The Republican journal., 1901-04-11
A CALL FOR HELP.
Appeal for the Maine State Sanatorium
Association.


Association.
December 26. 1900, at meeting of the
citizens of the State interested in the
matter, the Maine State Sanatorium
Association was legally organized under
the general laws of the State. The OBJ.
F., jects of the association, as stated in the
constitution. are ito establish and main
| tain public institution, or institutions,
for the isolation, treatment and cure of
persons affected with pulmonary dis
ease, and to exert its influence toward
the lessening of the prevalence Of tu-
berculOSlS."
This is a corporation in which there
are no shareholders and in which there
will be no dividends. The officers give
their services free of charge. The sole
aim of the association is the furnishing
of temporary help and treatment to
persons, the most OF whom must per-
maturely die, unless helping hand is
extended to them.
The following are the officers of the
association:
P1esident-Hon. John F. Hill, Gov
ernor of Maine, Augusta.
Vice President-G Selden Con
nor, Ex-Governor, Augusta.
Secretary-A. G. Young, M. D., Au-
gusta.
Treasurer-Treby Johnson, cashier of
Granite National Bank, Augusta.
Trustees-Dr. F. G. Thayer, Water
vile, Hon. P. o. Vickery, Augusta, Hi
ram w. Kicker, Poland Springs, A W.
Hall, Caribou, Hon. F. c. Whitehouse,
Topsham, Hon. F. Q. Beal, Bangor,
Hon. Waldo Pettengill, Rumford Falls,
DIR. S. H. Weeks, Portland, George
Bliss, Esq, Vanceboro.
The management of the financial and
other affairs of the association is vested
in the trustees. To anyone who knows
the business men of this State, not a
word is needed to convince him that
any money or other property put in the
care Of these trustees for the use of the
association will be properly safeguard
ed and judiciously expended.
To the present time more than 260
persons have become members of the
association The annual contributions
or fees from the members constitute a
mere drop in the bucket Unless per-
sons of means will nobly come to the
rescue there must be -diSheartening
delay and the unnecessary waste of
valuable human lives must go OF.
The special and present urgent need
of the association is a fund to enable it
to build and equip sanatorium for the
cure of consumptiveS, and a second
need hardly more remote is an endOW-
ment fund which will make possible
the utmost usefulness of the mStitu-
ton. While it may not be best to offer
free board and treatment to all classes
of patients, the desire of the trustees
is that needy persons in the early and
durable stage of consumption may not
be turned from the door of the sanator-
ium. simply because they are poor.
Will the reader of this think moment
of the vital Importance of the work
which the Maine State Sanatorium
association has set itself to do, and of
its need of help. More than one thous-
and of us here in the State of Maine
are every year dying of a pestilence
which is not an incurable one A large
percentage of these persons might be
cured right here near their own homes.
Is there anything which should more
quickly appeal to our sympathies than
this work? And is there any good cause
to the support of which we should more
promptly rally, whether we can spare
one dollar OF thousands? Aside from
the immediate want of funds is the
HCOQ VI Il ldlSt VI Iltll ttllC
women in all parts of the State Will
tie reader of this kindly receive it as
an invitation to become a member of
the association? By so doing this in
fluence will be a help and an encourage
ment which will be highly appreciated.
If more is done than to pay the annual
membership fee so long as he chooses
to remain member, it will be entirely
voluntary on his part. The annual
membership fee, contribution in aid
of the proposed sanatorium, is one dol
lar.
This appeal is sent out by the secre-
tary of the association with a feeling of
confidence that those persons who are
able to do so will generously help
cause which is so worthy and for which
help is so urgently needed
The Maine State Sanatorium AsSocia-
ton, under the authority of recent
act of the legislature, lis authorized
and empowered for the purposes of the
organization, to receive, take, and hold,
by deed devise, bequest, or otherwise,
property, personal and real, in any
amount without limit"
Respectfully,
A. G. YOUNG. NJ. D..
Secretary of Maine State Sanatorium
Association.