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Vol. 65, No. 39
dee.1955
Country doctor for Thirty - Six Years
vn aawraay, Feb. 12th, Dr
N. F. Tomlinson will mark hi,
thirty-sixth year in the service
of Claremont and surrounding
community. For more than a
quarter century, he has served
the district and his presence
has brought relief to hundreds
of ailing residents.
Dr. Tomlinson was born in
Scott Township and received
his public school training in
that municipality. He attended
Uxbridge High School and fol-
lowing graduation he taught
both at Brougham and in the
Claremont Continuation School.
In 1912 he decided to take up
medicine and entered Toronto
University for five years. An
additional year at the Faculty
of Education completed his
Schooling.
Dr. Tomlinson started his
practice in Claremont in 1919. profession, Dr- Tomlinson has
During the summer he trav- never refused to answer a call
elled by car but used a horse even under the worst weather
and 'cutter in the winter. He conditions in the middle of the
recalls visiting one of his pa- night.
tients around Chalk Lake on Dr. Tomlinson has three sons,
a pair of skis. One winter when Bill, a physician in Pickering;
a heavy snowfall made the Ted, an Insurance Agent in road impassable Dr, Tomlinson Toronto; and Allan with the
travelled by train to Glen Ma- Department of Public Health
jar and later returned to his in Hamilton; and one daughter,
home in Claremont aboard a Mrs. Dick Cooper of Claremont.
jigger with the CPR section- He has also held the position
men. On a number of occasions of Public Health Officer in
he found himself bogged down Pickering Township for the
in the snow and has had his past twenty years.
cutter turn over in the ditch. Aside from medical know -
The majority of his calls are ledge gained at University, Dr.
within an eight -mile radius. He Tomlinson has also gained a
attends patients at Uxbridge, great deal of practical exper-
Ashburn, Claremont, Brough- ience during his thirty-six
gym, Whitevale, Markham, Stou years of practice, and his many iville and Goodwood. In his friends ;are grateful for his ser- i
,hirty-six years in the medical vices ii times of sickness.
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TRIBUNE, STOUFFVILLE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1955