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17 THE MONTCLAIR TIMES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1966 in Mil n.d a She Overcame Hardships Miss T. Marion Will Comnletes Work on Ketol' mintstrator and Miss Will pi niers fit i ji worked as a highly effective we v- team in presenting St. Vm- I to- gf U.1 Mw lit it) tj i ti. v.r-1 fu.rn a gaU-mt U.ly hwi cent's story to the public. Dunr In at the age of 76 she lor l.t: Religious Booklet it i o.

A t. i began editing, writing i. SI I 1 ii 1 ll if ii i 7V i doing me wjuuv s. warn i.i ily magazine "The Vlncen- Il.rrew Uh kvt ..1 I A job wluih require for l-fff 1 (h! I I tremendous energy and lots of end i V. i lit 1 ihard work such as this is, M.l! Will al.o d.j publ.c.ty r.JV.'0 I 4 short sku'ies.

In the ensuing years she held variety uf editorial positions. She edited a 128 page rnazagine for a gas company association for several years but lost her job when the doughboys of World War I came home from the war. Soon she was an editor for the Stokes Publishing Company and later the Kennedy Publishing a firm that would one day distribute her book on the Rosary. She has survived depressions, the terrible flu epidemic of 1918, the loss of jobs because she was a woman, lack of money and loneliness. Miss Will returned to teaching in 1927 and taught Bloomfield High School from 1928 until her retirement in I I tMt tmmm immt I DMM I Ik Itak I lim Ii Il.1I Ma usually done by a staff ot Ii H.iMir -f ml writers.

Miss Will, bound and Professional Club Miss T. Marion Will, author cf "Bead by Bead," a devotional booklet on the Rosary end a writer for 65 years, has completed work on her new booklet, "Following In His Footsteps." Miss Will, now in her eightieth year, is public relations officer for St. Vincent's Hospital in Montclair. The story of her life has been an inspiring battle AtWATl KKW tOW ttl WW OPtN 24 HOUSi determined to uroduee her1 LiHiking ba'k oer a against ill health, poverty and often capricious fate, With a wave of her hand she dismisses all the hardships of the past. "Our lives are dictated by fate, but if you believe in God and look for the beauty in life you can be happy," she says with a smile.

Vigorous and determined until her recent illness, she is well known to newspaper editors and print- maga.ane, impressed typists, time of hard wotk, she 1949 at the age of 62. i I r- i i -w. I i I A M57 VJfoy decs Dewar's Johnnie Walker Chivas Regal Black White etc. in California? At a time when most people are content to rest on their laurels, she embarked on a new career and typically, the-hard way. She applied for a position in the hospital in 3950 to supplement her small pension.

She was assigned to the diet kitchen as a helper but had no intention of staying there. "I began writing stories about the hospital and submitting them to local newspapers," she says with a 3-' 41 -if Miss T. Marion Will, long-time publicity aide at St. Vin cent's Hospital, receives congratulations on publication of second book, "In His Footsteps." mm ers for her forcefulness and razor sharp wit. Many a recalcitrant editor ity even Phi Beta Kappas.

As a result many positions were closed to her but she fought for jobs in the editorial field and found them. The smile. Soon her stories were appearing regularly and in has felt the lash of her anger and more often than not, she got what she wanted. A for 1 world of business and industry was every bit as tough as the frontier but New York midable adversary, she demanded the best coverage possible for St. Vincent's Hospital news and got it.

$1T99 yi A HUM short order she was installed as public relations director of the hospital with an office on the main floor. For 16 years a wave of stories and articles about St. Vincent's Hospital has been flowing from her tiny office. During this time the hospital was Taste CLUNY tonight and find out why! did not reckon with Miss Will's determination. lour A living example of our oro SctTrctt Viskv Soon after arriving in New York she began attending Columbia University work- frontier forefathers, she was born in Minnesota in 1887.

Her early life in the vast western prairies was one of constant in the middle of an expansion miHuta stolen mm uss rout scuiush ttwuiiu imi'ukius w. mi iw shops, studying the art of program and Sister Clare Dol- struggle, against the elements and fate. She lost her father as young girl and the family of four children and their investment in a town grows." JO mother were forced to support themselves as bet they could. In a land of wind and mud and snow and bitter, bit'ng cold, you had to be strong to survive. She was valedictorian of her high school grad i uating class, but was unable to attend college since the family had no money.

Jupwu-jljui-jwium wii I'nifii Hum mrfrnnrnr i i "i i For several years after r7 MIMIM graduating from high school she taught school in a one-room country schoolhouse. It was a ten mile hike to the school house from her home and either you walked or got Edwin Etherington, President of the American Stock Exchange, says: "When you give to the United Fund North Essex your investment in your town grows. Just as superior schools and efficient municipal services add to the value of your investment, so do good hospitals, recreation, health and family services. When you support the voluntary agencies that provide these services, you add to the value of your investment and the enrichment of your life." Increase your investment in North Essex a ride behind a team of horses. In Winter it got as cold as 40 degrees below zero but Miss Will kept the school open.

After saving enough money she was able to enter the University of Minnesota and was a Phi Beta Kappa in col lege, she graduated from col lege in 1912 and embarked on a teaching career. The follow- fill IIIP UNITED FUND OF NORTH ESlEX UNITED ing year she was forced to leave her teaching post due to ill health. The sheer willpower and determination to succeed was a large factor in her recovery, $680,157 for 25 agencies Although she has been suffer ing from illness most of her yWTM t- mmm fPlilWlllifil mmmu. long life she has had no time to complain, she has been too busy writing. In the Fall of 1914 she and two girl friends journeyed to New York to seek their for A CAR WASH AT GROVE IS STILL ONLY $1.

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