ALLENTOWN STATE HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES NEWS AND VIEWS AUGUST 1979

ALLENTOWN STATE HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE

WINS COST REDUCTION AWARD

The Governor's Cost Reduction Programrecently recognized Anna M. Hurley,Department of Public Welfare, for hersuggestion which saved the food ser­vices section of the Allentown StateHospital $1653. For three meals aday in the congregate and cafeteriadining areas, large dinner napkinswere being used before Mrs. Hurleysuggested the use of smaller compactnapkins. Previously, the smallernapkins were used exclusively on mealtrays sent to the ward uni.ts. Hersuggestion was adopted for use through­out the hospital and reduced the costof using the napkins from $10.95 perthousand to $1.45 per thousand.

Anna M. Hurley's commendable effortstoward a "better way to do a job" isappreciated. For performing a serviceof great importance to her fellowemployees, to taxpayers of Pennsylvaniaand in helping to improve the qualityof state government, Anna M. Hurleywas presented with a check for $82.65and the Governor's Meritorious Citation.

EI{PL8YE RECOGNITION:

On September 19, 1979 at 2 PM, A.S.H.will pay tribute to employes for long service,o~tstanding service, perfect attendance, andthose retired during the past year. Thisrecognition period is from 7/1/78 to 6/30/79.All employes are welcome to attend dependingon their supervisor's approval and the demandof their work sites.

The Outstanding Employe Awards will bethe result of nominations by co-workers. Nospecific nomination criteria is required andall employes are encouraged to submit thoseco-workers who are worthy of this specialrecognition. Selected employes ,nIl receivean attractive certificate and have theirnames permanently inscribed on a plaque.

Nominations should be forwarded to Dr.Mervin Smolinsky, Psychology Division, assoon as possible. Nomination blanks areavailable on any day at the'Personnel Officeand in the pay line On pay day.

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TIDBITS FROM DIETARY

Happy Birthday wishes to:July 7 - Lynn CarpenterJuly17 - Carmen Robles

Anniversary congratulations to the follow­ing couples:

Harold and Pauline Kline, 31 years, onJuly 3rd;

Frank and Jean Karoly, 31 years, on July10th:

Lillian and Tenniess Christine, 28 yearson July 12th; and

Josie and Allen Shafer, 2 years, on July16th.We wish continued happiness to all thesecouples!

On July 9th the engagement of David Barlipto Lisa Marushak of Allentown was announcedby her parents. A 1981 wedding is planned.Congratulations, David and Lisa!

This month has been a month of many personnelchanges. As of July 16th, Lynn Carpenter resumedher duties in the Diet Kitchen, after a six-monthmaternity leave. Mrs. Lillian Christine is stillon half-days following her return to work afterfracturing her knee-cap. And Helen Fisher, look­ing beautifully tanned and refreshed, is now backon a full-time basis, after a 4-month sick leave.As of July 20th, two of our part-time employeesresigned--Carmen Robles (health reasons) andRaquel Cruzado (moving to New York). Good luckto you, Carmen and Raquell

Effective July 28th, Darlene Williams will beback part-time in our department after severalmonths on the switchboard. Also on JUly 28th,Connie Herbert will become a full-time employee,due to the resignation of Dot Benes for healthreasons on July 27th. Good luck, also, to you,Dot I

e~t;.~Le ~ '~'_lto: Dick Szulborski, June 6; Sharon,July 27; and Sylvia, August 21.

Tradition dictates that you neverask a lady her age. Tradition alsodictates that if the question is asked,she never admits to her right age. Afilgure substantially lower is alwaysquoted.

But, what happens if the lady inquestion-by putting the dates totallyout of mind-quotes an age higher thanher actual age? 1"11 tell you whathappens " you have. one very embarassedlady, who tells people that when theysaid she "really didn't look her age"they were totally correct I

Ladies, if you're going tos-t-r-e-t-c-h the truth, make sure you"shrink" the age instead of "stretching"itll

On July 14th we welcomed a new Food ServiceSupervisor I. His name is Mr. Jules Budinetzand he hails from Cherryville. Mr. Budinetzserved 4 years with the Army and worked as achef at various area restaurants. But mostrecently he spen~ the last 23 years as a meatcutter for Pantry Pride. He's married to theformer Anna Boshko for 32 years and they arethe parents of a son, Michael, and a daughter,Barbara. His hobbies include playing shuffle­board and horseshoes. Welcome, Mr. Budinetz,and may your stay be long and enjoyablel

We were surprised to hear of Anna MaeSchnell's recent accident, which hospital­ized her for almost a week. Get well soon,'Annal Also out on extended sick leave isJoe Flecksteiner, who's presently home re­covering from his recent operation. Getwell soon, Joel

Helen McHugh spent her vacation recentlyjust relaxing at home, but took time outto go to Dorney Park and the circus inAllentown with her grandchildren. PaulineMartin spent an enjoyable 2 weeks vacationin Alabama with her 2 sisters-in-law and afriend visiting relatives, sightseeing, andsunbathing (check Pauline's tan). On theway horne, they detoured by fabulous Opry­land in Nashville, Tennessee. Betty Maispent one weekend of her vacation at theshore with her family and the rest of theweek just relaxing.

Martha Williams flew down to Georgia inearly July to catch her high school classreunion. While there she visited relatives,some whom she has not seen for years.Eleanor and Charles Miller and their 2fathers spent a wonderful week together inCanada fishing and relaxing. Eleanorreports they all had a great time.

This past month two former Dietary employeescame back to visit--Dot Kressley andMr. John Furman. Dot resigned almost 2years ago, while Mr. Furman left only thispast February. It sure was good to see andhear from both of you again!

Gail Loder

UPPER STORY

Birthday Wishes go out to:

Dale Newhart - August 4thJohn W. Roop, M.D.- August 16thAgnes Jamieson - August 17th

Agnes Jamieson joined our staff onJuly 30th. She hails from the Hazletonarea but she and husband, Ray, will bemoving into the area shortly. Morethan likely she will be answering thephone for Mr. Newhart's Office, soplease say hello and introduce your­self when you call.

Dendi ine for next stoter is onSoptemb., 7. 1979

DISASTER RELIEF TEAM

Recently a Disaster Relief TrainingProgram was held from July 9-13, 1979for 23· Allentown State Hospital per­sonnel. The program is designed totrain teams of employees (on eachshift) to respond to and effectivelycope with Condition #1 (Fire) andCondition #2 (Bomb Scare) emergencies.

Training for these teams is dividedinto two categories: Emergency FirstAid, and Fire Protection and Rescue.The first-aid portion of the trainingwas held from July 9 - 13 in the mainauditorium for the day-shift team.It consisted of a course in "AdvancedFirst Aid and Emergency Care" forwhich all members will receive cer­tification from the American RedCross.

Teaching the course was Scott Steinwho is a paramedic with the WhitehallEmergency Squad and a volunteer in­structor for the Allentown Chapterof the American Red Cross.

Techniques of bandaging, splinting,shock treatment, vehicle extrication,water rescue, and emergency childbirthwere taught. The course totaled 42hours and ended with a written examfollowed by a practical demonstrationof skills by each student.

The second half of Disaster ReliefTeam (D.R.T. for short) training willbe starting in late August or earlySeptember and will consist of a 24­hour course in "Institutional FireBrigade Operations". This will betaught by Fire Marshall Tom Nervineand Director of Safety and Security,Dave Farrell.

Members of the day-shift DisasterRelief Team are:Ken Bretz - LaundryBob Marlatt - LaundryLois Kerbacher - Medical RecordsSam Carlson - LabTony Dellinger - RecreationBarbara Takacs - PharmacyEileen Swanson - Hilltop HavenJoe Flecksteiner - DietaryJerry Bobick - RecreationMary Ann Gasper - MAICJean Hummel - PurchasingRick Miller - PsychologyTimothy Haaf - RecreationLouis Kucsan - GarageRay Solarek - DietaryThomas Moats - NursingKevin Bachman - Nursing

That I s an for now, except to extendspecial thanks to Recreation for theuse of the Main Auditorium, Nursingfor the first-aid supplies, DaveGery for the use of the pool andespecially t~ Scott Stein, ourinstructor for doing such a greatjob.

A. S. H. E. CLUB PICNIC 1979 .

MENTAL HEALTH HACKERS

- Golf League

While golf is not the sport for everyone,sixteen employees and one retiree of thishospital think that it's the greatest thinggoing (apple pie included). So great is the.sport that they took to the golf course ona chilly April 17th and have played everyTuesday since. This reporter was so in­trigued by their fortitude, their dilligence,their undying love for this game that I hadto see for myself wherein the fascinationlies. It was truely a wonder to behold asI hid behind trees as these hardy men star­ted playing. Corne with me as I tell youwhat happened.

One golfer (name witheld for obvious reasons)started off by doing something called "Tee­ing up the ball." He then proceded to hitthe ball and, 10 and behold, hit it rightinto a stream of water! How wonderful, Ithought, to be able to do that but I could­n't understand why everyone else was, holdingtheir sides laughing. Oh, by the way, an­other part of this game is that after hit­ting the ball, you must shout some obsenti­ties. Apparently this must help since theball goes in various directions.

Another thing I noticed is that those guyswho hit the ball a great distance seem tolose out. I noticed several guys hittingthe ball only' five or ten yards at a time.They seemed to g~ more pleasure from thegame since they hit it more often.

You should have seen the guys in what theysometimes called a sand trap and other timesreferred to as Atlantic City. (In April?)From what I observed the object is to hitas much sand out of the trap as possiblewithout moving the ball. Those guys seemedto have alot of fun. Like kids on thebeach at Atlantic City?

The most interesting thing of the whole daywas that no one seemed to smile too muchuntil they all finished playing and gather­ed in the Club House with their "REFRESH­MENTS." I don't know what they talked andlaughed about but by 8:00 p.m. I got tiredand went horne.

Al Bevenino, Bob Brunda, Dave Christ, JoeDoria, Josh Epstein, Joe Harder, Bob Harris,

Les Huber, Dave Jay, Harry Long, MikeMatsko, Rick Miller, Jack Roop, MervSmolinsky, Bob Straub, Dick Szulborskiand Chuck Timpko - today the State Hos­pital, tomorrow the Professional GolfersTour (I think)

Your Golf Snooper

Exact date of contest has not yet beenset. It will be in the BIOIlth of October.

Everyc:me is busy at present.with theseocm.d cutting of aJ.faJ.fa and takingcare of aJ.1 the dairy COWIiI and cal.£I!V~.

Belated wedding Anniversary 5thto Richard Berger and wife, KarenOIl the 27th of July. They have twogirls Tracy 2~ and 'J.'ricia 10 mo.Rich and Karen heve recentJ.ymoved fl':OIIl Windgap to one 6f OUI

fll.Dll hames. Rich has been workiny on the farm for the past sixyears. Karen is the daughter ofWally our Fa:DIl Fw:_ and Minniewho works in the Dietary Dept.

Happy birthday to B.L. Fogle, Aug 17.

LAUNDRY LINES

Belated birthday wishes for JimGeary, who celebrated on July 12th.

Belated wedding anniversary wishesto Miriam !Cline and her husbandRichard who celebrated their 31stanniversary on July 26th and toBessie Siska and her husband, Andy(Plumbing Shop) who celebrated their21st wedding anniver~ary on July 5th.

For the month of ~gust, BirthdayWishes go out to Glenn Keiser onthe lOth and to Vernon Renningerwho celebrates on the 20th.

Wedding anniversary wishes toFloyd Achenbach and his wife Corawho will be wed 16 years on August 28th.

Welcome back to Nathan Rivers and RoyVelez who both recently returned towork on July 16th following extendedsick leaves.

Kathleen Teel departed her laundryposition on July 27. Kathleen andher husband are moving to Floridawhere her husband accepted newemployment.

Bob Marlatt and Ken Bretz, LaundrySupervisors, recently attended theAmerican Red Cross Advanced FirstAid Course. Bob and Ken will beparticipants on the Institution'sDisaster Relief Team. The coursewas very interesting and was taughtby Scott Stein of the l'IhitehallEmergency Rescue Squad, who is aparamedic and a top notch instructoron this subject.

SPECIAL

CONTEST

PRIZES

$25.00 Savings Bond$10.00 in cash$ 5.00 in cash

FIRST:SEOOND:THIRD:

PH 0 TO

1. Photos must be in color.

2. Photos must be 5"x7" or 8"xlO"in size

3. Must be taken within last 12months (July 27, 1978 on ••)

4. If portraits, photos must beaccompanied by a signed releasefrom Person(s) in picture

s. Photos will be published in afuture STATER

6. Pictures of patients will not beeligible. ALSO, picturesMUST NOT be taken while on duty.(This<:ontest is not to interferewith work).

7. All entries will be on display inthe employees' cafeteria.

8. Only employees of Allentown State~wspital, Bureau of InstitutionalCollections and Hilltop Haven areeligible.

9. Entries should be given or sent toMs. Margaret Caffrey, Library,Admissions 4th Floor, with a notestating name of photographer, di­vision, and shift, and type ofcamera. (Also release, if appli­cable).

10. Photo entries will each be given anumber so that judges (to be an­nounced in next issue) and fellowemployees will not be influenced.

11. No more than two entries per person.

M. Heydt

WANTED:

Wanted one or two riders to KutztownState College for the Fall term, 1979.For Monday If, Wednesday, 6 p.m. to9 pm. If you are interested or knowsomeone who is please contact DavidFarrell, Ext. 6326.

POR SALE

Futuro wheelchair, good condition. $50.00.See Lillian Christine of Dietary, ext. 6268.

Publt shed monthly by ond for theEmployees of Allentown State HospitalAllentown. Po. 18103

EDITORIAL BOARD

Betty Albrecht. Managing EditorJude e Bavaria Donald HuberScm Carl son Sally OppermanDavid Chri st Gloria SengSharon Der shim er Bruce WeidmanDow GeryTYPISTS:Jean Hummel Robin Rabenold

SENIORITI LISTING:

We urge all employes to check the latestseniority listing. Since 1/1/79, the listingis to update automatically in con:unctionwith the neW leave reporting system. However,some errors have been brought to Our atten~

tion. Any detected errors should be reportedto the Personnel Office for verific~tion.

HOLIDAYS:

September 3, 1979 (Labor Day)OctOber 8, 1979 (Columb2s Day)

RECREATION & TRAVEL:

When planning,remember that discounts areavailable for:

DisneyWorld/DisneylandBusch GardensOr-eat AdventureSea WorldKi.ng I S Donrlni onThis 3er~ice is provided free by your

Personnel Division and only requires a minnteof your time. Take advantage of the opportunity.

CREDIT UNION:

Time for school expenses? YourCredit Union was established for yourbenefit and service. The dividend rate onsavings is currently 6.61% annually and theinterest rate on loans is 1% of the unpaidbalance (12% APR). In both cases, it's hardto beat elsewhere - check for yourself- we'reSClre you'll agree. Remember it's your CreditUnion - for your service and benefit. Use itl

WELCOME TO:Carole Secrest WX NursingKaren Fries, SwitchboardMildred White, Custodial Wkr.Agnes Jamieson, Administration

and Summer Workers:Marcellus Andrews, GroundsJudith Young, Dietary

WELCOME TO:

Kathleen Charles, DietaryMichael Moyer, SecurityMiriam Pasche, Record Office

ASH GOES INTERNATIONAL!

Patients, staff, and volunteers will partici­pate in an International Day Carnival on Tues­day, Sept. 13 in the EL 1-2 Grove.

International food and music will be featured,and patients fDom ten living areas will joinin an ethnic booth-decorating contest to bejudged by Nancy Joseph, Ralph Engle, andMike Kloran.

Other events include wagon rides in the twotrain wagons recently donated to the hospital byBanko Beverages, a horse show by MacRae Lilly,and a water dunk, courtesy of the East SideYouth Center.

The Food Staad will feature pizza, and willbe open from 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., andstaff are encouraged to eat lunch, snacks,dinner etc •. , since a portion of the profitswill be given to the Canteen Fund.

In addition to pizza eaters, the ActivitiesCommittee are looking for volunteers for thewater dunk - a truly thrilling, chillingexperience.

The Medical Library is up to its top shelf inpaperbacks, some of them ~ery strange, indeed.Also, we have an oversupply of book mailers.Corne and look.

A DAY AT THE RACESA.S.H.E. Presents: A day atPENN NATiONAL RACE COURSE

SUNDAY· OCTOBER 14, 1979Leaving - 11:00 A.M.POST TIME 1:30 P.M.

INCLUDES:*Round trip bussleoving from Home 5parking lot.

*Admisslon to Club House.

*Official Racing Program.Complete buffet dinner in~luding:

beef burgundy, salad bar, rice pilaf.fried chicken, escalloped, potatoes,mixed vegetables, string beans, breadba sket, butter, -germon chocolate ccke,rice pudding; coffee ar tea.

*Trophy Race - 4th race (named in our honor)

A.S.H.E. INVITATIONAL*Name in lights on the Alpha-board*Trophy presented by Richard Szuiborski and Friends

COST $15.50 per person (payment in fuJi by9/21/79) CONTACT PERSONN EL far

RESERVATIONS