Medical Society of South Carolina Meeting Minutes: 1984

              Regular Meeting Medical Society of South Carolina 7:00 PM Tuesday, February 28, 1984, Country Club of Charleston The regular meeting of the Medical Society of South Carolina was called to 
order by the President Dr. C. Ford Rivers, at 7:00 P. M. Tuesday, February 28, 1984, at 
the Country Club of Charleston.

The following members were present:

D. C. Appleby, A. T. Arnold, F. M. Ball, L. Banov, Jr., B. M. Barone, R. H. 
Belser, R. R. Bradham A. G. Brown, A. Cannon, P. S. Cromer, W. B. Crymes, G. W. 
Douglass, H. S. Ellison, M.C. Evans, F. S. Fairey, J. E. Gibbs, J. C. Hawk, Jr., T. G. Herbert, John 
Hood, Judith Hood, M. Hull, S. E. Izard, A. D. Lieberman, R. P. Linker, M. H. Lutz, R. D. 
Marshall, L. E. Mengedoht, John S. Metcalf, Margaret Metcalf, G. McF. Mood, W.J. Mood, H. E.,
R.E. Nickles, C. J. Owens, A. E. Rawl, F.E. Reed, J. T. Richards, H. W. Rittenberg, 
C. F. Rivers, W. B. Rumble, E. D. Rutland, J. R. Sosnowski, W. E. Tate, W. B. Thomason and J. M. 
Townsend.

The following guests were present:

Mr. Charles Menefee, Dr. Harriet Steinert and Dr. Reid Locklair.The Secretary read the minutes of the preceding meeting, the annual 
meeting, of November 22, 1983. These were accepted as read.

Dr. Stephen Bielsky was proposed for membership and his application will be 
forwarded to the Board of Censors.

Dr. Gerald J. Shealy and Dr. Richard H. Fitzgerald were unanimously 
elected to membership, their applications having been processed and approved by the Board of 
Censors.

The President then announced that the Board of Commissioners as well as 
the Chairman of the Building and Repairs Committee had approved granting an easement to the 
South Carolina Department of Highways and Transportation for a right of way at the corner 
of Courtenay and Calhoun Streets as well as at Courtenay and Doughty Streets. It was felt 
that this approval was in the best interest of the hospital. This action was ratified by the 
Medical Society upon his recommendation.

He also announced that Roper Hospital had let lapse its option for land 
East of the Cooper. This is the land described in the minutes of an earlier meeting in the recent past; there had been some controversy, which was brought out at the last meeting, over the use of 
this land by Roper Hospital.

Dr. Bartolo M. Barone reported for Dr. Harold S. Pettit, Chairman of the Board 
of Commissioners. His report is as follows

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