You can call both Mrs. Anthony FaiHa president this year.
She is going to be seated as
the new president of the Hotel Dieu Ladies' Auxiliary Wednesday. He was installed as president of the Hotel Dieu Medical.
Staff in late January.
"So after Wednesday, you can call us both president. That can happen only once in a lifetime," they feel sure.
But having two gavels in the family at the same time adds up to more work for her, says madam president.
Her gavel stays home, she says. She will take it with her to meetings at different members' homes — always followed by a tea. His gavel stays at the hospital because all staff meetings are held there. The auxiliary gavel goes to the hospital only once a year—for the last meeting in May.
Having a husband-wife presi-! dential team for the staff and its auxiliary is bound to bring about closer cooperation between these two groups, she feels—specially in the matter of raising funds for the proposed new hosmtaL
The auxiliary does all the fund-raising, but we depend a lot on the staff for support and advice," she adds.
In addition to her new presidential duties, she is going to have to be a sort of private secretary for the new staff president, too, she relates. She's go-
ing to write his thank you notes, make his presidential telephone calls, help make contacts, and so forth. A doctor just doesn't have that kind of time, she says.
She's also going to write the invitations to that big dinner dance the staff gives once a year for the auxiliary as a pat on the back for its good work for the hospital.
That's another one of her presidential duties, says Mrs. Failla. "We're launching a big recruitment drive now for hospital volunteers. Some of the auxiliary women are volunteers, but we're calling for more, also teenagers to man the library, the gift shop, and refreshment carts."
She's beginning right at home with her volunteer recruitment. Their daughter Terry is study* ing pharmacy at Loyola. She's going to be a Hotel Dieu volunteer in that department.
Terry wielded a gavel when she was prefect of her Sodality in Cabrini Parish, her mother relates. Their other daughter, Rose Merle, a senior at Ursu-line, is vice-president of her class this year, but she has no gavel.
Mrs. Robert Bernhard Jr., is going in as president-elect of the auxiliary. That means she will take over the club's gavel as madam president next year.
Other auxiliary members taking office include Mrs. Joseph Hountha, first vice-president; Mrs. A. JL Giorlando, second vice-president; Mrs. Fred Maher, third vice-president; Mrs. Paul Lastrapes, recording secretary; Mrs. Manuel Lopez, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Vincent DeLeo, treasurer; and Mrs. Sidney Charbonnet Jr., parliamentarian.
Mrs. Failla's line-up of chairmen includes Mrs. Blaise Sala-tich, publicity; Mrs, Eugene McKeon and Mrs. John Nabos, ways and means; Mfs. Jack Ruli, ex-president officio; Mrs. Robert Rougelot, courtesy; Mrs. Joseph Ciolino, Needlew o r k Guild; Mrs. Robert Cangelosi and Mrs. Lawrence Bole, decorations; Mrs. George Haid, membership; Mrs, John Di Leo, telephone; Mrs. Spencer Mc-Nair, program; Mrs. John Kron, historian; and Mrs. Casmir De-Cristina, hostess.
Dr. Failla's vice*president, also president-elect, is Dr. Yves Guillory. Dr. Lawrence G, Bole is secretary-treasurer, and Dr. D. V. Longo is ex-president officio.
His chairmen include Dr. John DiLeo. surgery; Dr. John J. Signorelli, medicine! Dr! George EffisT Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat; Dr. Lloyd Mc-Laughlin, pediatrics; Mr. C. E. Gorman, obstetrics and gynecol-ogy; and Dr. Frank Gomila general practice. r~"
The place for the auxiliary's installation ceremonies has not yet been set. PHOTO: DR. AND MRS. ANTHONY FAILLA presidential team
