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Winnipeg Free Press

Tuesday, September 21, 1954

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Issue date: Tuesday, September 21, 1954
Pages available: 30
Previous edition: Monday, September 20, 1954
Next edition: Wednesday, September 22, 1954

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba E 10 press tuesday september 21, 1954 father uppers and Lowers get thorough scrubbing As Doc Witten s Smair Fry gather about Wash Basin during morning Rush for the bathroom. Shedding a Little Light on cause of earache Doc Witten examines one of his ailing sons while another holds Battery for the Light. Huhe most popular Man Tazewell "va., population 500, is 74-year-old Doc Witten and anyone who thinks differently is in for a stiff argument not Only from the citizens but also from the 150 boys who were Given both a Home and love by the Bachelor physician. Or. Jack w. Witten took the first boy into his Home in 1907. After that there were a deserted Bey and one running away from a it was Nof Long before the word spread and boys came flocking from All Over asking to be taken in. Fourteen boys at a deserted youngsters and those needing affectionate care and with Doc in his 10-Roonv Brick and. Stucco Home near the Center of town. The older boys act As Counselor for f 150 the smaller ones As Well As helping out the Resi Dent Farmer who supplies All. The food for the amiable physician s Large family. The Chicken and Turkey pens Are assigned to the smaller boys who keep them clean and gather the eggs every morning. Four cows provide the milk. Doc Witten a member of the state Legisla Ture allows his sons to go As fac As their ambition yell carry them. If it Means College Doc supplies the wherewithal. While Many of the older members of Doc s family Are now in the armed forces or Are Busi Ness men with families All of them remember to write a faithfully for they know that in no Small measure their Success is due to the big heart of Doc Witten. Doctor loves a Garden and his boys see to it that the one behind Closen t want for attention As they prune and landscape it. Doctor s line is always Busy keeping up with the chores keeps every purring new a or Codrin n a one on the move. Here one boy hangs washed dungarees out to dry Soj or i. A5 Are real tired to make their Beds in the morn one of Doc Witten s sons Jack Hamilton 14, dusts the pictures of older members 01 Arees out to dry. Long and tidy their rooms before they leave House to play. Older them the Camhy who Are now on their own or serving in ;