SECOND "STORK DERBY"
CANADIAN'S WILL PROVIDES | I 10,000 DOLLARS IN PRIZES.. j | Received Tuesday 10.20 p.m. OTTAWA, March 12. j | A second "Stork Derby" is prom- I | ised with prooate of the will oi ihe ! late Mr. Thomas Foster, the colour- j ' fnl ex-Mayor of Toronto, who provided 10,000 dollars for a baby derhy, i with a rirst prize of 1250 dollars for ; the mother bearing the largest numi ber oi children witliin ten years. ^ The first "Stork Derby" was the | result of the will of the late Mr. j i Charles Mitler, who left 500,000 dol- ' j lars, which was shared hy four j Toronto mothers in 1938. Mr. Foster, who rose from hutch- j j er's boy to Member of Parliament I and Mayor oi Toronto, amassed a j fortune of 1,158,000 dollars when he i died on December 10, 1945; The i main bequest of his v/ill, 600,000 dol- | lars, was for cancer research.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 March 1946, Page 5
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157SECOND "STORK DERBY" Chronicle (Levin), 13 March 1946, Page 5
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