Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-11
v. v. LAIRD ELECTED
CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN
He viii Direct Work Of Securing
$25o,oOo for Homeopathic
Hospital.

Announcement was made today that
William Winder Laird, OF Laird &
Company. had been selected unani-
r1ously by the boards Of trustees and
managers OF the Homeopathic Hos
pitsi Association Of Delaware to head.
as executive chairman, the campaign
being launched to raise a fund OF $3.50
900 for construction. equipment and
endowment. 1t was further announced
that James S. Stirling, vice-prestdent
Of the Wilmington Morris Plan Bank,
had been selected unanimously as
vice-chairman. and John Hare. Jr..
cashier Of the Bank OF Delaware. az
campaign treasurer.
Charles w. Pussy. president OF the
board OF trustees. aud Mrs. Robert 3.
Rayner, president OF the board OF
managers, have called Joint meeting
or the two boards for 100 o'clock to-
night at the Homeopathic Hospital
for the purpose OF introducing the
new chairman and vice-chairrnan and
OF placing in their hands the workings
OF the forthcoming campaign At this
meeting the further details Of the
organization Will be decided upon
The decision to start a public appeal
was reached last May.
| The specific needs of the hospital
for which the fund OF s250.o00 win be
sought during the month OK October
are: nurses home; improved and
enlarged X-ray equipment: an en-
larsed dispensary; a central heating
plant; various internal improvements
the providing Of an endowment to con-
t.nue free work; the bringing OK the
hospital up to the standard require
ments OF the American College OF Sur
seons.
Campaign headquarters has been es-
tablished and opened today in the Will
fn.inSton Savings Fund Society Build
ing, Market and Ninth streets. From
this headquarters will be directed the
formation OF the campaign organiza-
Ition Of at least forty ,earns, divided
into mems and womens division OF
twenty teams each, with diyisiona
Ichairmen, captains and neutenants.
The hospital has had to meet a de.
nand for public service which ha!
lgrown from the admission and care o.
10 patients in 1888 TO the admission
and care OF 1,347 in 1921. While ii
free dispensary service has mounted
to tens Of thousands In the same peri
Iod, the hospital plant the sources o
income have not Increased in proper
ton TO the great demand made upoi
the institution. The decision 10 asl
: the public to help continue this worl
! on an adequate scale followed.
The officers OF the corporation an
trustees who made this decision an
the board of managers are such we
known public-spirited men and wome
OF Wilmington as the following:
Board OF trustees. President Charlie
w. Pusey. Vice-President, John Rich
: ardson, Jr.. Treasurer, Walter
! Mode. Secretary. Robert ID. keml
Trustees. Henry J. Bailey. Edgar
: Haynes, Joseph Bancroft, L. l.. NJ
: loney. George @. Lobdell, Jr., ar
I Pierre S. du Pont.
Board OF Managers. Mrs. Robert
: Rayner, President, Mrs. c. Wesle
4 Weldin. First Vice President. Mrs. San
y uel n. Trump. Second vice-Presider
e Mrs. Charles B. Holiday. Treasure
n Mrs. Frank c. Carpenter. Recordir
h Secretary, Mrs. j. Chester Gibso
. Corresponding Secretary.
Il The other members Of the Board
& Managers are: Mrs. G. Glen Beadel
d kopf. Mrs. s. H. Sherman, Mrs. Rol
ert Pennington, Mrs. Martha H. Grub
Mrs. j. P. Laffey. Mrs. Henry ]. Bale
d Mrs. Charles w. Pussy, Mrs. SaInu
i Bancroft. Jr.. Mrs. Harold g. Schu
n Mrs.. 9. B. Cooling. Mrs Charles
o Weston, Mrs. Alfred 8. Elliott Nj
J. John c. PHILIPPE. Mrs. Charles y. Wo
laston. Mrs. Samuel Paschall, NJ,
John NJ. Mendinhall, Mrs. Charles
Rupert. Mrs. Joseph Bancroft al
Mrs. j. Monteith Jackson.