(Note: The following is part of a series of columns looking at the establishment and growth of doctors, hospitals and the health industry in Georgia and Bulloch County.) In a 1919 newspaper article, Dr. A.J. Mooney challenged everyone to donate a one-year interest coupon from their World War I Liberty Bonds in order to build a new memorial hospital. By 1933, Statesboro's mayor, the Bulloch County Commissioners and area doctors had finally agreed upon a design for a new 40-bed facility. The commissioners put forth their proposal for public approval in 1934.