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Doc's Dream Almost Made It

Record #:
10640
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Abstract:
If no action is taken before August 8, 1971 the nearly completed Albert Schweitzer Memorial Hospital at Balsam Grove, NC and its surrounding 350 acres of land may never serve the need envisioned by its founders, Dr. Gaine Cannon and Dr. Schweitzer. Dr. Cannon died almost four years ago leaving a nearly completed hospital stacked high with donated supplies and furniture. His will stipulates that if any organization or individual takes over the hospital and makes it operational within five years of his death, the foundation would lease them the facility indefinitely for one dollar a year. If that condition is not met by the date above, all property will revert to his heirs.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 38 Issue 16, Jan 1971, p12-14, il, por