Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
FUND CAMPAIGN FOR
NEW HOSPITAL is
BUILDING-UP NICELY
loontlnued from trst paeel

the drive With Georgetown almost
in the geographical center of Sus-
sex County, it has been pointed out
that it alone, of all rural commune
ties, belongs more to all the people
Of Sussex, as a whole, housing as
it does, the County seat, and where
the business of the entire County
government is conducted. Changing
times, the steady increase of .hospi- /
taliZatiOn insurance, the steady adj !
vances made in the world of medi- I
cine all have been named as factors
in emphasizing the need for CEN
trally located hospital. James M. |
Tunnell, Jr., speaking at the begin
ming of the campaign for funds, !
said, mo one small community can
equip and maintain the kind of up
to-date hospital such as is needed
and is proposed, but on county
wide basis, such a hospital can be
built by and for the people of Sus
sex County and run by them" The
need for the hospital is more than
apparent from the results of a Ma
| tional survey made last year, when
| it was revealed that in Sussex
| County there are only 1.9 hospital
beds per 1000 persons, where there
should be beds per 1000 persons.
Deeds for the hospital site are in
the hands of the Board of Directors
as well as $25,00000 in cash, con-
/ tributed before the start of the pre-
/ sent drive. Additional gifts of plots
Of land adjacent to the hospital
4 have also been made, which will in
sure easy ingress and egress to the
hospital, from all direction, and
plans for a dual road into the
grounds, are in concrete form. A
complete reorganization of the
present Board of Directors will
take place in January of 1948, when
persons selected by other localities
|, will be chosen from their towns, to
serve on this Board. The present
:. Board of Directors chosen when
plans for Sussex Central Hospital,
Inc, were begun is headed by Har-
j old w. T. Purnell as president and
includes Henry G.. Graves, vice.
president; Lawrence c. Elliott, sec
) retary; Julian E. Townsend, trea-
surer, with James M. Tunnel, Jr.,
as assistant treasurer and Howard
!, S. Abbott, Crawford B. Bailey, John
t S. Isaacs, Houston Wilson, Nutter
: d. Marvel and Carey d. Sapp.
While in some districts the COM
r mittees are not yet complete, a list
of volunteer workers comprises the
= following: Milton-liason, Robert
Tunnel, chairman Milton Graves
Harbeson--Hylon C. Smith; Cool
spring-Mrs. Alberta Wagamon
Millsboro-liason, James NJ Tun-
nell, Jr., chairman, j. Hugh Davis
i Rehoboth Beach-liason, Milton l.
Graham; Angola-Mrs. Willard
/, Webb; Midway-Mrs. Albert Jo'
e seph; Hardscrabble and Concord
n Elwood Workman and Mrs. Bertha
Lone; Georgetown, r. D.-Lewes- =
liason, Jerry Spirer, of George
D. town and Taylor Vaughn, Nassau
Greenwood -liason, j. Frank Gordy
It of Georgetown, chairman, Charlie:
l. Conoway, Greenwood; Laurel-lia
son; Walter Smith and Loren II
,r Frye, of Georgetown, chairman
Norman Waller of Laurel; Delmal
.e =liason, Albert Farley of George
y town; Selbyville-liason, Rev. Jo
s. seph C. Settle and Fred Goggin, o
- Georgetown; Millville-Mrs. Mar
u garet Nelson; Roxana, Bayard, Will
Evansville, Fenwick's Island-Mrs
Harold Lynch, of Frankford; r. L
Selbyville Jenkins; Gum
boro, Lewes Cross Roads-Mr. an
10 Mrs. Gilbert Startling Jones, 0
Georgetown; Bridgeville-Lawr
y, renee C. Elliott, Georgetown, liza
son man and chairman, Howard $
= Abbott; Milford (Lincoln, Slaugh
ter Neck and Argo)-Julius {
- Green and Charles p. Greer
Georgetown; Ellendale-John
Isaacs and William H. Henderson
Dagsboro, Frankford--liason, Nut
ter D. Marvel; Dagsboro-chairma
Curtis Steen.
1t has been pointed out with en-
!. phasis that every cent which is col
+ tributed will be applied DIRECTL
to the building fund. Any expense
incidental to the campaign ff
r. funds will be borne by the Director
and by the volunteer workers. Th
Z coal of $500, 900, by December 31s
> is a goal for every resident of tt
County, and as such, will receiN