A Canadian Ort Federation was launched here after a two-day convention in which more than 200 delegates participated. Leading figures at the convention were Dr. William Haber, president of the American Ort, Dr. H. Sonnabend, chairman of South African Ort and Pierre Van Paassen, author of the best-selling book “Days of our Years.”
In a greeting to the convention, His Excellency Dr. Gaspard Fauteux, the Lieu-tenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec, stated: “I had the privilege, last January, to admire the wonderful exhibits displayed by the Ort Organization at the Exhibition in Montreal. I was then deeply interested to know the great number of centers and schools throughout the world where such an extensive training is being realized for the benefit of those who cannot follow the normal courses of education either because of age, physical handicap, recent immigration or otherwise. I am therefore very pleased to offer my warmest congratulations to the Ort Organization for the wonderful work already accomplished and my best wishes for the success of their next convention.”
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