October Neves Letter The tempo of activities is on the upswing, and now ordinarily continues to the June convention, and, this next T « W , 195&, with the AOA meetings at the Statler, NY City, will continue through those July dates for more MOA members than usual. MOA Board & Officers, Eastland, Dec. 1, Thurs. p.m. — General Assembly, Dec. 2, Fri. 3-00 p.m. — Annual luncheon, business meeting, election of officers of the Hospital Association, Fri., Dec. 3 twelve to two. Professional Education for both Dec. & June meetings finds Dick Wallace as chairman with Larry Bailey, as assistant, and with the Pres.-Elect Harry Petri having already designated Don Miller of Norridgewock to be this yearfs associate chairman and next year's Chairman. These three should be a good team, and just as soon as the program unfolds., a bit more we will be sending you information about it. Congratulations are in order for the following: Sarge Jealous reappointed to the State Advisory Committee on Hospital Survey and Construction (Hill-Burton), Ken Russell as a Medical Examiner in our largest county (Cumberland), John Thurlow as a member of the Advisory Committee on Alcoholic Rehabilitation, these 3 appointments by the Govenor with consent of the Council: Bill Sherman as Thrice Potent Master of the Augusta Scottish Rite Lodge of Perfection, E; R. Moss as a District Chairman in the State of Maine Boy Scout organization. It is the intense desire of many of us to be able to extend congratulations to some one or more of our Maine D. 0. group come January, 1957» on his election to either the Maine House or Senate. If any reader has possibility, contact Sarge. Your association v/as represented by Alden Varnum, Ashland, at the University of Maine Civil Defense Instruction Courses two weeks ago; by Pres. Gerrie and the secretary at the New England Health Institute, by the Secretary at Health Council, Executive Board of Maine Welfare Association, Fire and Arson Insurance Convention, Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, as well as numerous small sessions, \ Many Maine D.O's are v/atching the unfolding of the activation of the new Maine Insurance Company, especially with Drs. Hardy and Carm Pettapiece on the Board. True and Dot Eveleth, now of Chicago, spent their September vacation again in Maine, and it gave many of us the keenest pleasure to mull over old times, take a broad look at present conditions, and try to do some crystal ball gazing as to the future.
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President Gerrie issued a statement in connection with the Governor's Highway Safety Drive, pointing to the physicians' responsibilities in pooling their observations as to medical causes involved in accidents, pointing out fatigue, intoxication, age incidence, sight and hearing impairments, inattentiveness, night blindness, epilepsy, cardiac conditions, medications, and carbon monoxide involvements as among those to ba among those to be observed and reported at a future session of analysis.