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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1954
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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Uk forgot that li bit of wood preservative, applied at
11 little cost when the fence was put in, would have
saved him the cost of.ncw posts now.
—r-; In-thcTtelephone business, as around your own home, we
find it’s better to do the job right in the first place and
■ then look alter it. It’s the best way we know to avoid;
heavy repair and replacement costs, to save expense and*
give you most service lor your money. ... ’
. . That s why we treat telephone poles against rot; why we
keep our trucks clean and in good, repair; why we put up
exchanges and offices to last. ..
It’s common sense if w7a_re..tO-keep oiir costs' down—and
the price of your telephone service low.
.. if you tt'oiild, Iike: ta f!,et imt’ful information on' thf pf^orvativ^
irtKitinf>ut of u-iMrtl we siififtest. ybu itrite barest Products Laborat-
tories of (Junudu, Department of Northern Affairs arid"National
Ifesoaret#, Ottawa. ■■■■* ■ .
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J-Mrs. Milton ' Walsh at Kinlough
’’ last Thursday- Evening. .."
'. -Hilda Emerson .and Delbert!. Quite, a number of the ladies
Nixon spent’ last week at the j of 'the Grove travelled by bus to
home of Mr., and Mrs.'John Erm ; Stratford 'l.^st- Wednesday to see
erson. . ' "■ .• ^Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Mea'sr
Miss Marville Scott of Toronto , ure’ dramatized. ■ . . .
..visited around’ the. Grove ' lastMrs. Bert Brown and Mrs. Dan
week. ■ , .. ‘McLaren of. Tiverton .visited .with
' The Purple Giove Institute' was i' Mr, .and .Mrs. Victor Gawley. last
•largely attended ’.at .'the hoMe' of i Thursday: Swan was
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DR. J. K. M. GORDON
IS EIGHTY-FIVE
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Dr; J. K. M, Gordon, who was
born at St. Helens, and who rose,-
to a place of prominence ip the
medical profession, observed his
85th birthday on Wednesday, July
4th, lie is well known to “olcL
tinkers” here and Dr. Gordon says
that the best medicine for him
now is a chat with old friends.
While he hasn’t paid* a visit to
his native heath for some tipw,
he corresponds with friends df
by-gone days, and through them
jmd~The-Sentinelkeeps~in~touch
with things “back horiie”.
Dr. Gordon is a sori of. the late
Mr, and 'Mrs. John Gordon., His
father was. a, pioneer storekeeper
at St. Helens and later took ’up
farming on the farm now owned
by Tom Todd. Dr. Gordon is the
last of the Gordon family. A bro-^
ther, Dr. D. M. Gordon, was for
many years a beloved physician
in Lucknow.-
“J.K.” graduated from Trinity
Medical School (University d of
^Toronto), 61 years ago and first,
practised in Ripley. After taking
post-graduate work in Ashfille,
“North Carolina, he went to Ot-.
tawa in 1910,. where he: became
medical superintendent of Lady
Grey Hospital, now'Royal Ontario
Sanatorium.
iFrom there Dr. “Gordon .went
to Battle Creek Sanatorium in
Michigan, where he was head of
the chest department for many
years
Upon his retirement following
the death of his wife a few years
ago, he returned •' to Ottawa
where he makes his home with
his son-in-law and daughter, Dr.
,and^MrstoB.^O. -Ripley of~83 Clar
endon Avenue. He has a son Keith
in Michigan. One of his grand
sons is on the threshold of a med
ical career. ' -
Enthusiastic Curler
A past president of the Ottawa
Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club;
and also of the Glebe Curling
Club; be; now watches from the
sidelines the games in which he
used to participate so keenly. He
says he used to take his, holidays
on the bowling green! ! )
.When many of the soldiers in
(he First World War were being
examined by-him in Ottawa, he |
was reminded of his own military
training when he became. Captain
of< No.. 3 Company of the 32nd
Regiment of. the Canadian Militia
(Bruce County). The colonel of
that regiment was< Hugh Clark
of Kincardine.' ' Col. Clark ‘was
-TyelL-knownMn-Ottawa^iri-parlias'
mentary and journalistic "circles
during the. years 1917-1921.
Dr, ‘Gordon' recalls, also, the
time spent in post-graduate work
at Johns. Hopkins Hospital, Balti
more, under ' Sir . William Osler.
He and his cousin, th^ •late'Dr;
Norman MacLeod' • Harris, past
■j. president of the Ottawa1. Chirur-
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" ’ Miss' Edith '“Stanley bi London )
visited last week at the home of
her father, Mr. Milton Stanley*
Mr. bnd Mrs. Donald McCbsh
and Mrs. Colwell visited with M1*-
and Mrs,' George Colwell oil Suri-,
day. ’ ■ 1' m' ■ v ' ' - ■’ ■
Mr. Bill Bell ^of Detroit .is
Dfexv 'days with
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gical Society, were at Johns Hop
kins together, at a time when
their, associates were .such well
kribwn men as Dr. Kplley,: Dr,
tWeleh, Dr. Halstead and Dr, Cul-
-leri. ■ ’ * ' . .
Horse and Buggy Days
Beginning his practise of medi
cine in Bruce County, on the
shores of Lake Huron, Dr. Gor
don soon had a. large country
J practice in a. Highland Scotch,
Gaelic-speaking community. It
was in the “'horse and buggy”
days, when there were no tele-[ affection his ability as a teacher.
phones, and when a doctor might
spend several hours on a case,
and often would receive, in re
turn for his services, a supply of
farm produce plus the love and
lifelong friendship of his patient.
While in Ottawa he was closely
associated with the work, of
Stewarton United Church (then
Presbyterian). He was an elder
arid teacher « of an adult Bible
class for 15 years. Several for
mer members of this .class, still
residing in . Ottawa, recall/ with
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