missioner of Health, Baltimore City; W. D. Noble, M.D.,
1954; Harvey Weiss, 1954; Harold Tschudi, 1954; Charles T.
Woodland, M.D., 1955; Peregrine Wroth, Jr., M.D., 1956;
C. E. Wise, Jr., 1955; Mrs. E. W. Ditto, 1955; Maurice
Pincoffs, M.D., 1955; J. Douglas Colman, 1955; Walter D.
Wise, M.D., 1956; Winford H. Smith. M.D., 1956; Brady J.
Dayton, 1956; Ernest L. Stebbins, M.D., 1956.

The Advisory Board on Hospital Construction was established in
1947. It is composed of eleven members appointed by the Governor
for a term of three years. In addition to the appointive members,
the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene and the Commissioner of Health
of Baltimore City serve ex-officio and two members are appointed by
the Maryland State Planning Commission. The Council is to consult
and advise with the Board of Health in the administration of a State
plan of Hospital Construction under the terms of the Hill-Burton Act
(Code 1951, Art. 43, sec. 528).

MINERS HOSPITAL

Board of Directors

Appointed by the Governor: Chairman: W. O. McLean,
M.D., 1955; A. Charles Stewart, 1955; Meryl Ash, 1957;
Forrest Mowbray, 1957.

Elected by the Board: Michael J. Byrnes, 1953; Walter J.
Mackey, 1963; Lar Harry Teter, 1953.
Mary T. Howie, R.N., Superintendent

54 Tarn Terrace, Frostburg Telephone: Frostburg 276

Miners Hospital, established in 1912, is governed by a Board of
Trustees of seven members, four of whom are appointed by the
Governor for terms of four years; three members are elected by the
Board for two-year terms (Acts 1912, ch. 441).

The Hospital, founded originally for the purpose of providing hospi-
tal facilities to miners and their families, today serves as a general
hospital for the residents of Frostburg and vicinity. The capacity of
the hospital is 51 beds. During the fiscal year 1951, the hospital
served a total of 1,676 patients.

Appropriations 1953 1954
General Fund ...................-..,................... $101,857 $ 96,262
Special Fund .........................................., 72,500 90,000

$174,357 $186,262
Staff: 36.

STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE

Board of Public Welfare

Chairman: W. Thomas Kemp, Jr., 1959
Henry C. Evans, 1955; Howard H. Murphy, 1955; Sanford
V. Larkey, M.D., 1957; Mrs. Albert F. Metzger, 1957;