The members of the Facebook groups, You Know You're From Sanford, ME If..., and Sanford: Maine's Newest City, and their friends, sign this petition in support of the following:
(Source:http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20140123%2FGJOPINION03%2F140129688%2F-1%2FSANNEWS)
By Harland Eastman
President and Chairman of the Sanford-Springvale Historical Society
Thursday, January 23, 2014
A century ago, there were no hospitals in Sanford or Springvale. An effort was made on the eve of World War I by the Sanford Board of Trade to fund a hospital, but the funds raised were not sufficient to start construction.
Dr. H. Danforth Ross arrived in Sanford shortly after. With the help of George and Henrietta D. Goodall, Dr. Ross was able to open a small hospital in their former home on School Street (where the post office now stands). That was Sanford’s first hospital.
Henrietta D. Goodall took a keen interest in health care and after her death in 1923 her husband, George Goodall, and their daughter, Marion Marland, decided to build a real hospital in her memory. Preliminary work began on June Street in Sanford in 1926 and the foundation was laid in December 1927. Sadly, George died later that same month.
Mrs. Marland and her husband, William, saw the work through to completion. The hospital opened in August 1928. A Nurses’ Training School opened at the same time in a separate building on the hospital grounds.
A hospital exists in Sanford because the Goodall family built it. When more space was needed twenty years after the hospital opened, Marion Goodall Marland and her husband funded a new wing.
We applaud the merger of Goodall Hospital with the Southern Maine Medical Center, but see no reason for brushing aside the Goodall name. It is known throughout Southern Maine as Goodall Hospital. It exists only because the Goodalls built it.
We urge those responsible to refer to it in the future, not as the Sanford Campus, but as the Sanford Goodall Campus or the Goodall Sanford Campus.
This letter expresses the sentiments of and was approved by the board of directors of the Sanford-Springvale Historical Society and the Members of the Sanford Historical Committee at their joint meeting on Jan. 20, 2014.
Updates
January 26, 2014
I have been digging through the hospital archives this week to find more records of Henrietta Goodall and her family. Their dedication to the health of our community deserves to be recognized rather than forgotten by those in charge of the current campus.
January 26, 2014
Seeing this kind of energy for the Goodall legacy reminds me how vital our history is to this community. My own family felt the loss of that name on the campus so deeply. Reading your stories of care at that hospital gives me the fuel to keep pushing for this recognition.
Reached 100 supporters
January 26, 2014
95 Comments
I completely agree that the Goodall name remain part of our merger. The Goodall Campus is a perfect fit as opposed to the Sanford a Campus.
I understand that businesses need to grow and we all need to be open to change, but please honor the Goodall Family for all they had invested in our community and this hospital to get it where we are today. Thank you!
as a person born there delivered by Doc Ross in 1944 , a supportor of HD Goodall my entire life and a active EMS provider for 32+ yrs , it is disrespective to the founders and people who build this facility as we know it. Please at the very least add the Goodall name " Goodall Campus "
Please restore the Goodall name to the entire Hospital this is a huge part of Sanford.. When you take away the Goodall name , you take away our Cities soul.. thanks
My father was born there. I was born there and my youngest daughter was born there. It was HD Goodall Hospital then and that's the way it should always be.
Keep Goodall as part of the name, respect the heritage of our town, please
keep the goodall name
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The members of the Facebook groups, You Know You're From Sanford, ME If..., and Sanford: Maine's Newest City, and their friends, sign this petition in support of the following:
(Source:http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20140123%2FGJOPINION03%2F140129688%2F-1%2FSANNEWS)
By Harland Eastman
President and Chairman of the Sanford-Springvale Historical Society
Thursday, January 23, 2014
A century ago, there were no hospitals in Sanford or Springvale. An effort was made on the eve of World War I by the Sanford Board of Trade to fund a hospital, but the funds raised were not sufficient to start construction.
Dr. H. Danforth Ross arrived in Sanford shortly after. With the help of George and Henrietta D. Goodall, Dr. Ross was able to open a small hospital in their former home on School Street (where the post office now stands). That was Sanford’s first hospital.
Henrietta D. Goodall took a keen interest in health care and after her death in 1923 her husband, George Goodall, and their daughter, Marion Marland, decided to build a real hospital in her memory. Preliminary work began on June Street in Sanford in 1926 and the foundation was laid in December 1927. Sadly, George died later that same month.
Mrs. Marland and her husband, William, saw the work through to completion. The hospital opened in August 1928. A Nurses’ Training School opened at the same time in a separate building on the hospital grounds.
A hospital exists in Sanford because the Goodall family built it. When more space was needed twenty years after the hospital opened, Marion Goodall Marland and her husband funded a new wing.
We applaud the merger of Goodall Hospital with the Southern Maine Medical Center, but see no reason for brushing aside the Goodall name. It is known throughout Southern Maine as Goodall Hospital. It exists only because the Goodalls built it.
We urge those responsible to refer to it in the future, not as the Sanford Campus, but as the Sanford Goodall Campus or the Goodall Sanford Campus.
This letter expresses the sentiments of and was approved by the board of directors of the Sanford-Springvale Historical Society and the Members of the Sanford Historical Committee at their joint meeting on Jan. 20, 2014.
Updates
January 26, 2014
I have been digging through the hospital archives this week to find more records of Henrietta Goodall and her family. Their dedication to the health of our community deserves to be recognized rather than forgotten by those in charge of the current campus.
January 26, 2014
Seeing this kind of energy for the Goodall legacy reminds me how vital our history is to this community. My own family felt the loss of that name on the campus so deeply. Reading your stories of care at that hospital gives me the fuel to keep pushing for this recognition.
Reached 100 supporters
January 26, 2014
95 Comments
To remove the Goodall name from the building is disrespectful to those who worked tirelessly to have the hospital built. Removing all traces of Henrietta Goodall's name shows the lack of respect for the town, now a city, and it's history.
I completely agree that the Goodall name remain part of our merger. The Goodall Campus is a perfect fit as opposed to the Sanford a Campus.
I understand that businesses need to grow and we all need to be open to change, but please honor the Goodall Family for all they had invested in our community and this hospital to get it where we are today. Thank you!
as a person born there delivered by Doc Ross in 1944 , a supportor of HD Goodall my entire life and a active EMS provider for 32+ yrs , it is disrespective to the founders and people who build this facility as we know it. Please at the very least add the Goodall name " Goodall Campus "
Please restore the Goodall name to the entire Hospital this is a huge part of Sanford.. When you take away the Goodall name , you take away our Cities soul.. thanks
My father was born there. I was born there and my youngest daughter was born there. It was HD Goodall Hospital then and that's the way it should always be.
Keep Goodall as part of the name, respect the heritage of our town, please
keep the goodall name
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To remove the Goodall name from the building is disrespectful to those who worked tirelessly to have the hospital built. Removing all traces of Henrietta Goodall's name shows the lack of respect for the town, now a city, and it's history.