Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-21
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Win Awards
Worth $2692

Twenty-eight re side nts Of
Montgomery County shared in
cash awards totaling S2692 at
the annual National Institutes
of Health awards ceremony on
May 6, 1859.
The first recipients of superior
performance awards in the new
ly-created Division of General
Medical Sciences were Helen
Schroeder, 1882 S. Chelsea Ia.
Bethesda, and Mary Bielski, 1890
Grandin ave., Rockville.
A superior performance
award was presented to Alice
Gochenour, Research Technician
in the Division of Biologics
Standards. She resides at 6905
Marbury I'd, Bethesda.
Lola Byrnes, records manage
ment analyst of 1921 Windsor
Ia, Bethesda, was commended
for efficient organization and re-
organization of the research,
mail and correspondence files of
the National Cancer Institute,
as well as her constructive lead
ership of the Mail and Records
Unit. The top production record
achieved by this unit, in spite of
unprecedented increase in vol
ume also served as basis for q
superior performance recon-
mendation for four employees:
Margaret c. Butler, 1920 Balfour
dr., Bethesda; Alphonso E. Jack
son, Rt. 2, Germantown; BERTHE
B. Swami, 4815 Boiling Brook
Parkway, Rockville; and Doro.
thy c. West, 5804 Under Ia, Be-
thesda.
Jacob Craumer, Captain of the
Guard Force, was presented a
superior performance award. He
resides at 4801 Wilwyn way.
Rockville.
Fifteen members of the Guard
Force who have been Guards-of.
the-Month over the past one and
one half years were recipients of
a group superior performance
award, the following four of
whom are residents of Montgon-
cry County: Lieutenant Avery
Brumitt, lis Charles St, Rock.
vile; Corporal Henry Blanken.
ship, 102 Dawson ave., Rockville,
Corporal Dorsey c. Plummer.
426 E. Diamond ave., Gathers.
burg; and Private First Class
Hugh Rabbit, 4519 Chase ave-.
Bethesda.
A group superior performance
award was also presented to Is
members of the Data Compila-
ton Section of the Division of
Research Grants. The followinc
members of the group are Mont.
gomery County residents: Ger.
trude S. Andrews, 1902 Hemp.
stead ave-, Bethesda; Alfred L.
Bisnett, 203 Ritchie pkwy., Rock.
vile; Nathan B. Dore, 1912 Car.
ey Ia, Silver Spring; Madeline
S. Dugan, 1904 Lowell St, Be.
thesda; Bertha T. Fendrick, $500
Stretford I'd, Chevy Chase; Ar.
thur L. Kirkpatrick, 113 Gran.
din ave-, Rockville; Shirley r.
Manley, 1850 Bradley blvd,
Chevy Chase; Audrey L. Miner,
1881 Montgomery ave-, Bethes-
da; Mary c. Murphy, 1914 Rol.
ston I'd, Bethesda; Jane L. Saw.
yer, 1920 Maple ave-, Rockville,
and Nina M. Sarratt, ASIA Adrian
ST., Rockville.
Cited for suggestions at the
ceremony were the following
employees: Richard Low, Biol
ogist in the Division of Biologics
Standards of SIPS Denfield I'd
Rockville, who developed a skim
milk maintenance medium for
cell culture which has resulted
in tangible savings for NH; e.
mer Norman, Laboratory Ami.
NAL Caretaker in the Division Of
Research Services of RID No. 3,
Gaithersburg, who invented a
net used for transfer of Gagged
monkeys which has improved
safety and saved time; Ruby
Thompson, Secretary in the Ma
tional Cancer Institute of 17O2
Lewis ave-, Rockville, who de-
signed and has fabricated plas-
tic tray cover for tissue carrier
trays used during embedding
procedures; and Hanford Z.
Moxley, Exhibits Technician In
the National Heart Institute Of
Mt. Airy who designed both a
system for storage and the
equipment necessary for the eff.
ficient storage of tubes of blood.
The following employees were
presented Length of Service
awards for 80 years of govern
ment service: John Bozicevich,
$50 Hillmead rd., Bethesda; vii.
ton r. Earle, Waters Gift, Bur.
louisville; Theodore Gates, 8611
Melwood rd., Bethesda; Ray
mond Kelly, 1904 Knowles ave-,
Kensington; James B. Latta,
4410 Bywood st, Bethesda,
Frank G. Miner, 1909 Perry ave-,
Kensington; Herbert c. Hunter,
4510 Ma pie ave-, Bethesda;