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VOL. No. XX. No. 24
KIJtIN. N. C, Tf^su.W. AFRIT, lo. tOSt
Pl'KIJSHKO WHKKLV
Hugh ChathamMemorial Hospital Opens April20
Handsome Structure To Be Thrown Open For
Inspection by Public On Sui^sS^, April 19th
MODERN BUILDING
NEW $100,000 HOSPITAL OPENS HERF NEXT MONDAY
Day Is Set Apart In
Recognition Of
Support
PUBLIC IS INVITED
Elkin's new ho!>pital is noC mcreix
four walls and a roof—It is the last
word In hospital construction and
equipment, and Is superior to the
hospitals of man}' largo cities and
towns. The building Is of brick and
concrete, and absoluteljr fire-proof
throughout, and Is Ideally located
a tract of fifteen acres which s
donated by the Chatham Manufac
turing company, and valued
$15,000.
The total value of the property
Is figured lu round niimhors at $100,
000, including the land. JtO.OOO
of this amount was contributed
through the Duke Foundation, and
the remainder secured through local
subscriptions, a generous amount
having been contribucet'
Chatham family, especially Iho gift
by Thurmond Chatham.
It is Impossible to pant
picture of tho beauty or durability
of this handsome new building, and
only by a visit and earefu! Inspec
tion Is It poiwlble to realize what
tbo work of human hands has ac
complished.
Private rooms have iilh- green
walls and cream
floors are covered with battleship
linoloum, Wards are finished
gray and er^giu- '"1 doors are
nt» p«net.'*'hnamsfe“^"^«»a»w»~
All rooms are •quippeil
phones, and have plugs
uchlog radio receiving
Rvery patient ■
grains without
HI'GIl 'IIATII,V>| MRSfOKIAI. HOSFIT.4I.
Vew Hospital Bears Name of Late Hugh
G. Chatham, Beloved (Citizen of Elkin
and Winston-Salem; Did Much for Section
DR. H. L JOHNSON
OF GREENSBORO, IS
HEAD NEW HOSPITAL
Well Known Surgeon
And Physician To
Assume Charge
IS COMPETENT MAN
Ther
is •
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phones.
> enjoy radio pro-
disturbing others.
Through the special arrangement of
the building. It will be practically
noiseless, a feature that Is highly
Important In extreme easea or those
of nervousness.
There are a number of two-bed
wards for patients who do not ob
ject to having a room mate. These
rooms are finished in blue and
cream.
Tho utility room has tile floors,
and walls are wainscoaied In tile.
An interesting room in the build
ing Is that provided for babies, and
it baa been equipped with special
tubs of appropriate slae- The ma
ternity and operating rooms have
regulated heat, and the rooms can
bo given any temperature desired,
from extieme heal to below-normal
prevailing temperature. This fea
ture Is tho very latest in modern
Was President Of The!
Chatham Manufac
turing Co.
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ON BCND.W, AFIUL lOTH. A.Nt
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HAN BflH.V VleSCRD t’I'ON TICK MKT M Hinil
HlTIiMNO WITH ttOMTCBP’ITi PNJITFMKNT.
WELL KNOWN HERE
Ii Is a mark of dlstinelion and en
tirely fitting that the now hospital
should bear the name of the lul«
Hugh C,. Chatham
Mr. Chatham, during the time
which he held Kikin as his prln-iiia!
residence, was one of the must prjiti-
inent and influential of our eitizenx.
and even though be moved his pi ->'
of abode to Winston-Salem, Klkin
never gave him up. nor forgot ilu'
meaning of his exlsicnco as it ap
plied in every walk of tils Iif>- 'i
better the community In whicli
was reared—and loved.
)te Department
-very assurance that
Klkln's new hospital le under sate
guidance at the hands of Dr. Harry
L. Johnson, who will assume
responsibility of surgeon and general
superintendoni when the institution
Is opened for business on Monday,
April 2rt,
Among the numerous applications
for the pnslliou were professional
men of wide experience, and It Is
doubtless a source of encourage-
ment and Atlsfaction to Dr. John-
sou to know that he was chosen
from among such a group,
that he will prove up to tho high
recommendation with which
comes to our city Is but a matter of
time In which to demonstrate bis
ablltly as a surgeon and leadership
IS the head of the hospital.
Dr. Johnson was born In Chatham
■ounty. He received his early pre-
niedleal training at Guilford College
•‘-d later entered the University of
rth Carolina, taking two years of
'dlcal work. The M. D. degree
s conferred upon him at bis grad
uation from the College of Medic
. Clnelnnattl. Following his grad-
hiatlon he did w'o years of work nt
tho Cincinnati! General Hospital,
later taking a past graduate at Ford
Hospital in Detroit. Mich. Since
that tlmo he has studied urolo',-y
arid surgery under men of ouh'tapd-
lug prominence in the aurglcal pro-
He was)auporiRtend«i>( of
ror the past
b.aB been engaged In general surgi
cal and medical practice In Geens-
boro, from which city he come* to
KIkIn.
The tiicdk-al profession of Elkin
Is solidly behind Dr. Johnson and the
hospital which will ho operalod by
lilm. and assurance of complete co-
>PTaiion has already bci
■This Is a mutter of much
nntlclpnling success for t
stltiillon. for wlthoiu thi
physlolni
faavio
Waai«
I pledged.
i-elved I
1 Memorial Hospital is amply equipped to take ca''
big, modern department store is equipped to sub itubllsh the hospital upon self-.siip-
to an up-to-date store of this kind. With the
ided to capacity with sparkling new merchandi|,„j‘"l.j"‘',f^‘^"“ ‘^.7r7n'aso.r‘io'“bei
pretty hats, costume jewehy, newest hits in pi^»ove that the pnhiic wm giv,- pr-f-
fjake their own, and many other offerings in IpcXny^with^he'womnw^^^^^^^
a look, inspect, compare prices—it will stand the''^'' I'hysicians whose fain, ims
ready heen demonstrated by iho v
FOURTEEN ROOMS IN
NEW HOSPITAL BEAR
NAMES LOCAL PEOPLE
Interested Citaens Of
This Section Help
In Completing
SHOW FINE SPIRIT
A splendid response was mot
when the call was made for private
ly furnished rooms In the new Hugti
Chatham .Memorial Hospital, these
rooms to bear the names of each In
dividual or organization who furn-
isbod It.
Rarely Is there a campaign tnau-
guroted hero that doe.* nut “go over
the top," and to refer to the Liberty
Loan drives made during the World
War only refreshes ones momory
that Elkin never faitet to raise Its
quota la a single instance. A splen
did record, indeed, only to be kept
up by the drivo for aid In furnishing
rooms of the now hospital, of which
there was no limit set as a goal.
However, when the total number of
rooms In the building Is lukon Into
consideration, tho figure 14 is at
least one abov& what some consider
to be the unlunty "IS."
So far as Is known, not a single
‘‘black cat" has crossed tho road In
the path of eonsernetion. Rut be it
known that tho promoters have had
their difficulties, their ups and
downs, but have managed to coma
out victoriously through diligent
searching of ways and means to
overcome the obstacles that have
confronted (hem.
Pausing hero to give credit for
tho splendid gifts represented In tbo
cost of furnishing private rooms in
.this building. wAprInt tho following
llkr J-iy«nn-«.A * as or organiza-
'‘S.T \ .down into tho
r3akO|y iP .aLsd-
r subsetlpM the necessary amount
>r the cost of tho work;
A, Chniham fomlly. Elklu W
ns‘ Club, Elkin Klwanls Club. Mrs
. T. Roth, Mrs. K. L. Hubbard
Mason Llllard Riblo Class. Mr
Rodgers. Mrs. It, I.. Harris. Pr
E. 0. X’lick. .Mrs. I.iila Wet-don,
Jonesvlllp Methodist church. George
Post American l..'Kii>ii, Klkin
Masonic lrf>dgc, Mosley & Reece.
ICuntitiuud I
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t Section!
A COMPETENT FORCE
WILL COMPOSE STAFF,
OF NEW INSTITUTION
High Recommendations
Accompany Nurses
Employed tfere
ONE ELKIN ft'OMAN
Selection of the aUK of nurses
(or the new Hugh Chatham Memor
ial Hospital was made after care
ful Investigation of the applications
received, of which there were many.
Due to the high character and wide
training experience of those seeking
the positions. It was a difficult i •
lor to narrow the list down to
required number to properly iperate
the hospital. However, tho V
was finally completed, and It Is
matter of coiuolatlon to know that
each Individual employed ranks
well In their chosen profeeslon.
that patient* of the Institution
assured the very best attention
when placed In their care.
Miss Hattie Norman, one of the
numbeo. Is an Elkin young woman,
ond n graduate of tho High Point
Hospital. Completing her course In
High Point, sho accepted work in
Lexington, and comes from that
ploce to her new position in
former heme town.
Mlu Elisabeth Hawfield. another
member of the narsea' staff, waa
graduated from tho Twin-City Hos-
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Elkin on Thursday iiiornlng. Ocioli-r
10. 1930. when news of the di-aih
of Mr. Chatham btx-anio hroudru--i
throughout thn country. For son,,
time a sufferer from gall stones, Mr.
Chatham was removed to thn i
rial Hospital at llaltlmorc. Maryland,
where on operation was perforir.il.
and encouraging reports were r,-
colvcd immediately following, only
to bear contradictory slatemini^
when pneumonia developed on Tues
day which conquered his heroic ef-
' .ts In tho grim struggle with
death which occurred on Thursday.
Conforming to his oft-expressed de
sire, hia mortal remains '
brought back to Elkin and interred
la Hollywood cemetery where I
himself had gone on previous ore
sloDs to pay respects to numeroi
departed friends and relatives.
Hugh Graham Chatham was born
in the present home of the late R.
O. Franklin, which was at that time
known as the old Chatham home
stead In West Elkin, and embraced
practically tho cntlro area of the
present site of Klkin. Hn was the
son of the late Alexander and Mary
Gwyn Chatham, and was horn nmid
the turmoil of the Civil War.
Mr. Chatham was a student In ihc
high school at Klkin, and later en-
lercd_tho Jonesvlllo high school,
where bo graduated. Ho was later
a student at Vanderbilt University.
Upon the establishment of the old
woolon mills, by his father and .Mi
T. L. Gwyn, Mr. Chatham returned
to Elkin to engage in the naiiufac-
toro of woolen goods, and through
close application to bis work be was
sueecsgfni in mastering the art
be climbed the ladder of experience
which carried him through e
process of tho business—^from the
raw material to the finished
product.
As time passed the company md-
ualty eliminated everything freih Its
Bargain Basement
A Veritable Feast of Bargains
In Popular Priced Merchandise
DING READY-TO-WEAR, MILLINERY. PIECE GOODS,
L NOTIONS, AND COUNTLE.SS NUMBERS OF OTHER
ABLE ARTICLES—:VND MOST ATTRACTIVELY
IP. WHEN YOU VISIT THIS STORE, VISIT THE ilAR-
BASEMENT, TOO!
■Udly I
Johnson and Iii* staff of cc
To Dr. John.Hon and hi*
-ity sends o
NOV
a and till- liopc tl
with u» will pre
I profliah
>c>lh
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NEW HOSPITAL SHOW
A SPLENDID GROUP
Prominent Men Chosen
To ni! Required
Twelve
MEN OF ('HARACTER
For blrtli
:j;s.:splendid WORK WAS
pensive, i
In cloth,
etc. Fo
your gift
able
please yc
BONE during PERIOD
OLD HOSPITAL HERE
Drs. Salmons and Gar-lu
maniifaciuru except blanket*, which
I cxdti-dve product today
inarkct,.'d the world over, large quan-
tlUe* having been made for the- Uni
ted State* Army and Nayy.
Provioux to the urKanIzatloii
the firm Under the name of Chatham
Manufacturing Company, u war
headed by Mr. Alexander Chatham,
who later resigned to become presi
dent of the Elkin National Bank, at
which time the son. Hugh G. Chat
ham. herame active head of the bual-
and remained In that capacity
until hi* death. By careful applica
tion of buxlness prlnclplea. Mr. Chat
ham succeeded Id founding the busl-
Doss upon a stable boats, and today
It ranks high among the outstanding
mnnufacturlnf tompanles of the
nation.
During tlie World War struggle,
Mr. Chatham's advice was often
aougbt which reqolred his visita to
the nation's lengthy
period of tine the Chatham plant
under government control, man
ufacturing blanket* for.oui
und sailors.
In iiddlllcn to noteworthy
ments in the town of his b
Chatham waa readily recognized np-
hla removal to Wlnston-Salam,
nan of rare business ability and
Judgment, and soon became affilia
ted with numerous actlvitlee onlalde
that of the manufacturing business.
a director of the Wachovia
Bank and Trust Co., and under the
governorship of both Aycock and
Olenn he rerved as president of the
North Carolina Railroad company.
Mr. Chatham was alto one of the
founders of the Elkin & Alleghany
railroad company, and a principal
figure In the early development of
Roaring Gap. which baa grown - Into
wide prominence by Ha recent pro
gram of expansion under the present
management of Pineburst, Incorpor
ated.
Mr. Chatham was in 1914 elected
Physicians
A FINE REPUTATION
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Page 8. let Seccioa)
The *.-1.'.-iion of tti.- Hoard of
Director.* for the Hugh Chiitham
Memorial Hnspilul was no easy
task, because there were various
rcosunlng* to he taken Inin consid-
eratlnn.
Mon of Intelligence, of eharacter,
and of willingness to function In
carrying on the work required of
such a board was Important, ond ev
ery detail must be strictly ad.iered
And in scanning tho list of gen-
vov Qiiv-OAOa'Fii] llemen chosen to compose the
cy ouccessiui hoard. It appear* that a perfect
piece of work has been done, and
the work required* of them will bo
carried on with clock-llko preclai''n
V institution has need of
thoir service* from time to time
problems of various nature
bob up they will bo pressed Into ac
tion frequently to Iron out any arla-
ing problems or matters brought to
their attention.
The gentlemen selected ere well
qualified for the positions allotted
to them: they are men in whom the
publlo has confidence; (hey are men
who have made succesaes. for them-
selves as well as being a cog In the
wheel of community success. And
because of their pnblle-splrUedness.
ft la easily understood why the
names appearing below were chosen
to compose the Board of Directors
of the Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital:
L. B. Abemetby. chairman: Thur
mond Chatham, ylce-chalrman; W.
iu Neayas, Tlee^holrman: Mosea
Llllard, secretary and treatnrar:
Dr. H. P. Boyer, Or. J. L..Doaghtoii.
Bon. R. A. Doughton, . John W.
Haneo, Dr. 1. W. Ring, Dr. B. O.
OUek, Alox. Chatham. Jr., and Dr.
Pred Hanes.
During the year 1924. Drs. H.
Salmons and R. R. Garvey made i
sible Elkin's-first hospital by c
verting the rooms In the Salmons
building, the tower floor of which
is occupied by Turner Drug Co.,
to a hospital and equipping It with
modern fixtures and surgical Instru
ments. It waa a aou'ce of deep
gratitude to our people that we were
given hospital advantages, although
small way Insofar as room was
concerned.
During the first year of Its ex-
llstence. and operating with only flf-
rooms. 360 patients were ad-
Imltted for operations and treatment.
The aecond year saw an eran great ■
number, perhaps increased by
twenty-five per cent., which taxed
the hospital to Its capacity.
Drs. Salmons and Oarvey, tho lat
ter now,residing In Winston-Salem,
were highly esteemed, and the pnb-
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