St. Joseph Nuns Offered Monte Vista Hospital
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National Circulation, 47S,S19; Denver Catholic Register, 20,928 ST. JOSEPH NUNS OFFERED MONTE VISTA HOSPITAL Contents Copyrighted by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1940—Permission to Reproduce, Excepting on Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue Markets for the United States ver this week by Dr. Daniel .Saniper-Ortega, counselor for the Wash ington, D. C., embassy of Colombia, South America. The United States Work at Del Norte will gain many buyers fur American goods by helping to foster educa tion and culture iu .South America in the belief of Dr. .Samper-Ortega, COLORADO BEHIND NATION noted Catholic I.atin-Ainerican scholar and writer. He is shown IN RELIEF WORK pointing to his native country, (^lombia. Sincr l 907 Has Won Throughout the United State*, there are at lea*t 900,000 cases DENVER CATHOUC certified as eligible for WPA em ployment, without • funds being available to supply such employ Fine Name in Valley ment. The only relief such per sons can obtain must be from their state or local government or from some federal agency apart from Mother-House Is at Wichita, Kans.; Proffered the WPA. REGISTER In Colorado, the situation is par The National Catholic Welfare Conference News Service Supplies The Denver Catholic Regist^. We Have Institution Is Modern, One-Story Struc ticularly aggravated and most of Also the International News Service (Wire and Mail), a Large Special Service, 5feven Smaller Services, the public seems to know nothing Photo Features, and Wide World Photos. ^ / ture Built With PWA Heip about it. This state has been re ceiving a disproportionately large VOL. XXXV. No. 49. DENVER, COLO., THURSDAY, JULY ^18^1940. $2 PER YEAR share of WPA funds. Direct re Del Norte. — The Sisters of St. Joseph here, whose lief payments are made here oniy 3i46 Units in Lincoln Park mother-house is at Mt. St. Mary’s convent in Wichita, Kans., to unemployable persons. In many have been approached by the Monte Vista city officials to other states, employable persons not receiving WPA jobs and unable take over the newly built hospital, a Monte Vista project to get other jobs are receiving di 1 More Housing Projects partially constructed by PWA funds. The institution is rect relief out of state and local a modern one-story building. It is located on the western funds. Such direct relief being un CEIS BASSELIN outskirts of the city. available here, and the share of Planned for Denver Area The Sisters of St. Joseph have made an enviable name WPA funds spent in this state be for themselves min the valley. ing unusually high, there is no Coming to Del Norte in 1907, the chance of getting the U. S. govern Information concerning the Lin follows: Three-room apartments, SCBBLABSIIP sisters occupied the frame build ment to increase the WPA quota $18.25 per month, which price in to take care bf jobless persons who coln park homes of the Denver ing that had been the residence o'f m K 10 O G G I are able to , work and who have housing authority was compiled cludes the supplying of utilities Senator John Shaw, who was such as water, heat, light, cooking Authorities of the Catholic Uni prominent in early days in politi been certified as eligible for WPA for the Denver Catholic Register fuel, and refrigeration energy; versity of America this week noti cal circles of Colorado. The sen employment. Colorado politicians this week by the Very Rev. Mon four-and-one-half-i'oom row houses, fied Edward Smith, a student ator had given his residence and say nothing can be done about the signor John R. Mulroy, director $18.50; five-and-one-half-room row for the Dioce.se of Denver, that he ten acres to the city of Del Norte matter. In practically every other of Catholic Charities and a mem houses, $19, and six-and-one-half- has been awarded a three-year with the proviso that the property state, however, this group of cer ber of the Denver housing author room flats, $19.50. scholarship at the Bas.selin founda be turned over to an order of tified employables is receiving di ity. Monsignor Mulroy al.so re There will be admitted to the tion. James J. Carter, son of Mr. sisters for a nominal sum, the rect relief out of local or state vealed that two more housing proj and Mrs. 0. A. Carter of 267 S. funds in the absence of WPA em project only families who immedi property to be used for hospital Fo o i s p i m ects .will be started in the metro ately prior to admission have been Emerson street, will attend the purposes. ployment. The present policy of politan area soon, one in the Rude living under housing conditions Catholic university on a Mullin the federal government is to ask park area, from <Rude park to Through Father Good, famous that are classed as sub-standard, scholarship, according to an an Jesuit missionary in the pioneer local governmental units to handle Federal boulevard and from West nouncement by Mrs. Ella Weck- Pueblo.—With $4,000 already i.e., unsafe, insanitary, overcrowd days of the San Luis valley, Del on hand and a considerable addi 25 per cent of the relief problem. Seventh to West Tenth avenues; ed, or detrimental to morals. baugh, WPA quotas are limiteil by the the other, the first rural housing Norte negotiated with Mother M. tional amount represented in Residence in the project will be Mr. Smith, the son of Thomas Bernard, superior of the St. pledges to be fulfilled in the near amount appropriated by congress project in this area, to be located limited exclusively to a natural Smith, circulation manager of the Joseph Sisters in Wichita. future, work on the construction for such purposes. In 1939, the in St. Therese’s pai’ish, Aurora, family or to a cohesive family Register, was born Dec. 6, 1920. appropriation was $1,477,000,000. in the vicinity of Fitzsimons Gen She saw an opportunity in the of a sun porch for the crippled group—at least two closely related He was graduated from St. Vin Education In South America offering of Del Norte and shortly children of St. Mary’s hospital The appropriation for the current eral hospital. adults, with or without children. cent’s school in 1934, and from the year was cut to $875,650,000. The Lincoln park homes project, afterward set out for the valley here has been authorized. The Only families whose net income Cathedral high school in June, town, accompanied by four sisters. go-ahead signal was given at a Hence it is necessary to reduce located between Colfax and West at the time of admission in relation 1938. WPA rolls if the appropriation is 13th avenues and Lipan and Osage The old senator’s residence was special meeting of the John A. to the number of members of such Following his high school course, Means Customers for U. S. Martin memorial committee mem to be spread over fhe entire fiscal streets, will consist of 346 units. family is as indicated below are remodeled and made to suit hos year, though no decision has been It will be ready for partial occu Mr. Smith entered St. Thomas’ pital purposes, the bed capacity bers and hospital officials, eligible: seminary, where he this year com A special sub-committee, to be reached about whether this will be pancy Dec. 1, 1.940, and is expected Maximum (By F rank E gan) noted Catholic scholar of Latin- being ten. It was a small, humble done. At the present time, opera to be ready for complete occupancy pleted his second year of college. beginning. But the work prospered. designated as the building com No. of Members Income Limits He has been active the past two “Millions of new customers can America, is convinced that ad mittee and to have charge of push tions are based on a month-to by May 1, 1941. The rental sched - of Family for Admission be gained' by the United States vancement of the understanding In 1909 Mother Bernard built a new (Turn to Page 4— Column 1) ules for the new homes are as summers in vacation school work in addition. Of native stone, the ing the plans through to- comple 2 per.sons ...................... $ 876 the diocese, and has only recently through fostering the education of the rights and duties of democ tion, was appointed. Members are 3 persons ...................... 913 and culture of the masses in South racy among the untutored classes three-story addition provided for returned from the Greeley district, approximately 20 patients; its ap Mrs. Fred B. Orman, chairman; Dominican Sisters Praised 4 persons ...................... 988 where he conducted schools for sev America,” according to Dr! Daniel in South America will raise the liv B. F. Scribner, Edward McCabe, 5 persons ...................... 1,026 Samper-Ortega, counselor for the ing standards and result in many pointments were modern through eral weeks. He has two uncles who out. and Walter DeMordaunt. 6 persons or more........... 1,092 are priests in the Diocese of Den Washington, D. C., embassy of new markets for the United States. The committee expressed the Collection for Orphans The following are ineligible for ver. Colombia, South America. This week Dr. Sampgr-Ortega In 1930 Sister M. Anastasia, hope that, with actual construction admission: Families who have not Dr. Samper-Ortega, who is a has been lecturing at the Denver then superior, built an annex to under way, additional contribu resided within the metropolitan The Basselin foundation, where take care of the overflow of pa he will take a three-year course University Institute on Interna tions •will come in, not only from area of Denver, i.e., city limits and tional Relations and has just come tients.