The chronicle., 1962-12-20
SRH Auxiliary honoxs 8 stat4ezs
Doctors McIlwuin
Lockurd und Eley
ore given plaques
BY MARY RODGERS
Chronicle WOman's Editor

Impressive ceremonies high
lighted the annual Christmas
party held Monday at the Elks
Home by Singing River Hospital
Auxiliary.
In a setting Of Christmas dec
OratiOns, which included a tree
and traditional ornaments of the
season, DIR. F. C. Minkler, on
behalf of the hospitals board of
trustees, presented plaques to
Drs. J. N. L0ckard, r. c. Eley
and S. b. McIlwain in recogni-
tion of more than 80 years serv-
ice in the medical profession.
Other staff members were also
h0nOred.
DR.. Lockard, native OF Merid-
ian, has practiced medicine for 80
years-36 of them in Pascagoula.
He is married, the father of a
son and a daughter, and has
eight grandchildren.
He was graduated from the
University Of Mississippi in 1920
and received his medical degree
at Tulane in 1923.
DR.. Lockard served on the YES
try at St. Johns Episcopal Church
for many years, and is men,
Der of the Masonic Lodge and
Elks. He served as president of
the Rotary, Coast Counties Med
ical Society and Gulf Coast Clini-
cal Society.
Mrs. Christine Mcleod, daugh-
ter of DR.. Eley, accepted the
plaque in her fathers name, be-
cause he was unable to attend.
DR.. Eley received his Ii
cense to practice medicine in 1910
after attending Mobile Medical
College. He was graduated a year
later, a not unusual practice at
that time.
In 1914 the Eieys came to
Moss Point and DR.. Eley began
practice. He was named Jackson
County's outstanding Citizen" in
1949. The R. Carl Eley Sr.
Junior High School was dedicated
in 1854 in his honor.
An extremely active, we'll
loved doctor he at one time held
the national record for babies de-
livered in one year.
: DR.. Eley is the father of five
children.
DIR. McIlwain, born in Wayne
County, received his college de-
gree at South Mississippi College
tnow William Carey College, and
his MD from Mississippi Medical
College.
He has enjoyed continuous
active practice in PaScagoula for
A years.
DR.. McIlwain is a member Of
the First Baptist Church of Pas
cagoula where he was made a life
deacon in 1853.
He has always taken an active
part in the civic affairs of Pas
cagoula.
He is a master Mason and
a 32nd degree Mason, as well as
past master of the lodge.
Father of two sons and daugh-
ter, DIR. McIlwain has seven
grandchildren and one great
granddaughter.
E. III. Bacot also presented a
plaque to John Watts, secretary
of the hospital board since 1882,
in recognition Of his years of
faithful service.
Watts was mayor of the city of
Fascagoula from 1921 until 1886.
Mrs. Billie KrebS Bennett and
Mrs. Ogie Price were presented
social director at the hospital.
Both became associated with
Jackson County Hospital in 1881
as nurses.
Mrs. Bennett is now in the aneS-
thesia department where she has
served for % years.
Mrs. Price has been in the
X-ray department since 1947.
Both were honored for "ef-
ficient and dependable services
rendered the hospital and citizens
of Jackson County"
Prior to the opening of the
ceremonies the invocation was
given by Mack Cumbest.
Ait intervals during the cere-
monies door prizes were awarded
hospital employees and a pro-
gram Of Christmas songs was
presented by a Pascagoula High
School trio composed of Kathy
Tuck, Pat Ellis and Gaynell Dees.
Decorations on the table, which
was covered with a red felt cloth.
were done in silver and included
centerpiece of silver bells and
red carnations.
The table holding the large
white cake in the form of a
Bible-iuscribed MAY God bless
you all''-was covered with a
white cloth. A centerpiece of
white NUNS and red carnations
was thanked by silver candle
labra holding lighted red tapers.
After the ceremonies music for
dancing was furnished by the