STUBBORN OLD LADY
REWARDED AT LAST VANCOUVER, Dec. 10. Starting life mre again at the age of 50 with only a few dollars In her name, Mrs. Sara Atkins, Western. Canada’s most astonishing woman financier, had amassed a fortune ot £250,000 at the age of 65.
But, she lost, ii all, and died yestpr day. at the age of i 9, a pauper, eseopt, that her obstinate loyalty to a I nisi through 25 years bad brought her. near the end, enough to pay her I intend expenses. She was chaninan. 25 years ago, of a community effort i whir h raised £2OOO for hospital funds. A hoi dispute arose regarding the disposal ol tin* money, and having it in n bank neeount in hei own name, Mrs. Atkins obstinate ly refused to appropriate it except for its original purposes. A lawsuit tailed to move tier, avid in the vourse of yea is (he matter was put aside and forgot ten. Recently, fearing death. Mrs. Atkins applied to the courts to dispose ol the money, which, in the meantime, at compound interest, had grown to £ISOOO. Tho court awarded tier a. liberal corn mission for her faithful stewardship* and this fund provided the funeral expenses.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 5
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