The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-26
Medical Asso. Comes to City
of Birth for Semi-Cen-
tenniaL.
ONE PUBLIC MEETING
Many Social Affairs Arrang,
ed for the Ladies Who
Will Come.

approximately 300 physicians, mem.
bers Of the West Virginia State Medi-
cal Association, will assemble here
next Tuesday for the Fiftieth or semi
centennial meeting. For this anniyer.
sary meeting the association returns
to the city of its birth. In addition to
the physicians a number of ladies will
be present for the sessions of the con.
vention.
The Falrmont will be the headquar.
tiers for the visitors and all the ses.
sions will be held in the Assembly
room with the exception OF public
patriotic meeting which will be held
in either the opera house or the high
school auditorium. Major Jump, OF the
United States Medical Reserves Corps,
will address this meeting, and moving
pictures depicting war scenes will also
feature this session which will be held
on Tuesday evening.
One OF the features of the conven.
ton which will be Of great interest will
be the lecture on Tuesday morning by
DR.. Harold l.. Amos, OF New York, on
the subject Poliomyelitis. DR.. Amos
is one Of the greatest authorities in
the United States on this subject ano
his address will be peculiarly interest
ing owing to the fact that this state
has been visited by this scourge.
Through the kindness of Consolida.
ton Coal company officials the polio.
myelitis hospital at Traction park will
be kept open until after the sessions of
the association are concluded, in or.
der that the delegates to the conven.
ton may be permitted to visit the hos.
pital and observe how it is conducted.
Following the Tuesday morning SEES.
sion special car will run at one
o'clock from this city which will carry
delegates to Monongah where DR.. Peter
Noe, who is in charge OF the hospital,
will condutc clinic.
Among other distinguished out of
state men who will address the ses.
sions of the convention are Ira ].
Haynes, Richmond, Va; Martin E.
Rehfuss, of Philadelphia; C. C. Cole.
man, of Richmond; H. Augustus vii.
son, Of Philadelphia; J. E. Burns, vii.
liam S. Gardner and George w. Dob.
bins, of Baltimore.
Prominent members OF the medical
profession from all parts of the state
will also take part on the program.
A feature of the convention will be
banquet which will be served at the
Fairmont on Wednesday evening at
eight o'clock. The Marion County Med.
ical Society will be hostess on this
occasion and DR.. ]. W. Mcdonald will
be the POSTMASTER.
The council of the association will
convene on the messanine floor on
Monday evening at o'clock while the
House Of Delegates will meet in the
Assembly room Of the hotel at $3.50
o'clock. The regular sessions however
will not begin until Tuesday morning
at nine o'clock.
The officers OF the state organiza.
ton are, president, ]. E. RAIDER, OF
Huntington; first vice president, W. S.
Young, of Sistersville; second vice
president, E. H. Thompson, Bluefeld;
third vice president, J. Howard Ander-
son, Marytown; treasurer, H. G. Mich
olson, OF Charleston. The council is
composed Of H. R. Johnson, ]. w. Nc.
Donald, representing the First district;
T. X. Oates, Martinsburg, and c. H.
Maxwell, Morgantown, Second dis
trict; c. R. Ogden, Clarksburg, T. H.
Morrison, Sutton, Third district; G. D.
LETTERS, Parkersburg, R. H. Peppers,
Huntington, Fourth district; E. F.
Peters, Maybury, w. H. St. Clair, Blue.
field, Fifth district, and B. B. Wheeler,
McKendree, and P. A. Haley, Charles.
ton, the Sixth district.
Special entertainment has been pro.
vided for the ladies who will accom-.
pany number Of the delegates here.
On Tuesday at four o'clock tea will
be held at Cook hospital with the ex.
ecutive committee of the .Women's
Auxiliary Board of the hospital as
hostesses. On Tuesday evening the.
atre party will be held in their honor.
On Wednesday an automobile ride end
ing at the Country club where dinner
will be served at o'clock An infor-
NAL reception with demonstrations and
short talks will be held at Red Cross
headquarters on Thursday afternoon.
Dr.. ]. H. Brownfield, the only charter
member Of the organization who is liv.
ing at this time will be the honor guest
of the sessions Of the association.