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raise $ 15,000 in two weeks to cover operating expenses and maintenance. The townspeople rallied and began a door-to-door fundraising campaign called ‘Save the
Hospital’ on February 25, 1954. By March 18 the fund surpassed $ 15,000 and the hospital was turned over to citizen control on April 15, 1954.
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