The Lexington advertiser., 1934-09-20

an active part in the consolidation of
several little schools into four-year high
school at Coxburg. 1t was mainly thru
his efforts that the fine girls and boys
of this rural community are given the
advantage of a good high school educa-
ltion; an opportunity that perhaps most
of them would never have had other
IWise.
| DR.. Phillips was sportsman in every
Isense of the word. He loved the chase
and his kennel always held a flock of
pride. Of the many who have shared his
hounds in which he and his friends took
hunting and fishing camps, none have
accused him of being other than gen.
tleman. He never failed to acknowledge
merit where merit was due. Nothing
drew his wrath more quickly than wan
ton destruction of the foxes that he
loved to chase so well. He did not
hesitate to oppose in no uncertain
terms the turning loose of a fresh
pack of hounds after a fox had been
chased for several hours. If there is
any place where mans weak points are
revealed it is in a hunting camp. DR..
Phillips did not display these weak
points.
We shall always hold the memory of
DR.. Phillips as sacred honor; some
thing to be reverently cherished as the
years go by. He was the type of man
we seldom meet. We frequently meet
men for whom we have the utmost res
pect until their nature is revealed to
US. But with DR.. Phillips, the more he
was revealed, the more impressive he
become. l shall always pleasantly re-
member a talk that l had with him one
neght while we were on one of our hunt
ing trips near Hebron church. Doctor
and , with several others, had made a
small camp fire on this sacred church
ground prepared and eaten midnight
lunch. The hounds were chasing fox
on the Lloyd place and they were al
most out of hearing distance, Chose who
were in this party will remember this
EVENT.. He and l walked down a long
ridge so that we might hear the hounds
more clearly. We sat down on log and
there in the wee hours of the night with
nothing over our heads except the fir.
maments of heaven he revealed to me his
noble character. He told me of how
he had been offered membership or
the medical staff of one of the greatest
hospitals Immediately after he had come
to live in our community. He told me
of how he had considered the possibili
ties of the offer and how he eventually
turned these opportunities down be
cause he could not leave those whom HI
had adopted and loved. He told mi
of ohon hot ba haI had 4,
garner easy money by selling his pro
fessional knowledge in unethical prac
tice. This money he had refused be
cause he could not betray the conf
dence of his clientele, those whom HI
loved and served. He told me of mum
erous visits he had made to the bed
side of little children and mothers, rea
lizing that he would never receive any
thing for his services. He said tina
he realized that his career as practic
ing physician was fast drawing to
close and his only regret was that h
was afraid that many of his friend
would be medically neglected because o
their financial condition. While thi
noble old family physician was talking
to me that night, l could only bow m,
head in respect to the man that ha
meant so much to our community, an
so much to my family. l knew that hi
words were the emotion of a man VIII
: had spent nearly fifty years of his lif
in faithfully serving others. Many
many times had he proven the sincerit
OF his words. Not only had he soothe
l my aching brow when I was little tik
but he had given me fatherly advic
, when l was lad, and he had been m
r constant friend and adviser in my youn
, manhood.
e DR.. Phillips was laid away with Ms
! sonic honors in the cemetery of the CON
t munity that he had served so long. Thi
: was appropriate because he would ne
: have wanted it otherwise. We do nc
: know what the future has in store fc
: US, and to guess would only be foil,
: But as we 60 our individual ways, thel
n will always be a feeling of reverent re,
k pect when the name of DR.. Phillips