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Committee Presents Information on New Hospital Proposal , (Nate: Following is Information on the proposed hospital bond is sue distributed by a committee formed to promote building and operation of a county hospital). All citizens of Carteret County will have the opportunity to ex press their opinions at the polls on Nov. 8. It is the duty and privilege of each citizen to give prayerful thought and consideration to the following issue. • Do we need a new hospital in Carteret County? • If so, can we afford it? • If not, can we afford to allow the present Morehead City Hos pital to close in a few years and have no hospital for the majority of the people in the County? It is just that simple and plain and can be thoroughly understood if all the following facts are known. Why a New Hospital Is Needed The present hospital serves the major portion of the county, is lo cated in Morehead City and oper ated by a board of trustees. Half of the building is over 45 years old and the entire structure repre sents a patchwork of additions and alterations which have been added with no correlated planning so that nearly every department is located in a disadvantageous position. This makes for great waste of nursing attention and all other services rendered to patients. The hospital is very expensive to maintain since it is an old struc ture and is in constant need of repairs. Carteret County’s population is growing rapidly. Most people to day have hospitalization insurance and use hospitals much more than they did 15 to 25 years ago. While the present hospital is located in Morehead City and has been oper ated by the city, in 1959 seventy one per cent of the patients who were treated in the Morehead City Hospital were from outside the Morehead City limits. Crowded conditions prevail at all times and it is not uncommon to see patients being cared for in the halls, in the waiting rooms, and in the different parts of the hospital which were not intend ed for patient rare. The Medical Care commission' is composed of a group of leading business and professional men throughout the State of North Car olina. The commission was creat ed by an act of the legislature and among other duties it is primarily toncerned with the recognition of the need for new hospitals in the State and is empowered to help in the arrangement for the setting up of these hospitals by allocation of Federal and State fiinds. It has recognized that the need for g new hospital in Carteret county is urgent and has approv ed a liberal allowance from the federal government in the form of Hill-Burton funds and also has approved an allowance of over $100,000 of State funds. The commission has authorized participation in a 100-bed hospital for this County which will cost ap proximately $1,700,000, but the fi nancial part which will be requir ed to be furnished by Carteret county is between $600,000 and $700,000. This means that Carteret coun ty will get a great bargain for its money that is spent. The Medical Care Commission puts no strings on the funds which it allocated except to see that the standards of construction are up to State requirements. The Medical Care commission has considered this project care fully and approved it. This means that they are convinced that it is a very worthwhile need for out community. Since 1948 the Med ical Care commission has approv •d and there have been construct ed in North Carolina over fifty similar hospitals and public health buildings. None of these have had to close its door because of financial dif ficulties in operation, and there is no reason for the county com missioners or anyone else to fear that a modern up-to-date hos pital in this community will not he able to operate without being a strain on the county finances. What Would the People Get for Their Tax Money? Among the many advantages which will come as a result of a new hospital can be listed the fol lowing: • There will be more private and semi-private rooms for the care of the critically ill patients. • Within these rooms will be oxy gen lines and suction lines run to the bedside. • Telephone communications will be available for patients in their rooms. O Soundproof rooms and halls will make a much more restful hospital stay. • A speaker system from the nurses’ desks to the patients’ room will eliminate many steps and save both time and money in the oper ation of the hospital. • Air-conditioning will be pres ent throughout the hospital and will add greatly to the comfort of the sick. • New modern emergency rooms with adjacent facilities for taking care of fractures, emergency cases, for minor operations, and for x-rays of emergency cases and out-patients. • A new and greatly enlarged x ray department will be incorporat ed. In addition to x-ray examina tion facilities there will also be x-ray treatment facilities. This need has long been lacking in this area. There arc many types of patients including those sick with cancer who now have to leave the county and go long distances fop the treatment which they will be able to receive right here at home in a new hospital. From an eco nomic standpoint this will save many thousands of dollars yearly in travel expenses as well as suf fering. • Improved waiting room facili ties will be available on each floor. In addition, family rooms will be available for the families of des perately ill patients or in the case of bereavement, the emotionally upset family and friends of the de ceased will have a place where they can remain and talk over the arrangements in privacy. This need has long existed in the pres ent facilities. • A new modern laboratory with latest equipment including the ex pensive apparatus for complicated chemical examinations and a blood bank of the latest type will be in cluded. • Modern kiteflen and cafeteria facilities for the patients and staff with modern methods for proper handling and transportation of food while it still hot will be included in a new hospital. • There will be a new obstetrical department with new delivery rooms and a modern nursery with all the equipment which will be required. This means the obstet rical patients can have the most up-to-date care. A remarkable job has been done with facilities which are old and out-dated and this one addition alone would make a new hospital worthwhile. • A completely new surgical de partment with adjacent x-ray facil ities, adequate supply rooms, mod ern sterilizing equipment and emergency lighting will mean bet ter care for the patients. In addi tion, recovery rooms will be close by the operating rooms and in these one nurse will be able to care for several patients immedi ately following operations until the patients are able to return to their own rooms. This means better care all the way around for the surgical patients. • In addition, there will be re lief from flooding at high tide as occurs now during hurricanes. Also, built-in electric generators for auxiliary service will be pres ent when the general current in the area goes off as it docs'during storms. • Other facilities such as new administrative offices and business office, medical library, record room, drug and supply storage, new elevators and countless other equipment and facilities which are4 present in new hospitals will be available in this new plant. Conclusion It should be emphasized once more that this is an urgent prob lem. If the Morehead City hos pital has to close because the build ing is condemned, it must be rea lized that hospital operations can not be carried on in the civic cen ter, in churches, or in any other public place except a hospital building. Time is of the greatest impor tance and we must realize that we are faced with this possibility in the very near fniure. We should take steps now to elimi nate the situation whereby the majority of the people in this county would have no hospital facilities at all. It should also be pointed out that the new hospital will be open to all people in the county includ ing summer guests and will be available without regard to race, creed or color. Therefore, all churches, all civ ic clubs and civic leaders, all of ficials of county and local gov ernment, and everyone else who feels that the health needs of our county must be met with new hospital facilities should take upon themselves the task of ad vising all of their friends and neighbors of the importance of going to the polls on Nov. 8 and voting for this bond issue. It has nothing to do with poli ticians and politics as both Demo crats and Republicans or any other party members will be welcome just as they are today in the pres ent hospital facilities. Carteret county cannot afford to go back ward, and it would be a tragic mis take and a tremendous step back wards if the bond issue is not pass ed in November. For those who are not willing to believe that the urgent need exists because he or she happens to be in good health at the pres ent time, these should remember that at any moment any of us or our families may find that the hospital is the last resort In sav ing the lives of our loved ones and lack of modern hospital fa cilities or the absence of any hos pital facilities whatsoever may hit home with tremendous impact at the most unsuspected moment. It happens every day. Don’t let your fear of a slight increase of the tax rate in the county prevent you from doing your part in making available for your family and your fellow citi zens the thoroughly demonstrated need for new hospital facilities which will be available if this bond issue is passed. Bookmobile Route Listed The bookmobile will travel in the Newport area Monday, after stops at Crab Point and Camp Glenn. It will visit the Nine-Foot road, Masontown and Newport. Tuesday the bookmobile will trav el to Harlowe, Mill Creek and Newport. The schedule, as released by the county public library, follows: Monday: Camp Glenn, 9:30-9:50 —Mrs. Mary Nichols; Crab Point, 10:00-10:30 — Crab Point church; 10:45-11:30—Mitchell Village; 11:40 12:00—Wildwood church. Nine-Foot road, 12:50-1:05—Mrs. Cornell Garner, 1:15-1:30 — Mrs. Daisy Cannon, 1:40-1:55 — Miss Alice Simmons. Masontown, 2:10-2:25—Mrs. Ma ola Piner, 2:40-2:55—Mrs. Madge Reynolds; Newport, 3:10-3:50— branch library. Tuesday: Harlowe, 9:10-9:25— Mrs. Emma Oglesby, 9:30-10:00— Mrs. Hazel Ives; Mill Creek, 10:10 10:40—Mrs. J. C. Skinner, 10:55 11:25 —Mrs. Lida Dail; 12:15— Newport school. The Homestake Mine in South Dakota, opened in 1879, has pro duced $400 million worth of gold and is still being mined. NEW YORK • NORFOLK • PHILADELPHIA JACKSONVILLE • CHARLESTON, S.C • DAYTONA BEACH y- ‘ • •* *™v? Cdl your Trovol Agunt or Mllrooo 7-5151 FIRST.WITH JETS IN THE U.S.AJ Picture This in Carteret County rwmm. 'i |ll|iHHHMffW|l 1 l n iPHH This is Edgecombe General hospital, Tarboro, built with state, federal and local funds under the supervision of the Medical Care com mission, same state agency which has put Carteret high on the state’s priority list for new hospitals. The hospital will accommodate 75 patients. Edgecombe county levies a 5-cent tax for hospital operation, which the hospital trustees say they have not had to use thus far. Take a Look at the Facts' A colorful leaflet. Take a Look at the Facts, throws another light on the proposal for a county hos pital. The message on the leaflet follows: WHAT WILL A NEW HOSPITAL MEAN TO YOU? It is a haven of refuge for the sick, injured and crippled in mind and body. It is a modern, scientifically equipped, clean, air-conditioned, restful, quiet, efficient and friend ly harbor where you can go for protection, rehabilitation and sal vation in your time of medical need. It is second to no institution in its "relationship to God. More pray ers are said in a hospital than in a church, for the need for spiritual guidance is constant in a hospital 24 hours a day, the entire year, for patients, nurses and doctors. It means that when you, your wife or husband or your children are critically ill or injured, you have a place nearby where you can turn for help. If we lose our hos pital facilities in Morehead City, as the Medical Care Commission has indicated we soon will do, it will be necessary to go 35 miles or more for all hospital needs. It means you will have as nice and up-to-date hospital as there is in the State. If you do not know what it will be like, go to Tarboro, Washington (N.C.) or Elizabeth City and see what they have done. If you see one of these new hos pitals, you will agree that this is the opportunity of the century for Carteret County. WHAT WILL A NEW HOSPITAL MEAN TO CARTERET COUNTY? A new hospital is a $1,700,000.00 industry operating 365 days a year, 3 shifts a day, employing 80 to 100 people with a monthly payroll of $15,000 to $20,000—a yearly payroll of $180,000 to $225,000. In addition, approximately $200,000 is expended annually for food, supplies, drugs and other necessities. Most of this is spent in Carteret County. It means that major industry, tourists and conventions will find this County more attractive be cause of adequate health facilities. It will indicate to ourselves and our visitors that Carteret County is progressive, optimistic, and vi tally concerned for the health, wel fare and medical needs of its citi zens. It will indicate that we are not satisfied with out-moded and obsolete hospital facilities. The French village of St. Ber trand-in-the-Pyrenees (population 350) once was the capital of a Roman province and had a popula tion of 60,000. Flood Control Project Begun Srinagar, Kashmir (AP)—Kash mir is buying dredgers from the United States and shovels from Bri tain to keep the valley free from floods. Two dredgers are scheduled to arrive here in early 1961, each with a dredging capacity of 750 cubic feet per hour. These are part of a state plan to widen and deepen the 19-mile long Outfall Channel of the valley’s main river, the Jhelum. The first phase of the plan is scheduled to cost 80,000,000 rupees ($16,800,000). Weight Reducer Dillwyn, Va. (AP)—J. H. Jamcr son, who weighs 210, rode his bi cycle 65 miles to Richmond — to reduce, he said He came back by automobile. Net loss for the 69-year-old man was one pound. Oct. 4—Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Daniels and children, Johnnie and Phyllis and Mrs. Daniels’ father, Mr. Philip Teenberg, spent Sunday at Cedar Island. Mrs. Susan Day, who spent last week with Mrs. Sophia Lupton, re turned to her home at Morehcad City Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gilgo of At lantic were in the community a short while Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Lupton and son, James, visited Mr. Walter Godwin at Cedar Island Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Willis at tended church services at Atlantic Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Willis visit ed relatives at Cedar Island the past weekend. Mrs. Ida Willis of Beaufort visit ed relatives in the community Sunday. Mrs. Julia Pake and daughter, Mrs. Dallas Willis, visited Mrs. Eva Willis and Mrs. Lucy Gillikin at Morehead City Sunday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Lupton, New Bern RFD, who returned last week from Cameron, La., where they spent the summer, visited his mother, Mrs. Sophia Lupton, Sun day. Mr. Walter Goodwin of Beaufort visited relatives here Saturday. Mrs. Herman Reid and two sons of Beaufort visited friends Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Donald Gilgo of Atlantic was in our community a short while Sunday evening. Mrs. Ollie Bell of Coral Bay vis ited her son and family Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. William Jordon and family of Goldsboro visited her mother, Mrs. Ella Buchannon, through the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McIntosh and daughter, Eleanor, visited his father, Mr. and Mrs. Fernie Mc Intosh, at Marshallberg last week. Mrs. William Willis, Beaufort, and guest, Mrs. William Bailey of Cocoa, Fla., visited Mrs. Julia Pake and family last Tuesday. i Others in Chrysler's price class are building jr. editions for '61. Not Chrysler! ** Why? Because Chrysler’s reputation has always been based on full-size, full value cars. Result: your investment in a Chrysler will not be compromised by lesser cars bearing the Chrysler name. TUt ii the Newport 2-door Hardtop Sedan featuring the new ... a full-size Chrysler in a new, lower price range! It's new! And it's a beauty! 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