school for nurses, was acting superintendent until the ar- 
rival of Miss Pearl Braithwaite, the new superintendent, who 
came from the Children’s Hospital of Cleveland. 
The following is the board of managers: Dr. Thos. S. 
Arbuthnot, president; H. V. Blaxter, first vice persident; 
Southard Hay, secretary; George W. M’Candless, treasurer; 
Mrs. Herbert DuPuy, chairman executive committee; Mrs. 
Benjamin Page, vice chairman executive committee; James 
W. Barber, W. W. Blackburn, Dr. John G. Bowman, Julian 
Burdick, William L. Clause, Mrs. D. M. Clemson, Mrs. O. M. 
Edwards, Jr., Miss Helen C. Frick, Mrs. William J. Holland, 
Mrs. W. Terrell Johnson, Mrs. Stewart Johnston, Francis A. 
Keating, W. B. Klee, Mrs. Joseph W. Marsh, Mrs. Grant 
McCargo, William L. Monro, Mrs. James D. Murray, R. B. 
Mellon, A. M. Imbrie, Mrs. W. H. Rowe, Mrs. W. A. Seifert, 
Mrs. William Henry Siviter, Mrs. J. Ramsey Speer, and Mrs. 
Henry Wittmer. 
CITIZENS GENERAL HOSPITAL 
In the spring of 1912 a small private hospital known as 
Trinity Hospital was started in the present residence of W. 
Riley Alter, Parnassus, Pa. By September of this same year 
Trinity Hospital, having failed financially, was taken over 
by four ladies, Mrs. T. E. McConnell, Mrs. F. J. McAllister, 
Mrs. J. H. Eckley and Mrs. G. B. Campbell. To these four 
ladies belongs great credit for their far-sightedness in continu- 
ing to operate Trinity Hospital until the whole community 
awakened to the need of a hospital in their midst. This need 
was recognized in December, 1912, when the citizens of 
New Kensington, Arnold and Parnassus incorporated the 
hospital and changed the name from Trinity Hospital to 
Citizens General Hospital, New Kensington, Pa. 
The following were the first officers of the corporation: 
R. E. Withers, president: F. E. Pratt, treasurer, and George 
A. Clark, secretary. 
The hospital continued to function in the Alter resi- 
dence until the need of more room and facilities brought 
about the building of the present hospital at corner of 
Seventh street and Fourth avenue. The dedication of this