Evening journal., 1912-11-12
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HOSPITAL
FUND PLANS
Mr.. Honey Explains Details
at Wilmington Club
Luncheon
CAPTAINS TO AID
IN The COLLECTION

At luncheon. held at the viii
mington Club last night. plans and
campaign details for raising the $780,
600 fund for the Delaware Hospital
were discussed Lewis p Bush pre-
sided at the luncheon and the affair
was a delightful one as we'll as a sue
cess from a business viewpoint There
were present Trgaman Johnston. W
G. Mendinhall, Edgar T. Honey. S.
ID. Townsend. L. Scott Townsend.
John j. Raskob David Snellenburg.
Louis Topkis, John F. Hehl, Dr. Will
lard Springer George A Elliott.
Charles Warner Charles b Palmer,
George Carter. A. o, II. Grier and Will
liam Carter
Dr Springer al Mr Bushs request.
outlined tho work done by the Della
ware Hospital and he explained how
It Is handicapped by the need of ad-
ditional room He said that during
the last twenty years. 56.46S patients
had been treated al that Institution.
and that more than sixty per cent Of
the number we're free cases The
b
1911 alone. he said was f.6i3 The
total number Of surgical cases the
same year was 939 The total num-
Ter Of days OF service In 1871 was
1922 and the daily average number
OF patients in the hospital i'm that year
was 43 6 or the $3.50 surgical cases.
IN the same year, $50, or so per cent,
were charity patients
~
how much more cou'd be accomplish
ed y the hospital 10 il had the ad-
ditional room in which to do the
work
Mr.. Honey. the promoter Of the plan
10 raise 5000 600. outlined how the
canvass should be carried on He an
nounced that t,e banquet which was
10 have Jeen held on the evening OF
November is, has been. postponed un-
til November 25 and said II would be
! he'd at the DUPONT Hotel This ban
quet, he said viii be followed by
noon-lay luncheons He informed
those present that his telephone num-
( Der would be 500 600. the number O.
dollars he intends to raise for the
hospital
When tho question Of money came
up Mr. Topkis announced that one Of
the Hebrew charitable associations Of
/ Wilmington. OF which he is a member.
had already subscribed 500 TO the
fund, and he had been asked how
much Mr. Honey was to receive for
his labors
This matter was discussed between
the members Of the hospital board and
Mr.. Honey and Il was decided that in
sesmuch as this question would be
frequently asked IL would be
best TO state the fact that Mr.. Honey
is 10 receive pr ctically one per cent
OF the amount should II reach the
$500 coo mark Should he fail to col
iect this sum he will receive only
his expenses
Mr. Honev in outlining his scheme
for collecting the money said that i'm
the first place there was the execu-
tive committee. composed of Cover
nor-elect Charles r. Miller chair
man: Lewis p. Bush. vice-chairman :
sylvester ID. Townsend. secretary
and treasurer: Tilehman Johnston.
William G. Mendnhall. General r.
Coleman DUPONT, George A. Elliott
and others Then. he said. there
was the Citizens Committee. COM
posed Of senior business men OF the
city
The mex. are The ten captains of
the business mems committee and
the ten captains of the younger bust.
ness mems committee
Each of these ten captains VIII
have a team of eight solicitors under
his command which will make Il toia
p OF 200 business men young and cldei
, and 30 senior business men. All o
) these will he supplied with apnro
pria'e literature and proceed to sn
p licit subscriptions for the fund.
: The twenty captains have be-s
q given blank forms upon which 6,
Z write the names Of the men who VII
constitute their teams These names
. rs soon as they are received b. Mr
?, Honey will be listed and tho aD
d pointees notified Each captain an,
his nine assistants will be present a
the banquet to be given on Novem
Der %.
{ The following arc the captains p
r the Business Mems Committee q
4 which L. Scot Townsend is chair
h man:
4 Charles Warner. Dr. wliar
Il Springer. ouis Topkie. w W Laird
i David Snellenhure. Howard r. Wa
?. lace. John r. He'll. John J Raskol
" Charles 3. Palmer. James c. O'Nea
4 The captain cf the Young Ncn'
a Committe Of 100. OF whi,h Charlie
4 w Bush is the chairman are
y David NJ Hillegas. p r puzo-
g Henry r lsaacs. W NJ Barnard. Ir
A. p Robertson. A. McNerne~ II /
Evart and Paul J Tagg3rt Tw
others are 20 be named