The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1912-03-06

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lodge, A. f. g. A. M, with Baker
chapter, o. e. will probably pro-
vide for one room Brown 6 Adams.
Hallowell, Jones & Douald, Goodhue,
studley g. Emery, wool firms of Bos-
ton. fully equipped the consulting,
etherizing, operating and sterilizinR
rooms.
A barn 3Ox4O has been erected at
the south west corner of the hospital
lot.
The architects of the hospital
were W. u. johnson 8 % of Hart.
ford; J. Fl. Jones of WIllimantic had
the contract for the brick and mason
work; W. D Graves & Sons the car
penter work; A. W, KinRsbury fur
nished the local granite and asher
finish for the basement walls; VIM
Cook of Springfield furnished the
marble work; o. D Preston did the
painting; the furnishings for the
rooms were obtained through g. H.
Baker g 90 Wyckoff s. Lloyd Co.
of Springfield were the plumbers.
The hospital has been incorporated.
The officers are: President, Cyril
johnson; vice presidents, freeman F
Patten, E. O. Pinney, F. G. Sanford !;
secretary and treasurer. VIM. H.
Head; executive committee, F. f.
Patten, VIM Park, r. g Sanford !;
finance committee. christopher Allen,
George L. Dennis, A. I. Mitchell !;
auditors, ". o Rockwell. M D.
O'Oonnell; trustees, christopher AL
len, F. Fl. Baker, George L. Dennis,
R. Fl. Fisk, William E. Hanley, Will.
liam Fl Hall, Miss Celia Holt, Will
liam Fl Heald. Cyril Johnson, Mrs.
Julia O. Johnson. A. 1. Mitchell
Mrs Lewis Mclaughlin, NJ D. O'Oon.
nell, Mrs Jerome Orcutt, E @ Pin.
ney, William Park, F.F. Patten, Joel
H. Reed, W. o. Rockwell. F. @. San
ford, Frederick Swindells.
Miss Isabelle Wilbur is the superir-
tendent and matron.
Medical board consists of DR. @ B
Newton (chairman). DR.. +. l. Smith,
DR.. @. P. Bard, DIR. Jas Stretch, DR.
J P Hanley clerk The board has ap-
pointed visiting and consulting physi-
ciaus as follows: Visiting physicians,
DR.. O. B Newton, DR.. F. L Smith,
DR.. James Sire tch, DR.. G. P Bard
and DR.. J. P. Hanley, all of Sta if ,rd
Springs; consulting physicians and
surgeons, DR.. Seeley of Springfield,
DR.. E. ]. Mcknight of Hartford, DR.
o. @. Smith of Hartford, DR. E. Terry
Smith of Hartford, DIR P. II. Iugalls
of Hartford, DR. F. s. Crossfeld of
Hartford.
Communicated
We believe that no more fitting time
or place than this could be used by us
Ia which to extend our sincere thar ks
and generous gratitude to our friend.
and tcwnspeopla, for their kind as
sistarcs to us; also the noble geuer.
osity that has been shown by them In
the Undertaking that has Just baen
completed by us,-the building and
furnishing of hospital in this town,
ereo5ed to our memory
The encouragement given to us by
the large assem- blage of townspsople
and others at the laying of the corner
stone will always remain a pleasant
memory to Us.
This spirit of good will towards us
and oEir undertaking gave us the i'm
preston that our obj ct had met with
the approval of our friends, and en-
oouraged us to spare no effort or ex-
pense to make it a building that our
townspeople and ourselves might feel
proud of.
A general spirit of appreciation of
our efforts was made manifest, first
with the purchase of the building
lot, and continued throughout the
furnishing, completion and dedication
of the hospital building.
When the idea suggested itself to
us several years ago, to build and en-
dow hospital, we did not then or
since expect or look forward to assist
anoe from others, but a pleasant sur.
prise has been ours; much assistance
has come to us, all of which has been
of a purely voluntary nature, which
fact makes 1t very great pleasure to
US, and we deeply appreciate this sup
port and interest from all of our
friends.
We both being born of large fami
lies, and born of parents of moderate
wealth and necessarily sharing the
trials and hRrdships of these condi-
tions, prompted us when prosperity
came to Us to consider a means of
bettering the conditions of others,
This being a fixed purpose in our
minds, Mrs. Johnson several years ago
purchased and gave to the town a
public library building. This was
her first public bsnefaction to our
townspeople. It has been a great
qualification to her to know that this
gift has been a source of pleasure and
benefit to all.
We have always been interested in
the welfare of our townspeople, both
young and old, who were worthy of our
interest and assistance. During the
very interesting address by the Rev
Mr.. Marvin, at the dedication exer.
cises, he mentioned the changed, con-
dition in life of a certain free kle-faced
boy, whose changed condition we
were given the credit of improving.
After listening to this honor to us,
it created our curiosity to know which
freckle- faced boy reference was made
to, as on the visitors leaving for their
several destinations after the ceremony
we had the pleasure of shaking hands
with several free kle-faced boys, sra
We are very thankful to our good