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 TV.
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 .

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