The Penn's Grove record., 1919-04-25
County Hospital Progress
Nurse And Orderly Chosen. Fur
niture And Supplies Being
Ordered


Much that is of interest to the citi-
zens of Salem County was transacted
at the meeting of the Board of Man
ayers Of the Salem County Memorial
Hospital held on Friday evening last.
After an inspection of the Ford Prop
.fIty on Market Street, that has been
purchased for the institution, a Su-
~perintendent and Chief Nurse, a Ma
tron and an Orderly were appointed
and arrangements made for the pur-
chase of some of the equipment and
proposed changes were discussed. All
bnt four of the twenty-one mel .bers
were present and President Chew
presided.
The Treasurer, Benjamin E. Harris,
told of the funds that had come to his
hands up to and including the 18th in
slant and said that the citizens are
by no means through contributing for
he receives money almost every day.
Announcement was made that the
large barn and the two small barns,
together with the horse sheds will be
offered at public sale on Saturday af-
ternoon, April 26th, at three o'clock.
President Chew in his report gave
a resume of money that had been
pledged and what will be available for
maintenance and also the approximate
cost of changes that will have to be
made to the building, the equipment
and the cost of operation the first
year.
Superintendent and Chief Nurse
E
The name of Miss Jane D. Nichol-
son, a daughter of James B. Nichol-
son., of Chestnut Street, Salem, was
the only n presented when nomina-
lions for Superintendent and Chief
Nurse were called for, and she was
unanimously chosen for the position.
The date of her employment will COM
mence May 1st. The hospital will
not be opened at that time, however,
but the Board of Managers desire her
advice in the purchase of equipment
which will prove very valuable be-
cause of her experience in hospital
work for several years.
AS in the Ease of Miss Nicholson,
the name of Joseph Featherer was
tha sonly one presented for the posi-
ton of Orderly, and he vas chosen
without a dissenting vote. The date
oil his employment will be determined
later.-Mr. Featherer is a son of Mr..
and Mrs. r. Morrison Featherer, in
Warrington township.
Miss Linda Griscom, a daughter of
Mrs. Kate Griscom, of Salem, Sc
cured the appointment of Matron
without opposition and she will assume
her duties when the hospital is ready
to be opened permanently.
The matter of appointment of as
sistant nurses was discussed with the
result that it was decided that this
matter should be taken up with the
superintendent and Chief Nurse.
Standing Committees
Under authority given him by the
Bylaws, President Chew appointed
the following standing committees:
Finance-Hires, Borton, Richman,
Durham, Fox, Harris, ex-officio.
Grounds and Buildings-Snelbaker
Shrimp, Farnkopf, Gaventa, Barrett,
Grier, ex-officio.
Supplies-Prendergast, Wood, Her.
on, Ward, Burk, Dunn, eX-officio.
Surgery and Medicine-Plummer
F~eatherer, Edgar, Crispen, May.
Patients-Vanneman, Prendergast,
Borton, Shimp, Wood.
AS there will be a great many little
things that will need almost immediate
attention and cannot be held over I'M
til the Board of Managers can be
called together, authority was given
President Chew to appoint a commit
tee from Salem of which the President
and Secretary will be members. Mr..
Chew named Messrs. Hires, Vanne-
man and Prendergast.
That the Board of Managers do not
propose that any cheap equipment
shall be installed in the hospital was
evidenced when the question of an
elevator came up. Two bids were
submitted, one for the installation of
an elevator of the push button" type
and the other an electric apparatus
without the "push button" attachment.
The members all agreed that the best
was the cheapest in the end and de-
cided upon an elevator of the push
button" design. This is the last word
in this equipment and the same that is
used in the hospitals of the large
cities.
The statement was made that the
Demarest w. C. T., of Salem, has
voted to purchase an up-to-date ster-
elizing outfit at a cost of $1,000.
1t was also reported that the family
of the late Chamless Hancock, of Sa-
lem, had volunteered to contribute an
amount sufficient to equip the chill
dren's ward and to see that it is main
tanned hereafter.
Word was also sent to the meeting
that another family in the County had
made inquiry as to what they could
purchase for the hospital at a cost
ranging from three to six hundred dol
lars with permission to keep the same
in repair or replace each year if need
be.
The bond of Treasurer Harris was
approved and has as securities w.
Winfield Patrick, James w. CARL,
William Plummer, Biddle Hiles, Loren
P. Plummer, ]. Clifford Butcher, Lu-
cius E. Harris and Edmund Shrimp.
The members of the Board of Man
ayers reported that the citizens in the
several districts are awake to the i'm
portance of a hospital in Salem