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Novimnan 2s. ‘Has Served

For Over 60 Years.

(Continued Prom Page B) purchase the residence of Mrs. ll Hsszerd on St. Peter's Road. to be used for hospital purposes. the purchase price being 01600.00.

The Act of Incorporation was passed on the 17th of April, i884 and the first board of trustees elected were: Charles Palmer, K. c, chairman; Wm. Weeks, H. J. Cundall, Archibald Kennedy, John Glllis, Richard Johnson, L. L. Beer, and A. B. MacKenzie. The first matron was Mrs. Robinson and the first president of the La- dies Aid. Mrs. Johnson.

The first Medical Board com- prised Drs. W. H. Hobkirk. P‘. D. peer, F. P. Taylor, Thomas Daw- son, James Warburton. James hiac-Leod, Richard Johnson. S. R. Jenkins and Surgeon Dentists Drs. J s. Bagnall and Robbins. The rates established by the borad of trustees were: general ward rates $2.50 a week, private rooms from $3.50 to $5.00 per week.

On November 24th, 1N0, Miss Sheraton was appointed superin- fcrident andearly in the follow- I115; year she established a train- llg schoolfor nurses. In 1894 the fizst two nurses- from this train- in: school graduated. namely Miss Sarah J. Arthur and Miss Ella iii 'l‘_vnan.

The work of the hospital in- creased steadily, and even in ltlose days of very limited accom- iodalion and still more limited financial resources. it is not shown that Eli)’ p001’ 138F501] W35 CV21‘ refused treatment. If they could pay. their money was acceptable. l‘ tiiey could not pay they were ‘icmed just the same.

The Second Hoqiital

ln i896 it was found that the irofk of the hospital had increased hcyond the capacity of the build- 1'11: on the St. Peter's Road. and a movement was started towards il.c building of a new hospital. The need for greater drilinn was met hv an offer from the late Rev. Ralph Bracken to civnafc for hosoital PUTPOSES his propcrty on Kensington Road, oo- pt-slfe the Exhibition Grounds. consisting of fourteen acres of land and a residence.

In 1598 tenders were called for the creation of a new brick hos. pml to be built on the property generously donated. The con- f was 1e new hospital was w ‘HDIPII for the first time on the T‘ I. oi March. i930. The Boz-rd oi’ "'" lees at that time was: Charles ier. K.C.. chairman: L. 1.. Dray. Richard Johnson. H. J. findall. Ii. B. McKenzie. Geo. Bremner. Ronald MacMillan, W. A. O. Moi-son. The Medical Board, Drs. F‘. D. Beer. F. P. Tavfor, James ivarhurton. James McLeod, Hw-hard Joimsom s, R, Jgnlglng H, D Johnson. Alexander MacNeiil, R. H. Shaw_ Gordon T. Alley. Srnennleiidefit Miss Tynan.

lu i003 occurred the death of Ciiaries Palmer, KC. who had been chairman of the Board from fir formation in 1883. having held iris office for a period of twenty years. His place as chairman was flicrl hy the appointment of Dr. Zrancis P. ‘Iiayior. In i906 Dr. =-1.\'3°1' oassed away. A part of the rcsolutlon moved by the board on “"15 Occasion. says referring to Dl- Taylor: "One of the small band 0f generous hearted citizens to which the Prince Edward 1s- lr.nd Hospital owed its foundation. Fir never. to the day of his death, ccascd in his efforts to promote "5 sphere of usefulness."

‘Ml’. H. J. Cundall was then eccted as chairman of the board. Y" 1913 Mr. Percy jope succeeded W- H. J. Cundail as chairman. The patients treated during this isar numbered 381 and the pa- tients‘ fees amounted t0 $8,720.00.

New Wing Built

By this time the hospital was Mam altogether too small to fwmmodate the growing demand i"? hvspital accommodation and twas decided to erect two new Willis. The erection of these was "i"! Possible through s. munifi- fi" bequest of the late F. Ratch- oid Starr. the largest individual bfquest ever received by the hos- Plfl- These new wings provided fni new kitchen. pantries. store mom, refrigerator room. dining rlrom. also .new operating theatres, l-crilizer room. pathological lab- ‘mwfi’ and fourteen additional sritvatc rooms with additional ha brooms. etc. This brought the 6351;?“ 11D to a capacity of ss to m ‘eds of which only 44 were wrn shed at first. The entire cost as mvered by the bequest. ‘Lslnmiois the hospital received “n! st assistance from the Pro- ‘h 2'81 Government securing in i‘ year a grant of $500.00.

lalnhl9i7 Mr. Percy Pope resigned “no airman of the board of trus- polntlnd Mr. W. K. Rogers was ap- hu ted to fill the vacancy. the “M5190 Board at that time con- J E8 0i W. K. Rogers. chairman. Bell. G. D. Wright. W. P‘. Hlflh. Murdock MacLeod, I‘.

J A eartz. James Wat-button and ~ -Webster.

I Still More Room Needed will}: gm it was rcuha that even w“ he addition of the two new ‘d-egs the hospital was again in- I (‘gusto to meet the demands and M "Ipligii was put on through- Queens and King's counties

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1947 Province

lpiuhhihg it was evident that if the trustees did aCITIOdGl the old

hospital they would still be very _

far from having an institution in keeping with modern require- ments. The result was that at a subsequent annual meeting it was unanimously decided to build a new modern hospital and put on another campaign for funds at an opportune time.

During the year i923, 6U Da- tients were treated and patients fces amounted to $21,346.00.

New Site Secured

On account of increased railway traffic close to the hospital and ’also the nearness of the rifle range. there had for some time bren a demand that when a new Ihospital was built another site 'more suitable should be procured. At the annual meeting in 1928 lthr trustees were empowered to |procure a new site if possible. In 1930 a second campaign for the necessary funds with which to build commenced. This campaign was very successful and it was in charge of Mr. W. F. Tidmarsh as general chairman who recruited a splendid army of workers. Through the courtesy and consideration of the Provincial Government the trustees were able to procure a particularly desirable site consisting cf six acres of the Government House farm land fronting on Brighton Road for which they paid the Government the sum of $5.- 600.00.

Present Hospital Begun

In December 1930 a building committee was appointed with Ml‘. James Paton as chairman and early in 193i Mr. James Govan of Toronto was engaged as architect of the new hospital with Mr. J.imes E. Harris resident architect land Mr. Albert E. Baker as clerk of works. Plans were prepared and tenders called for the construction of the hospital but no tender was

the plans the trustees decided to build the hospital under the cost plus plan and engaged the A. F. Byers Co., Ltd., of Montreal to curry on the work. Mr. Paton on account of ill health was obliged Io resign as chairman of the build- ing committee and Mr. S. A. Mac- Lead was elected to take his place. 1rd with him as chairman the building committee carried to a successful conclusion the malii secilon of our present magnificent hospital designed to accommodate one hundred beds, "the cost total- ling 3325.000. The forinai opening took place on July 4. 1933. At that time it was believed by many that the hospital accommodation had been greatly over built and that there would never he need for further expansion. Mr. W. K. Rog- ers was chairman of the Board throughout this period and con- iinued until 1938 when he was succeeded by Dr. H. D. Johnson. He was followed as chairman by Mr. S. A. McLeod in 1942, by Mi‘. Alfred Pickard in 1943 and by Dr. J A. Clark in i944.

In the year 1931 the hospital treated i422 patients with patients’ ‘ces of 545068.00.

‘The Cundall Home

Another notable advance in the annals of the Prince Edward Is- land Hospital took place in the year 1936 when Beaconsfield. the magnificent residence of Mr. l-l. J. Cundall, which in his will to- gether with considerable endow- ment Mr. Cundail had left as a home where young women and girls might be supported and trained, was made available by Mr. Cundalls trustees as a residence for the nurses-ln-training at the Hospital. The removal of approxi- mately thirty pupil nurses from the Hospital building to the Cun- dall Home left the vacated space available for patients and other reeded hospital purposes.

The resolution of the Trustees of the Cundall Home passed at their meeting on May 20, 1936 reads as follows:

"It is resolved unanimously by this meeting of the trustees of the Cundall Home Corporation that its chairman and Secretary be authorized on behalf of the Cor- poration to enter into an agree- m nt with the Trustees of the Pr ce Edward Island P10591581 whereby this Corporation‘ will per- mit the said Hospital to have the use of the said Cundall Home Be- sidence and furniture contained therein free of charge as a home for and for the use of nurses in training, and that this Corporation inform the Hospital Board that after making use of a sufficient portion of its endowment income for paying insurance premiums. hunting and properly maintaining the said residence during the period of the pl , ' agreement. that it will make use of an addi- tional portion of the annuaq in- ccme from the said endowment to provide a small monthly stipend u: clothing allowance to each of the said pupil nurses.

Newest Equipment

But the new hospital and also the Cundali Home were in a com- paratively short tlmrovercrowded. and soon after Canadian troops had begun to take part in the Second World War and the wound-

mccepted. Finally alter revision of‘

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made in 1937 at a cost of upwards 0f $5000.00. In 1941 came the re- placement of the old X-ray Trans- former for radiography and fluoro- iwily by the very latest and most efficient type obtainable at a cost of $10,500.00 together with the ad- dition to the hospital staff ofya full time professional radiologist; End finally the installation of radium treatment on a joint basis by both Charlottetown hospitals. This addition to the installations of much other of the most mod-

I

ein type of equipment for the Ollerfltlng room laboratory and ofnei" departments aggregating huge expenditures. The New Wing

1n 1945 the demand for addi-

tional hospital accommodation,

Pvftly by reason of the expansion of the Blue Cross Hospitalization Plan and partly on War Veterans Bl-‘Lvlmt. was so insistent that the Trustees decided that construction of additional accommodation could not possibly be further deferred. It was found quite impossible to rct materials or labor to build an EY-Sl Wills addition of brick as Dlanned. New plans were therefor prepared and a contract entered into with M. F. Schurman and Co. on a cost plus basis for a ninety- six bed West Wing of fire resist- ant frame construction. The bulld- iug was closed in before the end i-l the year and was ready for oc- cizpation by Nov. 5th. 1946. Total cost approximately $235,000.

A contract was entered into with itbc Department of Veterans Af- fairs under which fifty of these‘ additional beds were made avail- able for Veterans; and the nurses and other members of the staff who could not be housed in the Cundall Home were allotted tem- porary accommodation in the re- nialning space available.

Nurses‘ Training School

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With the new West Wing oc- c. pied work was at once com- rienced on the assembly of ma- terials for the Nurses‘ Training School. construction of which, with 46 rooms and 83 beds besides (lluss. demonstration, recreation and assembly rooms, eta. has now‘ bren successluliy completed. Cost‘ approximately $155,000. The for- mal opening of this splendid resi- flciicc which together with the Cundall Home will house the now greatly enlarged staff. and of the West Wing which will now be wholly available for patients, is to iake place at The Nurses’ School on Wednesday afternoon of this week at 2 o‘clock and all friends, supporters ‘and patrons of the Hospital are cordially invited to attend. The new buildings will be open for inspection and all will be able to see for themselves the extent and the excellence of the accommodation now provided in the Prince Edward Island Hos- pital. With the addition of the new West Wing and Nursing School it bccamc necessary to greatly en- large the main kichen and nurses dining room and purchase addi- tional and larger kitchen equip- ment such as dish washer, elec- tric bake oven’ electric mixer, vegetable peeler, refrigerators, etc. This work, constituting a vast improvement is now practically completed and adds much to the facility sewing an average‘of eight hundred to one thousand meals per day.

Grounds levelled _

The hospital grounds have been levelled and landscaped. walk and driveways levelled and when spring planting of grass, trees and shrubbery- has been complet- ed the whole property will pres- ent a truly magniticient appear- ance. creditable alike to the hos-

ing patronagemver the past sixty odd years has made possible the splendid achievement. Mr. Justice Tweedy to the chairmanship of the Board of Trustees early in 1947 and the other members of the Board as now constituted. are: Messrs. J.E. Harris, Milton Stewart, lir- nest Cudmore, Claude Smith, ND. MacL-ean. J. Andrew Likely. J.W. Boulter, R.S.P. Jardine, Dr. J.P. Lantl and Dr. HR. Pierce. Mrs. W.E. Cotton and Mrs. Gordon Lcitch. The MedicslStaff con- sists of Doctors Ira J. Yeo, RI. Seaman. P.W. ‘ridmarsh. J.W. McKenaie, J.P. Lantz. ES. Gid- clings, Donald Campbell. 8.1-1. Pierce, G. Gilbert Houston. W]... MacDonald. I. Rachmei H. Yeo, R. Gordon Lea, Roy Kennedy, Lemuel Prowse, Kent Irwin, Tem-

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and Others

_ Mathleson, Charlottlown _ xClarence J. Mor-

senault (A) Charlottetown.

pltal's progressive officers and Kensington.

Board of Management and to this 5th Prince; J. Lorne McFar- community whose continuous lane (C); Carroll Delaney (A) generosity and steadily increas- Sum side. .

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SEC.

List 0f Candidates

In P. E. I. Election;

Following ls a list of the can- didates nominated to date in thei Provincial general election which! takes place on Dec. 11. "X" be- fore names indicates that the can- didate has been a member of the

last Legislature.

(C) signifies Councillor and (A).

Assemblyman: _ (X-members of last House).

Progressive Conservatives

1st King's: Dr. a. a. MacDonald ! Middleton. for Prince County; .1. W11" °Y healih- I" u" Govern- Souris (A); John MacLean tmer-'

chant) Souris (C).

2nd. King's R. 1.. surge. st'

Peters (C); Milton Rogerson Pcakes Station ( i 3rd King's: x j. J. A. Mac-

Donald, ‘Cardlgan (A); Hunter. Bridgetown (C)

4th King's xMurdock McGowan Kllmuir (C); Murray Harbour. N. (C).

5th King's: Daniel MacLean. De-

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Crapaud; Murdock McLeod (A) Long River. 2nd Queen's: ErnesFO. Hous-

ton, New Glasgow (C); Lorne E. Houston. North Rustico (A). 1st. Prince: Daniel MacKay. Bloomfield (C); D- R. Cflmlibell. Alberton (A). 2nd. Prince J. Reaford Locke- Lot ‘I (C); Donald F. MacLean. Tyne Valley (A). , 3rd. Prince: C. F. Gallant, Well- ington (A); Edward Larkin. Bay- side. (C). 4th Prince: Irving Toombs, Al- bany (A); Roscoe Walker, Ken- lslngton (C). ' 5th Prince: C. M. Woodside. (C); Chester Gaudet, (A). The three returning 01.11081‘! 101' 'the Election are James McCardle,

G. MacFadyen. High Sheriff,_for Queen's and Edwin Reid. Rollo

Bay for, King's. Nomination day J Thursday Nov 2'1.

LIBERAL mam

Continued frown page 5

Prank McFarlanc,'ovet~ this equipment to the Com-

rhission_ and the latter carried on from there.

Gros Marsh (A); Fred Johnston, The present Government has Murray Harbor. N. (C). done more for public health, by

1st Queen's: xWalter G. Mc- tlzree or four times, than any Kenzie. Bradalbane (A) Ernest previous Government. This year

Helm. DeSabie (C)

2nd Queen's; xR. R. Bell, Char-

lottetown (C); xPhillip Matheson Wheatlcy River. (A).

3rd. Queen's: J. A. Gillies. Char- lottetown; (A); Capt. J. J. Mac-

Donald. Johnstons River. (C). 4th. Queen's: M.

River. (A). 5th Queen's: Millan, Charlottetown’ (C); (A). lst Prince: rissey, Tignish. (A): Donald Camp- bell. Alberton (C). 2nd Prince: P. M. MacCaull. El-

.lerslie (C); Foster Sharp, Eilers-'

lie (A). 3rd. Prince: Edward Arnett. Sum-

M. Wood. Suuthport (C); D. J. Riley. Belle

xW. J. P. Mac- D. L.

they are spending well over $1,- 000,000 on Health and Welfare alone, whereas it is only a few [years since that amount was more ‘than our total budget.

The Conservatives are very fond of saying that no credit for this or that should go to the Govern- ment. They would have us believe that anything good that is ac- compilshed is to be credited to some organization other than the lGovernment, while the Govern- ment stood by and did nothing. Nu one will be deceived with this type of propaganda.

Take the Matthew-Wells cucum- ber plant for an illustration. If it were not for the efforts of the Jones Government this company

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. ould never have located here. meisidelhfCl; Peter Gallant. Well-I y“! the sloomooo bushel potato in" on ) ”

= _- r'er for England was obtained 4th Pimce: XHeMh mnmg. tlizl-‘ough the Government's efforts. summnerfid; "tuicfloh" Pmmamilf you do not believe me in this Trave ers es . l M_ ,)_ wllfggd 5th Prince: xFrancis J. Mac-‘ Statement’ ask r

Neill. Summerslde (A); Col E. H. Strong. summerside (C).

Liberals I

1st. King's: xT. J. Klckham (C) souris; xH. S, Francis (A) For-

tune Bridge. 2nd. King's xT. R. Cullen (C) Midgell; m. H. Cox (a) MoreILI

3rd King's: Keir Clark (C) Mon- tague; Joseph G. CamPbeuv (A) Poplar Point.

4th King's: A. W. Matheson, K. C, (C) Charlottetown; xHon. J. A. Campbell (A) Heatherdsle.

5th King's: xGeo. E. Savlile (C) Annsndale; xI-lon. William Hug- hes. (A) Souris.

1st Queen's: xI-Ion. W.‘ I‘. A. Stewart, Strathgartney (C); Hon. F. A. Large. Charlottetown. (A).

and. Queen's: Gordon B. Holmes. Charlottetown, (C); Laughlin Mac- Kinnon. Canoe Cove (A).

are]. Queen's: xlhigene Cullen. Sherwood (C): xRussel C. Clark

Mt. Stewart. (A).

4th Queen's: xHon. J. Walter Jone! (c) Bunbury: nvovsnld MacKinnon (A) Mt. Buchanan. 5th Queen's: xI-Ion. T. W. L.

lst. Prince: xPred Ramsay. Mont-

rose; Hector Richard (A) Howlan.‘ ill-d i-

2nd Prince: xHon. G. I-I. Barbour, (A).

3rd. Prince: xT. M. 111113191!" (C) Summe side; J. Wilfred Ar-

dth Prince: xHon. Horace Wright (C) Bedeque; C. C. Baker (A)

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1st Queen's: Georie W011i") (ct,

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RADIO REPAIRS

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Boulter, who as head of the Po- tato Growers‘ Association, knows all about it. ..

I operate a milk distributing plant in Charlottetown. and there- fcre am in a position i.o sifilk i" the aid which the Jones Govern- rient has given to those connect- indirectly with ‘such an undertaking.

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‘ed directly and

Milk Legislation

A few years ago, the Liberal Government of the day 1185891 legislation for the establishment of a Milk Board. The functions of

'thu Board were w figure the costs of production to the farmer,

‘ard aiso' to safeguard the interests o: the LOTISUIIICI’ by regulating the

‘lliice of this necessary commodity- The Government appointed the

- Provincial Dairy Surerlntwdwt

[to be chairman of this Board. l-lld to have as colleagues on the Board, a member lep-esentin the con- slimers and a third member rep- resenting the producer!-

About a year ago, the Jones Government brought-to this Prov-

'ince an outstanding sanitary en- Igineer and a bacteriologist to

now" (A). DI. E c_ Doug“ lg)“ make s. survey of conditions under

lwliich milk was beini PT°dll°¢¢ ‘. The recommenda- ,' tions of these two outstanding of-

churlonewwn_ (A): xporest Phmlp, ficlals have been implemented and

adopted in their entirety. The re- suit of this action has been a very decided improvement in the quai- ity of milk being Processed. and n a result a decided safeguard to the health of all c111- citizens-

The Government has acquired tie services of Mr. Wallace Sharp. the sanitary engineer. and at PN- sent Mr. Sharp is taking an ad- vanced course in sanitation. in

processing and distribution. It ‘is expected that Mr. Sharp will have completed his course and returned to the Province to take over his position by Msy 15th, i948.

While awaiting the return of Mr. Sharp. the Jones Government has placed in the field Mr. Harold Jieartz. BSA. who at preset-it is advising the milk producers of this Province with respect to the

Cunstiiiiiteiil

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NR. a mild, all-vegetable laxative, is