Happy 100th Birthday Dora Douglas


	HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY DORA DOUGLAS

Dora Louise Douglas was born February 17th 1901 at 14 Peckham Grove, in
the Sub-district of St. George Camberwell in the County of London,
London, England. Her parents were Henry Thomas Fellows, (a Master
Printer), and Frances Sarah Fellows. Dora had three siblings, two older
sisters Frances and Olive and a brother Henry

Except for her date of birth there are few early milestones identifying
significant events. Evidently at about the age of 18 she emigrated to
Canada following her sister who had emigrated a short time earlier.
Prior to emigrating to Canada she had worked for a time as a clerk
secretary with the British War Department. In Canada she worked at
Spencer’s Department Store demonstrating washing machines. During one
of these demonstrations a little boy went to stick his fingers in the
wringer and Dora pulling his hand away got her elbow caught up in the
wringer herself. When she was able to go back to work there was a
vacancy available for her as an elevator operator.

On September 3rd, 1936 Dora returned to England with her husband William
(Doug) and daughter Norma. Her son Newton, was born in London.

Shortly before WWII broke out they moved from London to the Isle of Man
after learning that the air force were preparing for hostilities and
were simulating dropping bombs on London using bags of flour. War was
declared September 3rd, 1939, three years to the day since leaving
Canada.

While in the Isle of Man, Doug and Dora invited numerous Canadian
Servicemen to the house for a meal and relaxation. Some of the
friendships established during these visits still exist to-day.

In 1946 they returned to Canada settling in West Vancouver. Doug built
their house on Kings Avenue working evenings and weekends. At that time
Kings Avenue was just a single lane dirt road west of 11th Street and
only went as far as the one other house in the 1100 block. An orchard
and chicken farm were located on the opposite side of the street.

Once the house was completed Dora spent countless hours lovingly
planting and tending the garden. From year to year she would save her
own tomato seeds and over the years kept countless people supplied with
fresh hothouse tomatoes. Another talent and passion for Dora was
dressmaking and millinery. She made almost all her own clothes and many
clothes for other members of her family including clothes for her
grandchildren. For a while during the 1950’s and 60’s she did custom
tailoring and millinery for clients including some of the leading
fashion retailers of the day.

After Doug died in 1973 Dora lived in the house on Kings Avenue,
applying ingenuity to looking after the house and garden, doing most of
the work herself. In 1997 after a fall fracturing a hip, she took up
residence in the West Vancouver Care Facility and in 1998, when space
became available, moved into the Inglewood Care Centre.

Her daughter Norma lives in Abbotsford BC and her son Newton with his
wife Judy have retired to Kingston ON. She has three living
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

On February 17th, 2001, Dora Douglas will be celebrating her 100th Birthday.

In recognition of this occasion and to allow friends and relatives a change to wish her a Happy Birthday, a reception is planned from 2:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. on Saturday February 17th at the Inglewood Care Centre, 725 Inglewood Avenue, West Vancouver.

If you plan on being present, please reply by January 15th, 2001 either by letter to:

Newton Douglas
1053 Katharine Crescent
Kingston, ON
K7P 2T9

by e-mail to newton.douglas@sympatico.ca

If you are unable to attend and would like to send best wishes or would like to share a memory, or anecdote of your association with Dora, please forward them to the above by January 31st.

Thank you and hope to see you at the reception.

Norma and Newton

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Revised: December 30, 2006 .

HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY DORA DOUGLAS