school for nurses, was acting superintendent until the arrival
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 continuing
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 residence
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
