https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/dfe4e189123e54c8527b0d3b72804be6.pdf f94c771773f9e239ae70c1015030382b PDF Text Text Tovvn ' ] Gets New ... Hospital aad in HEMINGWAY. Nov. 18.-Special: Comin~ as a climax in Heming- ~~ way•s .recent building and business to advancemenf procram is the erec- tion ot the Johnson Memorial hoser- pital, the buildin& and equipment ~ed to cost approximately $60,000. Dr. Allen H. Johnson. the owner, d' a graduate of the Baltimore Medical ~'~ college. is building this hospital as 0 a memorial to his father, the late 'ith Dr~ L.B. Johnson. who enjoyed the '!- life of a busy practitioner in this ~ is section for more than thirty years; ird The site on which the hospital is dh being constructed is situated on it South Main street, adjoining the home site of the late Dr. W. C. in- Hemingway on the not:th side and t the school property on. the south a side. The frontage of this property iirl measures more than 300. feet and extends through the entire block me with like amount of space opening the· on Lafayette street on the east side is!" making access. to the hospital easy from both thoroughfares. l The two-story building, .·the main 3! portion of which measures 152 feet nill- long and thirty~three feet wide in v addition to the extensions to the obf- front and rear. is of moderilistic deY sign and will be constructed of tier brick and stucco. It will be heated ·m- by a' hot water heating system in the basement. The hospital will ing have asphalt tile :floors. steel case- . the menf windows, a lavatory in each :I!; ~~~ib:n:·.·=~~~: ~~07:e s~:ri~ i!: ~~0lli:~~or~r~!i°en ::1~! s~~d:~~ !~r tensions. · "s · · · Forty-two Bed Capacity . the It will have a · forty-two bed to capacity. with. two operating rooms•. ar- one to be used for major· surgery and one for minor surgery•. The, a two operating roonis, the scrub room. res and the sterilizer room will have and ceramic · tile floors clnd six-inch squares of · green tile. wUi .·extend six feet · up on walls. A · modem the equipped nursery, a complete labiild oratory and X-ray department, . as ltS;. well as clinic on the first floor. in the w1!iCh emergency room will be ~it­ vas uaLed. . are ·. some of the essential . ch components of the hospital. . , . · · 1 I There : Will be a negro division ~~~ Iproperly l()Cated. with a c~paci.tr f!f: d ten beds. ·A small lobby .in thlS_·diFez.: vision will accommodate the negro . patients. ~ electric eleva_tor ser1ey vice will be installed. It is estimated that the building will be. 1 ~i completed not later :than May 1, . led 1940. George Creighton. the archi- · •en tect. and Worth Powell, the con•1 d tractor, are .from Mullins. • . ~ In actuality this is· not· a flew· lo- . ~n- cation for Dr: Johns~n as he was. - · born and passed his early. life.· on ::n his father's estate iii .the. Rome com;.. munity near here.· He· was·. grad- · h uated from the U"niori high school · "in . 1927, from the · University of :~ South Carolina in 1931 and from the 'he Medical College . of the State of iad South Carolina in 1934. His .postgraduate training. consisted of thi'ee ~~~ years at the Columbia hospital of , the Richland county. the ~ twelve · months. as a rotating in~ and .~e L~ last twenty-four .months as· resident od; surgeon. For the· last two. years he· l&h bas been chief surgeon in the Martin•s private , hospital at Mullins ~: where he will. remain until his hos101 pita! ~e;:.:_~m~lB~dFaU.er the It is to perpetuate the great Sti,r- :e; ves i:et ~or ~~~ oin.~J~~1:i:nton:; ~~=W:~~ ~~1monum.ent. His.mother ·was"foI'Jl!er~ _ ly Miss Cora Huggins, who was - · born and reared· in this community. In 1935 Dr. Johnson was married to Miss Mae Burgess. o! Kingstree. They. have· one son. Allen H. Johnson,. Jr.• who is two and ·a "halt · years old. . ·. Dr. Johnson said the h~spital . staff ·will be composed. ·of a com~ petent corp of doctors and nurses as well as the other necessary personnel who will participate in making this hospital one of outsdindin~ service in this state. in ~ave left the pantry of the Pilgrims · � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News Articles Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper and magazine articles. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Johnson Memorial Hospital - 1939 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11-19-1939 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource News and Courier