The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-05-16
CATHOLIC SISTERS TO
TAKE OVER HOSPITAL
Mother Superior and Seven Sisters Coming
To Serve Protestant Community For No
Otrs- Pay Than Board and Clothing

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(Roman Catholic) will come to
take over the management
and operation of the Elizabeth
City Hospital on June lst. fol-
lowing the dissolution OF the
Pasquotank Municipal Hospi-
tai Association which has
operated the hospital unsuc-
cessfully for nearly three years.
DR.. John Saliba. owner of the
hospital property will be nomlnally
the head OF the institution. but he
has turned over the management
and operation Of the hospital to the
Roman Catholic Sisters. giving
them Il contract for three years.
The hospital under It's new manage
mcnt will he known as the Eliz.
abcth City Hospital. The hospital
will be open to nll physicians and
surgeons.
There will he seven Sisters on the
staff OF the hospital. every one OF
whom IN a graduate nurse and one
Of whom is reputed to he one Of
the most capable operating room
attendants In the United States.
These Sisters will come to the Eliz.
abcth City Hospital to serve for
no other pay than their board and
clothing. The order to which they
belong numbers several hundred
such women who have dedicated
their lives to the service Of human
ity and who 20 anywhere to work
In schools or hospitals that need
them. regardless Of the religious
complexion of the communities In
which they serve. The home of The
order IL In Sacramento. Calf! aud
the Sisters who will come to Eliz-
abeth City will come mostly from
Western States.
Mother Agnes, the Mother
Superior or head Of The order was
In Elizabeth city In person this
week. In company with her private
secretary. Sister Geraldine. to ar
range the details VITA Or. *al,ba.
They were probably the first Roman
Catholic Sisters tD appear on the
streets Of Protestant Elizabeth City
and their peculiar dress and head
gear attracted no little attention.
Mother Agnes. who is u sprightly
elderly woman with keen sense OF
humOr and u merry twinkle In hei
eyes. wns highly, amused when
group Of srhbol children meeting
her on the street, yallcd:"Oh. see
the Ku Klux have come to town:
Under thu, Now regime n thorc
overhuullnE \ and rcJuvchation OF
the hospital IL promised. Mother
Agnes Ays that needed improve.
mcnts and additions to the hospi-
tai should cost $l5.OOO to $2O.OO0.
all of which need not be made nj
once. But there will bc much to
do right AWAY. II IL proposed to
throw out all Of the beds now In
rsc and install new beds, ncw mat.
trrsses aud new linens. The heat.
ing and electrical equipment Of the
hospital will be srrnppcd and new
equipment Installed.
"And there are going To I've flow.
crs," says Mother Agnes. "Thc hos.
pitnl grounds must m bcautificd
and there shoul dbe an aviary near
the sun parlor where the conyalcs.
ring patients could hear the birds
sing" Charmed with the location
of the hospital and the possibilities
for building mp n wonderful sani.
tnrium IN Elizabeth City. Mother
Agnes herself will spend much or
her time here and says she may
even mnke Elizabeth Clty her head'
q,in rtcrs. She says there Is no
reason why the hospital should not
serve all the Northeastern North
Carolina counties and afford hos
pitalizatiOn for convnlcsrcnt case
from other states M well. In fac,
she hopes TO build up the hospital TO
a point where the building Of an
annex for convnlescpnt eases will
bc desirable and profitable.
The coming Of the Sisters viii
mean more charity work at th
Elizabeth city Hospital. The:
Sisters make no distinction IN a.
treatment Of rich and poor. bla, :.
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