A poem about Save Our Hospital
Published 5:52 pm Tuesday, September 26, 2017
I came back again to Albert Lea
Some family and friends for me to see, and
A reunion with the class of ’54
I’m telling you, that was not a bore.
The news I heard there was rather alarming
For city folks, neighboring towns and those still a-farming
The hospital called Naeve was to be closed.
That was a decision that was recently posed
By members of Mayo’s controlling board
Perhaps they needed more financial reward (?)
But it seems rather strange and odd to me,
That they ignored folks living near to Albert Lea
Who see themselves somehow connected,
And now are feeling quite unprotected.
Faced with long distance care is no fun
So we’re hoping that decision can yet be undone.
Now many people have gathered to try
“Save our Hospital” is their battle cry.
Thinking of you, hoping you will have won,
So c’mon committee “git ‘er done.”
A. Gordon Johnson
Granbury, Texas
Class of 1954