Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-12-14
HOSPITAL WORK REVIEWED
Annual Meeting and Banquet of
the Mary Fletcher Hospital.
'na'"s aud Other Service shown 10
Need Seriously Additional Funds
Interesting "Reminiscences
Elections.

me Mary Fletcher hospital was
"no"n at the annual meeting yesterday
afternoon to have had one Of the most
uscful years in its career as to the serv-
zee contemplated by Miss Fletcher, its
ioundcr-the relief of suffering human
'ty' me total number OF patients treat
Cd during the past year was 234l, and
OF thcsc no less than 1872 were charity
patients while 400 we're partially char
itN patients
II was shown that owing to the
marked increase in the cost of drugs
ana medicines and all surgical necessi-
,i's as wen as the general high cost of
IlVlng the work of the hospital will he
| handicapped unless the institution can
IN some way materially add to it's reve-
| hucs. IT is one of the few hospitals in
IN" state providing within it's limita-
tons free treatment for the poor to any
material extent, and 1t will be COM
PEELED to abridge this work unless more
! money is forthcoming from some
! source.
| one OF the interesting features of the
| annual banquet to the staff at which
| the situation of the institution was re-
| viewed was the presence of DR.. w r.
| l'und one of the original STAFF of the
| hospital and the only surviving MEM
| Der. Dr. Lund gave number of inter-
! estlnG "reminiscences. After those pres
! ont had risen to their feet in his honor
as he was called upon by President Van
! ! item to speak, he said that when
! the hospital began operations it was
! tho only institution of the kind in the
| state, and not few people were afraid
! OF hospital not knowing what il real
! lN meant as to skilled attendance and
! service. He spoke Of the marked prog
! ross the hospital had made in various
directions. including the transition from
on" building to many, and predicted a
| glorious future for the institution.
pr. John p. Wheeler Of the surgical
| star and pr C. NJ. Ferrin of ESSEX
| Junction of the board of visitors. who
! have also long been connected with tho
hospital gave interesting experiences
of earlier days Of the institution
Treasurer g. i. Smith after paying a
warm tribute to Or. Lund. who was
long tho family physician in his faith
| or's family as we'll as his own. spoke at
length of tho finances of the hospital
and the needs Of tho Institution in or
der t" enable it to meet the constantly
increasing demands now being male
upon it. Tho hospital needs moro room
as well AS moro money. Special calls
arc constantly being made that can not
he met because Of tho great extent to
which funds arc exhausted in charity
work
Director W. r. Howe suggested that
physicians could aid the hospital 10y
showing men Of wealth in their ac-
quaintancc and practice desiring to
, dispose of part of their possessions in
= helpful Way how gifts could he made
to the hospital now. with interest paid
back to the givcrs AS long AS they lived
They would thus he assured not only
bf
certainty that their money would 20
wberc they wanted it to go without
legal contest after they arc gone.
Or II. c. Hawley and Or. ]. ~ Jenne
made happy responses to calls for re.
marks ana pr. T. :. Brown. tho super
!ntendont, spoke Of the various things
he would like to do to enlarge the serv-
tee, If the means were at hand
One of the touching incidents of the
gathering was the act of those present
in responding to the call o. the prcsid-
ing officer to stand a moment in silence
as a. tribute to the memory and service
Of the noble woman who founded the
hospital
In closing the banquet exercises
President Van Patton paid deserved
tribute to the excellence Of tho rcpast
served by Superintendent and Mrs.
Brown and Steward Lamson.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND STAFF. |
At tho annual election by the dircc- !
tors which followed the banquet the
following were chosen, with recollection |
in each instance;
The officers elected by the directors fol- ,
low:
Frcsidcnt-W. J. Van Tatten.
Wee prcsidcnt-C. y. Smith.
SccretarN--A. &. Whittcmore.
TrcaSurcr--Eharles r. Smith.
Auditor-T W. Ferry.
Finance committcc--C. r. Smith, j. l.. |
Southwick. L. W. Perry.
Suporintendcnt-Dr. T. S. Brown,
Attending surgeons-Drs ]. +. Wheeler. !
II. c. Tinkham, y. u. Insolvency.. c. A. !
Fsase: assistant surgeon, DR. Lyman
Allen.
Attending rhysicians--Drs ". \. Ly-
man. ]. y. Jenne, G. NJ Sabln, c, II. ,
Becchcr.
rrhthalmoogist. aurist and larvngolo-
sist--pr. II. C. Tw!tcheil.
Assistant OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. aurist and |
ngoogist-Dr. L. g. TwItchell.
Frocto!oglst--pr. p. G.. Haw.cy.
Fathologist-Dr. 4. II. Stone
Genito-rrinary Su-gery-pr ". ".
Townsend.
obs,etrician-pr r. 4. Mes
Assistant Oostetrician-Dr .. y. East
man
Todatrlsr--nr. G. *. Johnson
NcurologiSt-Dr. F. W. Scar
F.ncDtrcnoioEist--Dr S l.. Morrison.
Honorary consulting surgeons and ply
STEAMSHIPS. ". Y, l.und, Il. ". Lovett.
T. II. Alheo. n. Il, Watkins
Board of visitors--pr C. NJ. Ferrin, Or,
.. =. Eastman, Rev. =. y. Bliss, Rev.
=. l. Staples, Levi p, smith Mrs. NJ II,
Rnckham, Mrs. G. S Isham. Mrs. T, =