Sweetwater Hospital Association history

The Sweetwater Hospital Association which is the name of the new organization was authorized to establish offices, hospitals, and clinics to purchase and hold or receive by gifts or otherwise equipment, medicine and all forms of property, and to carry on the business of furnishing medical care. It might be interesting to note that in the beginning, in the first report, in 1937, the balance of money in the hospital association treasury, was $113.32.

Prior to the coming of Doctor Young to Sweetwater, in 1942, Doctor Morris Weiner practiced medicine and surgery at Sweetwater, for some two or three years.

M. F. Henley resigned as secretary and treasurer of the hospital in the early part of 1952, and on a special called meeting of the Board on February 18, 1952, Miss Ester Pennington was elected Secretary – Treasurer.

For instance, at a meeting on March 2, 1959, of the executive committee of the hospital association, it was recorded that the doctors interested in theoutpatient department of the hospital would each land $10,000.00 to the Hospital Association, 5% interest.

The records show, however, that she resigned, and on May 28, 1963, Major Leonard N. Cathcart was employed to fill the position of Administrator, to take the place of Miss Pennington who had resigned.

He began his journey at Sweetwater Hospital Association in May of 1976 as the assistant administrator and, after one year, was promoted to administrator.