SOUTHAM o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-02-27 published
Died
This
Day -- William
SOUTHAM, 1932
Thursday, February 27, 2003 - Page R9
Newspaper publisher born August 23, 1843, in Montreal
Began newspaper career on London Free Press; in 1877, with partner,
bought ailing Hamilton Spectator; made it profitable and embarked
on aggressive acquisition program; bought Ottawa Citizen, Calgary
Herald, Edmonton Journal, Windsor Star and Montreal Gazette
died in Hamilton.
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SOUTHERN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-08-30 published
TAILOR/TAYLOR,
Dr.
A.
Ronald
A.
Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of New Brunswick, died
August 26, 2003 following a stroke. He is survived by his wife,
Peg (H. Margaret); sons, Peter B., Douglas M., Dr. J. Robert
D.
(Janet
L.
SOUTHERN,) and Hugh A.; grand_sons, Andrew R. and
Benjamin R.
TAILOR/TAYLOR and his sister Robina D.
MORRISION.
From 1946
until his retirement in 1987, Ron taught Biology specializing
in marine algae and sea grasses. He was a strong supporter of
development of the Biology Department, its facilities and the
University as a whole. He had a special interest in fostering
the Creative Arts Program at University of New Brunswick. Ron
showed his dedication to education throughout his life and in
the same spirit dedicated his body to Medical Science at Dalhousie
University. A celebration of his life will be held Friday, September
5, at 2: 00 pm in Memorial Hall, University of New Brunswick.
In remembrance, donations may be made to the Dr. A.R.A. Taylor
Graduate Fellowship in Biology Award through the Development
Office at University of New Brunswick.
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SOUTHGATE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-30 published
Elizabeth
Miriam
Rose
DASHWOOD
The DASHWOOD and
SOUTHGATE families. Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - Page A20
Wife, mother, returning officer, organizer. Born January 12,
1929, in Toronto. Died April 6 in Toronto, of heart failure, aged 74.
Betty was a conservative person. Except about the date of her
birth -- about that she was progressive, insisting it was 1930,
when it was really 1929. There it conservatively remained; no one argued with Betty.
Betty SOUTHGATE spent her early years on Edgewood Crescent in
Rosedale, but left Canada when her stockbroker father decided
to return to England to try his fortune. Her finest times were
spent at her mother's family farm, a place that, 60 years later, still seemed idyllic to her.
The war brought the
SOUTHGATEs back to Canada on one of the last
passenger ships to cross the Atlantic. Betty survived burning
factories, bombers and submarines and shared sandwiches with
bloodied soldiers rescued from Dunkirk to return to Rosedale.
She was schooled at Branksome Hall and Trinity College, University
of Toronto. She left Trinity with an honours B.A. and an engagement
to John DASHWOOD.
After
Trinity came a job at the Canadian Cancer
Society, a wedding in 1957 and then children, Geoffrey and Monica.
The swinging sixties came. Betty did not notice the changing
times. But not to worry: church and schools still stood. Betty intended to make sure they continued.
After a brief sojourn in Scarborough, Ontario, Betty returned
to Edgewood Crescent. There she remained the rest of her life.
The house became an epicentre for a broad range of people and
organizations. Edgewood housed potential immigrants, relatives
and Friends, refugees from house fires and renovations, cats,
dogs, and canoes. Betty put up with model-soldier exhibitions,
a boa constrictor, drunken teenage parties, punk-rock bands, and, ultimately, rambunctious grandchildren.
The life of the house was often hectic, particularly politically.
The DASHWOODs were divided: John was New Democratic Party; Betty
worked tirelessly for the Tories. Every election, opposing campaign
signs went up. The one thing on which they agreed was their strong
dislike of Pierre
TRUDEAU.
Her staunch support paid off when
David CROMBIE became a member of parliament and then a cabinet
minister. Her political work led to her becoming returning officer
for the diverse Rosedale riding. Betty relished, and excelled
at, running an effective election. Several of her elections were
hotly contested, but Betty survived with her dignity and integrity intact.
Compassion went with Betty's conservatism. She was involved with
(to name several) St. Simon's Church, the Architectural Conservancy
of Ontario and St. Peter's food bank. For her beloved Trinity,
she was a major organizer of the annual book sale, which has
raised millions of dollars for the library. Trinity was so important
to her that Betty put off medical treatment in her last year to organize the 50th reunion of her class.
Betty had a gift for Friendship. Twenty summers in Port Hope
extended her already-broad circle. She had Branksome Friends,
Trinity Friends, church Friends, tennis Friends, English Friends
and Edgewood Friends. Her correspondence was huge. She sent and received a massive number of Christmas cards.
Her heart was large. Our own hearts ache when we consider her
stoic insistence on her way of doing things. Betty drank, refused
to stop smoking when she should have, and drove badly: That should
be said, too. She held us all together, until she no longer could.
She died in her sleep, her heart failed, her body beset by a
cancer she defied until the end. She took food to a sick friend, in a snow storm, the day before she died.
Her church was full for her funeral. The church bell tolled her knell. Traditional. Just like Betty.
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