A PUBLIC SERVANT.

Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15407, 15 June 1922, Page 4

A PUBLIC SERVANT.

HOSPITAL BOARD EULOGY. LOSS TO COMMUNITY. Before the ordinary business commenced at yesterday’s meeting of the Thames Hospital Board, references were made to the loss Thames district, had sustained by the death of the board’s chairman, Mr. W J. j McCormick, and it was decided to | forward a letter of condolence to bis widow. The acting-chairman (Mr J. Rowe) in moving the motion, said they all knew the loss that had been sustained by the death of the chairi man, whose place would be hard to I fill. The lata chairman, he said, j performed valuable services, not 1 only to the board, but to Thames jas a whole, and they all felt the , deepest regret when they learned that ho had passed away. Mr W. C. Kennedy endorsed the previous speaker’s remarks, and said they hardly recognised the loss the community had suffered by the death of Mr. McCormick. Everything their late chairman did was for the welfare of all belonging to Thames, and he considered that, buf for his failing health, Mr McCormick Avould have undoubtedly represented the district in Parliament. He had known the deceased gentleman for many years, and had found him a man to be relied upon. He (Mr Kennedy) had no hesitation in saying that the district had lost a man whoso place it would be difficult to fill.

Mr H. Johnston also paid a tribute to the memory of their late chairman, and said when he last visited him the late chairman’s remarks were principally about the hospital and the welfare of the people of Thames. Mr Rowe : Sunday’s funeral showed how high he was held in the .esteem of the people. The followers represented all classes. Mr Hale : There is no doubt the town and community will suffer as a resale of his death.

Mr Rowe: Yes; he left his footprints on the sands of time. He did his level best, as a man. The motion was carried in silence, all standing, and the board adjourned for ten minutes.