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During 1969 Mr. A. K. Huddle stone, Deputy Principal
Welfare Officer, left to become Social Services Officer in
Northumberland. Mr. John Gill, a family caseworker, left for a
more senior post in Hertfordshire, and Mrs. R. M. Oldham moved
to Leeds. Miss Mary Truran, who earned so much affection and
respect during the short time she was in the department, died.
In April 1969 Miss Eileen Turner Smith, Deputy Principal
Welfare Officer, was elected Chairman of the Executive Council
of the Institute of Medical Social Workers, one of the largest
and oldest of the professional social work organisations. She
has been helping to wind up the affairs of the Institute, which
is giving place, with six other similar social bodies, to the
newly formed British Association of Social Workers, and is now
on the Council of the B.A.S.W. Two other social workers in the
department, Miss Margaret Guth and Miss Kay Wells, also serve
on it at national level on standing committees.
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