JAMES M. GULICK purchased the medical practice of Dr. F. H. Henderson on August 7, 1917 and lived in the residence at First and Central Streets.

J. M. HICKMAN, M. D., came here from Westville, Illinois, but after some months returned to that city. He purchased the practice of Dr. Gulick.

FRANK D. McNERTNEY, a graduate of the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery, was an intern in Washington Park and Central Hospitals in Chicago, and house surgeon for the Samaritan Hospital in Detroit. Serving in the Medical Corps in World War I, he came to El Paso following his discharge in April, 1919. He now practices in Bloomington.

C. CARROLL JONES, a native of southeastern Maine, graduated from Loyola University and was an intern in West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park. He was a staff physician in the Michigan State Hospital in Kalamazoo for two years. He practiced in El Paso from 1920 to 1928. After a post graduate course at Harvard, he specialized in pediatrics in Bloomington. He is now retired and lives in Del Mar, California.

S. C. DRISCOLL, D. C., opened his chiropractic office in El Paso in the summer of 1924, the first of that school to locate here. At the close of 1926 he removed his office and residence to Eureka.

C. E. CRYER, D. O. is a graduate of Morris High School and the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery. He purchased the practice of Dr. Alfred Clark in September, 1926, and has practiced here continuously since that date. His home is in Elmwood Court, and his offices are at 39 East Front.

JULIAN KRAKOWSKI purchased the medical practice of Dr. F. D. McNertney and was located here for about two years in the late 1940's.

MELVIN J. GLICK, M. D., came from Roanoke in 1946 and moved to Eureka in 1948.

ROBERT P. LYKKEBAK, M. D., graduated from the Medical College of the University of Illinois in 1942 and interned in the Cook County Hospital. He served three years in the Army Medical Corps in World War II, and following his service opened an office in Chatsworth. He moved to El Paso May 23, 1947 and has practiced here since that date. He lives at 495 West Third Street and has offices at 399 West Front Street.

DARWIN H. POPE, D. C. and ISABELLA POPE, D. C., husband and wife, are graduates of the Palmer School of Chiropractic. They opened their office in El Paso August 18, 1947 and have practiced continuously since that date. They now have their home and offices at 352 East Third Street.

CLETUS T. KEARNEY, M. D., a native of this area, graduated from the University of Illinois Medical School in 1933. His internship was served in San Francisco, California, where he was a prison physician at Alcatraz Island. He opened his office in Gridley in 1936, spending the years 1942-1946 in the Army Medical Corps during World War II. He opened his El Paso office in December, 1948, now located at 3 North Grant Street. He has a country home on Route 51.

DOCTORS OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

J. W. PARKINSON, had an office in the Eagle Block prior to the July 19, 1894 fire, practicing as a veterinary.

W. D. CARVER had veterinary offices here for many years, from around 1895 to 1949.

S. J. MOFFETT, a graduate of McGill Veterinary College, Montreal, Canada, was a veterinarian in El Paso from 1901 until about 1910.

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