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Beacon Light December: 1963, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Courtesy Spotlight featuring Joe Norries (Medical Technologist)
• Biographies on new hospital hires
• Elementary school teachers visit hospital for Business Education Day
• Flag obtained from White House flown at half mast in commemoration John F. Kennedy
• Information on Ready-to-feed infant formula
• Various pictures of the Sisters to celebrate Christmas of 1963
• Multiple articles on the Christmas season

Beacon Light: November 1963, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Story on the hospital's acquisition of new x-ray equipment totaling $97,000
• Feature on Delores Trettel (Nurse Aid)
• Purchasing department relocates
• Profiles on newly hired Drs.
• A call to action for hospital employees
• Various photos of individuals entering the hospital
• Advisory committee plans for new elections
• Profile on the Catch Up Clinic programs
• List of new staff members

Beacon Light: October 1963, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• The Chicago Firm Herman Smith begins a consulting project for the Hospital
• Letter from Sister Jameen OSB, on Nurse instruction
• Hospital implemented a new point system in determining an individuals salary
• Sister Olivia Gowan was transferred to the St. Cloud hospital from St. Scholastica's Priory
• Feature on Jerry Knuesel the Hospital's head chef
• X-Ray department recognized at an annual state conference
• Various profiles on newly hired doctors
• Hospital Supervisors begin management program
• Hospital acquired an electric motor-driven proctoscopic table
• A list of proposed changes to the Dietary Department
• Explanation of the methodology used to determine employee salaries
• Story on Dr. …

Beacon Light: September, 1963, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Construction began on the expansion of the hospital
• 10 year master plan developed for the hospital
• Dr. E. N. Milhaupt was elected Chief of the Medical Staff
• Nursing students receive awards
• Staff departures
• Implementation of a work measurement program
• Fiscal statistics and year end report

Beacon Light: June 1963, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Pharmaceutical drug fair
• Graduation of Gretchen Leisen from the School of Medical Technology
• Hospital employees honored by bishop Bartholome
• Disaster plan profiled
• Food Vs. Medication debate
• Highschool papers profiled St. Cloud hospital for National Hospital Week

Beacon Light: May 1963, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Work measurement survey from outside consultation group
• Various support staff profiled
• Employment statistics
• Upper Midwest hospital conference
• Hospital personnel to be honored at recognition dinner

Beacon Light: April 1963, St. Cloud Hospital

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• Dressing institute at Germain Hotel
• Outside consultation on the nursing program from S. Olivia Gowan OSB
• Pharmacy distribution restructuring
• Employees years of service honored at National Hospital Week event
• Hospital medical staff organized to assure quality patient care
• Ethylene oxide gas sterilizer installed
• Personnel advisory committee elections
• Seminar on Cerebral Palsy
• Public Relations Venture

Beacon Light: March 1963, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Management improvement program implemented
• Profile on Merwina Theisen a housekeeper
• Profile on Harry Knevel an administrative assistant
• Announcement of nurse aid program at the St. Cloud Vocational School
• Eau Claire Wisconsin visiting delegation
• "Biblo-therapy" feature

Beacon Light: February 1963, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Letter from the Hospital Administrator on Tolerance and Understanding
• Updates to the employee retirement plan
• Brief biographies on the newly hired doctors
• Profiles on Reinhard Gohl (Porter) and....
• Hospital acquired a new auto cytometer
• Ashot Y. Carapet (service department supervisor of GE) visits the hospital from Iran
• Information about Social Security
• Laundry employee plays music during breaks
• Feature on the Hospital's Medical Records Department
• List of new employees
• Thank you letter from a patient
• Employee Credit Union begins to be organized

Annual Report: 1963, St. Cloud Hospital

Annual Report

Statistics of conditions treated at St. Cloud Hospital in 1963

Beacon Light: January 1963, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Public Relations committee appointed
• Grace Weiss-Halenbeck Scholarship Fund recipients
• Profile on Olivia Gussner cafeteria worker
• 1962 in review
• Upgrades to the kitchen facilities
• Annual statistics of the fiscal year