Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1916 — MADE VISIT TO WATSEKA HOSPITAL [ARTICLE]

MADE VISIT TO WATSEKA HOSPITAL

Members of Hospital Board and Dr. Washburn Inspect the Watseka, 111., Hospital Sunday.'

.Dr. I. M. Washburn and the following members of the • Jasper county hospital board, Jesse D. Allman, Edward 'P. Honan and L. H. Hamilton, visited the hospital at Watseka, 111., Sunday. The trip was made in the doctor’s automobile. It was not only a very pleasant trip but will undoubtedly be very helpful to the board in making arrangements for the equipping and managing the hospital hers. , The hospital at Watseka was built in 1914. The money for the same was given by Mrs. Anna Donovan in honor of her deceased husband, John Donovan. The amount of her donation was the magnificent sum of sixtyfive thousand dollars. The building and the equipment of this institution are the very best obtainable. They are modem and high class in every particular. They are on a par with any institution of the kind anywhere. ' The hospital is supported by the people of the city of Watseka and the <?ounty of Iroquois. It stands as a testimony in honor of this citizenship. The superintendent, Miss Van Wrinkle, and the assistant superintendent; Mips Johnson, afe undoubtedly efficient, as shown by the splendid condition of the hospital at the time of the visit. These ladies were very considerate and were pleased to show the visitors the building and give them definite information in reference to the management of the hospital. The hospital contains twenty-five beds. Most of them are in large private rooms. The equipment of these rooms has been furnished by the different churches, lodges, societies and individuals of the city of Watseka. The cost of furnishing eacn room is about one hundred and fifty dollars.

There is no institution in Watseka, or in any other town, that reflects the real spirit of genuine interest in humanity more than its hospital, well equipped and carefully managed. Too much cannot be said in praise of Mrs. Donovan and the citizens of Watseka and IroqQois county. May the spirit of this good woman and these splendid citizens be disseminated throughout the length and breadth of this great land of ours, and just now intensified in the city of Rensselaer and the county of Jasper. In a few weeks the Jasper county hospitel will be completed. It will not be as large as the building at Watseka, but it will be a buiding of which every taxpayer in the county will have reason to feel proud. The board invites the churches, lodges, societies and individuals .of Rensselaer and Jasper county to provide funds for the equipment of the private room in the hospital here. There will be fifteen beds in the hospital here. Six of these will be wards. A suitable plate will be placed upon each-door giving the name of the donor of the furnishings therein. At Watseka the rooms were furnished uniformly. The board here has decided to follow this idea. They will purchase the equipment and the donor will be properly credited as indicated above. All persons interested are urged to take this matter up directly with the board or through the church, 46dge or society of which they may be a member. The president of the board is Jesse D. Allman, and the secretary- is E.lwarc! P. Honan.