HOSPITAL EDITIONWith the rest of the paper practicallyly filled; with hos-

pital stories, pictures and advertisements, we might as wellstring along and make this a hospital edition of the Gab Baggiving you, in our wise and uncopyrighted way, inside dope

that you may expect to find nowhere else.

Since we came to Elkin going on seven years ago we havebeen rather closely connected with the Hugh Chatham Me-morial Hospital, having donated a slightly used but service-able appendix to that institution personally, not counting our

0tient was advised to remain a fewdays for observation. And she did,but firm in the belief that she wasbeing kept there so that the doc-tors could work up an excuse tooperate. The examination laterdisclosed that her appendix wasnot the source of her trouble.

A lot of people are just thatsilly. They never stop to thinkthat the people in the front ranksin the fight against disease are thesurgeons and doctors, who resortto an operation only in caseswhere it is found absolutely nec-essary.

If they could only do somethingabout gas pains!

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THIS AND THATBetween acting as circulation

manager for The State and look-ing after the hospital, PreacherAbernethy has his hands fullthese days. Of course he has agood assistant in the person ofUncle Dick Harris.

Elkin high school has a crackbasketball team this year, but likeduring the football season, theteam has received poor supportin the form of attendance on the

1 part of local people.

The New Year was ushered inwith bell ringing and whistletooting here, but no dynamite.

Down in my home town we didn'tconsider the New Year had comeunless the county was rocked bya blast or two.

At this writing the first 1938baby has as yet to announce hisor her appearance.

Hit The MarkBoss?Rastus, I gave you $5 to

buy me a domestic turkey forChristmas. The one you broughtme had buckshot in it.

Rastus?l done brought yo' adomestic turkey, boss.

Boss?Well, what about theshot in it?

Rastus (sheepishly) I 'specksdey was meant fo' me sah.

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wife's appendix and our two kid's'tonsils. So it can well be imag-

ined that we hold a tender spot

for the hospital on account of fine

service and treatment receivedfrom doctors, nurses and businessstaff.

As a result of all this time spentin the hospital by our family, wehave popped in and out up therequite a bit usually arriving out-

side of visiting hours. Dr. Hay-

wood didn't like this habit of ours,but after vainly chasing us up onehall and down another severaltimes, he finally gave up hope andnowadays we don't believe it wouldsurprise him at all if we were tosuddenly pop up out of an incisionat most any time.

Well, this business of wanderingabout the hospital at all times ofthe day and night has taught usa lot of things we didn't know be-

fore. It taught us that nurses damnear have to be angels to put up

with some of the patients and thattheir services cannot really bemeasured in dollars and cents.

And it also taught us that doctorsdo not like to give medicine or op-

erate upon the smallest excuse.

You may not know it, and wedidn't until a few weeks ago, butwhen you develop a suspicious

stomach ache and rush to the hos-pital in the belief you have appen-dicitis, they not only check yourbloodcount, but make many other

tests in an effort to diagnose your

case correctly. It's a known factthat many an appendix In thisworld has been removed when itwasn't bothering at all, and in thehospital here they don't want totake out an appendix just for theexercise.

Many people who have neverbeen a patient in a hospital havequeer notions. For instance, weknow of a case here In which aperson who thought she was suf-fering from appendicitis, went to

the local hospital for an examina-tion. Following the examination,

which was as complete as couldbe obtained in any hospital in thestate, regardless of size, the pa-

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Abcve is shown one section of the new and larger laboratory of Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital,located at the west side of the main hospital structure. This laboratory is provided with new and mod-ern equipment and is said to be one of the most up-to-date in the entire state. ? Seen in the picture areMiss Sarah Baptist and John T. Grissard, of the hospital technician staff.

NEW ADDITION TOHOSPITAL MODERN

Of Fire-Proof ConstructionThroughout With Up-to-

date Furnishings

HOUSES 38 MORE BEDS

The modern new addition toHugh Chatham Memorial Hospit-al, recently completed, will beformally dedicated today.

The new structure, of fire-proofconstruction throughout, andmodern in every particular, nowprovides the hospital with a totalof 38 additional beds and ends thecrowded condition which prior toits construction was forced uponthe hospital by lack of space inwhich to care for the hundredswho sought treatment there.

The addition, three stories in all,brings to a total of 74 beds nowavailable to patients throughoutthe entire plant, and if necessary,space for six more beds is provid-ed by the large solarium.

The new wing to the hospitalincludes four beds for children,and in addition has made possiblefour additional beds for coloredpatients on the ground floor ofthe original plant thanks to theconstruction of a new store room.A colored dining room has alsobeen made possible.

The rooms in the new additionare the last word in hospitalconstruction. All furniture is ofsteel and the beds are providedwith hospital type inner springmattressses, especailly built towithstand the bending necessaryin raising and lowering the beds.Another modern new feature ofeach room is the "over bed" ta-bles upon which meals are served,and which have a top that canbe tilted to provide a reading orwriting table without undue ex-ertion upon the part of the pa-tient.

The first floor of the new addi-tion is used to house a new lobbyand waiting room, the business of-fice and telephone switchboardand information desk. With theinstallation of the switchboard,each floor and department of thehospital is now linked by tele-phone.

The first floor also houses sixspacious offices for surgeon andphysicians.

The second floor of the buildingcontains only hospital rooms andwork rooms. Each room is or largesize, capable of two beds in caseof need. Rooms are bright, airyand of cheerful appearance. Floorsare of heavy linoleum, cementeddown, and are of a restful greencolor.

The third floor, in addition tocontaining bedrooms, also is thesite of the new and spacious so-larium, or sun room. This room Ubeautifully furnished with mod-ern new furniture of chrome fin-ish frame and red leather uphols-tery. Numerous large windowsoermlt a bountiful supply of sun-light and fresh air. The floor is ofireen linoleum. .

Steel fire escapes are located at'he south end of the building,making all floors quickly and eas-ly accessible to the ground.

Additions have also been made">n both the east and west ends of'he original plant, and more roomshave been added to the nurses'home. The hospital additions pro-vide sun porches, and on the-round floor at the west end If

located the new laboratory, a largf'ell lighted room provided withhe very latest type equipmentTie laboratory, in charge of a

Thursday January 6, 1938

Pall Other Ear

A mother sent this satirical noteto the teacher of her small son:

"Pardon me for calling your at-tention to the fact that you havepulled Johnnie's right ear until it

is getting longer than the other.Please pull his left ear for a while,and oblige his mother."

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staff of three competent technic-ians, is said to be as modern asany in the state, regardless of sizeof the hospital.

Cost of the new addition, in-cluding equipment, was $46,000.

The original hospital plant waserected and equipped at a cost of$102,000, while the nurses' home

was constructed at a cost of $24.-000. Eight thousand dollars wentinto the home of the superinten-

dent, making a total of SIBO,OOO

which is invested in the entirehospital.

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