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IIr was elrctetl \-ire>-prrsitlcnt of the American Association of Orthodontists in 1957.

1)~. Stcvrnsoll hat1 an inquisiti\e and inventive turn of mind, and he helped tle\clop certain areas of removable appliance therapy as well as the more con- \.c>ntionnl fixecl appliance in orthodontics. He was one of the first, if not the first, i o use iI sl)ot-\\-el(ler in fabricating appliances, of both precious and base metals.

1)~. Stevenson caan certainly bc honored as a pioneer in orthodontics in the Southwest, since at the time he opened his practice in 1921, he was the only ortllotlontist between Kansas City ant1 Tdos Angeles and between Dallas and l)en\~. ITc was ;I c*ontinnous stuclcnt throughout his active career, having :Ittendetl all nleetings of the American Association of Orthodontists and the Southwestern Society of Orthodontists, with the exception of missing one meeting with each society.

Dr. Stevenson is sur\,i\-ed by his wife and lifetime partner, Carrie, and his son, Bill, .Jr. His son is an orthodontist and is carrying on in the best tradition of his father.

Harry H. Sorrels, D.D.S.

Eldie Scovel Weyer (18994972)

Eldie S. Weyer died on Nov. 14, 1972, in the Deaconness Hospital in Billings, Montana. He had been in ill health for about a year, but his death was rather sudden.

Dr. Weyer was born on Sept. 16, 1899, in Detroit, where he attended public schools. He graduated from the Detroit Institute of Technology, earned degrees in analytical chemistry in 1920 and pharmacy in 1921, and graduated from the Chicago College of Dental Surgery in 1929. He was a member of the Trowel Dental and Omicron Kappa Upsilon fraternities.

He began his practice in general dentistry in 1929 and in 1933 was the first to specialize in orthodontics in Montana. He had been active in civic, fraternal, and cultural organizations. He retired in 1968.

He was president of the Billings Lion Club in 1938, master of the Billings Masonic Lodge 113 in 1939, and president of the local Audubon Society in 1956. He was a member of the First Congregational Church and belonged to the Scottish Rite and Al Bedoo Shrine. Hc was a member of the American Dental Association, a Fellow in the American College of Dentists, and a member of the Charles H. Tweed Foundation.

All of us who knew Dr. Weyer will remember him as a kind, considerate, and thoughtful person. He was a humble man, a good student, and a skilled orthodontist.

Funeral services were held November 17 at the Congregational Church in Billings. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Robert T. Pantzer, Jr., of Oakland, California, and a son, David E. Weper, of Thousand Oaks, California.

Mervin R. Fry