The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-26
South side Hospital
Aloe ted Sl04,500
By State Council
Must Be Matched
With Local Funds
To Complete Wing

A Raise the Roof" hospita Il
drive conducted five wears ago will
soon hea'r paving dividends to the
reorle served bv the Southside
Community Hospital
The Virginia Advisory HOSPITAL
Council met Wednesday. Oct "a. in
Richmond and allocated sl04 500 for
a 81 bed addition to the second floor
of the Southside Community Hos
pital
This is only portion If the
So 7o9.2 Of federal and state funds
which tho Advisory Council allocated
over the State for construction of
general HOSPITALS o. public clinics
in Virrin'a during the current wear
The Council also allocated $685.
421 70" construction of chronic dis
ease DIE onostic and treatment and
rehabilitation facilities OF tn S
sum $3o5.0 will 90 to Unive~ sity
CT Virginia Hospital
The council. noting that general
hospital construction was e d
greatly, voted not to provide funds
for construction of nurses training
schools and residences
COMPLETE Mettauer Wing
w. c Fitzpatrick president of the
Southside Community Hospital AS
ISOLATION. said that il was the
boards intention in due time. to
complete the second story of the
Mettauer Wing The money from the
Ford Foundation grant coupled with
the money recently allocated will
make an excellent start on the prof.
eci
But Fitzpatrick was quick to point
out thai these funds win have TO be
supplemented with funds raised To-
Callv.
The two grants VIII tighten the
load or the community. said Hos
pital President Fitzpatrick. but
the public will have to make its
contribution in order to take advan-
tage of the grants
J S Stubs. hospital admins
traitor. pointed out that the proposed
completion Of the second floor of
the Mettauer Wing would provide an
additional 81 beds for the hospital
The new part will include an en-
t.rely new obstetrical suite of two
delivery rooms. two labor rooms. a
newborn nursery. utility room. and
bedrooms for II patients
BY remodeling the old building IA
additional beds for medical and
surgical cases will be provided to
give a total Of 81 new bed spaces
being created
Stubbs explained that the overall
program will provide a much more
flexible condition with regard to the
hospital arrangement
Fitzpatrick stated thai one of the
best features Of the money allo-
cation by the State Advisory Coun-
Gil W. that it would allow the local
hospital to take maximum advan-
tase of ;hc Ford Foundation grant
Under the Hill-Burton federal
legislation, money provided by
state and federal sources must be
matched by local funds Thus to
claim anygof the funds recently allo-
Gated. the locality must raise its
share to match the funds
The Ford Foundation grants can
be applied as local funds. but F'itz-
patrick pointed out that other local
contributions will be needed to com
plete the project.
Past Determination
Three fund raising years of 1919.
1850 and 1851. greatly added in the
service CT the hospital to the people
of the community. Funds raised
during this period totaled over
S360. 600 in local money.
The main expansion program was
jnaugurated in 1919. BY 1850 with
initiation caused by the Korean war.
the money raised in 1949 was not
sufficient, so a Victory Campaign"
was held and the funds rails d
again.
In 1851. the hospital officials faced
another grave decision There was
not enough money to complete the
framework of the second floor of
the center wing At public meet
ing the Board Of Managers re-
ceived complete public backing and
they launched a Raise the Roof
Campaign The second floor ex-
terror walls and roof of the center
wing. known at the Mettauer Wing.
was coNpleted at cost of S33 $50.
BY completing the framework of
the building at that time the people
of this community demonstrated
their foresight and determination to
improve their hospital
At the time of the Raise the
Roui campaign. the estimated saw
ings by completing the project was
$4,000 With rising cost CT construc-
ton and labor, the amount saved
will be far above the $4,000 figure.