Dr. Grant Thompson, a graduate of the University of Toronto in 1960, became associated with the Tavistock Medical Group in July, 1961. A year later he left to take further training in Montreal, having decided to specialize in the field of internal medicine.

Dr. Maurice Ostime had practised medicine in England for several years, before coming in July, 1963, to work with the Tavistock Medical Group. In June, 1964, he moved to Woodbridge, Ontario, where he has established a family practice.

In July, 1964, Dr. Eugene Varga was engaged as an assistant, by the Tavistock Medical Group and a year later became a full partner in the Group. He was born in Toronto, but spent most of his boyhood on the family farm near Barrie, Ontario, where he attended High School. In 1961, he graduated with a degree in Medicine from Queen's University at Kingston, where he remained for one year of general internship at Kingston General Hospital, followed by a further year of training in diseases of children.

In June, 1962, he married Margaret White, of Windsor, whom he had met at Queen's, where she had graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. In 1963 they moved to Fort William where Dr. Varga was associated with a medical clinic for a year before coming to Tavistock.

Here he soon became interested in community affairs and served on the Village Council. He was a member of Knox United Church and acted as secretary of the congregation. Due to his training and interest in children's diseases, he was appointed as Chief of the Department of Paediatrics at Stratford General Hospital.

In 1967, Dr. Varga decided to leave Tavistock to take further training in paediatrics, at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, beginning July 1st. Members of the Tavistock Medical Group regretted the loss of a respected and competent colleague and their many friends in Tavistock were sorry to see Dr. and Mrs. Vargas leave the village.

The most recent recruit to the ranks of the medical profession in the village is Dr. Wayne Weston, who came here in 1965. He was born on a farm near Birchton in The Province of Quebec, son of Sternie and Mary Weston, formerly Mary Harbinson. When he was two years old his parents moved to Toronto, where Wayne attended public school and Jarvis Collegiate, before entering medical school at University of Toronto, where he obtained his medical degree in 1964. After a year of internship at Toronto Western Hospital, Dr. Weston joined the Tavistock Medical Group and a year later he became a full partner in the Group. In 1965, before coming to Tavistock, he married Sharon O'Brien of Peterboro, who is a graduate of St. Michael's Hospital School of Nursing.

Dr. Weston is enthusiastic about the challenge which family practice offers and his devotion to duty and spirit of co-operation contribute greatly to his success in group practice. He is a member of the active medical staff of Stratford General Hospital. Dr. Weston is interested in community projects and he is Secretary of the Rotary Club of Tavistock. He and his wife are members of Immaculate Conception Church, in Stratford.

In order to assist the reader to sift the mass of information provided in the previous pages and gain a clear idea of the status quo in respect to medical personnel in Tavistock, it may be stated that, at the time of writing there are five physicians living here and providing medical care for the people of the community, Dr. John K. Fisher is still engaged in family practice, with an office in his home at 90 Woodstock Street North, The Tavistock Medical Group, with an office at 24 Hope Street West, includes Drs. Taylor, Halliday, Fuller and Weston.

It is interesting to note that the medical profession has attracted to its ranks a considerable number of young people from Tavistock who have made worthy contributions in this field and have been a credit to their native village.

Dr. Henry Krug, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Krug, became a specialist in orthopaedic surgery in St. Louis, Missouri. It is believed that he went to the United States some time before 1900, after studying medicine in Canada. For information about Dr. Krug, we are indebted to his sister, Mrs. Neil McVicar, of Kitchener, formerly Anne May Krug, who has fond memories of Tavistock and the lovely family home, which is still known to many local residents, as "The Maples".

Dr. Otto W. Niemeier, son of Dr. and Mrs. Otto G. Niemeier, graduated from the University of Toronto in 1910 and became a prominent surgeon in the city of Hamilton, where he died in 1956.