Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-25
TWENTY DOCTORS
DINNER GUESTS
DR.. John A. Sherger, Presi-
dent of Medical Club, Host
at Delightful Event

The officers of the Pennsylvania
State Medical Society which has been
in session here during the last three
days were the guests of DR.. John A.
Sherger, of 1909 North Sixth street,
president of the Medical club of Har-
risburg, at a dinner in the Penn-Harris
last night given in honor of DR.. Edward
f. Montgomery, professor of Gyneco-
logy, Jefferson Medical College and Hos
pital, Philadelphia. Covers were laid
for twenty. Guests in addition to DR..
Montgomery included Colonel Edward
Martin, State Commissioner of Health,
DIR. Samuel d. Risley, chief surgeon,
Wills Eye Hospital; DIR. Lewis H. Tay-
lor, leading eye specialist of Wilkes
Barre; DIR. ]. Torrance Rugh. professor
of Orthopedic Surgery. jefferson Medi-
cal College; DR.. Pascal Brooke Bland,
assistant. professor of Gynecology, JEFF
ferson Medical College; Dr. Frederick
L. Van Sickle, olyphant, Pa, retiring
president, Pennsylvania State Medical
Society; DR.. William d. Robinson,
Philadelphia. first vice-presdent State
Society; DR.. Julius H. Cumroe. York,
third vice-president; DR.. Wesley F.
kunkle. Williamsport, fourth vice-presi-
dent; DR.. Walter F. Donaldson, Pitts
burgh. State secretary; DR.. Christian
B. Longenecker, Philadelphia, assistant
State secretary; DR.. William H. Cam
eron, Pittsburgh, State manager Of
Sessions and Exhibits and the follow
ing local physicians: DR.. George B.
Kunkle, Dr. Harvey F. Smith, Major
George r. Moffit, e. Pierce Shope, DR..
Samuel z. Shope and DR.. John A.
Sherger.
Interesting Toasts
raSpnndinp IN tho OF tNv
dents" DIR. Montgomery described the
pleasure and encouragement he expert
ences in meeting on occasions like this
the Boys" who attain to a place of
eminence and service in the medical pro-
fession-"boys" whom he has had the
privilege to mold, guide and direct dur
ing almost fifty years of medical teach
ing.
DR.. Risley described the true physician
and his desire to render humanitarian
service to his fellow men without
thought of pecuniary reward. In fact
the real physicians services never can
be measured in nor rewarded by mere
gold and silver.
Colonel Martin outlined what the De-
partment of Health plans for the future
in a crusade against disease and plead
for the whole-hearted cooperation of
DIR. Rugh told of the eli cheney of
Pennsylvania physicians in the U. S.
Army and outlined the problems that
confront the profession in the recon-
struction work among the soldiers espe-
cially along the lines of Orthopedic
Surgery.
1t was conceded by all present that
the event was one of the most delight
full of the functions held during the
week and We'd in Importance with the
scientific sessions.
Dr.. Shope Entertains
= This evening at 9 O'Clock, DR.. Samuel
z. Shope, of this city, will entertain at
dinner in the Penn-Harris twenty-five
of the leading eye. ear. nose and throat
men of Pennsylvania, attending the
State conference.
The honor guests will be DR.. Samuel
ID. Risley. DR.. L. Webster Fox and DR..
George E. DeSchweinitz, all of Phila-
delphia. DR.. Shope served under DIR.
Risley at the Wills Eye Hospital; was
an assistant to DIR. Fox at the Medico-
Chi Hospital and studied under DR..
DeSchweinitz at the Polytechnic and
University OF Pennsylvania.
For Telephone Physicians
The Bell Telephone Company ply
sicians who are in Harrisburg attend
ing the sixty-ninth annual convention of
the State Medical Society will be en-
tertained by the Bell Telephone Com
pany at an informal dinner this evening
at z o'clock at the Penn-Harris hotel.
With the Oenslagers
DR.. and Mrs. John Oenslager, of the
Riverside Apartments gave a small din
ner last evening for DR.. and Mrs. T. G.
Weisenberg, of Philadelphia. In the
party were DR.. and Mrs. Henry Jump,
of Philadelphia; DR.. and Mrs. Harvey
F. Smith, DR.. and Mrs. William Sears,
of Huntingdon.