COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES lioii were: M rs. S . P. H anly, president; M rs. C. C. Evans, first vice president; Mrs. R . L . Kline, second vice president; M iss E liza beth Glenn, secretary; M iss Ella M oyer, treasurer. From -the first hospital six nurses were graduated yearly, all o f whom lived in the building; but soon the quarters became overcrow<l<^ and in 19 12 a meeting w as held to secure funds fo r the erection o f a larger building. M uch enthusiasm was aroused in the cam paign fo r funds, and the erection and furnish ing of the new hospital became a community a lfa ir in which all classes participated. The .-merican C a r and Foundry Company gave large sum s, workmen gave a day's wages to the fu n d, and the Odd Fellows, Elks, P. O. S. o f .A.. Grinders' Club, Salem Grange, Frances W illard Bible Class of the Methodist Church, and a number o f other organizations, each furnished a room in the hospital, at an average cost o f $ 15 0 . T h e new building w as completed in 19 13 .it a cost o f $28,000. and the old building arandoncd in Jan u ary. 1914. T he building is o f Bloom sburg brick, with limestone trimmings. 97 by 3 7 feel, with two floors, basement and attic. There arc four latgc wards, with a capacity o f thirty beds, ten private rooms, space fo r four cribs fo r children, and rooms for fourteen nurses and hospital help. The training school will educate ten nurses, who will graduate in 19 15 . T he new building is located on Mulbcrr>' .street and Carnctd avenue, in the north end of the town, while the old building was situated on Maple street. T h e number o f free patients in 19 13 in the old building w as 2 0 1; pay patients. i 6 t; num ber o f deaths. 23. T he cost o f maintenance
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during the first five months a fte r the occu pation of the new building w as $5,000. 'i 1ie officers o f (lie Hospital Association fo r 19 14 a r e : J . H . Catterall, president; J . U. Kurtz, first vice president; Frank Faust, second vice president; B. D. Frcas, treasu rer; Conway W. Dickson, secretary, 'fh e tnistees a r e : J . M . Schain, B . D. Freas, H . E . W al- ' ton. Jo h n W. Evans, W alter Hughes, J . II. Cattcrall, A . N . Sheerer, three ye ars; M. C. llc tlc r, J . U . Kurtz, C . W . Dickson. Wilson H arter, Frank Faust, W ilbur Sm ith. Jam es 1.cc. two y e a r s; M . J . Crispin, M . F . W illiams, J . N . H arry, Jaso n Rhoades, J . W. Roberts, H arry Fahringcr, C. G . Crispin, one year. T he following arc life members o f (he asso ciation: C . W.Sones, C.C.Lockhart, C.A. Raselcy, Jam es F ox, .A. C. Jackson. 1. B. Abram s, C. E . Siller, M . C. llc tlc r, W . A. Hughes, II. II. Long, J . A. Rhodes, M . G . Smith, B. D. Frcas, J . W. Roberts, Jacob Kupsky, John .VI. Fairchild, J . C. O berdorf, H . E. W alton, S . C . Jayn e, R . E . W am tz, John M urko. W. F . M cM ichacl, S. E . Fcnstcmiachcr, E . W. Garrison, Jacob S. Garrison, R . O . Bower, Jn o. W . Evans, G eoige Unangst, Elliott Adam s, A . A . Lerch, F . A . Witman, W. C. Garrison, J . F . Pfahlcr, Herbert Levy, J . W. Sitlcr, Frank Fahringcr, Hugh Thomp son, J . J . .Myers, George W. .^ y b e ri, Jolm K. .Adams, Wm. J . Fairchild, R . L. Kline. L. I. Clewcll, P. C . Currin, John N . H arry, T . H ar vey Doan. Jam es L. Evans, T . B . Brobst, II. R . Bower, M ary A . Lockhart, Conway Dick son, C . T . Stcck, J . H. Bow nun, W. C. Hensyl, Jo s. M. .Schain. K. L. Davis, H . T . W aldncr, Joseph Cohen, M. F . W illiams, John Frank, Frank Faust. J . U. Kurtz, J . I I . Cattcrall, Wilson H arter, Ja s . Harm an, W. S . Johnson, J . L . Ilalyburton.
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