The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-27
INDIVIDUALS EQUIP
HOSPITAL ROOMS
Order For Equipment Placed by
Donors to Abbeville County Me-
mortal Hospital-Building Near
ing Completion-Names of
Persons Contributing

The Abbeville County Memorial
Hospital is nearing completion. The
rough work of remodeling the build
ing to adapt it to hospital purposes
is practically complete. Only the
plastering, the laying of floors, and
other finishing wc:!.l is necessary to
make the hospital ready for use.
A visit to the building some bright
afternoon will be we'll worth the
trouble. Such a visit will repay those
who are already interested-material-
ly and otherwise-and will give one
sense of almost astonished gratifica-
tion. You will exclaim, "why had no
idea that Abbeville was going to have
such fine hospital. 1t is going to be
as convenient and up-to-date as any
city hospital. and, you know, I never
liked this location before, but now l
don't believe better location could
be found" you'll say just that and
more. ....
The period of building hospital
in Abbeville can be matched by the
experience of ( nearly every other
town. First, there is enthusiasm and
a general concurrence in the fact of
need. Then there is a dampening of
ardor when realization is arrived at
that hospitals take money and that
the money thus expended promises
no immediate material returns; and
the hope is that hospital will never
; be necessary for the individual.
Things rock along against incipient
and actual opposition and only few
give support, gaining recruits here
and there until finally the hospital is
an assured thing.
That is the situation in Abbeville
now and it is time when all the
people should rally to it's support
make it a success. And that is the
. only way it will ever be success
Many things are needed to COM
plete and equip hospital. There is
the operating room, the kitchen, the
individual rooms, the various wards,
the offices, the nurses rooms, etc. All
the various departments have to be
equipped
The way that the Abbeville Me-
: mortal Hospital is being equipped is
through individual contributions for
memorial rooms. The operating room
equipment will be purchased out of
regular hospital funds, but most of
the other necessary equipment will
be bought through individual aid,
and if some person wants to equip
the operating room no objection will
be made.
Z: The following Abbeville people
will furnish equipment:
Mrs. Rebecca Rosenberg, private
room, in honor of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. A. Visanski.
Mrs. G. E. Calvert, child's room, in
honor of Natalie Calvert.
Miss Maggie Brooks, private
room.
Mrs. Paul Link, private room, in
honor Of her father, J. W. Nichols.
Mrs. Eugene B. Gary, private
room, in honor of her son, Eugene B.
Gary, Jr., who died in France.
E. H. Longshore, private room, in
honor of 1t. F. B. Longshore, died
in France.
g 5. Il. Rosenberg, children's ward.
There will be colored ward and it
is hoped that the colored people of
Abbeville will name a committee to
raise funds to equip this department.
The Civic Club will furnish the
equipment for maternity ward. The
Civic Club will also furnish other
equipment.
: The laboratory equipment, the X
Ray equipment the kitchen equip
{nent will be secured largely through
individual contributions.
Most of the equipment has already
been bought for the private rooms.
Mr.. Albert Graham, representing
Max Woeher and Co., Cincinnati, has
been in town for the past three days,
interviewing the donors and orders