Originally, Northington became Druid City Hospital. I believe at one time Northington may have had something to do with the military. I had my tonsils removed at Northington in 1946 or thereabouts. I also remember riding on the city buses during the war and seeing a German POW camp near there somewhere. Anyone remember that. DJ

Sure do remember, DJ. My first "camp-out" was in a field inside the Northington Campus, and many years later I bought a plywood desk made by one of the German POW's at Northington. When I directed housing at the University of Alabama, the old ward rooms and corridors were used as cheap student housing. A few years later, after the UA sold much of the property to the University Mall folks, a movie company bought the rights to "destroy" many of the old buildings as part of the finale to a Burt Reynolds film [the one in which he's a professional stunt man - 'Harper', I think]. But back to the hospital usage during the late 40's: hospital space was in short supply in Tuscaloosa in those days. Local physicians used any suitable facilities for operating rooms and clinics. Some of us were born in the old University Hospital building, others in Northington operating rooms. I think it depended as much on convenience and timing as upon the preferences of the physician. By the time Northington became office space and housing for students, the new DCH had been built and the structures had begun to deteriorate. Thanks for the brief trip down memory lane. Morris Morris Simon http://personal.bellsouth.net/~simonsl/msimon.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <DRowe85608@aol.com> To: <ALTUSCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 9:27 PM Subject: [ALTUSCAL] Northington > Originally, Northington became Druid City Hospital. I believe at one time > Northington may have had something to do with the military. I had my tonsils > > removed at Northington in 1946 or thereabouts. I also remember riding on the > > city buses during the war and seeing a German POW camp near there somewhere. > > Anyone remember that. > > DJ

Originally Northington Hospital was Northington General Hospital of the Armed Forces. I worked as an extra employee of the Post Office during Christmas of 1944. At that time we delivered packages, etc. to Northington. I was drafted into military service in January of 1945. In late 1946 I was discharged and later married. In 1952 our first son was born in what had been Northington General Hospital but was run by the Tuscaloosa Hospital Board as Druid City Hospital. He had a picture of the new Druid City Hospital on his birth certificate but it was several months before the hospital actually moved into the new facilities. Prior to Northington, the Tuscaloosa Hospital was Druid City and was located where the present University of Alabama Infirmary is located. Bobby DRowe85608@aol.com wrote: > > Originally, Northington became Druid City Hospital. I believe at one time > Northington may have had something to do with the military. I had my tonsils > > removed at Northington in 1946 or thereabouts. I also remember riding on the > > city buses during the war and seeing a German POW camp near there somewhere. > > Anyone remember that. > > DJ > > ==== ALTUSCAL Mailing List ==== > Tuscaloosa, Alabama AlGenWeb Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~altuscal > send comments to cgerdau@hotmail.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- *********************************** James Robert Thomson, Jr. Bobby@ra.msstate.edu 109 Margaretta Dr. Starkville, MS 39759 662-323-4405 Emeritus Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Emeritus Director of Student Teaching Certification Mississippi State University