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Barton celebrates 50th anniversary

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Tom Lotshaw
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Leann Marsh, an accountant at Barton Memorial Hospital, signs a picture of the building. All 900-plus employees at the hospital will sign the picture before it is hung on a wall in the building.
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Barton Memorial Hospital celebrates its 50th year this weekend.

Employees, volunteers and foundation and hospital board directors held a celebration Friday in the hospital’s cafe.

Father John Grace, one of the hospital’s founding members, shared stories about the hospital and blessed it for another 50 years.

Barton Memorial Hospital started operating Nov. 23, 1963.

Each hospital department provided an item for a time capsule that will be opened in another 50 years.

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