The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
PHYSICIANS
HONORED.
DRS. BROWN, BILLINGSLEA, WATT AND
WEAVER, OF THIS COUNTY, In
ACTIVE PRACTICE FOR
FIFTY YEARS.
Carroll County Medical Society Gives Din
ner in their Honor and Presents
Certificates Of Regard.

DIR. George FL. Brown, OF New Wind
sor, DR.. James Howell Billingslea, Of
Westminster, DR.. James Watt, of
Union Bridge, and DR.. John F. B.
Weaver, of Manchester. were the
guests of honor Wednesday afternoon
at beautifully appointed dinner Civ
en- ait the Westminster Hotel by their
associate members OF the Carroll
County Medical Society. These four
well-known physicians have been in
active practice for so years and their
colleagues were delighted to do them
honor. The first three of these
physicians are graduates of the Uni
versity Of Maryland, class of 1864. DR..
Daniel Edwin Stone, of Mount Pleas
ant, Frederick county, and DIR. Frank
II. Shaw, Of this city, graduates Of the
same class, were also present, DR..
Shaw having been diverted from the
practice of medicine to politics some
years ago.
DR.. d. 3. Sprecher, of Sykesville, is
president Of the Society, and DR..
Henry nj. Fitzhugh, Of this city, Is
secretary. After dinner DIR. Fitzhugh
read letters Of congratulations from
the following gentlemen: Judge Will
lam H. Thomas, of this city: DIR. S. C.
Chew, DR.. George II. Cairnes and DIR.
G. Lane Taneybill. of Baltimore; DR..
J. Mop. Scott, of Hagerstown; DR.. w.
II. Campbell, of Owings Mills; DR..
James Gore, of Reisterstown, ana DIR.
Somerset r. Waters, OF Watersville.
After the letters had been read DR..
Randolph Winslow, Of Baltimore, who
is president of the Maryland Medical
and Chirurgical Faculty, spoke brief
ly in honor of the venerable DR.. S. c.
Chew, who was a professor in the
University when the class Of 1864
\ graduated.
Dr. Sprecher presiding and acting
as toastmaster, then called upon DR..
Brown, who spoke for the class of ga,
reviewing the progress of medicine
during the past fifty years.
i Judge J. A. G. Bond, of this city, ex-
pressed sentiments for the laity, dur
ing which h touched UP the Doctors
after both serious and sportive fash
ion. He said that unless the modern
Doctor could take Is or 20 patients a
week to the hospital he simply isn't
in it." and he gave an amusing ac-
count of his own experience in being
saturated with ether that didn't put
him to sleep and enabled him to leave
the hospital without an operation and
adjourn 20 his Club where the re
freshmerts restored lis equilibrium
and made him feel like himself again.
Then DR.. Winslow. who is a mem
ber of the faculty of the University of
Maryland responded on behalf of the
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of
Maryland, making an interesting and
instructive address.
n Next Dr. Frank T. Shaw was called
upon and as usual made a clever, in
teresting and humorous talk. Dr.
Shaw has an enViable reputation as
an after dinner speaker.
DR.. Robert B. Bay, another member
of the University Faculty was called
upon to express the sentiment of the
University. His talk was fine dis
cussion OF medicine generally and OF
surgery in particular.
The most interesting feature OF the
occasion was when DR.. Winslow arose
and, at the request of DR.. Sprecher,
presented the four guests of honor
with handsomely-printed certificates
| Of appreciation from the Carroll
County Society, which read as fol-
lows:
I'm commemoration and apprecia-
ton Of the half century of active, un-
selfish and successful service to his
fellow-men and for the skillful prac-
tice in healing and relieving human
suffering, this token of grateful ad-
miration il presented to Name Is
Inserted) by his colleagues and fel-
low-members Of the Medical Profess
sion Of Carroll County. May 18th,
1914"
DR.. ]. H. Billingslea expressed the
thanks and appreciation for himself
and the other three physicians.
The members of the Carroll County |
Medical Society who were present at
the dinner were: Drs. Id. B. Sprecher, I
E ID Cronk, John NJ Morris, M. L
Bott, N. IT. Cronk, r. r. Diller, Charles
II. Diller, Charles r. Foutz. J. s.
Geatty, NJ. D. Norris, j. ]. Stewart, r.
F. Wells, Ira E. Whitehill, G. L. Wet
eel, ]. S. Zeigler, T. J. Coonan, L. X. .
Woodward and II. NJ. Fitzhugh, the
two last named being mainly instru-
mental in arranging plans for the
event f
The guests Of the society were: \.
Drs. Randolph Winslow and Robert
B. Bay, of Baltimore; Daniel E. Stone,
of Mt. Pleasant, Louis Naylor, of Il
James II. Wilson, of
Woodensburg; Jacob Weaver, Jr.. of
Frank IT. Shaw and James
al Zepp, of this city; ID T. Stone, DR.,
OF Emmitsburg, and Harry Naylor, OF l
Judge J. "A. @. Bond and :
DR.. Charles Billingslea, of this city. K