The following is a list of the administrators of Community

Hospital:

Mrs. Grace MacLeod 1957—1969

Mr. Lester Brennan 1969-1989

Ms. Wanita Maclntyre 1989-1990

Mr. Patrick Dobbin 1990-1992.

The following is a list of the directors of nursing of Community Hospital:

Mrs. Grace MacLeod 1957-1970

Mrs. Wanda MacLeod 1970-1989

Ms. Margo MacDougall 1989-1990

Mrs. Arlene Gallant-Bemard 1990-

The following is a list of the board chairmen of Community Hospital:

Mr. Errol Stetson 1955-1972

Mr. Bernard Shea 1972-1986

Mr. Gordon Ramsay 1986-1987

Mr. Harold Tuck 1987-1991

Mr. Stanley MacDonald 1991- ——

DENTISTS

Dr. Archibald MacMurdo was the first practising dentist in O’Leary. He graduated from dental college in 1901 and, it was report- ed, that between 1902 and 1906 each week he travelled to O’Leary by train from Summerside, stayed overnight at the MacFadyen resi- dence, where he provided dental services for the next day or two, then returned to Summerside.

The first resident dentist in the village was Dr. Wilson MacKay from Freeland, Lot 11 - a brother of Mrs. (Dr.) MacEwen - who set up practise here in the early 1900’s, stayed only a few years, then moved to Wetaskewin, Saskatchewan.

Alexander Palmer was born in Freeland, son of William and Barbara Palmer and a nephew of Dr. MacKay. After graduating from Baltimore College of Dental Surgery he moved to O'Leary where he set up a practice over Matheson's Drug Store. (For more information refer to biography on Dr. Palmer).

Dr. William MacMurdo, son of Dr. and Mrs. Archibald MacMurdo, Summerside graduated from Dalhousie Dental School in 1948. In January 1949, he rented the dental office from Olive Tuplin, who had purchased the Palmer residence, and began his dental prac- tice in O’Leary.

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