Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-17
Board Of Managers OF Ot-
tumwa Institution Will
Urge Citizens to Make
Bequests.
GIVE ALL AN
OPPORTUNITY
Plan to Explain Proposition
to Prospective Donors
Next Week; Three En-
doWments Given.

Inc members OIL Cue OIIuh.
pital board of managers have nit upon
a plan whereby lasting monuments OF
thoughtfulness might be erected ny
the citizens of Ottumwa 1t IS an en-
dowment fund, in which will be re,
ceived legacies of any amounts ana, II
desired, for any specified purpose ia
the operation Of the Ottumwa hospital.
A committee has the details or the
plan now under consideration, and by
next week the proposition will be per-
sonally explained to prospective
donors. The plan was the suggestion
of Mrs. H. L. Waterman, president OF
the Ottumwa Hospital association.
who sees a golden opportunity TOT
great good being accomplished II tne
liberal citizens of Ottumwa will take
advantage of aiding an institution
without which Ottumwa would be IT.
reparably handicapped. Citizens may
remember the Ottumwa hospital IN
their willis with endowments, or GER
tain life insurance policies now car
ried NAV be assigned to the Ottumwa
institution. or If it is the desire of the
donor, the hospital will gladly accep.
any donation to the endowment .Mat -,
any would wish to give at once, Lne ~
assoc ociatfon realizes that no revenue
would be available at once by TINS en-
dowment plan, but the expenses OF the
institution each year are increasing SO
RAPIDLY that it was deemed advlsaple
to prepare at once to provide for these
needs OF the future by the endowment
fund. j..
The proposition, when suggested 10
the board Of managers of the nospltai'
received the unanimous endorsement
and the president was empowered 10
appoint special committee OF five TO
take charge of the plan.
The board of managers OF the nos.
pital. which includes the Officers OF
the association, whose approval was
given the endowment plan, are as 1ol'
lows: Mrs. H. l.. Waterman, president;
Mrs. T. D. Foster and Mrs. Emma Wit
tar. vice presidents; Mrs. T. A. Full
ton, honorary vice president; MRS. =.
May Emery, secretary; Mrs. Frank
Won Schrader, treasurer; MAJOR
Samuel Mahon, A. G. Harrow, L. u.
Foster, ]. B. Sax, Calvin Manning, j..
]. Smith, Mrs. Josie B. Allen, MRS. 3:
4 Spilman, Mrs. ]. H. Morrell ana
Mrs. H. w. Roberts.
Three Gifts Received.
The Ottumwa hospital has been in
operation nearly nineteen years and
thus far only three endowments or be-
quests have been left it. The first was
mat given by Mrs. E. Tillotson, of
Atlantic Heights, N. j., an aunt of DR..
NJ. Bannister. This was an endowment
81 81 900 to be used to care for worthy
women: those who made their own
livelihood, but through sickness or af-
iliction, were unable to pay the hos
oital fees. The second endowment was
i5. 900 left in the will Of the late Mrs.
w. H. UT. This amount was to be used
for the poor of Ottumwa. The third
was the Barnes memorial bequest left
by Mrs. w. F. Cowles Of Burlington,
formerly of Ottumwa. The total be-
ouest was $500, Of which $4,000 has
already been received and the re-
mainder is to come when the estate IS
finally settled. The Barnes memorial
wing of the hospital was built with
portion of this bequest. Another gift to
the hospital was the sum of 81 100 pre-
sented by the joint board Of coal
operators and miners Of district No.
13, U. M. w. A.
1T is we'll known fact that the Of
tumwa hospital is far behind the insti-
tutions of some other cities with
reference to support by endowments.
There is hardly city in the state that
has a public hospital that does not
boast of at least five endowment
funds, and Ottumwa has but three.
The ladies Of the association believe
that this worthy cause has been over
looked in Ottumwa, due to the atten-
tion of liberal givers not being called
to it. and they are sanguine that the
endowment plan just starting will be
very fruitful
To Continue Subscriptions.
The new endowment fund will not
replace the yearly subscriptions now
being solicited by the association. The
operating expenses of the institution
are becoming greater and greater each
succeeding year, and the ladies are
daily realizing their inability to meet
the expenses. 1t is necessary, there
fore. to continue to depend upon the
liberal citizens of Ottumwa for their
annual gifts. The ladies of the associa-
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