteria, pensioners in attendance last year. Allentown Hospital School of and the Rotary Luncheon, held at the The employee with the longest Nursing, she worked several years as Americus Hotel at noon, May 18. Dr. service to the hospital is Agnes a nurse at the Hospital and was Night Alan Schragger, past president of the Edmondson, Nursing School, who Supervisor in the old OB unit on the Hospital's medical staff will be the began working at the hospital in 1938. third floor, East Wing. luncheon speaker. She attended the Nursing School, starting in 1935. Mrs. Edmondson is The outgoing and incoming Presi- an instructor in OB. She plans to retire dents may have first met in the Nur- New Officers Elected at the end of the year. sery where Mrs. Bausch worked after The annual meeting of the Student she graduated from nursing school. Association was held Monday, April While she was in the Nursery, Mrs. 23 at 11:00 A.M. in the Auditorium of Schaeffer was born at The Allentown the Nurses Residence. The officers for Changing Times Hospital. Mrs. Schaeffer began 1979-1980 were installed at that time. The "Premie Nursery", S-4, hence- working at the Hospital in 1943. The new officers are: forth will be known as "Newborn In- President - Kathy McCoy tensive Care," while the "Semi-Private Mrs. Schaeffer says one of her goals Vice President - Michele Diaz Nursery," S-5, will now be referred to as new president is to increase the Secretary - Janet Cook as the "Normal Newborn Nursery." membership and to draw more men Treasurer - Lynn Brady According to Miss Marilyn Sowden, and husband and wife teams. She has A reception followed the meeting. Supervisor, OB/GYN, the designa- been a member of the Auxiliary since tions were changed to educate and in- 1946. form the public and medical commun- ity that The Allentown Hospital has a Protect's motto is "Turn Tears Into newborn intensive care unit. "Protect" Opens Office Laughter." "Protect of the Lehigh Valley," an For additional information about organization formed to prevent child the group, contact Judy Braun, Peds. abuse, has opened an office in room 2425, East Private. According to Judy Braun, Coordin- DINNER DANCE ator, Nursing of Children, and a char- LETTERS • • • ter member of the group, "Protect" ini- .The formal dinner dance sponsored by the School of Nursing Student tially will be staffed by volunteers Dear Dr. Dean Dimick, who will take calls and make referrals Association, was held at the Holiday On Wednesday morning, March Inn East, April 20. The theme was to appropriate organizations. The 21st, our daughter, Jodi, was rushed to group will both protect abused chil- "Just You and 1." The musical group your hospital because of an accidental "Presence" from Reading was on hand. dren and aid parents who are abusers drug overdose. The intent of this letter or potential abusers. Chairpersons for this event were is to praise the professionalism of Dr. Ann Capabianco and Terry Springle and those who assisted him Hornberger. in the treatment of our daughter. It is only through their efforts, and God's, that Jodi is with us today. I would like to thank Dr. Springle, THE PROBE Dr. Fugazzatto, the night nursing Rod Plays Danny supervisor, and all those who aided Valeria S. Boyer Rod Gilkeson, Purchasing, will be her in Peds. Their warm feelings and Acting President protraying the role of Danny Shapiro compassion were a great aid to both of in the upcoming Theatreast Editor us. production of "Sexual Perversity in David P. Colley Sincerely, Chicago." The play, written by David Photographer Mr. & Mrs. John Finady Mamet, is an adult comedy dealing Scott Dornblaser Allentown with the singles scene. Performances (Dr. Springle is a resident in will be June 1 and 2 and June 7 through Medicine.) 9. Tickets are $3.50. UPDATE. • • LVACMI SETS MEETINGS The Lehigh Valley Association of Clinical Microbiology and Immun- ology has listed its upcoming meetings. Dr. Diane Halstead-McFar- land. Director of Microbiology and Immunology at the Hospital. is pro- gram director for LVACMI. The pro- grams are:

May 23, 1979 Wednesday SI. Luke's Hospital Time: 8 P.M. Program: Film - "Certain Death" - regarding Pasteur's Vac- cine for rabies. [une 21, 1979 Thursday Dinner Meeting: Ambassador Restaurant, 1251 S. Cedar Crest Blvd. Time: 6:30 Cocktails & Dinner 8:30 Program Program: Legionnaires" Disease - Clinical & Laboratory Aspects "CHARTING" NEW COURSE - Mrs. Deborah Zweifel. R.N .. W-l, and Frederick Speakers: Gary Lattimer. M.D. and Cindy McCrone, M.S. [uly 24. 1979 Tuesday Oberacker, L.P.N., W-l, compare the old (right) and new (left) charts now being Allentown Hospital Time: 8 P.M. used in the Hospital. Comments about the new charts, bright orange looseleaf Program: "Mycotic Infections" - Alan H. Schragger. M.D. binders, are favorable. Nurses say the new binders hold more material. are easier to handle and material is now indexed and categorized. One complaint is that the rings Celebrating make it difficult for lefties to write in their notes. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schneck cele- brated their 50th wedding anniver- sary April 3. Charlie is a volunteer. working every morning in the Busi- ness Office and in X-Ray. 1 Save That Ticket If you shop at Shop Well. save your sales receipts. Shop Well grocery stores. including the "Big Market" in Fairgrounds. will donate to the Lehigh Valley Poi n Center in the Emergen- cy Room, one percent of the total value of your sales receipts, excluding cigar- ettes and milk. The donation is part of a program by the management of Shop Well stores to make contributions to non-profit organiza tions. If you wish to turn in your sales slips. drop them off in the Poison Center. ground floor. adjacent to the Emergency Room, or give them to the \~.-':)~ •..~~"''''a•...•.•c.-·...••.•. Receptionist. Circle purchases of cig- TEAM VOLUNTEERS - The Hospital has three husband and wife volunteer teams arettes and milk. who work in various locations and departments. At left are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Christman who work in the mail room. East Private. every Wednesday. At top. Mr. CONCERT MAY 1 and Mrs. Raymond Heckman work at the Information Desk every Saturday evening. At bottom right. Mr. and Mrs. William Frantz operate the food cart every Friday. The Allentown Hospital School of This week. April 22 through 29 is National Volunteer Week. Nursing Chorus. under the direction of Mrs. Helen M. Leh, Residence and National Hos pital Week Social Director. will present its annual OLDTIMER - Ag- spring concert at8 p.m .. Tuesday. May The Allentown Hospital will parti- nes Edmondson 1,1979, at the Nurses Residence. cipate in a variety of activities to has worked at the The program will include solos and celebrate National Hospital Week. Hospital longer duets with guitar accompaniment. May 6 through 12. Among the activi- than any other Also featured in the concert will be ties planned are a slide presentation other employee, choral selections from popular show and tours of the Birthing Room. free starting in 1938. tunes. such as "Fiddler on the Roof." EKG·s. pulmonary function tests and However. her asso- "The King and I." "My Fair Lady" and free blood pressure checks. ciation with the "Oklahoma." Concluding the program A tour also will be conducted Hospital began in will be selections from "Godspell." through Pediatrics, Friday. May 11. 1935 when she en- The pianists for the concert are Melin- following a conference on Pediatric tered the Nursing da Rohrer and Susan Houseknecht. Neurology and the Poison Center will School. This will The public is invited. hold puppet shows. Saturday. May 12. be her last year. DOCTORS' New Medical CORNER Board Members Three staff physicians were elected Neurology Conference to three-year terms on the Hospital The Pediatric Department is Medical Executive Committee at the sponsoring a conference, "Prevention annual meeting April 19, and a fourth and Treatment of Neurological was elected to a one-year unexpired Handicaps - Perinatally," to be held term. Friday, May 11 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Elected to three year terms were Dr. Dr. Jack Rubie, a Pediatric Consultant Charles Gordon, Dr. Gerald Morrow from London, England, and Dr. Martha and Dr. Henry Fetterman. Elected/to Lusser, Allentown Neurologist, will the one-year term was Dr. Paul be the speakers. The program will be Bosanac. He fills an unexpired three- held in the Hospital auditorium. year term vacated by Dr. Stanley Banach. The Committee also picked a slate of officers. Dr. "CD" Schaeffer remains OB Conference as President, Dr. Theodore Donmoyer The Lehigh Valley Obstetrical and remains as Vice President, Dr. Fetter- A FIRST - Catherine and Tom Gynecological Society will present a man was elected Treasurer, Dr. Peterson were the first couple to use conference, "Therapy of Premature Stanley Snyder remains as President- the Hospital's new Birthing Room, Labor," to be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, Elect and Dr. Morrow was elected March 27. Tom is shown holding Mary May 10 at the Lehigh Country Club. Secretary. Patricia, the couple's fifth child. The Principal speaker will be Dr. Ronald The three physicians who stepped Petersons were the subject of a long Chez, Chairman, OB/GYN Depart- down from the Committee are Dr. John article appearing in the Sunday Call ment, Hershey Medical Center. Hentosh, Dr. Joseph Greybush and Dr. April 22. Since the first birth, Cocktails and dinner are included in William Frailey. numerous other couples have used the The Medical Committee is com- Birthing Room in the Labor and the program. For more details, contact Dr. Bruce Viechnicki, Society Pres- prised of 23-members and establishes Delivery Suite. ident. medical policy for the Hospital.

LETTERS ... WANTED - New or used items in 3tospital ekafter good condition for bingo prizes for Allentown Hospital after care state hospital patients. Maternity S/5 Household items, knicknacks. Dear Staff: LIVE-IN WANTED - To provide canned foods, etc. Items needed This coming Friday marks the two- meals and supervision for 17 year desperately. Call Nancy Beidler, month birthdate of our son, Gregory old, Thursday May 3 - Monday, Mental Health Clinic, 821-2265. Adam. Since our discharge, I have May 21. Call 432-8559 after 6:30 AV AILABLE SOON - 14th near thought of all of you numerous times p.m. Hamilton, 2nd fl. one or two bed- and have had it in my mind to let you SUBLET - Trexler Park Apts., 3 room apt. Newly dec. Smoke fire know how truly wonderful everyone bedrooms, overlooking park, alarm. Large liv. rm., paneled & air who had contact with our family was. $375/mo. Inc. all appliances, heat cond.; mod. kit.; bath w/tub & You added to our already overflowing and central air. Avail. June 1. shower; paneled rm off kit; w/w joyful hearts. Phone 395-1996 aft. 4 p.m. carpet; front & rear entrance. Inc. While I was on your floor, my hus- HOUSE FOR SALE - St. John St., 1 heat, hotwater, cooking fuel and band and I were met with cheerful- block from Good Shepherd Rehab. refrig. 1 or 2 adults; no pets. Call ness, concern for both our welfare and Hospital. 5 bedrooms, $27,900. Call 434.-6738. Garage may be avail. feelings and genuine caring. Our ques- 398-2027 aft. 4 p.m. or 820-5761. tions were answered honestly and FOR SALE - Living room and bed- without haste. We were made to feel a room furniture. Best offer accepted. part of the team and wanted to let you Call 797-2079 aft. 12 noon. know not only how highly we hold you FREE KITTEN - 3 weeks old, dark in our thoughts but also our conver- brown w/white markings on face. Harrison, Drucinda Gen Staff Wl Eve sations. Friendly & looking for a home. Call Wolford. Doris Gen Staff L&D Day With Deep Thanks, 837-6113 or 821-2351. Barnes, Joanne Receptionist Day Hcrowski. David Ther. Act. Worker Day Bob and Maryann FOR SALE - Spa nish/Med, sofa and Kline, Kevin Aide Human Servo Day Marsilio, Jane Aide Human Servo Day Bulishak chair, red; 2 end tables and 1 cock- Milburn, Grace Hskg. Aide Day Reighn, Cheryl Gen Staff ICU Eve tail table, dard wood; Large wall Bauer, Joan Gen Staff W6 Day Births Dadura, Walter, Jr. Aide CSR Eve painting, $300. Child's bedroom; Pfenninger, Edward Technician Day single bed, 2 chests, open shelf uni t, Hoadley, Carol Technician Day Suzanne Corriere, Head Nurse, W-3- Hain , Cynthia Caseworker Day desk and chair, red/blue, $250. Blue Hawrylo, Susan Manager Day N, and husband Rocco, are the parents Dotterer, Anita Clerk II Day of a boy, Christopher Rocco, born glass swag light, $10. Snow tires, 2 - 185/70 steel belted radials, 14" Wynne, Nancy LPN 1'5 Eve March 27. Stolarick, Linda Gen Staff L&D Eve- Cathy Kistler, R.N. Nursing, and wheel base, used only 400 miles, Coughlin, Sharon Technician EVe $110.1 - VW tire, good shape, $15. Miller-Dolan, Catherine Technican Day husband Larry, are the parents of a Dittrich, James Hskg. Aide Day Call 398-2606 aft. 4 p.m. or 821- McGraw, Clarence Hskg. Aide Day girl, Carin Beth, April 7th. McLean, Douglas Hskg. Aide Day 2231. Osborne, Billy Purchasing Agent Day Verba, Barbara Gen Staff 1'5 Eve CARPENTRY - by Dan Laudone - Haas, LuAnn Gen Staff Wl Eve Engagements Liptock, Patricia Gen Staff W3 Day Specializing in kitchens and pan- Walsh, Judith Gen Staff W3 Day Patti Heath, R.N., T-3, engaged to Schwartz, Ruth Gen Staff Peds Eve eling. Free estimates. Ca1l258-4806 Woerner, Karen LPN Peds N~t Allen Beard of Souderton, April 5. Collins, Diana Transcriber Day aft. 4 p.m. Klase. Gilbert Dishmachine Oper. Day