GovementGraceHospitalWingAdviseryBoard1954-04-08No3475

Calgary Herald

1954-04-08 Page 10

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Grace Hospital Wing To Be Opened Friday

A spanking new hospital, as bright and cheerful as broad windows and colorful paint could make it, is ready for official opening at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
It is the new wing of the Salvation Army Grace Hospital which will swing into operation shortly after the opening. The $300,000 two-storey, red brick structure was begun in the fall of 1953. Although not completely furnished, a few patients will be admitted after opening ceremonies are over.
Commissioner and Mrs. William Dalziel, leader of the Salvation Army in Canada, will attend the opening ceremony and Commissioner Dalziel will declare the building officially ready for occupancy.
GRACE HOSPITAL here is one of 16 hospitals operated by the Salvation Army across Canada. Hospital work of the "Army" began here in 1904 when specialized care for unmarried mothers was begun in a small cottage in the city. In the years since, it is estimated the organization has given care and shelter to more that 5,000 girls.
The old section of the hospital, which will undergo a complete face-lifting operation once the new wing is in full operation, was taken over by the Salvation Army in 1924. Both public and welfare cases have been handled in the hospital during those years. The policy of taking public maternity cases will continue now that the new wing is ready for service.
THE NEW WING which is modern in every way, has three semi-private wards, two public wards and one private ward. There are two nurseries in the wing, two labor rooms, a case room, quarters for staff and administrative officers.
All are brightly painted in colors ranging from pale gray and slate blue to lively pinks and yellow.
Superintendent of the new hospital is Major Mabel Crolly who came to Calgary recently from Windsor, Ont. Major Crolly is well qualified for her work. She took her nurse's training at Grace Hospital in Windsor and later took a course in nursing education at the University of Toronto.
SHE SERVED as superintendent of nurses for six years at Grace hospital in St. John's, Nfld., and then went to Grace hospital in Winnipeg where she served in the same capacity. Her last post before coming to Calgary was assistant superintendent and director of nursing at Grace Hospital in Windsor.
Major Crolly is at present taking special training in hospital organization and management through the Canadian Hospital Association.
MEMBERS of the Calgary Advisory Board which has guided the new hospital wing project since the need was first fully recognized in 1951 are: E. W. Bowness, M.B.E., R. J. Dinning, Dr. A. E. Aikenhead, Robert Bamlett, T. L. Brook, George Eggleston Sr., L. H. Fennerty, Q.C., James Hammill, Sr., W. S. Henderson.
H. A. Howard, Sr., F. L. Irving, Sr., G. F. Ingraham, Ronald H. Jenkins, H. G. Love, Sr., J. C. Mahaffy, Q.C., Dr. A. L. Park, L. Patrick, F. D. Patterson, E. E. Peterson, C. S. Robinson, W. J. Snaddon, Fred Stapells, O.B.E., John Stevenson, John Tynan, Howard P. Wright and Major William Ross. Secretary of the advisory board is Sr. Major Burton Dumerton.


Extracted by J. Kynman 2015-04-23