Dr. A. Haines Lippincott
Dr. A. Haines Lippincott
DR. AHAB HAINES LIPPINCOTT JR. was born in Evesham Township NJ on July 12, 1867 to A. Haines Lippincott and his wife, the former Maria Louisa Jones.
A. Haines Lippincott Jr. graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and in 1892 received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Lippincott interned at Jefferson Hospital, and did post-graduate work in Urology in New York.
In 1903 Dr. Lippincott married Ellen Alberta Langendorf on June 23, 1903. He made his home and office at 21 Broadway. Sadly, Ellen Lippincott passed away prior to April of 1910. He married Miriam Lee Early sometime after the 1910 Census. Mrs. Lippincott was became deeply involved with many civic activities once coming to Camden.
After establishing himself in Camden, Dr. Lippincott was appointed Chief urologist at Cooper Hospital. He was a consulting urologist at Jeannes Memorial Hospital, Newcomb Memorial Hospital and the Camden County General Hospital, and retained an affiliation with Jefferson Hospital.
Dr. Lippincott was elected president of the Camden County Medical society in 1911 and the New Jersey Medical Society in 1932. He served one-year terms for both organizations. He also was a president of the Camden City Medical Society, and served as Camden County Coroner.
Dr. Lippincott was also a charter member of the Camden Lodge 293 of the Elks. Other members included Frank A. Ward, Charles L. Bowman, Dr. J. F. Leavitt, Fred W. George, T. L. Bear, William M. Fithian, Everett Ackley, Fithian S. Simmons, Philip Wilson, Paul E. Quinn, John N. Kadel, William G. Maguire, Frank B. Sweeten and Maurice Hertz. He was also friendly with Charles S. Boyer, who was quite instrumental in the founding and success of the Camden County Historical Society.
By 1914 Dr. and Mrs. Miriam Lippincott had moved to 406 Cooper Street. Dr. Lippincott passed away in 1937.
Mrs. Lippincott continued to live at the Cooper Street address as late as 1947. She was a member of Centenary-Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church, at 5th and Cooper Streets.
Camden's Conventions
Philadelphia Inquirer —
CAMDEN'S CONVENTIONS
Republicans Nominate Candidates for Three Offices.
The Republicans of Camden county yesterday launched their ticket in the field for the coming election. The nominations were as follows: County Clerk, Robert L. Barber; Register of Deeds, Jacob Sickler; Coroner, Dr. A. H. Lippincott. All the candidates were chosen unanimously.
The County Clerk's convention was held at the City Hall. William D. Brown was elected permanent chairman and William B. Doyle secretary. Robert L. Barber was nominated for a second term by acclamation, as there was no opposition.
The Register of Deeds' convention was held in the town hall at Merchantville. Edward Delacroix was elected permanent chairman and William A. Husted secretary. There was but one name presented and Jacob Sickler received a renomination by acclamation.
At the Coroner's convention, which was held at the Court House, Lawyer Charles Ira Wooster wanted the delegates to nominate a candidate for County Judge, but the chairman promptly sat down on any such movement in view of the decision of the Supreme Court knocking out the elective Judiciary act. James McCormick was made permanent chairman of the convention and James Haney secretary. The names of Dr. A. H. Lippincott, Dr. William B. Christine and Charles N. Robinson, colored, were presented for the nomination for Coroner. Dr. Lippincott received 56 votes and Robinson got the balance, 13 votes. Before the result could be announced a letter was presented from Robinson withdrawing his name. The nomination of Dr. Lippincott was then made unanimous.
Dr. A. H. Lippincott is a young man but 28 years old. He entered Jefferson Medical College in 1889. Three years later he secured his diploma as a physician and began practice in Camden.
Philadelphia Inquirer — September 17, 1895
Named: William D. Hart, Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, Charles N. Robinson, George A. Frey, W.H. Tice, Jacob S. Justice, Francis Ford Patterson Jr., William J. Browning, George W. Johnson, John Baker, C.E.W. Moore, A.J. Milliette, Charles Preusch, Dr. Phillip Wendell Beale, W.W. Mines Jr., Harry Davis, and D.W. Pierce.
Dr. A. H. Lippincott Sworn In as Coroner
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Dr. A. B. Lippincott was sworn in as Coroner on Thursday.
Camden Post — August 31, 1897
Named: William James, Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, Ferry Avenue, Albert James, and Engine Company 3.
Philadelphia Inquirer — October 14, 1897
Named: Emma Zane, Sarah Shaw, Eli Shaw, Wilson H. Jenkins, Line Street, Samuel Dodd, John Foster, John H. Beard, Edward Zane, Harry G. Geesey, John J. Doonan, Charles Kleeman, Stockton Park Hotel, West Jersey Hotel, John Polk, East Camden, Foster S. Zane, Beckett Street, Charles Higgins, Howard Ross, South 3rd Street, Pine Street, O.B. Blizzard, James H. Carey, Liberty Alley, Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, William A. Husted, Thomas Benkert, Martin J. O'Brien, William Anderson, Charles Folwell, John Irwin, Rev. John W. Marshall, Broadway M.E. Church, Rev. William A. Massey, Wiley M.E. Church, James Hough, Policeman Albert F. Meyer, Samuel Dodd, John Foster, John H. Beard, Albert Hollingshead, Harry Delameter, O. Glen Stackhouse, and H. Frank Pettit.
Philadelphia Inquirer — October 30, 1897
Named: Emma Zane, Eli Shaw, Wilson H. Jenkins, Henry S. Scovel, Dr. William S. Jones, Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, William A. Husted, Thomas Benkert, Martin J. O'Brien, William Anderson, Charles Folwell, John Irwin, James E. Tatem, Frank B. Haines, Albert Fogg, John Painter, John H. Beard, Albert Hollingshead, William Stein, Charles M. Lane, Elwin Steen, John Sinclair, Mrs. Anna Knight, Harry Delameter, O. Glen Stackhouse, John Foster, and H. Frank Pettit.
Camden Post — November 10, 1897
Named: Michael McCusker, Florence Coffey McCusker, Benson Street, Elwin D. Steen, Catharine McGahan, South 2nd Street, Richard Golden, John Zander, Harry Laird, Trenton Avenue, William Staas, William A. Husted, David J. Russell, Philip Schmitz, Francis D. Weaver, Wilson Jenkins, Isaac S. Carson, Samuel Dodd, John L. Westcott, Dr. William S. Jones, and Dr. A. Haines Lippincott.
Philadelphia Inquirer — December 22, 1897
PROBING CAMDEN TRAGEDIES
Grand Jury Investigating the Zane-Shaw Murders.
The Camden grand jury yesterday took up the charge against Eli Shaw of murdering his mother and grandmother. Among the witnesses examined were County Physician Jones, Dr. Marcus Mines, Police Lieutenants Foster and Pettit, Policemen Steen, Shaw, Sinclair and Painter, Charles and Alonzo Lane and Coroner Lippincott. The case will be continued to-day, as over a dozen witnesses are yet to be heard.
George Mordecai, who keeps a cigar store in Camden, was arraigned in the Camden Court yesterday. He pleaded not guilty and said he would not want counsel.
Philadelphia Inquirer — January 3, 1899
With an excellent snow and a holiday Camden county horsemen enjoyed an ideal sleighing carnival. It was scarce a piece of a street nor a road that scraped a runner and by 3 o’clock nearly every available horse had been pressed into service and the shabby old basket affairs drawn by mules, “skates” of any old beast rigged with the elaborate fittings runners of the well-to-do horse owner wrapped in furs and guided by a liveried coachman. These county turnpikes first became popular with sleighters years ago when the roads were superior to Philadelphia, and had not yet known a paving stone, was, as usual, the attraction of those who could not afford one bred horsesleigh to make. In the morning a few came out and hardened the course, and in the afternoon the Boulevards presented one grand pageant of fleeing hoofs, to which the tinkling bells of the sleighs provided accompaniment.
The White Horse and Mt. Ephraim pikes, where there are numerous hotels where bands can be warmed and attacks of grog driven away, were the favorite roads for those who demanded more variety than Cooper street afforded, and these roads were alive in brilliant motion. On Cooper street and on the county roads could be seen the following well-known lovers of sleighing and owners of good horse flesh; Joseph Shinn, with a sleigh drawn by a fast bay driven by Baltzimer; Eugene Ingle was behind the high-stepping Prince Arthur; William C. Dayton drove a gray mare, Mrs. Dayton, brushed all competitors with a fast black mare, M. Stockham Woodward, accompanied by his wife and daughter in a sleigh drawn by the crack team, His Excellency with a record of 2:23, and Mr. Brown 2:23¾. In a Bailey sleigh; Ephraim Hires drove Van; Dr. William H. Iszard with old reins. From South Camden came Harry Davis with the favorite Out of Sight. Representing far North Camden were John Mathis, driving Harry, a fast bay; James Baird, with Harry, James, and Frank. One of the late ones to join and many others who joined the tinkling whirl before nightfall were John O. Munter with Harry—makes the best gray at South on John. John Clements with Uncle Sam, Dr. Gunter looking for trouble with his pride, Dan Foss, William H. Clements, W. K. Heston with Harry Gibson, Jack Van Sciver and his bay Smoky, Samuel Kilpatrick with Pleasure Bill, H. W. Davis behind a fast gray team, Edward Roberts, Joseph Burrough with a bay mare, and Dr. A. Haines Lippincott behind Bob.
The country roads were better than horsemen have seen them for years because there was no dirts. Friend passed friend on the road with surprising cordiality and many had driven so far from home. Men from Palmyra were there and along with residents in the vicinity of Merchantville and Main street, Moorestown, was the course for white drifts and fine beats between horsemen from all directions. Among those were noticed William Fancoast, of Laffercroft, and William Butterworth of Moorestown, with a team of bays; Morgan Butterworth behind a gray mare, Morgan Dates, George T. Elwood, Benjamin Zelly, Mt. Holly, behind Ella Free; Frank Haines, of Rancocas. But probably the most interesting was that of Joseph Burrough, of Merchantville, who drove a tiny old sleigh that was more than one hundred years old. On the front its slab he painted its history and the names of those who sat in it. Another sleigh said to have been built in a similar manner was owned by Joseph Hinchman, of Merchantville.
H. A. Barritt Company Incorporated
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The H. A. Barritt Company, with $25,000 capital stock, was incorporated yesterday to deal in real and artificial hair. Thomas P. Curley, A. H. Lippincott, M. D., and William Barnard, all of Camden, are the incorporators.
Philadelphia Inquirer — May 11, 1900
FRANCISCO ABBATTO.
ABBATTO HANGED IN CAMDEN JAIL
Quick Work by Sheriff Sell in Executing the Murderer of Genaro De Feo
Condemned Man Died Without a Struggle, and Was Buried in Potters’ Field
John Wesley Sell, Sheriff of Camden county, had his first hanging yesterday, and he made a record for celerity in launching Francisco Abbatto into eternity. The earliest moment that the hanging could take place, under the order of the court, was 10 o’clock. Within 6 minutes after the hour struck Abbatto was standing on the gallows. A minute later the trap was sprung, and five minutes later the man was dead.
Abbatto slept soundly during his last night on earth. He was up betimes yesterday morning, and dressed himself in the black suit of clothes which he knew would be his death garments. He declined to eat any breakfast, but drank a cup of coffee. At 8 o’clock the priests came to prepare the condemned man for the end. They were Father Pozzi, of East Vineland, and Father Caruso, of the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, of Philadelphia.
FINAL PREPARATIONS.
The persons authorized by law to witness the execution, about forty in number, gathered in the Sheriff’s office by half past
9 o’clock. County Clerk Barber administered the oath to the twelve citizens appointed by Judge Garrison to see that the sentence of death was carried out. They were County Physician W. S. Jones, Dr. Alexander McAlister, Dr. S. Ramsdell, Dr. E. A. Y. Schellinger, Dr. A. H. Lippincott, Dr. Joseph Nicholson, Dr. Paul N. Mecray, Upton S. Jeffreys, Harry B. Paul, Charles R. Bacon, William H. Cole and County Detective John S. Smith.
The death jury were taken through the jail to the loft at the Broadway and Federal streets corner of the building, where the gallows awaited its victim.
A few minutes before 10 o’clock the Sheriff led his deputies and the newspaper men across the “Bridge of Sighs” to the jail, and they joined the group in the death chamber. The clock struck 10, and all was ready to execute the mandate of the law. Five minutes later a door at the foot of the gallows, leading into the jail opened, and the condemned man was seen walking to his doom.
QUICK EXECUTION.
The two priests were in the lead. They were silent, for they had finished their ministrations in the jail. Abbatto was supported on either side by Constable Voight, of the death watch, and County Detective Smith. He was pale, but he walked with a firm step. He paused an instant at the foot of the gallows, cast a furtive glance at the dangling rope, and then mounted the thirteen steps to the platform. The officers stepped back when they had placed the condemned man at the centre of the trap. An instant Abbatto stood gazing at a ray of sunlight on the floor, and then the black cap shut the light from his eyes. Quickly but carefully Sheriff Sell adjusted the noose, and then, at 10:07, as the murderer swayed like a reed in the wind the silence was broken by the crash of the falling trap doors and the body fell a distance of six feet.
Abbatto’s hands were manacled behind his back, but his legs were not pinioned. He did not struggle and only a few tremors shook his body. In five minutes the doctors found that the heart had ceased to beat, but the body was allowed to hang for twenty-eight minutes. Then it was taken in charge by Morgue Keeper O’Brien, and after the doctors had gotten through with it, it was buried in potter’s field. Death was due to strangulation, and the face of the dead man was not distorted.
ABBATTO’S CRIME.
Francisco Abbatto was hanged for the murder of Genaro DeFeo. The crime was committed on the night of April 22, 1890, in the woods near Blue Anchor, Camden county. After stabbing DeFeo to death, Abbatto hacked his victim’s head off. Both body and head were found in the woods by searchers eight days later. Abbatto boarded with DeFeo, and was enamoured of his wife. He induced Mrs. DeFeo to go to New York with him to search for her husband. When they returned Abbatto was arrested. At his trial he claimed that he had killed DeFeo during a quarrel. The Court of Errors and Appeals sustained the conviction and Governor Voorhees refused to grant a reprieve.
Philadelphia Inquirer — June 24, 1903
Named: Linden Street, Rev. J.S. Heisler, Dr. Frank N. Robinson, and Charles H. Laird.
Philadelphia Inquirer — September 2, 1904
** Annie Smith, aged 67 years; of 308 Mechanic street, dropped dead at her home yesterday. Coroner Lippincott gave a certificate of death from heart disease.
** Daniel Bromley, aged 50 years, for many years transfer mail agent at the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal, died yesterday at his home, 1500 South Tenth street.
** A. G. McCausland, superintendent of the Atlantic City Railroad, has purchased the residence of the late David M. Chambers, at 521 Cooper street.
** Benjamin Eppinger, aged 12 years, of 1159 Federal street, met with serious injuries yesterday by being jolted from a brewery wagon at Twelfth and Federal streets. The wheels of the wagon passed over the boy’s legs, fracturing them.
Philadelphia Inquirer — February 15, 1905
Named: George D. Borton, Rev. George Hemingway, York Street, North 2nd Street, First Presbyterian Church, Camden Lodge No. 293, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, John Henry Fort, Samuel A. Kilpatrick, Alexander Milliette, Francis Warren, J. Henry Switzer, and Dr. A. Haines Lippincott.
Philadelphia Inquirer — March 24, 1905
John Johnson, aged 34 years, of 538 Central avenue, and Howard Truitt, aged 4 years, of 613 Sycamore street, Camden, were found dead in their beds yesterday morning. In the first instance the man was suffering from consumption and Coroner Kirk gave a certificate accordingly. Coroner Lippincott found death due to diphtheria in the second case.
Camden Post-Telegram — September 17, 1905
Named: Hudson Street, Charles M. Wells, and Dr. A. Haines Lippincott.
Philadelphia Inquirer — October 27, 1906
Named: Dr. Grant E. Kirk, Annie Sadowski, and South 10th Street.
Philadelphia Inquirer — November 28, 1907
Named: Newton Ash, Ephraim Hires, Gardner Corson, John H. Lennox, Herbert Hibbs, Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, Charles H. Ellis, and E.G.C. Bleakly.
Philadelphia Inquirer — January 1, 1908
CAMDEN INCREASES ITS POLICE FORCE
Mayor Ellis Adds Twenty-five New Officers to Growing City’s Department
Camden’s police force was increased by the appointment of twenty-five additional officers by Mayor Ellis yesterday. There were also several promotions, two new captains, two sergeants and one detective being made as follows: Captains, Edward Hyde and A. Lincoln James, advanced from sergeants; sergeants, E. B. McClong and Edward Hartman, advanced from patrolmen; detective, John Brothers, advanced from patrolman; new patrolmen. Fred Schwetzer, William Briant, Charles Hume, Charles Wilbur, Wright Cox, Walter Stanton, John Barnett, Tabor Quinn, John Gilbert, Joseph Palese, William Haines, Frederick Watson, Charles Whaland, William Kiker, James Hutt, George Krown, Ule Andrews, Daniel Stanton, Albert Archer, Harry Bakley, John Shuman, Oscar Till, Albertson Matlack, John Devlin, George Hollins, Frank Koplain, Edward King and George Beasley, substitutes.
For the past several weeks there has been much pulling and hauling of the political wires and the various ward leaders have had their own troubles in making selections. Each appointee was subjected to a regulation army examination by Dr. A. H. Lippincott before he was pronounced fit for the service. When the horses are procured, which may be by next June, six of the men will compose a mounted squad.
George D. Borton Funeral — Elks Pall Bearers
Philadelphia Inquirer —
With all the pall bearers past exalted rulers of the local lodge of Elks. George D. Borton, himself a past officer of the lodge, was buried in Harleigh Cemetery yesterday. The services were held at his home, Second and York streets, Camden, where Rev. George Hemingway, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, spoke. The Elks also held services at the house. The pall bearers included Past Exalted Rulers John Henry Fort, Samuel Kilpatrick, Dr. A. H. Lippincott, Alexander Milliette, Francis Warren and J. Henry Switzer.
Philadelphia Inquirer — March 25, 1910
Named: Broadway, Centenary M.E. Church, Dr. A. H. Lippincott, and Rev. Percy Perinchief.
Philadelphia Inquirer — July 27, 1917
Draft Queries Sent Through Mails
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The various draft boards in Camden yesterday sent out in the mails the new questionnaire to five per cent. of the registrants who have not yet been called. Each day a like percentage will receive them until all have been supplied. Each contingent will have seven days in which to send their replies. The Legal Advisory Board has organized and designated the time and place where the registrants may obtain the necessary information with respect to filling out the blanks. In the city the boards will sit every night excepting Sunday.
The following Camden physicians have been named as the Medical Advisory Board by Governor Edge: Drs. Thomas B. Lee, John H. Markley, George D. Woodward, A. Haines Lippincott, J. Anson Smith, Levi B. Hirst, Alfred C. Cramer, Joseph E. Duffield, Joseph E. Nicholson, Joseph E. Roberts and F. B. Lynch.
Philadelphia Inquirer — October 21, 1918
Only Expenditures for Actual Needs of Municipality Recommended to Council
Mayor Ellis, of Camden, in presenting his annual message to City Council yesterday at the reorganization for the ensuing year, stated that in accordance with the government’s policy of efficiency and economy he was refraining from offering suggestions that would require the expenditure of additional money. His recommendations were therefore along the lines of the municipality’s actual needs.
Pointing out that labor scarcity and war restrictions on materials had hampered street construction by the Highway Department, the Mayor stated that since the establishment of the auxiliary pumping station at the Broadway pump house the cost was much less than charged by private companies. He suggested the purchase of a boat to patrol the river front during the ice season and dwelt upon the need of more men in both the Police and Fire Departments.
In discussing the proposed bridge construction the Mayor stated that he hoped the State would take action to enact the road legislation, and that the commission already was discussing the question with the impetus that will assure its continuance until taken to a successful conclusion by the Pennsylvania Legislature.
Council confirmed a number of appointments recommended by Mayor Ellis. Herbert A. Munger was confirmed as member of the Board of Library Trustees. Dr. A. Haines Lippincott was confirmed as a Board of Library Trustee, succeeding the late Dr. E. A. Y. Schellenger.
A City Plan Commission for one year was appointed as follows: Councilmen Frederick von Nieda, William C. Davis, Theodore T. Kausel, Frank S. Van Hart, George W. A. Kappell, Frederick A. Finkeldey and Joseph Forsyth. Allen Jarvis, Dr. Charles P. Tuttle, Dr. H.F. Bushey, Elisha Gravenor and Charles Whaland were also confirmed.
The two new members of City Council named were William J. Kelly, from the Eighth Ward, and Clifford K. Deacon.
Camden Post-Telegram — September 9, 1922
3 FIREMEN HURT IN $75,000 FIRE AT LEATHER PLANT
Flames of Unknown Origin Wreck Upper Story of Keystone Factory
SMOKE BLOCKS BATTLE
Firm Loses Stock of Hides Valued at $50,000, One Fireman in Hospital
Three firemen were overcome with smoke when flames gutted the upper stories of the drying building of the Keystone Leather Company, Seventeenth and Carman streets, last night. The loss is estimated today at $75,000. The origin is unknown.
Captain J. J. Vickers, of the East Camden Company, was overcome by smoke, and revived by City Physician Lippincott. Fireman George Addison, of the same company, was dragged from the building by other firemen, and revived by the physician.
Nelson Andrews, fireman, of Engine Company No. 9, was in a serious condition when taken from the building. He was prostrated by smoke, and was rushed to Cooper Hospital, where he was reported as much improved today.
Smoke Blocks Traffic
Smoke was so dense that vehicular traffic on Federal street, two squares away, was blocked for nearly an hour.
The flames had gained a great deal of headway when discovered by a watchman. When the firemen arrived on the scene, they faced a hard task because of great volumes of smoke pouring from the building, in which was stored a large stock of hides.
It was one of the most stubborn fires the department has faced in years. The firemen were unable to locate the flames at first because of the smoke. Chief Carter sent in two more alarms after arriving on the scene.
After thirty minutes of battle the flames suddenly shot skyward, illuminating the heavens for miles. They leaped to the fourth floor, and through the roof. In a short time the roof collapsed, sending a great shower of sparks in all directions.
It was three hours before the first fire companies were able to leave the scene.
It was estimated today that the damage to the building will reach $25,000. The company lost about $50,000 in stock. A large stock of hides on the first two floors were ruined by tons of water.
The building is one of the first built by the company, and directly adjoins the main concrete plant at Seventeenth and Mickle streets.
Lieutenant W. Scott Franklin, of Engine Company, No. 1, fell from a one-story roof of an adjoining building while pulling up hose but fortunately escaped injury.
Philadelphia Inquirer — November 28, 1922
CAMDEN TO IMPROVE 2 CITY DEPARTMENTS
Surgeon Lippincott’s Recommendations for Police and Fire Approved
Woman Hurt When She Walks From Rear of One Train Into Another
In connection with the plan of the Police and Fire Committees of Camden City Council to make departments under their supervision modern in every particular, Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, surgeon to both departments, has submitted recommendations, which have received the approbation of the Councilmen.
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Among the suggestions are schools for firemen and policemen, complete medical survey for both departments, intensive physical culture training, first aid training, instructions in the use of firearms by the police, annual athletic meets for both departments, and intelligence and educational tests. He also recommends three assistant police and fire surgeons.
“I will say that the Camden policemen and firemen on an average are in fine physical condition,” he said, “but there probably are many men whose physical ailments can be corrected and the efficiency of both departments bettered by medical examinations.”
In addition to the seven men to retire on pension because they have reached the age limit of 65 years, nine others probably will retire because of disability. They are Detective Harry Brothers, Sergeant Harry Stowe, Traffic Officers Norris Steelman and Raymond Stark, and Policemen Adrian Bateman, Samuel Bakley, John Schuman, Camillus Appley and Frank Carle.
Patrons, Patronesses Announced for First Military Ball
Camden Courier-Post —
Patrons and patronesses for the first military ball of the Camden Post No. 960, Veterans of Foreign Wars, to be held on Friday evening February 3 in the Elks auditorium, Seventh and Cooper Streets, are announced today.
The following prominent men and women are listed: Mrs. J.W. Connor, Miss C.M. Day, Mrs. J.H. Forsyth, Mrs. H.J. Goodyear, Miss B. Graham, Mrs. R.E. Green, Mrs. E.F. Haines, Mrs. J. Hood Jr., Mrs. W. Hurley, Mrs. J. Jarrell, Mrs. T. Keefe, Mrs. J.F. Kobus, Mrs. L. Liberman, Mrs. F.L. Lloyd, Mrs. M.A. Logan, Mrs. T.P. McConaghy, Mrs. F.F. Neutze, Mrs. L.K. Marr, Mrs. J.A. Pennington, Mrs. M.E. Ramsey, Mrs. E. Truax, Mrs. S.M. Shay, Mrs. W.J. Staats, Mrs. B.G. Tarburton, Mrs. R.W. Waddell, Mrs. E. Watson, Mrs. E.P. Wescott, Mrs. C.A. Wolverton.
David Baird Jr., William T. Boyle, Isaac Ferris, William Hurley, John Hood Jr., John Jarrell, Victor King, William J. Kraft, Thomas Keefe, Joseph F. Kobus, Hon. Edmund B. Leaming, Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, James H. Long, L.K. Marr, Dr. Thomas P. McConaghy, Hon. Frank F. Neutze, Samuel P. Orlando, Albert E. Simmons, Edwin Watson, Ethan P. Wescott.
Camden Man Named to Head Physicians
Camden Courier-Post —
Dr. A. Haines Lippincott Elected President of N. J. Medical Society at Shore
Atlantic City, June 17.—Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, of 406 Cooper street, Camden, today was elected president of the New Jersey Medical Society with closing of its 166th annual convention here at Chalfonte-Haddon Hall. He succeeds Dr. John F. Haggerty, of Newark.
Other officers elected are Dr. Frederick J. Quigley, of Union City; Dr. Lancelot Ely, of Somerville, and Dr. Marcus Newcomb, of Browns Mills, vice-presidents; Dr. John Bennett Morrison, of Newark, re-elected secretary, and Dr. Elias J. Marsh, of Paterson, treasurer; Dr. H. W. Mafey, of New Brunswick; Dr. James S. Green, of Elizabeth, and Dr. Blase Bole, of Newton, trustees. Mrs. Charles Franklin Adams was named president of the Women's Auxiliary.
Dr. J. Lynn Mahaffey, of Camden, state health director, speaking before the convention again today, urged New Jersey physicians to make greater use of the facilities of the State Department of Health.
Dr. Mahaffey declared that “a fuller utilization of the services and facilities of the State Department of Health is not only desired, but welcomed in the promotion of public health.”
“By reason of closer contact with the medical profession, the incipiency of disease can be detected better and known corrective arrestive measures promptly applied,” he said.
“Proud of its accomplishments in the field of public health, the department points to the operating cost of 13.3 cents per capita for a population of 4,041,334. The state’s general death rate of 10.6 for 1930 and again for 1931 was the lowest since the department was established 54 years ago. For 1931 the death rates for typhoid fever, diphtheria and tuberculosis were the lowest ever reached in New Jersey. Infant mortality for 1931 was next to the lowest since rates were established in 1906.”
“Capacities of the department have not been exhausted in the ever-increasing field of its work. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, the department appropriation was $428,990.50. For 1921 it was $358,906.22.”
Camden Elks to Honor Past Exalted Rulers
Camden Courier-Post —
Past exalted rulers will be honored tonight by Camden Lodge of Elks with a dinner, ceremonial and entertainment.
The program will be nation-wide. A dinner will be served at 6:00 PM, followed by a business session. Harry G. Robinson, present exalted ruler, will open the ceremonial and turn the lodge over to the past officers.
The past exalted rulers expected are Samuel Kilpatrick, who served in 1900 and 1921; Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, Alexander J. Milliette, J. Harry Switzer, James H. Long, Marian Moriarity, Allen Jarvis, Albert Austermuhl, William L. Sauerhoff, former Mayor Frank S. Van Hart, D. Trueman Stackhouse, Harry Ellis, William G. Ferat, Judge Garfield Pancoast, Rudolph Preisendanz, Jr., Theodore T. Kausel, Edward J. Kelley, Mayor Roy R. Stewart, William H. Iszard, William S. Lehman and J. Harry Todd.
Camden Elks Hope to Get Convention
Camden Courier-Post —
Advisory Committee Will Present Formal Invitation for State Meet
The twenty-first annual reunion and the convention of the New Jersey State Elks Association will be held in Camden next June if efforts of the advisory board of Camden Lodge of Elks are successful at the state meeting in Newark on June 15, 16 and 17.
Members of the advisory board for the local lodge, who are past exalted rulers of the Camden lodge, will present the invitation to hold the 1934 meeting in Camden, at the twentieth reunion and convention in Newark.
Members of the lodge have adopted a resolution confirming the action of the advisory board and plans were made to set the necessary machinery in motion to bring the 1934 convention to Camden. It was pointed out that Camden Elks have the largest home in the state.
Samuel Kilpatrick, the oldest past exalted ruler of the lodge, is head of the advisory board, and Harry G. Robinson, youngest past exalted ruler, is delegate to the state association, which is composed of past exalted rulers of all Elks lodges in New Jersey.
Although the state association was formed in Camden, there has never been a reunion or convention of the association held here, it was pointed out.
The outstanding feature of each annual convention is the mammoth sessions, with thousands of Elks in line. It is estimated the parade would draw more than 50,000 persons to Camden, if the local lodge’s invitation is accepted.
The Camden lodge is sending the band and patrol to Newark for the parade, which will start at 7 p. m. on June 17. Arrangements are being made to have the largest delegation in the parade represent Camden.
Past exalted rulers who comprise the advisory board, and the year they took office, follow: Samuel Kirkpatrick, 1900; Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, 1901; Alex J. Milliette, 1906; J. Harry Switzer, 1908; James H. Long, 1911; Marion Moriarty, 1913; Allen Jarvis, 1914; Albert Austermuhl, 1915; William L. Sauerhoff, 1917; Theodore T. Kausel, 1918; Garfield Pancoast, 1919; William G. Ferat, 1920; Harry Ellis, 1921; Samuel A. Dobbins, 1923; D. Trueman Stackhouse, 1924; Frank S. Van Hart, 1925; Edward J. Kelly, 1926; Rudolph Preisendanz, Jr., 1927; Roy R. Stewart, 1928; William H. Iszard, 1929; William Lehman, 1930; J. Harry Todd, 1931, and Harry G. Robinson, 1932.
Deceased past exalted rulers and the year they took office are: John H. Foster, 1895; W. E. B. Miller, 1896; Philip Burch, 1897; D. Harry Condit, 1898; H. L. Hartshorn, 1891; George D. Borton, 1902; Maurice Rogers, 1904; Francis Warren, 1907; E. Wilmer Collins, 1909; Lewis H. Leigh, 1910; Morris Odell, 1912, and W. Wallace Balcom, 1922.
Dr. Lippincott Denounces 'Quack' Medical Broadcasts
Camden Courier-Post —
N. J. Society Elects Quigley
Camden Man Retires as President at Shore Convention
SUGGESTS CENSOR FOR RADIO TALKS
New York Man Discusses Economic Problems of Profession
Atlantic City, June 7.— An assault on “quack” medical advice broadcast by radio was made today by Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, of Camden, who retired as president of the Medical Society of New Jersey. The society is holding its 167th annual meeting at the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall.
He was succeeded by Dr. Frederick J. Quigley, of Union City. Other officers elected were; Dr. Marcus W. Newcomb, of Browns Mills, and Dr. Francis R. Haussling, of Newark, vice presidents; Dr. J. Bennett Morrison, of Newark, secretary, and Dr. Edward J. Marsh, of Paterson, treasurer.
Calls Code Their Guide
“The code of the profession has been our guide during the past year and the road is strewn with the corpses of men who have given their lives for the further advancement and protection of the professions,” said Dr. Lippincott.
“Medical advancement has been greater in the last quarter-century than in any other field of endeavor. When things crash about our heads and calamities in business reach tragic proportions, the profession has gone on its way unmindful of material things.
“Medicine gives a sense of security unequaled by any other profession. Despite opposition, we have fought to safeguard the health of the state. I recommend that we censor ‘quack’ medical radio programs so that the nauseating after effects could be curtailed. I request the society to take action to meet this challenge.”
In speaking of the work done by the legislative committee, he told of the attempt to put through the Legislature laws in reference to control for those desiring to specialize in certain branches.
“It is not for the politicians to decide but for the profession,” he said in lauding the committee for defeating the bills which, he declared, were inadequate.
The committee on education, he recalled, drew up plans for satisfactory substitute legislation.
New Yorker Speaks
The principal address tonight was made by Dr. William H. Ross, former president of the New York State Medical Society, who discussed the profession’s economic problems.
“Medicine has a product the world needs and part of the world cannot get enough of it because they cannot pay for it,” he said.
“The whirl of theory of how to correct the economic depression of commerce and industry and the efforts of the government to get out of the grip of post-war forces influence payment of medical service. But of all problems facing the profession, we have only to deal with the problems of caring for the indigent and the large group of people near the relief class.
“The social function of medicine is more closely related to the social state of the people than ever before. The relation of medicine have come into bold relief in recent years, because of the growing health consciousness of the public and the changing attitude of society towards its responsibility for medical service and care for people who cannot afford to obtain it.
“The conservatism of medicine has kept the profession from fully grasping the tremendous effect of what is going on, and, their effect upon the service of the most vital necessity in the whole world. Medicine is faced by a great problem and the mass of us do not know it.
Public Is Confident
“Medicine still has the confidence of the public. If we can hold it through this crisis, the profession will be the most supreme social influence in the whole world.
“The services of medicine must be distributed by methods under the control of the profession itself. The public has awakened to the cost of medical care. It has passed beyond placing the responsibility on the physician, but is looking to them for a plan to meet the problem.
“Change the professional principals of earlier days into a scheme for paying the physician, which is in accord with the modern conditions under which he has to work. When the swirl of speculation and theory subsides, we will again remain the great social factor and will influence civilization as it has always done.”