Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-06
Handsome Tributes
Paid Miss Ayers
ENJOYING q Rest

Miss Eugenia D. Ayers, who recent
ly resigned as superintendent from the
Elizabeth General Hospital, Elizabeth.
N. j.. is visiting her brother. Willard
R. Ayers.
The following is clipping from the
Elizabeth Daily Journal:
Miss Ayers, the retiring superintend-
emit. has headed the hospital work for
10 years. during which time, in addi-
ton to the regular work of the insti-
| tuition. there have been several special
ventures Of importance-the building
of the Nurses Eome.~the erection Of a
new power house and the raising of
the fund for the new hospital. In all
OF this work Miss Ayers has demon
strated her executive ability, and she
has hundreds of friends among patrons
and former patients. and her resigna-
ton will be regretted by all who know
her. The board of managers, in the
following letter. gave expression to the
reluctance with which the resignation
was accepted and the esteem in which
the superintendent is held:
ITO Miss Eugenia D. Ayers:
The Board of Managers of the
Elizabeth General Hospital and Dis
pensary. finds 1t impossible adequately
to express to you the deep feeling of
regret with which it has accepted your
resignation as superintendent of the
hospital. to become effective upon the
selection Of your successor.
For nearly 10 years you have
served the hospital with unfagging
loyalty. zeal and devotion. During all
of this time you have held its inter-
ests, aims and work to be your SUI
preme duty, and have been unflagging
in your efforts for its advancement and
the cause of humanity it serves. You
have maintained the highest standards
Of your profession, to the great benefit
of the hospital and Of those with
whom you have been associated in its
| work. Your work has been efficient
! and thorough and your kindness and
, courtesy unfailing.
when YOU leave the hospital We
shall feel that we have parted from
one who has deservedly won and will
always have our friendship and cs-
teem'
The letter is signed by all members
Of the board.
Miss Ayers came to Elizabeth after
| similar experience elsewhere end is a
graduate nurse who stands high in her
profession. When she took up the
work here the hospital was treating an
! average of IS patients per day, and in
the 10 years the work has grown until
now the daily average is rs. During
the war period and the influenza cpl
demic the superintendent was under
heavy and continued strain.
| When asked today about her plans,
Miss Ayers said that she hopes to
spend the first month at the home Of
her brothers in Portland and Augusta,
Maine. She will then take a trip
through the Panama Canal and to
California. She said that she will
greatly miss the many friends here
and the pleasant associations with the
hospital workers. but that she feels
the need Of complete rest.
Miss Ayers completed her duties on
August 23, and under the heading
tribute: "Outstanding in Service" a
very complimentary editorial appeared
| in the Elizabeth journal on August 81
from which the following is taken:
Miss Ayers has been connected with
the hospital during the past 10 years
which were the most important as well