The Sidney herald., 1955-05-12
DR.. Pennepacker
Is Speaker at
KiWanis Luncheon

At the regular weekly luncheon of
lhe sidney KiWanis club held TODAY at
the Lalonde Hotel dining room, Presi-
dent Carl Johnson presiding, Kiwanian
Bob Hall was invited to INTRODUCES
me guests. These were John Williams.
Don Ekedahl of Willows, California.
and student Kiwanian for the month.
Dwight BroSe.
Dean Beck. immediate past president,
reminded the club of the KiWanis in
oer-club meeting TO be held at Moose
Jaw May 1880 and urged as MANY
as possible to attend. Bill Buchholz
testified to the fact that the Canadians
snow Ihelr guests a wonderful time.
gnu dLver listening to comments made
Dy others of the club, who r~ecentlv
attended a meeting at REGINA. if
seems pretty definite that the local
members VIII make a great effort to
go to Moosiaw.
Program chairman Rodney Hansen
presented the program. Mr.. Hansen
Sald mat as this is National HOSPITAL
week the club was very fortunate TO
have the privilege of listening to a
talk by DR.. j. S. P-ennepacker. whom
ne Their introduced.
DR.. Pennepacker reminisced on +be
days when Sidney was trying TO get
together enough money to build and
equip a hospital. The Community Me-
moral Hospital, which was built as
a result of that effort, DR.. Penne-
1890 (AAAEAAa2ALCAF - uOL WT. VlaCa
6enz hospital or the hospital of anv
factlon. but definitely that of the
people of this community and so. the
one IN which we of this area Should
al be the most interested in. In Civ
ing the reasons why Sidney needs q
hospital DR.. Pennepacker broughf ont
the fact that Sidney is over so miles
from any comparable service.
He told how we hear that people
seemed to be healthier in the good old
y when there were a great deal
fewer hospitals but said that going
through small town cemeteries YOU
VIII n many more young people
buried IN them than in the larger
cities, which would indicate thai ac-
ceSSIbllty to a hospital helped.
Our hospital, DR.. Pennepacker said.
IS well equipped with operating room
faclhtleS. a new X-ray machine, a
splendid staff of trained and special
lzed nurses. and a seven-day-a-week
tecnnlclan. The new x-ray machine he
salq' is not e~Xtravagant but adequate,
1 10000.
The hospital payroll, DR.. Penne-
packer said, runs often into the $1,000
bracket. On top of all this, the hos
p1tal also has a good sized debt which
1t IS gradually l%iquidating. This. he
asked that the public take into con-
SHERATON when the high cost Of hos
pltallZation is being discussed
1t. Fennepacker also pointed out
that there are many criticisms of the
service given but said that if care
tul comparison were made it would be
found that the service in the Sidney
community Memorial hospital is as
good and In many cases better than in
many of the larger hospitals. He add
ed that some of the personnel has
such specialized training that it would
be a difficult matter to replace them.
He said. If you have complaints.
the coffee shop or some other nnbIic
place but bring them to the Hospital
or to the Administrator, where
they will do some good"
In conclusion DR.. -Pennepacker said.
1t is a good hospital and it is get-
ting better. Let us take care to see
tnat we are boosters for own hos
pital and not Knockers