Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-28
NAME 8 NURSES
To HEALTH BD.
Republican Members Oppose
Action Taken BY Demo-
Gratis. Long Discussion.
SALARIES TOTAL $2400
Clinic Will Suffer From Lack
of Funds, Minority
Claims.

Despite the firm opposition of the
three Republican members of the
board the four Democratic health
commissioners last night named
three new nurses. the expenditure
of money, according to those OPP
posing the move. will mean that
S2,40O must be used of the $4,000
which has been appropriated for a
clinic in 1922. The controversy be-
gan when Mrs. Frank Parsons moved
that Miss Clara Hansen, a graduate
of the Perth Amboy City Hospital
training school. be made visiting
nurse to take the place of Mrs. Jen-
sen who resigned as health board
nurse.
The Democratic members were
agreeable to permit this appointment
only on condition that two more
nurses be added. They took the
stand that it would be three new
nurses or none." The two nurses
names submitted by the Democratic
members of the board were Miss
Helen Fennessy and Miss Marion
Wusterfeld, graduates of st. Peter
Hospital in New Brunswick.
1t was the contention of the Re-
publican members of the board that
the board could only afford to ap-
point one nurse at this time and they
maintained that the graduate from
the local institution should be given
the preference. e-z--
The statement was made during
the discussion that considerable DIFF
ficulty is being experienced in get
ting nurses to train at the local hos
pitaI owing to the fact that nurses
who have trained in out of town in
stitutions have often been given the
preference in making appointments
to city positions. The three Re-
publican members of the board
maintained that $4,000 had been al
1oted the health board for clinic
expenditures next year and that
$500, the salary of one nurse was
sufficient to spend out of this amount
as it would allow $4,000 for the
clinic. Three nurses, the opposition
declared. would receive s2,4OO, this
leaving but $1,000 to conduct the
clinic work, which Is not sufflclen'
to do much work.
The question was finally put to a
vote. DIR. Charles L. Silk and Edward
Fl. Dilts, both former presidents
of the board, together with Mrs
Frank Parsons, superintendent OF
the local hospital. voted against the
appointment of three nurses. These
three are all Republicans. Voting
in favor of the appointments were
Alderman elect Robert A. Mcclure
President Matthew F. Urbanski, John
J. Buckley and Edward j. Dalton,
ell Democrats. The terms of Presi-
dent Urbanski and Commissioner
Dalton expire this week and Com
missioner Mcclure will be succeeded
Nv another member as he will take
his position on the aldermanic board
the first of year. This leaves three
vacancies on the board to be filled by
Mayor Wilson.
The dental clinic that was estab-
lished here through the cooperation
of several agencies will on January
1. be taken over ard run entirely py
tha Board of Health. This was de-
cided upon az the regular meeun/ot
the health board last night when al
the corc mi ssioner were present, ana
agreed that this move would be
greatly beneficial tc the institution
The Red Cross, Board of Educa-
ton. New Jersey Dental Association
and State Board of Health were all
instrumental in putting the clinic on
its feet, supplying apparatus. dents'
and nurse, as well as systematlzins
the visits of the children. The local
Board of Health. however. feels thai
now the movement is progressing SO
we'll. the assistance of those agencies
is no longer needed and the actlvl-
ties should come directly under tne
supervision of the department.
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