The Republican journal., 1922-09-14
WALDO COUNTY HOSPITAL
DRIVE SUCCEEDING
Under Most Efficient Management and
with Enths.sias,ie Helper.

The opening meeting of the Waldo
/ County General Hospital Drive Friday
evening was filed with vim. encourage
ment and ardent enthusiasm A com
plimentsry supper was furnished oy the
{ Hospital Aid with Mrs. Elmer Small
chairman Of the committee. Covers
were laid for about l25 including the
special guests, the city and county teams
+ The tables were laden with the best Of
food and were decorated with garden
/ flowers
AT the speakers table were chairnin
II c BuzzelI, Mayor c. ". Wescott, z.
Thsyer X m5sll Of Rocklsnd, DR.. Elmer
Small, Rev. Wm. r. SkerTye, Edward
Evans, chairman Of the Trustees, Dr.. E
NJ. spear Of Rocklsnd and S. VI. Bard of
Nex York. the csmpsisn director.
Mr.. BuzzelI presided and Mr.. Skerrye
offered prayer. Mr.. Evans was the first
speaker and he gave brief synopsis of
the necessity of the drive, the needs OF
the institution, told of the exc client care
it gave him al the time Of his accident
some years ago, the urgent need OF the
hospital IS it IS today, especially in char
ity and accident cases In closing be
said: IF we could collect a good round
sum of everyone who comes into that in
but it has been the practice of the mana
cement that when anybody met with an
accident or were sick or in distress, to
take them regardless of the fact as to
whether they could pay or not. Under
those conditions the hospital has fallen
behind, and it seemed to the board that
if the whole people of this county couli
realize what benefit to the community
this institution is, and that If it is to be
continued, they must help, and that Is
what we are trying to do. We want
bring the needs Of this institution home
to the minds Of every citizen of Waldo
county, and If they want it to endure
they must aid US as much as possible"
DR.. Spear, who is well acquainted with
the work of the Knox Hospital and has
been in touch with the affairs at the
Waldo County Hospital spoke most en-
couragingly Of its management OF its
needs be said in part: "It is impossi-
bic to carry on without such equip
ment. This applies to the general hos
pital as well as TO the private hospital
The poor persons must receive the same
attention as the millionaires Ia order to
do this you must have large amount OF
money The staff freely gives their time
and ability, and it is the duty to the peo-
pie TO see that the hospital is thoroughly
equipped have operated in the Waldo
County Hospital q number of times, and
the equipment is very good, but there are
lew things that are necessary, an x-ray
machine, q laboratory and an elevator.
II IS practically impossible to do good
work without an x-ray, and the other
things Now, some people may wonder
at the necessity Of an elevator. II you
have performed a very delicate operation
and the patient is moved Oh stretcher
over flight Of stairs, little movement
may undo all your work. and the patient
may be unnecessarily subjected to another
operation.
Mr. Kimbali spoke of his experience
with like work in Rockland and paid
high tribute to the National Service As
sociates of VIII ch Mr. Bard is president.
He said: 81 cannot speak too heartily in
favor of the campaign which you have on
now for the Waldo County Hospital, and
believe it will go over the top. know
you will win out and | believe that the
citizens will meet it with all the generos-
ity that you can expect" Mr.. Kimball
also explained briefly the differences be-
tween a general and a private hospital,
as they have 10th in Rockland
/ DR.. Elmer Small, who has been person.
7 cfil lUlElceLcQ il Tic w diuO SOuuIy HOS
pital during its 2l years of existence, was
greeted with ardent applause when he
stood in response to his name. He re-
ferred to the rapid growth in hospital
work in the past fifty years and said that
in his opinion the next fifty was to see
an equal advance The Waldo County
Hospital has steadily grown and it is full
filling great nj on. 1t would be
calamity to the G. atty IL it should cease
to exist. He thinks it is the duty of
every citizen Of Waldo county to put
their hands deep into their pockets and
give all they can spare. The cause is
worthy of il.
DR.. o. S. Vickery, chairman of the
county teams, expressed his pleasure at
the large number OF willing workers pres
ent aDd gave an encouraging report of
the county organization. He had found
people enthusiastic and encouraging.
Frank l. Wilson of the trustees and
captain of one of the city teams, made
witty speech that kept the crowd in an
uproar from first to last. In closing he
challenged any team in the county to
meet his as he said his team had decided
to "raise 3, 900 or bust"
Mr.. Bard said if other teams had like
slogan the drive would be S99. 600 instead
of s25, 900. He is most optimistic, en-
coura aing, and has unbounded faith in
advertising. 1T is going to be your mis-
sion," he said, "to tell the people about
the hospital, and to get them to talk
about it. I'll warrant you that in 10 years
there hasn't been as much talk about the
hospital as there has been in the last two
weeks. We want to get people to talk
about it, and to give. 1t chould be one
of the dearest treasures in the life of your
whole county. This hospital is yours and
you must make it yours during this CAM
paign as never before"