The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-04
HOSPITAL
RECEIVES $4,000
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corporation to $4,000, only the incom
of which can be used; and of tina
amount Mr. Caief is the donor OF $50 ,000
the remainder being a sum held in trus
through the will of the late John E
Smith.
The $4,000 in cash, which Mr.. Gale
stated was to be applied on the mort
gage debt of the institution, reduces that
obligation to $4,000, as against institu
tional property on Washington stree,
valued at over 100000. Thus il will be
readily seen that the mortgage debt is
relatively small. The main hospital
building is valued at $4,000 and is, sc
experts say, a model in small hospital
construction, having been built and
equipped along the latest ideas in that
particular line.
How that building was made possible
is familiar story to most people here
abouts-how Mr.. Calef offered $4,000 if
100000 more should be subscribed, how
campaign was started in the spring of
1914, how the enthusiasm grew until
Mr.. Calef's mark was reached and then
passed even to $4,000, how the construc-
ton work was soon started and rushed
along to completion so that the hospital
was ready for use over a year ago and,
finally, how the hospital is striving to
fulfill its mission for Barre and the
towns which are more or less closely re-
lated. Moreover, it is the generally ac
cepted conviction that without Mr.. Ca
lef's kindly interest, his encouraging in
fuence and his marked generosity in ma
terial things, the consummation would
not have been possible in years, perhaps
decades.
Mr.. Calef's Interest in Goddard.
However, marked as has been Mr.. Ca
lef's interest in the Barre City hospital,
that aid has been by no means the meas
ure of his benefcence in Barre. or in
other communities. While his chief pub
lie contributions have been to hospitals,
a prediction Influenced no doubt by
an experience in his early manhood when
he was nursed back to health in a Bos-
ton hospital and resolved then and there
to pay back in full once he acquired the
his greatest delight has
been to repay for the kindness shown
him then and to repay over and over
again, there nevertheless has been one
particular institution other than hos
pjtal whose interests have been next to
his heart.
That institution is Goddard seminary. |
For well over two score of years, or al |
most since the school was established in
Barre, Mr.. Calef has been deeply con-
ccrned in its welfare. Did there come
a trying time for the school, with finan-
rial clouds threatening it's continued ex-
istence, Mr.. Calef was the always de-
pendable patron. Did there come time
when the requirements of the school de-
handed new building, Mr.. Calef was
sure to be first and foremost in raising
funds for the work either by his own
or by personal soliciting.
Was there occasion when the need of a
rigorous, whole-hearted personality was
especially felt, Mr.. Calef was sure 20
,e one of the first to be depended upon.
L would be but stating the exact truth
% say that the life of Goddard seminary
,as, in effect, been part of the life of
Ifr. Calef
Starting back in 1874 when Mr.. Calef
vas first elected trustee of the insti-
ution and contributed his first 800 gift
o the school. his fidelity to the institu-
ion has been most marked. From time
o time he has contributed sums in vary
ng amounts, depending on whether the
'roject at hand be big or little. 1t would
e difficult to total his contributions to