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Newspaper, Waupun Memorial Hospital, 1951 OpeningScope and Content
THE WAUPUN LEADER-NEWS - Waupun Memorial Hospital Edition---1951
This is a special edition for the opening of the Waupun Memorial Hospital July 1951. Section one has a photo of the hospital complete except for final landscaping of the grounds. It is located at the corner of West Brown and Beaver Dam streets and overlooks the West End Park. Photo by Leader-News
In the lower left corner is a photo of a close-up view of the entrance to the Waupun Memorial Hospital. Shows the Italian marble which lines the foyer, and gives a view of the lobby. Photo by Fletcher Studio
Archbishop, His Excellency Moses E. Kiley, Archbishop of the Milwaukee Archdiocese, to Bless Hospital on the morning of Thursday, July 5, 1951.
Each room in the hospital will be visited and blessed by the Archbishop.
Following the blessing, a low mass will be said at 10 a.m. in the hospital chapel, with Reverend Ignatius Hanley, O.F.M. Conv., as celebrant. Members of the Waupun Hospital committee and their wives, physicians who are staff members at the hospital, and their wives, have been invited to attend the mass.
The guests will be taken on a tour of the hospital following the mass, and will be quests at a 12 o'clock luncheon in the hospital cafeteria.
Open House Planned -
Other residents of Waupun and the surrounding community are invited to visit the hospital Thursday afternoon, Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
The hospital will be open to visitors from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 6, 7, and 8.
No visitors will be admitted after 9 p.m. Sunday.
The hospital will begin receiving patients sometime during the following week.
Inside pages have photos - the nursery, operating room, and the lobby.
- Hospital cost is nearly 2 million dollars.
- Best Wishes from various businesses and School Sisters of St. Francis
- Photo of four sisters, members of the School Sisters of St. Francis, assigned to work at hospital
- Numerous articles about the construction of the hospital, and what materials went into building the hospital
- Patient comfort major factor in designing hospital rooms, and furnishings.
- Rev. Adolph Klink, spiritual adviser of the School Sisters of St. Francis, made many trips to Waupun
- Photo of patient room
- Drawing of the First Floor Plan
- Photo of Hospital Staff Members
- Photo of Mother M. Corona, Provincial Mother of the School of Sisters of St. Francis, heads Sisters' Order
- Many Unusual Features Found in Waupun Memorial Hospital
- Copy of letter from Office of the Governor, Madison, Wisconsin, June 7, 1951, to Mr. Geroge W. Greene
- Photo of Judson J. Rikkers, mayor of Waupun from 1941-1943, member of hospital committee
SECTION TWO - The Waupun Leader-News - Special Edition - Waupun Memorial Hospital---1951
Inscription on west wall of the hospital foyer is carved in Italian marble and the letters are filled with gold. The inscription is as follows:
WAUPUN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL *
ERECTED BY THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS, THE CITY OF WAUPUN. THE TOWN OF ALTO AND CHESTER AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF WAUPUN AND THE TOWNS OF ALTO, CHESTER, TRENTON AND WAUPUN, IN TRIBUTE TO THE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN OF BOTH WORLD WARS, AND THE IDEALS FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT AND DIED, FOR THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF THE SICK, WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR OR CREED.
A.D. 1951
William A. Lother, Mayor, City of Waupun, states that opening of Hospital is Waupun Milestone.
Hutter Construction laid first cornerstone in1878; famous as Hospital Builders; construction company that erected the Waupun Memorial Hospital in 1951.
George F. Hutter is president and general manager of the Hutter Construction company. Born in Mt. Calvary. Father was Joseph Hutter.
Local businesses listed with ads and list the gifts that the First Baby born in the New Waupun Memorial Hospital will receive.
Edward W. Hooker, Committee Head of Waupun Memorial Hospital, 1951.
Lewis Hull, representative of the architectural firm of Maguolo, St. Louis, represented architects for Waupun Memorial Hospital.
Clarence "Tony" Schmitz, supervises construction of Waupun Memorial Hospital, as part of the Hutter Construction Co.
Area businesses listed that had a part in providing the Living Memorial to the Waupun Servicemen and Women, who so gallantly served in World Wars I and II.
Acacia Cleaners, Paul Gilbert, Prop.
Allan's Modern Shoe Shop
Asmus Motors
Bake-Rite Bakery
Barbeau's Garage
Barry Motors, Inc.
Bittner & Son
Blue Bird Shop
Bon Ton
Braaksma's Market
Braun's City Lunch
Buteyn Grocery
Classic Theatre
Club Bowling Alleys
Coffee Shop
Coonley Radio & Electric
Davison & Church Grocery
Deep Rock Station
Dunn Shell Service
Ehley's Wadhams Station
Farmers' Elevator Co.
Fisher's Jewelry
Freddie's Bar
Frigid Locker Storage
Gateway Lumber Co.
Giebink's Grocery
Glamour Shop
Guelig Implement Co.
Happy's Tavern
Henning Shell Station
Homan's Grocery
Hotel Waupun
Houdek's Food Store
Hull's Grocery
Jean's Beauty Salon
Jockey's Greystone Tavern
Kohl Elevator
Kroger
Landaal Bros. Co.
Leo's Cities Service
Luck's Grocery
Maleeta's Beauty Salon
McLellan Stores
Niles Electric Co.
Nina's Beauty Salon
Nummerdor Bros.
Old Heidelberg Inn
151 Club
Peters Coal Co.
R. & G. Lunch
Remmel's Market
Rens Motor Co.
Roets' Home Dairy
Ruenger's Meat Market
Rumpus Bar
S. & N. Motor Co.
Schultz Bros. Co.
Schulz Radio & Electric
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Super Ice Cream Shop
Superior Cleaners
Ted's Standard Station
Toasty Eat Shop
United Electric Service
Wally's Tavern
Waupun Auto Sales, Inc.
Waupun General Repair Shop
Waupun Launderers & Cleaners
Waupun Produce Co.
Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
Congratulations and Best Wishes . . . from Hutter Construction Co.
INDUSTRY is Proud to Share with the People of Waupun a Living Memorial to Our Sericemen and Women. We Welcome to Our Community the School Sisters of St. Francis, Who Share so Nobly in this Great Achievement -
Breyer Bros., Whiting & Co.; Canned Food, Inc.; Carnation Company; Ideal Shoe Manufacturing Co.; M & M Gray Iron Foundry; National Rivet & Mfg. Co.; the Shaler CompanyAcquisition
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2015.0059Source or Donor
Zick, Lynn
