Central Kenai Pen.
Hospital Assoc.
first annual report
CENTRAL KEN 41 PENINSULA
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Report of the President, to the
Firht Annua! Meeting, Kenai
High School, March 5, 1962:
Dear Friends;
The First Annua! Meeting of
The Uvriuml Kenai Peninsula Hos
pital Association conies just seven
months after the filing date of its
corporate -papers and only six
months after the Association’s
formal organization in Sold a ton
on August 30, 1961. In this brief
time the hope of many for an
adequate hospital facility in this
part of the Kenai has grown
from the dream stage to that of
a well-coordinated organization,
• designed to bring that dream to
reality. Less than three dozen
persons were present when the
interim Board of Trustees was
elected; tonight we have a mem
bership of 385. This growth in
membership alone speaks fluently
of the interest -of the people in
communities of the North Kenai
Sterling-Clam Gulch Triangle in
the goal of the Association “To
establish, maintain and conduct
a ho pi!a! . . . for the care and
treatment of sick, diseased and
disabled persons . . . for the
general welfare, and not for
profit
The significance of this First
Annual Meeting lies in the deeper
significance of the purpose which
gave the organization its birth.
The history of the race offers few
nobler testimonies to humanity’s
sensitive nature than man’s age
long compassion for the suffering
of his fellow-beings. If the same
vision and dedication marks the
endeavors of this body in the
months to come which have been
the hallmark of its brief past,
this trrea will soon erect a facility
to care for and cure the ills of the
men, women, youth and children
who live and wo; k here.
I am grateful to the confidence
of those who elected me presi
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I know your Alaska ? ,
The highest mountain in North
America is Alaska’s 20,300*foot
M't. McKinley.
The village of Barrow on Point
Barrow, Alaska, is the northern
most community on the North
American continent.
dent. In pondering what might
best be included in this report it
seemed best to me to present a
brief review of the Association’s
past activities, its present state
and some .projections for the fu
ture.
The August. M) organizing
meeting adopted a comprehensive
set of by-iaws and elected under
those by-laws a nine-member
Board of Trustees. Those elected
were James E. Fisher, Virginia
Gibbs, Daniel Harlan, Daphne
McLane, Raye Mullin, Jess Nich
olas, Marion Oberts, James Rose
and Dennis Thompson. At its first
meeting on September 6 the
Board elected me president, Mr.
Rose, vice president; Mrs. Mullin,
secretary, and'Mrs. Gibbs, treas
urer. Subsequently, Mrs, McLane
and Mi-s. Ohfflts were named co
chairman of a membership com
mittee, Mr. Fisher chairman of a
site committee, Mrs. Thompson
chairman of a budget and finance
Committee, and Mr. Nicholas,
chairman of a building and facili
ties committee. The Board has
met monthly on the first 'Phurs
<iay of the month — alternating:
between ICenai and Sold.ofna. Toe
success of this enterprise to date
has been largely due to devotion
and conscientious labors of those
who you named as your Trustees.
As expected substantial- rime
had to be given to orientation.
As laymen in the field of medical
care we had to study and analyze
large quantities of information.
During the .past six month* your
Board has studied the a tea’s fa
cility needs, and consulted with a
number of the state’s outstanding
architects; begun cost estimates
for constructing and equipping a
facility of 20 to 25 beds, and
embarked on an investigation of
financing needed to complete such
a plant; met with state and fed
eral officials responsible for ail
ministering Hill-Burton funds;
moved into an intensive survey
of site proposals; and eonfeired
with prospective hospital operat
ing agencies, with, a conference
scheduled on March 20 with Dr.
Clifford Hansen of the New York
Office of the American Baptist
Home Missionary Society. On
February 14 of this year the
*4% time certificate of deposits
at 3V2%
*31/2% regular savings daily
interest
*2% with life insurance
®national bank
of ALASKA
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3«d Federal R»*«rv* Sy*t«m
SOLDOTNA BRANCH
Phone 262-4222
Soldo* na ____
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The Jicuse.; of Ukivok village
on King Island, off the coast of
the Sewacd Peninsula, are built
on stilts.
Alaskans have the highest tele
phone calling rate per capita of
any area in the world.
Tt: ustees gave approval to a con
tract with the Anchorage Archi
tectural firm of Edwin Crittenden
and Associates and that contract
has since been signed by the
president and secretary.
The State Hospital Advisory
Board which met in Juneau in
December classified this area as
an “A” priority area for both
general hospital, and diagnostic
and treatment facilities. Accord
ing to reliable Juneau sources the
centra! Kenai may be eligible for
state and federal construction
funds as early as next July.
These funds have been reckoned
at between 70 and 75 per cent of
the total construction cost. Under
the Hill-Burton Act (technically
the federal Hospital Survey and
Construction Act of 1946) the
federal government would supply
40 per cent of the cost for gen
eral hospital beds and the state
of Alaska an estimated SO per
cerrt.. For diagnostic ami treat
ment facilities and long-term
beds, U. S. partffdpation would
increase to 50 per cent and state
bond funds would equal 25 per
cent. This would mean we would
need to provuse <*yp*vA*
mutely 28 par cent of to ha! con
struction cost. For a $500,000 fa
cility this would mean $140,000;
for a $750,000 facility, $210,000.
As of this date no cost estimates
have been made for a hospital in
this area of the central Kenati.
The matters of hospital loca
tion, architectural design, financ
ing, and operation are, on the
date of this annual meeting, very
much alive. Each of these con
siderations is of a technical na
ture to be determined ordy after
exhaustive study. None is even
near a decision at this time. A
premature decision on any one of
them might well be detrimental
to an enter prise greatly needed
by us all. The chairmen of the
committees responsible for three
of these matters aae to report to
you soon. Toe question of an op
erating agency is beginning to
attract more and more of the
board’s time. There needs to be
not only continued conversation
with such groups as the American
Baptists, but an extensive study
ought to be made of the role of
a borough service Hire a in this
matter of medical care,
As this Association increases
in wisdom and stature it needs
to project its plans with confi
dence and yet advisedly. Your
Board of Trustees recently adopt
ed a time table which looks into
the future and envisions a com
pleted -hospital by March 1964.
This schedule calls for:
Submission of Hill-BUrton
Form 1, February 1962.
Completion of schematic de
sign phase, June 1962.
Submission of H-B Forms 2
and 3. July 15*62.
Completion of local funding
plan, July 1962.
Approval of design, July 1962
Completion of all eonstruetioi
documents, December 1962.
Bids, January 1963.
Submission of H-B Form 4
January 1963.
Completion of local financing
January 1963,
ACS Transfer
Is Protested
Senator Bartlett has lodged a
protest with Secretary of Defense
McNamara as to the manner in
which the Department of the
Army announced the transfer to
the Department of the Air Force
of the Alaska Communication
System without consultation with
Gove: nor Egan. any member of
the Alaska congressional delega
tion and apparently without even
informing the Chief Signal Offi
cer ot iha Army of the final de
cision.
LET'S HAVE A PARTY
It’s only a small birthday (their
second) but SEAMA-N’S FURNI
TURE is planning a great big
birthday party to celebrate it.
Party will be in April — bring
your truck to take home your
doo; prizes.—Adv,_
Beginning of construction, May
i ms.
Admission of first patients,
March 1964,
Completion of facility, July
1964.
Whether or not this schedule
becomes a reality rests to a large
extent with you who are the
“grass-roots” support for the
goals which the Association
adopted when it became a non
profit corporation.
Your sincerity of purpose as
Association members will be sub
jected to its acid test when you
vote tonight for those who will
be trustees for the next one, two
and three years.
Please accept my sincere best
wishes and my thanks for the
privilege of serving this organ
ization during these formative
months.
Respectfully.
DANIEL HARLAN,
President.
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KEN A l
Newcomer
BARBARA MAE RULE
Born at 6:-*Js a.nt. Thursday,
March 15, at the Central Benin*
stria Clinic in Soidotna. a daugh
ter to Mr. and Mrs, Bennie Rule,
Village Trailer Courts, Soidotna.
The Infant, weighing 8 pounds,
has been named Barbara Mae.
NOTICE!
The office of Jess Nicholas,
deputy magistrate at Kcnai, will
be closed all of next week, he
announced Tuesday.
Nicholas will be in Anchorage
on court duty from March 19
throughout March 24.
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