WORK AT THE VARIOUS MILITARY HOSPITALS.
MRS. JOHANNA M. TERNAN.
There existed what was known as the Knights of Columbus Hospital Comfort Bureau. The following are the names of those serving on that Committee: Rev. John Quinan, Capt. M. Ryan, Jas. J. Bates, T. J. Burke, E. J. Griffen, Geo. J. Lynch, Jas. P. Mulcahy, Frank A. Gillis, and O. G. Burke.
Mrs. Johanna Mary Ternan was appointed Secretary.
Daily supplies were sent to Camp Hill Military Hospital and Cogswell Street Station Hospital and weekly visits were made. On these visits fruit, candy and cigarettes were distributed by the following committee of ladies: Mrs. Geo. Metzler, Miss Nita Gauvin, Miss Fannie Clark, Miss Metzler, Mrs. M. Foley, Miss Mary Neville, and Miss Frances Chisholm.
In addition to the above Hospitals, supplies were sent to Pine Hill Convalescent Home, Rock Head Military Hospital, Kentville Sanitarium, Naval Hospital, County Jail, Victoria General Hospital, Lawlor’s Island, Quarantine Station, Air Station, U.S. Flying Corps and H.M.S. Hospital Ship Essequibo.
Weekly visits were made to the Kentville Sanitarium by Mrs. W. S. Rothburn, of Kentville, and a committee of ladies, Miss McCormack, Miss Farrell, and Miss Kearney, under the supervision of Mrs. Johanna M. Ternan, of Halifax.
At Christmas, 1918, there were:
| Patients. | |
|---|---|
| Camp Hill Hospital | 440 |
| Naval Hospital | 38 |
| Cogswell St. Hospital | 300 |
| Kentville Sanitarium | 200 |
| Nova Scotia Hospital, Dartmouth | 70 |
| Pine Hill Convalescent Home | 125 |
| Rock Head Military Hospital | 60 |
| Total | 1,233 |
It was decided by the Hospitals Committee on Thursday, December 19, 1918, that candy and smokes should be sent to Kentville for the 200 patients. Four hundred boxes were prepared containing three packages of cigarettes and a half-pound of candy for each patient. This work was done by a voluntary committee of three little girls and one little boy (the Misses O’Connor and Master O’Connor, daughters and son of Mr. J. D. O’Connor), and by little Miss Elliott. Provision was made for Rock Head and Cogswell Hospitals.
December 18, 1918, 328 stockings were made and filled by a committee of ladies at the Knights of Columbus Club Rooms, Hollis Street. The stockings were all of different shades, and each contained fourteen articles, consisting of the following: One box of notepaper, one lead pencil, one cube of tooth paste, one tooth brush, three packages cigarettes, two boxes of matches, one small comb, one pocket handkerchief, one ash-tray, two chocolate bars, collar buttons, one pipe, one package tobacco and one tobacco pouch.
Two hundred and three of these were sent to Camp Hill and one hundred and twenty-five to Pine Hill. As there were a number of very sick patients at Cogswell Street Station Hospital, it was requested that fruit be sent, and three cases of oranges, four cases of grape fruit and one keg of grapes were supplied. To the Nova Scotia Hospital, Dartmouth, one hundred and forty parcels were sent containing three packages of cigarettes and a half-pound of candy. Stockings were sent to four soldiers in the County Jail, and nine stockings to soldiers in the Victoria General Hospital. To the N.S. Naval Air Station were sent two cases of oranges, two hundred packages cigarettes, two hundred cigars and two hundred chocolate bars.