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\ii.a\ -. _ in 1908 a tragedy befeil the family when their youngest son } Tommy was shot in a hunting accident. He was about eleven ‘ years of age at the time,_and like all boys wanted a rifle with which to go hunting. His brother Arthur, then with the Owen Sound Fire Department, sent him a .22 cali'bre rifle as a gift. Without l his mother's permission, Tommy slipped away‘to hunt with two other lads who owned rifles. Within a short time Tommy spotted a partridge and was leaning over a fallen tree to get at a shot at it, when one of the other boys got excited and tripped over a root. His gun discharged, striking Tommy and penetrating his bladder, The boys were hunting in the vicinity of Danny McDonald's farm at the time, and Danny happened to che along as the accident happened. He carried Tommy home a distance of over a mile. Dr. Wigle was called from Wiarton, but nothing could be done and death resulted within forty-eight hours. The death of the popular little fellow brought great sorrow to his family and cast a gloom over the community. Tommy is buried in Stokes Bay cemâ€" etery. Mr. Shute died at Stokes Bay in i903 at the age of fifty»eigh"r Later, the family moved to Wiarton, where Mrs. Shute lived to the age of ninety-nine, passing away in 1953. She was a grand old lady who almost reached the century mark after the rigorous life of a pioneer woman. l The eldest son of James and Anne Shute, Richard James, or "Young Jimmie” as he was known, taught school at Stokes Bay, and also at Feversham and Bognor in Grey County. From teachâ€" ing schcsl, he went on to study medicine at Queen's University in Kingston. For many years Dr. Shute conducted a successful pracâ€" tice in Windsor where he was a prominent and highly respected member of the medical profession. He died in 1937. Dr. Shute's wife was Elizabeth Treadgold, a teacher who tauâ€" ght at Stokes Bay. Her father, James Treadgold, was also a teach- er, and taught in Lindsay Township and Stoke-s Bayi Richard James Shute's sons followed the path of their bril- liant father and-became doctors. Two sons in particular, have at. tained world-wide attention in their research for a cure for heart disease, and in their use of Vitamin E for the heart. Dr. Evan Shute and Dr Wilfred Shute with Dr. Vogelsang of Landon gave treatments for heart disease at the Shute Institute in Londoh us- mg Vitamin E with results which they claimed were not merely good but spectacular, " Dr. Evan Shute was born at Stokes Bay in 1906. Dr, W‘If ed Shute was bOrn in Markdale. A third brother, Wallace, aisl) he- came a doctor. Dr. Evan still practises at the institute in London Dr. Wilfred at Port Credit, and Dr. Wallace Shute in Ottawa. ‘ We are indebtfled to Arthur Shute of Wiarton, uncle of these doctOrs, for the above information. He is the only surviving mem- ber of the James Shute family. ‘ I. Miâ€" TLM i "\‘l 5 ,V. ‘- (kn/KM? Us. cops. m except it if a 3' i. a? 2).; ‘\'-.:\'4â€"-l."".‘-.“ ‘ mm». 1W r fim‘ \gâ€"eâ€"A‘r‘gfla lrli‘ll‘l'r team-m;