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6 GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1968
Holy Family Hospital located in Southwest Atlanta, and Staffed by the Medical Missionary Sisters.
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BASEMENT
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PAINTING INTERIOR AND
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435-0732.
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beautiful monument unen-
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Georgia’s HANDICAPPED will display their products at
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Nov. 20. 21
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Painting Interior, Exterior
Thoroughly experienced expert does own work. Hundreds of
references furnished with each estimate. All windows and gutters
cleaned free with job. Call Mr. Caldwell 289-2342, Nites 373-0965
Archbishop To Attend
Auxiliary Dinner
Slated For Nov. 22
HOME IMPROVEMENT,
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Day 522-2022.
PAINTING, neat, fast,
reasonable. No job too small.
Your paint or mine. Lamar,
451-0810
In looking back over the past
twenty years or so, we see the
Holy Family Hospital as it was
then, just “a gieam in the eye” of
the Order of Medical Mission
Sisters.
When these dedicated women
first came to Atlanta, they
opened a small Clinic for the
poor, on Forrest Avenue, N.E.
This tiny Clinic was comprised of
a 4 bed ward, a small operating
room and several tiny
ante-rooms. The Sisters had their
living quarters in the upstairs
apartment.
A small group of women formed
what was known as the Medical
Mission Auxiliary, however they
had great difficulty in building
their memberships since they had
just a dream for which to work,
that of someday building a
beautiful new hospital. The
Auxiliary worked diligently on
fund raising for the benefit of the
Clinic, rummage sales, turkey
dinners, spaghetti suppers knd so
But after a time the Sisters
decided there was not sufficient
interest on the outside, so it was
decided to discontinue the
Auxiliary; certainly they must
have spent many days, even years
in discouragement over what
seemed “the impossible dream”.
But some years later a human
dynamo arrived in Atlanta in the
person of Sister Mary Theophane.
Then things really started to
buzz! A campaign drive for funds
was initiated and she gathered a
group of women, some of whom
had been in the original
Auxiliary) with the idea of
forming another Auxiliary, this
time the Holy Family Auxiliary.
The members assisted in every
way possible on the fund drive,
solicitation, records, etc. As well
as sponsoring various benefit
projects as their contribution to
the fund.
There were dire predictions that
the hospital would never become
a reality, but the day of the
groundbreaking, one of the clergy
said that “it was the consensus
that the hospital would never be
built but the public had not
reckoned on the power of the
Sisters’ prayers!”.
And then CONSTRUCTION
WAS STARTED! Sister Mary
Theophane was on the spot daily,
overseeing the work that was
making their dream a reality.
All of this the Auxiliary
functioned in any and every
capacity in which they could
help, including the operation of a
Thrift Shop on Hunter Street.
As time drew near for the
hospital’s opening, an old home
was purchased for the Sisters, in
close proximity to the hospital.
In this, too, the Auxiliary came
to the front. Since the house was
old, there were many changes to
make and a complete
redecorating job to be done.
There were members who
scrubbed floors and woodwork,
tore off wallpaper, scraped paint
and repainted walls, etc. to make
the house habitable and
comfortable for the Sisters.
Then followed the gigantic task
of moving from the Clinic
building on Forrest Avenue. The
Auxiliary accepted the task of a
tremendous three day rummage
sale to dispose of everything,
involving several preceding weeks
of preparation, arranging, pricing,
etc.
When the move into the hospital
was finally accomplished, the
Auxiliary accepted the task of
writing, addressing and mailing all
of the invitations to the formal
opening of the hospital. All of
this, of course, was in addition to
the multitudinous tasks which go
along with opening a new
hospital. Making beds for the first
time, putting up cubicle curtains,
planning refreshments for
"opening day visitors and planning
guided tours for taking guests
through the hospital in small
groups.
And now was the time when it
really became the HOLY
FAMILY HOSP IT A L
AUXILIARY!, time to function
in the hospital as “pink ladies”.
With this came the desire to
become affiliated with the
Georgia Hospital Association
Council on ' Auxiliaries; after
consideration it was approved to
accept the invitation to become a
member of the Council on
Auxiliaries. As such, the
Auxiliary has actively
participated in all of then-
conventions, meetings, etc.
Naturally, this led to becoming a
member of the American
Hospital Association.
PINK LADIES are now so much
a part of all hospital projects, it is
difficult for the purpose of
raising funds to purchase much
needed items of equipment in the
hospital.
The First Luncheon Fashion
Show was held at the Henry
Grady Hotel it netted $4500.00
to purchase X-Ray Equipment
for Orthopedic Surgery.
In June 1967 the first Candy
Stripers Program was
inaugurated. Forty-four Girls
were capped. They must serve 30
hours to receive caps. In April
1968 another capping service was
held an 30 girls received their
caps; 15 received their 100 hours
pins.
In November 1967 the First
Annual Dinner-Dance at the
Atlanta Cabana Motor Hotel was
held- The project was for the
purpose of purchasing
Electrophoresis Equipment for
the Hospital Laboratory. This
year’s Dinner-Dance to be held at
the Atianta-Cabana on November
22nd, to purchase anaesthesia
equipment for the operating
rooms.