The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16
TO BUILD NEW
HOSPITAL UNIT
Kenosha Hospital Associa-
ton Seeks City-wide In
terest in Drive.
BUSINESS MEN PLEDGE
Business and Professional Men
Pledge Wholehearted Sup
port to the Campaign.

A campaign to raise $350,000 for the
Kenosha Hospital building fund was
launched in Kenosha Thursday even
ing when group CT retail merchants
of the city-numbering over 200-was
presented the project by committee
which has been named to conduct the
campaign in Kenosha. The merchants
were gathered at the Elks' club as the
guests of Judge w. H. Afford, chair
man of the Kenosha Hospital building
fund committee, and previous to this
meeting the proposition had been
placed before the professional men of
the city.
On all sides the hospital building
fund drive was met with unanimous
enthusiasm and whole-hearted ap-
prevail. While the meetings were not
called specifically for soliciting con-
tributions there was a generous re-
Spouse in pledges that turned out
most encouraging to the officials in
charge Of the drive. When the need
for additional hospital facilities was
pointed out to the Kenosha business
men by Miss Faith Collins, superin-
tendent of the Kenosha hospital, and
when they were told of the dire con-
sequences that would obtain in an
emergency unless the proper facilities
were provided in Kenosha at once,
there was a general approval of the
plans which call for new addition to
the present hospital building.
Building New Addition.
These plans call for an addition to
the present hospital which will double
it's capacity and more than double its
effectiveness. in the treatment of the
i'll and injured. Work has already be-
gun on the actual construction Of the
addition south of and adjoining the
present building and the present drive
is being carried out to insure it's COM
pletion and to assure the hospital Off
Gals that the building will be equip
ped with all Of the most modern med
zeal facilities when it is completed.
The meeting at the Elks' club on
Thursday evening was called by Chair
man Afford and he together with r.
S. Kingsley, vice-chairman, and E. 7.
O'Brien, sales manager, presented the
technical details of the drive. Actual
solicitation in raising the fund-which
has been set as $350,000/ as a conserva-
tive estimate of the amount needed to
complete the project-will not begin
until Monday, July 20, and will ex-
tend from that day until Saturday,
July 25. Every contribution to the
fund, it is understood, will be purely
Al, NJ on ~ n la
are banking on the generosity of the
citizens of Kenosha to support one of
the most worthy causes that has ever
been placed for fulfillment in the COM
munity.
Endorsed BY All.
The drive itself has been endorsed
by every agency and organization to
which it has been explained. H. E.
Barden and C. C. Brown, on Thursday
evening, vividly pointed out their con-
ception of hospital needs in Kenosha,
and of the merciful and charitable
side of hospital work. Members of all
of the business mems organizations in
the city unanimously endorsed the
drive. Officers and directors of the
SdIlOQS AuACACOA CIuOS ia lilac SAby
pledged their support and the support
of the organizations they represented
in the drive. Fraternal organizations
represented by the business and pro-
fessional men at the Elks' club meet
ings will be brought the message at
once with the plea for approval and
support and this has been indicated
as being Forthcoming immediately
Early indications even before the
actual campaign was begun were that
the entire project would go "over the
top" just as every other worth while
cause has in Kenosha. 1t is expected
that "Kenosha does care"-and that
this fact will be eminently shown on
Monday, July 20, when contributions
will begin coming in.
Further details of the subscription
campaign will be announced as they
are evloved by the committee.