The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-19
Medical orirer from France Met al
Union Station by Elks and Big
Band and Escorted to His
home
NE1GHB,oRs HONOR HIM
procession Through Large Crowd in
Main Street and Words Of APP
preciation from Returned
KeoI<uk Physician.

"I'ye been In Europe, Asia una
Africa. and no place looks so good 10
me as Iowa and no place IN Iowa
looks as good as KeolIuk and no place
IN Keokuk looks as good as home
Those are the sentiments expressed
.h, DIR Frank NJ. Fuller as he arrived
home saturday night after q year anu
!, nalf Of service with the Red Cross
and the United States army medical
corps. 80
And that Keok,lk reciprocates that
feeling was shown clearly by Inc
demonstration when Dr.. F'uaef AZ
rived at the Union station SATURDAY
evening.
AS he stepped from the train, a
cheer went up from Thousand friends
and neighbors who had turned out 10
welcome him home. In that cheer was
reflected the genuine regard wlth
which Captain Fuller is held py ms
fellow citizens.
Taking Him Home.
OF course the Elks were there WIN
waving colors to again perform q pa
triotic duty in welcoming home q re-
turning solder. But more than Lhal'
II was 10 meet & brother Elk
The Keokuk Community band lea
the procession TO the station. As the
tain pulled in, they struck up nVely
air and played during the informal
welcome at the station
They then led the parade TO me
home OF DIR. Fuller on High street
The Saturday night crowds lined the
streets TO watch the triumpha1 process
sion up Main street to- Sixth anu
thence to the home where the formal
welcome was extended on Dehan u
the Elks by Eazen / Sawyer
Words are poor venice Will
which to express our thanks that you
are home again and our apprecastaon
for the service you have given US >
said Mr.. Sawyer II extending the for
mai welcome for the Eaks-
At his closing statement OF Ion
gre welcome home again. cheers
broke from the neighbors and friends
TO attest TO the universally of that
sentiment
Neiohbors Welcome Him.
About two hundred CT the neighbors
Of DE-. Fuller had gathered at the
s,ouse to welcome him as he arrived
there. The children Of the neighoor-
hood were there too, and il was q
genuine Homecoming From the dem
onstra ton il would be hard TO tell VINO
was the hapy5est al his return the
children or Captain Fuller.
IN al the years ! have nreo 10
Esokuk I think that this is me Urst
time that ! have not been able 10 say
something" said Dr.. Fuller II replying
10 the welcome Of Mr.. Sawyer.
course I need not say that ] am glad
to get back 70 Keokuk.
what you people have been doing
back horne In backing up the men who
have been in France has been app-e-
GATED by them. ] have been close 10
me men and they all say that they
could 20 through anything 50 long as
tae folks back home were standing
bsIex Of them so solidly, and think
tt.at you people ought 70 know tnat-
MY appreciation Is more man !
can express TO you Tor this "siconae-
] can only say thank you.
Had Much Service In War.
CAPTAIN Fuller had much real ser
vice In the world war
He was one Of the keokuk pnysl-
cians who left for the army a. once
on our entrance into the war and
spent eighteen months liz the army,
year of II IN France.
He left as an officer ia Unit K. OF
The BED Cross. which became q part
OF the overseas army. In France. ne
served in several different hospitals
and was 2 very busy doctor all the
time.
He was reared in Keokuk, graduated
IN medicine here, later was professor
10 the Reokuk Medical college, prac,
ticed here for years, and has been one
OF the leading physicians Of Keokuk.