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Unit Can Oan Be BeP BePurchased BoPurchased P rchased Purchased for $8700Board 8700Board $8700 8700 $ $ , Board Okehs BuyAnouncement Buv Buy BuvAnouncement Anouncement was made this thisweek thisweek thisweek week by the regional office of ofthe ofthe ofthe the War Assets administration administrationthat administrationthat administrationthat that Vernal has been named as asa asa asa a successful bidder on one of the thewar thewar thewar hospitalln1ita war surplus sur lus 50 bed hospitalunits hospital hospital1I1Its \1I1Its 1I1Its ln1ita \ which was made available availableto avalfableto to municipalities municipalitiesAcceptance Acceptance of the Vernal of- of offer offer of offer - fer to purchase the units came cameIn camein camein In a letter to the Uintah Basin Basinhospital Basinhospital Basinhospital hospital board It stated 'We We 'Weare ' We Weare Weare are pleased 'Pleased ' to advise you that thatyou thatyou thatyou you have have been awarded one ofthe ofthe of the 50 bed hospital units order- order ordered ordered - ed SPublicHealth through the theU U S Public PublicHealth PublicHealth representativeWhile Health Service representative While the ( ' cost 'ost ost of this unit to tothe tothe tothe the government is $10.000 10.000 10000 $16,000 16000 $18,000 18000 $ , . , a afair afair afair fair price of $14.500 14.500 14500 $14,500 $ . , was setoforyour set7 seb for foryour foryour your hosptial and since you are arecertified arecertified arecertified certified as being eligfble eligible eligble for for40 40 percent discount the net cost costto costto costto to you is $8 8 $ 700 and we shall goahead go goI goahead ahead goahead on this basis ' ' Upon notification notlffcation of 01 the sue suc suecessful successful suecessful cessful hospitalboard bid the local hospi hospital tal talboard board this week laid plans for fora fora fora a hospital drive which will raisemoney raise raisemoney raisemoney money tor for the purchase of the theunit theunit theunit unit and nnd for a start toward con constructlon construction constructlon structlon struction buildingto of a hospital buildingI building rt . I to 10 house nouse the me unit unit I I The Vernal Junior Chambe Chamber Chamberof Chambeof r - ; . of Commerce made the first firs firstconcrete firsconcrete firsconcrete rt , t t concrete contribution to the thefund th thfund thifund e . TenneyJohnston fund on Tuesday when Tenney TenneJohnston Tenne y : ; Johnston Jaycee _ _ president , annoqnced annoyneed an [ - - - A A t- t ttP - tP Ar V * I noqnced noyneed the donation of $507 507 $ 38 38by 3 3by g I by y his his group groupUnder Under the direction of Mrs MrsR MrsR MrsR R A Bryson acting chat chatof chainnan chainnanof chatrrnaiof tznan - l of the hospital board Vernarodeo Vernarodeo Vernal Verna Vernalrodeo 1 i I rodeo crowds theater crowds crowdsdance crowdsdance crowdsdance . dance pedestrians crowds crO\Vds crO Vds crqv \ ds and Vernal Vemal pedes trians will be asked to donateward donate to- to - toward toward . " ward durinithe duringthe the hospital fund durin durinthe during g r . the next few days in the kickoff kick kickoU kickoff oU off of a drive to nay pay for lor the he new newunit ne neunit nevunit w ? . unit and to start construction o ( ) oa oa . , a hospital buildingsMeanwhile building buildingt buildings , Meanwhile the liospftal hospital hospital board boardis bo bois boanis I is laying plans plal1s plarls to petition th thboard the theboard thiboard . board of county commissionerto commissionersto commissioners commissioner ; s : : to present to Uintah county count countvoters -i i - : voters a referendum ballot at atthe a athe athe ' the next election electionwhich -which which - will initiate ini initiate initiate ( tiate a county bond issue for the theIconstruction th thconstruction thiconstruction e p , Iconstruction construction of a hospital build buildling building building ling lingAt ingAt ing At Tuesday's Tuesdays ' board meeting it itI ii iiwas iwas , * I was pointed out by Mrs Brysolthat Bryson Bryso Brysonthat Brysothat that hospital facilities in the thearea th tharea thiarea e area are dangerously limIted limItedThe limitedThe limitedThe The population increase is taxing tax taxing taxing ing hospitato hospitalto the Uintah Basin hospital ; to the point where unusual em emergencies emereencies cmergencies , ergencies ereencies could not be handledHospital handledHospital handled providefor Hospital drive plans provide provid provldifor providfor e for a colectlon colection booth on Ver Vernal Vernal Vernal . nal a s Main street and one at th throdeo the therodeo throdeo e < rodeo grounds Collection boxes boxeswill boxeswill boxewill will be placed at vantage points.In pointsin points pointin .In In . Vernal Vemal business houses and andcollections andcollections an ancollections < j collections have been authorized authorizedfor authorizedfor authorizefor ! i for all three of Vernal s theater theaters theatersand theatersand ; and at the rodeo rodeQ dancesThe dancesThe dances dancesThe The drive dnve in m connection with withthe withthe witthe ! the rodeo crowds is only a be- be - beginnmg beginning beginning ' - - ginnmg ginning of a concerted campaigito campaignto campaign * to raise money for the hospital hospitalumt hospitalunit hospitaunit umt unit and for the hospital build building building building ing according accordmg to committe committee committeemembers committeemembers committemembers < members membersOther hospitaboard hospitalboard Other members of the hospital board CooperLouis incldue R C Cooper Louis Freestone J Ferron Hack Hackmg Hacking Hacking mg ing Clair Hopkins Hopk Hopkins { os Amelia Man Manker Manker Manker ker Pearl Shaffer Mrs L GSehwobe G GSchwabe GSchwobe Schwabe Sehwobe Larry Thorne hospitalmanager hospitamanager hospital hospitalmanager manager and Mrs R C Thorne Thornehospital Thornehospital Thornetiospital hospital superintendentSome superintendentSome superintendent Some of the equipment In Ineluded ineluded ineluded eluded m in the 50 bed hospital hospitalunit hospitalunit hospitaunit unit includes inctudes medicines medicmes and anddrugs anddrugs anc completedental drugs , beds bed linen complete completedental completedental dental dentalset set incubator completix completex complete x ray unit and flouroscope ouroscope refrigerator re- re refrigerator refrigerator - - frigerator sterilizers and op op- op operating operating - - erating tables . |