Married in Uniform

Now we go to Frank and Evelyn's second son, Harold. He was a very precocious child, an early and copious talker. At a very early age he was aware that his grandmother wrote for the papers. One day he said in his best conspiratorial tone: "Grandma, this isn't for the Spectator (the newspaper Mother reported for) But Daddy shot a cat last night because it was yowling and disturbing us,". He attended a number of elementary schools because of frequent family moves and then Malvern Collegiate. There he was a member of the Camera Club, and later became an accomplished amateur photographer. While a member of Balmy Beach Canoe Club he was its social convener. After high school, Harold worked in the office of Leader Delivery Service until World War II caught up with him and he joined the Air Force. There he met Helen Stewart Young. They were married, both in uniform, at the home of Helen's sister and brother-in-law, Kay and Dick Cleland, at Port Nelson.

Very Entertaining

They got a posting together and lived in married quarters in Comex, B.C. They liked to entertain, but Helen had had little experience in the culinary arts. Her recipe for a successful dinner party was to serve so many and such good cocktails that the guests didn't know what they were eating and to serve dinner so late that they were starving and didn't care. The war over, Harold decided to be a chiropractor, and used his D.V.A. credits to take the four-year course at the Ontario Chiropractic College. He practised for a while in Welland and then moved to St, Catharines, where he bought a big house at 7 Adams Street and set up his practice on the main floor with living quarters above. Harold and Helen took an active part in both church and community, Harold serving a term as president of the Rotary Club. But Harold was especially outstanding in his chosen profession. In addition to his very successful practice, he played a prominent part in the Ontario Chiropractic Association and attended many conventions throughout Canada and the United States, He was named Chiropractor of the Year and was a member of the examining board of the Chiropractic College, He worked tirelessly on several important projects, such as lobbying the government for the right to be called Doctor, having D.C. on licence plates, and having chiropractic fees covered by O.H.I.P. In fact, some think that overwork contributed to the heart attack which caused his sudden untimely death in October 1974, at the age of 56. It occurred as they returned home early from a Rotary Club dance on a Friday evening because Harold was scheduled to speak at a Chiropractic convention in Toronto the following day. Helen sold the practice, but continues to live in the house at 7 Adams Street, and remains active in community work. They had no children.