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J . WWVV C _ -, " r _ -. V _ '_ .. _"u - _.v',1'ri-91'r: Q7??? _ "at; ,5; an. at " tt' " Bi" . _-- l - ----_-___- -tr.,-7-. i't: I In _ ' 2 . ;~ r',' T .. o, a. x: ' t z di; set..e M Cd '. V ' J . " . it, l . t, i. l g . , . , 8%]th 183 entury Farms - _ . " . 'jr-N,rs" . . . 1.EiW.C..?, ll "1.3 (dl) ' ' § , .. _ "LY, - epor e In ruce _ _ ' " t ' T - "I s' . f"" ' ' l 'et . t 'jr 3" ~ ' TARA - There have been , \ N . _ '. , _.__ I f tl 7 183 Bruce rounty farms rogis-i _ a g . A " ' . . a. terod as having been in the T " I I r, _ _ same family 100 years or motel , l " i ( Registrations may still he sent: .1 l to Miss Wanita Diebel, P.0. l , ' . 2 Box 122, Tara. I . b. t To mark the centennial of x t _ i Canada next year, the Junior it , / , i Farmers' Association of Ontar- l a f l 'iio is. helping towards the (i051 . j '- . , inf signs marking farms owned a /ess -' ihy the same families a century ', T or more. Miss Diehel will send r applications to farms of which n ' _ ' . she has knowledge. Signs must I . h v, t h be requested by May 1. . W _ -- W, - T"_tt _ --- - if: _ A. an. Bruce Countv Juitiop HOLD ACHIEVEMENT DAY - Mrs, Harold County 4-H Homemaking Club achievement 'report good shes d1 ngirii'izlys McArthur. Du0binton, president of the Bruce day in Port Elgin. Winners, left to right, are ing vehicle signs These sinus 1 Centre Women's. Institute is seen on the left Diane Thompson. R.R, 5. Paisley; Leona advocated hv farm safetybori! presenting provincial honors at the Bruce {litldleton Rh. 3, . Paisley and, Carolyn, :gaiiizations, may be iiiireliasedi "'Wv' ___ _ W. France, RR. 4, Paisvy./Ciifs {(70.9 ifrom members or agricultural) _ q --------- ------' offices. I Owen Sound woman, 90, l ' was much decorated l l l rr _ W id W r 1 nurse 'ri.', ""V ""'"'r"rr"' W. Tr" "P' "'rv'srr"r'M'TV"" _"""""""" GS or til 'i,, . I, ,, c::ir'f'1" .. l V _ ' _ Mrs. R. J. Doyle.1173ttth ave.lsoldier's tunic. It was revived ', l ' _ (ji'),':);'] FN §3§gi W1 '_, _ Nt ,.', w., is Owen Sound's most decor-!, for military merit long after the l 'r. 9 / C (:,iii'as'ij,(/riiv:, '3 was, 'Ili),,-, , v"'l1til1(c,s?i,'et'ri' , ated woman, Without mrewarvl1918 armistice. In World Wa r l j . »; l g: .1; "1'r '"ijir, _erys:iif',ij"rsi, ing. one might never learn that l Two it was given for w a r 1 'tV, ' l "r,? , 23a» 3:" w? s:,' _r'isi(iili',; from her, for at a reporter's'wonnds. Mrs. Doyle returned it?" _'r""-r',csr (ci/by':" 'rCrfrit V ':','ii)ii)tCi:,i,is'i', request she traced the highlights 'to Canada in 1928. when 5 h e I l i? _ 3 we} '-i?i's)s:, _ i; 3 \\V., of her career without making married Richard Johnson Doyle! 1 "a,',); '. "t viriii,sfr'rs; l _ i), _ W; 'ss,' any reference to her honors. of Balmy Beach, a fruit iarmerl ', _ 'r. V § ', ('_"is"ietis,i)i)'lccir, -. 5%; f She has survived shipwreck inland pure hred cattle breeder, i,ts _, '( r,','i'iiiiri)i'iiifc:iilsrsrs, {W:., T M" Iii/gl,, C New York harbor, submarin e i and aece.rdittgly became a Can- 5 'i-, r; Nh 'ss "32.23%? " 1"thihaits:' attack off the coast of France, l adian tfrtizen once more. l 1 _ _ . 'tc, a an: _ '. Btgl9s,c8,C,fr,')sr _ _ _ and air and land bombardment iPACKED FOR CSCF i, _ _ tIii-if/ti,:,; ssrs_". .', (("iirr7f),'(r'" _ ", ia a mm line hospital in the) She was active in United[ l 'i)" "'. ' re't':i'rlftiiss:",iitis,':rcrc"' /, ?c ")1iviia'"irera"& , < ' 1?"th Tonl sector, during Wor- i Church work, served on YWCAI ':d' 'c ',rrfi'i12;) 'ss" _'titit)tisi1ii'M T " F'"t I Her 1915 enlistment attem?tipresitient of the King's Daugh- i C' J, T stgtqrK'rr'",'fs'l _ (t%,r?,-,=ce'irrs,,'g ' . ItiEirg as a nursing sister with the i ters during the early depression , '_", _ .'V'SD'N'gv'a. Ct5,?e,tit,lv,2rvaBlt"a ., - "it? , _ Canadian Armed Forces was re-ldays. Probably her best known 1 'tiiig'ijaryva ' titoéia'v 3 ')iliici' - - Pd., wag; jected. but her service with the _ charitable activity here was her was} EjitMr'si'tgal8trgi' .-9' " ..6§.v7""" " . United States army won her a:six-years'-serviee as packer for _ "Rake.. BilEgi,tii,'r.')iisa . Purple Heart from Washington. , the Canadian Save the Children >' so"? ','i"t?iiiiiifilt,e,.8, Eiisirj, {Vim bronze star from the mar-Z Mrs. Doyle did this work inl' TX: "i%i'tiii'iv,'), "if; "rrsf,y:',,5i;,XtBl, §3~>§$3>w§9 shal Of France, 1 her own home, donating her , 'r,Crs:'cfista'ireci'r" ",:jc'iiF,ti; " "its N 'jiri))':,')':'):)'),.),',': 7)VNZ:%.'1{?3;J;JA\§« ' fwd Mrs. Doyle was 90 Wednes- 1 guest room for the proj e c t, l f,1",r'rrrir"i',rs8,ts i. a," "'rji'freti: I ' it" c" " h .. Js' "t rlit's)tg'sr2ci,iii'?M'csrrv. _ 'si/ii?, a day. She looks a good 20 years iwhich often overflowed into all {533:3 .: "sc-o', /vs'/,iii'iiijt; tie, ii,1;5'-2.'w " FOUDSCT- and retains all the PM" i other rooms. Weekly she despat- "k'ii,'iji,'i' _i)'ii/,'lii) $Fiiirs lit ii; 'ft"iitSiiii',ii'ir',; t ', SE " sical and m e D t a l alertness, , ehed several cartons of the we h'viiiij,i?iit'ifj,ii2' , Ret, ' rrirsrs,'F, ' fa"? "iiscri7,ull,8),i) % 'i),,)'),'), 3;" - which made her life the full in- ', kaged goods. ( _?y:fiirj(s'2),5P,5 :5 "'f),),)isijia'"i,fsi; 'Ich" /,r3,,?,,h?ktitfii'fl'ji', , K:)",')"':,")' . ' t teresting experience it has been,l. Later she retired from th i s E'"giri))isifiTrh 'rr/u- , 'jir-rii':'i'r%'iii'rtrrsrr:7t, ""5: 'iris" ' . . since she was born in Hanov- i work which was then taken i; is? ' at? E, er, a daughter of MP. aM Mrs, F in? a committee and at the - Ihf'jjrii'iiaY,M Efi"iri's'i ," 'tii-Mill the l ' John Lister. and given the name [ same time "ave what car. She. MMI IEri'i)'i;'s')'ii?iifir?P,,,s, 3~"%é'3~"'?i" ' t: of Hannah is a friend "i? all the neighbor- . 3i "e%liitE. . , E-iii-tal She moved to Fergus, while 1 hood children all of who; are ' Ill-Egret')'.",,:';)"')':?;',',?,,. _,?y5)alEgilii' M " " " r a child, and attended high sell, doubtless unaware that their <1','\V~<'§$fi§"»tikth' I H . nol there. In 1899 she began nur- dear friend is a very gallant ' a"??? »)£32§$VCA",¢,V( trrh' . ,, "ft sing at the Owen Sound General 1 woman indeed who received in . "wet tFEtiiEt' ',1'i,'sji)"iijii'c?'i,ivkki' "NTNrrerrrW» a . 'Cl' _ and Marine Hospital, hut left "ii'iiii'ii, to mm honors Jig/l, MOST DECORATED worms _ Mrs. R. J. Doyle, 1173-.iih _ WI' eight months to do her nur-itioned the New York state me- ave. w., is Owen Sound's most decorated woman, possessmg Ie's training at what is nowidal, American Red Cross For. ', among other awards a Croix de Guerra trom France and a w :53] 33,4239 $135"th i,tr,, eigu Service medal, one for SCI-El Purple Heart from the United States. A native of Hanover, she hospital was not a trainingigétceii$132233?giveeustitgo;i ) served in a front line hospital during World War One. lintm school. The fact eost Canada the; ne battle. and a volunteer ser- i she returned to Owen Sound, where her late husband operated services of this dedicated mu's1vice bar from the French gov' fruit and pure bred cattle farms in Balmy Beach. She cute. for 30 years. icrnment. l ibrated her 90th birthday Wednesday. (Sun-Times' Staff Photo) OVERSEAS DUTY i * * . ( _"---.------------------------------ Mrs. Doyle volunteered tor" ----" overseas duty with the Ameri- . can army. when the Canadian forces declined her services, On a sunny July afternoon in 1917. she was on board the Saratoga' _ C in New York, enroutc to France. i when it was sliced in two by the: incoming Panama. She escaped', to sail in August on the Finland} _ l which on the way fought a sri minute battle with submatmesl _ in St. Nazaire harbor. 1 She became head nurse of an pi"acrtatitrn hospital. JUL-219d sew F / rel! miles from //ie trenches. 12/ _ _ the Tout sector. ft was equipped, __ " ' ' with eight operating rooms and ~ ' " 28 operating tables. its bed cap-i ' . t . c' . . _ acitjc "as YY), lint by Sept. Mr18) ' . it was forced to accommodate ", r C , _ 2.801), . " . r ", Ali wars end. and peacetime ' ' saw Mrs. Doyle at work in New} p . Jersey, establishing well baby . . . u , ' clinics throughout the state. Tue. ' ' , :islation passed in the US. on ' ' _ _ _. women s Franchise. intinene e d ' ' her to become a naturalized . American eiti'Len in 1919. - ' CROIX DE GUERRE V _ ., ' A year later the was sitting in V . - a New York restaurant opening . - her mail, when a Croix de Guer- . V i I n: {on out. The accompanying _ . citation from Marshal Peta in ' . ' cited her devotion and courage V during air bombardment in the , ' _ Trust sector during this. - . ' r, was another 13 years he " tori» she reeeiverl the Purple G r . . Heari. once more through in p LT ' ' ' ' mails, but this time she was re. ' , I ~irlent here The award original. i ' i ' " V ml at Gettysburg. when G e n . [ ' ' _ Washington ordered a silken, . rl ' - Purple heart semi on F brave" ' . "