Meditations [February 1966]

              BULLETIN # 5
GUILFORD COUNTY MEDICAL AUXILIARY
FEBRUARY 1966
GREENSBORO BRANCH
MENTAL HEALTH
The Guilford Unit of the John Unstead Hospital
is in desperate need of many items which are
listed below.  Won't you please save this list
and see if you have anything you can donate to
our unit.  Our unit is the least supported of
any unit at Umstead and this is indeed a shameful fact for the citizens of Guilford County.
Please carry the list of needs to other organizations which you may belong to and solicit as
much help and donations as you can.  Do your
part to help "bridge the gap" between our unit
at Umstead and our community.
Ward Needs:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
13. Radios
9.
10.
Piano
(1) Record player
Green plants
Pictures
Records (all types)
(5) Television sets
Song books for group singing
Window drapes (our unit is the only unit
without drapes.')
Aquarium and fish
Ice cream freezers, popcorn poppers, grills
table cloths.
11. Hair dryers
12. Art supplies and equipment:oil painting kit!
paper, easels, canvas, etc.
Recreational Needs:
1. Games & equipment:checker boards, chess
sets, cribbage sets, playing cards(Rook &
Bridge),baseballs & bats, volley balls &
nets, ping-pong equipment, croquet sets,
bingo sets, shuffle board equipment.
Woodworking tools, hand or power operated
Card tables
Scrap leather and leather working tools,
plastic
Prizes of all sorts from 10c to $1 for
parties.
Bicycles
All types of holiday decorations
New or used typewriters for patients use.
2.
3.
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6.
7.
8.
Patient needs:
1. Cosmetics-used or new
2. Stationary, stamps,greeting cards to send
home.
3. Books or magazines(recent or subscription)
4. Clothing (used or new-male or female)
5. Home permanents
6. Electric razors for men or women
7. Soap and soap flakes
8. Toothbrushes,toothpaste,hair nets,hair
rollers
9. Sewing materials:cloth,thread,kits,baskets
"How To" books,patterns,crochet books,knitting needles,remnant material for scarves
chair covers,pillowcases,etc.,yarn, embrod-
iery floss.
If you have any questions, phone:
Jo Ann Stafford  288-4713
Nell Beavers     273-1066
Marion Whitener  292-4015
FEBRUARY MEETING
There will be no February meeting as such.
Please see attached sheet concerning Doctors Day.
ODDS AND ENDS:
DR. FRANK STARR, JR.: New chairman of the North
Carolina Health Insurance Council Committee
NANCY LUSK: Newer address: 4941 Finley Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90027
CAROLINE COWAN: New address: 1211 Pamlico Dr.
Tel. 275-2720
DR. COLLINS MAHAFFEE: Renamed president of the
Greensboro Society for Crippled Children and
Adults. , 	
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Mrs. Nell 0. Tankersley on her marriage to Mr.
Horace Pennington on Jan. 14, 1966
SYMPATHY TO:
Jean Schweizer on the loss of her mother in Dec.
PRESIDENT'S NOTE:
A note of good wishes to all auxiliary members has
,been received by your president from Mrs. Charles
W. Banner and a contribution of $10.00 for the
Auxiliary work.  For Mrs. Banner's address, see
above in ODDS AND ENDS.
The Auxiliary to the Alamance-Caswell Medical
Society will sponsor its fourth annual Antiques
Fair on March 9,10, & 11 at the Elon College Gym.
Doors open from 10:30 a.m. until 9:30 p.m. all
three days.  Light lunches and suppers will be
served.  Tickets may be secured at the door for
$1.00, or $1.75 for a three day pass. Proceeds
from this Fair go into a scholorship fund for
prospective doctors, nurses, and medical tech.
IMPORTANT REMINDER:
Don't forget to take advantage of the lecture by
Dr. Catherine Neal who is Chief of Pediatric
Cardiology at John Hopkins.  This lecture is
sponsored by the Auxiliary and the Greensboro
Heart Association.  It will be held in the Gilmer
Room of the First Presbyterian Church on Wed.,Feb.
23, 1966 at 10:30 a.m. Ht.  Neal will speak on
"Pediatric Problems of the Heart".
ATTENTION:
Please add to our grapevine.  "Med-i-tations" is
like the New York Times: anything that's fit to
print.
"This isn't really gossip, BUT, have you heard
  quote me if you like
  don't, for heaven's sake, quote me
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name or alias
jPhone: Billie Williamson  288-1084
Jane Reinhardt
288- 3727