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Christmas
and
a
Prosperous
New
Year
Vierry
H
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The
Spirit
of
the
Season
brings
to
us
renewed
and
the
value
of
appreciation
of
old
associates
new
friends.
and
success
at-
be
happy,
May
your
Christmas
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An
ivich
of
tend
your
New
Year,
is
me
cui..
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HARDWARE
I
Yvonne
Lcroux
Goes
Labor
and
Devotion
of
Miss
Leroux
j
In
Critical
First
Days
Recalled
I
8
It's
infovnaf;
ifnnx-
when
readinc:
the
Daily
Newt
m
the
people
of
the
whole
district
are
doing
the
same.
CALLANDER,
Ont-
Dec
21:
(CP)
For
the
first
lime
in
their
lives,
the
Dionne
quintuplets,
now
two
years
and
seven
months
old,
will
be
united
on
Christmas
with
their
three
brothers
and
three
sisters
all
at
the
same
time.
Oliva
Dionne
will
occupy
the
head
of
the
table
at
a
family
Christmas
dinner.
Of
course,
Oliva
Dionne
jr.,
being
only
five
months
old,
will
be
in
his
crib.
Dr.
Allan
Roy
Dafoe,
physician
to
the
quintuplets,
made
the
arrangements
to
briti;
the
family
together
all
at
once
for
the
first
time.
(By
Louise
cte
Kiriline)
CALLANDER,
Ont.,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
It
seems
a
pity
that
Yvonne
Le
roux
should
go
out
of
the
lives
of
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Lsday,
December
21,
1936
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Once
Again
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
HAPPY
NEW
YEAR
And
sincere
thanks
lor
your
pat-ronag-a
during
the
past
twelve
months.
I
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LIVES
Mi
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ml
a
1
Service
TO
NURSE
of
Young
Nurse
to
Baby
Quints
is
Extolled
I
tiers
and
with
the.
black
velvet
band
only
just
sewn
upon
the
fresh
white
nursing
cap,
as
yet
quite
un-
1
m
solled
in
strenuous
duty,
happened
to
be
the
one
In
line
on
the
regis
ter
for
the
next
call.
Blissfully
oblivious
of
what
was'
awaiting
her,
Yvonne
Lcroux
collected
the
few
things
she
needed
In
her
bag,
thermometer,
some
cottonwool,
toothbrush
and
so
on.
"I
had
better
take
a
hot
water
bottle
with
me,"
she
added
as
an
afterthought.
."There
will
not
be
very
much
to
6
work
with,
I
guess,
out
there
in
the
ountry."
I
do
not
know
exactly
how
she
felt
when
at
5
o'clock
In
the
afternoon
she
found
herself
gazing
down
ipon
a
butcher's
basket,
contain-
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nil-
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more
uminisnea
man
sne
naa
w
ever
dreamed
a
living
baby
could
Jiff
be.
Nor
do
I
know
if
she
fully
rca-
2$
lized
then
the
significance
and
W
.ontln;enclcs
of
the
responsiblll-
m
ties,
which
fate
had
decided
to
put
fy
"non
her
shoulders.
I
doubt
that
Kft
he
was
anything
but
mildly
stun-
k
ned
by
what
she
saw,
a
feeling
which
v,-as
soon
submerged
In
the
exacting
and
manifold
duties
of
her
unique
task.
Kr.pt
'
Close
to
Babies
The
fir.-t
night
was
not
So
bad,
She
was
fresh
and
untlrcd
and
she
naa
noi
nine
iu
icci
occii
m
ui-
tween
feedings
and
preparing
for
the
next
ones
with
the
yery
umlted
moans
that
were
at
her
disposal.
And
miraculously
the
tiny
babies
did
not
die
that
nl?ht.
With
the
weakest
of
grasps
they
clung
to
life,
tenaciously,
perversely.
They
lived
and
breathed
If
only
with
but
the
flutter
of
shallow
breaths,
m
The
next
day
and
the
next
Yvonne
stuck
to
her
lob,
quietly,
unoompla'nlrisljr;
Each
day
she
was
more
hollow-eyed,
more
drooplnglv
Ured,
although
she
had
all
the
hlp
which
could
be
given
her
by
the
Red
Cross
muse
r.:
the
district,
Miss
Clouthlcr.
and
the
bab'es'
aunt,
an
efficient
practical
nuree.
-But
Yvonne
was
the
one
who
never
left
the
babies,
who
kept
them
warm
with
her
own
single
hot
water
bottle
before
the
.others
could
be
found
and
the.
Incubators;
arrived.
She
was
the
one
who
took
up
the
duties
when
'
the
others
left
off,
never
failing,
even
though
she
migtit
have
had
-only
a.
few
hours'
sleep
fully
dressed
flans
upon
the
bed
pushed
into
the
dark
parlor
of
the
disorganized
Dionne
home.
'
For
five
days'
and'
'five
mights
.She
was
like
a
'clock
which
was
never
wound,
ticking
sq
evenly
and
faithfully
until
the
very
last
energy
had
.gone
out
of
iU
mainspring.
Perhaps
It
can
be
said,
that
Yvonne
JLeroux
did
not
do
any
more
than
any
other
nurse
woUld
have
done.
It
is
'
quite
possible
that
any
other
nurse
who
hap
pened
to
be
in
line;
for
duty
on
the
Register
of
Nurses
in
North
Bay
would
have
been
as
successful
as
she
was
in
her
unpre
cedented
task.
It
may
be
so,
but
It
can
never
be'
proved.
For
Yvonne
Leroux
did
It.
She
has
the
record
of
her
sue
cess
to
back
her
forever.
Hers
were
the
soft
hands
which
handled
those
overde'icate
Infants
dur-;
lng
their
first
week
of
life.
Hers
was
the
inexperienced
but
levelheaded
Judgment
which,
stood
be
tween
the
babies
and
luring
death
to
carry
out,
the
dojtor's
order:
throughout
the
weary
nights,
t-;
the
Dionne
quintuplets
without
niate
exactly
the
seriousness
i:KB:iBIWHmBTO
being
said
about
the
To
alour
customers
and
friends
we
wish
A
JOYFUL
CHRISTMAS
AND
HAPPY
NEW
YEAR
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truly
great
part
she.
played
In
making
them
tha
wonder
children
they
are.
She
has
just
been
replaced
in
the
Dafoe
Nursery
by
Clare
Tremblay,
exited
It
has
been
decided
the
Dionne
:hildien
no
longer
need
her
care
but
it
should
never
be
forgotten
that
Yvonne
Leioux's
untiring
labor
and
her
devotion
were
unde
niably
one
of
the
most
important
factors
which,
outside
of
Dr.
Allan
Roy
Dafoe,
kept
the
babies
alive,
of
each
wave
of
bluelsh
weakness
which
time
and
again
menaced
the
lives
of
the
babies.
Without
It
the
doctor's
clever
guidanct
would,
have
availed
nothing.
It
wouia
nave
oeen
as
ir
it
never
a
i'
rencn-oanuaian
gin
irom
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ni.
i.,.,
And
now
Yvonne
Leroux
ha
.,,,.
been
disconnected
from
th-
bible;
S
It
Is
Inevitable
perhaps
bctli
for
her
own
sake
and
for
the
sake
of
the
babies
But
It
seems
a
little
ad
that
It
has
been
necessary
to
-acrlflce
the
presence
in
the
sur
roundings
of
the
babies
of
th?
?nly
woman
who,
next
to
the
woman
who
bore
them,
by
indis
putable
reason
of
her'
part
in
the
Her
first
connection
with
tne
saving
of
their
lives,
must"
bear
children
came
when,
on
the
after-
to
them
a
very
speclalqujUJty
of
noon
of
May
28.
1934,
there'eame
a
love;
call
to
the
Register
of
Nurses
of
St.
Joseph's
Hospital
In
North
Bay.
"Please
send
a
French-speaking
lyioil
NrhiOMlfip
nurse
to
a
CorbcilV
confinement
case
In"
It
was
a
.little
unusual
for
nurses
For,
the
East
y.'
to
be
required
for
private
duty
outr
Monday,
.Wtdnesclayja
sick
of'the-eityj
but
except
for
this
.Friday.
5
p.m
circumstance
there
was
nothing
to
From
the
East
reveal
the
singularity
of
this
parti-
Tuesday,
Thursday
and
cularcase.
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.
Saturday
10:20
pm
Miss
Lcroux,
a
.young
giri
with
Vancouver
smilinir
shv
eves
and
irentle
man-
Tuesday.
.
12:30
p.rr
Thursday
.0:30
p.m,
Friday
...J..,
9:30
p.m,
Dec.
3
and
17
4:30
p.m
From
Vancouver-Sunday
,
4
pm
Wednesday
...
10
a.m.
Friday
4
p.m.
Dec.
13
and
30
a.m.
For
Anyox
and
Stewart-Sunday
7
p.m
Wednesday
'
3
p.m.
Prom
Anyox
and
Stewart
Tuesday
,
11:30
a.m.
Thursday
8
p.m.
For
N'aas
Itiver
and
Port'Stmpson
Sunday
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7
pjn
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Greetings
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from
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Messenger
Service
Stand;
Empress
Hotel
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Stuart
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A
Thanking
you
for
your
many
courtesies
and
heartily
wishing
you
a
Very
Merry
Christmas
and
a
Happy
New.
Year
Forces
Win
This
Was
Prelude
of
Proposal
To
Declare
Armistice,
in
Chinese
Civil
War.
NANKING,
Dec.
24:
(CP)
The
three-day;
armistice
halting
China's'
civil
war
came
yesterday
at
the
urgent
request
of
Madame
Chiang
Kai-Shek
and
her
brother,
Dr.
T.
V.
Soong,
after
a
reported
strategic
victory
for
Nanking
troops
of
the
punitive
expedition
seeking
Chiangs''
rescue.1
'
in
the"
presence
of
Marshal
Chang
Hsueh'Llang,
the
Commun-'st
rebel
leader,
Madame
Chiang
was
reported
to
have
interviewed
her
husband
in
prison
at
Sianfu
yesterday.
It
is
believed
that,
if
the
govern-
ment
will
stop
Its
military
operations
against
Sfanfu,
Chiang's
re
lease
can
be
secured
and
Chang
can
be
Induced
to
leave
the
country
for
a
time.
A
ransom
of
$30,-WO.OOO
has
been
demanded.
It
was
reported
at
Peiplng
today
that
Chiang
Kai-Shek
had
been
grounded
but
details
of
the
captive
leader's
Injuries
werenot
revealed;
Today's
Weather
(Government
TcleijrBfti8t
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
31.
Hazelton
Snowing,
calm,
27.
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Smithers
Cloudy,
ca'm,
mild.
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Lake
Dull,
calm,
15.
Stewarts-Cloudy,
calm,
27.
A
hyox
Cloudy,
calm,
25.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm.
30.
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calm,
25
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many
friends
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patronage
and
wish
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