The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-12
DOCTORS DO
MUCH BUSINESS
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Caverly of Rutland, president of the
state board of health. We are learning
the meaning of preparedness, said the
doctor, he continued, has revealed our
men are the most valuable. The selec-
tive draft, he continued, has revealed our
weaknesses. A large percentage are not
physically fit, although some of the de-
fects for which men are rejected may be
remedied now. Most of them might have
been prevented by proper attention in
early life Turning to another side of
the war situation the speaker said that
the relative numbers of those who were
formerly disabled and killed by disease
and by war casualties has been reversed.
tuberculosis and venereal diseases are
now our greatest dangers, so far as the
virility of the nation is concerned. From
an extravagant nation in the matter of
our natural resources the war will teach
us conservatism and economy. DR.. Cav
erlv declared that Vermont must proper
" guard its future citizens, the children,
as its greatest asset. Strong nations in
years to come will not be made by
chance, he asserted. They will be the re-
suit of carefully thought out and proven
methods of training and safeguarding
the bodies as well as the minds of the
children. The discussion was led by DR..
H. C. Tinkham of Burlington and S. Hol-
lister Jackson of Barre.
At o'clock the House of Delegates
convened in the smoking room. In the
absence of the president, DR.. w i. La
zell of Barre presided Routine business
was done and the house elected COM
mttee to report with nominations to-
day.
Annual Dinner at Hotel Barre.
One of the delightful social features of
the l04th annual meeting was the an
nual dinner, served at Hotel Barre last
evening at $3.50 o'clock. Covers were
laid for more than 100 persons and in
addition to many physicians there were
present the wives of the doctors and
other guests. Manager J. v Rowen es
tablished himself strongly in the good !
graces of the society by providing fine |
menu and the service was wholly salts |
factory The menu included the follow |
ing: Cream of tomato, olives, mixed |
pickles: fried chicken halibut, sauce tar
tar, Victoria potato, roast stuffed Yer
mont turkey and cranberry sauce,
P'thICf given PNe'S' 1At4b NHiiby
"Marischino"; Neapolitan ice cream; as
sorted cake, demi-tasse
Short and and pithy speeches marked
the after-dinner exercises Music was by
Carroll's orchestra and the program was
aptly interlarded with the responses. DIR.
j. H. Blodgett of Bellows Falls, as an
niversary chairman, acted as master of
ceremonies. The first response was by
DIR. C. H. Beecher of Burlington, the
president, who spoke of the mission of
the state medical society, of what it has
accomplished in years past, and of the
things it hopes to achieve in the future
Reference was made to the members of
the society who have sought services in [
the army and navy. "The Legal Frater-
nifty" was the topic assigned to Atty. S. {
Jackson, who spoke interest 5
ingly and with occasional flashes of mer- I
rissent of the relations between the two l
professions. Rev. Edgar Grassland, pas I
tor of the First Presbyterian church, 3
spoke on "The Clergy" and he, too, {