Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-01
HOSPITAL Meeting
LARGELY ATTENDED
OF MANCHESTER TAKE
4 sLlvELY INTEREST in FUTURE
81 OF Local HOSPITAL. IL S.
x0KAN's AUXILIARY TO De ORGANIZED
Meeting TO Perfect Organization 60
be Held st consreas stionaI
ssa Church, July 18th. S.; Al.

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society lsauers ol Mancnester was
Ehel0 IN the parlors Of the Congrega
Et1Onal church last Saturday afternoon
at which time the preliminary steps
lSWerc taken to organizing a woman's
AUXILIARY to the staff Of Park View
hospital The parlors &of the church
were well filled with representatives
LOT the various clubs and social cir,
|cles Of hescity:. Mrs. Joseph Hutch
inson called the meeting to order,
and asked for K nominations for a
chairman. Mrs. W..gN. Boynton was
elected chairman: OF the meeting, and
Mrs. Hutchinson secretary. Mrs.
EBoyntpL. in a few well chosen re-
marks set before the ladies the OBJ
Iiect Of the meeting, ,@ and: q $50 en-
Ephasized the, necessity Of q larger
hospital and spokesofs the many ben
fefits to be derived from sa hospital s:
DR.. 4 H, e M !. Bradley was the first
speaker OF the aftern BON He eh-
:phasized the necessity OF a perman-
.ent hospital org ganization, and spoke
Iof some of the needs OF Park View
hosp DR.. Bradley stated that
Park: View was not q private hospital
but that Il; was organized with the
1unde eFstanding that all practicings phy-
5sicians OF every school cogntzed by
the state of Iowa, could bring their
patients Ia the institution and & care
Tor them Speaking OF the deficit In
financing the institution. the pres ant
hospital staff is not complaining nor
do they ask that they be e-imbursed
from any source. Hospitals Us q rule
have to depend In large measure up
on the general public for aid In var
;fous ways, says DR.. Bradley Only a.
few OF the larger institutions. with.
large endowments to draw from, are
Independent In 4 this respect He al
SO expressed his ratification over;
the prospects, Of a larger and better
hospital I'm ManShes ster. IN IS
DIR. HI A: Dittmer was the 81 next
speaker. The able papere which Dr..
'Dittmer had prepared dealt upon the.
subjec largely from the -humanitar,
ian standpoint s5 He also stated that.
Park View was not intended as an
Institution for a few: hut, for all, and
that every physician, licensed by, the
state OF Iowa. was welcome to bring
his patients and he would be accord-
ed the same priv vileges as those Il who
organized the hos spital The great
need OF more rooms was emphasized
by both ii De- rad ley; and Dittmsrs.,
and without .wshic the hosplta NC Slld
be unable to- minister to the needs Of.
the people #ofA this community as it
should q +. a5ss
Senator r. ". Tirrillawas also call
edtupon by the chairman for few
on the subject. 81
& Miss iffiths, the & superinte tendent
of the hospital, read a carefully pre-.
pared paper, and spoke OF some Of
the needs OF the hospital, enumer-
ating a list OF articles which are very
much needed at. the present time.
Following the talks by DR.. Bradley |
and Senator Thrill. and the papers |
BY DR.. Dittmer and Miss Grit tbs, a
vote was taken to etermine the |
wishes OF the ladies with regards to-
'orming an auxiliary to work in con-
junction with the staff. The vote
was almost tsunanimOus. The chair
nan was authorized to appoint a
Of three. Mrs, Frank Hall,
Mrs. f. F.. Cary and Mrs. Jos. Hutch
nson, who shall name a board of
1ine ladies', who shall work IN con-
JUNCTION with the staff, and upon
whom VIII deyolve the {q management
# the hospital in large measure.
Prior to sadjournment.it was voted
o meet in the church parlors on Sat
lrday$ afternoon, July 18th, at which
ima the. committee will make its re
,ort. and plans. will be outlined for
he future. Z, (. q {{5f25i,