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Monday, April 27, 2009
Recent Explore Carroll columns by Kevin Dayhoff
Cutting the 'Horse Train Stop' of Sykesville out of Howard County
Published April 26, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Dayhoff: Getting the Community Media Center out of the closet
Published April 21, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Thoughts turn to baseball and Jackie Robinson
Published April 17, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
Dayhoff: Recalling Jackie Robinson, the great American experiment
Published April 15, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
Mills' contributions to hospital follow a healthful tradition
Published April 12, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Recalling the devastating Westminster fire of 1906
Published April 8, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
... Spring Carnival. It is never too early to start teaching your children fire safety. As history shows us -- it's everyone's concern and it can be a matter of life and death. Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster. E-mail him at kevindayhoff AT gmail.com....
County jail started out 0-for-1 when it came to holding prisoners
Published April 3, 2009 by Carroll Eagle
Dayhoff: A brief review of the Westminster Navy, and its role in American history Published April 1, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
... Navy; a proud heritage few Carroll Countians know. Now you know it too. Well, perhaps not. Happy April Fool's Day. Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster.
Merriment and joy, from one kind of cell to another
Published March 27, 2009 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle
Dayhoff says: When it comes to Obama on Jay Leno, get over it
Published March 26, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Mills' contributions to hospital follow a healthful tradition by Kevin Dayhoff
EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 4/12/09 http://tinyurl.com/cylr5j
Photo by Sherri Hosfeld Joseph: G. Melvin Mills Jr. and Linda Mills on April 3, 2009, at the Carroll Hospital Center Foundation Founders Dinner which honored Mr. Mills as the newest recipient of its Founders Circle Community Spirit Award.
Mills' contributions to hospital follow a healthful tradition
Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 4/12/09 http://tinyurl.com/cylr5j
On April 3, the Carroll Hospital Center Foundation Founders Dinner honored the newest recipient of its Founders Circle Community Spirit Award, G. Melvin Mills Jr. Mills joins previous honorees Atlee Wampler, David and Betty Scott, Charles Fisher Sr., Scott and Anita Bair, Jack Gambatese, Jack Tevis and Steve Bohn.
Throughout our history there are many examples of basic needs of our community that have been addressed by the private sector.
Look no further than our local hospital. Talk of the need for a hospital in our community goes as far back as the 1880s, and its history is filled with stories of private individuals who worked hard to ensure that it was built.
Many folks in the community may take the hospital for granted, but its success has been greatly supported by the community.
At this year's Founders ceremony, held at St. John's Portico in Westminster, the event's 240 guests also were acknowledged for their generosity and ongoing financial support of the hospital, Carroll Hospice and the hospital auxiliary.
Jack Tevis, chair of the hospital foundation board; John Sernulka, hospital CEO; Charlie Fisher Jr., chair of board of directors; and the 2007 Spirit Award recipient, Steve Bohn, all shared in presenting Mills with the 2009 award for his contributions of time, talent and resources to the hospital since the mid-1980s.
Mills served on the foundation board of trustees from 1995 to 2005. From 2001 to 2005 he chaired the board while also serving on the hospital's board of directors. And during his 10 years of service, more than $15 million was raised on behalf of the hospital and Carroll Hospice.
Also recognized for her contributions was Mills' wife Linda -- as we all know, no one can do great things for the community without the support of family.
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Finally, I should note that Sherri Hosfeld Joseph, the hospital foundation's director of development, helped me with information for this week's column. If you'd like to learn more about the work of the foundation, give her a call at 410- 871-6200.
When he is not eating sushi with Sherri Hosfeld Joseph, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff AT gmail DOT com.
Read the entire column here: Mills' contributions to hospital follow a healthful tradition
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Melvin Mills’ contributions to Carroll Hospital Center follow a healthy tradition
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Flags at sunset
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Taken from Carroll Hospital Center
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Flags at Carroll Hospital Center
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Carroll Hospital Center entrance
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Of course, I remember well when the entrance looked like this:
An undated post card of the entrance of Carroll County General Hospital – now Carroll Hospital Center, Westminster, Maryland. This is how the entrance of the hospital appeared in 1961. Collection of Kevin Dayhoff
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Fitzhugh was just what the doctor ordered in Carroll's medical past
EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 1/25/09
On Jan. 25, 1935, Dr. Henry Maynadier Fitzhugh, a well-known local physician, died at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore.
Today, the name Fitzhugh is barely known to most Carroll County residents -- except for those who are aware the hill overlooking Westminster on the western end of town is colloquially known as "Fitzhugh's Hill." This is in the area we now know as Ridge Road (off Old New Windsor Road).
So why is a hill in Westminster dedicated to local doctor?
Well, in a tribute to Fitzhugh written for the Historical Society of Carroll County by historian Jay Graybeal, it's noted in the introduction that the good doctor was "a leading figure in volunteer work" here in Carroll.
"Dr. Fitzhugh served as the chairman of the Council for Defense for Carroll County, an organization that coordinated all local civilian war work activity," Graybeal writes. "After (World War I) he became a leader in the fields of education and medicine."
Fitzhugh's obituary reports that he "had been the president of the State Board of Education since 1920, a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners since 1910 and its secretary and treasurer since 1924.
"He was the president of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty in 1930 and was a member of its council and one of its delegates to the American Medical Association at the time of his death.
"For the past year he had been the president of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States."
All noteworthy, but where does Fitzhugh's Hill come into play?
Long before Carroll Hospital Center was dedicated on Aug. 27, 1961 -- or even before its predecessor, the Carroll County War Memorial Medical Center, was dedicated on Nov. 11, 1952 -- folklore refers to two locations in Westminster that were considered for the location of a hospital.
Carroll Hospital Center officials Kevin Kelbly and Teresa Fletcher, speaking during an historical society luncheon just this past October, noted that there was talk of the need for a hospital as far back as the 1880s.
Records of the historical society, they said, also note that the local medical society spoke of the need for a hospital in 1916.
Then in 1917, three private citizens -- Dr. Henry M. Fitzhugh, Theodore Englar and Dr. Lewis K. Woodward Sr. -- offered to buy the Montour House on Main Street (in Westminster) and convert it into a hospital.
According to Kelbly, Fitzhugh "built his home and physician office ... on Ridge Road with the thought that this structure might some day become a Masonic Hospital."
Alas, the Fitzhugh home never did become a hospital, but the hill where he lived is a reminder of the man who, for a time, certainly "looked out" over the city's health. His obituary notes that "Dr. Fitzhugh's friends say of him he was one of the finest American examples of an old-fashioned family physician and friend."
Read more here: Fitzhugh was just what the doctor ordered in Carroll's medical past
http://explorecarroll.com/community/2150/fitzhugh-was-just-what-doctor-ordered-carrolls-medical-past/
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005
20050831 A New Hospital for Carroll County Westminster Eagle column
“A New Hospital for
August 31, 2005 by
I recently came across an old “Program of Dedication” for “
We all take for granted our local hospital, but I remember a time when we didn’t have a local hospital.
The idea for a local hospital in Carroll was first discussed after the First World War. It was not until the 1950s, that the idea of raising money to build
I asked Mr. and Mrs. Babylon about what they remember about the community coming together to build the hospital. Mrs. Babylon gave me an old file from the 1950s marked “Hospital.”
There were a number of wonderful “finds” in the file. One “find” was a very neat, carefully typed multi-page information packet entitled, “An Invitation To David Babylon To Help Provide The Hospital We All Need” from “Scott S. Bair Campaign Committee… Headquarters…
In this column, I’ll share with you some of excerpts from this campaign package. It gives us great insights of Carroll in the 1950s. Eight pages outline: “Everyone in
“We need the hospital because of population growth. Our present population is close to the fifty thousand mark! Conservative estimates predict that… by 1970 it will be at least 62,000. According to United States Public Health Department standards a population of 50,000 needs 225 hospital beds. WE HAVE NONE!”
Our current population is 160,000.
“We need a hospital in
I was born in
“We need a hospital because… In
“To meet this urgent need and after careful study a fifty-bed general hospital is proposed as the first step…twenty-five beds for surgery. Twenty-five beds for maternity and medical cases. An emergency service department. Operating, Delivery, X-Ray…
“What will this cost? The first step – the fifty bed unit can be built for approximately one million dollars. It can be built for this relatively modest amount because: the site has been provided by the county without cost to the hospital…”
“Where will the money come from? From the
Clip this column for reference because in the future I’ll gather some of the current statistics of the
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