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PASSED 80''1-I-MIILESTONE
Mir. and: Nits Peter L: flay,; 184
Marlborough Street, Brantford, were
host and hostess ata vee interesting
event last Friday, Feb. 1st. It was
the 80th. anniveiary of the: hirtirday
or 11r.
illiazn Jrather Of
ZV ones the
2xs Hay, who for many Years resided
in this town. A panty of relatives
nunibcr•ing• ten sat down to a, delight-
The decoration se.hoine was carried
out in pink and. white appleblossoms.
Mr.Jones, who is in ex celIent- health
=vas the recipient of congratulations
best wishes from :;friends wlao called
during the evening00 (l 00010 in-
dulged in and after a verypleasant
tune. the relatives dispersed tothei.t
homes. The many friends of )Ir.
Jones ' in Clinton' and surrounding
community will join .in congratulat-
ions on this happy evasion.
HYDRO FAILED US
Hydro •-has been "acting up" this
weak, going g ing oft Monday evening
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renttiing off until noon Wednesday,
since when it has been "off again and
on again"'at intervals until we hardly
know where we're at. When the
power is'" off one hour it means two
hours' loss of time as far as newspa-
per work is concerned as the meta
cools' and has to be ittelted out again
before any more type is seta If we
are late this week, and we're bound
to be#,try'as we may, and the machin
was kept going until after two o'clock
this morning, this will explain. I
this keeps up we'll have to consider as
auxiliary plant of 'some` sort, as o
course we are not the only 'sufferers
The trouble was down about Mstchell
soinewhere. ,°
THE TOWN COUNCIL'
The Town Council "met on Monde
evening under difficulties. Hydr.
being in a 'cranky n'to'od,-.kept blink
ing all evening and finally -went of
altogether. ' Quite a little ' grist o
business was ground through, how
ever, in spite of everything.
A communication W4S' read front
the Secretary of the Clinton'. Horticul
tural Society asking ,far a grant o
$100 for: civic improvement durin
1924. Ile reported $127.57 expettde
daring 1923 and said the Society ha
planned' extensivelyfor the corrin
season. On motion of Councillor
Itozell and Johnston $70.00 wa
granted.
Auditors Wiseman and Canteicn
reported that they had audited: th
town, Collegiate Institute, Paige
School, Public Library and 'Publi
=Utilities Commission books, findin
all correct,
A eomnitinication Was read lime
the Department of Pebble Highways
calling attention to the '£act tha.
the new Iiighevays-Act had gone into
effect on Jan. 1st and all, by-law
regulating- traffic inconsistent wit=
same are.ordercd to be repelled, ani
all by-laws hereafter passed shoull
be consistent and inust be submitte
to Highway Dept. before final pass
ing,
Goo. 'Wafts, , Gee. Burnett, W. S
Harland and others of Princess street
wrote, asking thatthe east end o
Princess street be graded, draino
and gravelled.. The matter, Was lef
with the street Committee, to repot
at next meeting.
By-law No. 3, to appoint certai
firemen was read three times an
. passed. The following constitute •th
fire brigade. for 1024: H. Glazier
chief and treasurer salary $40;'J. H
Kerr, eaptain, $35; It. Tasker, lieuten
ant, $3,0; Harry Frerelin, W. Ken
nedy,-A. Cudmore, R, B. Fitzsimons
F. Dixon, C. Draper, T. II. Cook
J, E. Gook, M. McEwen, L. Croe
A. 33. Potter, Harold Frontline then
to receive $25 Gael,. Rubber boot
to be paid for half by the, town an -
half by the firemen needing same.
13y -law No. 4, to appoint the fel
lowing officers was also read thee
tina.es and passed:
D. L. Macpherson was re -appoint-
ed Clerk and Teeasi;rer et a setae
of,$700; r L. Stones chief constable
at a salary of $850; L. " Siong tax
collector at a salary of .100 ; z E
Grealis, night constable at 'a salary
of '5500; R. Hunter, cemetery Super
intendent' at a 'salary of $800,; Dr
Shaw, M.O.II. at a salary' of $100.
Guy Hicks, engineer, his, reniunera
tion to be the fees. -J, Wheatley
sveighmaster of stook,scales, tris re
ntuncration to be the fees,
•Chairman Middleton, of ilio' Stree
Committee,.. reportedthe snow plow
ing-being looked after, recommender,
that the grading Of Princess street be
Tett over until the Asiell tneeti
that the.roller wheels be sent to SaIT
forth foundry for romans, and •re
ported that at the January meeting
of, tIre County Council )1500 bar
been voted for building \ictori:
street to the town' limits,
Recbe Middleton and Comieillo
Parsley moved commendi1 4 the act=or
of the iountf*Council in-uggestin
that Alberta, coal 'be brought to On
to to by rail and ;water, `:=trim
Goderioh a' distributing centre an
zeconunerglieg that a copy' 'of "•lir
motion be sent to etude of: the thre
Pr es ho jal members for Huron.
Councillor Schoenhals and Liver;
more -made a motion to appoin=t
connnittee to look into the matter-
purchase-1g
atter-pu chasing a team and to report. a
nett meeting.
Orr motion of Reev_e
Middleton are
Gouncillolr Liverenolie, the town tree
serer was atithoriizei1 in 11,10 the Pub
lie School :Bon4,$3000; the Pribli
Libr tr Board 1300 and the Gallo ,
Y b
rate kn trtu.e i?o•zid.•idvancesas re
quire, uutil the estimates are passed
F °dewing is the ;fi;la/wit,,l report fo
the month; '
711-21;9 i924
TIIE I4IINSTRIt,L SHOW'
The Minstrel show. under -the aus.�
Picts of ,the local ;Oddeellu `rs, brought'
out a =bumper house on Tuesday ev
ening, iin''spite of the fact that 1- ydeo'
was eff, the streets dark and the
iirospeas et light in toe ball rethee
Hing
A Delco engine had been installed
in the ;yard behind the hall and for.
she opening the place, was not badly;
lighted. : The light failed, however;
il>,tring the that part of the perform-
ance and the peirormerscarried on
tinder; a severe handicap,'Before the
last part of, the program" the engine
was got going again and, retrained to
the end. Last night there was bet-
ter Melte, hydro remaining on all ev
ening,
-The performance' was, as all such
performances are, purely' humorous,
The different performers took their
i' well,t
p�x•ts ve y he short
training, the singing of the 'chorus
and of Messrs. Steele .and Pottei was:
especially enjoyed;,
Mrs. Maclntyre; one of the instruc-
tors, took the part of
a
hart she filled. very nicely. "Cap"
Cook, T. Morgan, Dr. Brown, E. Wal-
ton Guy Jones and Doc Maclntyre
acted as end men. The chorus cell-
sisted ,of Mrs. Chowen, Mrs. MeMur-
chie, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Ball, Miss
Gould, Miss Stewart, Miss Cluff, Miss
Howson, Miss Higgins, Mies Grich,
Miss Dodds, Newton Davis, J. A. Set, -
ter, .Bert Potter, J. Sterling, Fred
Steele, Earl Dodds and Master Bert
Ireland, 'Mrs. Morgan Agnew at the
piano. '
The performers perpetrated some
jokes on local citizens, as is the usual
custom, all of which' seemed to be well
received. 'The songs, by T. Morgan,
E. Dodds, • Guy Jones, Fred Steele,
Cap Cook, Ernie Walter, „Bert Pot-
ter and Doc Maclntyre were all evell
received, and last but not least, was
Beit Ireland, dressed as a piekanniny.
MrS. MaeIntyre sang under disadwan-
tages, as the light went off justas
she started, She also ,gave a •couple
of readings, one dramatic and the
other comic. Doc Macintyre's cite-
toons •were amusing andhis work
was 'watched with much ' interest.
The Odd Fellows will have a nice
lit -tie Inet for their hospitalfund
from OM proceeds of the Pee nights'
peifoiiihiiees,
AMONG THE CHURCHES
'Salvation Arany
Sunday school -10 a.m. Holiness
Meeting 11 ems ,; Praiee meeting 3-p.
ma Salvation Meeting 7:30 Pah, Fri-
day 8-a;m. Seeuts. On Tuesday next
at 8 pan., Ensign: Porter will give
Iecture, "A Scout and IIisUsefaluess
iii a Teethe" : The boys will give a
display o.t'their work. -. Business men
and ministers are inyitcd.
Ontario Street Chuveh
Classes meet at 10 tan.
Morning subject: "Visit The Sick:"
In the e-vetetng• tite pastor will dis-
cuss the relation of religio'h to Poli-
ties, the :'county ,council tho •town coun-
cil,
Junior League at seven o'clock on
Friday evening, Quarterly board
meets at eight,
Willis Church
u ch
'The minister's subjects on Sunday
will be, morning: "Paul at Athens---
':Che Spirit of Jesus and the \'4 i rtiont
of the World." Evening: "Up to the
Heights." •
The following is the board of trus-
tees: Chairman, George McLennan.
Property Committee: W. Grant, C,
Cook, F, Muteh.
Finance Committee: Dr.=Axon, Dr,
Hearn, J. Torrance, Ii. R. Sharpe,
• J. McEwen.
Sec, -Treasurer: firs, 0. L. Paisley,
Wesley Church
The Brotherhood meets at ten
o'clock, as usual; The subject will be:
"Is The Ontario Tentperanee Art
Working all Right.?" li will be in,
troduced-by'itlr. A, T. Cooper. `
The pastor's mar=line. subject will
be: "The World's, Need of True Man-
-heath" livening; '.'A.bier's Question
to 1-Iimsel.P."
A joi=st meeting' of the quarterly
and trustee boards will be held 111 the
lecture room at eight o'clock this
,evening.
On Monday evening the Young Peri
ples',League will 'meet, the program
being' in charge of the missionary de-
partment, An interesting program i3
being prepared.
St Paul's Church"
Next Sunday ;everting ;'.the rector
will repeat, by request, theserinoli on
the Parable of the Talents, which he
preached during the week of 'prayer,
• The Ladies' Guild held their rev -
lar monthly meeting inthe parish
hall last Monday. Mrs. F'r'ame Hovey,
president, oceupietl the chair. Ai-
raegements were practically complete
ed 5or a New England Supper tti be
`held under the auspices of the Guild
on Shrove: Tuesday, March 4t1.
The Right Reverend A. D. Dowdncy
-Bishop of lCeewatin, visited Clinton
last' Wednesday. In the afternoon
he addressed the W. A. end the Sun-
day
un-e y :School children of St:. Paul's
chit ch, and in the evonieg he deliverers
a 311.11c lecture, illutrated' by Ianterii
slides, on the work beinst- done by the
Cl ul•ch. of. England among tllo Indians
and Eskimo 01';the far north.
At :the annual vestry rttecthig the
following of 1cers <were elected: 1'.ec-
terr =, 'Warden, Col. • II, 13, Coinbe;
Peoples' '1,arden, 3, A. Ford Ve ti'y
Olelli L;, Cil. Ie. T: r.'unee, .Audit-
ere J,*. Hovey and Thos. -White;
LayDeli • t
,• ,ga es to:a5 nosy. T. Hawkins
and C. G. Middleton 2n select vis-
try wi1l, cozlsist of Mrssds II, E.
Combo, 3 4, Ford, Il. T. Rance, 3.
r Ransford, J. E, Treves 'end' Robert
Hunter?
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CAMBLI,-Mz1K11: S.
A quiet wedding toot place at 4:20
on Janu•tris 3011. at the Methodist
parsonage, Seale -Eli, when Miss' Sarah
Melissa Malwins, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, ;Ed. il'Iakins'of Powassan, became
the !beide
of .Ievine Tine Ga, k o, Munro,
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Rev, R• Fulton Irwin nitciatit
g
Tho
beide wore a dainty frock of navy blue
sills. She was attended be lIliss
Myrtle Trott of SeafoTth while Mr.
Gordon Kreirner of Munro• acted' ar
groomsman, After the ceremony the
•couple returned: to the heme of the
bride's sister, Mrs. Alvin Fletcher,
where a dainty luncheon was served,'
a few intimate relatives .and friends
being guests and an enjoyable even
.ing was spent, The bride received
many' beautiful presents. The happy-'
couple will .reside on the groom's
farlii at, Munro.'
M. and Mrs. Thos. W. McCartney;
uncle and aunt' of the bride, went down
to Seaforth for the wedding.
LITTTL LOCALS.
Doherty Pianos, Limited, have
been
working over time during the past
week, getting out -a large order for
shipment to New Zealand,
Mit, George Bolton, who was so sets
iously injured in Seafotth a couple of
weeks ago, tante home Saturday and
is now able to sit up each day.
The -Covenant Bible Class of 'Willis
church will hold a social evening at
the home of -Mr. and Mrs. W,lliam
Henry, Heron, Road this evening.,
The Cerl•al Agricultural. Society
had a spealal meeting : Saturday and
enthusiastically decided to go on with
Spring Show first Thursday in April
as newtk
Mr. W. Doherty is at time,of writ-
ing very ills and grave fears are en-
tertained -by his friends as to recov-
ery. Several members of the family
have arrived home
There are a nunTher of Clinton peo-
ple in the new hospital, among' them,
Mrs. Jervis, Mrs. Warwick „Cole, -Miss
F. Cuninghame and others, all under;
going miner operations and, we be-
lieve, getting on well. The Hospital
is taxed 'almost to capacity.
PASSING OP MRS. McDONALD.
The Goderich Star had the follow-
ing
ollow ing sketch last week of a cousin of
Mrs. James Flynn of Clinton and
Mr, Jos. Reynolds and km. T,
O'Connor of Ifullett: 1'
"Mrs, Nellie *Donald,* wife of
Thomas s McDonald, well ,known Grand
Trunk conductor, passed away et her
1101010 lit Port Moron, Mich.; January
Bath, after an- illness .extending ever,
a period of several years. Previous
to her marriage, Mrs, 2,IoDonald was
a eesident of Godericli, Ont, being one
of the town's best known and popular
young Catholic women=. She was ac»
tine y identified with vat•iooschurch
organizations andwas h' valued mem-
ber of St. Peter's . cheir' for .. many
years. Her remains were brought to
Goderich° for interment, -.arid the
Animal was held en Tuesday, Jane-
ary 220d, eequeim high mass being
celebrated by Rev. Fr. Gnani, who
preached an eloquent sermon eulogiz.
ing the sterling qualities of deceased,
,Mrs. Bullard of Seaforth presided at
tile organ, and Mrs, J. B. Reynolds
sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,"
a favorite and a request of the de-
ceased. Besides her husband Mrs.
McDonald is survived by her parents,
Me, and Mrs. John McDonald, four
sisters, MI's. Leo Vahitty, Misses
Jessie and Annie of Goderieh, Mrs.
Joseph Fines of St."Thomas, Mrs.
McGorra of Ottoi'lva and one brother,.
John, of Detroit"
LOSES TO MXLVERTON.
On account pf the !break in the hy-
dro wires near Stratford, the Milver-
ton -Clinton semi-final; bad to Ire called
off Motiday night, t. the end of the
end period, at; which time therseore
stood a to 2 in favor of the, visitors.
Milverton showed good combination
week and the speedy Skating and me
cellent'- stick -handling of R. Basten -
doll made the game very exciting at.
time. -Iain dsehe' starred with his
speed end' individual rushes. Rorke
of _the Clinton team was 'showing` net
well, and Elliott, in goal was doing. his.
While it lasted the game proved
most interesting, many of the 'snee-
tators remaining until midnight in
hopes that hydro wouldcone on again
so the game could be, finished: The
genie to be replayed 'Tuesday at 12:30
' both teams deciding that this would
be. the cheapest method of handling
the matter, as the exiicnsce of keep-
ing the visitors hero overnight
would: bo' less than having them re-
hirn' again.
In the third -pore -id on Tuesday with
about two minutes to play, the score
standing 2 to 1 in favor of Clinton,
Reltiii•boris again gathered himself
together and ;in' ono of his med}ushes
succeeded in finding tare Clinton nets,
thexbby tying the :more.
Yesterday evening the Clinton' team
journeyer) to Milverton to play; the
return match, the latter winning in.
the one-sided score of 4-.0. This pules
U"lintoh out of the 0,11.A. Tuning.
This was the first gamelost however,,
so the boys slid very well, ia'Heed. The
lineup:
Clinton Goal, G, Elliott; deneirse,.
D. Cole, J, Nei ige11 wings, I1, Rober-
ton, W. Hovey; tatter, iC. •,Rorke;•
subs., J Higgins, 3,. Meech.
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vlil tri i ---Coal flier' Ii Sc ie
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Sense. e,' E. S nidi, F Btritd clog wings,
Ire far:nethern, R. 1,astendorif; center
i Bast nti af+f, shoe., H, Card, and II._
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Old S ei e pis,
A Handsome breeze tablet ha;, been
placed in the,operairh, room of the ,e
w
Minton hospital 1
.f
C L . st In honour a Doctor Wil-
liam 0110e, who has been practising in,
Huron county since 1852 and;.in Clinton 1,
since 1887 Tablet bearS the 'following
inscription:
'This Tablet is placed in this room by
the students and conferes of,
DR. WMt-GUNN•
oC Clinton in rete nition of his' many
achievements sn the field of surgery, when
surgery was in Its pioneer days in .Wes-:
Wes-
tern Ontario.` hampered by the inferior
equipment of olden days.
He experienced phenomenal euccess,in
the -saving and prolonging of many lives.
Ilis great achievements and modest de
meanour,'
IIis pioneer work in opening
the first
bosPital•inthecommunitv, i�ired a
great faith in his colleagues and disciples..
May he hvesslong to receive their devo-
tion.
December.' 1928,"
A doctor has -.opportunities •whieh
few others possess of coming close
to the hearts of .their fellow mortals
-Mit few men possess the personality;
which wins. its way into the hearts .Of
others as has -been the•case;;with 'Dr.
Gunn. lie's generally beloved, there
are none too high so exalted to do him'
honour. The citizens of Clinton and
.surrounding community join with,his
more intimate associates in congratu-
'alone on this occasion,
The tablet was -erected by the fol-
lowing, all students•of Dr. Genii with
the exception of Dr. Shaw; •Dr. Mc-
Callum, Kingeton; Dr. McRoe, Brus-
sels; Dr. 'Campbell, Toronto; Dr.
Grey, St.'Thomas;. Dr. CIarke, Peter-
born; Dr. Kay, Lapeer; Dr. McLeod,
Brooklyn; Dr. Mair, - Chesley;, Dr,
Ross, Dr, Burrows and Dr. Melay,
Seaforth; Dr. J, N. Gunn, Calgary;
Dr. Krausrnan, Detroit; Dr. Gandier
and Dr. Shaw, Clinton, and Miss Cal -
vine `MacDonald, Nurse, Cleveland,
Those .present at the dedication
were: Doctors Ross, MacKay • and
Burrews, Seaforth; Dr. Gray, St -
Thomas; Doctors Hunter and Taylor,
Gode,;rich, Dr. Gandier, Major Me -
Taggart, D, L. Maepher son; Dy. Shaw
and the guest of honour Dr,:Gunn, alI
of Clinton.' '
Dr, Gunn's 'most intimate confere,
Dr. Shaw, at whose .home the (Relieve
tion cer:enionies took- place, gave a
most interesting :month; of Dr,
Gunn's life and nted'ieal career, as fel-
1Da: ..
"Gentionien:-We are hanoure.l by
having with us as a guest De. Wm,
Gunn better and .more familiarly
known as "the Dean." Ho is one of
the oldest practitioners of Medicine
and . Surgery in the. comity; of 'li'uro13,
and,, probably, the most levet-ably.
known throughout 'Western ;Ontario,.
for his work in Surgery. I have as-
sumed that. T ant betters qualified to
render a brief account of his; life and
actions since unsling g to this s ccunt to
practise his chosen" profession for the
foliowin'g reasons. For 38 years I
have been associated with trim in Clin-
ton'trying to make 3, meals and a
smoke a day. ,During these years
we l=ave travelled together areal coast
to mast of this continent and through
parts of Europe. These • excursions.
were always assoeiated with the study
or practice of medicine in some way,,
For Dr. Gunn while -in active practice
never took avlrat we usually designate
a holiday though often absent froxit,
practice lie was . either, afar:. Medical
Meeting or walidng foreign hospitals.
`£iris was where we often differed in
policy with negative results as to my
advice. We have besn aminated by
the same spirit, lye have pursued
the same purposes, We have been
united one to the other all with a
loyalty and spirit: of 'cooperation
which I do not finals has been enamel-
ed by ally two physicians :for so longi
a :period. •
You will not expect me •upon this
occasion t2 enter upon• any narrative
Of his illustrious career so familiar to
you all. 7 have. truly attempted ill
a most imperfect manner to present a
few of the-leading,traits of his great,
personality which we trope the Tablet
willateln to transmit to his and other
;students, physicians and citizens who
in the corning years shall throng the
portals of the hospital,
Dr. Virtu. Gunn was born on April
14th, 1855 in the township of 27sorah,
near Beaverton in the county of On-
tario. -
I3is father. John Gunn was born' in
Colrispie, Glenrobin, Scotland in 1707,
conning to Canada in 1830, locating
near Beaverton' township of Tho•_ah,
where he hewed out i'or himself a
homestead of 100 acres. At the age of
49 lie married Christina Ceara, a lady
who. was been in Donath, Scotland,
in 1319...who was' just • half his age,
These Scotch people: had inherited the
AN LTNFOIITUNATE FALL.
When coating down to church on
Sunday xitorning ales. ,10. • 1V. Trowar
iha slipped -on the walk and in falling
friietered a hone is Iter leg. She.
rallied hack to her •holtio and later•:
sent for doctor and had the bone
set The accident is all the more un_
1<0 tiinate. as ,Mese Tie• veetha iirtend-
ed accompanying her husband to To-
ronto' tor
o-roonto`.tor the opening of Parliamelit,
au(1' instead of enjoying, the , g a c res
b
of 'the Provincial Capital she has, to
ehataeter'Istics of the Highlanders;
and the trials and tx,oitlaLions of a'
sOttlers lite had n fears for those
stouthearted people who by hard`
work and: Scotch thrift managed to
give rn'ore than anordinary 'edlueation
to Om): 'Janney of 7 bays and 2 girls,.
Jolly: the -eldest son practised' Medicine
001 Ailsa Craig fon many years. Don -
aid, 1 -lector and Alexander remained
on the farm until' grown ' up .when
ADR WILLIAM GUNN
Huron's Dean in Medicine.- He is
here shown in uniform in which he
served overseas.
they all took up Conurterciai pursuits.
Robert died while' attending Toronto
University. William and Andrew be-
ing tlfe. youngest took up a profes-
sionallife. •
The guest of the evening received
his early odueation in the little county
school at Thoiith, during Itis spare
time and holidays assisted with the
chores orr the farm. patty of his holt-
days he spent with his .uncle and
while there acquired that grand lan-
guage more ancient than the Roman
Eagle or the Golden Fleece for its or-
i;;in was the Garden 61 Eden, I mean
the G, clic, This acquisition has often
assisted him to arc/cure- information
in intdeing'many a diagnosis.' Thoro•ls
no doubt he inherited these cliarac-
teristcs so pronhirieut inafter life
from his paternal side, The Clan
Gann is a. very ancient one; It Is a
proof of the high gntiquity'of it elan
when its .origin is lost in the gloom of
remote ages, They were not num-
emus but most martial aro. resolute
designated Guinneaeh which signifies
sharp, keen determined bnd fierce and
wero known to ddd much territoryto.
their possessions by their might.
After- getting all the redueation, he.
could at the country school he attend-
ed the Model School in Toronto, the
Jarvis St.. Collegiate Institute front
whence he matriculated, attended
Varsity. one year and began the study:
of Medicine ato Toronto University.
While a student at the University he
was an outstanding athlete, the news-
papers of the day pitying tribute to
his activities in the athletic world as
a sprinter, wrestler, high jumper and
feobbaii player. Even in alter years
as a praetlising physician be" 'tis
known far and wide as "the young
Doctor atBrucel'reld who jumped over
a horse." He took the following dee'.
green in, medicine,
MB, 1881--••Toi:onto University. •
M D C,1tX., 1881--V•ictorin University.
LRCP;'1881 Edinburgh University
L.R.C.S. , :1881 -Edinburgh' University'
Lie. (7:M.0,11 K.,'i 1882 -Edinburgh
University,
Ile began the practice of Medicine
at Beucofseld, eouitty of* Huron in:
1882. In 1883 110 took Dr. TI; R. El-
liott then of Lindsay. as a partner,
they continued until 1887 when "the
Dean" removed "to Clutch .where he.
has sineo practised and.resided.
'in 18811. he was' president of Huron
Medical .Society, From 1001 to 1904
Exanurier for the Ontario Medical
Couireil in Surgical Anatomy, rind_,
many students, today- te.,tify to his
fairness - and 'l?ractiical" treatment to
tlient.
If it be true that the good men do
live after 'thein; uteri it is a sad evi-
dence of man's inhumanity to man
that so often alloses the harries and
deeds of. those -who by :their efforts
have lightened humoan pain and sof-
feriiig• and held even death itself at. y;
bay to be forgotten and go unwept.
and unsung, We have therefore con-
ceived and executed this idea ofp lac=.
ing this Tablet in the operating room -
I of the now Clinton Public hospital in
honour and meiliery of otte Guest -to'.
day, Dr. Wm. Gunn rather; than wait;
until tlee Lord has removed him born
his active participation in 'the grand-
est profession of Thom all, whose
members= devote their lives and creta
gy to that eoblost calling and walls
ii tlitmeeotsLeps of that great. Phys;,
Men who healed mind aiod body be-
fore lie someeht to save the Soul. _.
It should be an easy matter to pay
a tribute to Dr. (lune and.aceura$aly.
estimate the admirabl0 traits and
qualities' of this'ilnt,sual siren, tomb-
ably eican'alroad of his time. . 1Vhe11
I hist knew him he had a great ca-
pacity fort week, 'showing eagernests,
and enjoyment for his work,, I have
had adequate opportunity to observe
and appreefe tethese s1lendid q
al
stay
1n the 11011 0 and ntu Se a iliac -
:need llone.r; 11 i ,-hoped she will
etake a epeedy recovery, •
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