Did you know Lipan had a hospital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Winnie MooreReprinted from Hood County News dated October 13, 1997<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Some more of Nell Brown’s remembrances:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The building that is known as the Lipan Community Center here has not always been used as such, as the notation on the picture reveals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In about 1946, some of the residents met to make plans to build a hospital in hopes of getting a doctor to live here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some residents gave donations of money and others contributed by physically working to help build the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the building was completed, a young Doctor Roan, his wife, and two small children moved to Lipan. Mrs. Buck Addison was the nurse and Emma Howell and Mrs. Rhoda Sartor helped. There was a pharmacy owned by the Rippetoes – father and son. A Mr. Rinker also worked there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Almost every baby from 1949 to 1952 was born in the hospital – to local couples. The hospital became such a busy place that is was hard for one doctor to manage after several babies were born because mothers were allowed to remain in the hospital several days back then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the first babies born there was Joanne Jackson’s first child, Carol. (Carol is not Carol Bleeker whose husband is the coach of the Lipan boys basketball team.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the building was no longer used as a hospital, a decision was made in about 1974 to make use of it as a much-needed community center. Needless to say, it is a busy place – family reunions, birthday and anniversary celebrations, etc. Senior citizens meet there each Thursday for a noon meal provided by Shanley House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It also provides a place for club meetings as well as a meeting place for families when they experience death within the family and need more space for meals, etc. Their needs are provided whether they are current or former residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Did you know Lipan had a hospital? By Winnie MooreReprinted from Hood County News dated October 13, 1997 Some more of Nell Brown’s remembrances: The building that is known as the Lipan Community Center here has not always been used … Continue reading