Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1916 — INSPECT WATSEKA HOSPITAL [ARTICLE]

INSPECT WATSEKA HOSPITAL

Members of Hospital Board and Dr. Washburn See Illinois Institution. 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, Illinois, 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 mak-

ing arrangements for the equipping and managing the hospital here. 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 sixty-five thousand dollars. The building and the eqnipment of this institution are the very best obtainable. They are modern and high class in every particular. They are on a par with any institution of the kind anywhere. The hopsital is supported by the people of the city of Watseka and the county of Iroquois. It stands as a testimony in honor of this citizenship.

The superintendent, Miss Van ■Wrinkle, and the assistant superintendent., Miss Johnson, are 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 i eferer.ee 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 hv the different churches, lodges, societies and individuals of the city of Watseka. The cost of furnishing each room is about $l5O. There is no institution in Watseka, or in any other town, that 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 Iroquois 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, nnd just now intensified in the city of Rensselaer and the county of Jasper. In a few weeks the Jasper county hospital will be completed. It will not be as large as the building at Watseka, but it will be a building 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 rooms in the hospital here. There will be fifteen beds in the hospital here. Six of these will be wards. A suitable 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 wdth the board or through the church, lodge or society of which they may be a member. The president of the hoard is Jesse D. Allman, and the secretary is Edward P. Honan, xx