The Infectious Diseases Hospital passed from Municipal control on 1st April 1948.
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
The Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre (a campus of the Royal Adelaide Hospital) was originally built as the Metropolitan Infectious Diseases Hospital, established in 1932 for patients with infectious diseases such as polio, scarlet fever, measles and diphtheria. At the time it was established it was an autonomous organisation controlled by its own Board of Management, and its finances were maintained solely through the contributions of local councils.
By 1947, the introduction of immunisation programs and the discovery of new drugs (including penicillin) created a situation where there was a low incidence of infectious disease, reducing the outbreaks of epidemics as seen in the past, and it was determined that the Metropolitan Infectious Diseases Hospital had outlived the purpose for which it was designed.
On 1st April 1948 the responsibility for running the Hospital passed onto the Royal Adelaide Hospital and it was proclaimed an annexe of the Royal Adelaide Hospital (later becoming known as the Northfield Wards of the Royal Adelaide Hospital).
Sir Charles John Glover held a position on the 1948 Board of Management, representing the Local Board of the Municipality of the City of Adelaide.
GLOVER, Charles John a.r.a.i.a. (known as Jack)
DATE OF BIRTH: Born in Adelaide on 30 August 1902
SCHOOLING: Educated at Prince Alfred College, St Mark’s College and the University of Adelaide
MARRIAGE DETAILS:
Charles John (Jack) Glovers’ first marriage was to Josephine Mary (Josie) Melville, on Wednesday 25th April 1934. Described as a very charming, but quietly carried out wedding ceremony, in the same church that previous generations of the Glover family had been married (St John’s Church, Halifax Street, Adelaide). They lived with Jack Glovers’ parents until their home was built nearby at Childers Street, North Adelaide.
(Right) Advertiser (Adelaide, SA) Wednesday 25 April 1934, page 15
The following article sourced from ‘ADELAIDEAZ’:
Stage star Josie Melville marries into Adelaide society family
of Jack Glover but never gets to be the lady mayoress
“Jack (Charles John) Glover, Adelaide lord mayor 1960-63, and his first wife, a national musical comedy star, Josie Melville, pictured during the height of her stage career in 1924.
National musical comedy star Josie (Josephine) Melville married Jack (Charles John) Glover, a future Adelaide lord mayor, in a society wedding at St John’s Church, in Halifax Street, Adelaide city, in 1934. It was match made via another stage star: South Australia’s Robert Helpmann.
The daughter of journalist George Melville, Josie was a dancer, who, like Robert Helpmann, was mentored by Minnie Everett of J.C. Williamson’s Ltd: “The firm”. Josie Melville was principal dancer and Robert Helpmann in the cast of J.C. Williamson’s pantomime ‘Babes in the Wood’ (by Dix and Slater) that opened in Melbourne in 1922.
Melville was again the star with J.C. Williamson’s Jerome Kern’s ‘Sally’, in Adelaide’s Theatre Royal in August 1923. During that Adelaide season, Minnie Everett, Mary Helpmann and her son Robert held a tea dance for the cast of ‘Sally’ at the Grosvenor Hotel. Jack Glover met Josie Melville at that dance.
Melville’s show business career ended when she married Jack in 1934. Jack Glover and his new wife Josie lived in the family home, St Andrews House in North Adelaide, until their house was built in Childers Street, North Adelaide.
Josie became an Adelaide society matron and their child, Charles John Melville Glover, arrived in 1936. Their son attended his family’s usual school, Prince Alfred College. Jack Glover, a businessman and architect, served with the AIF (Australian Imperial Forces) overseas in World War II.
In September 1953, Glover divorced Josie and married a woman said to be from a more “traditional” background. Like his father, Jack Glover became lord mayor of Adelaide (1960-1963). He was knighted 10 days before he died in 1969. Josie died in Sydney on 17 September 1963 and is buried at Waverley Cemetery.” (Bronte NSW)
News (Adelaide, SA), 15 Sept 1953, page 4
Sir Charles John Glover’s second marriage was to Barbara Glover, on the 16th June 1954. At the time of their marriage, Charles John Glover was 51 years old, and his wife Barbara was 42.
Barbara Eva Anderson was born in Adelaide on 19th May 1912. The daughter of Mr & Mrs Charles B. Anderson, her father was the Commissioner of Railways. She was educated at the Methodist Ladies College in Adelaide.
Sir Charles John Glover died in 1969, after 14 years of marriage.
Barbara Eva Anderson died on 1st December 1990, at the age of 78. She is interred with her husband in the Glover family plot in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.
(Photo sourced from City of Adelaide Oral History Project, Interview with Lady Glover, 5th October 1978)
WORK HISTORY & DATES
| “Charles Richmond John Glover is known for overseeing the development of Adelaide from a geometric village to a consciously beautiful city. In addition to his role with Council, he was also a Director of the Imperial Building Society, Bank of Adelaide, United Insurance Co. and the SA Gas Co, and an ex-officio member of Board of Management of the Adelaide Hospital, Metropolitan County Board, Botanic Gardens, and the Municipal Tramways Trust. Charles Glover was active in numerous charitable, philanthropic, public utility, cultural and sporting organisations and was Patron to some of these. He donated part of the cost for the War Memorial Drive on the northern banks of Torrens Lake and presented three children’s playgrounds to the city. He was also Patron to numerous cultural and sporting organisations. Charles Glover has been described as quiet, generous, considerate, and tolerant, who conducted his duties honourably and thoroughly. He was a person of high ideals, who embodied the concepts of duty and civic responsibility”. (Extract from Australian Dictionary of Biography, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/glover-charles-richmond-john-6404) |
Jack Glover’s father, The Right Hon. The Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Charles Richmond John Glover, JP, also served as Chairman of the Board, Metropolitan Infectious Diseases Hospital. *
* Visit the SA Health Museum website for a more detailed biography for Charles Richmond John Glover
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:
Royal Visit 19th February 1963.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II being welcomed at the Town Hall by Lord Mayor Charles John Glover
(Sourced from City of Adelaide Images Archive)
As part of the ‘City of Adelaide Oral History Project’, Jill Cavanough conducted an interview with Lady Glover on the 5th October 1978. Lady Glover describes the many special guests that visited Adelaide during her husband’s term as Lord Mayor of Adelaide, including the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth 11 and Prince Phillip. During the Queen’s visit, the Lord Mayor and his wife were invited to dinner on board the Brittania, which Lady Glover describes as a highlight of her experience as Lady Mayor. Other visiting royalty included King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand, in 1962, the first non-British monarch to make an official tour of Australia.
(Press release, Prime Ministers’ office, Canberra, November 25, 1975)
Lord Mayor Charles John Glover reading scroll given as gift to the King of Thailand
(Front row, left to right: Lord Mayor, Mace Bearer, King and Queen of Thailand, Lady Mayoress Barbara Glover)
(Photo sourced from the City of Adelaide Images Archive))
Other notable visitors included Gladys Aylward, a missionary who lived and worked in China for many years, and who led more than 100 orphans to safety over the mountains when the region she lived in was invaded by Japanese forces. When Gladys visited Adelaide as part of a speaking tour in 1962, Lady Glover described her as the most interesting person she had ever met.
(Her story is told in the book ‘The Small Woman: The Heroic Story of Gladys Aylward’ by Alan Burgess, published in 1957).
(Right) Missionary Gladys Aylward with a Chinese orphan, George, during her speaking tour of Australia and NZ, 1963. (Photo sourced from Manawatu-Standard)
WAR RECORDS:
Charles John Glover served in the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion at the rank of Lieutenant, an Australian unit that fought in World War II.
The battalion was formed in Adelaide in June 1940, and served in the Middle East, the Netherlands East Indies, and New Guinea.
AWARDS
Alderman Charles John Glover, J.P. was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1969 New Year Honours. The announcement appeared in the paper on Wednesday 1 January 1969, just 9 days prior to his death on the 10th January 1969.
The Canberra Times (ACT 1926-1995) Wed 1 Jan 1969
Knight Bachelor (Photo of badge above)
‘Knight Bachelor’ is a rank bestowed in the British system of honours. The rank of Knight Bachelor is the oldest honour in the United Kingdom and existed during the reign of King Henry III in the 13th century. As members of the Commonwealth, Australians were eligible to receive British honours including the rank of Knight Bachelor.
Prince Alfred College Chronicle, February 1969, Number 252A
DATE OF DEATH: Charles John Glover died on the 10th January 1969 at the age of 66. His cremated remains are interred in the Glover family plot, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.
MEMORIAL:
The “Sir John Glover Memorial Fountain”.
Installed in the grounds of the Adelaide Festival Centre in 1976 as a gift from Lady Glover in memory of her husband, the fountain commemorated the City Councillor Sir John Glover and his relationship with the Adelaide Festival of Arts.
Demolished in July 2016, the fountain was an important example of Milton Moon’s public commissions, and of his working relationship with the University of Adelaide hydraulic engineer Dr Culver.
Sir John Glover Memorial Fountain by Milton Moon, 1976 – Milton Moon is Adelaide’s most respected and awarded potter whose work is inspired and challenged by the ancient Australian landscape. The fountain is dedicated in honour of Sir John Glover, Lord Mayor and member of Adelaide City Council.
(Sourced from http://festivalofmusicunits.weebly.com/take-your-bow—units-of-work.html)
Written by Karyn Baker, CALHN Health Museum Volunteer