The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-16
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BRILLIANT RECEPTION AND ELEGANT BANQUET rendered BYgOeI

The Harrison County Medical So
ciety rendered an informal reception
and banquet to the State Board OF
Health upon the completion of their
three days labor in this city.
The event took place at the Waldo
hotel Wednesday evening, Nov. Is,
At 8 80 o'clock the state and county
physicians and number of invited
guests met in the assembly rooms of
the Waldo, where an hour was spent
in social diversions. The party then
repaired to the dining room where an
elaborate banquet was served. This
IS the first time in its history that
the state board has been so extensive
" entertained if at all, by a local
board.
The entertainment committee who
had charge Of the banquet and who
brought the visit of the state board
to our city to such successful con-
clusion, was composed of Drs. Hill.
Mason and Sloan.
During the feast toasts were re-
sponded to and speeches of good fell
owship were made by Doctors Nor
gan, Wade, Robins, A. o. Flowers,
Dickey, Louchery, Yickers, Proud
foot, Hood, Barbee, Warner, Bar
her, Sloan and Kemper.
DIR. Morgan, president of the
state board and resident physician.
made a short address of welcome.
DIR. II. A. Barbee, as secretary of
the state board discussed the work of
the board. DIR. Vickers talked about
Surgery" DIR. Dickey told about
the portland Meeting" DR.. Bar
Der spoke on the ''Union Between
the State Board and the State Nedi-
cal Society" Dr. Warden discuss
ed Sanitation" DR.. Proudfoot
told of the visit of members of the
board to the Boys Reform school.
DIR. s. W. Warner talked of the
:EPhvsician in Politics." A. o,
Flowers spoke as an ex-member of
the health board. Dr. Wade, OF
Morgantown, president of the State
Medical Society, talked about the
society. DR.. Hood, as eX-President
of the same board made a short adj
dress, and DIR. Sloan closed the
speech-making by talking about the
county society.
DR.. S. NJ Mason presided as toast
master in very graceful and happy
manner.
The members of the State Board
of Health present were Drs: Morgan.
harrisburg; Dickey, Wheeling ;
gNickers, Huntington; Warner, Glen
Vile; Barbee, PIT. Pleasant; Proud
DOT, Rowlesburg, and Barber, Char
lesion.
The out-of-town guests were DR..
Wade. of Morgantown. President of
the West Virginia Medical Associa-
ton: DIR. Taught, ofNorgantown
DR.. I4ongstreet, of Morgantown; Dr..
Cole. of Wheeling. and DIR. McBee,
Of Elkins.
The local society was represented
by the following physicians:
A. O. Flowers, Haterman, Mason,
Kornnman. Louchery, Wchner, Golf,
Shuttleworth. Wilson, Ogden, Nc
Dade. Hill, Newton Flowers, Var
ner, Hood, Fully. Sloan; Oyster, of
Lumberport: Abel, of West Union
Hannah, of Sardis; Bates, of Lum-
berport; Hall. of Freemansburg
Kemper, of West Milford; Post, Of
Meadowbrook and Ritter, of Bris-
toll.
The conclusion of the banquet
brouoht the meeting of the State
Board in Clarksburg to a close. All
the visiting physicians departed for
their homes Thursday morning, ex-
pressing thmselves as having profted
greatly by the meeting and carrying
away with them many pleasant mem
Dries Of the hospitality and good fell
lowship extended to them by the
Harrison County Medical Society.