STUDEfirS RAISE mOHE'-J
Falmer ’ s ' r*rade school children
last week contributed dlP.67 to a
fund which will buil^ a fountain
in the plaza before the new United
Nations1 bui ldin^ in few York*
The pennies and nickels of the
school dhildren of America will he
used to construct the planned f^un
tain. Drives will be conducted
throuah'ut the ipB states and in
the nation’s territories. Mrs.
Ernest r*rueni.n'T is chairman cf the
Alaskan drive.
I aimer’s contribution was solic
ited in a four-day drive last week
The seventh qrade students of Mrs.
Barbara LaCross led the li3t of
local contributors with a donation
of ^.72.
flEUJ JPfllTOR
The Falmer Schorl has a new jan
itor, the third since Pill Gormley
resigned to "o outside last fall.
The new janitor is Joe. Curtis, a
resident of the Valley ^r several
years.
Truths and roses have thorns about
them. (Spanish Froverb.) . _
CO-OP
IDflRLHOUSE
-JUST ARRIVED
FAK-A-WAY DEEF FREEZE UNITS
KITCHEN SINKS
STORM WINDOWS
GENERAL PAINTS
BUILDERS HARDWARE
ADVANCE- PUMPS
SURGE MILKERS
TYLEBOARD AND TRIM
. . for
KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS
we also have:
ALBERS ATT) CO-OF FEEDS
HOSPITAL STAFF SIT1ALL
The V°lley Hospital soon may be
forced to curtail it's services,
because qf personnel limitations,
Mrs. Herb. K^pperucl, secretary of
the Hospital Association said last
week, within the last week, three
resignations were received, two Df
them effective Immediately. The
full staff numbers only five.
The H'-spltal Association Is en
raged in an intensive recruiting
campaign, but unless them can se
cure more nurses Immediately, Mrs.
Kopperud said there would be no al
ternative but limited service.
Although the affiliation of the
local Institution with the iresbv
terian National Board of Missions
was designed in part to help with
personnel recruitino, that help
will not be Immediate, the hospital
secretary said. The Mission board
makes a very detailed and careful
analysis of qualifications before
assioniny nurses to a position.
Mrs. Kopperud said the Associa
tion’s ^oar^ of directors had no
intent1on of closing the Hospital,
"we must keep our vital services
open 4n any event," she said. The
x-ray laboratory and maternity
ward will remain open as well as
other necessary branches of the
Hospital.
I
Because -f the staff problem,
there can be no hope of establish
ing an isolation ward. Earlier it
had been suggested that another
quonset win~ could be added, which
iw uld provide isolation quarters
Ifor patients suffering with highly
:contaqicus diseases. Mrs. Kopper
rud pointed out t’hat with only one
mirse bn duty on each shift, such
facititles are impossible. "You
just can’t have a nurse who hand
les the newborn babies also on duty
in an Isolation ward." she con
cluded.
Hospital directors also are re
luctant to expend more money on
temporary quarters, when they still
hope to embark on 9 buildin-'' pro
gram. Dr. C. Earl Albrecht and Rev
R. Holland Armstrong conferred with
Miss Katherine L^ndfelder of the
Boat’d of Missions, Washington, D.C.
in mid-December, with reference to
building plans for the Valley Hos
pital. They hope to bring a full
report to Valley folk at the com
ing annual meeting to be held in
February.
The Evening Craft Club will meet
on January 23rd. at Marylou Lash
brook ’ s.