The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-07-23
HOSPITAL
DRIVE ON
COMMITTEES ARE BUSY TO
RAISE FUNDS FOR MEMORIAL
INSTITUTION
MOVEMENT SET GOING AT FISH
FRY GIVEN BY PHYSICIANS
OF COUNTY

A campaign to raise from $4,000
to $4,000 to build a Memorial Hos
pital in Maryville, as tribute to Che
men of the county who gave and who
offered their lives in the great war,
is now on. The movement was set
going at fish fry rendered by the
Medical association of the county the
past week, to about forty business
men of Maryville and the county.
The fry was held on the banks of the
Tennessee river at Louisville and was
a most enjoyable affair.
At that meeting a committee COM
prised of DR.. McCulloch, DR.. Gamble,
DIR. McMahan, w. A. Dunlap, R. R.
Kramer and Clay Cunningham, was
appointed to name a central execu-
tive committee. This committee
named as a central committee, W. A.
Dunlap, chairman; Clay Cunningham,
secretary; J. L. Clark, DR.. Gamble,
V. J. Hulquist, Chas. L. Smith, and
D. J. Britain. A publicity COM
mittee comprised of DR.. McCulloch,
James B. Hedge, Jr., R. r. Kramer
and Clyde B. Emert, was named.
This latter committee is arranging
for speakings in every district of the
county. The districts will be organ
lied under the direction of the cen
tral executive committee, and per-
sonal campaign will be made through
out the county in the effort to raise
the funds needed. Plans for the
hospital, which have been temporarily
adopted, have been drafted by V. J.
Hulquist, a member of the committee
and it is estimated that to cree this
hospital, which will have forty or
fifty private rooms, two or three
wards, operating rooms, offices, con-
sultation rooms, etc, it will cost from
$50 ,000 to $4,000. 1t is believed
the campaign can be put over in the
next two or three weeks, and the
committees are working to this end.
At the meeting last week, DR.. Nc
Culloch presided. M. H. Gamble
made the principal address, though
a majority of the men present eX-
pressed themselves as favorable to
the movement, and pledged their
efforts to it. Those who did not
speak, expressed by vote their sup
port of thessproject. The campaign
was launched with the unanimous ap-
proval of all present, practically
every business in Maryville being
R. B. Oliver struck responsive
cord when he referred to the present
tax rate, and said that if property in
the county were properly assessed,
and every man would turn in and
accurate schedule, that instead OF
the rate being $3.40 it would be
about 80 cents.
The people of the county are asked
to come to the support of this men,
orial hospital. The need for a hos
pital needs no argument. 1t will be
a peoples institution, and as a me-
mortal it should have fuller endorse
ment. This will likely be the last
appeal made to the people for any
kind of contribution relative to the
late war, and as this money goes to
help the county, the response should
be ready.
The Blount county Medical society
has already subscribed $3.50, and
Ed F. Harper subscribed $500 at the
meeting last week.
Blount county people are urged to
do their best in this effort, and give
theh county a hospital representative
of it's true worth and Importance.
B. L. Glascock, superintendent OF
the Aluminium plant, said the comp
any would donate tract of land for
a site, if the tract was suitable ac-
cording to the judgment of the COM
mittee.