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Greene County To Honor Horse, Buggy DoctorB\ HOWARD STKVKNS service. Hp was the finest ex_ !ample of what pcoplp Mt for*Tribune Mute M.lnr mmy v(1()rj. ^ , fami| ri, ctorBI/X)MFIKLD. Ind. (Special be.” Mrs Hudson ■ •- ■ sv- In the old days. Hr. FI, R A graduate of the University,Turner made house call- using a of Louisville School of Medicine horse and buggv But, he did go Dr. Turner practiced for a short around, delivering by his own time in Glencoe. Ky„ nefore| estimate, more than 6.001) ba moving to Owensburg. After a! bies brief stay in Kentucky, he movAfter 5.1 years of general ^ tn Bloomfield where he prac-j practice, Dr. Turner retired this 1 t.icrd until his retirement, month and he will be honored bv! Planning the salute to Turner the community with a Rloom is a committee composed of Dr., field Lions Club snonsored pn Edwin B. Bailey, Maurice Haaggram Jan. 18. A reception will land Mrs. Cora Jean B wman.-follow for trie promote?-? Greens Linton; William D. M 1 e s , County farrilv physician whose Robert Heaton. Stanley Fiscus. retirement came three week Gone Hull. Robert D. Slinkard. after hi* 81rd birthday Mrs. Dale Workman and Mrs.“I just ran t get around like T Donald W. Dean, all of Rloomused to It 1- a* Simple as that. ' fipIri Thp *roP »lso planning| to establish an appreciation fund^ to present a gift in the name ofOver the rears, anvone who „ ,r, 1 Dr. Turner to the new Greene**£~ ’ mJ .Countv General Hnnpit.1.Jf Turner could ge ,n hit pa wh , d ^ n|an ln rt(,Went Towns people say thej^ hi, retirement’jsfeeafHer was never too bad orShe hour loo late for Turner to I haven t made up m\ me I SCtee a nalient I11 1 lisped we will do somet? ... .. . ... , traveling. Besides. I'm a terriSometimes the roads dtdn I w flshorman anrt , wa5 nPvertjcooperate. but most of the time h nf a ,.„ckin8 chair Mlow ... 3 got through. If things get hp cond„dps jSivorsc. we rrav find ourselves £f)ack with the horse and buggv.M)r. Turner laugb-v -- Pel ' PV ^;3Turper s dedication to serving1 J 3®ts pa tiert Us. One. Mrs•efilargaret Hudson, puts it this F •Svay:9mS' Though his practice providcrl jBum with the physical comforts c ‘*bf life, money was obviously no* A* She No. 1 motivation in Dr. Tur •3ier'» make up No one would “ .‘•have punished himself the wav *^te did in taking care of his d jjVnanv patients if the only fulfill P tjfnent was financial gam,” she K P^avs. js*“No one in need of medical at b Mention failed to receive it from jgbr. Turner because of inability £*io pa.v. Jn addition, thousands ofic *$olIars in fees for services went,^ ; Ain collected through the vears. ^ :^»ut th*- didn't keep him from c •finirwstering to those who neededif, him.” Mrs Hudson remembers J }*; Tumpr and his family were ^ -*fiot without personal tragedy. ^ : After WW IT. Turner and hisjj .-son. Dr J. J. Turner, practiced p ■medicine side-by side. But this; relationship was shattered ini -Oct.. 1968 with the death of theic Voung physician.“It would be difficult to! •Jp timatc just how great was I)r. ..Turner's contribution to tlicBrea during his many vears of 1I
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Terre Haute Tribune
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 10, 1974
Page 20
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