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Looking Back: Temporal and Spatial Connections of Post-War Migration and Displacement Through the Eyes of the Toronto Telegram

…And as they go. This is the "grown-up" pair to whom Dr. and Mrs. T. O. Chenoweth are bidding good-bye after give years

"Each more than 53 pounds heavier, and 14 inches taller, both Donald and Olive Stewart, war guest brother and sister now 14 and 15 years old, are returning to-morrow to their mother and grandmother in Dumfries, Scotland. They arrived in Canada in 1940 to live with their uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. T. O. Chenoweth of 1 St. Edmunds drive. Donald is returning armed with complete knowledge of local birds, trees and flowers, which he gained by forming a nature study club in the neighborhood a few months after he arrived. He and the other boys met every Tuesday and rose at 7 o'clock some mornings to take part in the nature hunts sponsored by the Royal Ontario Museum. Though Donald has lost his Scottish accent, he has not lost his original Scottish desire to become a minister. He plans to study in Edinburgh. At University of Toronto Schools he won a scholarship the first year, excelling in public speaking. Olive, who was nine when she arrived, has developed her talent for music at the Toronto Conservatory and has passed its grade nine examinations with first class honors. She is not quite so certain about her future, especially after having to leave all her young friends at Lawrence Park Collegiate. She, to[o]. has lost her Scottish accent but, "we hope we can retrieve it before we start school in the fall because if we don't we'll be teased," they say." (Caption on back)