Biography of Richard W. Spelzhaus, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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A man of wide knowledge and practical experience in the age-old profession of
chiropractic, Dr. Richard W. Spelzhaus of Forrest City, has built up a
substantial clientele of patients. A resident of Forrest City for eight years,
Dr. Spelzhaus was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Herbert G. and the late
Mrs. Helen (Fairchild) Spelzhaus. After graduation from the Western Hills High
School in Cincinnati, he attended Ohio State University and the received a
Doctor of Chiropractic Degree from Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport,
Iowa in 1942. On Oct. 20, 1942, he entered World War II as a private in the U.
S. Army Air Corps, and after three years and four months of service on Feb. 19,
1946, he was placed on inactive status as a Commissioned First Lieutenant in the
Air Force Reserve. On July 3, 1946, he married Miss Hilda D. Mendoza, daughter
of Palemon and Josephine Mendoza of San Antonio, Texas. The moved to Forrest
City in November of that year and have been residents her since. Dr. SPELZHAUS
belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, King-Beazley American Legion Post, and a
member of the Directors of Arkansas Chiropractic Association. Former member of
the Rotary Club, and they are members of the St. Francis Catholic Church.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas