Milford chronicle., 1925-02-20
February 16. 1923

February 16, 1925.
Milford Chronicle Publishing Co.,
Milford Delaware.
Dear Sirs:-Replying to your let
ter of February 18th quoting an ar
ticIe that appeared in last weeks is
sue of the state Sentinel" of Dover
reading as follows:
"It was announced at Monday
nights meeting that DR.. Frank Grier
of Milford was going to recommend
that the instruments, beds and gen
eral equipment of the Milford Hos
pital be turned over to Dover as Mil
ford, besides the Emergency Hospi-
tai. had the Marshall Hospital
which with the Lewes Hospital,
could take care of the needs of the
citizens of that section. 1t was also
said that if the citizens of Milford
decided on that course, a Thirty
Thousand Dollar endowment fund
which the Emergency Hospital now
has, would go with the transfer"
And inquiring as to the correct
ness of the statement, also my atti-
tude regarding turning over the En-
dOwment Fund and assets of the Mil
ford Emergency Hospital to Dover;
would state that I gave no such ex-
preston of thought to anyone and
fail to understand how anyone could
have so distorted the statement I did
make.
Solicited for a contribution to the
Dover Hospital Fund, prompted me
to make the following statement:
"The Milford Emergency Hospital
has been caring so well for the peO-
pie of Kent and Sussex counties and |
is giving such excellent service, that |
I fail to see the necessity for an
other hospital in lower Delaware. |
That. with the Marshall Hospital al |
so in Milford, and the Beebe HOspi- |
tai in Lewes, the need for another
hospital, to me, appeared even
dOubly unnecessary.
Further, Milford has shown the
hospital spirit and for the past sew
eral years has been caring for the
charity cases of both counties with \
lut financial aid from the state or
counties. That we reach out as far
IS Smyrna and, too, receive very lit
lie support from people outside of
Milford and were doing our work
lncomplainingly but, now, since Do
-er had begun drive for an insti- =
ution to be known as the Kent :
General Hospital 1, personally,
would approve and would suggest to
ur Board of Trustees that we be- =
ONE a part of the new hospital r
movement, provided all the towns /
oncerned be given a voice as re- +
ards location. That would oppose II
he hospital being placed within the v
Orporate limits of Dover. 7
I'VE would liquidate, retain our u
mbulance and turn over our equip |,
lent, also our endowment fund" "
If the people of. Milford should D
ppose the hospital leaving our r
,wn, they can only make their Op- Il
1sition effective by voluntarily c.
rowing their interest by subscrib- n
g to its support. 0
We do not need two hospitals in el
ilfOrd, anymore than we need two d
ate houses in Dover. We have Il
zen considering a site on the bor- OF
r of Haven Lake on the du Pont til
hoping eventually to tr
owe our hospital beyond the noise
i'd confusion of busy town. tn
In joining with Dover and the fe
her Kent county towns, we would II
'er our choice of location, but WI
)uld not oppose a suitable location a
tween Harrington and Dover, or OF
lford and Dover. an
Very truly yours, LEI
Frank L. Grier,
President Board of Trustees of IN
the Milford Emergency Hospital. po