HYMAN SOLOWAY [ 1913 TO 2004 ]

RICHES TO RAGS TO RICHES , HYMAN SOLOWAY,
HIS FAMILY MADE MONEY IN UKRAINE.
THE COMMUNIST SCOURGE , LOSING IT ALL,
OFF TO CANADA , THE UNDERGROUND TRAIN.

SELLING FRUIT , DOOR TO DOOR,
THE SOLOWAY BROTHERS MADE THE RENT.
IN 1936 , A DEGREE FROM QUEEN‘S,
OSGOODE HALL , THE LAWYER , EVERY CENT.

ESTABLISHING HIS LAW FIRM IN OTTAWA,
JOHN MIRSKY , A PARTNER , A FRIEND.
MAURICE WRIGHT , A LABOUR LAWYER,
SOLOWAY – WRIGHT , THE MONEY YOU SPEND.

OTTAWA ‘S JEWISH COMMUNITY , THEIR CHAMPION,
IN 1979 , MAN OF THE YEAR B ‘ NAI BRITH.
A SHREWD INVESTOR , LAND AND CABLE T.V.,
HYMAN SOLOWAY , THE LEGEND , THE MYTH.

THE CIVIC HOSPITAL , CARLETON UNIVERSITY,
HYMAN SOLOWAY LEAD ALL THE WAY.
ON THE BOARD , THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA,
IF YOU STAY , YOU HAVE TO PAY.

SOLOWAY -- WRIGHT , THE LEGAL FIRM,
THE DIFFERENCE A LAWYER CAN MAKE.
RAGS TO RICHES , THE SCALES OF JUSTICE,
SOLOWAY – WRIGHT , THE REAL , THE FAKE.

DEEPLY RELIGIOUS , A JEWISH MAN,
HYMAN SOLOWAY FOUND STRENGHTH IN CREED.
WALKING MANY MILES EVERY NIGHT,
HIS NIGHTLY STROLL , THE INSPIRATION , ITS SEED.

ACTIVE ALL HIS LIFE , TRULY BLESSED,
SOLOWAY – WRIGHT , THE WHEEL , THE SPOKE.
GETTING IT DONE , AT WALKING SPEED,
A BRISK PACE , THE STRIDE , THE STROKE.

FOR WORLD CLASS LEGAL ADVICE , IT ‘ S SOLOWAY – WRIGHT
BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS 9TH FLOOR 427 LAURIER AVE WEST
OTTAWA CANADA 1 – 613 – 236 0111 ESTABLISHED 1946

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