Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-06-14
Maine HOMEOPATHIC
SOCIETY HOLDS 50TH
ANNUAL MEETING
Tuesday at Y. M. C. A. Building
with Good Attendance-Many
Interesting Speakers IT h 9
Meeting a Success in Every
Way

The Maine Homeopathic Medical So
ciety held it's semi centennial meeting
Tuesday at the Y. NJ. c. A. building
with a good attendance and the ses-
sions proved to be very profitable and
interesting A large part Of the fore
noon session was devoted to the trans
action of business while in the after
noon the speakers of the meeting
treated upon subjects OF vital
Importance to the members of the So
ciety. The annual banquet of the So
ciety was held at P. NJ. at the Au-
gusta House.
The morning session was opened at
10 o'clock, President H. H. Plummer,
NJ. D., of Union presiding. Rev. c. D.
Boothby of the Congregational church
gave invocation after which the Sec
retary, John A. Hayward, M. D., OF
Portland read the minutes of the last
meeting President Plummer appoint
ed several committees to carry out the
work of the day, the members being
a s follows: Committee on resolutions,
DR. w. S. Thompson of Augusta, DR..
A. l. Harvey of Bangor; committee to
audit the treasurer's report, DR.. A. l.
Harvey of Bangor, DR.. Ethel NJ. Wal
tiers of Fairfield nominating commit
tee, DR.. NJ. S. Holmes of Oakland, DR..
E. S. Abbott Of Bridgton and DR.. T. n.
Drake of Pittsfield.
DR.. w. S. Thompson of Augusta sub
mitted his report as treasurer of the
society for the past year, which was
referred to the auditing committee and
was afterwards accepted. DR.. Thomp-
son has served the society 25 years as
treasurer and this year completes his
18th consecutive year.
President Plumer declined the nom
ination as president Of the society for
the ensuing year. stating that he
would be unable to attend to the work.
A vote Of thanks was extended to him
for the work he had completed as
president Of the society for the past
two years.
Officers Elected
officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President, L. A.
Brown, NJ. D., of Portland: 1st vice
president, F. A. Ferguson, M. D., Of
Portland; End vice president, w. H.
Walters, M. D., of Fairfield; recording
secretary, John A. Hayward, NJ. D.,
of Portland; corresponding secretary,
f. Newton, NJ. D., of Brewer; treasurer,
w S. Thompson, M. D., of Augusta.
Board of Censors-H. F. NORM, NJ.
D., OF Bath, E. S. Abbott Nj. D., Of
Bridgton. George H. Rand, NJ. D., of
Livermore Falls, A. I. Harvey, Nj. D.,
of Bangor, M. S. Holmes, NJ. D., of
Oakland.
Committee on Legislation-J. T..
Palmer, Nj. D., of Portland, w. S.
Thompson, M. D., of Augusta, r, \.
Randall, NJ. D., of Lewiston, l.. y.
Brown, NJ. D., of Portland. j. Frank
Trull, M. D., Of Biddeford
1t was voted to endorse Dr. A. |.
Harvey of Bangor for appointment
to the State Board of Registration of
Medicine. His term as member o.
the board expires on July l, 1917.
President Plummer appointed DR.. f.
S. Abbott of Bridgton delegate to the
next meeting Of the New Hampshire
State society. The delegates to the
next meeting of the Massachusetts
State society are DR.. H. H. Plum
er Of Union and DR.. John A. Hay
ward of Portland.
Following the election of officers
and the appointment of delegates
there was a discussion of the ques-
ton of federating the society with
Al,
thy but no action was taken upon the
matter at that time.
The speakers at the forenoon ses
sion were E. S. Abbott NJ. D., Of
Bridgton, who read an interesting pa
per upon conservation of HomeOp-
athy." and Ethel H. Walters, NJ. D.,
of Fairfield, who gave an excellent
sermonette upon the subject, peace
Among Doctors and Good will to the
Laity." DR.. Abbott read also a very
interesting paper written by the late
H. c. Bradford, NJ. D., of Lewiston,
the paper giving history of Home
opathy in Lewiston and vicinity.
The session was adjourned about
1890 and the members took luncheon
at the Augusta House.
Afternoon Session
At the afternoon session the socie-
ty voted favorably upon the fedora
ton plan as proposed by the American
Institute of Homeopathy.
DR.. F. A. Ferguson Of Portland and
DR.. Clifford D. Harvey of Brookline,
Mass, member of the society, were
appointed delegates to the American
Institute and to the Congress Of states
to be held at Baltimore.
The speakers were l.. A. Brown, NJ.
D.. Of Portland, who spoke upon the
subject, How Can We Strengthen
Homeopathy in Maine?"; H. P. Bel
lows, M. D., professor of Otology at
Boston University School of Medi-