, 1935-03-01
OLIVIA Dionne--5F' Was Only Notation in
Dafoe Diary on Birth of Famous QuintupletS

should II you dont-is really q re-
markable character. ! was talking
to Ken Morrison about him. Ken
Morrison Is Of the guardians APP
pointed by the provincial government
for the quintuplets and he runs the
general store In Caliander.
Good as They Come"
Ken said, Sure, he's a country doc
tor. But don't get the idea that
he's an ordinary country doctor.
This fellows as good as they come
anywhere"
Then and there. Ken Morrison.
who is a rough-hewn Scotsman and
not the sort Of man 10 60 gushy on
you. began TO get fairly rhapsodic
about the good gray medico Of CAL
lander. He thrust out an angular
Jaw and his steel-blue eyes cleaned
as he warmed to his subject.
There was the time. for instance,
when Ken himself was sick. and he
wasn't getting better. and d.. Dafoe
agreed that something had to be done
about his teeth.
81 - IN , % into North Paw
and have them out. And the doctor
took him In his own car; took him
Y s-f --aited for him and brought
him back.
How many doctors. Ken wanted 10
know. would have done that7 How
many doctors. country or otherwise?
Saved From Suicide
And there was the time that Or.
Dafoe got a call from way out in the
bush one night. A mar and his wife
had had trouble. and the woman had
shot herself. She had stuck the gun
under her chin and the bullet had
come out CT the top Of her head.
When DR.. Dafoe got there she
couldn't even breathe except by put
ting her hand over the hole II her
throat. She was splitting blood and
bits Of bone.
Bad F.. Wen. the doctor pulled
her through al right. She's walking
around today. Just as good as ever.
That afternoon ] went over 70 the
doctors house. Fred Davis. the
photographer who has made all those
great pictures OF the uu~intuplets. and
! sat In the comfortable book-stock-
ed Dafoe living room: watched the
doctor putter around his fireplace.
putting on his gloves 10 replenish the
crate with camel coal: smoked with
him, laughed with him.
Honored BY Academy
The sunshine streamed in the
broad window. but outside II was
20 below. On Dr.. Dafoe's porch Il
registered 10 below. but Fred Davis
insisted that the doctors thernom-
eter was a liar. The doctor beamed.
Doesn't agree with another one In
town. does it2"
And then he went into the din
ing room and took something from
the table. This he showed to me.
II was a framed document, reading:
Academy Of Medicine, Toronto,
In recognition OF the high scientific
attainments OF Allan Roy DafOe.
VI. g., has elected him an honorary
fellow OF the Academy. In witness
whereof the seal OF the Academy and
the signature OF the proper officers
are affixed as by resolution Of the
| Academy.
"Given In the City OF Toronto this
18th day Of January In the year 1885
wv. Il. Malcolm Fl. W. Cameron. Presi-
dent; Gilbert Parker. Honorary Sec
rotary"
Proud Of Document
I'm proud OF that DR.. Dafoe
said simply. That's Why I framed
It. ! didn't want anything to hap
pen TO IT,"
And he Is proud. He's proud Of
what he's done up there IN the
north country. proud Of the horors
that have been showered upon him
and plainly tickled at all the fuss
that is being made over him
He's nc stuffed shirt. trying TO pre-
tend that he doesn't like IL. He's Q
regular guy. this fellow. and--a les
son 10 newspaper mer-he wrote the
story OF the greatest multiple birth
IN history in something like four
: words.