>From The Winnipeg Evening Tribune ( Canada ) May 16, 1940. 71 YEAR OLD CONSCRIPT CALLS FOR BATH CHAIR. ( Canadian Press Cable ) Oxford, England, May 16 - Alderman James RAY , 71 year old dean of the Oxford city council has received an official summons to military service. He suggested to authorities that they bring him a bath chair. "Why ? Have you met with an accident?" inquired the man at the other end of the line. "Yes, I was born too soon," Ray quipped.