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Volume XVII Number 2 SAINT CLOUD HOSPITAL October, 1965

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WE DEDICATE THE OCTOBER "BEACON LIGHT" TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL STAFF OF OUR HOSPITAL WHO BRING TO THE SICK-ROOM SOME-THING OF THE CHARITY OF GOD, AND OF THE LOVE AND TENDERNESS OF CHRIST, THE MASTER PHYSICIAN OF SOUL AND BODY.

ST. MARY'S PHYSICIANS GUILD --

The purpose of the Physicians Guild (which is NOT just another medical society) is to help doctors attain the fulfillment of Christian aims and ideals as they apply to medical men. The members realize that the Christian convictions; such as the dignity of the human body, the pre-eminence of the soul over the body, the brotherhood of all men, and the sovereign domain of God over life and destiny, are not easily clung to in an en-vironment that is materialistic in outlook. By belonging to this group the Christian doctor does not stand alone, he has the opportunity to meet and develop friendships with men who are working out their sanctification in the same vocation.

The St. Mary's Physicians Guild was organized by members of the Medical Staff in October, 1953 with Dr. W. W. Wenner as the first president. The officers for the com-ing year were elected at a meeting on October 14. They are: Dr. Donald Higdon, presi-dent; Dr. Robert Koenig, vice-president; and Dr. James Kelly, Secretary-Treasurer. Dr. L. A. Loes is the immediate past-president. Dr. Emil Dziubinski was elected to serve on the Board of Directors with Dr. John P. McNamara, Dr. Albert Seifert and Dr. F. T. Brown.

Under the sponsorship of the Physicians Guild an annual Day of Recollection is held in the Spring, an annual Spring meeting is held with all the pre -medical students of St. John' s and State College, a Summer meeting is held for all the doctors at which one of the psychiatrists who lectures at the St. John's medical seminar s for priests is guest speaker, three scholarships for St. Cloud School of Nursing Students and one scholarship for St. Gabriel's School of Nursing Students in Little Falls are given each year, and a White Mass for all associated with the medical profession is celebrated on or about October 18 annually -- the Feast of St. Luke, patron of physicians. The meetings of the Guild are open to all who are interested in the aims and endeavors of the group.

FROM OUR ADMINISTRATOR The following communication was received on September 20 from John D. Porterfield, M. D. of the Joint Commission onAccreditation of Hospitals:

Dear Sister Jameen,

The Board of Commissioners of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals has approved the recom-mendation that Saint Cloud Hospital be accredited for a period of three years or until a subsequent survey is

conducted The Commis sion wishes to commend you for maintain-ing standards deserving of accreditation and for your constant effort to improve the quality of patient care.

The primary objectives of the J. C. A.H. is to insure the users of the hospital facility the best quality care possible and the encouragement to improve this care as rapidly as knowledge and experience allow.

Accreditation is not the result of government enactment, it is the result of voluntary effort on the part of the medical staff, the governing board, the personnel and the ad-ministration. All members of the hospital team who participate in patient care are to be commended and congratulated on their effort and their excellent performance.

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAPLAIN

During the month of October each year the annual White Mass is offered in the Saint Cloud Hospital for all the members of the medical profession and their associates who work with them in the care of the sick. I believe it will be of special interest to the readers of the "Beacon Light" to know just what the White Mass is because all who participate in any way in the work of this hospital are certainly included in the prayers at this gathering.

This Mass is offered as an annual gathering of public worship for those who care for the sick. It is an act of adoration of the Creator of all life by the men and

women who cooperate with God in the preservation of life here on earth.

The White Mass, the memorial sacrifice of our Lord's death on the cross,is offered as a group tribute to all in our community who care for the sick, so that their dedication to the Christ-like vocation of healing the sick may be renewed with the best of motives. We strive to express our admiration for the medical scientists in their never tiring ef-forts to relieve the suffering of man. We also seek in this gathering to show appreciation for the devotion and self sacrifice that doctors have shown for our families and friends in time of crisis and sorrow.

On an occasion such as this we have an opportunity to speak about the qualities of a Christian professional person. We may take the liberty of comparing the qualities of the Christian physician with the qualities of men who are part of the business world. The business man legitimately takes as part of his goal in life the making of money. On the other hand, the physician, we all realize, is a man who is set aside. He is a man who has chosen a vocation in life which by its very nature and its tradition is devoted to serving the needs of his fellow man.

So the very motivation in this life of a doctor, the nurse and all others who work with them is service, service to men, women and children and service of a very personal and intimate nature. Through service to men, whether he realizes it or not, he gives service to God.

The professional man and woman have special God given talents. They have had special extensive education and developed particular skills. All of these, however, they possess and use not for themselves or for their own selfish desires but for the benefit of suffering humanity and all of these gifts are held in trust for all mankind and especially the sick. Therefore, on an occasion such as this we pray for all who are engaged in this work and particularly we give thanks for the good things that they have been able to achieve in the lives of all of us.

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MEET OUR DOCTORS Dr. Robert Mathison was born in Kasson, Minnesota, and re-ceived his early education there. He attended Rochester Junior College in Rochester, Minnesota, and completed his pre-med college work at Antioch College In Yellow Springs, Ohio. Re-turning tO Minnesota, he enrolled at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine where he received the M.D. degree in 1963.

After his internship at St. Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis, he practiced in Minneapolis for one year and was a member of the attending staff of St. Mary's and Fairview Hospitals.

Dr. Mathisonmoved to Annandale in July, 1965, and he is cur-rentlyinpracticewithDr. L. Bendix. Dr. Mathison is a mem-ber of the Wright County Medical Society.

Dr. is married and has four children. His hobbies are hunting and fishing.

Dr. Henry J. Brattensborg was born in Fargo, North Dakota, and received his early schooling there. He served for two years in LaRochelle, France, as amember of the U. S. Army Medical Corps, then he returned to the United States and at-tended St. John's University. Upon completion of his pre-med courses there, he returned to North Dakota for two years where he attended the University of North Dakota Medical School. The last two years of medical school were spent in Milwaukee at Marquette University where he received the M.D. degree in 1960. He served his internship at St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, then went to the Mayo Clinic, Ro-chester, for further study in Internal Medicine and later in Psychiatry.

Dr. Brattensborg joined the staff of the Central Minnesota Mental Health Center in July, 1965. He is a member of the AmericanMedical Association, the American Psychiatric Association and the Minnesota Psychiatric Society.

Doctor is married and has three children. His hobbies are photography, fishing, gard-ening and tennis .

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

From September 15 through September 17, Claude Przybilla, Assistant Chief Medical Technologist, attended a specialworkshop on Electrolytes and Blood pH. This workshop was held in Chicago and sponsored by the Catholic Hospital Association. The discussions included both the theoretical and practical aspects of the "electrolyte problem. "

Mrs. Joanne Paulsen, Medical Technologist, attended an Electrophoresis Workshop on September 17. The Workshop was held in St. Paul, Minnesota. A new technique using a special cellulose acetate media to replace the paper media for electrophoresis was dis-cussed, and the advantages of the technique were emphasized.

On September 30, Terence Heinen, Medical Technologist and ClaudePrzybilla accom-panied Dr. R. A. Murray, Pathologist, to the Instrumentation Workshop sponsored by the Scientific Products Company in Minneapolis. Interesting discussion in Cryostat Tech-niques, Chromatography and Electrolyte techniques were presented

AU6N L/ 74"S The 1947 class of the St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing can boast of its graduate, Mrs. Bruner. She has spent her fifteen years of employment here as a "light in the night." In 1950, she was on the night shift in the Nursery and after a year was promoted to charge nurse on 5 North evening shift. Her three years after graduation were spent in various places; first, at Midway Hospital in St. Paul, then an adventure to Houston, Texas, and a re-turn again to the Twin Cities to be employed at Minnea-polis General Hospital.

Before her career in nursingbegan, Mrs. Bruner atten-ded a Radio School, and during the war, she worked in a defense plant making life jackets.

Though a native of Long Prairie, she now lives in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. Her husband works at the Reform-atory as a Correctional Officer. A family of five girls

and one boy with the oldest being a 14 year old girl, is enough to keep her busy. However, she still manages to work part time. Housekeeping is a joy to her, especially mending. She enjoys all types of reading as a past-time and a hobby.

In her quiet and efficient manner she carries out her work on 5 North Nursing Unit. Whether in routine or in emergency care it is with real concern that Mrs. Bruner attends to her patient's needs. Around 10:00 P.M. when the new Mothers are enjoying an unin-terrupted sleep (a rare pleasure after they return home), Mrs . Bruner gives patient care with continuous and assuring vigilance.

s*S8MZQZZszszzzzems6z9zzpsz5z56m5m NEW LOOK FOR KI/OE A/DES After eleven years of wearing the sunny yellow uni-forms our Nurse Aides have changed to a white, tailored drip dry, knit jersey uniform.

A variety of colors and materials were consid-ered over the past months by this group, and with the assistance of a committee and Administration, it was decided that the white uniform would be the most desirable choice. Since white is the color most often associated with a hospital, and with those who give patient care, this choice was made. The Nurse Aides will continue to wear natural colored hose and white shoes. They will be distinguished from other personnel in white by their name pins that will identify them as Nurse Aides.

With the yellow uniform, a matching cap was worn Mrs. Margaret Kiekow after the Nurse Aide had worked at St. Cloud Hospital for one year, but with the change to white, the nurse aide cap will be discontinued.

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SECOND GRANT AWARDED HOSPITAL EXPANSION PROJECT

A second Federal Grant in the amount of $424, 000 has been awarded Saint Cloud Hos-pital to assist in the financing of a $5 million building project scheduled to get under way next year. Notification of the grant approvalwas received from the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare on October 5.

The additional federal funds, to be available under the Community Health Centers Con-struction Act of 1963, will meet one half of the cost of construction of the unit for the care of psychiatric patients as part of the total building project. Approval of a Hill Bur-ton grant of $1, 750, 000 for the general hospital project has been received earlier. The combined total of the two approved federal grants is $2, 174, 000 to be applied against the estimated total project cost of $5, 041, 286.

The balance of the construction cost will be met by limited reserve funds and a loan ex-pected to be in excess of $2 million. No public campaign for funds for the building pro-ject is contemplated.

MEST OUR SISTERS- SISTER COLUMBA HAWKES, O.S. B.

Sister Columba Hawkes has reasons to celebrate St. Patrick's

Day to the fullest. Sister was born and reared in Elphin, Ros-common County, Ireland, the first of five children.

Her early education was with the Mercy Sisters at Elphin. At the invitation of an aunt, Helen Hawkes, Sister came to the United States to live in Jersey City, New Jersey. After spending two years with Miss Hawkes, Sister moved to New York City, where she later became a citizen of the United States. Sister Columba worked at the Polyclinic Hospital in New York City until she , joined the United States Army. For five years Sister served as a WAC, three years in the European tour of operation under General Mark Clark, and two years on the West Coast of the United States. It was during these two years, while Sister was living in the state of Washington, that she became acquainted with the Benedictine Sisters in Tacoma, Washington.

Since her profession of vows in 1951, Sister has been at the St. Cloud Hospital, except for one year she spent at the Motherhouse. Most of her hospital service has been spent on night duty in the Business Office area. This past summer Sister took up new duties as a receptionist in the School of Nursing, where she meets, greets and assists the nursing students, their relatives and friends.

Sister has many interests, but the two greatest of these are keeping up with current e-vents and working crossword puzzles.

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SISTER PIUS ZENZEN, O. S. B.

Sister Pius Zenzen comes from Elrosa, Minnesota, second in a family of four boys and two girls. Sister Pacelli, her only sister is a graduate nurse from St. Benedict's School of Nursing in Ogden, Utah, and is now stationed at St. Raphael's Home for the Aged in St. Cloud.

Sister Pius attended St. Benedict's High School and later entered the Novitiate at the Convent of St. Benedict. After completion of one year of college at St. Benedict's, Sister transferred to the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minn-esota and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1961.

Sister is a member of the American Nurses' Association and the National League for Nursing. She also holds a certificate for Public Health Nursing in the State of Minnesota. She was AssistantHeadNurse inPediatrics for one year and Clinical Instructor there for three years. Last year she worked as staff nurse in the Operating Room. In June of 1965, Sister Pius was appointed Assistant Supervisor of the Maternity Floor. In addition to maternity nursing, Sister has many likes. Among them are the out-of-doors, sin-cerity in people, craft work, reading and sewing.

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The new psychiatric unit will provide for thirty beds for in-patient care and for day care and night care services for partial hospitalization. The project is the first Minnesota application for funds under the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act for the construction of complete community mental health facilities. It is also the first ap-proved project in the country in which there is joint sponsorship between a private gen-eral hospital and a local mental health unit.

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1 1 J WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE HONOR SYSTEM USED IN THE CAFETERIA DURING THE SNACK PERIODS?

Mary Weber, Nurse Aide 3 North: "I like it because it is quicker, but sometimes there is not enough change. "

Becky Hutchins, Cafeteria Cashier: "It means less work behind the counter for us, and then we can help the other departments."

Mrs. Mary Schiller, R. N. on 2 North: "I think it is good. Everybody here is an adult; if they don't know what honesty is now, they never will."

Harry Schreiner, Orderly on 4 North: "It is fine. They (?) never lose."

Sharon Rohling, Switchboard Operator: "I think it is just fine that the people can be put on their honor that way. "

ALL IN THE FAMILY Two nights each week, we will find a rela-tively new face in the Emergency Room.... new, but also strangely familiar. Miss Clara Loesch, a graduate of our School of Nursing 40 years ago, returned after 25 years to work in our Emergency Room. Miss Loe s ch w as formerly employed as Operating Room and Emergency Unit Supervisor in Illi-nois University Hospitals in Chicago.

A perceptive observer may note that Miss Loesch is strangely familiar, because a striking resemblance can be seen in one of our elevator operators. He is Mr. George Loesch, her brother, who operates the hos-pital elevator, and who with a twinkle in his eye his sister in the Emergency Room.

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EMPLOYEE P/C/V/C c/(/ST mouatir WE'D ASK

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It was "Supercalifragilisticexpialadoshus!" (Mary Poppins' original tongue twister) at the Employees' annual picnic, Thursday, October 15. In spite of the dreary weather out-side, the hospital cafeteria, decorated to the theme of Mary Poppins, brought out a picnic atmosphere without the nece-ssity of being outdoors. The red and green checkered table cloths and the colored balloons added a panorama of color and gaiety to the hospital cafeteria. Besides the picnic setting, a picnic needs people, food and games.... our picnic had all of these.

Employees, Sisters and students put aside their work for one hour to enjoy their indoor picnic. There were 510 employees and students and '70 sisters who passed through the picnic "grounds" and participated in the picnic fun of guessing games

and good food. The only thing missing were the proverbial ants.. an indoor picnic does have advantages!

. — Games and door prizes were other attractions offered to the employee picnic goers. Many people did an exceptionally good job of guessing,and then. ... there were others. The cor-rect number of triangles was 802, this game resulted in a tie between Mrs. Dorothea Lindstrom, Assistant Head Nurse on 2 North and Miss Mary Schik, LPN on 3 North who both guessed 800. Mrs. Priscilla Moosbrugger, Supervisor of Central Service pinpointed the security tags to 347. There were several close guessers when it came to counting calories, but Mrs. Jacqueline Pattock, O.R. Staff Nurse, proved herself an expert by guessing the exact number of 1, 098 calories. In the Pharma-quiz, Duane Beckstrom, Chief Bacteriologist, came closest to the correct number of 380 with a guess of 362 gran-ules per capsule. The correct number of capsules was guessed by many people. How-ever, from those who guessed correctly, Mrs. Trierweiler's name was drawn. The total number of granules in the capsules was guessed correctly by Rosemary Marx, Staff Nurse in Surgery who guessed 22,800.

The winners of the prizes in the art appreciation contest were: Number One: "Porpoise Paradise" by Mr s. Joann Fettig, As sistant Head Nur s e on 4 North. Number Two: "World of the Unborn" by Mrs. Sandra Clawson, R.N., Surgery Number Three: "Hills of Villi" by Sharon Mensing, student Medical Technologist Number Four:" "Emotional Penetrations" by Mr. Harry Knevel, Purchasing Agent The lucky winners of the door prizes who did not have to test their guessing powers were: Mrs. Rita Johnson, Switchboard, Miss Bernadine Nichols, Student Nurse, and Mr. Ray Friederichs, Maintenance. To sum up the reaction to the whole picnic, there is only one way to say it IT WAS SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALADOSHUS! ! !

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The Blessing Ceremony -- Sister Josella, Father A. Piekarski, and Mother Richarda

k At left, Grace Welle feeds the folder, and above, Sister Josella glues forms in pads of 100. At right is paper stock usedfor printing.

NEW HOSPITAL PR/NT SHOP SEC/NS OPERATION After a week of remodeling work by the maintenance crew and the purchase of $7, 000 worth of equipment, the new hospital print shop began production last month.

Under the skilled direction of Sister Josella, O.S. B. , who is in charge of the "one - man" operation, the print shop will produce most of the forms and other printed matter needed in the hospital using the offset method.

The offset method involves the pre- paration of a "master", usually typing and drawing the form with a typewriter on what appears to be a paper sheet. This is done by the efficient staff in the Administrative Office. The sheet is then inserted into the printing machine

which, after some preliminary steps, spews out finished copies at the rate of 9, 000 per hour.

Open house provided the opportunity for hospital personnel to see how everything works, from the typing, photographing and "burning" of the mas-ters to the final printing of the forms. Not only

was the open house educa-tional, but the refreshments made it even more enjoyable, as you can see!

Cost studies and experience in other hospitals similar in size have shown that savings in printing costs cover the initial investment for equipment within two years. From then on, the savings accrue to the ultimate bene-fit of the patient.

Mrs. A. Moeglein, L. Koopmeiners, and G. Welle work on the "masters".

SISTER JOSELLA "touches up" the negative, left., and right, inserts the metal master into the machine.

E. J. Smith, R. T. President-Elect

ACT/VE CITIZEN = ABLE EMPLOYEE Herbert Bechtold came to work at the St. Cloud Hospital on September 26, 1962, after spending 5 years at Franklin Manufacturing Co. He is married and the father of three lively boys. They reside near St. Joseph, Minnesota.

As a boy, Herb already was very active in many organi-zations. He started as a Mass server for the St. Joseph parish and St. Benedict's Convent. He sang in the grade school choir, and at the age of 10, he joined the 4H club and was an active member for eleven years.

While working at Franklin Manufacturing, he was active in the Machinists Union and the Credit Union. Soon after starting work at the St. Cloud Hospital, he was elected a member of the Personnel Advisory Committee, and he has been on this committee for two years. When the hospital Credit Union was ,organized, he was one of the first to

join and served on the Credit Union Committee for one term.

Not only is he an active employee, but he is also very active in his parish. He is a member of the Holy Name Society, the Finance Board and is a parish usher. He was also elected a member of the Board of Directors of the St. Joseph Cemetery Association. The one big parish event he looks forward to each year, is the annual July 4th celebra-tion. He was General Chairman for the event for the past two years. When asked if he will be chairman again next year, he just smiles and says, "Who knows, maybe. " He enjoys working with people for the benefit of others.

Herb is now involved in another project. While doing parish work, he was closely asso-ciated with Father Olaf, 0. S. B. Father has recently been assigned to a new mission in Puerto Rico. Through his correspondence with Father Olaf, he has learned that the people in his mission are very poor. Herb is now looking for yellow uniforms to send to Father Olaf, for his poor parishioners.

To keep him out of mischief, or perhaps to keep him from becoming bored, Herb also has another evening job. He works some evenings at a popcorn shop in St. Cloud, the Carmelcrisp Shop. His spare time is spent hunting, fishing and debating in favor of civil rights.

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GUESS WHO The person represented here is a loyal and deserving mem-ber of our hospital family. Although the picture may appear somewhat deceiving, this person holds a position of contin-uous responsibility and just plain hard work.

We all benefit from the willing and always available services of the one seen here. It has been said that this person has become as much a part of the St. Cloud Hospital as the very foundation of the building itself.

Among other things, this person maintains a good sense of humor and a friendly spirit with everyone. CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS MONTH'S MYSTERY EMPLOYEE? 7 9 9 9 9 9 9

X-RAY CONVENT/0M

The 27th Annual State Convention of the Minnesota Society of X-Ray Technicians was held at the Germain Hotel, St. Cloud, Minnesota, on September 24th and 25th. At the opening session, Father Riley, Hospital Chaplain gave an invocation and Mr. Gene Bakke, Assistant Administrator, extended awelcome to the group o'n behalf of the hospital.

Highlights of the Convention included refresher courses, scientific papers by both graduate and student technicians, gadget exhibits, a display of antique X-ray equipment, the annual State meeting and the election of officers for the coming year.

Miss Frances Legatt, student in our school of X-Ray Technology, presented a paper on the Urea Washout Test, which is a new procedure for evaluating kidney disease associated with hypertension. Mr. Ervin Smith, Chief

X-Ray Technician of St. Cloud Hospital was elected President-elect of the State Society of X-Ray Technicians.

On Friday evening, September 24, amid an atmosphere of palm trees, orchid leis and grass skirts, everyone enjoyed a festive luau, in a real Hawaian style. After a buffet dinner of Polynesian food, the group was entertained by Miss Barbara Hasselberg, Miss Minnesota of 1964, as she did a number of Hawaian dances. Later that evening, the "Hootenunnies, " a group of singing nuns from Little Falls, Minnesota, led the group in a song fest.

The final banquet was held on Saturday evening with Dr. Joseph Zeleny of St. Cloud act-ing as Master of Ceremonies. The guest speaker for the evening was Mr. Rolland Mc-Gowan, R. T., Executive Director of the AmericanRegistry of Radiologic Technologists, who gave avery informative talk on the Registry and the status and importance of a tech-nicians certificate. Following the banquet, Elmo Marx and his Orchestra provided music for the ball which was held in the Birch Room of the Germain Hotel.

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We would like to express sincerest sympathy to Mrs. Margaretha Cook on the death of her husband, E. Archie Cook. -- And to Mrs. Mary Jane Lauer-man on the death of her father, Alois Stahler.

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Ed. Hill

Jerry Knuesel, Sr.

WELCOME NEWCOMERS NEW EMPLOYEES

ciA CK OF ALL TRADES

Theresa Eisenschenk, R.N. Shirley Drong, R.N. Elaine Hennek, R.N. Beatrice Knoll, R.N. Mary Lou Stang, R. N. Judith Jude, R.N. Mrs. Claire Kelly Mary Alexander Diane Wire, R.N. Marlys Gunlikson, R.N. Roberta Cook, R.N. Geraldine Hopkins, R.N. Judith Olin, R.N. Barbara Hatfield, R.N. Shirley Miller Joyce Girtz, -R.N. Karen Tuneberg Mrs. Carolyn Pitman, R.N. Darlene Zapzalka Alice Miller Kathleen Latterell, R. N. Mary O'Malley, R.N.

'Susan Affield Linda Burgemeister Mrs. Sharon Benson Marlene DeGrote Diane Koos Carolyn Adams Mary Ann Behnen. Jeanne Kopveiler Mrs. Karen Vollen, R.N. LaJean Ebertowski

NEW ARRIVALS

SCHOOL OF NURSING

Mary McKenzie

PHYSICAL THERAPY

Robert Fuller

NURSING SERVICE

Mrs. Gerald Donlin (Colleen Clifford) Mrs. Hubert Albers (Judith Schweitz)

Mrs. Philip Schmid (Joan Sullivan)

Orderly

Staff Nurse Staff Nurse Staff Nurse Staff Nurse Staff Nurse Staff Nurse LPN LPN Staff Nurse Staff Nurse Staff Nurse Staff Nurse Staff Nurse Staff Nurse LPN Staff Nurse PN Staff Nurse LPN LPN Staff Nurse Staff Nurse LPN LPN LPN LPN LPN LPN LPN LPN Staff Nurse LPN

Library Clerk School

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4 South 4 South 4 South 2 North 2 North 5 North 3 North 3 South 4 South 3 North 4 North 4 South 1 South 3 North 2 South 2 South 1 South 3 South 4 South 3 South Float 1 South 2 North Nursery 5 North 5 North 2 South 3 North 4 North 4 South 3 South 2 North

CAFETERIA

Patricia Lister

HOUSEKEEPING

Margaret Jackels Robert Otte Kathleen Ruff

LAUNDRY DEPARTMENT

Mary Ann Blum Aide

BUSINESS OFFICE

Mercedes Brandl

RECORD ROOM

Jeanne Greenwood Med. Scry.

MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT

Mary Ann Klobe

X-RAY DEPARTMENT

Sheila Leason Technician Kathleen Bromen Technician

LABORATORY DEPARTMENT

Gretchen Leisen Med. Tech.

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT

Earl Spurlin

Aide Porter Chaplain's Dept.

Oxygen Orderly

Cafeteria Serv.

"Jack of all trades and master of none?" Not so with Ed Hill, part-time orderly for the past eight years. On August 24, 1965 Ed completed work for and received a Master of Science Degree in Mathematics and History. After coming out of the armed services in 1957, he came to work at our hospital. That same year he began course-work at St. Cloud State College. In 1959 Ed received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and History and then began to teach at Sauk Rapids Junior High School where he continues daytime activities during the school year.

Four years ago, he started work on his master's degree but that was only one of his occupations. During that time he continued to teach school, built two houses (he

sold one), worked as a part-time orderly (full time during the summer months), taught Drivers Training for one summer while going to school and found time to be with his wife and five children. What does he do in his spare time? "I like to fish. I hunt ducks and usually get my deer. I raise dogs, too." And what lies in the future? "I haven't decided yet." You can be sure of two things.... Ed Hill will be busy and he will be successful.

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Mr. Jerry Knuesel, Sr., Head Chef, who was the re-

SUGGESTION to the Suggestion Committee admits that "I got the idea cipient of a $10. 00 award for submitting the winning idea

for the honor system in our cafeteria when I stopped to WINS AWARD eat at the Embers. I thought if it works there, why couldn't it work here!"

As a result of his suggestion and after a brief trial per-iod, the new suggestion was implemented in the cafe-teria. Now less employee coffee break time is spent waiting in line and more time is afforded the cafeteria girls to perform other tasks."We want to work smarter, not work more." Jerry continued. Jerry will have an opportunity to win the yearly grand award in competition with eight other previous winners.

To you who may have submitted suggestions previously, and you who have good ideas tucked away, we would urge you to put them on paper and place them in the Suggestion Box near the hospital cafeteria. In submit-ting your thoughts, identify the problem and propose a

feasible solution to that problem. The suggestions are judged for the value they may have for the improvement of patient care, saving in costs and the improvement in man-a gement.

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ALUMNAE NEWS The Twelfth District Minnesota Nurses' Association meeting was held in Little Falls on September 15. Both faculty members from the School of Nursing and Nursing Service nurses attended the meeting. These include: Sister Berno, Mrs. L. Hagen, Miss P. Burgmeier, Sister Carmen, Sister Mary Gerald, Miss T. Karn, Sister Leonarda, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Hackett, Mrs. Mockenhaupt, Mrs. Young and Sister Leonelle.

On October 1, a conference on "The Transition From Nursing Student to Graduate Nurse" was attended by Sister Albert, Sister Berno, Miss Karn, Mrs. Herranen, Mrs. Hackett, Sister Leonelle, Sister Mary Gerald, and Sister Pius. The M.N.A. convention will be conducted November 1 and 2 at the Hotel Leamington in Minneapolis. Plans are being made to have St. Cloud Hospital nursing personnel attend and participate in the conven-tion's activities.

The D. C. C.N. are scheduling meetings during the coming months. The first will be held on October 20. The topic for the guest speaker, Father Eric, O.S.B. , will be "Christian Committment." The second meeting scheduled for November 17 will be a dis-cussion by Father Luke, 0.S. B. , entitled "Living the Word of God." Bothof these meet-ings will be held at the School of Nursing at 8:00 P. M.

At the October meeting of the Alumnae held October 5 at the School of Nursing, Sister Wibora, O.S.B. , of the College of St. Benedict, gave a very interesting and illustrated talk on the Orient, where Sister had done missionary work for many years.

The Sister Elizabeth Tea, a yearly function of the Alumnae, will be presented on Sunday, November 7, at the Loren Timmers home. We urge all alumnae members to support this Tea. Checks maybe made payable to St. Cloud Nurses' Alumnae Association and mailed to Mrs. Loren Timmers, 1900 Minnesota Boulevard, St. Cloud, Minnesota. This money is used to help student nurses to complete their education.

Patients at St. Cloud Hospital will have pictorial New Testaments a-vailable at their finger tips because of the generosity of the Daughters of Isabella, Stella Maris Circle, St. Cloud. The Daughters of Isa-bella group recently donated over 150 copies of the "Illustrated New Testament" recently published by the Liturgical Press, Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minne-sota.

Sister Consilia, O.S.B. , who has charge of the patient library is pic- tured here receiving a copy from Mary Donohue representing the Daughters of Isabella. Father Pat- rick Riley, Hospital Chaplain, had

I blessed the New Testaments just moments before.

PATIENTS RECEIVE NEW TESTAMENTS

Sister Quidella, Laundry Super- visor, looks on as Sister Jameen

hands Mrs. Stowe her check

YOUR INCOME /3 PROTECTED The first check from the Disability Income Plan was given to Mrs. Josephine Stowe last month by Sister Jameen, Mrs. Stowe, who has worked in our laundry department since 1955, became ill this summer and was unable to work until the first week in September. Due to the insurance program which was installed this year, she received a check for half of her monthly salary for the time she was out of work, over thirty calendar days.

We are certainly happy to have Mrs. Stowe back on the job. However, if she had not been able to return, she would have received a check every month until the age of sixty-five.

What does this program cost? For everyone earn- ing less than $400. 00 per month, there is no cost

to the employee. For those earning over $400. 00 per month, a small sum is deducted from their check each month. The hospital pays nearly the entire premium on all covered employees.

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MISSION PERSON RAY FRIEDERICHS

Missing from the hospital scene since July 22 is Ray Friederichs, of the Maintenance department. "After working there for fifteen years," Ray said, "you can't help but miss the place." In 1950 he was hired by Sis-ter Francis Xavier, Hospital Administrator. He was the first man who Sister hired, a fact Ray says, "I think she always regretted, as a matter of fact, I got a card from her last week."

Since his retirement, Ray has been doing "darn little" or so he says. But with his pet shop, tropical fish and his antique collection Ray seems to keep himself occupied. Ray's pet shop inSt. Augusta is a fascinating place. Among the tanks of trop-ical fish you can find antiques, old phonographs, spinning wheels, guns, and many other things (old beer bottle collection). Ray would be happy to see his old friends from the hospital and show them his hobby displays. When you get there ask him how he enjoys the thermal blanket he won at the Employee's picnic.

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Dear Auxilians,

Now that we are all "back in the swing again," let us herald the opening of the 1965-66 season. With each new year comes the hope that we, as a small group of busy women, can fulfill the needs of our hospital and our community.

By the time that this bulletin reaches you, we will already have had an orientation session for our new members. Since we met on September 21, we are pleased to welcome into our Auxiliary seven new auxilians. They are: Mrs. Herman Held, Mrs. Otto Henzel, Mrs. Richard Kline, Mrs. Thomas May, Mrs. Ed Meyer, Mrs. Archie Phillips and Mrs. Don Strack.

• To these new members may I just say that your involvement in the St. Cloud Hospital Auxiliary is an affirmation of our efforts and together we will work toward our goal.... Service to our community through our hospital.

There will be a series of Orientation Lectures which will take place during the year. These are not only intended for the new members, but they are also a "must" for all old mem-bers. We ask you to watch for the dates of future courses which will be posted on the bulletin board in the Volunteer Office. Theywill serve as a refresher course to those of us who are old members.

HOW DO WE SERVE?

1. By doing work within the hospital walls 2. By making puppets for the little patients in the pediatrics unit 3. By making trayfavors for patients who are hospitalized during the

holidays 4. By promoting fund raising drives for the purchase of new hospital

equipment 5. By providing a speakers group 6. By being Ambassadors of Good Will for our hospital

We mourn the death on September 25, of our member, Mrs. Anthony Hunstiger (Martha) who was an "in-service" worker for several years. We will miss her cheerful enthusi-asm and we express our sympathy to her family.

ARE YOU AN ACTIVE MEMBER

Are you an active member, the kind that would be missed--- Or are you just contented that your name is on the list? Do you attend the meetings, and mingle with the crowd, Or do you stay at home, And crab both long and loud? Do you take an active part To help the club along? Think this over, member, Or are you satisfied to be Are we right or are we wrong? The kind "that just belong?" Are you an active member Do you ever go to visit Or do YOU JUST BELONG? A member who is sick Or leave the work for just a few -- Anonymous Then talk about the clique?

Your Auxiliary Reporter

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AFETY SAMMY AND HIS FAMILY

THE SAFETY COMMITTEE of the St. Cloud Hospital for the year 1965-1966.

WE WELCOME THE NEW MEMBERS AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO RE-MAINED. Pictured from left to right first row: Mr. Henry Wirth, Mrs. Joan Mocken-haupt, Sister Leo, co-chairwoman, Mr. Harry Knevel, co-chairman, and Sister Berna-dine. In the second row are Sister Valois, Mr. Frank Karn, Sister Roger, Sister Col-leen, Mr. Ervin Smith, and Sister Pius. Not pictured is Mr. Thomas McLaughlin.

"The DR. RED FLAG"

Remember this is our Fire Alert code.... if you find it.... this indicated YOU are to initiate the "planned" fire alert practice....

YOUR REACTION: Act as if it were a REAL fire.

YOUR ACTION: Act IMMEDIATELY! Keep Calm. DO NOT SHOUT "FIRE." Move patients from immediate fire area and

close the door to confine the fire. REPORT THE FIRE PROMPTLY!

- DIAL 0 (Operator) - Give your name and the area of the

fire.

We've quite a program scheduled that means success if done--- And it can be accomplished With the help of everyone. So, attend the meetings regularly and help with hand and heart Don't be just a member But take an active part.

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