The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-24
Waterbury Druggist Tn Line For Highest
 Office In Organization
Large Delegation to Attend State Convention In s,. Bridgeport Tomorrow; Progress of Pharmacy VI, in Connecticut to Be Reviewed By Speaker

AIon viii De c ball at the stratfleld Wednesday night iii honor of FrAri- els M. Landy, of thls city, retiring president. A special Navhi pfo- gram has been arranged to precede the banquet for Mir. kAndy, Q vets eran of the World war.
 The chaplain at the meeting will be the Rev. John ]. Mccarthy, Of the Blessed Sacrament roctory. Mayor Jasper Mcfevy will vel. cofne delegates to tho convention Wednesday morning.
 The association comprises ai members proprietors and managers of nearly every pharmacy in the state and Is considered one of the most active pharmaceutical groups in the country.
 During the 0O years of it's exls- tence the association has stTiven to elevate the standards of the profession.
 Purposes Listed in 1876
 At the organization meeting ifl 1876, the apothecaricS stated: "1'ho pharmaceutical profession demands training, shiil and integrity on which the health and lives of men arc often dependent to as great aii extent as on the medical profess sion. Hence we, believing that this end is attalnable only through our united and weli.dlrocted efforts and . liberal and fraternal spirit among ourselves, hereby join in one bond of union."
 The first president was Nathan Dlkeman, of Waterbury, who, in his address, said: Tt does not requirt skill and study to draw soda water sell cigars and confectionery, Of deal in toilet articles.
 Any man with ordinary intel. ligenco can do these things, and they are well enough secondary matters in . drug store. But the primary object Is to make skillfll and intelligent pharmacists, and thii requires adaptation. reading and application"
 Early records in tho College Of Pharmacy archives in New Haven show that meetings were devoted to legislative proposals dealings witt1 tho sale of medicine and poisori and discussions concerning tho own erkliip and privacy of prescriptions Organizations Extends As the work Of tho organization expanded, new members were cd. mitted. Committees to study tht nroRresg of pharmacy trade iyltereBti and legislation were appointed DclegateS were sent to other Statt meetings and to the national con- ventions of the American Pharma' ceuticai Association and the Nation ai Association of Retail Druggists.
 As the result of the efforts 0 the 1898 convention, state Legislation was passed which limited the sal of poisons to pharmacies. qeogg Lamping, Of Meriden, was presiden of the association at that time.
 Before 1920, . group of progress siye pharmacists, led by the lett P. J. 0arvin, of New Haven, tiier secretary treasurer of the group had been interested iil introducing C0tAekV VI PA1btHeSy 1hV~ wbN evStS This project became Q reality iIl 1923, when the charter was issued for such an institution in New Haven.
 As the years rolled on, the nem- bership in the association was strengthened through the efforts of Secretary darvin and his daughter Dr. Alice. Esther Garvin, who sue. ceeded him following his death in 1884.
 A study of convention proceedings for the past 04 years shows a hu- manitarian motive on the part ot each member. Public health has been the battle cry, and the papers read, the addresses delivered and the criticism offered, have been ai- truistic in every case.
 Legislative gympos!ums show the trend to improvement of public health: motion pictures exhibited indicate an interest in child wei. fare. Speakers of national promi. hence have used charts, guinea pigi aand other practical laboratory demonstrations to show how pllar. macy can beneht humanity.