Smyrna times., 1926-12-29
ENTHUSIASM AND UNANIMOUS
ACCORD OVER HOSPITAL DRIVE
EFFORT TO RAISE $4,000 TO FIN
ISH THE JOB, GIVEN IMPETUS
Kent County Hospital Already Built
and Ready For Occupancy Must
Be Properly Equipped To Go

If enthusiasm and unanimous ac-
cord in all matters related to the con-
summation of the Kent General Hos
pital plans are any indications of the
outcome of the campaign to raise
$75,000.00 beginning January 18th and
closing January 10Th to completely
furnish and equip the now erected
hospital, this campaign will be a
great a success as the first one two
years ago.
A well attended meeting of citizens
in the House of Representatives Hall,
Dover, Friday evening, December 18th
by unanimous resolution expressed
grateful appreciation of the work of
the hospital directors and approved
the policy pursued of providing an
adequate and thoroughly up to date
building. They also approved the ac-
tion of this second County and COM
munity wide financial campaign to
finish the job" authorized the Or
ganization Committee to appoint a
Campaign Executive Committee to act
for them in the direction of the cam
paign and pledge their individual sup
port to this committee.
John B. Hutton, President Of the
Board and Chairman of the Temper
ary Organization Committee, called
the meeting to order and in review
ing the great civic movement of two
years ago expressed the feeling that
the present effort would be just as
successful and that the hospital with
in a reasonable time would be fur
equipped, opened and serving
the community.
Henry ID. Dorzback who has given
exceptionally efficient service as chair
man of the building committee then
presented the financial status of the
hospital enterprise showing that the
building had been completed at less
than the contract price, very unus-
ual thing; that the total expenditures
to date on account of the hospital pro
gram had been approximately $145,-
100000 including loans of S25,0OOOO
which must be repaid; that the equip
ment and furnishings would cost at
least $30,000.0O; that other expenses
such as grading the grounds, shrub
oery and incidentals would cost S.
10000 and that working capital to the
extent Of S2O,OOO.OO should be pro
yided to properly launch the hospital
and establish it firmly. This makes
! total of $82,5OO.OO including ap-
oroximate interest on bonds to time
IF liquidation. He stated that $94,-
377.19 had been paid to date on sub
made and that $17,941.50
vas still unpaid and the shrinkage of
his Of course could not be determin-
d. In this connection, Chairman Hut
on and Arley B. Magee who have
been very active in forwarding the
lospital program, stated that a full |
detailed financial statement showing
ne disposition of every dollar collect
d would be prepared and available |
or any who are interested to See;
har the committee had gotten good !
Taiue for every dollar spent and !
wanted all citizens in the communi-
les interested to know this.
Lieutenant Governor j. Hall And
.rson, one Of the principal speakers
# the evening, said that he believed !
le was expressing the community |
vide feeling as appreciative of the |
inc work that the Board Of Directors
lad done. He said that approval |
would eventually be unanimous in the
provided over the orig
nal plans for a twenty-five (25) bed |
lospital. "Too frequently" he said,
in our conservatism, we have un-
Ierdone important civic projects. Our
'ublic High School and the Annex to
'ur State Building are examples. We
aved probably S15,O00.O0 on our
Iigh School building when erected
tut it will cost US $50,00000 to repair
he error in judgment, and already we
now that the Capitol annex just COM
'leted is too small venture the pre-
lection that within eighteen months
Lfter opening, our hospital will be
unning at full capacity. l am will
ng to put in as much or more time,
mercy and money as | did in the
irst campaign and | believe my fel-
ow citizens generally feel as do; we
re not people who, having once put
'ur hand to the plow are willing to
urn back. We are going to finish
his job and do it right. In making
ur appeal we need offer no apologies,
imply state the facts and the good
ommon sense Of our citizenship will
espond as before"
Following Mr. Anderson's address,
ormer Senator Edward Hart, of
introduced the resolutions
previously referred to, which, after
iscussion, participated in by Dr. John
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