Dr. John Howard Box

1891 - 1973  (81 years)

• Name	John Howard Box
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	7 Dec 1891	Calabogie, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120938893
  Military	WW1
  	He joined the Canadian Medical Corps, transferring to the British forces on arrival overseas. He had an impressive service record in France, Salonica and Russia. He was mentioned in dispatches on two occasions, and was awarded the Military Cross.
  Occupation	1920	30 Water St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-184712
  Died	1973	Arnprior, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Albert Street Cemetery, Arnprior, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I184712	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family	Florence Mary Elliott,   b. 18 Sep 1891, Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1980  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F53056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  BOX, JOHN HOWARD was born in Calabogie on December 7, 1891. He received his education in that region, then attended Queen's University, graduating in 1915. He joined the Canadian Medical Corps, transferring to the British forces on arrival overseas. He had an impressive service record in France, Salonica and Russia. He was mentioned in dispatches on two occasions, and was awarded the Military Cross. For two years he was Port Health Officer in Shanghai, and then took postgraduate work in New York. He established a practice here on November 1, 1920, at 30 Water Street South, but in Hay of 1921 there was a notice that he was moving to Arnprior. He remained there until his death at the age of 81 years, after a life devoted to the community. The Arnprior Chronicle, introducing a lengthy obituary, described him as "The little man who probably did more for this town than any other. . . . " Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 by Alexander D. Campbell ______________ Dr. John Howard Box died at Arnprior, Ontario on May 26, 1973 at the age of 81. Dr. Box was born at Calabogie, Ontario on December 7, 1891. After graduating in Medicine from Queen's University in 1915 he went overseas with the R.C.A.M.C. He transferred to the British Expeditionary Force and served in France, Greece and Russia. He was discharged with the rank of Captain and was awarded the Military Cross by King George V. In 1918 he went to Shanghai where he served as port health officer for two years. After a year of training in surgery at Columbus Hospital in New York City he entered practice in Kitchener, Ontario, but in 1921 moved to Arnprior where he served as general practitioner for 52 years. Dr. Box was Chief of the Medical Staff of the Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital, of which he was principal founder, from 1944 to the mid-1950s, and was a member of the Board of Directors until his death. He also helped found the Arnprior Medical Centre. He served as Medical Officer of Health for Arnprior and McNab Township for several years and for many years was company physician for local industries. He introduced pasteurization of milk to Arnprior and helped initiate chlorination and filtration of the town's water supply. He was active in the St. John Ambulance and in 1964 was honoured for his work. Dr. Box was active in other areas of community life: he was a founding member of Branch 174 of the Royal Canadian Legion and was a town councillor for two terms, in 1929 and 1932. An enthusiastic sportsman all his life, he was a member and past president of the Arnprior golf, curling and hockey clubs and with several friends operated a hunting camp for many years. At Queen's he had been a member of the football and senior hockey teams. A highly respected member of the community, who did not seek recognition for his contributions, he received tributes of respect on many occasions, such as at the Civic Dinner held in his honour in 1959. He received an Award of Merit from the Eastern Ontario Development Association in 1966 and a Centennial Medal in 1967. Dr. Box is survived by his widow, one daughter and one son, Dr. Donald E. Box. Find A Grave __________ Sports Highways by MIKE RODDEN In this era of staggering salaries, Halls of Fame and adulation of athletes little acclaim is allotted unto those gifted pinneers who sowed the seeds from which have grown the trees in hockey, football, baseball, hasketball, boxing and other sports enterprises. This when the Grim Reaper strikes, mourning is confined to a limited few who happen to be conversant with facts. In this regard we refer to the passing of Dr. John Howard Box M. C., who answered the 'Last Calls' in Arnprior on May 26 and whose career as an athlete, doctor, builder, soldier and public servant should serve as an inspiration that others should follow "Far from the madding seene following widespread travelling and experience during the 'First Great War, Dr. Box began modleal practice in Arnprior in 1921 and there he remained until he died at the age of 81. honored and revered by all who knew him. It was away hack in 1910 that Box, who was born in Calabogie on June 7, 1891, entered Queen's University where he was destined to become an immortal as a hockeyist and football player. Because he weighed only 110 pounds Box confined his athletic prowess to senior hockey before at the suggestion of this observer he joined the senior football team in 1913 and quickly became and outstanding star. During four connsecutive Intercollegiate Union seasons the "Little Man of Iran went the distance at centre in every game with the sole exception that in Montreal in 1914 he had to be replaced after huge Ramsay Rankin fell on top of him during a Queen's attack. Rankin, a giant in stature, so completely covered his tiny opponent that the latter was lost to view. It was in that season that the Gaels won the senior title for the last time and also won a first round Allan Cup playoff series of two games against the highly-rated Renfrew Rivers. In the then-called Creamery Town the Gaels posted 6-2 victory but on soft ice in this city they were edged 3-2. But having qualified to oppose Grand Mere, the Quebec champions, in the eastern finals the Gaels were withdrawn because they could not afford time from scholastic pursuits to participate in the cup finals in Winnipeg in the event that they had ousted Grand Mere. Even surpassing the success he had achieved in hockey Howand Box wrote flaming history when he turned to football in 1913 and became the regular end aligned with the late Pat Kennedy in senior company, Down memory's lane he was the lightest of them all but he soon provided proof that he hadn't reached too high. The Gaels of that season had the misfortune to be pitted against the championship McGill Redmen in Montreal in the opening game and Frank Shaughnessy's powerhouse crushed them by 40 to 2. Then in succession they bowed to Royal Military College 15 and is the U of T Blues in Toronto 18 to 3. With MeGill the visitors on November 1, the smallest crowd in history was in attendance but before that memorable duel was over fans were storming unchecked through the gates. The suddenly aroused Gaels, employing the first are secondary defence against MeGill's destructive new xyz attack. hung on grimly in posting a 12-7 victory and tiny Howard Box, who scored the payoff fouchdown, was lionized to to the skies/ With the result swaying in the balance Captain Jack Hazlett of Queen's kicked a towering punt from the MeGill 50- yard line and when Herb Woollatt fumbled the ball after being tackled just inside the goal line Box fell on it for the five points then awarded for a touchdown. That startling upset created so much excitement that Queen's students celebrated long into the night and the police were kept in action and Royal Canadian Horse Artillerymen were action or on the alert. But the following Saturday the U of T Blues brought the Gaels down from the clouds when they drubbed them on the same field 29 to 9. In 75 Years of Football At Queen's", just published, results of games going back to 1898 are listed and it is a treatise that does justice to Al Lenard and his associates who amassed the facts. One mistake however, demands rectification and it concerns the score of the wild game waged in Ottawa in 1912. Queen's won that duel by 20 to 14 and not by 20 to 19 as listed. To the relatives of Dr. Box - his wife, formerly Florence Elliott of Kingston, a son, Dr. Donald Box, a daughter. Mrs. Jean Werry of Kingston, and to his sister, Edna of Renfrew, this observer extends sincerest sympathy. The Kingston Whig-Standard Kingston, Ontario, Canada Tue, Jun 12, 1973 Page 8

  
  

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  Born - 7 Dec 1891 - Calabogie, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1920 - 30 Water St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1973 - Arnprior, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth