Hospital Campaign
Monday; $15,000 Is Goal. . . Whirlwind Campaign To Complete Ellen Fitzgerald
Hospital
The directors of the Ellen Fitzgerald hospital, in session
of the Chamber of Commerce rooms yesterday, decided to put on the campaign next
Monday, Oct. 13, to raise enough funds to complete the building; operations on
which have apparently ceased for lack of money. $15,000 is the goal.
Six teams were appointed as steering committees. They are
composed of the following:
No. 1—J.B. Simpson, captain; J.C. Sikes, W.C. Sanders, Mrs.
W.A. Henderson, Mrs. J.D. Warren.
No. 2—J.W. Laney, captain; C.C. Sikes, J.A. Stewart, and
J.D. McRae.
No. 3—D.B. Snyder, captain; F.G. Henderson, W.A. Henderson,
E.C. Carpenter, and Mrs. D.B. Snyder.
No. 4—T.P. Dillon, captain; T.C. Lee, J.J. Parker, C.M.
Redfearn, and R.G. Laney.
No. 5—Chas. Iceman, captain; Dr. J.M. Belk, W.H. Norwood,
and W.J. Rudge.
No. 6—R.A. Morrow, captain; W.J. Hudson, F.M. Morgan, and
George McClellan.
The campaign will be conducted along the same lines as the
first drive several years ago, which resulted in subscriptions to the amount of
$10,000. All of this money has been spent, and $15,000 will be necessary to
complete the hospital.
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The Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital, originally an 18-bed
facility, is now Carolinas Medical Center-Union. From https://atriumhealth.org/documents/Evergreen_Inserts/union-insert.pdf:
In 1918, Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital, an 18-bed facility,
first opened to serve the residents of Union County, North Carolina. It was
operated by Alto Freed Mahoney, MD, a young surgeon who took great pride in
never turning away any individual who needed medical attention. In 1953, after
several decades of significant growth, Union Memorial Hospital opened on the
Ellen Fitzgerald site. Union Memorial joined Carolinas HealthCare System in 1995,
a milestone that led to numerous renovations and upgrades; and, in 2005, the
hospital changed its name to Carolinas Medical Center-Union
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Who was Ellen Fitzgerald? To see photos of Ellen Fitzgerald,
her home, the hospital named for her in 1918, go to http://monroenc.blogspot.com/2012/07/who-was-ellen-fitzgerald.html.
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