The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-18
FOR 4 GERMAN HOSPITAL
Movement Meets With En-
couraging Success--N New
Members Join.

The German Hospital project, which
Was launched by the members OF the
Greenville Schwaben Verein about a
month ago at a meeting held IN tneir
HEADQUARTERS on Ocean avenue, near
Warner avenue, is receiving any amount
Of encouraging support and if the hospital
is not erected it will be no fault of those
now interested in the movement. Since
this movement was inaugurated no less
than three hundred members have joined
the German Hospital and Dispensary
Fund Association of Hudson County, the
name under which the hospital was or
ganized.
At the meeting held last evening in the
Schwabs' headquarters. thirty more mem
bers joined the association and paid the
81 feet which goes to the hospital fund.
DR.. Henry Hasse, who is really the father
Of the movement and who is now doing
duty in several New York hospitals, was
present at the meeting and brought IN
twelve new members. He explained that
this county was very much in need OF a
German hospital and that he thought 1t
was the duty of not only the Germans but
of all ~nationalities to help buiid one. He
said that while the hospital would be
called German it would be open to all
persons regardless of nationality or creed
He aid that he was perfectly willing to
give his services in this city in preference
to New York and that he would work
just as hard as anyone to help along the
hospital movement. DR.. Hasse has
brought in about thirty members in all
n he explained that he had as many
more promises.
A committee of the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the association, which was organized in
conjunction with the association about
three weeks ago, reported at the meeting
last evening. The report showed that
the ladies had now in all fully 1870 mem
bers in the auxiliary society, a wonderful
increase from about twenty-five. One
member, Mrs. Brumlein, alone has
brought in the names of eighty ladies to
be enrolled and who are willing to work
in order to help along the good cause.
The meeting of last evening was called
chiefly to complete all arrangements for
the monster entertainment which is to be
given in Columbia Hall, Greenville, next
Monday night. An excellent programme
has been arranged for that occasion and
a number of selections will be rendered
by the popular Thiesen Orchestra of
Greenville. Mayor Edward Hoos. who has
taken a great interest in the hospital
movement, will be present on that occa-
sion and will deliver an address in which
he will describe the benefits to be desired
from the maintenance of such an insti-
tuition.
Ex-Judge Puster and a number of other
prominent gentlemen will also be present
and Will talk about the hospital project.
The receipts from the entertainment,
which promises to be a successful one,
will of course go toward the dispensary
fund TO be used in the erection Of the
hospital. The member are very enthusi-
astic over the project and all are taking
a great interest in the work. One of the
members when talking about the hospi-
tai plans last evening, said that if the
association continued progressing as 1t is
doing now the hospital would be in the
course of construction within a year. He
said committees woul soon be appointed
to iook after the different branches of the
work and to look after a suitable site
upon which to build A site which will be
in the central part of the county VIII be
selected II possible, so that it will be
within easy access of all the people in the
county.