The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-06-10
THE HEATON HOSPITAL.

The trustees of the Heaton Hospital Or
ganized on the evening of June 5 and hope
to receive and care for patients on and
after the first Of July next.
The gift OF the donor. Mr.. Heaton, puts
into the hands of the trustees one of the
best hospital sites anywhere to be found
aud hospital building excellently adapted
to its purposes. In doing this Mr.. Heaton
has expended, in round numbers, the sum
OF S25, 600. This sum has all been expended
in the purchase OF the ten acres Of land
which constitute the hospital grounds, in
the grading OF those grounds and in the
erection of the admirable cottage hospital
into possession Of which the trustees come
by Mr.. Heaton's deed of gift.
But it must be remembered that hospital
is essentially charity. While those who
are able to pay may receive treatment, 1t is
nevertheless true that the experience Of
hospitals is that money received from pay
ing patients do not even reimburse the hos.
pital management for the expenses incurred
in the care OF paying patients. In other
words, hospital is charity to those who
in name pay for treatment as well as to
those who are sick or in need OF
surgical treatment, who have not the means
to pay for the care and treatment which
they receive.
1t is hoped that, after the full organiza-
ton and beginning of the hospital work. so
benehcent charity will receive from time
to time, at the hands Of men and women Of
large n0dIbb anu luli puIscSt
gifts in the nature Of endOwments for vari-
GUS hospital purposes that will be perma'
nent in their nature and enable the manage
ment to rely for the means for part Of their
work upon an income to be derived from
such permanent endowments. But this is
in the future and not in the present; and at
no time will the hospital, unless it is an ex-
ception to the experience of all others Of its
kind, be without the need of the active per-
sonal and financial help Of the community
i -. ~ L. -. kI.s
alike and continuously not only from the
rich, but from those who are obliged to
limit their charities to small sums.
Especially at the present time, when the
hospital is without any endowments and
when all the expenses will have to be met
by temporary contributions, do the trustees
need the good will OF the entire community
expressed in financial support. And, while
organized effort will in due time be made
for such support, and our citizens may ex-
poet individual solicitation for such support
from the trustees, there is now needed, to
put the hospital in running order and in
sure for the first few months payment OF the
running expenses, money, which it is hoped
will be freely furnished, without solicita-
ton, by our citizens in such sums as they
can spare without impairing their own abil-
ity to do still more for the hospital when it
shall be under full and organized way, and
when the trustees can with more defniteness
present particular objects and aims TO the
| people and ask their yet more substantial
giving thereto.
The trustees therefore hope that, without
| individual asking, the friends OF the enter
prise will give such financial help during
| the present month as they can afford with
out impairing their future power and de-
sire to give further help. This they can do
through any member OF the finance COM
mittee. The members of the finance COM
mittee, to any one OF whom communications
relating to this matter may be made, are
| John Mooney (chairman), j. w. Brock, II,
| A. Huse, l.. Bart Gross and Charles II.
Heaton, its clerk.
At their organization, on the evening of
June 3, the trustees elected the following
board OF officers; President, George f. Tap
| lin; vice-president, John Mooney; secretary,
Charles H. Heaton; auditors, Frank A.
Sherburne and Wallace G.. Andrews; treas
urer, l.. Bart Gross; executive committee,
George E. Taplin (chairman) Frank A.
Sherburne and Wallace G. Andrews; finance
committee, John Mooney (chairman), James
w. Brock, Hiram A. Huse and L. Bart
| Cross. The secretary is, by virtue OF his