Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1916 — NEW HOSPITAL SUPT. SELECTED [ARTICLE]

NEW HOSPITAL SUPT. SELECTED

Miss Bertha Brunneman Selected By Local Board to Have Charge of Rensselaer Hospital. Miss Bertha Brunneman, of Elgin, 111., has - been selected by the local hospital board to have charge of the new hospital in this city as soon as it is ready for occupancy. The board has been considering a number of applications lately and although it was thought that Miss Brunneman would be selected, it was not definitely decided upon until late this week. The new superintendent is a lady who has had a great deal of experience in this line of work and the board feels that they have been very fortunate in securing such a capable person to have charge of this institution. Miss Brunneman is a lady of about 35 years of age, and is from Elgin, 111. Her salary will be one hundred dollars a month. Her former experience in this work included the Lake Forest, 111., hospital, where she acted as superintendent; the West Side hospital in Chicago, and the Cayuga hospital at Cleveland, 0., where fche also was in charge of a training school for nurses. The work on the hospital has been retarded some and it will probably be about the first of February before the building will be ready for occupancy. Some pt the material for the interior equipment has been delayed and the work, has been held up until the arrival of it. Although they were disappointed somewhat at the delay the board feels that when the building is completed the work will have been done right, and Rensselaer can boast of as nice a hospital as can be found anywhere for its size. It will be a big boost for the city and add greatly to its attractiveness. Various organizations in the city have been at work raising money and preparing to furnish rooms in the hospital and this is a very commendable thing and shows the appreciation of the people'generally. Very few towns the size of Rensselaer have a mspital and we have a just right to feel a little swelled on ourselves.