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THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOUBHAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER H. lflSfl
| health officer, who is now living
tance of patients with all types of
in Idaho.
communicable
diseases. In the past,
A rea O n Hospital
•'As the health officer of Mal unfortunately, many general hos
heur county, I always enjoyed work pitals would not admit this type of
"I should like to take this oppor ing in Nyssa and especially m the
patient even though there was dire
tunity to congratulate the people of Nyssa school system. In my mind need for good hospital and medical
Nyssa and the surrounding com mere is no question that in 1949 -1950 care. Modern techniques permit the
munity on the completion of their you had the best school health pro admission of these cases without
new hospital and on the far-reach gram in the county in Nyssa. This endangering other patients. Anoth
ing spirit it represents", said Dr. P. was due in large part to the under er advantage of your new hospital
O. Graeber, former Malheur county standing and vision of Mr Henry will be that your mothers may now
Hartley and his staff. The com be delivered with all the advantages
pletion of the new hospital will give only a well organised hospital can
your community 24 hour health pro
tection seven days a week. It .s give.
“I think it is too bad Malheur
further indication of the commend
able spirit so exemplified by your county no longer has a health unit.
school system.
With your new hospital, with the
"In the old days, hospitals were Eagles-sponsored well child confer
places to go to die. Now they are ences and with the good school and
becoming centers for better com public health program in Nyssa. I
munity health. In several of the believe that Nyssa would have had
newer Idaho hospitals, notably Weis- a health program that it could have
er, Salmon, Twin Palls and Blacx- been proud of and one that would
foot, county or district public health rank with the best. I know that
departments have been provided for some of the crippled children, not
in the hospitals. With the health only in Nyssa but in the whole coun
unit in a hospital, curitative medi ty. will suffer because of the lack of
cine. preventive medicine and sani the health unit. Because there is
tation are combined under one roof some federal money involved, the
as they should be for better pro state department of public health
tection of the health of the com of Idaho has always considered it
munity; thus the accent in these logical to give some care to children
days is more rightly being placed in eastern Oregon. Without the help
on keeping well rather than only on of a local health unit in Malheur
the curing of disease. Your new county, it will become difficult for
hospital not only offers more needed us to offer this service in the future
protection in case of emergencies, to these children.
but should also serve as a center for
"I again should like to congrat
preventive medicine in your com- | ulate you on the successful complet
munity. It should afford good x-ray ion of your hospital. I know that
and laboratory facilities which are this has entailed a great deal of
important measures in any prevent sacrifice by many civic minded in
ive health effort.
dividuals in Nyssa and that the
"It is to your credit that your problems they have faced and over
hospital is dedicated to the accep come have been enormous.
Dr. (ira eb er Lauds
I sociation
j
Fischer Says T h is
"This is one big step forward for
Is Y o u r H ospital this community In making it a better
"The completion and opening of
the Malheur Memorial hospital is
the realization of a dream of several
years and the reward for lots of hard
work and generous gifts of money-
made by the people of this area and
surrounding communities", said Jake
Fischer, president of the hospital as-
OPENING OF
THE
Malheur
Memorial
Hospital
marks another
chapter
in the
long history
of the
project,
but it does not
represent the
final chapter.
The last
Chapter
will be
marked by
long years of
service to the
community
Bunn’s Signal
Service
THE HOSPITAL EFFORT
HAS INDEED BEEN
COMMTJNITY-WIDE
Residents of every section near Nyssa
have contributed and actively worked
for the establishment of the institution.
W e can all be justly proud that we had
a part in the project.
WILSON BROS. DEPT.STORE
Best W ishes. . . .
To THE
Malheur Memorial Hospital
and its Board of Directors
/
This hospilal is certainly a wonderful addition
1 place in which to live.
"As president of the Malheur
Memorial Hospital association, I
wish to take this opportunity to
thank all the people who shared in
| any way to help make this commun
ity hospital a realization
I
"Don't forget in the future that
this is your hospital".
Attend The
Malheur Memorial
Hospital Opening
Sunday, Sept. 24
1:30 to 7 P. M.
Much Praise Is Due
the Board of Directors
for making possible for this
community an adequate hospital
at a minimum of cost.
The per-bed cost is among the lowest in
the state, or in the northwest,
for that matter
John J. O'Toole
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John O ’ T o o le Is
Experienced In
H ospilal W o r k
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John OToole, superintendent of
the Malheur Memorial hospital since
last April, has spent 30 years in hos
pital work. He has literally grown
up with the work, for his father
was a hospital administrator in New
York before he retired and came
west. It was in New York state
that Mr. OToole began his work in
the hospital field as an employee for
the Central Islep State hospital and
King's Park State hospital, two of
the outstanding mental institutions
in the United States.
Mr. O Toole moved to Arizona in
1926 to become personnel manager
and purchasing agent for the Ken-
necott Copper corporation. In 1944
he resigned to be superintendent of
the Pinal General hospital in Ari
zona.
In 1947, Mr. OToole went to Cali
fornia. where he organized and
equipped the Exeter and Biggs-Orid-
ley hospitals. At the time he came
to Nyssa last April, Mr. OToole was
manager of the Mount Shasta hos
pital.
Mr. OToole has a wife and one
daughter. His wife, Mary OToole Is
a trained surgical nurse.
According to Mr. OToole, he be
gan to have some qualms about the
prospects of western Oregon as he
came up from California via Lake-
view. His optimism began to lower
as, leaving Burns behind, he found
his gas supply running low. with
not many signs of coming to a town
of any size. However, after a day
or so in Nyssa and the Snake river
valley, meeting with the hospital
board of directors and some of the
people here, his interest in becom
ing superintendent of the Malheur
Memorial hospital was restored.
John and Mary OToole like the
out-of-doors, and one of their major
interests is baseball. They were
found many nights during the sum
mer at the local baseball field.
As superintendent of the new Mal
heur Memorial hospital, Mr. O'Toole,
feels his responsibility in service to
the public.
"It is the aim of the hospital”
said Mr. OToole, "to make the
patient as he enters the new world
that is found within the hospital
walls, to feel as much at home as
possible and to allay any fears and
doubts that he may have. It Is our
place to carry out the orders of the
medical staff who serve this hos
pital."
Clover Lawn Dairy
Don Engstrom
Phone 4
Local Residents
HAVE GIVEN TO
This community something of
Inestimable Value
something that can't be bought
with dollars and cents,
in the form of a
community
hospital
Fischer's Custom Dressing Service
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Congratulations. . . .
To The Residents of
The Nyssa Area for
completing and equipping the
Malheur Memorial Hospital
to the community. Everyone has worked hard
H
and given freely to make this project a success,
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but not in vain-we now have a hospital that is
May this Institution enjoy Success
for many years in the future!
second to none, and especially for this size com
munity
Nyssa Tavern
Thompson Oil Co.
Phone 50
116 Main St.