In May of 1954, Dr. Charles M . Dewar (a cousin of Dr. George Dewar ) moved to O'Leary and set up practice. Dr. Charles came from Brudenell and was educated at Brudenell , Montague, and Prince of Wales College during which time he completed twelve grades in nine years. Dr. Charles is married to the former Frances Wilson and has three children - Norman, Keith and Pamela. Dr. Charles is a hard¬ working, intelligent, and competent doctor. He had been an anaes¬ thetist for many surgery cases after the opening of the O'Leary Community Hospital in 1959. Dr. Charles devotes much time to study to keep abreast of contemporary medicine in this era of rapid change. The year 1956 saw the coming of the first surgeon to the O'Leary area in the person of Dr. Nicholis Bruvels , a skilled and competent surgeon. Dr. Bruvels was originally from Latvia, Europe. He attended school in Latvia and graduated from Riga in 1939 with his medical degree. Dr. Bruvels is registered as a General Surgeon of Latvia. He is married and the father of three sons - Nicky, Robert and Peter. Dr. Bruvels was in O'Leary from 1956 until 1972 when he opened a prac¬ tice in Alberton , To complement the team of practising physicians in the area, Dr. Cyril Bugden set up practice in 1959. Dr. Bugden is a general practi¬ tioner from Halifax, Nova Scotia . He was educated in Halifax and received his medical degree from Dalhousie University in 1959. Dr. Bugden , who is married and the father of two boys, worked at Public Health before coming to O'Leary for five years. He is best remem¬ bered for his pleasant manner and friendly demeanor. Dr. Bugden is now practising in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia , at the Woodlawn Medical Clinic. In 1971, Dr. Terry Verma and his wife Dr. Prem Verma came to the O'Leary Medical Centre. Dr. T Verma is a highly qualified sur¬ geon who was born in Kalaw, Burma. He attended Rangoon University from which he graduated in 1962 as a medical doctor. Dr. P. Verma was born in and received her early schooling at a convent in Poona. She attended Indore University where she obtained her medical degree in 1961. In 1965, she obtained her Post Graduate Masters degree in Gynecology and Obstetrics after which she became a lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Ludhiana, India. In 1971, Dr. Prem Verma accompanied her husband to Africa for one year and came to O'Leary in 1974 after obtaining her Canadian Licence with a specialization in gynecology and obstetrics. Dr. F. Edwin Pineau was born and brought up in Rustico , P.E.I. He graduated from U.P.E.I , in 1976 with a B.Sc . and completed 214