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FOURTEEN THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA AUGUST 30, 1952 Officers of St, Mary's Home ARCHBISHOP O’HARA , President His Excellency the Most Rever end Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. I)., Archbishop-Bishop of Savan- nah-Atlanta, holds the office of President of the Female Orphan Benevolent Society, under the aus pices of which St. Mary’s Home in Savannah is conducted by the Sis ters of Mercy. BISHOP HYLAND Acting: President His Excellency the Most Rever end Francis E. Hyland, D.D.J.C. D., Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General of the Diocese of Savan- nah-Atlanta, who is serving as Act ing President of St. Mary’s Home in the absence from the Diocese of Archbishop O’Hara, now Papal Nuncio to Ireland. JOHN W. GLEASON, K. S. G. i Vice-President-Treasurer Active for many years in the in terest of St. Mary’s Home in Sa vannah, Mr. Gleason has again been elected vice-president and treasurer of the Female Orphan Benevolent Society. Now retired, Mr. Gleason was for more than half a century in the cotton busi ness in Savannah. MONSIGNOR McNAMAUA Secretary The Right Reverend Monsignor T. James McNamara, rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah, who continues to serve in the capacity of secretary of the Female Orphan Benevolent Society, under whoSe auspices St. Mary’s Home for orphan girls is conducted in Savannah. St. Mary's Hospital in Athens Issues Annual Financial Report ATHENS, Ga. — The financial statement for St. Mary’s Hospital, conducted in Athens by the Mis sionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, which has been is sued by Dr. T. H. McHatton, chair man of the board of trustees, re veals that $32,646.46 was , expend ed during 1951 for charity hospital services., Covering the period from Janu ary 1, 1951 to December 31, 1951, the statement showed that the average cost per day for in-patient service is $11.25 and the cost per visit for out-patient service is $4.09. Expenses of the hospital for the operating period accounted for un der the statement ranged from the necessary expenditure of ad ministration, dietary costs, laun dry, housekeeping, " utilities : and ■ personnel pharmacy and surgical supplies. The total operation ex pense for the hospital last year mounted to the sum of $309,241.41, of- which $282,955.74 was for in patient service 1 and $25,285.67 for out-patient service. The amount received for in patient service was $244,145.55 and .' the income received from out patients'was $10,930.70. Total Cash receipts for the-year 1951 amount ed to $286,102.60. Assets of the hospital at the time of the statement’s release were $20,081.37, including cash in bank, accounts receivable and in ventory. Fixed assets, including land, buildings; fixtures, equip ment, etc., bring the total assets to $309,997.84. ; Liabilities, including accounts payable and - loans, amount to $108,875.70. < '■■•■• The hospital, running on full scale operation throughout the year had 64 patients at the be ginning of the year and had a total of 4,515 admissions during the year. Discharged patients during the year totaled 4,529, and, there are 50 patients in the hospital at present. It, was disclosed by the, state ment that there were 3 j387 . adult patients admitted, and, 38,6 chil dren. White patients numbered 4,- 032, Colored,' 497, Therewere 574 living births at the hospital dur ing , the year. Forty-one of the patients at St. Mary’s Hospital during 1951 were Catholics; 4,488 non-Catholics. St. Mary’s Hospital, located on Milledge Avenue, has been operat ed since 1938, and has had tw'O ad ditions to the original building since it was acquired by the Sis ters. The report shows that the average number of employees on the payroll during the year was 86! with an average of thirteen Sisters serving each month. The bed ca pacity (exclusive of bassinets) is 100, and the hospital provided 36,- 700 bed days for patients during the year. The hospital had 6,419 out-patients during the period. The report of the board of trustees is one of progress for the hospital and for the community. Members of the board, in addition to Dr. McHatton, are Abit Nix, William A. Mathis, Jacob Bern stein, Frank Postero Antony Camarata and Robert Watterson. NEXT ROSARY CRUSADE TO BE HELD IN SPAIN LONDON. — Father Patrick Peyton, C. S. C„ the Family Rosary crusader, has accepted an invita tion to visit Spain, it was announc ed here. , Bishop Angel Herrera, of Mal aga, now visiting England, has in vited him to take the crusade to his diocese. Father Peyton’s assistant, Fa ther John Murphy, will travel to Spain in December to make ar rangements. 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