Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-06-30
DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY
MEETS. LARGE ATTENDANCE

About 200 physicians and nurses
were in attendance at the sixth an
nual reunion of the eighth district,
Ohio, Medical association, held at
Rocky Glen sanatorium last Thurs
day. 1t was the largest total at
tendance in the six consecutive
years the meeting of this district
has been held at Rocky Glen-and
the largest number of public health
and general nurses in that time.
With Mrs. Harry A. Phillips and
her assistants as hostesses, at
one o'clock luncheon was sery-
ed, the ladies' aid society of the
local Methodist Episcopal church
catering and looking after the serv-
ing. The delicious menu compriS-
ed: Mint ice cocktails; chicken en-
casserole, with spiced peach; brown
ed new potatoes; oven baked coun-
try gentleman corn; combination
vegetable salad with French dress
ing; pickles.; olives; clover leaf
rolls; red raspberry mousse, with
cocoanut macaroons; coffee; mints.
A color scheme of green was carried
out-tall green tapers, green lace
doilies, green glassware, etc. Gar
den flowers of great variety and
liland and the Mrs. Mabel Scott
gardens, were in evidence Mrs
Nellie Fox, head of the ladies' aid,
was the general chairman for the
dinner arrangements, with Mrs. c..
S. Dye and her assistants Mrs. e.
W. Cochran and Mrs. W. e. Stall
smith looking after the dining room,
and Mrs. r. X. Long!ey, and her as
sistants Mrs. G. T.. White, Mrs. F.
M. Beckett, Mrs. G.. w. Archer Mrs.
H. J. Leggett and Mrs. J. E. Spence,
exercising their prowess in the cui-
mary department.
DR.. d. G.. Ralston, acting presi-
dent of the Morgan county medical
society, was master of ceremonies
for the occasion Mr.. H. A. Phil
sanatorium, welcomed the guests.
DR.. H. M. Platter. president of the
Ohio state medical society, was the
main speaker at the dinner hour.
Others to speak were DR.. Louis
Mark of Columbus, medical d.
rector of the Rocky Glen san
atorium; DR.. E. H. Southard,
director Of the state depart
ment of health; DR.. Fowler, SUI
perintendent of White Cross hos
pital, Columbus; Miss Riley, SUI
pervisor of nurses at University hos
pital, Columbus, and Arthur (Bugs)
Raymond, Columbus, president of
the automobile club. Several tel
egrams were read-one from DR..
GUNNER of the Ohio state medical
association, sssss@one each from Gov
ernor White and David I. ingalls,,
expressing regrets at not being able
to attend.
Entertainment features of the oc-
casion included selections by Red
dy'' Hooper's orchestra, with Flea
nor Rothrock, pianist, and Wayne
Northrup, vocal soloist; also musi-
cal skit insurance" by "Sallie and
Leslie" vaudeville team from
RKO circuit
Following dinner, adjournment
was made to the lawn where a med
ical program was given, speakers
being Dr. Platter, DR.. Albert D.
Frost, professor of ophthalmology
at Ohio State University; DR.. E. T..
Hamilton, associate professor Of
surgery at Ohio State; DR.. Charles
A. Doan, director of the department
of medicine and surgery at Ohio
State; and DR.. Ray w. Kissane,
chief of the department of cardi-
ology at White Cross hospital, Co
lumbus. The program was given
largely to the study of tuberculosis
in which Rocky Glen sanatorium
specializes.
DR.. Ward G. Coffman of Zanes-
vile was elected president of the
association, to serve next year,-he
has been secretary, and DR.. d. G.
Ralston of McConnelsville was
elected secretary. On invitation of
Supt. HI. A. Phillips, the meeting
next year will again be held at
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