Putnam patriot., 1918-10-25
THANKSGIVING
 OFFERINGS D. K. H.
Bags For Donations Ready For Distribution. To Be Left at L. E. Smiths Work
 shop Nov. 21
Institution Has Done Large and Noble Work the Past Year.


 It is time to think of the Thanks giving offering for the Day Kimball hospital. Through this agency the Woman's Board receives many con tributions of food and money, and the prosperity of the past year should assure a larger donation this season than ever before.
 The bags to hold the gifts are ready for distribution There will al- so be coin envelopes for money gifts The bags are to be left at the work shop of L. E. Smith, Thursday, Nov 21, from 830 a. m to p. m.
 A list of articles needed includes the following; Money, cereals, sug- ar, coffee, cocoa, tea, raisins, cur rants, canned goods of all kinds. fresh fruit, apples, potatoes, vegeta- bles, eggs, butter, lard, baking pow der and sapolio.
 The Day Kimball hospital Is a large institution compared to what it was a few years ago. Not only has the hospital building been added to and the force of nurses augmented from time to time. but the demand upon the institution has grown even faster than the institution itself, until at times every room and every avail able inch of space Is utilized to ae- commodate patients.
 At one time recently there were 20 nurses, including specials, in attend ance at the hospital, and every room, bed and cot was occupied and some of the nurses were sleepnig in the sun parlor. Miss Bloxham, the matron, has been forced to devise ways and means to care for the unusual influx of patients Some of the nurses hay ing themselves become ii, more work has been assumed by those able to keep we'll There have ben trying times at the hospital during the re cent epidemic, but everyone sent to the institution has been cared for.
 There have been an unusually large number of accident cases also the past year. The advent of the au- tomobile has been factor in this in crease. This has added to the in creased work as such cases need i'm mediate attention, generally in the operating room.
 Windham county could not get along without the Day Kimball hos pital. It is resorted to from all parts of the county and beyond. No in- dividual may say that his or her turn will not come next A fractured skull, broken limb, cuts, bruises, to say nothing of disease, may need at tention at any time, and such atten- ton as can not be given in the home. When the time comes there IS the clang of the ambulance bell, cot Is brought out, the patient is loaded on, and away to the hospital. Doctors and nurses are ready for whatever may be required and the patient gets the best possible care until dlscharg- ed. That is short word picture of what the hospital stands for.
 It is for this institution, doing an indispensable work in this section for suffering humanity, that the Wo- mans Board is now making it's an- nnal appeal The harvest IS over and the farmers cellars are overtiowlng' The city housewife has canned and canned and canned. The worker has been we'll paid for his labor, the man. ufacturer has had prosperous year. the merchant has sold his wares and all have shared in the general pros perity To donate little to such an institution as the Day Kimball hos nital will not be felt by the indlvidu- al. If hundreds of individuals need the appeal it will mean large aggre- gate. The purpose of the donations is one that should appeal to all The contributions will all be used in car rvinp on this great institution that IS doing so much for the unfortunate, an institution that is perhaps the most important in the county to every man. woman and child, who, as sad before, may find it a haven of refuge today. tomorrow, or perhaps the day after, none can tell.