The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-19
DR.. ]. N. Fogarty To Deliver
Address OF Welcome At Meeting
OF Anti-Mosquito Association
ANNUAL MEET OF Or
GANIZATION TO BE
HELD In ST. AUGUS-
TINE

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Interest in the annual conference
of the Florida Anti-Mosquito As
sociation, sponsored by the State
Board of Health which will be
held in st. Augustine May and
6, has been quickened by the an
nouncement that among the dis
tinguished visitors to attend will
be DR.. w. G. Smillie, Malaria Ex-
pert of the international Health
Board, who will make the address
on the evening of May 5th, and
the presence of Col. w. D. Wright
son on the program the following
day. Col. Wrightson is the SON.
in-law of General Gorgas of
Panama Canal fame who con-
qucred the mosquito and drove
yellow fever from the Canal Zone
and who cleaned up" Havana,
Cuba, making it one of the
healthicst cities on the Western
continent.
There will be other celebrated
speakers on the program accord
ing to Mrs. Vida Lester Mac
Donell, President of the Associa-
tion, among whom are members of
the Florida Federation of Women's
Clubs who have done much to
stimulate interest in mosquito
control work and who win have
prominent places at the sessions.
This years conference, which is.
regarded as more important than
any preceding one, will open on
the night of May 5, in the State
Arsenal in the Ancient City. The
invocation will be given by the
Rev. L. Fitz-James Hindry, rec
tor of Trinity Parish, st. Angus
tine, and DIR. j. N. Fogarty, mayor
of the city, will deliver the adj
dress Of welcome. DIR. Joseph Y.
Porter, of Key West, president
emeritus of the association and
former State Health Officer will
respond.
Among the distinguished club
women of the state who will be in
troduced are: Mrs. Kathrine B.
Tippetts of st. Petersburg, Presi-
dent of the Florida Federation of
Women's Clubs, Mrs. w. S. Jen-
nings of Jacksonville, President of
the Florida Legislative Council,
and the following members of
Mrs. Tippetts' staff: Mrs. w. L.
Stanley of Daytona Beach, Vice
President at Large, Mrs. William
L. Wilson, of Panama City, Chair
man of Public Welfare, and Mrs.
Ethel T. Porter, of Stuart, State
Health Chairman.
At 9:30 A. M. on the morning
of May 6, the business sessions
win get under way. Among those
on the program will be DR.. B. L.
Arms. of jacksonville, State
Health Officer, and Mr.. George
F. Moznette. an entomologist con-
nected with the Bureau of Ento-
mology, Washington, d. c. City
health officers and representa-
tives of health boards and cham
bers of commerce from cities
throughout the state win tell of
the work that has been done and
is being done in their respective
communities. Delegates from
various cities Of the state win
present their mosquito problems
to be solved by the experts in at
tendance. Indications are, accord
ing to Mrs. MacDonell, that the
conference will be largely attend
ed. Reports from all sections Of
Florida indicate that the fight
against the mosquito is progress
ing satisfactorily. The 1926 cam
paign began March Is. and Is TO
be continued until the last day Of
December. and the 1927 campaign
win begin the following day.
The associations slogan is
Keep Everlastingiy At H."