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The = Docs’ Dr. Bill Cohoon More than four decades after arriving in Port Perry to begin practising medicine, Dr. William (Bill) Cohoon remains a strong advocate for Scugog Township's present and future health care requirements. Although now retired from prac- tising medicine for five years, the popular 71 year old retired doctor - now farmer, remains a force in influencing and protecting the excellent medical facilities within the community. Today, Port Perry has some of the finest medical facilities in the province, but this has not always been the case. There was a time, prior to the establishment of the Medical Associates group, when there were only three physicians to service the needs of the entire community. It was time for change and ro. men stepped up to the plate - Dr. Co- hoon and his partner Dr. Ralph Pi Born in Long Branch, in Toronto's west end, Bill was the son of a farm- ing family. When Toronto began to grow the Cohoons decided to move and Bill’s father purchased a farm near Georgetown, where Bill attended high school. Farming was not the chosen life for young Bill, who had a keen in- terest in physics and chemistry. At that time he wanted to spend his life working in research, so he attended McMaster University in Hamilton in his chosen field. He later switched to medicine at the University of Toronto. Bill joined the cardiovascular team and became an intern at Toronto Western. It was during that time he met a nurse, who was teaching residents surgical techniques and procedures. Not only was Bill fascinated by the subject, but he also took an interest in the teacher and in 1967 Bill and Whitney were married. Bill’s chosen career was not without difficulty. In fact, when he was work- Dr. William and Whitney Cohoon, September 1968.