MARATHON COUNTY'S SUNNY VALE MANOR--This large Town of Stettin building, which has served well
as the Mt. View Sanatorium since its establishment in 1917, will soon serve another purpose. Now called Sunny Vale Manor,
it is to be a residence for elderly persons of the County Home who are able to be "up and around." The first residents are
expected to move into the completely remodeled quarters soon after July 1, 1960.

Tuberculosis was offered to Senior students of the
various Wisconsin Hospitals. Because of lack of
personnel, major surgery has been done at Wiscon-
sin General Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital.
In June, 1958 construction was started on the
Lee M. Willard Memorial Preventorium to enlarge
the building to accommodate thirty-one patients and
on May 23, 1959, the personnel and patients of
Mount View Sanatorium moved into the enlarged
building. Remodeling and repairing was then start-
ed on the Sanatorium building to provide facilities
for a "home for the aged" for ambulatory county
patients to be known as "Sunny Vale Manor." This
building should be ready for occupancy in late sum-
mer, 1960.
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Within a month or two after the Township of
Stettin observes its centennial, a new county facility
for aged persons will open within the boundaries of
the township. This is Sunny Vale Manor, to be
located in the completely remodeled former Mt.
View Sanatorium Building.
Sunny Vale Manor, which should be a beautiful
and friendly place when completed and in complete

operation, will have a maximum capacity of 60
persons and will be operated under the supervision
of Christ Christenson, superintendent of the Mara-
thon County Home and Hospital.
The new facility will be entirely for the elderly
person who is ambulatory. With this in mind, the
new building will feature a completely remodeled
central dining room and such practical facilities as
a recreation room and an occupational therapy
room, where the old folks may enjoy craft work,
various other hobbies and games.
Mr. Christenson anticipates that the first resi-
dents will be moving into the completely remodeled
building on July 1, 1960, or shortly thereafter.
Sunny Vale Manor will have its own laundry,
kitchen and chapel, in addition to single and double
rooms for the residents. The large porches of the
former sanatorium building have also been remodel-
ed into living quarters for residents.
The overall project, including new equipment for
nearly all of the rooms, is costing Marathon County
approximately $275,000.
The ever-increasing number of aged persons,
thanks to great advances in medical sciences, are
going to use and enjoy this wonderful new institu-
tion in the Town of Stettin.

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