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6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 4,1971
Hospital-Related Health Center Will Open in Quarryviße Oct 1
A site has been selected in
Quarryville and renovations
started toward an October 1
opening of a new health facility
for Southern Lancaster County.
Under the direct supervision
of the Lancaster General Hos
pital, the new clinic will be
located at 1 E Fourth St,
Quarryville, until recently the
parsonage of the nearby United
Church of Christ
Renovations of the large two
story brick structure were slated
to begin this week
The actual medical care will
be dispensed by five young
physicians under the direction of
Dr Henry Wentz
The five physicians he will
direct are Dr John A Wolge
muth, Dr R Clair Weaver, Dr
Rogers D McLane, Dr J Ken
neth BrUbaker, and Dr John W
Breneman All five have com
pleted their required training as
medical doctors and are qualified
to set up practice anywhere as
physicians, Dr Wentz emphasiz
ed this week
But the five are participating
in a special Lancaster General
Hospital three year program for
family doctors under the du ac
tion of Dr Wentz and Dr Nikitas
J Zervanos The five have just
completed the first year They
will spend the remaining two
years, if they so choose, receiv
ing further training at the hos
pital and practicing at the new
Quarryville clinic
When they begin at the clinic
October 1, at least one of them
will be on duty from 2pm until
10 a m weekdays, with someone
theie on call on weekends
Regular medical seivice now
available in the Quarryville area
will continue This includes Dr
Robert Helm and Dr Charles
Bair, both M D’s, and Dr Paul
Herr, Osteopath, all practicing
in Quanyville x
The program is being em
phasized as a supplemental pro
gram to the health care now
available in the area Citizens
currently are conducting a fund
drive to help make the program
available
Two physicians serving the
Quarryville area have died with
in the past yeai or so, causing
what is considered to be an
acute shortage of doctors in the
area
In addition, Dr Bair, who is
regarded as one of the leading
proponents of the new plan, has
been ill this summer and has
announced that he is sharply
lit Progressive Parties Held
Some 111 progressive parties
by the Fulton Grange 66 for the
benefit of the Southern Lancas
ter County family health Cen
ter have brought in $1,581.58, it
was reported this week
George Brrnley, treasurer of
the health center fund, said to
tal proceeds from all sources
has reached $4,420.16.
Progressive parties held
through August 23 include: Mr.
and Mrs. J. Ernest Nissley, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Stokes, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Marlin Kreider, Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Gicker, Mr. and
Mrs Robert Clark, Mr. and Mrs.
Caleb M. Wenger, Mr. and Mrs.
Jerald Neff, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude F. Hart, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hershberger, Mr. and
Mrs Clayton E Kreider, Mr.
and Mrs Robert K. Hess, Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Keener, Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin V. Shenk, Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel W. Metzler, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert C. Best, Mr.
and Mrs. R. Edwin Harnish, Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel R Stokes, Mr.
and Mrs Frank Graver, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Badger, Mr. and
Mrs. Amos Wade, Mr. and Mrs.
Members of the committee which has been working to
improve medical care in Southern Lancaster County and
leading a fund drive to bring better Health Care to the area
are, left to right, front row: Mrs. Harold Stokes, Rawlinsville
Area Women’s Club; Mrs. Ernest Shaub, secretary, Lancas
ter County Farm Women Society; Mrs. Martin Greenleaf,
Coleram Literary Society and Union Presbyterian Church;
Mrs. Leroy Wenger, Community Action Program; second
row, Lester H. Warfel, Quarryville Rotary Club; Clifford
Holloway, Fulton Grange 66; John C. Hoffman, Quarryville
Lions Club; P.JHarold Freiberg, Tucquan Lions Club; back
cutting back on the volume of
service he will be able to give.
He said that he is no longer
handling maternity eases, has
cut out morning hours, and is
cutting down on outside calls.
Dr. Bair this week praised
the new clinic as an important
step in helping to meet the
medical needs of Southern Lan
caster County and said, “I thmk
it’s fortunate the medical
schools are finally beginning to
realize the importance of family
practice.”
He stated that while the new
program will directly meet
medical, needs, he thinks the
ong-term benefit will be in in
ducing some of the young men
Carroll Baker, Mrs. Evelyn V.
Burkins, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
Akers, Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ankrum, Mr. and Mrs. Allen R.
Kreider, Mr. and Mrs. -Charles
Kachel, Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Rush, Mr. and Mrs. William
Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Shirk,
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Groff, Mr.
and Mrs. George Reinhart, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert N. Graeff, Mr.
and Mrs. Elwood Ammerman,
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Boyce,
Mrs. Freeda Huber, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Stanley Stauffer, Mr.
and Mrs Richard Holloway, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Hohenwarter,
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Richardson,
Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Probst,
Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Blevins, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Townsend, Mr.
and Mrs. John T. Byers, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard B. Lefever, Mr.
and Mrs Leßoy Stumpf, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul M. Rineer, Mr.
and Mrs. Gail Campbell.
There were also two dona
tions to the fund amounting to
$4O, the one being in memory
of the late Mrs. W. Benjamin
Myers by her friends and neigh
bors.
who serve at the clinic to re
main in the Quarryville area full
time later
Dr Bair also said he believes
that while the Quarryville area
now has only three doctors, it
could use six, possibly seven
But Dr. Wentz pointed out this
week that, at least initially, he
expects the clinic to be able to
handle the equivalent of the load
of only about one doctor He
emphasized, however, that the
program is just getting started
and will be flexible, with pos
sibility of expansion in the
future
He pointed out, for instance,
that additional young doctors
will be entering the program next
year and in future years, with
the possibihty of retaining the
present five for another year
The actual health program
planned through the clinic in
volves rotating the five doctors,
each serving approximately one
full day a week at the clinic.
Dr. Wentz himself will also be a
resident physician practicing at
the clinic. He will work closely
with the five doctors, particular
ly during office hours.
In addition, the five will con
tinue to attend conferences and
receive additional training at
Lancaster General and will have
the facilities and staff of the
hospital available to assist them.
In explaining the importance
of the clinic to Lancaster Gen
eral Hospital, Dr. Wentz said it
will: simulate the private
physician’s office; educate and
train the resident physicians in
family medicine; alleviate some
of the area’s medical needs; en
courage physicians to practice in
rural areas; help innovate new
methods of health care delivery
and health care management.
Dr. Wentz pointed out that
the concept of modern medicine
is preventive medicine. “This
implies a complete medical
evaluation of disease to detect
it early and prevent disease
wherever possible.”
Each doctor will take care of
a specific number of families,
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row, Paul Gassert, Quarryville Chamber of Commerce; Dr.
Russell C. Eroh, secretary, Solanco Ministers Fellowship,
and Jesse Cutler, committee chairman. Committee mem
bers absent when the photo was taken at the new medical
center site Monday are: George Brinley, committee finance
chairman, Tucquan Lions Club; Rev. John R. Campion, So
lanco Ministerial Fellowship; Mrs. Everett Kreider, local
Farm Women Society; William Tucker Jr, Quarryville Junior
Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Harold Schaub, Holtwood
Women’s Association.
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Dr. Charles Bair, long-time Quarryville physician, this
week described the new Quarryville health center as a major
step forward in meeting the health needs of Southern Lancas
ter County.
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