The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13
kenosha Hospital Decides That
Women Shall Get Fund for
New Hospital Building
SIMMONS PRAISES BOARD
Annual Meeting of the Association Is
Held at the Y. NC. A. Building
ON Friday Evening With
Many in Attendance

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the honor of raising the fund for the
proposed new hospital building for
the kenosha Hospital Association for
at the annual meeting of the Associa-
ton held at the Y. M. c. A. building
Friday evening it was planned to APP
point a committee of twenty pa
tronesses of the Hospital Association
and into the hands of this great COM
mittee will be given the entire charge
OF the raising of funds for the pro-
posed building. The patronesses
have not as yet been named but a
committee from the members of the
Association will name them within a
few days and then public announce.
ment of the selection will be made.
Every portion of the city will be
IL this committee and as
nearly as possible every nationality
will be given place on the commit
tee. The work of raising the fund
will be started just as soon as the
committee is organized and the Asso-
citation Will not even suggest to the
ladies the plans to be taken to raise
the money. In the past the women
Of the city have been most loyal to the
affairs of the Association and there is
no doubt but that they will come
nobly forward in this work and that
the fund for the hospital will be Sc
cured in paratively short time.
The meeting was the most enthusi-
astic ever held by the members of the
Association. The annual report Of
the officers showed great advance
ment IN the work of the Association.
The report of President z. G. Sim
mons Jr. was especially interesting to
the members of the Association. He
said in part:
"Such remarks as I am allowed to
make are made with glad heart for
our little hospital has more than full
filled the most sanguine expectations
of every real friend of it. Your
Board has faithfully cared for the
funds both of the physical and operat-
ing departments, for property was
never more complete for the purposes
it is put to. The operating depart
ment is in the hands of Mrs. Helen
Armstrong, who am very glad to
say has not only run it to the entire
satisfa ction of the Board but as well
to the doctors and patients. Quite an
unusual record. The complaints dur
ing the year have been very few and
mostly of trivial nature. Our efforts
to establish training school have
been successful. Much credit is due
to the superintendent and the doctors
who have SO ably assisted for which
the Board is duly grateful. AS this
is my last year as president I want to
urge all interested in the Kenosha
Hospital to encourage new member
ship, give them something to do with
the hospital. l feel very strongly on
this subject and suggest Board of
Patronesses.
1--WE can widen the interest in the
work. 1t must be apparent to every
citizen that we have completely out
grown the present home and that
wand better hospital is much need
co. One of our good friends Mr.. Geo
rye Yule has started the fund with
FIVE thousand dollars. am sure with
all the churches so well provided for
we will be able to secure funds for
this worthy object. The first step is
wider diffusion of interest in the
work of the hospital in the city.
Second. A general canvass with
the city thoroughly mapped out and
scheme of deferred payments SO that
there will be no burdens imposed on
the donors. I cannot close without
congratulating the members of this
association on having the untiring
services of our able secretary. It
will be my pleasure always to do
what can for the hospital and the adj
vancement of the affairs of the associ-
alton"
The report of the treasurer, John
|O'Donnell showed that the receipts of
the hospital from patients during the
past year had been more than $6,77o
or an amount equal to the combined
earnings of the hospital ia the other
three years. The report of the super
intendent showed that during the year
just closed the hospital had cared for
276 patients while last year the
number of patients was 1o5.
In the first year of the hospitals
existence the number of operations
was sixty and last year there were 116
operations.
John M. Kehlor and M. G. Boerner
were elected directors of the Associ-
alton 20 succeed John O'Donnel1 and
Frank H. Truax. Treasurer O'Dons
nell in retiring from the board of
directors expressed his regret that his
business interests were such that he
could no longer serve the association.
He stated that his membership on the
board had been most pleasant and he
com plimented the association on hav-
ing such a strong board of directors.
In order to properly authorize the
work of the Kenosha Hospital Train
ing School the articles of Organization
of the Association were amended RI