from grandmother West's scrapbook Barry West Doctor and Nurse race through blizzard to win from stork A physician and registered nurse raced the stork in Monday night's blizzard and won. They beat the old bird despite the fact that they had to travel roads that were thought to be impassable until the emergency arose. Monday evening Moss Callaway, who lives a mile north of Mahaska school house, called Dr. D. G. Reid, asking him to come to his home as quickly as possible. Dr. Reid, accompanied by Miss Velma Baker, R. N., drove to McDougal's corner, seven miles north of town, leaving their car at Ric Kemp's place. Robert Frame, Mrs. Callaway's father, driving a team hitched to a sled, met them at the corner and took them to Eldon Landes' place where they changed sleds, getting one with a box on it to offer them better protection against driving snow and bitter cold winds. Finally they reached the Robert Frame place where Mr. and Mrs. Callaway live. It took them more than two hours to travel the four miles in the sleds. Br midnight Mr. and Mrs. Callaway could announce the birth of a seven and a half pound daughter, infant and mother getting along as well as could be expected. The doctor and nurse started back to Bethany. Snow had been falling all evening with strong winds piling it into drifts. Mr. Frame's young team had rested but after fighting their way through neck deep snow drifts as far as the Landes place were unable to go farther. The party sopped at Landes' where they had borrowed blankets on the way to Callaway's. Hot coffee and a roaring fire in the heating stove thawed them out. At three o'clock Dr. reid and Miss Baker left Landes' cutting across fields and over fences to reach their car at the Kemp place. After getting the car started and bucking snow drifts back to town, they reached the hospital at four o'clock. Dr. reid said that they encountered drifts eight feet deep; that if it hadn't been for Callaway's young team of horses, and the Landes' kindness they would never have reached the farm home in time for important event. Harrison County Times.