The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-13
THE GERMAN HOSPITAL.
Ladies' Aid Society Arranges
for an Entertainment
in Columbia Hall.
MAYOR HOOS DEEPLY INTERESTED
Not Thought That the Build
ing Will Be Ready for
Two Years.
MAYOR HOOS DEEPLY INTERESTED

The Ladies' Aid Society Of the German
Hospital and Dispensary Association, of
Hudson County, met last evening in Bel
videre Hall, Old Bergen road and Dam
forth avenue. Greenville. At least thirty
ladies were present, some Of whom were
entered as members. The business trans
acted consisted in arranging for an enter
tainment to be given in Columbia Hall, on
May %. The proceeds of this event will
go toward the fund. An excellent pro-
gramme is being arranged for the oc-
casion, and the Thiesen Amateur Orches-
ira. of G~reenville, is to take part. An
excellent programme of music is to be
rendered by this popular orchestra. The
Ladies Auxiliary or Aid Society, which
is a branch of the Association was organ
lied about two weeks ago and has a mem
bership of nearly a hundred. The meet
last evening was the first held since an
organization was effected. The ladies are
to arrange for entertainments. picnics and
such like during the coming summer and
fall, the proceeds of which will go toward
the Hospital Fund. The members will
also solicit contributions.
The project to establish a German Hos
pital in Hudson County, is receiving any
amount of support from the Germans of
this county. Mayor Edward Hoos is deep
Iy interested in the movement, and on the
night of the entertainment IN Columbia
Hall, he will deliver an address in which
he will set forth the benefit of a German
Hospital in this county. Finance Com
missioner Jacob Ringle, ex-Judge Henry
Puster and a number of other equally
prominent citizens are assisting in the
work. The membership of the Hospital
Association is now nearing the $50 mark,
and it is thought that by the next meet
ing, which takes place next Sunday night,
that mark will have been passed. DR..
Henry Hasse and Secretary Louis Fry,
and the other officers are making a
special effort to enroll new members, and
a special canvass of the county will short
ly be made.
DR.. Hasse, who is now affiliated with a
hospital in New York, when . speaking
about the movement said, This move
ment should receive substantial support
from every citizen of the county. While
it will be known as the German Hospital,
it will of course be open to all persons,
irrespective of nationality. 1t will be alb
solutely free. and we feel justified in
looking to the public for support. We
would like to enroll member from the
suburban sections and many members
from North Hudson have already Joined"
Branches for receiving applications for
membership have been opened in the Ber-
gen section and the workers look forward
to a successful termination Of the move
ment. Branches have also been establish
ed by the Ladies Auxiliary Society
throughout the county, and the aides are
working just as hard as the men for suc-
cess. In fact, in arranging for entertain
ments and soliciting subscriptions their
services are much better than the mems.
This much has been admitted by the
members.
The members of the schwaben. verein,
of Greenville, are also enthusiastic mem
bers of the Hospital Association, and
there is hardly a member of the Verein
who is not a member of the Hospital
Fund Association. In fact, those were
the people who i~naugurated the move
ment which is meeting with so much sue
cess. While the movement is being push
ed rapidly. it is hardly thought that the
hospital will be erected for at least two
years to come. A committee will soon
be appointed to select a site upon which
to build, and to prepare other arrange
mentS.