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ing in excess of 90 hours a week, he determined this was no way to raise a young family. Bill and Whitney decided to pack up and leave the big city - setting their sights on a small town, northeast of Toronto to practice family medi- cine. The move brought Bill back to the country and it seemed Port Perry was the perfect place to plant roots. Through the generosity of several prominent Port Perry residents: Ted Griffen, Joel Aldred, Storey Beare, Joe Dow- son and Harry Phoenix, Bill was recruited to practice in Port Perry. Labour Day weekend of 1968, Bill and Whitney ——__ . were able to open a practice in the front room of their Moving to Port North Street home. With the community Perry brought growing it was decided that Bill back to the a medical arts facility was * juired, so Bill partnered country and his with long-time friend Dr A Ralph Price to form Medical farming roots... Associates of Port Perry. — Anew hospital for the town was almost completed by the time Dr. Cohoon and Dr. Price unveiled their plans for the building of a new medical clinic opposite the hospital on the south side of Paxton St. At that time Drs. Stephen Kendel, Dr. John Diamond, Dr. George Rennie and Dr. Matthew B. Dymond were providing medical care from “The Medical Clinic” at 238 5 - i Queen St., the building Port Perry Dental Centre is located = z fe y today. When still practicing medicine, Dr. Bill Cohoon was as comfortable “1 remember calling Bob Allin and telling him to come in the operating room as he was out in the fields on his farm. up here and work,” Bill said, as he reminisced. “Bob was worried that there would smiled as he relayed the story of a puppy, Julie, they not be enough work.” He . * had just adopted and decided to have her spayed. chuckled ashe spoke. Bob Medical Associates was“ nS.w no reason to spend money and take. up came in 1969 and together formed by Drs. Bob a vet's time so he called his partner Bob and asked with Ralph Price, the Port . . him to come over to help perform the minor surgery Perry Medical Associates Allin, Bill Cohoon and onthe family pet. ‘was founded. . . “We had no idea how much anaesthesia to give Inthe first few years Ralph Price in 1969.... her so we started low and increased gradually.” 16 hour days were quite “Suddenly, the anaesthetic was too much and the normal. Whitney was the only nurse, but it allseemed to _dog stopped breathing,” he explained, work. “The beginning was tough. We went four months And when Bill realized they would have to resuscitate straight without a day off.” “But those early days were fun,” Bill recalled. He Please turn to page 8 «Windows « Doors * Siding * Sunrooms WINDOW STORE 905-985-6665 & WY Installation For Alt VoursWiidae Needs Serving Port Perry, Uxbridge & Surrounding Area 182 North Port Plaza, Unit #7 - Reach St. at North Port Rd. FOCUS - FEBRUARY 2010 9