The Lucknow Sentinel, 1956-05-09, Page 1144.U11TESDAY, MAX .9tb... 1666:
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KNOW LUagrO 1,, ONTARIO
STILL BAFFLED B\ doomed raise. These little ,
i white
mCe Took like
anh
y other white
• By LE.UKE IA, mice. They are healthy
• In a : small, clean room in..the are full of pep. Thefemales
basement of, the Allan, Memor-
ta1. Institute of Psychiatry. in
1Vlontreallives a .colony of 500
OBITUARY
•
' GEORGE WESLEY ALTON
Death carie` with shocking
'• •suddenness last. W e d n e s d a y
.morning to George Wesley ,Alton
at his; home' in . West W:a•wahosh,
George 'Was • in: his 642nd year and
had -spent al1. his: life , in, the Bel-.
fast danun�unity. , ,
He 'was a son of Mrs:Silbert
Alton of Liicknow. and :the ',late
lytlr, Alton and was iborn in ?West
Wawanash, sopth "• of Belfast, , Ail
:November 29t1; , '1914.
George, has • been in ailing
health from .a dieibetic condition
' that had also affected his eye-
sight, . but ' he. cheerfully :and
courageously. faced his 'affliction
and von the 'admiration .and re-
spectnof.'all. ..
• The esteem in which he..Was
held, and the sympathy that is
felt for the bereaved, was. ev1-
• denced by: the largely attended
funeral, and by' the hundreds
who •yisited.'the .McLennan •and
MacKenzie• funeral: chapel to
pay their last respects: °
It was there. that the• funeral
service was,`•held on .Saturday
afternodn,__.conducted by_,ReAr- 4
=� ll itIci sora •of 'Aslifma- ireuit;
' assisted. by a .former pastor,- Rev,
. -C. B. Woolley of Doblbinton.
Interment was in. Greenhill,:
Cemetery, -the pallbearers being,
Keith Blake, Albert •Taylor; Jer-1 t
ry Cranston; Cecil ' Johnston , c
' -Herb McQuillin- and Bert: Alton...
George was amermber .of' .lac-
: kett's United Church and /of
'Court Sherwood,, Canadian Order
of 'Foresters •
ly and, live
ly. They enjoy their food and
'ems es raise
Young and nurse them. But when
they reach the age of 6 months,
one by 'one they begin to show.'
signs of ill health'. They •Ibecorne
listless ,and thin, Their "'coats are
scr uffy, their eyes watery, Their
breathing becomes labored. and
within g a few • weeks they are
dead.Some of the 'hardier ones•I
survive ,to lbe 14 months of age
but hone 'five tto the • alloted �.
mouse lief a -span of approximate-
ly 2(0 months; 1,
These rnice, die of leukemia, the
most baffling of all :types.' of can- I`
•ser. `They are called AK;R mice_'_.
'and they have • been inbred for;
generation. after t generation ` ao
at now,; without ' exce
they all get leukemia. And
get it' without It being "ind
or caused by anyone. No k
chemical Or drug can save t
Dr. Bernard Grad, wo
with a grant provided by
Canadian . Cancer . Societ'
been studying these AKR- Mice
for a : nurmber of years: to find
out why ,they get, leukemia' and
die. 'But 'he 'still doesn't: know..:1
"It is fascinating to watch them"
Dr, Grad explains. "Whatever
is that:•causes leukeniaa.is in their]
little bodies from birth. But‘what
is it. How. does it act? If ' .
we can
44nd-`t e I
:�xn �:�,,e scan -do �
something to prevent it".
Dr. Grad . is ' greatly, •concerned
about this problem' :because his
investigation . into . leukemia stat-
istics shows that we` are losing
he battle against this form of; C
an-cer.' He points out that. dur-
ing . the' past. 50.' years, and es
Tally. in the, past.. two deca
the •'death rate 'from leukemia
been'•rising .in.:mast countr
Thus, in •Canada. over 4'10 y
period : from. 1942. 'to `;1952
death 'rate ,per , 100,000 has
creased from. 3.2 to. 4.6;.'a jii
of 44 percent. By 1954 -the 'r
ptioi,
they
uced"
nown
herr.
rkino.
• the
has
e
•
He is survived by -his wife,'_ the
.former Agnes Hawkwood of Cal=
gary;by. two daughters,' Marjorie
Louise and Elizabeth. Mare (Bet-
' `ty) : and; one' .son; „Douglas George.
Surviving :also .are his mother,
two sisters, Mrs. Wallace Hoge -
boom (Jane) ':of.:'Napanee Mrs. se
Leonard Ritchie (Bernadean) of .PI
Lucknovtr. ,. and a brother Blake• the
A1ton'of Belfast: His 'father pre --i fes
pec-
des,
has
ies.
ear
the'
in
f Pictured.:
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above
rnh l girls is a . group of
ate who are me.inbers'--of the
Pat. School: Queens' Club, • . sponsored
e.;by the London Free Press.' The
res
Club was:.entertained recently ,at
London.: The Lu.cknow District
High School representative is.
lad. increased •further. to 5;1
100,000 of population. '•
Oddly enough, the death figu
em 'to indicate , that. the better
e standard of Living the higher`
•incidence of leukemia.: 'Pro-
siori'. peopleand executives are
more likely to get the disea
than are factory . workers. Al
body weight hassomething to •
with it:.. The ,disease. .ni;ost •fr
quently occursin l' cavy -set chit
deceased, him . in December i=954,
and his_ first wife, ..the former
Elsie 'M:•Vint,• died''in April 1945.
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As only a'Iimited number of applic-
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Mail -t coupon elow, telephone
Or visit your nearest recruiting
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Se'
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do
ren. •. .
Some of{ the work . already
complished • by Dr. Grad. seerns to, ;.
bear this out. For instance,:: in ex
periments to discover' the effect'.
of stimulating the thyroid on
..ie kemia heidisFover-ed •that thy-
roid 'activity affected leukemia
only as it, .effected the bgdy
weight Of the mouse. If .the thy- . .
roid treatment ' caused' overweight
it increased 'the incidence of leu -1.
ke iia:•' If it caused loss •of 'body •.
weight it decreased the incident:
oaf leukemia.
Amy. Recruiting Station, 59 Albert Street,
Ottawa, Ont. Tel 6-1887 • .
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Kingston, Ont. • Tel. 4738
Arrny Recruiting Station, 90 Richmond St. W.,
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• Tel, 4-1601 Loc, 135
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Army R'ectuiting Station, 184 King St, E.,.
Ilamilton,-ont,
New' Dr. Grad is: trying an-
other •series of experiments to
discover what changes. occur
the tissues of the AKR micebe-
fere any symptoms appear:.
other words, what happens. dur-
ing. those -first 5 .months? When
does: it happen, and, where?, •
The type of leukemia that
these .mice --get • is called lym-
phatic leukemia :because the lym-
phatic organs' are most affected:
The lymph nodes ,grow •to•'the size' _
of kidneys and the thymus gland 1
enlarges until i -t. al-rri-ost' fills the
chest cavity._So the first inVest-
igation.. Will be With these' tis"sues:
tissue of the A.ICR'
mice is taken when the mice are
two, three, four ,and five months'
Old. It is' carefully' examined un-,
dei• a microscope .too. detect any 1
'physicalchanges in. thece113.1
i
Then it 's ground up and inject -f
ed into inice' which are a cross
ttetween the .AKIi, and Ordinary
mice.
5 . s a, one,,, p.aiiistaking; ex
pensive process., For every mousy ,
injected thet'e .must', be a t wi:i
mouse, called a "control", who:
is. alre ecltetLaeverc5i5 withatif in-
terference. Only .in this way. can
any deviations from the normal.
,be co
out the control there ..is'•no way'
of felling Whether or net the
Pleasa ler d• me Without cost or ablgb. I
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Pp►enliae Plan,:;...
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nsidered significant.' With-
changes
Grad's oxo c is one,e1.
were "purely accident,aly
Beverly MacKenzie, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dave : MacKenzie • of
Kintail.
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'Crosby, • Kitchener - ' Waterloo;
Joan McGonigle, Waterloo -.Ox-
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Wingharn; Carol Van Der •Meer,
Goderich; .Shirley Bennett, Kin-
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