Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-21
Plans Being Laid
For County Hospital

Pennington, July 19.-PlanS for the
establishment of Franklin County
Hospital, open to all residents and
in the county, the hospital to be To-
Gated in Pennington are rapidly TAX
ing shape, and it now looks as though
the project might be put through
quickly. The present Franklin hospi-
tai, owned by Pennington physicians,
is available for purchase at fair ap-
praisal, and is so situated that it may
readily be enlarged to a size suff1-
cient to meet the needs for years TO
come, and the present plans include
the purchase and enlargement of this
hospital. Although small, this hospi-
tai is we'll and favorably known, and
has been well patronized almost con-
tinuously since it was established.
The project is in the hands of the
Pennington Chamber of Commerce,
and has the endorsement Of the Farm
ington Rotary Club and the citizens of
Franklin county generally. It is pro-
posed that when opened as a public
hospital, it will be placed in the
hands Of a board of trustees repre-
senting all parts of the county. 1t is
also planned TO carry out the generally
accepted theory that a public hospital
should have five beds for each 1000 Of
population in the territory ii is de-
signed to accommodate and it is be-
lieved that an addition to the present
hospital can be built which will be
sufficiently large to permit this.
The following committee has been
20 - NV 10,
to formulate plans for carrying out
the project: Sumner P. Mills, presi
dent of the chamber, chairman; Err
nest W. Voter and Arbo c. Norton
vice chairmen; J. Clinton Metcalf.
secretary and treasurer; Henry p.
White, Wallace NJ. Fellows, Rev.
Charles Brown, Rev. Arthur a. Rou
ner, Ebert A Hardy, Wilhert G. NAL
let and Leon A Luce. Tentative plans
include raising the funds to carry out
the project by means of a county wide
hospital drive similar to the numer-
Gus drives conducted so successfully
here and elsewhere during the world
war, it being believed that the money
can be raised more quickly and with
less expense by this means than in
any other way.
The committee is busy formulating
detailed plans, which viii soon be pre-
scented to the Chamber of Commerce
for approval or modification, and the
work will be actively begun imme-
diately after the plans are completed
and finally approved. Should this
public hospital be established, this
will not mean the adjustment of the
several private hospitals now doing
business in Franklin county, other
than the present Franklin hospital
which will be merged in the new pro-
iect, if lit is found that sufficient
funds can be raised to carry out the
project.
Mrs. w. F. Miner and daughter of
Rhode Island have Joined Mr. Miner,
and the family has gone to housekeep-
ing in the Milliken house on Main
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. McLeary
and Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Howard Lowell
have Just returned from a delightful
automobile trip during which they
travelled 1900 miles visiting Niagara
Falls, Washington, D. c., and numer-
Gus points of interest on the way.
Bert H. harrington of Jay was in
town on business Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. L. Goodwin visited
friends in Hanover Sunday, making
the trip by automobile.
Leon r. Goodwin and Jordan Tar
box went to Old Orchard Tuesday for
a weeks outing.