Local history: What in the world is a Witan?
Witan members Marjorie Schmidt (left) and Marjorie Savely volunteer in the pharmacy at Akron City Hospital in 1955. The nonprofit service organization is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. (Beacon Journal file photo)
Witan volunteer Naomi Sweitzer holds a book and caresses a tiny foot while reading to Akrons Children Hospital patient Gary Spuller, 2, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spuller, in 1955. (Beacon Journal file photo)