The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-04
An Appeal for Maine State
SaDatOrium Association.

M appear IOT MAINE state
SaDatOrium Association.
December 26, 1900, at meeting of the
cluzens Of the State Interested in the
matter, the Maine state Sanatorium Az
ISOLATION was legally organized and in
c0rporated under the general laxs Of
the state The objects Of the Associa-
ton, as stated in the constitution. are
10 establish and maintain public in
sttntlon, Or Institutions for the isola-
uDn, treatment, and cure of persons
ahected with pulmonary disease, and 10
exert It's influence toward the lessening
OF The prevalence of tuberculosis
his Il corporation In which there
viii be no dividends The officers give
their services free of charge The sole
ann u the Association is the furnishing
Of temporary help and treatment to per-
Sons, the most Of whom must prema-
turely die, unless helping hand ID ex-
tended to them.
The following are the 6ncers Of the
Association: President, Hon. John 2.
Hlll, Governor Of Maine, Augusta; vice
president, Gen. selden Connor. *
Governor, Augusta; secretary, 4. g.
Young, NJ. d Augusta; treasurer.
lreby johnson, Cashier. Granite Nation
al Bank, Augusta; trustees, Dr. +. G.
Thayer, hatervlie; Hon =. .. yIckery.
Augusta; Hiram W. Rfckef. Poland
Springs; A. " Hal. Caribou: Hon. +. q.
Whitehouse, Topsnam Hon T o Beal,
Bangor; Hon. Waldo PettengiJl. Rum
ford Falls; DR.. 5. Il Neeks, Portland;
George Bliss. Esq, Waidoboro
The management II the financial and
other affairs Of the Association Is vested
IN the trustees. T. anyone vic knows
the business men Il this State. not
word Is needed 10 convince him That any
money or other property put IN care Of
these trustees fJr tie use OF tie Asso-
cation will be properly safe guarded
aud Jadieiousiy expended
10 The present time more fhan $50
persons have become members 81 the
Association. Z he dauua. contributions
or ICES from the members constitute a
mere drop 10 The bucket Cniess per
sons = means vii uab.y COME - the
rescue there must be dIsAeaItenng de-
lay ana TIE unnecessary waste u .a.u-
abe human lives must 20 on.
The special aud present urgent need
# the Association 5 a fuud TO enable it
- build and equip a ,auatorigm for the
cure If consumptiges, and a second
need, hardly more remote. is an endow-
meut fund which vii make pqsei Die the
utmost usefulness 81 the institution.
bile II may hot be best - 5Ifer free
board and treatment 70 al. 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 sanato-
rum simply because they are poor.
viii the reader Of this think a
moment of the vital Importance of the
work which the Maine Sanatorium As
sociation has set itself 10 do. and of it's
need Of help? More than one thousand
OF us here in the state Of Maine are
every year dying of a pestllenee which
is not an incurable one. large per
centage of these persons might be cured
right here near their own homes Is
there anything which should more
quickly appeal 10 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 or thousands? Aside from
the immediate want OF funds is the need
of a large membership of men and
women in all parts of the State Will
the reader of this kindly receive it as an
invitation to become a member of the
Association? By so doing his influence
will be help and an encouragement
which will be highly appreciated. If
more is done than to pay the annual
membership fee SO long as he chooses
to remain a member it will be entirely
voluntary on his part. The annual
membership fee, a contribution in aid of
the proposed sanatorium, is one dollar.
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 a
cause which is 80 worthy, and which
help is so urgently needed.
The Maine State Sanatorium Associs-
ton, under the authority of a recent act
of the Legislature, lis authorized and
empowered, for the purposes of the or
ganization, to receive, take, and hold,
by deed, devise, bequest, or otherwise,
property, personal and real, in any
amount without limit"
Respectfully,
A. g. You've, NJ. D,
Secretary of Maine state sanatorium
Association.