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Ao El C P eesaee d & For Maebelle: Cowan, | & l% }’ We ue PDO l e t e e e O k Rosella Cunningham was a _| e tol e pemenenaie P n N 1 Eooo atihas Peai2lll w 0n s \__ first cousin, once removed and |, es lell wel w l 000 [ oo s MaHIdX Lxpiosinn DMearkiOAI® | . _ a close friend. . ; e s K c e 1. pate S ;" 014 1/ U 1 7 ie ces ; % j Many pe(]p]e who lived in he fls wous _ f e alone C [RCLAGCC T n n o e t e on Cobourg and Port Hope in the pman l pDIAZE C onl oc ce ons se 7 | ~â€"1950s and 1960s would | s uminnae 0 ho ic es s : | CECILIANASMITH remember her as the Cobourg instms et subl ts pap ce e t ' 4 | Northumberland Today \| t health nurse. e ons «. d 8 4 _ l e Above: Lakeshore Genealogical | Cunningham and her e aae muiltiiee 4o Snciesiyom;ngge:tRnn Smilth's | brother Victor were born in [ _ semmen otites) . Amegerenry. n m m ancestor Herbert was on leave | the Cobourg Armoury, where ‘W ie raâ€"eace. . mm 11‘1"".‘"'- BJ JP f s and asleep in Halifax when the | her father was the caretaker. i o o. W Fay . prosnca | explosion hit on Dec. 6, 1917. ; | and the family had an apartâ€" | Ee l n e O 0 [ Ne ols AB Left: Ron Smith‘s ancestor Herâ€" ment. They moved to Swayne o oo gaminees wate fl $ a iprra e C 4 bert didâ€"piongering work in the | Street in 1921, when Rosella mesfrtes. PsPA . / | “fii'“’s- 3¢h, treatment of postâ€"traumatic f | \â€"_ was 10. She and Victor (who bnths f | wugh) stress disorder. | would become a teacher in s e â€"._. nctlines P es cusppice© Cobourg) attended school on M . e °_ ' Et ho X 2| KW George Street and Cobourg § o f remen [ o sl o .o > i Zall g4e Céemérexr j Collegiate Institute. A â€" ut JY qel e d amg w x | s TAHe Rosellafwent on to the Uniâ€" : | * h/ | | 4 Aeéco£/» 5’ & fers versity of Toronto where, in P agerce e y a0 hi snn hb e | 1 e it 1936, she. was in the first gradâ€" m (anematit ies | $ _ iged4Ays tome uating nurses‘ class. She Nt ‘_T‘;F PS r-';,:-';.g_.gâ€"..;_%_,., 4 | | t worked with the Victorian s es * . h2 t | y Order of Nurses in several | â€"op 'nfi!' ts f. ) epn iefi Lt | iipars We â€" communities, including Carâ€" 30 90 es K td | Su>u leton Place, Windsor, Ottawa > Wikkar uie m I:"!I&;rm;‘;; T | 2 and Woodstock. She moved t Spdit l"fgl;""""’.' um:ame‘}gy!;mg;‘fi- _ back to Cobourg in the 1950s "%-&‘;‘ § "’F:;"z;};::\.fig‘fu'fiiw Saskatchewan to live with â€" Wars, and was in Halifax on _ from the war, that their mental to work with the town‘s heath [ Lnnpmmmmmormnntapemaecomiets some older brothers and _ Dec. 6, 1917 â€" the day of the . illnesses could be treated. unit andâ€"also was a school 3 , became a teacher. Halifax Explosion. At the time, _ "One thing I find most interâ€" ol o aiine, CECILIA NASMITH Northumberland Today fi‘f““'f: 33“55‘1 an a"fsm‘j.egr?e gfefi;’;‘elf;‘;‘fe:;dh:’?gfl;g uies befia.“se he ‘J‘addbeen Y ty 4 Lakeshore Genealogical Socie mber Mai + m the mversny 0 ino1S, £ â€" â€" in the war, he was a leader in University of Toronto. From pmfi: ogthgeaccnmgpllshmentst%mer%ers’c!f:uizei!rlrligg:‘-:r:usufi bachelorâ€"ofâ€"education degree â€" terâ€"mile from the blast. The â€" treating soldiers for PTSD 1967 to 1980, she was profesâ€" Rosella‘Cunningham. from the University of Alberta _ roof caved in on him, but he â€" (postâ€"traumatic stress disorâ€" sor of health nursi‘;l% at ktl_m @041 and doctorate in education in emtfirged unkgpm and assisted . der), which they called shell school. She retired back in California. He would return to . with rescue efforts. shock," Ron Smith said. Cobourg, and died in the: £ e the University of Alberta,. _ Smith became interested in "He did a lot of work letti } | Cobqu,:ginspital in 2001. _____ _ mother and brother in 1957. The contributions of Ron . where he wouldy be on the facâ€" . psychology and mentalâ€"health people know this is m?fi?f] f Cunningham was pretty . After that, de's?ite their 20â€" _ Smith‘s ancestor Herbert ulty for 25 years. He became â€" issues, and established Mental â€" condition. They are not just _/ | well grm when Cowan was a â€" year age difference, the . would be in the field of mental the school‘s dean in 1950, and â€" Health Association branches crazy â€" it‘s somethin xhs 7 :. child, and she remembers . women became very close. health. t retired five years later (making _ in Edmonton and Alberta. can be treated,." 8 that / playm;f'with Rosella‘s wonderâ€" When she retired to Herbert Smith was born $7,000 a year). 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