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 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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