Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-23
COUNTY DOCTORS
HELH THEIR ANNUAL MEETING AND
BANQUET IN BELLAIRE
YESTERDAY.
A DELIGHTFUL OCCASION
4 Splendid Course Dinner Followed
By a Number of Excellent Addresses
and Papers, Upen Topics of General
Public Interest, and of Especial In
tcrest to Members of the Profess
sion.

The members of the Belmont County
Medical Society gave their annual ban
auet at the Hotel Windsor in Bellaire,
yesterday. The affair was the largest
| and most successful ever given by this
well known society, and was a most
enjoyable affair. On these occasions
the doctors bring their wives, and
those who are single bring their sweet
hearts, and the physicians take a day
off.
The programme arranged for yeSter-
day was very interesting AT one
o'clock all the guests had assembled
and the body marched into the dining
room, where they were seated at tables
t~astefully decorated with flowers and
beautifully lighted. When all were
seated they were served to an excellent
| dinner in courses, including the sub
stantials and delicacies of the season.
After the dinner DR.. J. l.. Mcclellan,
the toaEtmaster, made a brief speech
and explained the object OF their ban
quet, which he said vas mainly to give
them a day of rest, and closed by in
Producing Rev. A. B.. Minnemyer. Mr..
Minnemyer thanked them for the
honor of being chosen to address the
Potent, grave and reverend signors."
He then took up his subject, Some
thing about the Profession" and ad-
monished the doctors to be charitable
with the poor, and closed his eloquent
talk by telling them to place their con-
fdence in the Great Physician, Jesus.
DR.. Mcclellan then introduced Hon.
C.. l.. Weems, who, he said, was
/ from st. Clairsyille to the river. This
brought forth much laughter. Mr..
Weems' subject was, What the World
Thinks of U.s." Mr. Weems gave a
very pleasant talk and kept the audi
ence il a splendid humor by his apt
illustrations, and in closing paid a high
tribute to the doctors.
Dir. Mcclellan then introduced Rev.
o. W. Holmes, D. D., Of ~Steubenville.
His subject was, Pastor and the Fam
lily Doctor" The Rev. Mr.. Holmes is
an eloquent taiker. He showed the
close relationship between the pastor
and the family doctor, and said that
they should always be the best OF
friends.
DR.. A. H. Henetson, of st. Clairsville.
read an exhaustive and interesting
| article on the Nineteenth Century
Doctor" and was followed by Dr.. N.
w. Diven on the subject of the "Twen-
tieth Century Doctor which was well
received. DR.. Mcclellan then intro
duced James Wilson, of Delaware, o.,
who is 81 years old, but gave a most
eloquent talk and much good advice.
This closed the programme and all
repaired to the parlors, where they
! spent some time in a social way. Mrs.
Matte Kelley, the proprietress of the
hotel, received many congratulations
on her excellent dinner and manage
ment of the banquet.
Among those present were Drs.
Samuel West and Haretson, of st.
Clairsyille; Mrs. A. J. Heinlein and j.
o. Howells, of Bridgeport; Drs. ]. 81.
Blackboard, B. O. Williams and A. W.
Diven, of Martins Ferry; Drs. Shop
herd and Judkins, Of GAINESVILLE; DR..
Archer, of Neffs; DR.. f. A. Korell, of
Neffs; DR.. Perry, of Woodsfield; DR..
Berry, of Alledonia; DR.. Phillips, OF
Ma1ristown; DR.. Moffatt, of Business
burg; DR.. A. J. Clark, of Glencoe; and
DTs. A. C. Beetham, J. S Mcclellan, w.
o. S. Piper, Piersol, West, Boone, H.
B. Eddy and Cooper, of Bellaire.
Among the ladies present were Misses
Wyrick, Oral Dickens, Miss Warnock,
CT Warnocks; Miss Wilson, of VIII
lianlSburg, Pa. and others.