The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-08-24

day by sister Superior Mary Hen.
rietta of Juneaus St. AIMS Hos
pital
The 64-bed hospital, which owe
the years has cared for the city
sick, will at the same time not,
"a years of service here.
The congregation of the Sister,
was founded Sept. 8, 1850 in {
little town in Quebec, by Mari,
Esther Blondin, later known a.
Mother Mary Ann. Eight year
later four valiant Sisters disem.
parked from the schooner Seabire
at Victoria, B. c., after two
months trip from Montreal Wis
New York and overland at thu
. Isthmus of Panama.
Their log cabin on the skirts Of
Beacon Hill in that city becan,
the first convent school on thu
Pacific Coast.
The Apostolate to the North dates
from 1886, when Sisters Mary zeno
Mary Victor and Mary of Coco
Help answered the call of the Rev
Father John Althoff to gold-fevereo
Juneau. '>
Six Beds
They brought with them six bed:
three for patients and three fol
themselves. They set up the bed.
in the Rev Althoff's residence or
| Fifth and Harris Streets thus st
i; AIMS Hospital got its start. The
church, curtained off from the
sanctuary, became the first school
Better accommodations were pro-
vided for care of the sick with
another building in 1888, as Juneau
grew.
Over the years the increasing
population necessitated more spa
cious quarters, and improvements
followed in 1897, 1914, 1916 and in
1888 surgical unit replaced the
last of the old units, thereby link
ing the building of 1916 with the
main structure built in '97.
$4,000 Patients
Today the hospital provides radio
logical, surgical, pharmaceutical
and pathological departments
Among the latest improvements is
four-bed children's ward entirely
furnished in artistic taste by the
PA.A. Auxiliary.
Since the hospital opened its
doors, $4,000 patients have beer
treated
In the course of its "a years here,
st. AIMS has counted scores d
Sisters and lay nurses whose faitht
iulness to their calling has prompt
ed them to give the ailing theft
services.
Two sisters who have stood con-
slant vigilance over the years and
who have been at the hospital
longer than any others are Sister
Mary Modesto, here for ~ years
and Sister Mary Magdalene, here
for % years.
At present their are 10 Sister.
connected with st. Ann's-nine a.
the hospital and four who teach
at the parish scool.
New Guild
The Sisters are eager to form {
new guild for the institution. On
the evening of Sept. someone will
be stationtd in the tea room to re-
ceive names of those who wish tt
join.
Because nothing has been done ir
recent years in the way of genera.
contribution for the hospitals ben
enfit, the public is invited to 6
silver tea and linen shower in the
hospital building sponsored by wo-
men of the local parish on the
night of the centenniel from 7:3(
pm. to $50 pm.
Sheets-72 by 1903 inches, and AZ
inch wide pillow slips are most ir
demand
To make clear point of dis
cussion frequently misunderstood
regarding financial matters in the
hospital, the Sister Superior ex-
planned that St AIMS receives nc
subsidy from the Catholic Church
but is strictly on its own finan-
ciafly.
The hospital and parish schoo
are conducted as financially sep.
arate and independent institutions
The hospital Is dependent for TT
subsistence upon the income from
its hospital facilities and services.
2,10O Members
The Order will be reconsecratet
by the Rev. Mother Mary Leopold'
inc, Superior General Of the group
in ceremonies TO be joined by thu
more than 2,100 living members O
the Sisterhood. They are locatet
through Quebec, the eastern Unitee
m Due to the destruction