Major Dr. Charles Emerson Winchester The IIIrd: Teacher

Rory J. Koopmans, B. Admin., #6, 14504-108 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5N 1G8

March VIIth, MMXVIII

Hon. Dave Eggen, B. Ed., MLA, Minister of Education, New Democratic, Edmonton-Calder

Dear Dave:

Fans of Major Dr. Charles Emerson Winchester The IIIrd were especially sad to hear of his, aka: actor David Ogden Stiers passing of bladder cancer at his home in Newport, Oregon last Saturday at just 75 years old. Having faced bladder issues myself & having had to have a portion of my small bowel attached to my bladder as a second bladder to make it operate properly, I can sympathize with Maj. Winchester's condition. The Major in the meanwhile was a great friend to Cowtown as he once promoted "the world famous Calgary Stampede" while on surgical duty as part of the M*A*S*H 4077th Army Hospital in the Korean conflict President Harry Truman, Democratic-Missouri "police action" (war.) Here Charles helps a concert pianist learn how to play pieces with the use of one hand when he loses the use of one due to shrapnel from a battle. He teaches the soldier/musician that his life as a musician doesn't have to end. Oregonians & Illinoisans (Dave's birth state) are sad now, as are Bostonians & his fellow Harvard alumni!

No More Brandy & Caviar At The Harvard Yard On A Yacht With Sister Honoria & Mother & Father As The Servants Stand By,

Rory

Source: "M*A*S*H" ("Mobile Army Surgical Hospital"), XXth Century Fox Studios (TM) & Fox Television (TM) & Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Television (TM), C. MCMLXXI-MCMLXXXIII & The Newport News Times & The Oregonian.