Doctors Organize - July 1903
EVANS, GARDINER, LESSENGER, MEHLER, MCCLURE, FARR, DAY, DILTS, WILSON, VAN AUSDALL, GAHRINGER, GEESEKA, HOLLAND, PETERSON, CALDWELL, STERNBERG, HOWELL, PITMAN, ALLEN, GILFILLAN
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Date: 1/18/2014 at 21:26:09
DOCTORS ORGANIZE.
Physicians Form Henry County Medical Association.
Twenty-one Local Practitioners Convene in This City. Will Meet Here Quarterly For Purpose of Mutual Professional Good.
The physicians of Henry county made an important move Tuesday, when practically all of the doctors of the county met in this city and organized what is known as the Henry County Medical Association, which will be affiliated with the state association and this indirectly with the National organization. The meeting was held at the court room and twenty-one physicians of the county were present.
The association was organized with the following officers:
Pres. – Dr. J.M. Evans of Salem.
Vice Pres. – Dr. W. Gardiner of Winfield.
Sec. and Treas. – Dr. W.S. Lessenger of Mt. Pleasant.The board of censors consists of the following: Dr. C.F. Mehler of New London, Dr. A.W. McClure and Dr. H.M. Farr of this city.
The following are the charter members of the association, which will meet every three months:
A.W. McClure, Mt. Pleasant
H.M. Farr, Mt. Pleasant
J.M. Evans, Salem
J.N. Day, Mt. Pleasant
W.A. Dilts, Salem
F.C. Mehler, New London
W.S. Lessenger, Mt. Pleasant
F.R. Wilson, New London
F.R. Mehler, New London
G.M. VanAusdall, New London
C.M. Gardiner, Winfield
J.M. Gahringer, Olds
O.A. Geeseka, Mt. Pleasant
J.E. Holland, Mt. Pleasant
A.H. Peterson, Swedesburg
Emma H.S. Peterson, Swedesburg
E.J. Caldwell, Salem
W.A. Sternberg, Mt. Pleasant
W.S. Howell, Trenton
C.W. Pitman, Salem
L.B. Allen, Mt. Pleasant
H.J. Gilfillan, Mt. Pleasant[‘Mt. Pleasant Daily News’, Wednesday Evening, July 15, 1903, page 1]
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