The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-05
Formal Transfer of Splen.
did New Building Made
Yesterday Afternoon
RESULT COMMENDED
BY THE SPEAKERS
Ira C. Calef, the Leading
Contributor, Was
Present

Dedieatory exercises, in which nearly
200 people participated, including num-
Der of out -of.town physicians in Wash
ington and Orange counties, and other
visitors, marked the formal opening of
Barre's new $4,000 hospital yesterday
afternoon. As guests of the hospital
trustees, among other prominent men,
were w. y. Webster, superintendent of
the Royal Victoria hospital in Montreal;
Edward +. Stevens OF Boston, who de-
signed the new building; Clarence L.
Williams, also of Boston, director Of
the Deaconess hospital in that city and
Il member of the firm which installed
the model heating and ventilating plant
in Barre's hospitals; and Miss Crosier,
superintendent of the Heaton hospital,
and Mrs. Nellie Banyea, superintendent
OF the Randolph sanatorium. Not only
did the opening of the hospital serve TO
assemble physicians and nurses from
nearby towns. but number of other
people interested in hospital work. And.
too, the trustees had the pleasure of
welcoming to the exercises one who head
ed long list of public-spirited citizens
OF this vicinity in making the new hos
pital possible. None seemed TO enjoy
more keenly an inspection OF the build
ing and the program that followed than
Ira G. Calcf OF Washington. whose gift
OF $4,000 TO the building fund and Sl0,-
COO 10 the endowment has bulked so
large in the naturalization OF long.
tlreamed-of plans for a modern hospital
ia Barre.
Weather conditions prevailed that
would have prevented a program planned
for any setting less sheltered than the
spacious open-air ward on the fourth
floor OF the hospital; but even a rain
that set in just before ? O'Clock appar-
entity did not tend 10 keep many away.
every room in the building
was bedecked with flowers. seasonable
bouquets IN veritable riot OF color be-
ing most. conspicuous in the roof ward.
Neither before nor after the program
did any Of tho visitors miss an oppor-
sunity 30 inspect the institution care,
fully. A detail Of nurses joined with
the trustees in showing the visitors
about. and no pains were spared 10
make the opening day enjoyable for all. /
Orchestral oVcrtures by Carrolrs or.
.hestra greeted the visitors a. they as
ended 70 the topmost ward. There was
, touch Of propricty. maybe, in the fact 1
hat the Queen Of Autumn" a. ren. /
iered BY the musicians. seemed 10 strike /
final note with the audience. although /
he weather even in the altitude in which 4
he open-air ward is located vas ssarcc- 4
y chilling enough to affect the ard0r Of 4
hose who gathered there Prank O. 4
Rowland. member Of the board Of /
trustees. presided. and the invocation 4
vas made by Rev. Father 7. n Ne.
<snna. pastor Of 81 MOnicas church
sriehy. then. the chairman reviewed the 4
history ~ hospital developments IN
Barre and paid deserved tribute b the
ate Dr = Henry Jsekson. vho tr
aid. was among the frst 70 urge the
rcd 81 = hospital in this city.
Edward y. stevens the srchiteef asked
= share credit for the nee building with
hs contractur. p = tashmsn uf Bur
iuatOu. ntth the sub-contraetors. and
18th the building e1mmittes. Mr.. ~tet-
% spoke pleasantly of his associations
stth tissss. es-workers. and then f0f-
anllv presented The kev % the trustees.
. gold ker in erncforru- engraved uith
- hosr5tal name and rrstif1 in nu 81
raffirr lrrthar ease. uas aclnou ifdrr3
ttuelr ~ d. ~. T. ChaufiHr. Frtsi-
aut af fha hoard ~ trustees. wh8 nrn-
arrf - Nr Stevens 80 rrstitu8r ~
- h1srH fgf his unfaIiua interest iH {.
~ rrsissf. from o. inception to fts {
amrirtirn.
Sry.rr rfut..na.rf Webster ~ fhe HoraI
Hiffnrss fnsrdtaI sa5s hf had irfn ran-
aetsa mfh hnsr7tais saurs hf was 1sf
ears cd Hrs fur tte rast = Fssrs uftt :
- famuns Mout~eal hosratsl. an8 ti.at I
; la nfrfr aFn - institution 81 the
20 ufh Hhih he sd bfan l0r1 iffr
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