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Page 2, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, November 30, 1994 Retireid country physicia wins Peter Perry award By Mark Reesor This year's Peter Perry award winner's record of service to the community dates back to 1931. That's when Dr. John McKin- ney moved te Brooklin te begin his family practice which he con- tinued for 50 years. He was appointed medical offi- cer of -health for Whitby Town- s hip six months later, a position heheld for 35 years. It was a busy tirne. He was a leader in preventative medicine, initiating school immunizatien pregrame for diphtheria, small- pex, scarlet fever, whooping cough and polio, an adult polio vaccine programn, public x-ray clinics te detect tubeulosis and a school nurse program. He aIse prtcipated in war- time Red Cross p Mrograms and organized the frst Ontario County medical relief program, the only medical service avail-' -5 M a-OF You can entrust your child's care to Wee -Watch. Reliable, supervised day care at a home in yout neighbourhood. a Sale, comfortable environments a Stimulating daily programs a Traîned, professional Pro viders a Reliable local back-up for Provider's holidays or illness a Complete insurance cove rage a Income tax receiots supplied able to those on public assistance before medicare. Doc -- that's what his friends cail him -- was appointed chair of the Whitby Township water cern- mittee in the 1950s and initiated a sarnpling of local wells, which found the majority were.unsafe. His actions led to te, the crea- tien of a mnicial water supp1y He also chird Whitby Hydro and. was elected to the Whitby Public Utilities Commission. In al, he served as an elected offi- ciaI for 15 years and an appoin- tee for 35 years, most of the time in un p id psiios Mceinney joined the Oddfel- lows Lodge in 1931 and rose to become Grand Master of Ontario. Upon hearing he'd been named Peter Per,hne says his first thought was "Ithat I'd better be able to sing for my supper!... I thought it was a very great honour to have my name associa- ted with Peter Perry." He says niany otlber peuple deserve credit for the achieve- ments attributed to him. UI was Johnny-on-the-spot, especially when t he credit was coigbecause they gave me the credittbut the work was done... "If you are the right man in the right place and receive the supportthat N'e had at various times, a lot will be accomplished, whoever has the credit. uI've been supperted by my Iodge and by my community through the years. If there was something. I wanted, I went to the council and they said 'Sure, Doc. If you want to immunize the kids, you get the material and just send us the bill."' Things were tough in the thir- ties McKinney recalîs. 'îf had a class reunien five years after I graduated and less than 20 per cent of the boys DR. JOHN MCKINNEY is this year's Peter Perr Award win- ner. Doc, as he's known, opened his g eneral family practice in Brooklin in 1931. He was Whitby Township medical officer of health for 35 years and a leader in community preventative medicine. Phota by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Press thought they were in their per- manent jobs... they were hoping te, do semethingbetter... "We didn't have any meney at aIl, but we had thîngs te do always -- I was neyer short of something te do." McKinney still keeps busy. He says he's especially thankful for Whitby General Hospital -- "It's such a fine hospital te goe te> se nice te, the patients and family.» Uited Way campaigil reaches $2.5 million About $2.5 million has been raised for this year's United Way campaign for Whitby,- Oshawa and Clarington. With the estimates of the amounts yet te corne from some businesses and other secters, such as professionalIs, it is esti- mated a final push will be necessary te reach the campaign goal of $3.2 million. 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