At the annual meeting of the Cecil County Medical Society, held in Elkton, Md., April 29, 1909, Dr. C. P. Carrico, of Cherry Hill, was elected president for the ensuing year.
Dr. George H. Steuart, class of 1898, is located at Ottoman, Va.
Prof. Samuel C. Chew, the nestor of the Medical Faculty of the University of Maryland, is confined to the University Hospital with a bad attack of grip. Dr. Chew is one of the oldest and most beloved of the medical fraternity of Baltimore. He has been connected with the University of Maryland for more than fifty years, graduating with the class of 1858. All of us wish Dr. Chew a rapid restoration to his former good health.
Forty professional men were present May 1, 1909, at the Colonial Hotel, where the fourth annual reunion and banquet of the Pennsylvania Branch of the General Alumni Association of the University of Maryland was held. Dr. Eugene F. Cordell was one of the guests; others were Dr. Charles P. Noble, president of the Pennsylvania Branch, and Dr. J. C. Beale, secretary and treasurer, both of Philadelphia.
The banquet was held in the new assembly room, which was tastefully decorated with plants, flowers and the colors of the University. The banquet committee consisted of Drs. Z. C. Myers and S. K. Pfaltzgraff, of York; J. S. Classen and J. C. Beale, of Philadelphia.
It is reported that Dr. John Cox Keaton, class of 1907, of Georgia, has been shot in the abdomen by an irate husband.