Show X I TBS OGDEN (UTAH) IOC 1 It Brings STANDARD-EXAMINE- R SUNDAY MORNING vv vy the Nations Best Medical Brains v ' t p qfS ' a V ? 195S WW'V V X AjRIL 24 A Everyone Has a Good Time Here-a- nd v £v " 4 ' r c X5 t W&s vV-- V t t asv s tx 4 f s - ' " ' 4X - sAV - '? XVK the present recognition is being By CLIFF THOMPSON tbe largest and best in Thert Is general agreement amon2 -medical authorities who man 4 cancer have visited Ogden that the June deason tion City hasone of the finest foiiie? them controversial have found been the subject of nation-wid- e of doctors to-b- e t Ssnerl groups anywhere in the nation One of the principal reasons why Ogden’s medical profession is held in such high esteem is the doctors desire to accept and use of the latest methods and techniques of medicine and -- vancement of the medical profes- 4 sion Memorial Addresses Each year the society is pro- - THEY GOT IT ROLLING— These three doctors (left to right) Clark Rich E R Dumke vided guest speakers in memory 'and George Fister are credited with giving the annual meetings of the Ogden Surgical of some of Ogden’s most distin- Society the push they needed to acquire a place of national prominence guished pioneer citizens This jreenyf treasurer Dr W J social functions for all visiting Veterans Administration for the v year memorial addresses will be Thomson is president elect and doctors’ wives New England area 'n vh°n0r °£th' '“"r"18' Dr- H- C Stranqulst Immediate Highlight of this year’s social Dr Emil Holmstrom professor President- activity will be a dinner and and head of the department of & He“n8”!'' IDr Committees for this year's dancing party at the Ogden Golf obstetrics and gynecology at the c hrtls°eraTed frLmg"a‘t on the evening University of Utah School of -d'pMoulf WHheaJ: meetings are not a product of the nual gathering The meetings outgrew the first society The society is an out meeting place at the Dee Hos- growth of the first meeting pital then the Hotel Ben L°m°nd TilS and in 1948 moved int0 ballroom atf incouragement from those tending induced the organization the Orpheum Theater Several years of thought and of the society in early 1946 to insure continuation of the an discussion preceded that first 4i nnrinff th laf ' ®454 informal o W deveWd and hnLvninnfnf' discussion A tudy of the cientific and technical progrcss 0 Ogden dur ing the past decade reveals no success story more spectacular than the growth of these meet-mak-e ings The meetings which now tract more than 800 doctors from all parts of the U S Canada and Haw-ai-i started in 1945 with 80 ' doctors in attendance Although the series was small — it was held in the lecture room at the Dee Hospital— it planted the seeds of development that f 2 have eclipsed the wildest hopes of its founders Prominent among the founders and the men who have pushed the meetings to their present perch of international recognition are Drs Clark Rich E R Dumke and George M Fister These three have served the local so-ciety in many capacities Reversal of Form The initial relationship of the meetings and the society is' a unique reversal of form Tha ' “ 1niLL r:r at-aurg- SgSf "5"' (D£' ichard ®' Ca“eU: growth and development- DrA z- - Tanner (Dr J E of the scientific program is evident from the fact that 870 Dunphy) and E O Wattis (Dr doctors attended last year’s meet- - Rodney Maingot) 11 tatS an1 In ddition’ annual speakers T?lwaHCPreSenting have been sPonsored each year cpvprai Ppacnn whv by the following businessmen and fn organizations: Gordon Blackhurst 8mnctC ini outstanding Prescription Cen- president of the thf iLSSv sEccles ter GeorSe thThl°iltJuv cnnnnrf wd work president Corp Glen nlhnjfrpify nf of the First Security Garrett manager of the Weber fh lliilvt?serpilt7fi11n rflfplminaifnii ln Central Dairy Ford Creer man- fild aKer of the Arden Dairy Ted Imnrpvi io Kirkmeyer manager of the Og- aIh reihlfdnriltlghaih Brown den Theater The American Can- haIlnltfpJn!nnnniyifr fpatirp is cer Society Utah Chapter and E c Singleton of Midlothian ref‘ Texas “52 organizations helping irftllpKtpd01! Ssfdpn nhp8 ad QUtAmong Dr Alton Ochsner financially this year are Dee and St Benedict’s hospitals ' I stWW'H The society also has been mate- rially supported by many other business firms and national phar- X maceutical manufacturers who have placed advertisements in its program Officers have expressed doubt that the society could have reached its present degree of success and eminence without this support It costs about one of the annual to hold $15000 meetings This local support has given the meetings the flavor of a project and its bene- fits to the community have ex- tended beyond its primary purely educational objective Organization The society is an independent organization comprising 105 physicians and surgeons in the Ogden area Its purpose is to increase the knowledge and improve the practice of medicine in this area officers are Dr D W THIS YEAR’S LEADERS— Directing this year’s medical meetings are the officers of the Ogden Surgical Society Tannere president- - Dr H K Bel- Dr Howard Belnap vice president Dr Dean Tanner naPf vice president Dr n They ire (left to right) Dr Wendell Thomson president-elec- t treasurer Thomas Dr Dr and T and Hirst R N Dr M' Hirst secretary Feeny secretary president Probably the best known method they have used to do this la the annual scientific meetings of the Ogden Surgical Society The tenth of these three-daconferences will convene May 25 at 8 am in the Ogden Theater As usual a distinguished roster of doctors among the best in their fields will be on hand as guest speakers One of the most prominent and best known in Ogden will be Dr Alton Ochsner professor of sur gery at Tulane University in New Orleans Dr Ochsner Given Credit Many local doctor credit Dr Ochsner with giving the Ogden meeting some of the stimulus and prestige they needed to attain y ClThCe - s - - A- - - - — Non-Prof- Moore tu Z rLom” publkity1’ chairman J M Catlin and R W ountry Ch ttatJtS S'r' meTerwivC°i -- Brown Irvine Dr Dr S Rodman Irvin tirof !f a! the division of ophthalmoTocv the UCLA school of Medicine Los Angeles Calif: Dr E S Judd Jr associate professor of surgery at the Uni- versity of Minnesota’s Mayo Foundation and staff surgeon at the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn Dr Rodney Maihgot surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital and senior surgeon at the Southend General Hospital in London Eng- land Dr Carl V Moore professor of medicine and dean of the Wash- ington University Medical School St Louis Mo Dr Ralph V Platou professor of pediatrics and head of the de partment of pediatrics at Tulane University New Orleans La Dr Philip B Price professor and head of the department of surgery at the University of Utah ' swdaT' functions Advertising R Johnston chair- - Jttend “an A A' Ochsner this a'anments’ In addition to Dr rhafrman8 will include Dr year’s speakers Rpi'nan F h Claude S Beck professor of car- MrMirfndiovascular surgery and associate J and w- McEntire and W F Seag- surgeon at the Western Reserve JUniversity medical school at Cleveland 0 T wiUn Dr Henry L Bockus professor Vparn h’ of medicine and chairman of the vhTH’nuhUpfatiinw' department of medicine at the u ‘ srJtfoS-of Tmli ’ Pennsylvania Grad- University a a’ and K A uate School of Medicine l?d Dr Sterling Bunnell consult- fS'd U-army and navy an Mn K a’ stlatfordTMrt ant to the of licentiate Boards Americn L W Benson Mrs R N SUriand General piastic and Orthopedic JPfjJJ Mrs Surgery San Francisco Calif nUpn 'L Dr Richard B Cattell director AU Ni d Q£ £ahey Clinic and surgeon- of the New England invitations are Baptist Hospital at Boston f e s Dr Lawrence Chaffin clinical frmntin‘ y ? of surgery at the Uni- Pr°fessor faion aJ?a- Thprp is no reeistration of South California Medi- versity af® 11?e cal School at Los Angeles ata11 Dr Francis J Cox chief of the section and clinical aj? “Vf orthopedic 1 6 of bone and joint sur- wiM°m professor a “suai at Stanford University Mqdi- gery Much Depends on Wives cai school at San Francisco ‘ Early in the formation of the Calif Dr J Englebert Dunphy pro- society it was decided success would be dependent on the coop- - fessor of surgery at the Harvard eration and interest of the doc-- Medical School and head of the tors’ wives Accordingly each department of surgery therer wl- year the wives of the members so consultant in surgery at bos- have provided entertainment and ton City Hospital and for the - - r LU' S i - in-chi- ef - College of Medicine pr Henry Swan professor and head of the department of sur- gery at the University of Colo- rado Medical School Denver t Colo Dr Ovar Swenson clinical professor of pediatric surgery at Tufts College Medical School clinical professor of pediatric gery at the postgraduate division of Tufts and surgeon in (chief oi the Boston Floating Hospital foi Infants and Children at Boston - y it non-prof- it r Ogdenife Is Teaching Them How- 'Spent Solid Week in Bed V s'' - £ 1 j'j S AWAJ rt't Died Today' These Notes ? I f yf X f ' ' I JV y t fa A i M ' ' & :r v $ it V s fH - " From Dead Man's Diary Are Helping Others to Survive Arctic the Caribbean he moved on to the 8th Air Force over Germany then to ATC as a pilot After con- verting to master sergeant he then entered the recruiting field for four years Upon his recall to present rank duty in personnel authorities took a long GOOSE AIR BASE Labrador— While his younger days were Tobed a aolid week in spent in hunting fishing camping Spent died after being men and tramping he later worked as day tally unbalanced for several days a general laborer for gold mines We are all pretty weak but should and at other similar jobs unt il be able to last a few more days joining the Air Force in March co-pil- ot at least The above is the last entry in 1941 a diary written during one of the in first recorded Labrador After surviving for more than 50 days in the wastes s crash-landing- After anti-submari- C-5- 4 look and' decided that this man graduated would more than welcome sur- - to come After JJa °!j jngc0ursf aStead AFB Nevada as a student the captain was pro- - fn1 e imme-'diatel- w’ind-swe- pt i es C s' '“!)( K s a good sign of things '$' T 4tS‘ ' i !- - '' i si ' r " ty-- ' j! a year of teaching i y? y "v ' s s $ -- fs f f rrestedtpri his broad to was test of the put moted to task force commander knowledge of his class before he officially arctic survival at Goose His current tour is well into its third year marked by guiding build- the crew died above the tree-linof starvation and exposure — never knowing they ttere only an hour and a half over land from an Eskimo village The importance of this diary and the mistakes thaf crews can make in surviving against nature’s bitter tricks is a small part of the course of instruction given at the Northeast Air Command’s Arctic Survival School at Goose Air Base Labrador Every Bit of Theory Two days of academics cover every bit of theory necessary to sustain humans in the wild north y country This is followed in by practical application the field beneath snow covered lake woods or by shores Students from all parts of NEAC and other commands whose duties require arctic flight are 'put through this intensive seven-da- y training for their own good and for the good of those who may travel with them Heavy packs unwieldy snow-shofreezing weather minimum food bare shelter scarce fuel all add a realism that is a sobering imitation of an actual emert gency The man behind all this activity is Capt Lloyd Adamson Born and raised near Ogden he acquired HOW TO TRAP FOOD — Capt Lloyd Adamson of Arctic Survival School at Goose AB n early zest for the great outdoors and the beauties that the Labrador instructs student onseveral types of snares and traps designed to provide world cl Batura eiiari food for an emergency- - larder - He - is from - Ogden (USAF-NEAPhotos) i 'i 'S " all ages and ranks how to maneuver 4' f rv-- ' -'C-o-Pilot J V X v X sf i' y r st :v 4 " “MUSH YOU HUSKIES”— An Arctic? Survival School Instructor with Duke in the lead demonstration for a recent class of the school puts the dogs through a slow-trot ing instructing and learning In the past two years of operation the school’s capacity for training has grown from 12 per class or 36 per month to 50 per class or 150 per month Facilities have improved the curriculum has been revised field trips made more effective From the few moments of spare time Capt Adamson has allowed himself there has emerged an Arctic survival guide that is an excellent compilation (in brief) of knowledge necessary for northern emergencies Although his wife and four children reside at Goose little have they seen of the head of the family He’s missed only one class in two years — and each class requires living in a parateepee cabin leanto hogan or snowhole 12 days of “roughing it” every month With the advent of summer the school switches to tundra and water survival Normally the captain spends several weeks beforehand choosing camp locations spotting animal trails and preparing student maneuver areas Having recently tucked the really rugged Ice Cap Survival School under his parka Capt Adamson plans to indoctrinate his replacement thoroughly as on possible and keep building survival facilities towards greater until he leaves Goose in WINNING THE “COLD WAR” — One whacks one hacks one stacks as a capacity Tl n v la Failctu ar ' of the ree into homei in the woods of comfortable sfead Sets stages secondary building Air Force assignment and makirig sprue bough' Base— right back la the life-aEvening’sdetails include chopping wood for cooking mattress business ing again v- i firt y |