Arizona republican., 1921-02-17
Report of St. Luke's Home Shows
 Wide Activities of the Institution;
 Officers Elected for New Year

The annual meeting of the corpo- ration of St Luke's home was held Tuesday, February 15, at which time report of the board of trustees was presented and officers for the ensuing year elected. The report is as follows:
 For the past year we have to record several notable gifts. $2250 has come from the estate of the late Sarah A. Sprague of New Berlin, N. Y, for the endowment fund. The R. and M. Bliss Christmas fund has received an addl- tional gift of $500, making the fund $2500 at the present time. S225O from other sources have increased our in vestments to s55,S00, to which will De added in the early part of 1921 an additional sum of $5000. The goal Of s100, 900 is still in the distance but we can take hope and courage from past experience, as no year has gone by without some addition to our invested funds.
 We have done nothing in the erec- ton of new buildings at Phoenix dur ing 1920 although considerable sum has been spent in necessary repairs and equipment but we ought soon to build a new house for the resident physician. as by the removal of the superintendent to the house occupies by the former medical director the talk ling possession of the superintendent s house by the nurses. made necessary by the increase in number, we are left only with the old bungalow once oc- cupied by two nurses. but which is not adequate for a resident physician with a family.
 | On the retirement of Dr. Williams early in the year, Dr. Madison Keeney became acting medical director, re- taining his residence in Phoenix, but visiting the home once and sometimes more frequently each day. The board | of trustees owe a debt of gratitude | to Dr. Keeney for his interest and de- votion, but as he was unable to take Iup his residence at the home to the regret of the trustees, 8 resident phy- sician has now been appointed in the person of pr. E. W. Phillips. who has had considerable experience in tuber- culosis in the United States naval hos pitals, and also in sanitariums where he has resided.
 | We shall need in addition to the physicians house to build an admin
 istration building and store house. Il lis very undesirable to have our off1- tces as at present in the infirmary, as l it is disturbing to the patients and the
 rooms are required for additional pa tients Large store rooms are also al imperative need. which might be in
 cluded in the administration building
 A larger sum than usual has beer
 expended in the care of patients, wht have increased in number. and in th'
 maintenance of the home. This ha, been made possible by the number O
 soldiers who have come to us and b! the contributions from the church. mission This should be an incentiv' to friends of the home to continu' their gifts for future expansion of tn
 work and especially for new building and for endowments.
 Owing to vexatious delays, especial. the discovery last summer that tn Hand secured near Prescott was no suitable for our summer camp owin,
 to the great expense of building ant
 maintaining roads. we have not ye
 built St Lu<e's in the Mountains. suitable site has now been secured ana
 we expect to be ready to receive oul
 patients by the time the hot weather lhas arrived
 Last summer we were fortunate il
 being able to place all our patients wh'
 needed the change in a private sani tarium in the neighborhood of Pres
 colt. although at a considerable ex
 pense. There is one consoling featur
 about this postponement of our hope that the cost of building will be les
 than last year.
 The building fund of St. Luke's i . the Mountains has been increased 7 the extent of $11,700 during the yea , making total of about s18.000, but " 7 still require several thousand dollars 2 erect the required buildings and pror 2 erly equip them with the simplest ( r furniture.
 , The movement for the establishmer
 of this summer camp and also of $ Luke's in the Desert, Tucson, we mu'
 gratefully remember, originated anon e the winter residents of the Castle H' = Springs, Arizona, and they still COT tinue their interest in our work. d St. Lulke's in the Desert, Tucson. hs : doubled its capacity during the yea