Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-30
AN APPEAL
Help Asked for Main, State sa lato-
rum Association.
lis Organization and Its Plans for Work Eu,-v
Explained.

! December 26. 1900, at meeting of
the citizens OF the State interested in
the matter. the Maine State Sam
forum Association was legally organ
l@ed ana Incorporated under the cen
cral laws of the State. The objects az
me association, as stated in the con
Stitutioli, are TO establish and m,i,
tam a public institution. or institu-
Ions. Tor the isolation. treatment. and
j cure OF persons affected with oul
ih"hary disease. and to exert it's in
Hnente toward the lcsscning of the
prevalence of tuberculosis.
rms is corporation IN which there
are no sfa, eholders and in which
thefc VIII he no dividends. The
Offices give their services flee of
charge. The sole aim Of Tie aasocia-
| ton is Tic furnishing Of temporary
help and treatment to persons, the
most of whom must prcnatuIely die
u'lcS3 a helping hand is extended to
them
The following arc the officers of tho
association; President: Hon. John
f. Hill Governor Of Maine Augusta.
vice president. Gen. Seldrn Conoor.
y 49, ~ i+''s ~ r. tis>ist, secretary. N.
G. Young, MD, Augusta: Treasurer.
IFc"y Johnson. cashier. Granite Ma
ti"naI l'ank, Augusta: trustees: Dr.
/. G. Thaycr. Natcrvilic: Hon. =. q.
Nichcrv, Augusta; Biram w. Flicker.
roland SPRINGS: \. w. Hal. Caribou
Hon. +. E. Wnitchouac. Ton-han.
Hon. I. .. l:oaio Bangor: Hon. Waldo
Pcttengiil, I;untmd Falls; Dr. $. u.
Weeks, Portland, ard George i;iiss.
Esq, Wa.d0hurc
TEc management of ne financial ana
"t.fcr affairs Of tie association IL
vested in tho trustees. 70 anyone
VIII" knows the business mon If This
state. not Il word is needed to convince
him that any none or other property
put in tho care Of these trustees for
tic use Of Tie association will he prop
cl!y sa;cSuarGcd and judiciousiy cx-
pended.
TO thc present time more than 2f0
persons have Iecomc members of the
900 iation. Tn" annual contributions
CT fees from tic members constitute Il
nero drop in the bucket Unless ncr-
sons o. means viii nohly come to the
rescue there must he a disncartcninG
delay and the unnecessary waste OF
valuable human lives must 20 on.
The special and present urgent need
"r the association IS 4 fund 10 enable
it to build and equip sanatorium for
the cure OF consuTptivcs. and 4 Soc
ond need. hardly remote, is am endpw-
mcnt fund which VIII make possible
the utmost usefulness Of the inStitu-
ton. While il may not be best to Offer
rrcc board and treatment 20 all classes
of patients. the desire of the trustees
i that needy persons in the carly and
tura bic stage Of consumption may not
be turned from the door of III" S,ina-
torium simply because they ar" poor.
VIII TIE reader Of this think a no
mcnt Of the vital importance Of the
work Which the Maine State Sana-
talium Association has set itself %
a.. ana Of it.s need Of help" More
than one Thousand Of Us here in the
state Of Maine are every year dying
of a pcs,ilcncc which is not an incura-
lie one. \ large percentage of these
pcr~0rs might be cured right here
n"ar THEN own homes. Is there any
thing which should more quickly APP
peal to our sympathics than this work
Md il there any good cause to the
support of which we should more
promptly rally. whether we can spar"
one dollar or thousands? Aside from
the Immediate want of funds IS ~"
need of i large membership Of men
ana women in all parts Of the state
Will the reader Of this kindly receive
II aS An invitation to become member
of thc a:sociatinn? By 50 doing his IN
rucn,p will he i help and an cncnur-
\ ce,lcnt which viii be highly arpEe-
cj,tcd. IF more is done than 10 pay
the annual membership e." s" lunE rs
he chooses; to remain member, III NhI
lr entirely voluntary on his part. TIC
annual membership fec. Il contribution
i'm :,id of the proposed sanatnl1uin, -
one dollar.
This appeal is sent out 10y the Soc
rotary Of the association with Heel
;nlr Of confidence that those persons
Who arc able to do 50 viii generously
holr a cause which is 50 worthy, and
r,r which Help j \ 50 urgently n""'tri.
Tho Maino stat" San1torium an
anri1iion. under the authority q
rcrap4 act Of tie Legislature, "iS
authorized ana empowered, fer tn"
,,,rnosos Or the organizn ton. t. re-
cire take, ana hold. by deed, devise,
healicst. or otherwise, property, per
sonal and real, i'll amy amount Nit""ut
limit" Respectfully
y. G. YOUNG. MD,
Secretary of Maine State Sana-
forum Association.