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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



county medical society, limiting their practice 

 to pediatrics ; Affiliate, 20, meet the same re- 

 quirements with the exception of practice in 

 pediatrics ; Honorary 4. Total membership 163. 

 Meetings: Bimonthly, September through 

 May. 



1250. Plant Propagators Society. President: 

 Harvey Templeton, Jr., Winchester, Term. 

 Term expires December 1960. Executive Sec- 

 retary: K. W. Reisch, Ohio State University, 

 Columbus 10, Ohio. Term expires December 

 1960. 



History: Organized November 1951. 



Purpose: To stimulate interest in the growing 

 of finer plant material and to disseminate knowl- 

 edge of how such material may best be propa- 

 gated. 



Membership: Commercial members, at least 

 five years' actual experience as plant propa- 

 gators, and a declaration of desire to share 

 knowledge with others ; Non-commercial, scien- 

 tists, governmental employees, university pro- 

 fessors ; Junior. Total membership 375. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, $5. 



1251. Polk County Medical Society. 721 

 Bankers Trust Building, Des Moines 9, Iowa. 

 President: Ralph A. Dorner, 710 Equitable 

 Building, Des Moines 9, Iowa. Term expires 

 January 1961. Executive Secretary: Edwin 

 M. Kingery. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1852; incorporated 1884; 

 name changed to Des Moines Academy of 

 Medicine and Polk County Medical Society, 

 April 29, 1930; changed later to original title. 



Purpose: To promote unity and harmony in 

 every phase of medicine, and to encourage and 

 make effective the opinions of the profession in 

 scientific, legislative, public health, and social 

 affairs. 



Membership: Active, 252, resident of Polk 

 County and licensed in Iowa, with more than 

 three years practice ; Junior Active, 40, not 

 more than three years in practice ; Life, 35 ; 

 Non-resident, 19; Associate, 17; Intern, 22. 

 Total membership 385. 



Meetings: Monthly except summer. 



Publications: The Bulletin, monthly, current 

 volume: 31, free. Managing Editor: Edwin M. 

 Kingery. 



1252. Population Association of America, Inc. 



President: C. Horace Hamilton, Department 

 of Rural Sociology, North Carolina State 

 College, Raleigh, N. C. Term expires May 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Kurt B. Mayer, 



Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 

 Brown University, Providence, R. I, Term 

 expires May 1961. 



History: Organized April 22, 1932. 



Purpose: To promote progress of the human 

 race by research concerning problems of popu- 

 lation in both qualitative and quantitative 

 aspects. 



Membership: Open to persons who evidence 

 interest in advancing the objectives of this 

 Association. Regular and student members. 

 Total membership 512. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Population Index, quarterly, 

 current volume : 26, $5, free to members. Editor : 

 Dorothy Good. 



1253. Portland Surgical Society. 1312 Portland 

 Medical Center, Portland, Oreg. President: 

 Martin A. Howard, 504 Medical Arts Build- 

 ing, Portland, Oreg. Term expires June 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : Harvey W. Baker. 

 Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized 1947; incorporated. 



Purpose: To advance the science of surgery; 

 to promote and maintain the ethical standards 

 of its members. 



Membership: Active, limited to 50, general 

 surgeons in Portland certified by the American 

 Board of Surgery or with equally acceptable 

 qualifications ; Associate, qualified members of 

 surgical specialty groups in Portland or quali- 

 fied general surgeons residing outside the 

 Portland metropolitan area ; Senior, active and 

 associate members over fifty-five or over fifteen 

 years membership. Total membership 111. 



Meetings: Monthly; two-day annual meeting 

 each May. 



Professional activities: Annual Residents' 

 Night, papers by surgical residents in Portland 

 sponsored by the Society. 



1254. Potato Association of America. New 



Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New 

 Brunswick, N. J. President: Orrin C. 

 Turnquist. Term expires August 1961. Sec- 

 retary: Richard L. Sawyer, Long Island 

 Vegetable Research Farm, Riverhead, Long 

 Island, N. Y. Term expires August 1961. 



History: Organized in 1912 as the National 

 Potato Association ; name changed to present 

 title 1915. 



Purpose: To publish original research data 

 on all phases of research with Irish potatoes, and 

 to promote legislation on various phases of the 

 industry. 



Membership : Open to any person or organiza- 

 tion interested in any phase of the potato 



