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FLORA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. MAY 8. 1924
NUMBER 34
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FLOItA lOSriTAL
FORMAL OPENING
liSSt Satarday aad   Sun(la.v   Was At¬ tended   by an  Immense  Throng .    of laterested Cltlaens of Flora snd VirinHy
PEOPLE HIGHLY PLKAHEU
' Ths formal opening of tbe Flors Boapitai snnonnced by Dr. Oeo. W. Campbell for isst Saturday snd Sun¬ day, drew probably 1600 citizens ot Flon snd the territory surroundkig- smd eT«ry one was highly pisiued With tbs hosplUI bnlldlng snd the SQalptteat. Msny werp the compll- BMBtsry remarks showered upon Dr. aad Mrs. Campbell.' A feature not on tbe progsm was « surprise shower giren Dr. Campbell by friends who bronght numerous gifts ot articles asetul In conduct of a hospital.
A letter sent Dr. Campbell by the Flora Commercial Club, reads ss fol- loars:
Flors, 111. May 3, 1924. Dr. Oeo. W. Csmpbsll,
Flors. 111. • •
Dear Sir—
Ate meeting of the Flora Commer- kl Club held at the city hall Fridsr alght. Msy 2nd, s motion wss unsn- aaiously carried that a letter be writ- tan you concerning the Flora Hospi- tol.
It was the unanimous consensus of opinion that you should be heartily eotaimended for the progresslre spirit manifested In estsblishment ot.tbe Flora Hospital, an Instttutfon long aeeded In our growing little elty, snd pledging the Flora Commerciai Clnb's actlre moral support to you In yonr laudable undertaking.
Wishing yon success in your ren- tare for public serrloe to the com- mnaity, we remfln.
Yours  vepy  truly, FLORA COMMERCIAL CLUB. r' R. H. Orant, President.
L. M. Wood, Secy.
DBSCRIPTIVK
Tbe Hospftal Is ideally located at the old P. P. Brown place, later kaown as tbe Ripley home, composed of sereral acres in north Flora. The gronnds bare been put In nice shape by s crushed rock drive beginning- at ths southwest corner of premises, where vehicles enter through gate> way, with largp post lights on either side of the archway.
The two-story building has' been remodeled and has 15 bed capacity, also operating and sterilizing rooms, laundry, electric washer - and other sppllances. American Ideal heating system, electric call bells, obstretrlcs coom and nursery, and with X-ray snd laboratory service. Through Hancock A Son. the hospital will have sn smbniance serrice.
PERSONNEI.
Dr. Oeo. W. Campbell, physician snd surgeon.
NUIWES
Mrs. Ira. D Hansbrough. R. N. Supt.
Miss Eaolce Musgrove, R. N.. Asst. Snpt.
Mtss Etta Noel and Miss Vangilder, nurses.
Hiss Gladys Slade. night nurse.
Miss Virginia Maxwell and Lucille Hodges, student nurses.
Miss Etbel Huff, house supervisor.
Mr. and Mrs. flomer Henson, cook snd Janitor.
HOSPITAI. NOTES
Mrs. R. E. Weiler Is receiving med¬ ical attention.
Mrs. Wayne E. Harris was admit¬ ted to hospital for treatment Tues¬ dsy.        .
Lee Beard of Xenia. became a patient Monday, and underwent a msstoid operation. Mr. Beard is a brother of Mrs. John Rogers, Sr., of this city.
'Other pstients are: Chas. Dudley, F. A. Conley, L. M. Coburn, Mrs. Barl Crnm, Mrs. Garrison.
Little Bdythe Miller Gahan. eight months old dsughter of Mr. and Mrs. Meryl Gahan, was operated on Tues¬ day afternoon for an abscess on tbo nsck.
Tbe first meeting of tbe Flors Commereial Clnb since tho new of¬ ficers were elected was held st the elty hall Isst Friday night. Organ lu- tlon plans were made and a portion of the committees for the year's work selected. President R. H. Grant pre- sidsd-snd Secretary L. M. Wood rs- rorded tbe proceedings.
After a discussion of the poor tele¬ phone service snd fsilure of tbs Com¬ mercisl Co. to Install a modem sys¬ tem, it was voted to have the msttsr taken up st once with the company for adjustment.
The matter of soliciting subssrip- tions for additional street oil wsa en¬ dorsed and a committee ot Ed Msnn, J. Bowman and E. A. Medley appoint¬ ed to oversee tbe Job. . An endorsement of the new Flora {Hospital was voted and a letetr or¬ dered sent to Dr. Campbell, com¬ mending hisgjirogreselve spirit in es¬ tablishment of this' much-needed in¬ stitution.
' A committee of B. H. Arbatbnot.R. B. Csmpbell. L. B. Keith and Meryl Oahan was appointed to provide autoi for Wednesday, May 7, to show the city to visitors at the Christian church iMnstriot convention. The committee did the work well, but the big rain of Wednesday prevented the trip.
It was voted to hold the next mt-. ing of tbe club on Monday erening. May It, st 6:S0 o'clock, snd to bavs dinner served st SOe per plate. Tbe Entertainment and Refreshment com¬ mittees to make arrangements. The Committees got bosy at once and the meeting will be held in the M. E.' churcb basement, with the dsts to be served by the ladies' aid. Itiia is the plan now being used by most all busi¬ ness men's clubs in nearby cities.
The new Civic committee: B. H. Arbuthnot, R. B. Campbell, Geo. J. Price. Frank Hocking, Jr., snd C. p. Hemphill, were authorised to act with regard to numbering of houses pre- psrstory to'free city mail delivery.  \
It Is hoped that every member of the club will buy a ticket from the Entertainment committee when called.on. and also other business men, fbr the 19th meeting.
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DOWMARD IS A Br^Y MAM
W. F. Downsrd drore his big suto tmck recently to Carbondale, moring kllss Bbnms Brickey's honsehold good from Xenia to^tbst city, whsre she snd ber mother will hsre chsrge ef s rooming house this summer. Miss Brinkley was one of Xenls's popnlar teachers last winter.
On Mondsy of this week Mr. Down¬ ard moved the household goods ot Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shipley to Clay City, where Mr. Sblpley is in charge of Kroger's Grocer store.
PERMANENT  CHRISTMAS
ORGANIZATION
FLOItA OOMMSaiCIAL
CLUB MEETING
JAMEH   MrDANI^LS'
BARN
BUR.VED
James L. McDanels' large dairy bnrn was accidently destroyed by fire Sunday evening, about. 8:00 o'clock. Six milch cows, secured in the barn with an automatic stan- ¦chlon.. perished in the flames. . A nearby silo, sheep shed, and corn crib also became food for the de¬ vouring fire. Mr. McDanielfl' loss Is more than $2000. on which he cat ried an insurance policy of $1500. The fire attracted two or three hun¬ dred people, neighbors and those passing up and down the hard road, but the crowd could do nothing ex¬ cept to save a chicken house and 50 bushels of corn from the crib af¬ ter the timbers of the barn had fal¬ len in. Mr. McDaniels resides a quarter of a mile west of-the hard road, three miles southwest of this -ity. He had Just flntehed his eve¬ ning milking and partaken of his Hupper when he was alarmed by tho fierce light from the burning build- irg. He carried no matches in his rockets and dtd not use a lantern at the barn, arid is therefore unable to n^ake a rational guess as to the cause of the fire. Two years ago Mr. McDaniels' residence on this farm was burned down while the family wag at churcb. A lamp had been left burning in the house, which was Bupposed^o have set the building on fire. Mr. Mc-Danlels has since re¬ built near tbe same spot.
PAIR QROIND    BEING    PLATTED
The' eight Flora -citizens wbo own the old fair ground property are sell¬ ing the buildings, which are now being removed. The south portion of the grand stanV will be left stand¬ ing and the ground west, east and south of this portion will be left In¬ tact for athletic games;
The north half of the fair ground will be platted and divided Into about 100 city lots to sell for build¬ ing purposes.
Thus passes the fairground prop¬ erty, to mske room for Flors's growth in thst direction.
TO NTTMBER RB8IDBNOE8
Tlie representsttre from tbe vsr- ious organisations interested tn the Community Christmas fund met and decided to continue tbe Cbrlstmss Cheer work from yesr to yesr.
An organization was perfected un¬ der the nsme of the Community Tnletide Association, and the follow¬ ing persons were elected ss officers:
Presldentjt.   H.Orant.
Sec'y-Treas., Csrolyn Dayton.
Two representatives of the Kan¬ sas City Directory Co. appeared bo- fore the city council last Monday night and discussed tbe mstter of numbering the residences in Flors preparatory to city free delivery. They also took up the matter ifith the Civic committee of the Commer¬ cisl Club and are now busy soliciting the citizens. Elscb number coats 50 rents. The Company also agrees to put up street names without addit¬ ional cost.
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KLAN8MEN HOLD HALLT
BROWN-VLLOM OAHB CONTINITED
The suit bronght st Esst St. Lonis by King Ullom against Chas. F. Brown for $20,000 dsmages, chsrg- lag false Imprisonment, which wss to have been tried in that city TbOrsday of thte wsek, bas been continued to Mondsy, May 2