50th anniversary celebrated at Eunice Smith Home in Alton

Eunice Smith Home on the campus of Alton Memorial Hospital celebrated its 50th anniversary Saturday, Oct. 15, including a ribbon cutting for a new fountain/healing garden behind the facility’s East dining room. Taking part in the ribbon cutting, from left, are state Rep. Dan Beiser, D-Alton; Alton Mayor Brant Walker; AMH President Dave Braasch; ESH volunteer Faye Ward (cutting the ribbon); ESH administrator Mark Jeffries; Joe Brinker, president of Bethesda Health Care, the company that manages the home; and state Sen. Bill Haine, D-Alton.