The Washington times., 1920-06-02
HOSPITAL LAUNCHES
DRIVE FOR $4,000
Casualty Needs That Sum to
liquidate Obligation and
Provide an Addition.

Casualty Hospital begins it's cam
| paign to raise $4,000 by June 10. to-
| day. and more than 400 ardent sup
porters OF the institution on Mas
sachusetts avenue between Seventh
and Eighth streets northeast VIII
take the field to obtain this sum 10
prevent the creditors OF the hospitAi
from closing its doors.
Has Gone Into Debt.
For the past two years the Eastern
Dlspensary and Casualty Hospital
as II is officially known. has been
steadily getting deeper in debt owing
10 the increased cost OF labor ana
food and the corresponding standstill
Status OF its revenues. The crisis
was reached last month when II be-
came apparent that unless funds were
secured Immediately the work OF the
institution must cease. The import
ance OF it's existance for emergency
cases is apparent, its directors say,
to every citizen Of the District. serv-
ing as II does the largest industries
and organizations of the city.
As soon as II became known that
the institution was in such dire
| straits the directors called a meeting
| and as a result II was determined
| to make the first financial appeal to
the public in more than thirty years.
With the $4,000 which 1t is out to
| collect the board proposes to pay off
the existing indebtedness OF S25,0O0
and add the balance to a building
fund of $4,000 bequeathed by the
late It. w. Smith, and erect an an
| mex to the main building having a
capacity of so extra beds. This ad-
dition will enable the hospital to be-
come self supporting. 1t is declared.
| At the final organization meeting
held at the Ebbitt Hotel last night.
the energy and enthusiasm expressed
by the workers was gratifying to the
! campaign committee. Instructions
were given all. solicitors and cards
containing the names of prospective
lcontributors were distributed to the
/ captains. No worker is allowed to
canvass a firm. organization or in
dividual without one of the cards
authorizing him or her to do SO.
Personnel Of Team.
| DR.. William p. Wood announced
the personnel OF his team yesterday
among whom are Mrs. Nellie Fry. Mrs
j. M. Payne, Mrs. John w. VanSant,
Mrs. William II. Klinehanse, Mrs,
Martin A. Dempf. Mrs. Carrie S. Kel-
logg. Mrs. Ethel X. Day, Mrs. Saul
Schubert, Mrs. Leonard J. Leland,
I MEs. -. Souy, Nclilc w.
Nichols Mrs. William p. Wood, Mrs.
NJ. /. Terrell, Mrs. Leonard Coster,
Mrs. Leo Gibson, Mrs. II. J. Staley,
Mrs. f. T.. Neuehahn. Mrs Howard
P. Cobey, Mrs. George Talbert. Mrs,
Stewart w. Tebbs, Mrs. ]. w. Pool
Mrs. K. L. Lucas, the Misses Margaret
Jester, Elsie Klinehanse, Madela
| Lutz, Aradine Lutz, Rose Van Fos-
sen. Carrie Moling and Grace Brod-
mack and II. A. Lindsay.
Headquarters will be maintained
during the campaign at the Ebbitt
Hotel, Mrs NJ. j. Vaughn, division
| leader, being in charge by day and
Daniel A. Edwards, treasurer OF the
| hospital. in charge in the evenings.
All checks should be N.Y. out to
| Casualty Hospital. Contributions, no
matter how small, will be received
at the headquarters
The public Utility corporations will
be solicited by a committee from the
| board of directors. John Dolph,
superintendent of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, has gladly
| consented to cooperate with the cam
paien committee and at recent
| meeting of the life insurance under
| writer's, Evans Tucker, president of
| the hospital board, was assured OF
their financial support Practically
| every organization and many of the
government departments will be
| thoroughly canvassed. 1t Is a do or
die movement and the campaigners
| have adopted the slogan Help
| Casualty Help You"