 In November 1957, the board authorized a $1,250,000 hospital expansion program and launched a drive for $750,000 in public subscriptions to finance the major portion of the project.A half‑million dollars in capital funds was already in hand from Miss Bess P. Eells, Miss Helen Brinton, the Ford Foundation and other gifts and bequests which had been accumulated over a period of years.This project was completed in 1960 and provided 44 desperately needed beds plus space for central supply, laboratory, x‑ray, operating rooms, recovery rooms, kitchen, dining room, and laundry.