Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-13
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REELECTED
Hospital Governors Had An
nnal Meeting Last Night
Reports We're Received.
ALDERMEN AT LARGE ON
MANAGING COMMITTEE

South r. harrington was re-elect-
ed president for the seventh time at
the annual meeting of the Board of
Governors of the Perth Amboy City
Hospital, held in the city clerks Of
flee at the city hall, last night. Mr..
Harrington has been president of the
board since 1t organized. nearly
eight years ago. ]. ]. Deitche was
elected first vice-presIdent to sue
ceed Chris Mathiasen; Alderman-at-
Large William d. Voorhees, was cho-
sen in place of Peter Johansen, on
the managing board, and Abel Han
son was selected to succeed Mr.. Jo-
hansen as a member of the auditing
committee. The other officers, all of
whom were reelected, are as fol-
lows: A. Greenbaum, second vice
president; v. p. Christofferson, sec
retary; Adrian Lyon, treasurer;
Henry w. Jones, Edward L. Gridley,
George ]. Haney and Samuel @. Gar
retson, members of the managing
committee; A Greenbaum and Chris
Mathiasen, members of the auditing
committee
President Harrington lauded the
present condition of the hospital. He
said that notwithstanding during the
past year more patients had been
cared for than ever before and con-
siderable sickness among the nurses
had been experienced, the running
expenses of the institution were
$500 less during 1909 than any of
the several preceding years. He
added that the decrease spoke well
for the management of the hospital.
Following the adoption of a mo-
tion that the chair name commit
tee to arrange for the annual COM
mencement exercises of the hospital
to be held on May 10, Mr. Earring
ton appointed Samuel G. Garretson,
J. J. Deitche, William D. Voorhees,
and G. II Aldrich as his assistants
It was stafed-thet as DR. Brittin d.
Evans. of the motifs II lsass = Al
for the Insane, had been secured for
the speaker on that occasion, the
committee would NOT nave to make
any arrangements along that line.
The details of the exercises and the
place where they will be held will
be decided by the committee later.
There will be two graduates from
the hospital this year, Miss s. B
Ryan and Miss M. M. Borkowska.
A communication was received
from the Board Of Freeholdersl stat
ing that the board had not received
the hospital associations letter in
time to appoint representative to
the Board of Governors, but would
do so later At the annual meeting
of the association, recently, 1t was
decided that the Board of Freehold
ers should be represented in the
Board of Governors and a letter to
that effect was sent to the county
board.
The annual report from the Perth
Amboy Hospital Association wae re-.
ceiyed and read.
Just before the adjournment the
matter OF paying the annual dues of
$40 was brought up, upon which the
members settled their Indebtedness.
The meeting, which was scheduled
for $3.50 o'clock, was not called to
order until $40 and lasted thirty
minutes. After the adjournment,
President Harrington stated that the
board would meet in a private COM
mittee session with the physicians,
who comprise the medical staff Of
the hospital, to take up several tri-
vial matters
Those present were: South r.
Harrington, George J. Haney, J. j.
Deitche, William d. Voorhees,, v. p.
Christofferson, g. ] Waring, G. H.
Aldrich, Samuel g. Garretson and A.
Greenbaum.