Dedication Service To Climax Expansion Project
The $1,000,000 expansion of St. Clare hospital by the Sisters of St. Agnes doubles service capacity in Monroe. A new north wing five stories plus a four story connecting addition creates 131 beds, new pediatrics and maternity wards, improved surgeries, isolation ward, chapel and staff facilities.
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Climax
Sisters of St. Agnes
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe Area
St. Clare
Hutter Construction Co
Fond du Lac
William P. O’connor
Madison
First Earth
M. Angeline
Congregation of St. Agnes
W. G. Bear
M. J. McCarthy
McCarthy
E. C. McCollow
St. Victor’s
M. Evarista
M. Blandine
Bear
Mother Angeline
M. Emma
St. Mary’s Springs Academy
Order
M. Vera
Angeline
Cecil R. Roedell
Rockford
Sisters
Times
Monroe
Additions At St. Clare Hospital Unveil Modern New Wings
The Monroe hospital opens a $1,000,000 expansion featuring bright hallways with basket weave walls, marble sills, noise reducing floors, new elevators, oxygen outlets in rooms, wide 46 inch doors, private baths, and upgraded nurses stations. Dedication Mass led by Bishop OConnor and a public open house follow the 12 year project by the Sisters of St. Agnes.
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St. Clare Hospital
William Patrick O’connor
Madison
M. Angeline
Congregation of St
M. Agnes Rita
Bluefields
Nicaragua
M. Mary Agnes
Monroe
Leslie Kindschi
George F. Hutter
W. B. Gnagi
Wisconsin
Congregation of St. Agnes
Tribute to Sister Evarista at St. Clare Hospital
Administrative head Sister M. Evarista led the expansion project at St. Clare hospital in Monroe after arriving August 23 1945. She previously served at St. Anthony hospital in Hays Kansas and at St. Clare and St. Anthony in Wisconsin, guiding planning and administration through a $1 million expansion.
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St. Clare Hospital
M. Evarista
Sister Mary Agnes
Nicaragua
Sister Evarista
St. Clare
Monroe Hospital
Evarista
Hays
Kas
St. Anthony Hospital
Sisters of St. Agnes
St. Anthony’s
St. Agnes
Fond du Lac
Monroe
Green County
New Addition Retains Link With Rural Scene
The location of the new wing at St. Clare hospital at the north end of the building preserves the community’s rural link. Five stories overlook pastureland where herds graze and Swiss cowbells sound in the peaceful daily life.
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St. Clare Hospital
New Hospital Rooms Show Colorful, Practical Furnishings
The St. Clare hospital builds anew section in 1939 with syn thetic two tone furniture from Simmons Furniture Co. in Kenosha. Each room features color coordinated furnishings including a floor crank bed dresser mirror night stand chair footstool and six foot privacy screen. Curtains in varied patterns brighten light blue green dusty rose and yellow walls creating two tone contrasts.
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St. Clare
Simmons Furniture Co
Kenosha
Doctors on St Clare hospital staff listed by cities
The 28 doctors on the St. Clare hospital staff include Monroe Clinic physicians Drs. George R. Barry N. E. Bear W. G. Bear O. S. Blum Ben H. Brunkow E. E. Eckstam Wayne J. Fencil W. B. Gnagi Leslie G. Kindschi Fred W. Kundert Dwain E. Mings Er win E. Peters John A. Schind ler Paul W. Snowden James R. Weir Also from Monroe Drs. C. Earl Baumle Alfred E. Leiser Lewis A. Moore and David D. Ruehlman S J Francois and E V Hicks of New Glarus Charles Benkendorf Monticello F J Bongiorno Albany W D Stovall and M W Stuessy Brodhead L L Thompson Argyle L J Unterholzner Blanchardville and L G McGary of Madison General hospital Out of town doctors registered include E G Boeke Winslow Donald Garland Shullsburg R J Gray Evansville C F Lenkering Darlington and M T Morrison Mt Horeb
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St. Clare Hospital
George R. Barry
N. E. Bear
W. G. Bear
O. S. Blum
Ben H. Brunkow
E. E. Eckstam
Wayne J. Fencil
W. B. Gnagi
Leslie G. Kindschi
Fred W. Kundert
Dwain E. Mings
Erwin E. Peters
John A. Schindler
Paul W. Snowden
James R. Weir
Power Unit Ready To Supply Hospital For Any Emergency
On guard 24 hours a day a new emergency electrical unit at St. Clare stands ready to supply lights and elevator power during a power failure. A gasoline motor starts automatically to energize a generator via a special circuit, with fuel fed from an exterior buried tank.
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St. Clare
Addition cost rises to exceed one million at St. Clare hospital
The new addition to St. Clare hospital grows from 1938 39 cost estimates of 275000 for construction and 400000 for equipment to a total project price now over 1000000. Despite questions about funding the Sisters of St Agnes persevere to meet community needs with the expanded facility.
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St. Clare Hospital
Congregation of St. Agnes
Isolation Ward gains vital role in St. Clare expansion
The St. Clare hospital expansion adds an isolation ward on the third floor linked to a new connecting addition. Private rooms funded by donors and a May 1951 donation from the Monroe Woman's Club support the unit, which enables swift confinement and diagnosis for contagious diseases like meningitis and polio.
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St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Jeffrey Lawrence
St. Francis Hospital
LaCrosse
Monroe Woman’s Club
Sisters of St. Agnes
Pediatrics Department
Oxygen Now Piped Into Room Outlets at St. Clare
New addition at St. Clare hospital includes room by room oxygen piping. The basement houses the supply with outlets in each room, eliminating bulky cylinder handling. Patients in the original section still use portable oxygen tanks.
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St. Clare Hospital
Hospital's Staff Of 155 At St. Clare
A report details the St. Clare hospital staff of 155 including 28 doctors 34 nurses 40 nurses aides 17 Sisters of St. Agnes and support personnel such as kitchen helpers service attendants maintenance workers an engineer and an x ray and laboratory technician.
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St. Clare
St. Clare Hospital
Sisters of St. Agnes
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Alice Holtshopple
Hutter Co
Spurs
W. P. O’connor
North Wing
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