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BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Members of the Board of Trustees of the Tri-County Hospital taken in the beautifully muralej ad
ministratar’s office. Seated Ml to right, James F.vitt, Jr., trea> urer; Houston Jewell, vice-chairman; Mrs. Cathrine C. Morrison
secretary; Frank M. Gleason chairman. Standing left to right Oscar Hilliard, Hospital Administrator; Dr. Charles W. S'iepher.i.en;
Dr. E. M. Townsend, Frank Shaw, J. I.unsford Fricks. Not present George Paul Shaw.
(Photo by J. B. Collins, Courtesy of Chattanooga News-Free Pre s.i
Efforts Revealed
May, 1947
in the counties of Walker, Dade
and Catoosa began to be fan¬
ned on plans for a big hospi¬
tal. Business and civic leaders
began formulating plans to or¬
ganize a Walker, Dade and Ca¬
toosa hospital authority
July 2, 1947 — Fir.-t meetin
of the board of trustees of the
Walker Dade and Catoosa
counties hospital authority met
at Fairyland Club, Lookout Mt.,
Georgia and heard a report of
a committee investigaiing po
sible acquisition of the Fort
Oglethorpe hospital properties
from the Federal government
Dr, Fred Simonton of Chicka¬
mauga, Dr S. B Kitchens of
LaFayette and Dr Frank L.
O’Connor of Rossville were on
the committee.
June 25, 1947—Chattanooga-
Hamiiton County Medical So¬
ciety endorsed establishment of
a hospital at Fort Oglethorpe
and offered support, Dr Moore
J. Smith, secretary, announced.
July 31, 1947 — Application
filed by Tri-County Hospital
Authority with War Assets Ad¬
ministration for acquiring Fort
Oglethorpe property in the
amount of 85 acres and facil¬
ities .
January 13 — War Assets Ad¬
ministration approved transfer
of custody of Oglethorpe pro¬
perty as per request. j
January 14 1948 — TCHA re¬
plied ft desired immediate pos¬
session .
March 1, 1948—Property Cus¬ I
todian Louis Wetzell and Board
Chairman Frank M Gleason.
Rossville attorney, went to At¬
lanta to see about buying 250
hospital beds from the War
Assets Administration depot at
Oonley.
March 22, 1948—Board en¬
tered into contract with Sel-
mon T. Franklin, architect of
Nl’RSFRY. — One of the nurseries at the new Tri-County Hospital. These have indivi¬
dual “infanettes" to facilitate individual care. Three walls are a pale irern, one has an ani¬
mal wall paper motif and there is a lan?e viewing window facing the hall.
<Photo by J B Collins. Courtesy of Chattanooga News-Free Press.)
flit d.vl>L COUNT? TIMES, TRENTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBf R 12, 1953
April 8, 1948 Dr. Herman
Smith, ho-pital consultant from
Chicago attended a board
meeting and talked in terms of f
space rather than service in
early plans. j
October 3, 1943,- The board \
perty. of trustee inspected the pro-j j
July 6 1949 A change in o:i
gin.al plans Trustees decided
to reduce the request to the
Reconstruct! n Finance
tion to $300,000 it was de-
dded to use existing Oglethorpe
facilities and keep the
penses under $1 million. RFC
had indicated it wculd conn-
der pairchasing revenue certi- |
ficates aggregating $300,000 but
no more
21, 1950 — On ba-,
sis of the $1 million figure the
board revealed this break-
down; $600,000 would come
from the U S under the Hill
’
Burton Act, $200,000 from the
State of Georgia and $200 000;
from the sale of revenue certi-!
• TCHA
January 26. 1951 — The fi-
gures were altered to: U.S.
$500,000, State $250,000 and the !
$200,000 an idebtedness against
TCHA and not the counties.
June 31, 1951 — A resolution
was passed by the board una- j
nimously to enter a contract
between TCHA and Dade, Walk-
er and Catoosa counties for the
of the poor and indigent
sick of the counties for 30 thirty,
years It was agreed there ;
would be no race or creed dis-
crimination in pay or charity
patients.
August 16. 1951 — Bids were
received and the lowest for
construction was $325 000 more
than the authority had to meet
the bids It was the opinion V
the board it would be better to
attempt to raise the $25,000
to alter existing plans for
space and operation since one
alteration had already been
at suggestion of RFC
September 13. 1951— Ray M
Company, of Atlanta, was
found to be the low bidder at
$1,129,168.00. An aditional
$122,366 was thus needed to be
able to let the contract. It was
Panted out to the board tha:
a Ros ville Hospital Tru-t Fund
of $129,000 created by Peerless
Mills might be used
with permission of Georgia. Bu¬
preme Court and Federal tax-
authorities. This fund was
created by a $50 000 donation
an 'J its capital increased,
September 17, 1951—Because
cf legal entanglements and
the need for urgency the Ross-
vll le plan was bypassed and the
mcne y was arranged a s a loan
fr°ni the Hamilton National
Bank with trustees and doctors
of the Association signing as
security for the. $122,366
September 24, 1951 Still
more money problems. It was
f und that the TCHA was still
shy $50,781 needed in the bank
before Staff 1 and Federal au-
thorities would approvf the
construction contract. The
Ressville Hospital Trust Fund
again was offered but instead
the board borrowed $51,000
from Hamilton National on en-
dorsement of John L Hutehe-
son, Jr., and R H. Anderson
of the Rossville trust. Crystal
Foundation of Chickamauga,
with which Bcardman Houston
Jewell was affiliated_ loaned
the TCHA half the $51,000 and
paid it to the bank on the
loan,
March 20. 1952 — Original
money worries over, the first
concrete plans for a fund-rais-
ing drive began and it was de-
cided to seek the advice of ex-
peris at such campaign.
June 25, 1952 — A meeting of
the ooarcl heard hospital ex¬
perts tell that the most secure
way to insure success of a hos¬
pital is pre-paid insurance for
community benefit.
August 15, 1952 — Dr. R. C.
I Williams cf the division of
Hospital Services in Atlanta,
headed a committee to select a I
man for the all-important post
of hospital aministrator. J.
Lunsford Fricks Evitt, of Jr., Rising Ring- j j
Fawn: James
geld; Drs. Charles W. Ste- ;
phenson Ringgold; Fred Si- ;
monton, Chickamauga, were on
! me committe to screen appli- i
1 cams.
August 2:., — The appli- j
cants down to 5 .interviews ,
were planned lor the adminis-
post September 10th at .
a Fairyland Club luncheon,
September 10, 1952 — Oscar
Hilliard, Administrator of
Athens General Hospital,
Athens, Georgia, was selected
by the committee and approved
by the board to be hospital ad¬
ministrator. Dr. E. M Town¬
send of Catoosa County was
added 1° the board of trustees
to replace Charles Glass, who
October 27, 1952 — Adminis¬
trator Hilliard assumed his
duties.
November 26. 1952 — Mr.
Hilliard told the trustees that
six months would be needed to
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SEMI - PRIVATE ROOM. —This is a typical semi-private ream in the new fienpita^ of
which there are 40 at the new Tr*~Oounty Hospital. It features harmonizing color scheme
with the wall containing the .v inflow covered in wall paper. The beds may be Towered tp nor¬
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deliver critical equipment to
the hospital. He suggested the
board to sell the assorted WAA
ho pital beds and get a stan¬
dard set of new beds for the
hospital.
December 12, 1952 — The Ad¬
ministrator recommended to
the board that a firm that had
aised funds for Georgia Tech
an^ A.lanta hospitals.it>e used
for the fund campaign. Adml-
tratcr Hilliard said " equip¬
ment for the hospital wa^.
s. mated to ccst $165,000.
D ember 13 1952 -r- Repre¬
sentatives of the fundf raising
, m were on hand and stressed
program to educate' people
cn the advantage of a new hos-
ah nearby before beginning
solicitatiin. He said family in¬
terest should be aroused’. It
was decided to try to taise the
$20,000 over a 'period of "thirty
months of 20 per cent cash and
■ he remainder in installments.
January 5, 1953 — The Fund
Raising Campaign began.
April 23, 1953 —. Tfoe; TCHA
took on an air of digfiity when
a staff of doctors was approved
by hte authority on recorpmenda
tion of the medicah association
of counties. Bids were accept¬
ed for the office furnitufie.
June 5, 1953—The property!' ,ib^ar^ in¬
spected ..in the and
was impressed at the construc¬
tion progress and at the’vcolor
sen ernes used. . mu!
