The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-13
Crcwc Residents
To Have Memorial
Room At Hospital
$4,000 In Federal
Funds Allotted
Southside Hospital

Southside Community Hospital
will receive sos 900 Of the s3.l6o.-
ll6 in federal aid for 1858 con-
struction Of hospital facilities
efanted the State Of Virginia
The s95 900 will be used as the
federal share Of the cost Of the
completion Of the second floor Of
Nattauer Wing. The funds are
provided under the Halliburton
Congressional act.
In addition to the S95 900. the
State government will furnish
$4,000 to bring the total to Sl04 =
500 The rest of the construction
cost must be borne by local funds.
A donation by the Ford Founda-
ton OF $4,000 provided the lions
share Of the local participation,
and the rest was raised BY an area
funds drive.
Also $4,000 was ear-markpd BY
the Southside TB Association for
q chest survey X-Ray unit for the
hospital.
Crewe residents are to have a
kickoff supper Monday evening
August II for the purpose of rails
ing SO 500 for a memorial room III
the new wing of the hospital.
Campaign Drive
The room will be in memory of
the late Dr.. w. r Warmer. be-
loved and respected physician at
Crewe for many years. The funds
/ campaign Will be conducted in
CreWe August IA through August
81
i II James W. Q. Fitzpatrick.
and r Curtis Hubbard will rep
resent the Southside Community
Hospital At the Kickoff supper
tonight Monday
The Crewe steering committee
for the DR. w. r. Warriner Mem
orial Drive are C. S. Hooper.
chairman f. r. Sheffield. w. II.
Newcomb w w Perkinson
Frank Watkins, Gus Hagberg,
Mrs. Stanley Moore. Mgs. w. L.
Willis. Mrs. w L. Dixon, Mrs.
Francis Weishaar and Mrs. r. S..
Davis.
Joseph H James, hospital adj
ministrator. said the cost of con-
structins and equippine a room in
the hospital would be approx
mately $500 which is the goal
Of the drive committee. H saids
the committee would be given the
choice Of what room they wish. to
EQUIP and construct
James said he expected the
second floor Of the Mettauer
Wing to be completely plastered
by next week He estimated the
completion date of the wing to be
November
Federal Funds
Actually the Mettauor wing
completion Is the first Of four
phases Of construction. The other
three phases Will include /, con,
vertine the present maternity
suite into general patient rooms.
2 turning the east wing into
complete Negro unit: and. 81 re-
novating the original second floor
spaces for general medical patti
ents
James estimated that the entire
program would be completed BY
February 1858.
The s3,l60li6 in federal aid for
Virginia must be spent for eener-
a. hospital beds and public health
centers, chronic disease. rehablh-
tation- diagnosis and treatment,
and nursing homes,
Robert Ham. director OF Tie
Virginia Bureau Of Medical and
NURSING Facilities Services. said
only about 100000 of the money
has not been DESIGNATED for Use
by the Virginia Advisory Hospital
Council
ham said II Is only enough for
one hospital and Culpeper Me
mortal Hospital has applied for
The money The Culpeper hospital
has q high priority rating.
Only s438,8l6 We're allotted fof
chronic disease rehabilitation di-
aanosis and treatment. and NUS
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