FAREWELL SOCIAL TO DR STEPHENSON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17658, 23 June 1919, Page 8

FAREWELL SOCIAL TO DR STEPHENSON.

Dr R. B. Stuphonson, who baa practised as a physician ior many years in Duuedin, and who is leaving next month for Sydney, where- Jn; intends Lo follow tho practice of liiM profession, was entertained by members ot tho Hoiiiiuoputhic Association and personul friends in tho Savoy 'iea-iooias on Saturday afternoon. Mr \V. L. Logie, who presided, said tliat tho doctor was leaving Duuedin to tako up liis alxxlo in Sydney, wliere he woidd practise as a homcoopathist. i'hoy were very sorry tiuU they were going to JO3O him; doubly Sorry, us iiie departure leit them without a horiKcopatliic medical practitioner. Tho dootor had endoarod himself to them all, and they felt his leaving thorn. It had been felt that ho could not bo allowed to take his denarture without 901110 practical proof of their appreciation and regret. Somo time was than, devoted to conversation and music, those (riving musical items boinir Mrs IT. Marshall, Miss K M Logic, Miss James, and Miss Marshall. .Later Dr Stophenson was presented with a gold watch., and Mrs Stephenson with a diamond brooch. Mr Logio (president of the Homoeopathic Association), in presenting the watch to the doctor, .said that gofitleinan had not practised his profession for eight hours a day. H o was not a trade unionist. lhroughout his self-denying efforts in UlO city ho had shown that his heart was in Ms profession in tho highest sense. Tho doctor aid not want anything to look at to remind him of them, but they wanted the doctor to take with him something tangible to show/ mi tlmt they thought something of him. rho watch was inscribed with tho doctor's initials, and bore the inscription: "From 01 ?a M?". ncdin llomooo Pathic Association. Dr Robinson made the presentation to Mrs Stophonson, and in doing so referred, to the many ways in which Dr Stophenson had shown practical sympathy to patients in Dunedm. This, tho speaker maintained, had bean of great help in the direction of recovery. Afternoon tea was dispensed, after which 1 j bte P llGnson suitably and feelingly acknowledged the presents and the entertainment ho and Mrs Stophenson had received.