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Woodworth was the chief purchasing agent at the DAR head office in the [[Kentville Station]] in the 1930s. In 1937, she wrote the book [[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]], the official history of the DAR. She retired in 1953. | Woodworth was the chief purchasing agent at the DAR head office in the [[Kentville Station]] in the 1930s. In 1937, she wrote the book [[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]], the official history of the DAR. She retired in 1953. | ||
| + | Remembering Marguerite Woodworth (1899-1967) by Ed Coleman, 27 February 2004 | ||
| + | ...Miss Marguerite A. Woodworth, 67, 77 Belcher Street, died at Blanchard Fraser Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Daughter of the late Dr. Percy Woodworth and Carrie (O'Key) Woodworth, she was born in Kentville and educated at Acadia University. She studied music and art for ten years in France. In earlier life Miss Woodworth was purchasing agent for the Dominion Atlantic Railway and later was commissioned to write a history of the D.A.R. Prior to World War Two she was a private secretary in Saint John, N.B. Retiring in 1953, she moved to Kentville. Burial was to be in the St. John's Church cemetery... | ||
| + | — Excerpted from Ms. Woodworth's 1967 obituary. | ||
| + | (Source - http://www.newscotland1398.net/kingsco/woodworth.html | ||
| + | and - http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/ecoleman/editorial/2004/e04feb27.html) | ||
| + | (The second source was not working on March 12, 2018.) | ||
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Marguerite Woodworth 1899-1967
Woodworth was the chief purchasing agent at the DAR head office in the Kentville Station in the 1930s. In 1937, she wrote the book History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, the official history of the DAR. She retired in 1953.
Remembering Marguerite Woodworth (1899-1967) by Ed Coleman, 27 February 2004 ...Miss Marguerite A. Woodworth, 67, 77 Belcher Street, died at Blanchard Fraser Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Daughter of the late Dr. Percy Woodworth and Carrie (O'Key) Woodworth, she was born in Kentville and educated at Acadia University. She studied music and art for ten years in France. In earlier life Miss Woodworth was purchasing agent for the Dominion Atlantic Railway and later was commissioned to write a history of the D.A.R. Prior to World War Two she was a private secretary in Saint John, N.B. Retiring in 1953, she moved to Kentville. Burial was to be in the St. John's Church cemetery... — Excerpted from Ms. Woodworth's 1967 obituary. (Source - http://www.newscotland1398.net/kingsco/woodworth.html and - http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/ecoleman/editorial/2004/e04feb27.html) (The second source was not working on March 12, 2018.)
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