The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-04-10


GAINESVILLE - The Corporate
Committee of Good Samaritan Hos
pital Building Fund Campaign
headed by Ross c. Little, Plant
Manager, met last week at the
Armco Steel Corporation office to
plan the appeal to industrial firms
in the area serviced by Good Sa-
maritan.
Ii was brought out at the meet
Ing that a company is dependent
not only upon the skill of its EN-
ployees but what is just as import
ant, the spirit of its employees. BY
industry's assuming leadership in
making the community healthier
place in which to live and work,
morale of workers is lifted, loyalty
is inspired. In GAINESVILLE the short
age of hospital beds is so acute
that it cannot but affect the morale
of those who live and work in the
area.
Members of the Corporations
Committee are: Lloyd L. Black,
Plant Manager, Line Material Co.;
Clyde B. Calhoun, district manager,
Ohio Bell Telephone Co.; Max H.
Findeiss, vice-president, C. Fin
deiss & Son; Raymond S. Gislason,
manager, Essex Wire Corporation;
Joseph A. Gormley, assistant treas
urer, BTnham Corporation: G.
Reed Grimsley, plant Superintend-
ent, Columbia Cement Corpora
ton; Arthur f. Harrison, assistant
treasurer, Ayers Mineral Co..
Thomas J. Killeen, manager. Gen
eral Electric; Vincent B. Linn, as
sistant treasurer, GAINESVILLE Stone
wear Co.; Gilbert F. Mcconnell,
general superintendent, Mosaic
Tile Co.: Nelson Mccoy, Jr., vice
president. Nelson Mccoy Pottery;
Patrick M. O'Block, manager, Mer-
curry Match Corporation; William
r. Power, manager, Ohio Fuel Gas
Co.: Russell S. Roberts, vice-presi-
dent. David Davies; Stanley Rudge,
district manager, Ohio Power Co.;
Leo P. Schiele, superintendent,
Armco Steel Corporation; Elmer ].
Schweitzer, superintendent. Tim
ken Roller Bearing Co.; Robert B.
Strsker, President Supply Co.;
Earle B. Swingle. president. Swim
gle Motor Co; Gerald Fl. Thuma,
superintendent. Shellmar Products
Corporation; William r. Upton,
general manager, White Chevrolet
Company; George L. Williams,
president, Shawnee Pottery Co.;
Robert P. Windisch, president.
Roseville Pottery.
Two other key committees we're
also organized this week, accord
ng to Robert S. Martin, MD, gen
eraI campaign chairman. The Clubs
and Organizations c o m m / t { e c /,
headed by DIR. Mary Brown Graham
and E. Royal Crawmer as co-chair-
men met Wednesday evening to
plan the appeal to clubs and or
ganizations in the area served by
the hospital.
"From my work in Good Samari-
tan know" said DR.. Graham,
show great is the need for big
ger and better laboratory. And the
people of GAINESVILLE who so gem
erously cooperate in providing the
blood bank should have adequate
accommodations for rendering this
service. These are but two of the
many behind the scenes improve
ments to be effected through the
building program, and they are es-
sential to efficient care of pat
ients," concluded DR.. Graham.
Charles II. Miller has been chos-
Ell chairman of the National Firms
Committee. Mr.. Miller, native
son of GAINESVILLE, has had aSpart
in most of the important business
and civic projects of GAINESVILLE and
Muskingum County since he first
started in business here more
than thirty years ago.
According to Mr.. Miller this IS
the most important project of his
entire business life. 1T is import
ant to each individual citizen to
know that a hospital bed will be
available. if he should need one, !"
said Mr.. Miller. Hospital statistics
show" he continued, THAT one out
of each eight persons in Zanes-
vile will need hospital care with
in the next twelve months. There
fore, adequate hospital facilities
are a number one must for each
of us and for the security of our
community. | am confident that
all the citizens of the area served
by Good Samaritan Hospital will
toin in making this project a sue