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Public Health Service or physician employed by 

 the Veterans Administration on duty in this 

 State, who is not engaged in private practice of 

 medicine, or an Active member, by transfer, for 

 the period of time he is temporarily out of 

 active practice, on account of protracted illness, 

 or an Active Member, by transfer, for the period 

 of one year while he is temporarily out of 

 practice on account of postgraduate medical 

 studies ; Retired, a member who has maintained 

 membership in a component county society of 

 this State Society for a period of ten or more 

 years, and has retired from practice ; Non- 

 Resident, physician residing and practicing out- 

 side of the county who is a member in good 

 standing of his own component county society ; 

 Life, physician who has been a member of the 

 Michigan State Medical Society for a minimum 

 of five years and who has attained the age of 

 seventy years, or has been in practice fifty 

 years, and has maintained an active membership 

 in good standing for twenty-five years in any 

 constituent state society of the American Medi- 

 cal Association ; Military, any active member in 

 good standing who serves on active duty in the 

 military forces during a war or similar national 

 emergency. Total membership 6,652. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual award to 

 "Michigan's Foremost Family Physician". 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 59, $6. Editor: Wilfrid Haughey, 610 

 Post Building, Battle Creek, Mich. 



925. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Associa- 

 tion. 1812 Michigan National Tower, Lansing 

 8, Mich. President: Charles W. Hahn, 1671 

 West Sherman Boulevard, Muskegon, Mich. 

 Term expires June 30, 1961. Executive Secre- 

 tary: John H. Butts. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized November 15, 1883; in- 

 corporated August 19, 1943. 



Purpose: To improve the business conditions 

 of druggists. 



Membership: Active, pharmacists registered 

 in Michigan owning and operating a licensed 

 drug store ; or pharmacists registered in Michi- 

 gan who are members of a firm or corporation 

 operating a licensed drug store, or pharmacists 

 registered in Michigan who are members in 

 good standing with their local drug associations ; 

 Associate, pharmacists registered in Michigan 

 who have been or are now actively employed 

 in a licensed drug store and persons engaged 

 in the teaching of pharmacy and allied sciences 

 at colleges of pharmacy and departments of 

 pharmacy of any college or university in the 

 state ; Travelers' Auxiliary Members, salesmen 

 for drug and pharmaceutical manufacturers, 

 wholesale jobbers, and those manufacturers of 



products directly allied with the retail drug 

 business ; Sustaining, persons, firms, or cor- 

 porations directly allied with the retail drug 

 business ; Honorary, persons who shall be 

 selected by the active members because of 

 distinguished service rendered to pharmacy and 

 the Association. Total membership 2,350. 



Meetings: Annual Convention and semiannual 

 meeting. 



926. Mid-Central States Orthopaedic Society, 

 Inc. 3244 East Douglas Street, Wichita 8, 

 Kans. President: Daniel L. Yancey, 1211 

 South Glenstone Street, Springfield, Mo. 

 Term expires spring 1961. Secretary-Treas- 

 urer: H. O. Marsh. Term expires spring 

 1961. 



History: Organized April 1953; incorporated 

 June 1954. Sections : Arkansas, Colorado, 

 Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma. 



Purpose: To further observation of matters 

 related to orthopaedic surgery, and free dis- 

 cussion of orthopaedic methods and teaching 

 among members. 



Membership : Senior members, those who have 

 reached the age of sixty-five ; Active, Diplomates 

 of American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 

 and those who have made outstanding contribu- 

 tions to this specialty; Associate, those who 

 have successfully passed Part I of the American 

 Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and who have 

 completed their formal orthopaedic training. 

 Total membership 178. 



Meetings: Annual. 



927. Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodontists. 



President: Kyrle W. Preis, 700 Cathedral 

 Street, Baltimore 1, Md. Term expires Octo- 

 ber 11, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer: Charles 

 S. Jones, Mayfair Apartments, Albany and 

 Atlantic Avenues, Atlantic City, N. J. Term 

 expires October 11, 1960. 



History: Organized and incorporated 1951. 

 Sections : Delaware, District of Columbia, 

 Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania (east of 

 the Alleghenies). 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 orthodontics, encourage and sponsor research, 

 strive for higher standards in education and 

 practice, and contribute to dental health service. 



Membership: Requires five years' exclusive 

 practice of orthodontics, successfully completed 

 orthodontic courses of 1,500 or more hours, and 

 membership in local. State, and national dental 

 organizations. Active members, 150 ; Associate ; 

 Affiliated; Honorary; Retired. Total member- 

 ship 150. 



Meetings: Annual. 



