A. W. Canfil, Roby Chiropractor, Dies; Rites Scheduled Tuesday
Roby, April 6 - Dr. Arthur Ward Canfil, 66, Roby chiropractor and landowner, died at his home here at 6 p.m. Sunday. He had been ill since October.
He had been a resident of Roby since 1946, moving here from Sweetwater to look after his extensive land holdings in Fisher and northern Nolan counties.
Funeral services are to be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Roby Methodist Church (of which he was a member), with the pastor, the Rev. Roy Patterson, officiating.
Burial will be in Roby Cemetery under direction of the Sid Wells Funeral Home of Roscoe.
Dr. Canfil, a native of Haddam, Kans., where he was born on Nov. 1, 1886, moved to Sweetwater in 1912 after he had purchased the old Groghan Wells Sanitarium. It had been established earlier as a mineral water and mineral bath institution. He operated it until 1946 when he sold out and moved here.
He was a graduate of Teachers State Normal College in Topeka, Kans. and taught five years in Kansas schools. Later, he graduated from Texas Chiropractic College in San Antonio, and took post-graduate work in the National Chiropractic College in Chicago.
In 1909, he was married to Eula Bell Boone, who died in 1933. He was married in 1938 to Trynthania Key of Rotan. She survives.
Other survivors include three sons, Charles of Port Arthur, Weldon of Cleveland, Ohio, and David of Roby; one nephew, Arthur J. Canfil of San Diego, Calif.
Pallbearers are to be J. H. Tubb, E. C. Brand, Dr. C. H. Elliott and Dr. Lyle H. Leslie, all of Sweetwater; Charles McClintic of Midland; Earl Kiker of Rotan; Dr. Robert English of Snyder; and Dr. W. S. Deel of Levelland.
From The Abilene Reporter April 6, 1953
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Arthur Ward Canfil was born on November 1, 1886, in Haddam, Kansas, to Charles and Sarrah Canfil. He was a graduate of Teachers State Normal College in Topeka, Kansas. He later graduated from Texas Chiropractic College in San Antonio and did post- graduate work at the National Chiropractic College in Chicago.
In 1912, Dr. Canfil and his wife Eula Belle moved to Sweetwater, Texas, where he purchased the Grogan Wells Hotel. Under Dr. Canfil's adminstration, Grogan Wells grew from one main building and practitioner's residence into a suburb of 9 cottages, a large dining hall, and a greatly improved main building. The "GROGAN SANITARIUM" consisted of 8 private bathrooms and numerous showers, which offered Turkish vapor, a super heated air bath that was the most desired. Dr. Canfil and his medical staff were able to treat more than 100 patients daily, and the sanitarium could care for (room and board) more than 50.
Another great feature of the sanitarium was the offer of a "free auto", which was used for delivering patrons. The "free auto" had a competent and careful driver, who was always on the job.
On May 4, 1917, Dr. Canfil suffered a great loss when his main building, which consisted of the treating rooms, bathrooms, bedrooms, lobby, consultation room, and office was destroyed by fire. The building was insured, but it was nowhere near enough to cover the loss.
According to the Texas Trade Review and Industrial records of 1917, Dr. Canfil was to move and remodel a 30-room sanitarium that was owned by Dr. Andrew Hefner.
After 34 years at the Grogan Wells Sanitarium, Dr. Canfil sold his business and moved to Roby, Texas, where he could look after his extensive land holdings in Fisher County and northern Nolan County. He lived in Roby until his death on April 5, 1953.
The article below is from the Abilene Reporter News, dated April 16, 1945. It stated that Dr. Rupert Cavanagh of Detroit, bought the nine-acre tract known as the "Mineral Wells Sanitarium" in Sweetwater, Texas.
Above information courtesy of Stephanie McElroy via the "I Grew Up in Sweetwater, Texas" Facebook group.
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Note: The Groghan Sanitarium was located where the current Middle School sits on Lamar Street in Sweetwater. A street running directly east of this school has been named "Canfil St.", presumably in honor of Dr. Canfil.
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Roby, April 6 - Dr. Arthur Ward Canfil, 66, Roby chiropractor and landowner, died at his home here at 6 p.m. Sunday. He had been ill since October.
He had been a resident of Roby since 1946, moving here from Sweetwater to look after his extensive land holdings in Fisher and northern Nolan counties.
Funeral services are to be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Roby Methodist Church (of which he was a member), with the pastor, the Rev. Roy Patterson, officiating.
Burial will be in Roby Cemetery under direction of the Sid Wells Funeral Home of Roscoe.
Dr. Canfil, a native of Haddam, Kans., where he was born on Nov. 1, 1886, moved to Sweetwater in 1912 after he had purchased the old Groghan Wells Sanitarium. It had been established earlier as a mineral water and mineral bath institution. He operated it until 1946 when he sold out and moved here.
He was a graduate of Teachers State Normal College in Topeka, Kans. and taught five years in Kansas schools. Later, he graduated from Texas Chiropractic College in San Antonio, and took post-graduate work in the National Chiropractic College in Chicago.
In 1909, he was married to Eula Bell Boone, who died in 1933. He was married in 1938 to Trynthania Key of Rotan. She survives.
Other survivors include three sons, Charles of Port Arthur, Weldon of Cleveland, Ohio, and David of Roby; one nephew, Arthur J. Canfil of San Diego, Calif.
Pallbearers are to be J. H. Tubb, E. C. Brand, Dr. C. H. Elliott and Dr. Lyle H. Leslie, all of Sweetwater; Charles McClintic of Midland; Earl Kiker of Rotan; Dr. Robert English of Snyder; and Dr. W. S. Deel of Levelland.
From The Abilene Reporter April 6, 1953
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Arthur Ward Canfil was born on November 1, 1886, in Haddam, Kansas, to Charles and Sarrah Canfil. He was a graduate of Teachers State Normal College in Topeka, Kansas. He later graduated from Texas Chiropractic College in San Antonio and did post- graduate work at the National Chiropractic College in Chicago.
In 1912, Dr. Canfil and his wife Eula Belle moved to Sweetwater, Texas, where he purchased the Grogan Wells Hotel. Under Dr. Canfil's adminstration, Grogan Wells grew from one main building and practitioner's residence into a suburb of 9 cottages, a large dining hall, and a greatly improved main building. The "GROGAN SANITARIUM" consisted of 8 private bathrooms and numerous showers, which offered Turkish vapor, a super heated air bath that was the most desired. Dr. Canfil and his medical staff were able to treat more than 100 patients daily, and the sanitarium could care for (room and board) more than 50.
Another great feature of the sanitarium was the offer of a "free auto", which was used for delivering patrons. The "free auto" had a competent and careful driver, who was always on the job.
On May 4, 1917, Dr. Canfil suffered a great loss when his main building, which consisted of the treating rooms, bathrooms, bedrooms, lobby, consultation room, and office was destroyed by fire. The building was insured, but it was nowhere near enough to cover the loss.
According to the Texas Trade Review and Industrial records of 1917, Dr. Canfil was to move and remodel a 30-room sanitarium that was owned by Dr. Andrew Hefner.
After 34 years at the Grogan Wells Sanitarium, Dr. Canfil sold his business and moved to Roby, Texas, where he could look after his extensive land holdings in Fisher County and northern Nolan County. He lived in Roby until his death on April 5, 1953.
The article below is from the Abilene Reporter News, dated April 16, 1945. It stated that Dr. Rupert Cavanagh of Detroit, bought the nine-acre tract known as the "Mineral Wells Sanitarium" in Sweetwater, Texas.
Above information courtesy of Stephanie McElroy via the "I Grew Up in Sweetwater, Texas" Facebook group.
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Note: The Groghan Sanitarium was located where the current Middle School sits on Lamar Street in Sweetwater. A street running directly east of this school has been named "Canfil St.", presumably in honor of Dr. Canfil.
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A. W. Canfil, Roby Chiropractor, Dies; Rites Scheduled Tuesday
Roby, April 6 - Dr. Arthur Ward Canfil, 66, Roby chiropractor and landowner, died at his home here at 6 p.m. Sunday. He had been ill since October.
He had been a resident of Roby since 1946, moving here from Sweetwater to look after his extensive land holdings in Fisher and northern Nolan counties.
Funeral services are to be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Roby Methodist Church (of which he was a member), with the pastor, the Rev. Roy Patterson, officiating.
Burial will be in Roby Cemetery under direction of the Sid Wells Funeral Home of Roscoe.
Dr. Canfil, a native of Haddam, Kans., where he was born on Nov. 1, 1886, moved to Sweetwater in 1912 after he had purchased the old Groghan Wells Sanitarium. It had been established earlier as a mineral water and mineral bath institution. He operated it until 1946 when he sold out and moved here.
He was a graduate of Teachers State Normal College in Topeka, Kans. and taught five years in Kansas schools. Later, he graduated from Texas Chiropractic College in San Antonio, and took post-graduate work in the National Chiropractic College in Chicago.
In 1909, he was married to Eula Bell Boone, who died in 1933. He was married in 1938 to Trynthania Key of Rotan. She survives.
Other survivors include three sons, Charles of Port Arthur, Weldon of Cleveland, Ohio, and David of Roby; one nephew, Arthur J. Canfil of San Diego, Calif.
Pallbearers are to be J. H. Tubb, E. C. Brand, Dr. C. H. Elliott and Dr. Lyle H. Leslie, all of Sweetwater; Charles McClintic of Midland; Earl Kiker of Rotan; Dr. Robert English of Snyder; and Dr. W. S. Deel of Levelland.
From The Abilene Reporter April 6, 1953
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Arthur Ward Canfil was born on November 1, 1886, in Haddam, Kansas, to Charles and Sarrah Canfil. He was a graduate of Teachers State Normal College in Topeka, Kansas. He later graduated from Texas Chiropractic College in San Antonio and did post- graduate work at the National Chiropractic College in Chicago.
In 1912, Dr. Canfil and his wife Eula Belle moved to Sweetwater, Texas, where he purchased the Grogan Wells Hotel. Under Dr. Canfil's adminstration, Grogan Wells grew from one main building and practitioner's residence into a suburb of 9 cottages, a large dining hall, and a greatly improved main building. The "GROGAN SANITARIUM" consisted of 8 private bathrooms and numerous showers, which offered Turkish vapor, a super heated air bath that was the most desired. Dr. Canfil and his medical staff were able to treat more than 100 patients daily, and the sanitarium could care for (room and board) more than 50.
Another great feature of the sanitarium was the offer of a "free auto", which was used for delivering patrons. The "free auto" had a competent and careful driver, who was always on the job.
On May 4, 1917, Dr. Canfil suffered a great loss when his main building, which consisted of the treating rooms, bathrooms, bedrooms, lobby, consultation room, and office was destroyed by fire. The building was insured, but it was nowhere near enough to cover the loss.
According to the Texas Trade Review and Industrial records of 1917, Dr. Canfil was to move and remodel a 30-room sanitarium that was owned by Dr. Andrew Hefner.
After 34 years at the Grogan Wells Sanitarium, Dr. Canfil sold his business and moved to Roby, Texas, where he could look after his extensive land holdings in Fisher County and northern Nolan County. He lived in Roby until his death on April 5, 1953.
The article below is from the Abilene Reporter News, dated April 16, 1945. It stated that Dr. Rupert Cavanagh of Detroit, bought the nine-acre tract known as the "Mineral Wells Sanitarium" in Sweetwater, Texas.
Above information courtesy of Stephanie McElroy via the "I Grew Up in Sweetwater, Texas" Facebook group.
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Note: The Groghan Sanitarium was located where the current Middle School sits on Lamar Street in Sweetwater. A street running directly east of this school has been named "Canfil St.", presumably in honor of Dr. Canfil.
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Roby, April 6 - Dr. Arthur Ward Canfil, 66, Roby chiropractor and landowner, died at his home here at 6 p.m. Sunday. He had been ill since October.
He had been a resident of Roby since 1946, moving here from Sweetwater to look after his extensive land holdings in Fisher and northern Nolan counties.
Funeral services are to be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Roby Methodist Church (of which he was a member), with the pastor, the Rev. Roy Patterson, officiating.
Burial will be in Roby Cemetery under direction of the Sid Wells Funeral Home of Roscoe.
Dr. Canfil, a native of Haddam, Kans., where he was born on Nov. 1, 1886, moved to Sweetwater in 1912 after he had purchased the old Groghan Wells Sanitarium. It had been established earlier as a mineral water and mineral bath institution. He operated it until 1946 when he sold out and moved here.
He was a graduate of Teachers State Normal College in Topeka, Kans. and taught five years in Kansas schools. Later, he graduated from Texas Chiropractic College in San Antonio, and took post-graduate work in the National Chiropractic College in Chicago.
In 1909, he was married to Eula Bell Boone, who died in 1933. He was married in 1938 to Trynthania Key of Rotan. She survives.
Other survivors include three sons, Charles of Port Arthur, Weldon of Cleveland, Ohio, and David of Roby; one nephew, Arthur J. Canfil of San Diego, Calif.
Pallbearers are to be J. H. Tubb, E. C. Brand, Dr. C. H. Elliott and Dr. Lyle H. Leslie, all of Sweetwater; Charles McClintic of Midland; Earl Kiker of Rotan; Dr. Robert English of Snyder; and Dr. W. S. Deel of Levelland.
From The Abilene Reporter April 6, 1953
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Arthur Ward Canfil was born on November 1, 1886, in Haddam, Kansas, to Charles and Sarrah Canfil. He was a graduate of Teachers State Normal College in Topeka, Kansas. He later graduated from Texas Chiropractic College in San Antonio and did post- graduate work at the National Chiropractic College in Chicago.
In 1912, Dr. Canfil and his wife Eula Belle moved to Sweetwater, Texas, where he purchased the Grogan Wells Hotel. Under Dr. Canfil's adminstration, Grogan Wells grew from one main building and practitioner's residence into a suburb of 9 cottages, a large dining hall, and a greatly improved main building. The "GROGAN SANITARIUM" consisted of 8 private bathrooms and numerous showers, which offered Turkish vapor, a super heated air bath that was the most desired. Dr. Canfil and his medical staff were able to treat more than 100 patients daily, and the sanitarium could care for (room and board) more than 50.
Another great feature of the sanitarium was the offer of a "free auto", which was used for delivering patrons. The "free auto" had a competent and careful driver, who was always on the job.
On May 4, 1917, Dr. Canfil suffered a great loss when his main building, which consisted of the treating rooms, bathrooms, bedrooms, lobby, consultation room, and office was destroyed by fire. The building was insured, but it was nowhere near enough to cover the loss.
According to the Texas Trade Review and Industrial records of 1917, Dr. Canfil was to move and remodel a 30-room sanitarium that was owned by Dr. Andrew Hefner.
After 34 years at the Grogan Wells Sanitarium, Dr. Canfil sold his business and moved to Roby, Texas, where he could look after his extensive land holdings in Fisher County and northern Nolan County. He lived in Roby until his death on April 5, 1953.
The article below is from the Abilene Reporter News, dated April 16, 1945. It stated that Dr. Rupert Cavanagh of Detroit, bought the nine-acre tract known as the "Mineral Wells Sanitarium" in Sweetwater, Texas.
Above information courtesy of Stephanie McElroy via the "I Grew Up in Sweetwater, Texas" Facebook group.
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Note: The Groghan Sanitarium was located where the current Middle School sits on Lamar Street in Sweetwater. A street running directly east of this school has been named "Canfil St.", presumably in honor of Dr. Canfil.
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