El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-28
DOCTORS DEDICATE
NEW CLUB ROOMS
County Medical Society Has
Handsome Quarters in
RObertS-Banner
Building.

Doctors of the FL Paso County Med
zeal society dedicated their new club
rooms in the Roberts Banner building
Monday evening on the 18th anniversary
Of the founding of the society IN Ell Paso.
The new club rooms were donated by
N. B. Roberts and W. NJ. Banner. owners
OF the RObeTts-Banner building, who
were special guests at the dedication of
the club rooms. Their pictures also ap-
pear on the walls of the club, together
with those of The past presidents and
present officers of the society, and pho
tOgraphs of prominent medical men.
The club rooms of the medical society
were made possible through the efforts
of DR.. ii. n. Stark, the president of the
society. Through IS efforts the doctors,
dentists and druggists contributed to a
furnishing fund which equipped the
rooms with furniture and fittings equal
to that of any club in the city. The
club rooms are on the third floor Of the
building. two offices having been con-
neeted by large opening In these
rooms the society has established its
medical library and viii also have a mu-
scum IN connection with the research
work of the members. The club rooms
were decorated with flowers and flags
fer the ODening Monday evening. and a
negro orchestra furnished the music
Mayor One of the Speakers.
DR.. Stark, as president. presided at
the meeting. and DR.. Hugh s. White,
secretary. sat at the big oak table in the
center of the room. Mayor c. z. Kelly
was called upon first as a good druggist
and good mayor" He made a short
tai and was followed by Dr. Howard
Thompson. who gave a reminiscent
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old times, when there were but six doc
tors here. DR.. Thompson paid a high
tribute to DR.. Villas snd Dr. Justice,
who, he declared. were big men of their
time, and each of whom. he said, was a
genius in his way. He told of the found
ing OF the medical society in DR.. J. 4.
Rawlings's office in the MorehOuse block
on October 10, 1898, with Dr. F. ".
Gallagher as its first president. In in
Producing Dr. Thompson, president Stark
expressed the regret of the society that
DIR. Gallagher was unable to be present
as the first president of the society.
which now has 100 or more members.
Speaks for the Druggists.
Scott White spoke for the druggists
and urged a closer association between
the druggists and the doctors DR.. Paul
Gallagher was introduced as the second
generation of Fl PasO doctors he being
the son OF DR.. F. ". Gallagher. Dr..
Gallagher spoke for a modern organiza-
ton of the profession and urged a pub
lie health service among physicians
DR.. W. L Brown, representing the
furnishing committee. gave a talk on the
work the society was doing of the ex-
tent to which the sOcietv's bulletins cir
culated and of the hopes of the com
mittee for the completion of the library.
He said that, through the efforts of the
milk commission of the society. Fl PasO
was the only city in Texas that had
certified milk and that certified milk
could be bought on the diners of the
transeOntinental trains at only one place
between Kansas Civ and Riverside.
Calf and that was Fl PasO. He added
that FL PasO's society had the finest
club rooms IN the state and the bulletin
1f the society containing the papers read
before 1t was the first to be published
in Texas.
Dentists to Use Club Rooms.
Dr. Henri LetOrd. president of the
Dental society. spoke for this organiza-
ton, and urged a closer union between
The dentists and doctors The dentists
voluntarily cave a contribution to the
hub room fund and were invited to hold
heir meetings there in the future.
After the short talks. a buffet lunch
vas served in the hallway of the club
looms.