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Dr. Yood (l.) and Gerri Augurs were inducted into the PHS Hall of Fame in 2016 by Martin Cox. |
Plainfield's beloved Olddoc -- aka Harold Yood, MD -- celebrated a birthday on Saturday.
When I called to wish him "Happy Birthday", he was just hanging up from a birthday call from a former patient now living in Florida.
He told me a funny story (which I cannot share here) of making a house call to the family in 1948 while on the way to the theater in New York City.
I said no one today would even know what a "house call" was, to which he laughed and agreed.
Dr. Yood grew up in the house at 4th and Grant where his father practiced for many years and the family lived.
He practiced his whole life in Plainfield and eventually became the chief of medicine at Muhlenberg Hospital.
I have always respected his take on Plainfield politics -- even in the worst of times, he has always been hopeful about the Queen City's future. You can check out his Olddoc blog here.
A lifelong Republican, he changed his party registration to Democrat a number of years ago in order to have some say in this heavily Democratic town.
He is a Plainfielder through and through and I hope you will join me in wishing him a happy birthday!
Oh yes, the number? -- 99.
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