Graham Gift Shop presents final pledge payment check: Kenneth Etcheson, Graham Hospital Administrator, and Mrs. Charles Taylor, president of the Graham Hospital Gift Shop Service League, were two of the more than 50 persons who attended the social meeting and check presentation held by the Gift Shop Tuesday night at Canton Country Club. The Hospital Association received a check for $3,800 as the final installment on the shop’s $40,000 pledge to the hospital’s new addition.
A check for $3,800 was presented to the Graham Hospital Association at a social gathering Tuesday night of the Graham Hospital Gift Shop League. The check completed a pledge of $40,000 made in 1965 to the hospital building fund for the new addition. The check was pr4esented to the Rev. Dale Wellbaum who was general campaign chairman for the drive to finance the addition. Another check was also presented Tuesday night for $8,000 to the Association. The funds were not earmarked for any specific use by the hospital. The two checks bring the total funds contributed to the hospital by the league to $72,100. The League has 70 active members and a number of honorary ones. It was established in 1959 for the purpose of helping make Graham Hospital continually better and to contribute financial profits to that end. Funds for the hospital are earned by operating the Hospital Gift Shop 80 hours a week. Members meet at the Canton Country Club the fourth Tuesday in January, March, May, September and November. Officers include Mrs. Charles Taylor, president; Mrs. William Page, first vice president; Mrs. Carl Soldwedel, second vice president; Mrs. Dean Sandidge, recording secretary; Mrs. Edward Newcomb, corresponding secretary and Mrs. Vernon Denney, treasurer. Mrs. Phil Sidener is manager of the Gift Shop.
