My father died in East End hospital May 30, 1953. Heart attack, bad one, but lived three weeks, and we thought that he would make it. There was not much that could be done then. A number of Tarrant businessmen had heart attacks in a several year period. Most died, one at age 41 wih young kids. Dad worked two jobs, smoked like a factory, and was sedentary and overweight. I am constantly in mind of the fact that we now have lived into an age when so much more can be done. Personally I can tesify with Duke Medical Center closeby. East Lake Car No. 38 or 25 turned right off 1st Avenue, went a couple of blocks, and turned left at Cascade Plunge, went several blocks and there was East End Hospital, a two-story brick building. I graduated from Tarrant High at that time. We count our blessings in each generation. I must say that Coal Miner's Daughter certainly had a fine family to grow up in and remember. My wife's Polish grandfather immigrated from Galicia, Austria-Hungary, in 1905. That was in the Carpathian Mountain area. He was a coal miner in central Pennsylvania - probably in Austria-Hungary. He was Polish. He married a Ukrainian woman from the same area. They came through Ellis Island. We were touched to be there soon after it opened. Some of the 3rd generation is going or has gone to college. I once mentioned to my Palestinian restaurantur from Jordan how we were from everywhere. "That is the glory of America," he said. He and his family are the modern version of those hustlers (good sense) of the 1600s among whom I had ancestors in Virginia. My mother's family, both sides, were recent also - England and Switzerland. Our generation got to college. We are all "Coal miners' Sons and Daughters" one way or the other. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Melissa Hogan Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 6:58 PM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] Old East End Hospital Peggy Thanks so MUCH for posting the "tree" below... my Dad was born at East End Hospital... I have his "birth card" they gave his mother when he was born...I could never figure out what hospital it was exactly... it is too funny because I don't live very far from there now... I was born and raised in Chilton County, and so I am not familiar with places and things in Jefferson County. Thanks again, Melissa **************************************************************************** ****************************************** Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:17:07 -0600 From: "PEGGYSUE O'Shields Gaddis" <PEGGYSOGADDIS@bham.rr.com> Subject: [ALJEFF] Old East End Hospital The name was "East End Hospital" then changed to "Medical Center East" then changed now to "St.Vincent East" Us older ones sometimes call it East End now, you can tell how old we are. Peggy ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I would say that the OLD East End Hospital was not an up to date of a Hospital for a long time, but when they moved to the newer location it is very good now. They are really up to date now. They have saved two of my sons lives. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Erwin" <wrerwin@nc.rr.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] Old East End Hospital > My father died in East End hospital May 30, 1953. Heart attack, bad one, > but > lived three weeks, and we thought that he would make it. There was not > much > that could be done then. A number of Tarrant businessmen had heart > attacks > in a several year period. Most died, one at age 41 wih young kids. Dad > worked two jobs, smoked like a factory, and was sedentary and overweight. > I > am constantly in mind of the fact that we now have lived into an age when > so > much more can be done. Personally I can tesify with Duke Medical Center > closeby. East Lake Car No. 38 or 25 turned right off 1st Avenue, went a > couple of blocks, and turned left at Cascade Plunge, went several blocks > and > there was East End Hospital, a two-story brick building. I graduated from > Tarrant High at that time. We count our blessings in each generation. > > I must say that Coal Miner's Daughter certainly had a fine family to grow > up > in and remember. > > My wife's Polish grandfather immigrated from Galicia, Austria-Hungary, in > 1905. That was in the Carpathian Mountain area. He was a coal miner in > central Pennsylvania - probably in Austria-Hungary. He was Polish. He > married a Ukrainian woman from the same area. They came through Ellis > Island. We were touched to be there soon after it opened. Some of the 3rd > generation is going or has gone to college. I once mentioned to my > Palestinian restaurantur from Jordan how we were from everywhere. "That is > the glory of America," he said. He and his family are the modern version > of > those hustlers (good sense) of the 1600s among whom I had ancestors in > Virginia. My mother's family, both sides, were recent also - England and > Switzerland. Our generation got to college. > > We are all "Coal miners' Sons and Daughters" one way or the other. > > Bill Erwin > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Melissa Hogan > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 6:58 PM > To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] Old East End Hospital > > Peggy > > Thanks so MUCH for posting the "tree" below... my Dad was born at East End > Hospital... I have his "birth card" they gave his mother when he was > born...I could never figure out what hospital it was exactly... it is too > funny because I don't live very far from there now... I was born and > raised > in Chilton County, and so I am not familiar with places and things in > Jefferson County. > > Thanks again, > > Melissa > > **************************************************************************** > ****************************************** > > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:17:07 -0600 > From: "PEGGYSUE O'Shields Gaddis" <PEGGYSOGADDIS@bham.rr.com> > Subject: [ALJEFF] Old East End Hospital > > > The name was "East End Hospital" > then changed to "Medical Center East" > then changed now to "St.Vincent East" > > Us older ones sometimes call it East End now, you can tell how old we > are. > > Peggy > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

The smog in and around Birmingham may have contributed to a lot of lung/heart problems, the coal miners were eventually able to get Black Lung Ins., but I don't see why all they breathed in, everybody should get it - I remember going to Birmingham and it was so bad you could hardly see. delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Erwin" <wrerwin@nc.rr.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] Old East End Hospital | My father died in East End hospital May 30, 1953. Heart attack, bad one, but | lived three weeks, and we thought that he would make it. There was not much | that could be done then. A number of Tarrant businessmen had heart attacks | in a several year period. Most died, one at age 41 wih young kids. Dad | worked two jobs, smoked like a factory, and was sedentary and overweight. I | am constantly in mind of the fact that we now have lived into an age when so | much more can be done. Personally I can tesify with Duke Medical Center | closeby. East Lake Car No. 38 or 25 turned right off 1st Avenue, went a | couple of blocks, and turned left at Cascade Plunge, went several blocks and | there was East End Hospital, a two-story brick building. I graduated from | Tarrant High at that time. We count our blessings in each generation. | | I must say that Coal Miner's Daughter certainly had a fine family to grow up | in and remember. | | My wife's Polish grandfather immigrated from Galicia, Austria-Hungary, in | 1905. That was in the Carpathian Mountain area. He was a coal miner in | central Pennsylvania - probably in Austria-Hungary. He was Polish. He | married a Ukrainian woman from the same area. They came through Ellis | Island. We were touched to be there soon after it opened. Some of the 3rd | generation is going or has gone to college. I once mentioned to my | Palestinian restaurantur from Jordan how we were from everywhere. "That is | the glory of America," he said. He and his family are the modern version of | those hustlers (good sense) of the 1600s among whom I had ancestors in | Virginia. My mother's family, both sides, were recent also - England and | Switzerland. Our generation got to college. | | We are all "Coal miners' Sons and Daughters" one way or the other. | | Bill Erwin | | | | -----Original Message----- | From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] | On Behalf Of Melissa Hogan | Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 6:58 PM | To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com | Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] Old East End Hospital | | Peggy | | Thanks so MUCH for posting the "tree" below... my Dad was born at East End | Hospital... I have his "birth card" they gave his mother when he was | born...I could never figure out what hospital it was exactly... it is too | funny because I don't live very far from there now... I was born and raised | in Chilton County, and so I am not familiar with places and things in | Jefferson County. | | Thanks again, | | Melissa | | **************************************************************************** | ****************************************** | | Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:17:07 -0600 | From: "PEGGYSUE O'Shields Gaddis" <PEGGYSOGADDIS@bham.rr.com> | Subject: [ALJEFF] Old East End Hospital | | | The name was "East End Hospital" | then changed to "Medical Center East" | then changed now to "St.Vincent East" | | Us older ones sometimes call it East End now, you can tell how old we are. | | Peggy | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________ | ________ | Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. | http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes | in the subject and the body of the message | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |