Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . ed Towns for the Hospital. This sumwas insufficient, and $30,000 were obtained on mortgage to completethe present Hospital. One hundred and twenty patients were accommo-dated, and there are thirteen private rooms. With the expansion of the Hospital came increased expenses, soin 1913 the Aid Association held a Circus and Carnival, in 1914 a Cam-paign for Annual Subscriptions was conducted, and in 1916 another money-raising effort toprovide need
Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . ed Towns for the Hospital. This sumwas insufficient, and $30,000 were obtained on mortgage to completethe present Hospital. One hundred and twenty patients were accommo-dated, and there are thirteen private rooms. With the expansion of the Hospital came increased expenses, soin 1913 the Aid Association held a Circus and Carnival, in 1914 a Cam-paign for Annual Subscriptions was conducted, and in 1916 another money-raising effort toprovide needed fundsfor operation. An institution of thischaracter must be sup-ported by the commun-ity. No hospital ever ex-isted which could getalong without suchsupport. Still thebooks show that theFlushing Hospitalearned $53,590, in 1916,but the expenses forthat year were $81,288. Plans for the comingyears are upon a scalecommensurate with therapid growth of theFlushing district, butlarge sums will be re-quired and the moneywill no doubt be loyal-ly contributed by thecommunity which is sowell served in times ofThe Flushing Hospital illness and 54 THE MENS CLUBS OF FLUSHING THE MENS SOCIETY OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONALCHURCH of Flushing was organized December 15, 1908. Itspurpose is to make the church more effective by undertaking suchresponsibilities in the work of the church, for the community, and forthe world, as may appear appropriate. The membership is 150. The Societys activities have comprised a Social Survey of Flushing;initiating movements for suppression of evil dance-halls and for openingof Public Library on Sunday afternoons; cataloguing and photograph-ing Flushings trees and presenting these photographs, together withphotographs of unsightly spots needing attention before a mass meetingof the civic associations and public schools; support of public playgroundin Murray Hill section; conduct of public meetings on civic Society is a member of and specia
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