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Vol. 47. .JalHllIry 1!)50.

CONTENTS

.No.4

TIlE SUI'EI(IXTt:Nln:NT BEI'OHTS .•

FOHTE.H· IX Ih:THOSl'f:CT

.\ .\"l·USISr. STATIOS Gnows

GIIU. OF TilE LAIHUI>OH

'r,lE GIfENFEI.L ASSOCIATIOS8.

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Chades S. Curti.... , :\I.D. 91)

Iri.:. F. :\Iitchellcr, H.)l". 10i

h'." C. Durley, R.N. 112

Dorothy Jupp, H.X. 115

. K. :\1". Keddie Iii

119

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CHARTING

OUR

COURSE

A.\10SG TIlt': D~;EI' ~.; \ FI';II.:U"I i,'j the official puLlication or the Grenfell Associa­tion, which promotes the work or ~ir Wilrred Grenrcll ill Lllbrndor IIlId ~orlliern

Newroundlaud. On those isolated (:oasls tile Association, IlS organi1.(·d toda.}', oper­ates 4 Hospitals, 5 NUN;ing Statiolls. 1 Children's lIoUle, Hospital Ships. SupplySdllxJner. also clothing distriLutiOll, industrial and agricultural efTorls at all stations.

J)tt. \IlAHLE::; S. CntTl~ SUI>erin.l('lIdent of the G"-"ufell :\li5.:>ion. presentshi~ anllual report 011 our acti\'itia

IH'" F, :\!lTCIIE....-EH, n.x., rormerlJurse ill chargc at .Foneall, Lahnulor,look.'! back to the ('Oft..~t ill ., Forteau inH('tro:..pect:· :\[i38 :\liteh('lIer. who mar­netl Dr..\nlllonr 8usen 011 December'lith. i;l 1IIi;;,,;e(! br her friends androlleagues.

hI OCRLEl", H.X., tells IIOW "A:\ursing Station Grows" during lIle first

yeaN or the "-"huilt Flow"ers ('o\·c Xurs­ing Stalion, of which ~h(' is in charge.

DOlWTII\" .Ill'''. ItX" nurse-in-chargeat 81. \lar)'·... ni\'er, Labrador, tells ofOfIe phase of her w'ork in .. Fi\"e Habiesill Six 1)8':,S."

:\IR,." 10.':. :\1. Io.':t:IlUU; [ndu"trial Su­pen'isor for IIUIII,\' ~'eaN at Cartwrightand :\onll We... t Hi\"('r. writes in praiseof II "Girl of the l.ubrador" - :\[illiC'ClIlBlake Loder.

The Superintendent ReportsCHAH LES S. CUHTIS. M.D.

ON APHIL HBST Newfoundland, once anindependent dominion of the BritishCommonwealth, became a pro\'ince of theDominion of Canada and a new phase inthe history of the [nternnlional GrenfellAssociation is about to begin. In 1892when Dr. Grenfell made his landfall atDomino on the coast of L'lbrador therewcrc no institutions for the care of thesick on the east coast of .Kewfoundland orL'lbrador outside the city of 51. John's.Many people in those days and eventoday have questioned the advisability ofphilanthropic institutions 011 this coastwith its scallcred population. Dr. Grenfellwas of the opinion, which is held by thoseintimately connected with the l\Iissionwork, that the large amount of moneyspent has been fully justified. The inf:lu­ence of this work has reached far beyondthe coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador.Everywhere where thoughtful people areinterested in the well-being of their fellow­men the infJuence of the Grenfell Missionis felt.

In recent years the NewfoundlandGovernment has built collage hospitalsand nursing stations in many parts of theisland - the inspiration came largelythrough the ::\fission's efforts. The handi­crafts idea inaugurated by this .Mission isnow being fostered and developed by thegovernment in other I)arls of the country.III the era when Newfoundland WILS aseJr-governing Dominion of the BritishEmpire and at times struggling hardunder adversity this Mission was of in­estimable vullle to the people of this coast.When one visits the well-e<juipped nursingstations along the Straits of Belle Isle undSouthern Labrador where devoted nursescarryon their noble work through thelong isolated winter one is convinced moreIhan ever lImt only an organization likethe Grenfell Mission could have given thepcople these institutions where they can

receive 1nc<lical care.During this period of the J\[issioll's

history se\'eral hundred thousand dollarshave been spent On buildings and equip­ment - a large part of which was donaledby friends in the United States andCanada. The Newfoundland Government~ince the beginning of the work has beenvery generous in granting this Associationduty-free privileges on all goods importedand in recent years the Commission ofGovernment was most liberal in financialhelp. The International Grenfell Associa­tion is deeply gratcfullo the Governmentof Newfoundland for its interest andassistance.

Within the past 57 years there has beenbuilt up in the linitc<1 Stales a consider­able endowment (or perpetuating thework of the Grellfcll ::\Iission. For yearsthe ladies of the Xeedlewol'k Guild ofAmerica have sent thousands of dollarsworth of clothing to equip our insti­tutions and to be used for the people'sbenefit.

We wish to record at this time ourdeepest appreei:~tion to our friends in theUnited States without whose assistancethis ]\fission could not have carried 011.

Whatever changes L.'lke place in the oper­ating or the :i\lission under confederation,the Tntcrnational Grenfell Associn.tion isproud of the part it has playc<1 in thede\'elopment of the medical Ilml socialservices in tllis part of the island.

Each year for the benefit or friends alldCOlltributors we review briefly the .Mis­sion's activities. The financial year of theInterrlational Grellfell .\ssociation ended::\Lay 31st and the following report will beor general interest. The Superintendentvisited all stations from I[arrington toNorthwest River during the year. Allphases of the work have been maintainedat the usual high level thanks to the de\'o­tion Ilnd loyalty of the staR'.

100 A"IONG 'J'II .... ])}~."I' S.~.~ }'J811}m8

8'/'. .1.1''/'1I0.VY1I(J8PJ 1'.1 L. Dr. Gordull Thomas of

.\lunlrcal who joined the )[issiol1 threeyears ago is ill charge a.ssisled by Dr.Salter, house ufficer, .Miss Noseworthy,hClld-lIufse, four graduate 1l1iMOeS andlocal ward aides. The permanent sl1tff isaugmented each slim Iller hy two medicalsludenls alld two to three nurses some ofwhom gi,'c \'oIUlIlccr sen·icc. A tubercularannex is operated ill conjunclion with thehospital durillg eight months of the yearwhife a (.'OIl\'ulcsccnt annex is openthroughout the year.

JII I9·H Miss Louie I-fall of Uochester,New York, left a fund for the endOWUleIilof the hospital. During the year it waspossible to provide new equipment for theoperating room as well as a complete newdental unit nil from this fund.

used. The first thoracoplasty e\'(~r done in]\'ewfOllndland was performed hcrc byDr. Charles Luckwood of Pasadena•California, in I1H17.

Docturs and nurses tl'a\'cllcd th~lIsaFltls

of milcs by dogtcam, planc and boat\'isiting the numerous settlements in thcdistrict. Immunizations, examination ofschool childrcn ami dcntal work arc in·eluded in thc program. An English dentist,Dr. Terry J-J unt, spcnt the summer monthshere and transfcrring to Labrador for thewinter tra\'clled thc coast from ~orthwest

Hiver to St. Mary's niver. The Missionwas fortunate in sccuring the services ofDr. Gustav l3ahn,ophthalmologist, forJ Illyand August to carryon the good work ofDr. Andrews and Dr. Phinney.

OHPTI.I.V.IGE. Forty-six children wereeared for at the orphanage limier the

Men'$ 1.B. Ward, 51. Anthony Hospital

Tuberculosis still remains onc of thcmajor problems of this t'Otintry and Sl.Anthony Hospital is playing its part inthe control of the di.~ease. It i.-; of particu­lar intcrcst to note that pulmonary tuber­culosis aC(,'O\lntcd for 40c~ of total hospitaldays. All methods of collapse therapy are

capable management of .Miss Beall withMiss Yellow lees as assistant.

Four children from northern ]~ahrador

sent here h.y the Newfound1:lnd Govern.IlICllt rivetl at the institution. Evcry childis g-i\'cn work to do -the older buyswork at the barn milking the eows and

AMONG 1'IHl U8E1' SEA ~lSIl~JltS 101

c1caning up. Thus cltildl'eu are taught thedignity of labor and equipped to takethcir places in life.

1.\'/JU8'1'UI.IL. This dcpartmcnt underthe efliciellt supervision of Miss Woodcontillues to serve hundret.ls of familiesalong the coast by providing work inweuving, hooking rugs, knilting, needle­work, carving ivory, etc. Twenty-fivcthousllnd was paid out during' the year forthis work supplementing family income.Some families secure their livelihood byindustrial work - workers with somephysicnl handicap who might not other­wise fnre so well undcr lIlallual labour.The fine quality of workmanship assures Ii

ready sale and onc of the problemsis to keep pace with increused demand.Branches of the Industrial Departmelltare in operation lit Cartwright alld North-

with 180,000 pounds of milk llllllualty.Generous friends in the Uuited Statesmade this fine herd possible. The Inter­national Grenfell Association is gratefulfor nil those who have helped - the late.Mr. Shattuck and others.

Dr. Jocl E. Goldthwait of Boston makesa contribution each year for improvc­ments. )[1'. Sidney White of Andover,)Tass., gll ve us a yOllng lhoroughbredHolstein bull last summer. Two sowsand It boar were domtled by the NovaScotia Dcpartrncllt of Agriculture nlNappall, ~. S. Under Dick l\litchclmore,an ex-orphanage boy, the livestock aregiven constant and scrupulous care­cows arc milked regularly, brushed,combed and clipped. Orphallage boys helpwith the \\'ork as part of their training.This department pro\'ideJ the 1\Tissioll

Indultriill WorkShop

west Hiver under Mrs. Keddie with anassistant in each place.

FARM. The Jessie Goldthwait Dairyis wilhout doubt one of the best dairies illtbe cOHlllry. Here in this cotl\"enienl andwell.kept barn twellty·fivc pUl'ebred regis­tered Holsteins providc the institutions

with 10,000 pounds of fresh meal - beef,veal alld pork.

GIIEESHOUSE .,SI) U.I/WE.YS.The promotion and devclopment of agri­culture in this rock.v country with its shortgrowing season is fully justified by theresults. Twenty years ago cabbage was

10~ AMONG THE DEEP SEA FISIII'.::RS

hardly known by the local population ex·ccpt by purcha.sc outside. Today lJlly

family CUll grow enough cabbage to supplyits needs with ll- possible surplus for sale.The quality and size is compeliti\'c withthe imported article. The same holds trueof other ngetables - beets, carrots, let­luce, elc. Last ,\'Cllr the greenhouse raised50,000 young cabbnge plants. 5,000 ofthese were rclained for Mission lise - tltehalance sold to people all o\'cr the district.The Mission gnrdcns alone produce anU\'cr'agc of fifteen to twenty thousandpoulllLs of cabbage each year. Fair quanti­lics of potatoes, turnips, beets, carrots andlettuce are grown as well. In uddilioll thegrccnhouse supplies cady lettucc, rad­ishes. eLc., while small quantities o( toma­toes arc grown in season. Land-c1eat'ing isundertaken each year proyiding moreacreage (or hay production. )rr. Tuckel'.. aGrenfell student, is in charge o( all theagricultural work.

.IrA/USE /U/LW./Y. Party-six ves­sels were serviced on the dock la.'lt yell I.'

providing employment tor eight perma­nent workers. This dock has pro\'en It

most valuable asset to the .Mission in thatit gives lahar allllllrO\'ides a sate berth forour hoats ill wi uteI.'..More important is the.~eT\·i('e reudered schooners prosecutingthe I,ahrador fishery or the coasting tradesa\"ing milch time and money. Last :yearthe schooner Sina ('onrad was partlycl'llsht-d in the icc off Battle j [arbor whilecngaging ill the seal fishery, The crew wereforced to abandon the ship and werepicked up later by the scaling stelullerI':agle. The I':agk salvaged the damagedsdlOolier and towed her here tor repairs.The job was It major onc yet it was car­ried thr'ough to completion in good timewith skill ami hard work - a credit to ourdock workmen. This spring the NinaConrad was back again at the iccfields andsecured It tail' voyage.

.1r.lC'lIINE 81101', Open ten mouthsof the year and providing employment foreight men the ·Machine Shop marlllfac­tHI·e.~ (Ioor,~, WillllllWS. moldings, trim,flll'llitw'e, etc., hesides lakillg eare of re­pairs and mailltenallce jobs around thc

institutions. Last year all materials forFlowers Cove Nursing Station passedthrough the Machine Shop. This year thcllarrington project \m..<:1 kcpt the car­penters husy and within two months allwindow boxes, SasllCS, doors, casings,moldings and trim wcrc complctcd andready for shipmcnt - a commendableachicvcmcnt for the workmcn. Four of thecllrpenters with fifteen other workers ha\'cleft for Harrington to begin constructionof the new hospital. Ted McNeill, foremanot construction, spent January and Vehru­ary in Ottawa discussing plans with tilearchitect and securing the necessary ma·terials. During his absencc the work of thc:Machine Shop goes on under the skilfuldirection of Wilfred ~(esher, forcman incharge of all elcctrical and meehanicnlwork.

JIAHAVAL. Thc Hospital Ship .lJar­aval was late returning from Boston wherecomplete renovation and repair was ef­fCelcd lust winter. !\ew engines and It

complcte X-ray unit. were instulled, Inspite of the dela.v thc Mararalcruised theLabrador coast with Dr. Paddon, goingas far north as .llebron, calling at ever.vseLtlcmellt and \'isiting the Labrador fish­ing schooners. On her return from I.abra­dol' the M arU1.:al made a. thorough tOllr ofWhite Bav with Dr. Saller. Several shorttrips wer~ also made during the year.Captain Barbour and his fine crew lIladethese trips possible.

CLUI,;TT. This staunch motor \'esselunder Captain Iversen brought in allsupplies besides deli\'ering goods to theLabrador stations. Three trips were madefrom .l\.(ontreal, two from North Sydney,one from .llalifax and one from PrinceEdward Island. On one outward trip theCluett was charter'ed to take a cargo ofsalt codfish to Gloucester. Every item forthe use of this Mission was brought ill bythe X ellie A. ClueU.

The International Grenfell Associationis grateful for the many gencrous gifts and('Ontributiolls for currying 011 the work.Mr. Sidney Fisher of ~rolllrclil hlt..~ g-inllshort-wave radio telephones for nil sta­lions including the JJlIrllrol ami Cluelf.

A;>.IONO '{'liP, Inll1[' S~~.\. ["ISIU~RS lOS

Close conlaet eall now be maintainedwilh all branches oC aclivity and lhebarrier oC isolation will be removed toraeilitate the work. Wilrred ::\Iesher, Jr.,spellt a month with I\[r. "Fisher's firm in..Montreal studying the tcclmieal aspects.He will install the various transceivers intheir respective localities.

l\fr. Eldon Slark or lloslon sccurC(1 alarge 'l'El\1CO 250 walt transmitter rorSt. Anthony which is now installed andworking satisfactorily. Schedules are main­tained witll Mr. Arthur Boeder of Spring­field who keeps ill touch with our 130stonand New York Offices. Mr. Boeder givesunselfishly oC his time making these dailyconhlCts possible.

Mr. Gcorge Hailey served this Missionin a similar manner ror ele\'en years rrom1928 to 1939. To all who have contributedto the success of the past year - doclors,nurses and all workers laboring in theirrespective fields - many thanks.

FLOIVRRS COVE. The lIew nursingstalion built last Slimmer was occupiedin September. Miss Durley is in chargeassisted by :i\(iss Burgess. Thc territoryextends along the Straits coast rrom Bart­lett's Harbor to Eddie's Covc. Elsewherein this issue one can read )Iiss Durley'svivid report. She modeslly avoids men­tion or the hard work in this exlensivedistricl bUl her medical report speaks CoritseIr.

FOUT/::./L'. This Ilursing station wasbuilt two years ago. )Iiss IHilchener,nurse-in-charge, is assistct! by .MissThompson, communily worker. Tbe coastbetween Blanc Sablon and Het! Bay com­prises the J"orteau district. Only twekemiles across the Straits from the FlowersCove slation ::Uiss :l\litchener carries Oil incomparuti\'e isolation during the wintermonths save for a visit from Dr. I fodd orDr. Forsyth. ller medical relXlrt is like­wise evidence of diflicult work well dOllc.

.'I'!'. .11.1/0"'-; !Un,;u. .l\liss JIlPP ha...been serving this :lrea for the pa,,;t tenyears. Travelling hy dogtcam and molarboat in all kinds of weather Miss .Jupp incommon with all the nurses serving thisl\Iission has rendered devoted service.

aile Illustli\'e on thcsc coa.sLs in order toappreciale fully the rigors and hardshipshared by the nurscs at thc nursing sta­tions.

IWJJJJ/rHTOX. This station servesthc people in the Conche-Englee-MainUl'ook territory. l\'fiss Hhodes h:LS beenparticulady handicapped due to the faelthat the nursing slation is entirely inade­qUllte - 1m old, worn-oul building - yetin spile of the leaky roof, cold winds andfreeze-ups she has maslcred the situationwith patience Illld understanding. Twocompaniei> operale in the area, lIamelySaunders, I Lowell & Company and Bo­waters. Both firms contribute gcnerouslyto the medical work and this Mission isgrateful for the co-operation alld assist­ance rendered by these companies. It ishoped lImt a new building will be erectedhere next slimmer.

C'./WI'W/flClIT. The Lady l\Ja.c1,ayColtage Jfospital in charge of Dr. Forsythis a well-equipped institution with X-rayfacilities, central heat, running water andelectricity. Dr. Forsyth travels the longcoastlinc by dogteam in willter going asfar south as Forte:m in the Straits ofBelle Isle. Evcry settlement is visitedand the doctor spends several.days atellch nursing station helping thc nurseswith their problcms. Two nurses assist atthe Cartwright I [ospital in summer andone in winter. Lockwood School, a board­ing school, provides many needy childrenwilh an education. Both the hospital anddormitory are most eniciently managedreflecting great crC(lit to Mrs. Forsythand her assistallts. Tile Industrial work inLabrador is in charge of Mrs. Keddie withlteadquarters at Cartwright. Miss Perryassists with the work and the fine quulityoC goods produced by the ]~a.brador

branch is cvidence of excellent super­vision. Here Illany needy people along tilecoast recei\'e the benefits or Industrialwork.

NONTliIV/';,':,T U/J'RU. Tllis staliOl1is in charge of Dr. l'addon. The hospitalis always busy and handles its share oftubercular patients. Dr, Paddon coverstbe area by the .Muruvul in summer and

10.J. A;>.10NG 1'111'1 m':Jl'::p !';~::A F1SIt~::H.<;

by dogteam in winter. The territory ex·tends as far Horth a.s Hebron. A glanceat this station's annual report showingthe number of out-patients seen will gi\'esome idea of tlte extent of Dr. Paddon'sfield. One nnrse carries 011 at the hospitalduring Dr. Paddon's absenee.

The "nle Dormitories serve the childrenin this district, providing food, clothing'and lodging for thirty-fi\'e chil{]rell. Eachdormitory is under the supen'isioll of ahousemother who sees that the childrenreceive all the necessary comforts duringthe nine months of the school year. Theschool lit Northwest HiveI' is now nlll by alocal school bmLJxlllnd last year a splendidnew and spacious building was erected ­a crcditlo Northwest HiveI' lind its ener­getic school board.

Miss Wheeler, Industrial a.ssistant, is illcharge of the Industrial work in the areaand here again the same fine handicrafts,characteristic of this department, areproduCftI. Northwest HiveI' boasts thebest ngricultural possibilities of any sta­tioll of this Mission. The soil is excellent-the weather is conducive und the bay issheltered from the cold fogs and sel~

breezes. This stntion supplies itself withvegetables and sends any surplus to Cnrt·wright. Mr. Watts looks after the station,keeps the accounts and runs the wirelessstalion. The versatility of many of our COl·

ployees like Mr. Watts has often ironedout mnny a difficulty.

fJAWO.\'GTOX. About 120 miles westof Forteuu on the north shore of the Gulfof Sl. Lawrence Harrington with its hos­pital is the only station in operation bythis .Mission in Canadian Labrador. Thesmall nursing station at ]\fullon Hay wasopen for ten months of the yelLr only dueto a shortage of nurses. At St. Augustine:\frs. Clench, a former Grenfell nurse, car­ries on nursing for the Mission. Dr. Hoodhas been ill charge ut Harrington formany years. lie is assisted by a house­officer and two nurses. A hospital boat isin lise in summer and Dr. Hodd travels inwintcr by dogteam \'isiting as far east asj<'ortelll1..Mi.'l<; Brown who has sen'e<1 this

coast for a considerable time l'esigned inMarch a.nd l\(iss Ilcwitt from MullonBay station Ims takcn her pltlcc. .Plansarc now complete for the erection of ntwcnty-bed hospitul at Harrington thissummer to replace the old, dilapidatedhuilding. Ted McNeill and his St. An·thony workmen left for Ifarrington June14th by Cluett after waiting three weeksfor the icc blockade to lift. Word comesthat the sitc has heen chosen, the rounda­tion laid out and blasting going ahead.Thc Cllletltrllllsported the men and equip­Illent from Sl. Anthony while a load ofbuilding supplies was hrought rrom .Mont­real. It is hopcd that the building will becompleted before winter but the dela)experienced a.t the beginning may seri­ousl.\· intcrfcrc with the plans. The QuebecgO\'et'nlllent is contributing towards thcundertaking and thc :\Gssion is grale­ful ror this assistance. lly next year Dr.Hodd will at long last havc the pleasureof working in a new and up-to~datc

hospital.The Grenfell .l\lission is vcry fortuntlte

in having adequate personncl to continueits work - all stations ha\'e bl.'Cn stnffedsufficiently. It is impossible to mentionby namc all who hll\'e assisted in carryingon the prognwl during the past year.The unselfish devotion of nurses ami doc­lors and all our local staff, many of whomare Newfoundlnnders, hns made the workpossible.

During the ycar under review the grosscost of a.1I medicll.l services providetl h,Ythe International Grcnfell Associationwas $187,683.00..\. total of $·~3,097.00 wa..;;expcndetl on orphanages and hoardingschools.

The average net cost of trentmellt ofin-patients in hospitals \\'llS $2.90 per da)'- in nursin~ stations $3.90 per day. Thcavcrage net cost per child per day inorphanages and boardill~ schools was$1.00.

The following condcnsed table sctsforth relevant facts and figurcs pcrtainingto allrnetlical work lnst year:

105

S'1', .1,\''1'110.\'1' IIOSNT.lr,

.IUNl: 1sl HH8 to liLH :,llst I!H!'

SCIU;UUliE "A"

l'IJIlGlCAI, OI'~;HATIO"S

A ~ E S ',' II E S I AClmf81jicalilln General Spiuul Local TO/Ill

I. Abdominal. 15 "9 7 "',. Gynecological. " 13 1 37

". Ear, nose and throat. S,; 4 394, Urologielli. 10 " '9.;, Ophthalmic. 10 '" '4G. Tlloracic.

i. Thoraeoplasty . 1·' 4 18ii. Pllrcncmpllraxis 10 10

iii, Surgical drainngc. I 3iv, Extrapleurlll pnculllollOl,\'sis. , 1 ~N

" Ortllopaedici, Spillul 'usioll ..

ii. Arthrodesis.iii. 01X'0 reduction fractures.iv. Smitll-l~clersen nail in hip, 16

8. Plaslic. 18 219. Neurosurgery. 4 8

10. Obstetricali. Cnesllreun section. 8 1G

ii, Forccps deJi,·cr.r, 1J 15 3'11. Gencral, 28 I ~I 14 55

l!JO !)() 1:} ~153

'045 6,;

.n70.; 7{i'::!

8~7

.. !J..;8~ *.14.10:: 'l:l,mn

:I,IIj'::!I.U71 ,;,I:I:J

'0I,;

'.!:I

IG

119TOTAL ..

I. i\'orllllll delivcr,"~. Operative deli\'cry

i. For('t:ps ..ii. BI"('('dlf'xlraeli"Il,

I X-I'. rTI J~'S'1'S('arrie<l ovcr 'rolll May 31st, 19·~8:

Pulmollllry tuUcI'culosis.Otllers.

.\drnissions during tILl..' .'·car:I'ulmonar.\· tul)('fclllo~i~.

Others,

:1, (·aes:.lf'('alL sediull ..

Tolalllllllll,crof ill-paticnls tr'call'l!Tulal rlllm],cr' of llo.~pitlll da.,·s:

l'lllmonilr," lulwrculo;;isOlller;;.

OL''I'-I'.ITlJ·:S1'S**Tn'llloo at tllc IlOspilal'l'l'cllt('() h.\· dudol's and lI\ll'~CS Iran'lIing l.Jy hoal all') dogleam ..

:S("lI.lmUI,~; "u"

106 AMONG TilE DEEI' SEA FlSIHJHS

Total number of operations (Schedule" A") . 353Totul number of deliveries (Schedule "ll"). 119Total numbcr of blood transfusions. . . ft7Tolal number of X·rays taken. 1,074Total l!llmber of deaths. 14Total nUII1Jx.r of radium treatments. 9~

'" Pulmonary tuberculosis accollnts for 40% of tolalllOsllilal days.*- Ilieluding immunizations examination of school children llnd dental work.

l'AHTIf'UL.\BS OF L2\'-I'ATlE:\TS A\'"D Ol"r·I't\T1E"TS ALL HOSPITALS .\\'1)NUHSI:\G STATIONS

JUl'ai 1st HJl8'.w )\1 ... " 31st HI-HI

Northwest Hiq·r"'.Cartwright'" .St. Mary's ]liver ..FortCUII .Flowers Cove.HoddicktOll .Ilarrington ....Mutton Hay··.St. Anthony"'.Hospital Ship Maruml.

11l-]Ja/iclll384

"3,.7~

11950

153lS

827

J/ospital dll1l84,4554,4'l52,8111,46J1,232

5!334,6~9

131~3,687

OIlt.]XJ.ticll/81/(J8pi/al /fome 'J'oti.J

1,131 614 1,745354 209 50381~ 153 OOJ

1.298 3N 1,0~.'l

2,150 981 3,1312,889 1,106 3,!J!J51,823 510 2,333

374 '164 8383.162 1,971 :>,133

2,224

• Dcnotes hospitals.1,541 43,008 13,993 6.332 22,549

.. Open ollly tcn mOllths of the year.

107

Forteau In RetrospectlitiS F. ~I1TCIIE~ER, n.I\T,

Forteau Nursing Station

It is lIOW just three wl.'Cks since I badetarcwcll to my friends on the coast andsailed out. of ForlCllU Bay, wilh the soundof shotguns ringing in Illy cars, firing afarewell &'llulc. I was vcry sorry to ]ca\'calter three years amongst these peoplewho show such courage in the face of muchhardship and poverty which yearly COIl­

{r'onLs so many or them. But despite somany difficulties. their loyalty Lo the )\1 is­sion is unfaltering and the people were :I.Lall times willing to co-operate with me,in for instance. transferring a patient on II.

stretcher from It small boat heaving in theswell to a somewhat shaky fish-stage, orin carrying out any other t..'\sk which Imight ask them to do.

The time spent ill Forteau passed very

quickly, mostly duc, I think, to thc ractthat we were alwll,)'s busy, orLcn far iutothc night, ir not with in-patients and theCOIlSUlIlt flow or ollt~paticnts, then plan­ning a medical trip down the coast. The.'>Clliements whieh lar in my districtstretched from J~anse all Clair, uine mileswest, to Grecn Bay, firty miles ca,;t of}'orlcltll, On these trips, ill boat by SUIll­

mer, dogtcalll by winter, one would hardly"cach It settlemcnt berore thc peoplewould be qucucing lip ill It house to"havc It tooth hauled, :i\Iiss", or an acheor pain treated.

During this past winter we treatedLhrce cases of military tubcrculosis berorecventually transrerring thcm to St. An­thony by plane, and four other patienL..

108 A)IOXG Till... DllEP "l; \ FI~"ERS

suffering from IHllmonury tuberculosis.:'orallY mothers were dclin'm:1 and other111<'11. WOlllell 111lt! childrell /o:in'll in-palicllLcun.'.

In JUIIC, ill tile midst of clc:dillg' with'iC"cntl other ,'cr." sick in-patients, Clime:1 fnUllic message {rom (..lnse <III Loup, thenext settlement Cl.tsl, to thl:' effect that:'olike XOfIllOrc'S haby W:IS "some I~ld"

alld could I wlilk Lo S('C tll(' child. :\'01\"

1lI\' rcm!('fs will 110 doubt be aware thatw;dking 011 this CQusl is extremely diffi­(,lllt, <'specially in the SUlllmer. as theunderbrush is in man," places almost in­pcncLruLlc and there afC IIll111y streamswhich it is impossible to lord without It

holil. I should explain then. that thereason for this ullusual request was thnlwithout Illuch warning'. huJ,,"C pnns ofXorlhcrn ice had collle down the ~traits

of I3clle Isle. filling the bay~ to the exclu­:-ion of shipping, and na\'igatioll, hcingonly just opened, was forced to acknowl­l.-'(Igc Xature as supreme..\nother mes·'.age arrin~1 to Sll .... that the baby lookedalmost dell(l and that it Wll'i impo~ible

to bring him III) to Fortelili. I.cll\'ing thepalicnls in the C-otre of Ill.... aide. two men:lIld I set out in a slIlall boat. :lIld pu ..h-

ing and I)()ling air the ice when 11('('(' 'Iry,[Iandetl at Point d'.\mour to find a pOllyready ...adtltetl for lIle which, illcidcnt:dly,Lilld (lnl~' 1)('('11 ridden once before and lhatthirtccn ycaN ago! L m:umgetl. more byluck LIJan jllllglllent, La ride on the rock....and narrow 1)llth Ill) o\'er Schooner CO\'eJLill and do\\ n into Lanse au LOllp Ba~·.

where I fOlllld the entire .settlement hadturnCtI 0111 to witne'>$ the 1IIltl'illllll'>I)('("·tacle of .. the llllrse on a horse."

The blthy, aged fh·c months, Lfound illall exLrcmely criLical conditioll, and Loldthe parCIll'i that r lhollghlthc olll.}' hopc.'was to gel hiltl hack to I;'ortcau. The qlle.~­

tion was how to lransport him thcll(·c'.Lan!>e au LOlli> Bay ami the Straits wert'chock·a·block with i(:e, and a hOHt wasOllt or the <juc.'ition, I suggested to thel)arents thut the hahy be warmly wrappedand placed in a box, for which Illindle~

were ha.!'til,\· made. and :Ifter [ l11ld givellthe b:ll>y 1111 injection of penicillin in oil.lIlis was done. Six men came alollg-: twe.to curry and two to relieve. 1,Ius lWO toCltrr~' lInother child 1 had hurriCtlly c\­amilled IIiC/lnwhile, who I fOllnd to huveall Cllormou':l /lxill:lry :l.bsce..<;;~. ohviuu .. l,\·lOll/-( ~inl'C o\'erc!uc for incision and dr:lill-

NIlIS8 Mitchenel and P.tient

A:o.tO:'\G TII.~ Dt~EP StJA "'1:illt~It.<S 1M

age! Thus this stl1l11ge procession st:lrtedhack en route forf'ortcllIJ; m,r...clf on thehorsc, followed by the mcn Cllrr,ring thebox and the man carrying the child, andthe reliers troLLing behind with Illy Illed~

iall bug. We arrinxl lit Point d'.\mour,lilld there taking charge of the box andthe child, [ clambered aOO:lrd the boattil which the Forteau men had Ix-ell pa­tiently waiting for hours, und stl.lrtCtIacross the bay, now in the pouring rainalit! with no protection ..\s we neared the",llOre [realized that it wa-; going to be eX4tremel,\' diflieultlo IlIlId, due to enormouspails of it'C which, with the change ofwind, had biowil ill close to .~hor'e. Afterll1u('h 1)(,lillg alld tuming, and by thi.~

lillie extremcl,r wet, holding a whimperingchild, ami one end of a box (:ollutilling atoo quid rnlb.r, we e\'entuulty got ashoreand reached the sL:ltioll where Ill\' aidehad prepared two wllrm cots. It i~ withgrellt relief that, after such 11 trip, onewelcomcs the wllrmth of the kitchen and11 \\'elJ-C<juipped lllld well-lighted di~I~II­

slry in which one lUlly prcpollre I~nicillin,

etc. The baby, after mally anxious da.n;,lind mallY injections of penicillin andother trcutment, e\'cntullily n~(.'(wcretl

to the joy of the 1)llrenG; lind Ill," OWII

slItisfllcLioll. Anne Tholllp...on gll\'e thecther whilc L illciSC(1 the other c11ild's

ahscess. .\fter further examilll1tiol1, Ialso found him to ha\'e rickets which Iduly trclltcd.

Two dll,"" before lea\'ing, 11 boy Wll.'"brought in with dog biles and L had t"insert se\'enteen sutures to close thewound. The sune day, Anne oncc lIgningll\'e ether while r incised a \'er)' infecte IhlHld for a girl frOIll a neighboring ..cWe­menl.

.\S a IWit minute thought. mall,\' pa­ticnbi Clune to hn\'e teeth extracled. e\'ellwhile L was cndea\·oring to dre.~~ alldrack in readiness ror the boat. Truly lilt,work i.~ never dOIlC, bllt the apprecialiolland :dTedioll of the.~e people alllpl,\' repayfor all the 10"';; of sleep, \\'orr,\' alld re­sl)Onsihilit,\',

ALa,\' I !.lIke this last opportunity tothank Corry Ilodgson, JIelen I,'other­iuglllllll, E\·<:I;o.'u \\'ood, llnd .\nne TholJll'­son who worked with me during m,\' Slll,\'at t-~ortelHl, for all their hell' lllld shure illmy worries lUld problems, lllld their COll4trihution towards the furtherancc of 11better $OCiallife ltlllongst the people.

It is with llluch regret that I hid fare4well lo llll Illy friends 011 the cOast. andextend Ill,\' \'er,\' sincere thanks to Dr.Hodd at Burrington. luul especially toDr. lind :'0 Irs. Curtis for all their kint/4ness, help and hospitalit.....

The Alber! 1'. Gould

Tile desire of the Xew England Grellrell.\"i'I()Ciatioll to present the :'olissioll with aboat for lIl('(liell! use in the \'ieinity of St..\nlhon,\' was fulfille<1 by the purclm..c ofOupu:atrr II. which will he re411lllned.l/bert T. Gould. Xew England Grenfell.\~iatioll authorized th(' .\Ihert T.Gould :'ofemorial commitlC<' to llCfluire a"lliblble bo:lt and authoriZt...d the expendi­ture of a limiled sum lo make til' the dif­ference, if necessary. between the amountcontributed by friends lind a.'i:>ocilltes of)fr. Gould's and the purchase price.

The new bOat is a motor Slliler. ·~8'

long, 1:1' (i" beam, ketch-rigged. She i... ofrll~"Cd conSlruction. well equipped allliroom,\·. She i.~ powered hy lUI 8:; 11.1'.diesel cllg-ine which dri\'es her:lt fJ knob..\ftcr willterillg- at (he -.\ranchc... ler )lllrilll'Hllilwa," "he will go norlh in the "flrin~

to stmt her IIlCilical Cllrcer under Dr.Curtis 111111 Dr. Tlhllll<l--'i 'L.. a \\'orkill~

memorial to .\Ihert Trowhridge Gouldhis scll.mnu'lhip and eminence in 'iCllfaring­acti\'ities lllld Ilis deep. ahiding interc..tin the Gr('n(ell )li~ioll.

110 \ \IOXG TilE DEEP SEA "'ISIU~HS

"Uncle Freddie" Surs

pror(' .....~r }'f'("(l ('01('1111111 Se:lr... of .\11I'her:;L, )la ..~('hll"iCtb. died on October II,19-19. His was a disLin~lIi",h('(llllld variedcnrcer. outstlilldillj!ly lh pr()re~or :lIIdhCl.ld of the Depnrlmcnl of I'olllology at)llI~chll'>CLls.\griculluml College.

IL i_~. howc\'cr, in the Cltl)llcity of agri­cultural IHh+;or :tnd photol,'raphcr Lillil, he GrCllrcli )lission knew und appre­ciated ,. rude Freddie" &ars. By thattitle he was known throughout NorthernNcwrolllldiand and L.'l.brlldor, where bespCllllhc summers of 1928 through 194~.

His cOlllribuliOIl in the improvement orllgricullural conditions and his rClJIlirkablecolk-ction of photob'J'llphs will be with usnlwa~.._... His work Look him on mlillY tripsor the )Ii.,....ioll boals. In the words o( hisone-Lime ~kipper and (riend, Sir Wil(red(;1'('II(ell, he was a "!.'OO<I shipmate".

It \IUS l-ncle Freddie's wish Lo beburied in Labrador, the land he 10nxLHis ashe~ were flown to XorLh WestHin~r, and are interred nellr the gra\'co( Iii .. (riend Dr. Harry Paddon.

E. J. C.

A'rs. DOl/aid Gordol/ Hodd"The death o( )Irs. Hodel at Harringtonon XO\'ember 28th brings great sorrowto the people of the coast as well as Lhemany staff scullered in the U. S. andCanada who have sen-ed the )[i~ion litHtlrringtoll.

:\[rs. 1Iodd was oue o( those retirillj.\'ull1lssumingpeoplc who{luietlydosomuch.During the long time she was at J rllrrill~­

tOil 1'ihe entered into all community affair1'ollnd for many yenrsconducLed the )Ii.,siolllibrary.

Although she knew her condition wasincurable she wislled to remuin al ] larring­tOil. the spol she IO\'ed so well Ilnd whcreshe did so lIluch. We who knew her lIrclhllnkful tllllL during lhe past sUlllmer herchildren were Ilble to visiL her and thllt sheli\·ed to M.'C the completion of the newhO~I)itlll. the long-time wish of her de\'ole<lhusband." C. S. C.

In the ~umlller o( wsw when Dr. Don­ald Ilodd left Jlallliiton to take ('har~e

o( the hospillil at Harrington Harbour.Saguena,Y CoWlty, P. Q., he took withhim his bride, the former Edlla Coon.They li\"ed 011 lhut coast and their thrt.'Cchildren wcre boru there. Generous withher lime /lild always re:ldy to answer allYcall (or hell), 1\1rs. 1Iodd was lo\"ed upand down the coast, 110 less than the doc­tor. Todny Lhere is sorrow along thoseshores ill every little cove, (or at nOOIl onNovember 28lh Edna Hodd quietlypassed aWllY.

She will be missed, for outside o( herhome duties and bringing up a familythere was \'ery liLLie going on in lhe com­munil)' tllaL her help was noL sought.She (ound time to look after the :\I"i...sionlibrary, to play tile organ and take Jl.'lrtin the activities of both churches. Dur.ing the war it was l\1rs. Hood who wnsI)residcul and energclic leader or thel..ahrador Branch of the Canadian ncdCro~ Society.

To Dr. Uodd and his ramily. dcepe::ilsympathy is extendcd. Eo G. G.

III

Gn-ttll ~,_M_.lf~Hanington H~rbou, HospiloJl Ne.n Completion, Autumn 1949

Opened December 14, 1949

Investiture Ceremony for Dr. CurtisThe formal investiture of Dr. Charles S.Curtis as a Commlilldcr of the BritishEml}irc took plllCC in Sl. .\l1tlloll,," in:\o\'cmber, 1949. in a ceremony whichwas .;hared by his friends of :\'orthernXewfoundland and l.abrador. The COIll-

If/haler Rescues Two Crews(from Xno York Timt:8, Oct. 9th)

ST. JOIlNS, ,\jld.. - Oct. 8'1.. Thewhaler "Olscn" hucked through hC1W,y

.~CllS Lo northerll Belle Isle todu,r to therc~ctJc of thirty shipwrecked ere\\' melll·bers of two vc.<;scls.

The shipwreck(."(1 seamen, being caredfor by 11 lighthouse keeper 011 the oppo:.itcend of the island. were asked by signals tomake their war to the whaler. The"Ol-'>CII" could not reach that portion ofthe i..land bec:ltl"'C of hea,'~' seas.

Tbe seamen nre from the \'essels ")1.

and \Y. J~owlow" and the "ScllrlelKnight," wrecked 0" the island ill a stornlThurSllllY Ili~ht while rcturning frolllI.ldmulorwith lil'h.

The IIlcn lcxlk to df}ries alld made thell·jp safely.

plete account 11lIs I}{'('II writh'll by HoberlGmy, headmaster of the Sl. .\lltholl:'·School, ami will be <,{'lIt hy )[agistrateWad('. who officiated. for the .\I,ril issue.This pr<'1illlillary ,>lalement i~ just ananIlOUll('("!ll('nt.

True Slory,'

A 'young couj,le had read Sorthem Sltrlleami decided they would like to spendtheir hone;rmoon in l.abrador. They gotas far as Quebec City, but therc, puzzled .they asked a cab drivcr how to l}rOceed.lie told them there wns a bus for ''f,,'1brll­dar." There is, indeed, :1 dllily bus fromQuebec City to Baie ('ometlU (ClarkeCity). \\liat the cab dri"er Ileglected totell the hopeful couple WIIS Lhat CLarkeCity is the end of the line lind C1ark('City is a far di",t.'1nce from Xorth \Yestni"er. The'y decided not to try the 700­S(X) miles of Jmlian trail leading throughthe uninhabiLed inLerior of I.abrador fromSc"CIl J~llllld~ to Jlallliiton rlllet, butreturned hOlllC dl-'daring tlley lIad h:1d asaLisfactory honcymoon allywlIY. cven ifLhcy did not penetratl' rar into l.abnulM,

112

A Nursing Station GrowsI\"Y c. DnnEY, ILN.

Oil A1a\" :H, IfHS, ".\Ir. 'J't'd :\Ic1\'ciJl dis­cllllmrk'ed frolll the Sur/hem f{allyer atFlowers Cove. He had corne to decide 011

a site for the proposed new lIursing sta­tion. After 11 few days sun-eying he re­turned to Sl. Anthon,v, haviug markedlind measured 11 grass," knoll 11 few ,"ard5from the old station.

In just under four months from thatdale, we hlew out the oil lamps, a1l(1 car­ried 11\\'11\" the last wasle water bucketfrom the' old station. lind moved in tri­umph to the new insulated building. withits concrete walled basement. ccntmlhealing, electric light.. modern sanitation.~md hot lind cold running water.

I sal\' all this in pl'Ogrcss frolll day today during those four months, but C\'ell

,ret, after living in thc building for cightnlonths, it still seems rathcr likc thc con­jurer's whitc mbbit. as it eotlles into \,iewfrolll the llltuld\, Oile Illile carl-track whichis the "high rO;ld" from lile harbour,

Only thosc IdlO know thc eomlitiolls ofwcathcr. travel. freight haulage. andllWll power ou this particular pit.'(.'C ofshore-lille, can hegil1 to illlagille the plan­lIillg allli forclhought whieh arrauged tothe last nail. the en..·dion of this buildingill the few short months whieh eblJ)se h('~

lln'cn Sprillg thaw alld \\'illter freezc-up,Looking baek on it all 11011'. 1I1elllory

cOlljures up S('('II{'S which ('ompal1; with 11

pre-talk,I' film, or all alit eolon,\', all hust!t:hustle, hus.\' inlcntion. nnd confirmedpurpose,

Tile scelle stal'\s 011 ,Iune 27th, with lllCILill oilskin,s ill poul'illl-{ rain. digging, drill­ing, blasting rock. with Inall'\' hlllllOI'OUSilltcrludes. as WIICIi poor Ch:Il'lic "Scots­lIlan" )lacl,call. slipped alld i>prawledhcmllollg illio the tIlud below. whilst tr,v­ing to negoliale;1 wel plank lI'ilh a he:l\"yload.

,Iuly !)tJi. L'(;lllcrd llliXl'l's going full hla.~l.

and lllcn Illrrr.\'ing along planks with tht:irb,\rrow,'). pourillg. pouring L'Clllent, till

J() r',~r" wlr('lI. tire joh coltlplcted. tllcycould retire to thc cookhouse for a lunch,and later to the bunkhousc for a well de­ser\'cd rest.

Sunday .Jul,\" 18th, a great da,\', sunn,rand full of colour from sea lind sky. withbuttercups and blue iriscs in full bloom..\11 local eyes agog as the,}' watch thcarrival of the .Jcep fl'OIll thc .Yellie CII/elt,thc fir'st foundlccJeti automobile to tra\'Clthe local "mads", Certainlv 11 most usefulvehicle, ending thc painf~Jlly slow per­formance of the local tractor which be­twcen thc lni\'ersed bridges and its ownbreakdowns. had laboriously hauled rreiglrtfrolll the harbour wharf. Ilow strange amis0111ehol\' out of placc it was to see theheadliglrts or a truck corning along thetrack 011 those summer nights,

B,v August the ga,\' red mineralizedroofing was finished. but the building WIIS

still nothing lllore than a shell, rcscmblinga human beehive, from which isslIcdmany sounds of industr,\', as picce b,rpiecc. like some gigantic jigsaw puzzle.the interior took shape and forrn, Will­(lows were Iiltcd, painlilrg hegllll, doors\\'cl'e hllll~, ami e\'cr," lJlol'1ling hefor'e wewcre up, ..\Ir. Ted \leNcill fitled one1Il0l'C lock before his breakrast. After thefine bl'Own cork linoleulll was laid o\'erthe floors, W0111ell hegall to appear' UII thei>Celll'. alld with a dili~en('e ('(jlwl to tilerllen's, e1'ane l. scoured Hlill polished will­dows alld floors,

l\luch I\'as going on outside thc buildiugat this time too. A rcscn'oir had heelllllade lIorlhc;(sl of the huilding. aud apipeline Iwd 10 be laid. whieh ill\'olved agood deal of d.\'Ilanlitc blasting. It wasVCI'.\' uufortunate that .l\lis.s Burgess'sgarden, with many pr01Jlising pl'Odllet.'Swell on lite 11"11.\' 10 IIwlurily, 1;(,\' l'ight illlilt, lill(' or at h'anCl', '\11' . .l\lcNeill har! kepithi.s ealrlpaigll llllllcl' Iri,s hat, watdrirrg:'Iliss Burgess cutlrltsiastically I\'cedillg,with a wicked twillklc in his c,}'c, while

A~10NG 'I'll"; I)B~W ~mA f'ISIHaIS

his Ilcllchlllcn lII:ldc stratcgical advanccs..\t last it Ucc:unc cvidcnt e\'cn to !lerthat sOlllcl.hing had got to happcn soon,and so with very good grace she watchedher podding peas go the way of all flesh,and turned with a sigh to the clIlllledvuriety once again. The 300 stalwllrtcabbages withstood the onslaught withthe exception of just a few fatalities fromfalling blast. as the advancing armypassed disdainfull,v to the ea.st of them,Things certainly happened quiekl,v thatsummer. In one corner of the garden wehad some seedlings flourishing innocentlyin :L small brick enclosure. Within onehour this had "fallen to the cncnlv" andwas corl\'crted into a forge colllplc'lc withperky smokestack belching black smokc.

The second wl.-'Ck of Septcmbcr foundInost of the hca\'ier work donc. "Many of

licllce all(l hlllllOur Ile\'CI' 1->eclllcd to fail .satisfied that all was well ami ('ould /,(0

aheml fOI' a short tillie until :'Ifr. Wilfrcd)'Jcshcr arrived 1.0 link up the engine bal­teries, pUllIp and cledr'icul S,\'stClllS,

September 'lOth was a dull cold morn­ing. with a grey mist on the sea's face,but it proved all exciting day. We gol aglimpse of :L big freighter evidentl,\'aground on our ledges about two milesoffshore frolll the Nursing Station, 1lwas the Greek coal freighter Ori011. Thatwas at 8.30 A,M. and it was said .she Irad"struck" al. 6.00 A ..\1, \Ve watched her in­terestedly until 9.30 ....M.; when flames

'suddenly began to shoot from her bowsand it wus obvious that she was exploding.In a very short time from that, SC\'en \'crypathetic figures rushed into the old sta­tion, One more followed carried on 11

The Cluett Blin~$ Supplie$

the St. Anthony workmen had returned, stretcher with both legs broken, All wereleaving just a few skilled men for the more like negroes with hair hurned off, ami skilldelicate finishillg. Wc wcre actually pre- frolll burned hands hUl1ging in tatters..\11IJHring fol' the ftIO\·C. )1,.. )[cNcill h~1l1 had limbs. chests, faces and scalps sevCl'c1yleft on Seplelllbcr !!lth aftel' UlallY worr,)'· burned, and were in a very .severe slate ofiug weeks of direction. ill which his pa· .shock after exposure in open boats. From

114 A)IO;>;G TilE IlEEP SEA FISIU;US

that momenlthe day flew. E\'cning cameas rather a shock, and with it came arescue seaplane, transferring the men toits American Coast Guard B..'l..Se at.Arh"Clltia. By that time with the excellenthelp of the St. Anthony workmen, andthe co-opcralion or the JOC11! people, themen were over their initial shock, with allburns dressed alld fractures safely splillted,ready tor transfer. That was the grandfinale or the old slution, lind perhaps itwas her greatest hour llS she warmed lIndr'C"inxlthose injured men with wood tiresin her ward, kitchen. waitjuga-nd bedrooms.

On September 25th we mo\-cd into thelIew station. and on October 11th theJllmlf:al brouKhl Dr. Curtis rollnd oncelignin to mark progress. He had beenaround four tinlcs in RII, and what (un hisvisils were, from the first operations whenbetween clinics he donned sou'wester,maek and n1bbers cvery halt hour, findpaddled out in the rain to walch the oil­skilllled army digging foulldatiolls; onthrough the SUlIlmer when he would mallthe washing·up bowl in the Cookhouse findmake short work of dirty dishes; till now,when he could view with just pride thisfine building. llnd stand enthmlled at theI"it ting·room window with the srWleiollS'\·i("w of land. ;;C;l lind lOb· O\'er thc ~trllib

of Belle Isle, out to the 'Gult of 1. Lawr·("lice. How d("S("rvedly proud he was ofthis beautiful sitting-room, which he hadspecially wished would gh'e his nursespleasure. ~liss Burgess and I are the firstuf man.y, pcrllHp.~, who will never tire oflhat ever ehangillg aspect.

Mr. Wilfred .l\fesher came on the .llaro­tal too, and wilh his specialized knowledh"Clinked up all import:Ult mechanisms ofhCjlting, lighting and water systems.we were complete, lind on October !:!Oth Jwatched the J/arar;alSlil away,l("llving usin lonely state for the winter.

Jt has been a wonderful wintcr withe\'ery facility for nursing Ule pcoplc incomfort. We h;l\'e two bright wurds offour beds, ol1e slllall wart! we havel'qllippL'<.1 a .. all ob:itdric deli\'cr,v 1'0011I,

whieh has )lrovL'<.1 lIIost ooll\"l,t1iclIt 10work in. The nurses' oftk..e we lia\'c rOlJnd

is very easily adaptable for bed isolationif necessary. This hospital unit can beshnt off from the rest of the building bysliding doors, and wilh the bathroom, isaltogether COml)lete. The dispensary andwailing room is coll\'eniently near thefront enlrllllcc, and the whole bnilding isspacious enough, with its six bedrooms.two bathrooms, and large industt'ial roolll;to be easily adapted to more extensivenursing should epidemic emcrgencies arise.In fact as we have worked lind cquippedthe station during the wint("r, more 11l1dmore nursing possibilities ha\'e c\·oh-ed.The ba5("ment is a unit of its own too.with wcll equipped laundry, furnaceroom, cloUting, food, lind mediCilI stores.

Of course, to the IlCOl)lc or the coast thead\'ent of thi~ hospital ha~ Ix-en a thing orcomplete wonder and amIl7,<:ment. Theyhave tried lo show their appreciation byreadily paying their annual fees of $5.00.in cash or by bringing fence posts andrails, sand or gravel ror the new dam andfencing to be finished this .year. Thc IlCO­pie ha\'c ulso made two splendid effortswith II Time Sale and Supper, and so farha\'e raised nearly $800.00, and there isstill mOr(" to come, we hear.

It was good to see Dr. Thomas arrivingby dogleam on January 7th for his mcdi·cal tril), and what a contrast to workingin the old station, when dealing with abus." clinic..Uter four d.lYS work at thestation he proceeded westwards by .. dOH·train ", calling nt all settlements us far a.sCastcr HiveI', and arter seeing the mel!in the luml>cr camps, took lhe Bowater.~

snowmobile across to Main Brook.We had the pleasure of offering ho~­

pihllity to such people as )[r. WaltNDavis. Secrehlry of the Tubereulosi<;.Usocialion in St. Johns, whilst he wastl1l\'elling this way on bu..iness.

)(iss Burgess and J, each hlld a twoweek break in St. .\nthony, and found itrefreshing to meet our rolleagues in the"big metropolis". We enjo.red their visitstoo, lind felt \'cry rc;;pc(,{;lhle relations. aswe proudly show(,'(1 thcm aroulld.

On lHtty 1st wc called the local WOItlt'1l

togethcr, with proposnls for the Surnrner

COllllllunity Cillb.So SI)ring is :llmosl. here :l~'Uin. Our

lighthou5C llC<:tcon flashes its warningsonce more across Straits free, or almostfree {rom icc. )Iail boats are calling. andwe are excitedly watching the small be­ginninb"S of fresh green. E"cryone seem.s

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to be ,'cry v1ca!lCd and there is :L generalfeeling of olllimislD cver,rwbcre. As welook ouL to our lillie C.Q\-C carh mOnlingnow, we luwc a very special interest, andthere is pride' of possession in our C)"CS.

hT C. Dc-HLE\'Xur8t-in-chargf'

Spectators

FIVE BABIES IN SIX DAYS

nOHOTJlY )f. Jl'J'P, ILX.

IlAUH.)i llrc lISllIllly con"idcralc..\Imo"lc\"ery FllJl and Spring a large number ofthem arri\"c at this nursing station, butthey time their arri\"al with a day or so toSI:tarc between each one. In the Fall of1948. howc\"cr, they decided to make amass arrival. We had fh-e mothers wait­ing (or their babies lo arrive, and Ulerchad been much speculation liS La who

would happen to ,. fall sick" first.The newest babj' we had was three

cIa,ys old. At 6.30 one morning my aiderushed in lo Slly, ")Iiss, you're wanled,quick'" [n double quick time the deliv.ery room was made ready, and an hourlater a small girl arrived. At 4 U:ae follow­ing morning there Wlis a. Crantic ringingat the bell, announcing the coming ar-

IIG A.\101\'"G TII.~ IlEEP SK~ n"'IU~RS

rival of another lillIe Olle. Once lIlore allwas madc relldy alld al 7 A.M. a lillie falbo,\' arri,'cJ in a hurry.

Things were wHslH~d lwd delllll.'l:1 up,but al dinller' time lIlaL day a WOllJa.1 saidto me, "Miss, I dOll't fccl vcry good."Aguin we gOl c,'crylhing ready. This WItS

It first baby, and did 1I0t arrh'c until tenlhalllighl. The rest of Lhalnighl was Ull4

e\'cnlful, bUl the next morning. on lll~'

inquiries as to how everyone was, II "oiceSllid, ")Iiss, 1 bclic"c I lUll !,'Oing to hesick soon," Once lIlorc the delivery roomwas prcsS(,"i,! into scrvi(,'c, and just lifter(Ii.lllcr another Sinall boy arrived.

We hop~l fervently thal our last wail­ing rnother would continue to wailll bitlonger. bulno: lhlllnighlllll A.M. the bellrang again. By this time II gre:,l de:a1 ofour supply o( :.terile goods had been u.:.C(1up, bul the kitchell ovell WlIS pressed intoelJ)er,.,'elley sen'ice lind we soon hadenough to use, The laill arrintl !)ronxl tobe a diflicull one, bul with the aid of in­strulIlcnts II flit littlc girl arrin~d at ahoutmid-day.

Our great problclIl rlow waS to findbetl rOOIll for the bahieo;, but it was sokC(1h.r the ~'ystelll of ., topping and bliling"(olle at the top and olle lit the bottom ofthe col); eneh ~Iby WItS marked with itsI11lme so there was no fenr of lhem beingmixoo up.

This big influx raised our tow.l numberof Ill.lliellls to nineteen. To those uS(,'(1 tohospitllis of 11 hundred or a thollsand beds,that docs not sccm mallY, but to us it wasa "crowd."

Our next concern was "would the lJayice keep off until the peoplc got home?"SL ::\l'lry's Hi\'er :.tlllion is ten mile:. upthe lia" (rom the C'(),lI..-;l and ice forms ItS

c/lrk a: the middle or end o( October inthe "mrhour itself. Ice dill form thi;; lime.hut the toclll H/mgcr (police offi(.'('r) camcill his big bolli, cutu channel in the ice,lind took the patienLo; who wcre rcndy togo home. A stiff westerly brcc7..e helped b,vkeeping the channel open until all the ncwbabies ltlld their mothers were able togel home.

DOll'! Quit''''len Ihillgs go wrong, as tllc,}' sometimes

will,Whcn the road you're trudging ,~ecrns all

uphill,When the funds lire low lind the debts lire

high,,\Iltl you want to smile, but you have to

l'iigh,Whcn care is pre~ing you down a hitHe..;t if you Illust, but don't you quit.

Life is quccr with iL..; twists lllld turns,As cvery one of us sOlllclimcs lcarns,And Illan.v a fellow turns aboutWhcn he might ila \'c won Imd he -;tuck it

ouLDon't gi,·c up though the pm:e sct'IllS

slow-You lIlay :.uCC'('C(! with .mother blo\\'.

Often the gOld is neUTer thanIt seems to a faint lind falterillg man;Often the strugglcr has gi\'cll upWhen he might have captured the victor's

cup:Ami he lellrnet.! too bte wllcn the night

Clllne down,lIow do,.,c he was to the goldcn crown.

Success is failure lurned inside out­The silver tint of the clouds of douht,And you ne\'er Cllll tell how e1o:.C ,Youurc,It lila,\' be near when it seems afar;So Slick to the fight when 'you're hardest

hit,It's when things seem worst that rou

Illu'itn't {juil.:.\Io"t He". IhellAno J, Cn'lllXG, 0.0,

,\ fcw of Frederick Sleiger's strong andinlercsting charaeLcr sketches in oil o(Newfoundland pcople have I)(.'('n repro­duced by .ltlal/tic Guardian. ::\Ir. Steiger.horu ill Austria but now a IlaturalizedClilladian citizen, TIllist likc ~cwfourl(t­

land, he paints it and its people sos~·IIII:mthelicall'y.

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Girl of the LabradorK.•'l. KED])lE

'i\lilliccnl Blake Loder's name has notappeared recently on the pages of thismagu7.inc, and bCCllllSC this is so, and be­calise 1 have known her longer and bellerthan most of our readers, 1 feel I wouldlike to lell YOLI something of her life andbrave endeavours, since she graduatedfrolll The SL. Luke's Training School forNurses, at Duluth, J\finn.

For those who have not previouslyheard of JUilliecllL Blake, I lila,}' sa.}' Lila!,

she was horn aL Higolet,Labrador, ofLabrador parelils. Jref falher, the late.John Blake, \VIIS for man,\' years cmpl0,\'cdby The 1111I1...011·... BII,\' COlllpan~', as skip­per of one of their \'csscls in the sUlllmerHlld 11-" Posl Scr\'Hllt in lhe winter.

.1frJ.K,M,Ktddlt

Millicent B'~ke lodel

l\lilliccnL rcccin:d purl of her educationat thc .Mudd\' 13a\' School in SandwichBay, known' as ;rhe Labmdor PublicSchool, founded by the Hcv . .Ilcnry Gor­don. Unfortunatcly this school was lost b,vfirc shortly aftcr Milliccnt wcntthcrc. so

she, with othcr pupils, wcre transfcrred toSl. Anthony school. Her cducation COlll­

plcted. Milliccnt cattlC to Thc Grcnfclll\fission at NOI·tll Wcst HiHr, as NurscsAid. and it was thcrc lImt [ first mct hcrwhen I joillcd Thc Grcnfcll Mission inHIS\. Tall, slight, with fricndl,v grcy eycsand 11 ready smilc. she was vcry popularwith both staff and local pcople of thc<.:olllllluuily whcrc she workcd for fourycars, Alwa.}'s vcry 11mbitious, l\Wliccntcould be found somc part of mostc\'cnings.whcn work was finished for thc day, por­ing over somc school books in her room,by thc light of It kcroscnc lamp. Throughthc good officcs of ':\1iss Pctersen, n.N. ofXorth West HiHr J-Iospiu.J, and Dr,.IIulltinglon of Indian Harbour lIospitlll,it was arrangcd to send hcr "out" forfurthcr cducation, with a vicw to finallytaking It Nurses Training, so in 193~~ shcstllrtcd out on her first grcat ad\'cnturc.cnrolling in onc of thc public schools in~\llldisoll, Wis., from which shc graduatcdwith honours in I!)~W. This led to her finalgoal, lind in duc course she cnlered ThcSL Lukc's Training School for Nurses inDuluth, leuding hcr class and graduatingwith honours fr'om thc State 1l0llrdExams fOt, Ilcgistcrcd Nurses iu 19~O.

This of coursc wasn't as casy as it allsounds, and lhcl'c wcrc many obstaclcs toovcrCOIllC and man,\' discouragcmcnts. butwith hard work, and persistent endcavolllothe goal \\'US finally r'cllched.

~lilliccnt's first assigtltllclll wa.s atCartwright. Labrador, whcre shc nursedatthc l\1acbl;'>' l\1cmorialllospiwl for theSUlIltllcr, going on in the rail to Sl. An­thon,}' to nursc thcrc foJ' soniC ycars, dur­ing it part of which time shc actcd asSuperintcndent while :'\[iss Carlson wasonrurlough. From there she was askcd to goto Sl. ::\Iary's HiveI' ill chargc of the Cot­tagc Hospital, replacing Dr, Hosmer anddid a splcndid job.

Whilc at Sl. Mary's HiveI' shc Illctl\[r.

118 A \10:-."0 TIU~ DEEP SEA nSIl ~~US

~y(lncy Loder, )Ianah'l'f of the Bain.IollII..,loll Store at Baltic Ilarhuur, andC\'cuLuall,}, they were lJlurricd at Sl.John's, Xewfoundlaud. That same year:\rr. Loder :tCCCpted a I)(bition as )[unagerof the Go\'crnmenl Depot, Department ofXaluflll Hcsoun:es at Jlol)Cdalc, l.:l.bra­<lor.

It i" now six )'cars o:incc )rillicenl~l;lrt('lJ her own home in J101)('(lal(', six.n~ars packed with busy hours and days.She soon was re<.-'oglli7A:1:! ill the COlfllllUll­

ily of some 20 families. lind in fllcl the cn­1in~ district, as llll cxccpliollall,v goodnursc and mid-wife. alld {'nils were lltl1ncr­(jus tWIll both Wllites lind EsqlJirnilux.Supplies were nil, ami (.'OI1tlitioll~ llrtlOlig

the Esquimaux fUlIIilic!; "cry prinliti\'c.Ycry different indt..ocd from ~t. Luke'sIlo~pital with their wcll Cfluippcd operat­ing rOOIll.~, adequate IlIcdicll1 "UPI)lies allddruH", I ha\'e justl>eell li .. tening to hales of..;ollle of the poorer homc;; ..he hlls IHlr:.cJin, among the E,"qUiIlIllUX, whert' :,.he ha."hrought lillie new livc!; into hOllies 1I1­rendy de"perately overcrowded: one bedfor !l:.Irt'nls and chiltlren, ')() Wille mu"t.,Ieep 011 the floor deli\'erinl{ l)Jlbie... bythe light of a small kero..ene lamp, or a"tOliC oillulUl), at the foot of the paticnt'sbed, 110 instruments, a scal~kill to rt'plaC<'a rubber shcet, and if a fairly well-to-dohntl~holder, some old newspapers, ormagazine covers ma,)' hc usc..,d ill place ofthe sealskin! In winter, snow Illllst betllclted for water, no slerile ga1l1-c, ordrcssings, 110 chlorofol'lIl, of course, ordl'ugs to make life easier. In some cuses::\Iilliccnt has been required to Lravel bydOH-tennl in win LeI' and motor boat inSlJlIlIlIcr, and might be uhscllt from herhOlllc ror two or UltCC w(.'Cks, as in one('11* whcrc a young mother had f'oll\'ul­~iolls and had to be tllkclI lo Goo~ BayIlo'pitltl hy planc. ::\lilliccllt delivered thel)llhy allt! thcn accompanied the motherand child on 1}lane to Goo'>C Bay, and rc­llIaimxl there doing night duty until suchtime liS she could get home again. somethree weeks laler_

I Cllllnot enumerate all the many OCC".l.­... ions where Ule excellent training re-

ceivl,.'(1 at ~t. Lukcs has been Pllt to tlw1>C\'ere"lt te.,l'i. Workillg alonc, Illlmli.C".l.I)pcd by luck of essculi:d ..u"plics :tllliin dark, dingy and ofttimes dirty house,.::\lillicent has btll\'c1j' gi\-CII of lIer skilland knowledge, entirely without rem Ill­

er.ttion, but l)lIrdy to help Inllllllnit.\,.It is ironical, " think. that. in ~I)ile ofthc fael that :>0 many ha\-c Ix:ndih,'d hyher helping hand, when thc time C;\1lle furhcr first bllby to Ix: born. she lITHI her 1111.,­IJlllld were alone, :IIHI she necrle I all thcskill and knuwledge at her cOlllrtlatld 10see her through lhi~ ordcal. D:n'id is 11011

five .rears old Hlul HIm'ely child. TW(I dH,\'~

ago a lillIe tbllghter, KHrlene, wa~ borllto :\It', and ::\Irs, Sydney Loder at the:MacLay )lclIlorial JIO"lpilal at ('art­wright.

)Iilliccnt is lIOW returning to hcr 1\(11111•.'

aile! family at Hopedale lind I kcl "un'that "he \1 ill ~til1 find timc to lend till'helping hand whene\'er possible.

MY LABRADOR RUG

Okl ~ilk ,toekings. wom and grc~',

Packed in fI box tIlltl ".,.Ilt awa~',

To a fi,.l.ermllll·.!> home by II wintry ....·lI.\"0\1 hll\'e all come back again to lilt'.

In the form of a "hip and a fl.rins gull.White for the sails and brol'.n for lhe 111111,

Blue for the sk;r and the sea.

Old silk stockings, tired of the town,Did you Sl1lclithc lang of the seaweed IJrown?

Havc you heurd the lonely seabirds cry,Wililc the good wire worked wilh hook lind

d,re?Black for the rocks Ilnd lhe fisherlJoy's Illlir.

Wilite for 1I1e icc lind the polul' hear,U1ue for lhe sell III1tI sky.

Quote to The CoasJ

"There wouldn't be an,y per-.oll therewho'd like to write to Ii Xew Hlllnp.,llireschoolteacher, would there?" Write toEditor:., .\'\10"-0 Tin; DEEP ~E..-\ FI:;IIElf....

if so.

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Alumni News

L,\WltENCE S. AJ>gEY was a member of thecommittcc for the second national conferenceof tile United World Federalists, wlliell wasIleid in Boston in October.

AnA"" An"'OJ,Il-Bfloll'x has bccn appointedWardell of tile new Mountaill School at Esk­dale, Cumberland, in the Luke District. TheSdlool stnrts in ~lHrch taking 100 boys permontll throughout till' year for mountaineeringin its widest sense. It is open to all boys be­tween tile ages of 15 to 19 from industry aswell as sehools. The boys will be in patrols ofI Q, each with an elected Icader responsible fortile tellm: each patrol wi\( be llamoo after II.

famous mun. Admn hopes to have II. GrenfellPatrol in the uugust company of Livingstone,Whymper. Scott und others.

l\lAIIGUEIHTE lFuller) AnNOTT and her hus­band have bought a house ill Bethesda, Mary­land. Hay heads a research group with the]>clroleunl Institute.

AN·nIlE.... B}iA..... sailed for India 011 Dcccmber10th to take up her work at the Womell'sCllristiun Medical College in Ltldhiana, EastI'unjab: a college for training Indian womenstudents as doctors. She will act as house­kccper-hostess to the slaff of about 20 wllichllre mostly European. We have enjoyed herbrier sojourn in Engla.nd and wish her e\'erysuccess.

IIE:-'ltY P. BnlGGs, Treasurer of the New Eng­land Grenfell Association, flew to Paris in:\"o\"{'ll1her for l~ \'isit with his son, Loring, who("olllpictes in .11l11uar~' his work in languagesprqmrator.v to taking his Harvard degn·e. J\lr.Briggs also visite(l the grave of his son, Stuurt,ill Holland.

In OctOLCI' DII, .U'V .:\LIIS. l.hiECK..\IAX .J.I)EI..\TOUIl :uHloull(:cd tile engagement of 1I1eir,l<lUghter SUSIr.:-'N"}i to Pierre Trollict, ofLall~allrte, Switzerland. Thc marriage will tah'plat'c ill the "Willg. at t.heir new home ill Sout h"'orccster, :'X,'w York.

SllEII-A FOlln::scuE stopped in Boston 011 herway home to England, to sec lhJTlI NOIUI .... N".SIll' :llso SIIW ANNE TllO~lJ'tiO'" lind l\1 ....1(JOl{U~\\'II};EI,-,"U. :1IIt! Sill' was interviewcd by ·Pris­cilia Fortl'iiClll' (not a relutive, it developc(1) 011

.. Listcn, L'1.dies," WEEI.

AMELI.... FII ....UER is administrati\'c head nurseor a IOO-bed tuberculosis hospital at Ml. F.dge­eumbe .:\fedical Center, l\lt. EdgccullllK',Alaska, on lUI island across the bay fromSitka. Tile Indian Service is building a new4oo-bed hospital there, to be l.:omplctoo in tilespring. Amelia reports that she docs not likeSitka so wcll as Sl. Anthony, but cnjoys theview of hundreds of little pine-eovered islandsand snow-covered mountains from her room.

ELLIOT'T G....HDN"EH is now l\Jrs. \\'ayne Staceyand living in Dell\'cr, Colorado.

Du. JOEL C. GOLDTllW.... IT and FUAN"K HA(;KE­M .... :I'."N werc 011 the committcc for Uoston'~

traditional Bachelors' Ball ill OctoLer,

Christopher Wells Daley is th~ first grllndcllildof Professor and ~fRS. LUDLOW GW";CO.\1(Edith Sloan). Mrs. Griscom WllS Ollt of actionfOl' awhile in the fall due to a llCCCSS:lI'y stay illa hospital.

"fr. and :\:I:Rs. WILT.lS Ihlt'r (liazel Complon)annoullcc the birth of tlleir third child, DavidGrenfell Hart, born in tile St. Anthony Ilos­pilal, 011 October 6th.

CORlt1· HODGSON plans a visit in the UnitedStatcs in latc January and February, lravel­ling 011 a round of visits by GreyllolllHI. AHerthat she will return to Englund.

Du..1.......,1:8 H. ':\[EANS, professor of medicineat Harvard and head of medical service at thel1assaehusetts General Hospital opcned th~

unnllnl meeting of thc l\lassadlUsells chapteror tile Amcricall Acad~lII.r or General Pl'lletitt,with clinics at tile i\Jassuchusetts GencrulHospital.

DII. Wl1.Ll .... ~1 W. 1·IERm- an(! Mrs. 1·lcroy ha\'ea fourth ehild, a daugliler, born last summcr.

!.}:A and G I{ .... CE LUOUEII visited the .John A.~lasoJls (Ph~'lIis Little) whcll lhq went Lo sectheir SOil, Shippen, at Trinity College over.\rmistice Day.

Arter I('a\,ing Forteau,llils i\[ITCIlENER paid a.visit to Haston und then flcw home to Englandfur It visit Lcfore her marriage on Dcccmber27t11 in Barringlon, Illinois, to Dr. AHUIOll)-'Suscn, or the Children's Hospital und the VclcrBent Brigham Hospital in Boston. Thc Susens

I!?O

live in Fmminglmlll, :\1:Ls"adlll:>ctu, .\"'E'1'110.)11"'-0.... wa... lIl16id of Ilouor utille \\'t'(lding,

:\1,\RG.\HET :\IO:\"LE1 ,'i"it('(1 the Londoll Of­fice last SUlllmer, She has oc-ell living on ahouse boat at I'orlosmoulh for two ;rears, andis now :slaying with friends ill SoUUI :\rricu,

Eli1..llbetb Ncwli('gin, daughter of Jh::-''ln' L.NE\\"IJEGIN lilld l\lrs, Newbcgin, WIIS mnrricliJust rallto Stun Icy J. I lollis, also of Cumbridge,~lassacllu.sctL".

:\hss B. :\IAnn: I'JIILLlPS, somelimcs famil·iarly knowlI as" .\untie :\Iaude." is a residentof tile .:\lansion lIome ill :\Iaklen, :\la.s.su­clmsetL;.

E'-ELl'x rOl·'·Lt.-ro.... is working in Denmark

DH, tn.IAS HIMIANU'> and :\Irs, Ilichards han't\\'O sons: Robert I~., who was graduated (romlIan'aro L:ni"ersity in June and is with theInternational Ilan'cster COlllpany at its Bo;;­1011 office; IIl1d George L. Uiclluros. who is 11studcnt at KimblllJ Union Acadcmy in ;\c't"Jlumpsllirc.

P... :\I UOWliOTII... .\l reet'ntJy visitcd the Stuteswith her mother lind \'IRGr"IA JOXEli for ashort holiday, and is now working in London,

'''ecaught a glimpse of JEAX S10IITll in Englandbe(orc she rctumed to :\orth West Iliver afterher sister's \\cdlling ill October, lIer ~i"tcr,

:\1 \HGARET. is li"ing willi an .:nglish familyattached to the British EmbllS.'>,r in O~Io.

We ha\"e beell glad to welcome I)R. ~OR.\I"'S

B. Sn:w,\RT al tile oRice lluring his brief \'i"iL~

to l.ondon.

Elizabctll Len StOlle, daugllkr of :'Ilr. IlUt!

:\1 u.... HOIJEIlT (;. STol'a:, WlIS lllal'rit~J ill <k-lo_her 10 Waltt'r !leur)' TmrnlJul1. .11' .. or \\'C~tOll,

,\In""achusdt.'l. :\In;, StOIiC is a Din..... ·lor of tln:­Xl'w Englallli (:rcllfdl .\.s.'>OCiI11ioll.

1)0R01"II1' Tuo.\I,.,o:\ has givell SCH'rKI lalL~ 011the :\Iissioll Juring the pa:.t .rear as well ashelping ill the oRi~ during the C1lri"tllllb1>C8S011.

C1Hl'S Y.\)<,{E ami :\Il'l'l, ,'alice ha\"c II daugh,ter, bonl last SUIIlIllC'r,

DR. JA.\U~ C, Wllln: ha.~ I)('('n named It fellowof the Interuutiollul Socid.\' of Surgery.

.IE.... N" Y.;I.I.OII"I,.;}':''' \'isilt~1 111,,:1'11 Jh:-.K..",ELEANOIt HwE.....ouJl atlll OUICrg ill l!le U. S.before returning lo &'()tlalld in Novcmbl'r.

Pra1/cis HII)'ck Eldridge

Francis Eldridge who di('1! ill .\lball.\· onthe third of AlIgu:>l Wll~ II IOllg-lime friendof thi~ mission and hi~ death comes as Ii

scvere ...hock to those of us who knew him,He spent a year on the roast at 51. .\n­thon,)' in 1926, During tlmt winter weIllo\"lxl into the new hO:tpital. He was II

grcltt help to me in soh'ing the ma.ny de­t.'1ils of mo,'ing and orglllli7..ation in thelIew:,ct-up,

Fmllcis Eldridge lit his deuth \\,Wi

!Jrt'l'id(,lllof F. C, Huyck lind Sons. 1I1l111­ufacLurers of blankcLs. lie wa.., a j,{radllaleof Groton and spent two .'·Cllrs al Illlr\'llrd('olle/-\,c..\ Ic:uling citiZl'1I or Alhan.,· hewas lnl..,lcc of thc Alball." Savings B;mk.a lru~h.'C (If the .\Ihall,\" )Il'dical Schuul.a trll~h.'C of Bennington ('ollew'. II dircchror the .\Ih<ln.\' Chamher of Commerceant! a member of the Huard of Go,'crllol'liof .\IIll.IIl~· ] Io.~pilid,

)Il'll. Eldridge, the forlllcr IsabelleSilll~ford, was born ill Sl. .\nthony andfor two VCllrs was 11 ,'('n' valuable mem­ber of o'ur hospital slidf. Hoth )(r, ulld)lrs. Eldrid~'e kept ill touch with the lIli~­

sioll adi\'ilic.~ durillg' tll(''>l' llIall." .'"car~

:llId hi~oIt'ath i,-;a rt'allo:,:,lotllisl\[issioll,CUAlll,K'i S, ('lllll'lS, 1\LD.

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The Grenfell Associations

New Ellglalld GrenfellASSOC;fl/;OIl

:\'OTICE is hereby given that the Annual:'.fccting of the XCIV Englund GrenfellAssociation will be held 011 WCdllCsdu\',

February 8. 19':;0, at 3.30 o'clock, at tileoffice of the Association, Room ;) I0, 2:;HUlilington Avenue, Iloston.

The UllllllUl mooting of the Directorsfollows immediately after a(ljollrllrtlCnlof the corporation meeting.

The special ITlccling of the New EnglandGrenfell :\ssociatioll culk·d for October 20th,1949, to consider some changes ill the U.r-Iaw~

was very well nllcnde'!. A committee 011 revi­sion of the B,v-laws IVllS appointed, to reJlort atthe Ilcxt annual meeting of the Corporation,"'cbrunr,\' 8th, 19JO. Hcports (rom two COlJl­mittees were Ilcard. GUCSLi at the mcctingwere Dr. Gordon W. TholllUS, Associate i\ft'tli+cal Ortieer and Surgeon at our hospital at St.Anthon.y, and l\liss Iris i\:Iitchener, wllo badrecently arriYc<1 in Boston after three ~'ears ofserviee at For'teau. After the business of themeeting was completed, Dr. Thomas and .\lissi\litehcner both ga\'c extremely interestingglimpses of the medical work Oil the const, andanswered questions in vivid and rew~aling

detail.Several particularly pleasing contributions

Iw,ve been received recently. TIle Lend a I-landSociet~' ga ,'e $1 no to keep the Lend a IlandMe<licine Cllest full and on its way to outportsfrom the hospital at St. Anthony. Ivy Films.TrlC. Illude It (:ontribution in memor.v of tile lute.\frs. Lauriston Wnrd. hOllorillg thereby theirmemOcr, Lauriston \Vanl, .Jr. A bequest cameto :".'ew .England Grenfell Association undcr tilewill of the latc Anna L. Waleruury of North­umptoll, ).!assachusetls, an llnnual contriuulorto the Grenfell Association for many years..\rr. Francis C. I-Iolrnes of PI~'mouth, _i\Iassa­c1JUsetts, set up a trust fund in memory of hissister, the late Miss Helen C. Holmes. MissHolmes cntertaine<1 "Dr. and l\lrs. Grenfell"years ago when Sir Wilfred first lectured inrJ~'lllollth ami had always thereafter Uccll a

staunch frielld lllld generous contrihutor to lheGrCllfcll Association. as is Mr. Holmes atpresent.

Miss _l[arjorie Wheeler, recelltly returned tollcr home in Needham after fi"e yeurs' serviceat ulmost ever~' one of the Grcnfcll station;;,spoke at a meeting' of tile Lend a Hand Soc·i·f'ty in Walpole, :\fassuchusctts, in No,·ellluer.i\liss Anne Thompson. who spent last year 85

community worker at the Forteau nursill/o(station, spoke at The I-rouse in thc Pines,Norton, _:Hassachusetls. in ,January.

Miss Jessie Lutller lias supplied us withenough of the carliest issucs of A"IONG Tin:DEllI' SEA FISIIEllS to enable us to completethe ofllee file or bound volumes. This is II

~reatly prized gift, for the very cady i1iSues arcalmost unobtainable.

.\fiss Ethel J\[. Keese helpfully offered 10depaper and sort Clul(:dled stamps for us tosend to l\lrs. Mackay's Stamp Uureau in lon­don. Her work is a tremendous saxer of timfJand we wish to thank her thus publicl~"

SIIIIII,I':\' S. S.\IlTIl

Secretary

GrellfelL Associatioll Of GreatBritaiu ~tud It°e/alld

i\trs. Ambrose LJo~'d organir.e<1 meetings inCheltenham during the weekend or October1st, 1949. An At I-lome was hcld at tile roomsof the Overseas League 011 the Saturday after­noon when i\liss POphlllll. Principal of theLadies' College introdueed the speakers.Cllristopher Newton and Betty Seabrook.After tea Chr'istmus curds and Labrador hllndi,crafLs were on sllle. Tlint evening ChristopherNewton spoke to tile uoys of Dean CloseSchool and showc<1 the films. 011 Sunday Itegavc the address in Chapel, and later spoke tothe BO~'9' Collegc, C11e1tenhalll. We arc deepl~'

indebted to .\fr, an(J .\frs. Llo.wls, the Head·masters of Dean Close School and the College,Miss l'opham and the Secretary of the Chel­tenhum Urauch of the Overseas League and toall who helped in so many ""ays for their kindhospitality and most generous support. l\Irs.Lloyds' loug association with the Grenfelll\lission needs 110 introduction, her iutercst in

:llltl work for the .\ssocilltioll began when her!'rother, the lute Dr. Hurry "addoll, went tolhe Coast in l!n~ and she has helped us con.linuously throughout the years.

We would like to thank nil who hnve sokindly hel,>Cd with Ule sale of our Christmascards this season. Those who havc dcsignedthem, those who buy them and those who workbehind the scenes contribute a greater share inthe work than possibly they realise. In thesedays when we are particularly hard-pressedwe value the help given by all our friends in somany ways very sincerely and extend to themour warmest thanks for their gencrous supportduring thc past difficult )·ellrs.

Clothing for the Coast is urgently neededand part.ocls to be included in this years con­signment should reach the London Ofl1<:e bythe end o( April.

During some of Katie Spalding's recent butall too infrequent visits to the office we havebeen delighted to see her lookiug beller, Hersound advice - ne\-er gi\-en of her own accord- her live interest ill the affairs of the ~lission

and glorioUli sense of humour is as refreshing asn spring dny.

Ih."M'Y SEA 1lI100K

Secretary

Grenfell Labrfldor 111edicall\fissioll

The Annual ,:\Jeeting of the Grenfell Labra­dor ,Medical ,Mission Wll.$ hekl in the boardroom of U'e Ottawa Transportation Commis­sion on Ule !lOth o( October. Dr. ll. '1'. H.:\Jount was iu the Chnir. A welcome was ex­tcnded to Dr. Gordon Tllomas, IlSsistanti\ledieal Of1i(.ocr from St. Anthon~·.

'1'hc mcmbers expressed their decp sense: ofloss in the death of the Ilon. Albert Matthewswho had served 011 the Bounl for over twcnt)·years. A man whose gifts o( mind and spiritwere through out his life devoted to the serviceof others will be greatl)' missed. A Ieller ofs)'Olpathy had been sent to Mrs. ':\(atUlewsand lamily.

The officers for the ensuing year are:

('/lairman: Dr. H, '1'. It. l\lountJ' it:e_Chairlllun: j\1 r. Philip B. Toller/lUll, 'frcUJ1l1rer: Mr. W. n. Creigliloll11011. Secrclary: Mr, Gordon P. .:\lacluren,

K.C.Among satisfaelor)' reports presented was

that of tile re--buikling program at HarringtonHarbour where in (our months the hospital is

rapidly nearing completion. A {j~t halld, vi\-ielaa:ount of the progress and gellt>ral appearanceo( the lIew strueture was given by ColonelSlanton who had recently returned from a.vi5itto tbe Canadian Shore.

The secretary gll\'C her impressiolls of thework on the coast following a 9 weeks' visilin July aud August. -'lost of the GrenfellBranches across eastenl Canada had beenvisited through the )'ear - many of thC!le h:l \'­iug arranged that engagements be filled tospeak on the highlights of confederatioulllld onour lIe\\' Province generally as well as the partpillyed by the mission. A steady .stream o( pub­licity material had been sent out from theCanadian oflice in the twelve months justcllded lignin due to (.'Ollfederatioll also to tileHarrington Hospital project.

With the change in policy for the CanadianShore Jndustries wherein it comes under thesupcrvUiion of St. .\nthony, tllllS centralizingthe work generally, as from September 1st,19"9, a comparative statement lor tlle past6\'e years was pl'CSCnled. Briefly this 5ho\\"ed asteadily mounting sales figure-in 1!»--J. thiswas $4,800 and lor tllC year just ended it was$7,000, The wives of fishermen along theseshores recci\'oo for the cru(ts the)' prodnced asum of ~,OOO in this past year. In Il season ofextremel)' poor fishing this money will meanmuch. Christmas enrd sales continue to be ex·cellent, the figure this )-ear being just under85.000. These go to England, all o\'er theU. S. A. and across Canada. As an entirel)'new venture Ulis season the Toronto GrenfellAssociation ha\'c financed and producedpllpcr, known as IIllSly Xotcs whiell is mostallriI.Ctivc and alrt'lldy Illlving very good sales.

O'lVI'A \VA, Earnscliffc, the homc or the HighCOlUlliissioner for the United Kingdom, wasonce more the scene of the At lIome whichincludes a salc of handicrafts and tea, of thelocal GrenleU .\ssociation on October 'lOtll.Guests were received by Lady Clullerbuck andthe president, :\Irs. II, T. R. Mount. :\rone)'donation! were received b)' -'Irs. WilliamBeattie. The general com'cner of the attractinocrafts display. the work o( fisherm<.'n'! wiws intheir own hOlUes along the Gulf Shore ami inLllLrmlor and northern Ncwfouudll\lld, wa~

.:\Irs, S, W, Canniff i\lrs, J", C. Jellllings \\';IS illc1.mrge o( the small room where Chri~tlllas

canis were on sale and with willing as.;;:istanLswas ablc to handle the steady stream of bu)'­ers. ~Irs. Harold "ail was tile lca COll\-ener.Reports coming in leU of one of Ule most sue_

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cessful eveuts this energetic branch en~r had.

OWEN SOlJXD, ,\gain the indefatigableKale Andrew has been kecping the work of themission before the public -this time ItS gU('5tspeaker at the Women's Institute of Jloatb­head, Ontario.

WXDOX, the local Grenfell ."'-'>O(:iationhad their October mecting in the :\letrolJOlitanLTnited Church and heard a fil"\l hand rclJOrlon how lhe funds collected ellrlier in the yearfor tile re-building olllarringlon Ilo;.pital hadheen u~1. Jl was described how the problemsof drilling in granite rock had beell sokcd, howthe mell work early and late in their I'oelll andintcrC_it to complete the job ami ull of tllislllrgdy due to the leadership of .\l'r.Edgar;\leNcill who is tile contractor and builder.

Included in the list of engagements plnnnedin this area WItS Porest, Ont. where the takeShore W .\f. S. of the United Church wislledto hear something ol the Labrador lind ~ew­

found land shores, where they had scnt balescontributed through the London Branch. Thissociety is twenty-five ;rears ok! and had or·Ranizc'd in the beginning for the purpose ofsending supplies and aid to :\Ii:;s Flon'IlCtlUawlings, missionary in ,\frica. lIer cou.sinsare today active workers in this W. )1. S. :Ur<l.(~corgc Uuchanan is the pN:'Sidellt and a meet­ing arrangf·d at the !lome ol :\Irs. Glenn Wel­lington was well attended and it was inter·c..ting to note how Illall~' boxc.s were beingI)aekftl to send O\'erseas, for needy families intile collllllunity as well as £urther supplies forLlibrador, tlli~ time to .:\Ii.i.'l Jupp for her cropor b~lbies at Sl. ;\Iar~"s. At all evening meetingin the l'nit~1 Church kooachrolllc slides wereSIIOWnltll(IIJ.Il address on tile Grenfell work allli111e part it plays in the new I'rovin<:e.

Dr. nnd i\lrs. Gordon Thomas were guestsat 1I luncheon given by .:\frs. C. D. Lundell,trcllsllrer or the Toronto Ilraneh and ill a shortlIddrc'iS llfterwards, Dr. Tbomas outlined someor tile problems that the .:\Iission faces tOOIl,)',(·hier of these being tu~reul05i.!l. lie strc.i.'lCdlhe n(.'('(.1 today for II sanitorium where thesetubercular patients may be properly trealed.wllerc suspects mil,)' rome for observation andhe told or the fine cooperation then" is betweenthe mission and the })ro\'incial GoveMlmCIlL

TOItOXTO, The Executi\'e wishes to re­!JOrt that even after the effort atlhe CanadianXlItiollal Kihibition- \\here 550,000 l)COple-.lIW the Gl't'uft'1l work and received pamphletsn:'ganJing it- thc)' packed and sllipped theiru.suul fall bales 011 Sept. 30th, l!H9.

It was stated at the Scptem~r Executivemeeting that the first issue of .),000 boxes ofHn.sty Xotes, which were ready for sale onAugust 16th had been sok! out by Scptem~r

~6th, and the second printing was ullder way.In Octo~r we had the pk-asure ol meeting

with Dr. and :\Ir<i. Gordon Tbomas who wereout on furlough from St. Anthony. .:\lrs.Thomas Iltlended thc annual lea given by tileLet's Club. the LO.D.E. reception for Lad~'

Walsh of Xe\\-roundland. the Grenfell BihleClass lind tile monthly Executive meeting. Dr.X. S. Shell"tone, Chairman of our Advisor,)'Hoard, showed Dr. Thomas llll through theToronto General Ilospilal and the Universityof Toronto. By arrangement or the Executi\'eboth Dr. and Mrs. Thomas were interviewedby June Dcnnis over C.J.Il.c. llS well as by thePress, who arrived ill the midst or thc birthduyparty or Pat, llge four.

\Ve are looking forward ill November to II

visit from :\Iiss Ethel G. Graham who is tospeak at tile Amerit'a.n Women's Club, theWalmer lload Baptist Church aDd to both themedical students and the nurses conncctedwith the Student Christian Council.

Thc sudden passing or :\(rs. Leighton :\Ie­Carth)', wire or the fif'ot Canadian _\mbas::.adorto the United States, i~ a very great I(b", forshe was for so many ')'ears one of our 1Il000t

encouraging SUPIJOrters and illdeflltigablcworkers. The word~ .. being dead yet speaketll ..is very true in this case for .. Xo flower'> h,)'request, ir desired contributions II\I\Y he sentto the Grenfcll Labrador .:\(edical ~lissioll."

ETHEl. G. (:11\11\\1

Seerr/url)

Tbe Grellfelt Associ"fiollof America

AXXUAL HEI'OItT 0.' TilE SECltET_\IU':To Ihe M~mlJf'r, oj TIu: GrellJI'U .fuocia/;Oll I>J,lmuica:

The fort,y-sccond fiscal ,\'ear of The Grenfell_~iatiOll or America closed on Scplemher30, 19-'9. This report of our moncy rai~illg lie­tivities is largcly based on the past year'sfigures, in comlmrison lI'itb those or the pre\·i­ous year.

MOflU:RSIIII'S A.XD Go.'"ERAL eo'\TRI .,.­

Tim.;,,:Sub.scrilltiollS fur ll1aintenance alDOUlllt~1 In

w-w to e~.),I38.91, as against $'l(i,8~j.UI ill19-18. ,\t the close or the year our memhersllil)

IS!-J

• Chicago's figure docs not include SIH..'Cifict;vlLtributions, rnention(.'(l elsewhere. This lI.e·

li"t stood at 2,0,)8. I.J9·~ melllbcn; rellewed1Ilcir annual contril.utions, amounting to?I,SS9.0J. 321 donor. whose membership

Ila(1 lapsed renewe<1 their dues, amounting to$t,727.1O. 143 new memlJCrs joille<1 1Ile A'>-SO­dation, their subscriptions totalling I,ON.79.In 19-J.8, 203 memberships were fCnewe<I,llrllounting to $1 ,380.,jO, lind !W6new membersgave $1,898.00, During the .year, the Associa­tion lost 22 mcmbcrs h,\' death.

The above brcllktlowli shows lImt our maillstrength lies in the number of our loyal, an­nual renewals. It ~hows an increase in renewedmcmberships, and 11 decrease in new SUPI)()rl.It is our greatest wisl. to add DC...• lIamC:!! toour li"l, and we would appreciate the co­olJCration of all our friend... in this way.

S"l!:CIFlC COSTfUlIl·TIO:-O..,:

Specific contributions for 19-J.9 were $1,­67J.00, as against 81.318.00 in 1948. Thismone)' represents dOllllliolls specified for par­ticular purposes til is year the SIlI}I)()rt orindividual c1liltlren ill our Home, a gClIerowl(.'Ontribution IowaNS tile salary or the Or­phanllgc Superintendent, gifts to ,'elieve thefood shortage ill Labrlldor IllSt spring. tuber­eulosis work. support for the hOSIJital ship.IlararaL and eOlltribution~ from our CI.i("llgoBranch for clothing. sp::-cial diets. ami II milkhllld.

UEQO-STh:

We rece-i\·e<1 tlln.'C 1X'(lue:.ls. totaling $'1.­WHA6. with an additional $--100 for memorial1)1U1>OSt'S, cot endowment, cLc.

Ihuxcli REI"ORT:

Local collectiolls were not made lhis yelir in.\Ibnnyand Baitilllof('. :\Iollcy fC(.'l'i\·ed (romtlle--e cities \\·as iududed in gellt'rul eontril>u·t iOBs in our office. Tllis was done lIrter (;vlI~ul­

tutioll witlilhe ofliL'Crs or these Br;lnehes, whoIIOI>C lind plan thllt hlter the.y elln again ar­range local colledions.Meanwllile, we L1IlUlknil those contributing for their continuing sup­()()rt. The f('IJOrt stand~ a... folloll's:

$J,815.30 $7,088.80

.\II.)lIn~'

BaltimoreBuffaloChiCllgo.I·hiladclphia.I·ittsburgh ..Wllshingtoll .

HI-J.!Joo

$I,'?II.OO1..~49.60·~,iOO.OO

436.705!18.00

19'8357,00:J98 ,00

1,130001,600.00i,900.00

15!0.30,)83.00

counts for the decrcU5e, lC> tile CQutributioliy,as lIearly stationary.

We are deeply grateful to all those ill vllrUrallch~ who made the abovc ;;;tatemcllt IJO»'sible. at their own time. tliouglll, and expensc.Thc donation fC(.'Civcd (rom Buffalo is listl.:das a. Braudl, thOllgl1 lletual1y it is again tileresults of one individual's Ilntiring effort. Ourdcel>cst thanks go to :\1 rs. Edward ,I. Barcillo,whose friclld~llip, witll that or her IHlsband's,has aguin mellnt so much to this work.

.'\. Brllnch report eanllot be measure<! onlyin tcrms of monetary support. Its imporlalK'Clies in the fK.Ct that there are people in yariedplaces who uuderstand the aims of lhe Gf('n­fell Association, and who are actin·ly workingfor its welrare.

We call attenlioll here to the reacti\'ate<1colllmiltce ill Cleveland, Ohio. which operatetllast year \rithMrs. Donald Gray, a formervolunteer, as Chairman, and :\rrs, Claude J."cck, :\[,.'1. Curtis' cousin, u.s Secrelary. TI.iscommittee supplements our work lJy an nn­nual L'Ollection of excellent ll're(l clothing, byChristmus curd sales, help willi stnff appoint­ments, lind lecture arrungcmcnL~. Their valu­able effort ser\'es as a pattern for oll.er plaC<"s.Oue "contribution" rrom ('leveland this yenris the pre..enee Oil Ihe ('oo",t of an active mem­ber of their group )Iij,g :\Iarjorie Uouf!le.who is thc new Superintendent of tile Chil­dren''J Homc.

('O~(EHT UE>,EFlT:

This ~'ear Ollr Ucne5t \\a.~ uni1lue. Evcr.\·CXI)en"C was lIlt't by one of our SI>OII-sors, inorder to givc one hurlllr('(1 pef(,'Cnt profit tothe A~so('illtiun. Our grlltilude can nC\'cr beCxprt'ssed too deeply for nil tllut tllis rneun~,

'1'11(' BClIcfit was a l'Ollc('rt h,\' tile noted Nor­wegian-Amcriclill piunist, Stell Al\(lerscn, lIelt!at Camegie lIall, New York City, on the e\·c­ning or April J. 1!J-J.9. :\Iis..~ Andersen gave alloutstanding performance, ami her own inter­est is deepl.1'· apprecialed. We owe debts we

CUll nC\'cr repay to :\lw Esther :\rorgan :\Ie­Cullollgh. as Chairman, to her Co-Chairman.Dr. Ueeckmun J. Delatour, wllo:.e interest inour Benefit is always our guide. to the Hon­orury Chairman, :\Irs. Busch Greenough.whose help ne\'er fails, to the Junior Chair­man. Miss Barbara Cluett.. a \'oluntecr inSl. AntliOny in the summer of 19-J.7, to :\IissJoan Lccming, the Debutante Chairman, whowag Sub-Debutante Chllirrllnn the ~'ellr he·fore: and to all committee wOI'kers, sponsors,and ticket uU.1"ers, Tile profit lImolHltC\1 to

3:J,7~.,j-l, ~ aguin...t '!,9W,7·~ from 1918'sTheater Uenefit.

r,D'.:n;RES:It will be remClIllM.:rc<! that 'Ii"s Katl.k-eu

lloo&'SOli perlormNI lin excellent scrvi<.-e in1!)l8 b;\' a lecture tour in the cast and middlewcst. This tour wus followed up last winterIJ)' visits from our office to some of the key'~I)lJts, ill ordcr to <:onsolidate lilis ncw inter·cst, and in an effort wc wish to continue ofdoS<'r <:O...OI>erution witll those wllO givc ustlleir help and ad,'k-e away from this vicinity,?lly trip in latc February and early ?llareh was"cry enjo,rable, for lIot only did we becomecloser to our prohlems afield. but J am "crygrateful to aUthosc who provided hosl>italit;\,/llld '01'110 madc SO man;)' efficicnt lecture ar­nlllgemcllts, .\n outstanding e"eut was thelunchcoll gin'lI hy ?llrs. Robert UishoJl inClc,'e1alld, This was altendal by interestedfriends and rep~ntlltives of varil'(l Cleve­lund organiZlltiow~, to sponsor and widen tileAssociation's scope, We also wish to thank'Ir, Williurn Wright, our activc und helpfulfriend in Toledo: Ol.io. Lectures were hcld ntlIlnn," easlern points nlso, llnd we encourageour fOrtner stafr mcmhers to gi,·c such talks,illustratal, if dcsired, uy thc usc of our 16 /lUll.

"ilcnt films.CLOTIlI)\'(l:

"'e cannot mca",ure our support only in fi­nancial return.... We are fully aware of thea...... istance gi"en hy /III those who senti dolll­inft and other donations through our oflk-e.

This ;\·ear I\·C shil>l>ed on our supply OOal. theSrlJii: .1. Cilldt. 2,j hales of clothing. Ilnd 9trunks and C/lS('S of doLl.ing, to.y.!! (oft('n Iland­made), pictures, scrapbooks, also rI.ristlllasclInd,v ror the c1liltlren, We wisll our L'(lIllriIJll­t.urs L"Ould sec ror thcmsclvcs Irow rUUc!1 thisIlINUlS to the recipicnts, 'Ve mention cspc­(;;al1y i\lar,)' French Ituthbone, a ·'tccn-agcr··WIIO held a Christmns part)' in Ilcr IlOllle, thenToledo, Ollio, F.ach guest brougllt a piC<.'e ofoutgrown clothing. in good condition, and atoy for the children in the Xorth.

We also wish to express our siucere thanksto our affiliated organization, the LaL.rador~('C(llework Guikl, who Ollce more sent by the('IIU:1t such "aluable and excellent new doth·ing. ror use at all our stations.

CmUSTUAS CARD Pmw:This project is oue of our greatest means of

puulicity, as it spreads our work tlll'OUgholltthe COUlltry, Sincc tllC rund is raised for thcOclldit of the children or Lahraclor lind NorthXewfoundluml, it mculls cure uud cJueatiolls

which we oould not otllcr'\l i...e ,,"widc, J"':I~t

)'ear the total came to 86,,j'!S.OO, as again~t

84,89:1.11 in 19-18, We ackllowledge the w()f"kof thc Christmas canl colIHlliUee for this sea·son, :\Ir. ?llinturll leRoy, Clutirman; ?llro;.Louis II. Tw)'cfJort. ami 'lrs. "'YlIlan B,Shaw, rcprescntiug Xew Englund.

PUIlLICITl':

New litcrature was printed during tIle ,vcurfor gellcral distribution, including enclo~ures

for rnailul)l:lCals sent on Sir WilfrClfs birtlltlay,February 28th, and on the llnniversary of Ilislauding in Labrador, AugU'st 4th, 18W.

While not an acti,'it.y or this oflice. weackllowlalge tile publicity gi"en the .\.ssocia,tion in Lij~ magazille's nine IIl1d a half pageI)hotogrul>hic essay, Lahrador :'!lissioll, pub·lish('(1 011 September 19, 1919, with pictures h;\'Gcorge Silk, who spent two months 011 hoardthe J/araral, basing the article Oil that aslX"ctof the :\Ii.s..;;-ion's work, PostC8rds were mailedto our Jist in the hOIJe lI18t ullthOS(' wlJO sup·!>ort the work might know more ilOOlit thissegment wllich was portrnyl'd SO vividly.

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A~IOS'G TH~ DE!:!' StjA FI8ltE.t,<;, jointl,vcdital b,)' our oflice und New England. is oursurest means of telling lhe (-;renfell slor,\',Last.,·car 'l·U'!1 copies of thi;;- <Iuartcrly wereprintal, 10,03-1 or which were distributed in ourdistrict. During the spring, ropies of an "u'·er­run" were sent to doctor's offiCt-"S in Xl''''' Yorkcit;\" as Il test mailing to increase the cirCllh·tion of this I)uhlication.

"'e have presented thi:; rel>ort to our mem­hers with the reali1.lltion that it is their (,:0­

operatioll wl.idl has mude these c1rorli. PtJS­

sihle,Uccall ....c of their help, tile SlJllliJilitioll uf tit is

fi~eal )'enr just past IIdds up to one tolal- thecarrying forwllrd, with Sir Wilrre<1 Grenrell'stmdition lind Dr. Curtis's guidllllce, or tlliswork for the l>enefit of the peoplc of Labradorand ::\ortllern ::\ewfoulldlllnd,

ELE."OK J. ClJ,..lH."SeudQr!l

The Annual :\Ieeling of lhc ='.:1\ ESGL\:'\D I.UlK.\,Iloua X'U:OU:WORK GUlI.O ...-ill IJe held Ilt ElllllUlIlUd

Church l·llri.sh !:louse, )l'e\\-bury Slreet. IJosloll. 011TuclKlay, Jarlllltry 2-)th, fll ~.:w 1',)1,

l\IiSll Corry Hodgson. who e:o.:lx'Cu lo arrive iuUo.slon (roll' St. Anlhon,\' lhc previous week, will Ix'lhe .sIJcllkcr, All rricnds IOf lhc ~ri.ssioll are cordifll1~'

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Hasty Notes

Colorful box of twelve Gren­fell hasty notes and envelopes,with six original labradorsketches plus pamphlet aboutSir Wilfred's work. Two ofeach scene in box.Price $1.00

Please order from

TORONTO GRENFELL ASSOCIATION

6 Ivor Road, Toronto 12, Ontario, Canado

or Any Grenfell Branch in Canodian Communities

For American orders, please add 2 Sc for duty and mailing.

It has been suggestedThot we print the addresses of our American Warehouses, in each issue, if possible.

We are glad to do so. To aid in the shipping of our spring contributions.

GRENfElL ASSOCIATION

887 Second Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.

(Labels for the above con be supplied by our New York office on requestl-

NEW ENGLAND GRENfEll ASSOCIATION

Boston Storage Warehouse

Forsyth Street, Boston 15, Massachusetts

SCOTTISII BnANcn - Miss Belly Peden Fyle.Westland, Killllacolm, Renfrewshire.

THE INTERNATIONAL GRENFELL ASSOCIATION

IIENRT C. HOLT. Chairman oj tlu BoordCHARLES S. CURTIS. M.D., F.A.C.S•• Superinlernknl

MI8S KATIlLEEN YOUNG. A.tmtant Tretuurer and Purcluuing AgentBoard of Directors composed of two Representatives from each of

the Supporting Associations listed below

SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIONSUNITED STATES

NEW YORk: - The Grenfell Association ofAmerica. incorporated under the laws of theSlate of New York-Pres., William L. I LoNDON-Royal National Mission to Deep-Savage; Vice·Pres., Wm. Adams Delano; Sea Fishermen forwards contributions CA-

Tress.• C. F. Mapes, 366 Fifth Ave.; Sec'y, pecially designated for Labrador work.Miss Eleanor J. Cushman, S66 }~i(th Ave.

BOSTON - New England Grenfell Association,incorporated under the laws of the Slate ofMassachusetts - Pres., Dr. E. Parker Hay­den; Treas•• Henry P. Briggs; Sec'Y. l\:£issShirley S. Smith. 25 Huntington Ave.

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

LoNDON - Grenfell Association of Great Brit­ain and Ireland, incorporated under the lawsof Great Britain - Sec'y, Miss Betty Sea­brook, 66 Victoria St., S. W. 1.

NEWFOUNDLAND

ST. JonN's - Grenfell Association of New­foundland, incorporated under the lawsof Newfoundland - Sec'y-Treas., H. It.Brookes.

CANADA

OTTAWA - Grenfell Labrador Medical Mis­sion, incorporated under the Jaws of theProvince of Ontario-Chairman, Dr. n. T.R. Mount, 288 Metcalfe St.; Hon. Treas.,Mr. W. R. Creighton, 56 Sparks St.,Sec'y, MiS! Ethel G. Graham, "8 Sparks St.

BRANCH ASSOCIATIONSUNITED STATES

BURLINGTON, VT. - Chairmen, Mrs. W. RamsaySmith, 151 S. Prospect St. and Mrs. Ernest J.Spaulding, Isle 1& Motte; Sec'y, Mrs. Wm. Muir,679 S. Willard St.; Treas., Mrs. G. W. HlI.rri~,

!lOS King St.

CfUCAGO, ILL. - PreJJ., Min Dorotby Stirling; Vi~­Pret., Pbilip D. Armour, Treas., Solomon ByronSmith, Northern Trust Co.; Sec'y, Mrs. FremontA. Chandler, 1850 N. State Parkway.

CLEVlllLANO, 01110 - Pres., Mrs. Donald B. Gray,I~ Fairhill Rd., Cleveland Heights, Sec'y,Mrs. Claude J. Peek, rt589 Berbhire ltd., Cleve­land Heigbts.

f'ANCORO, MAl!8. - Pres., Mr. Martin Bovey,Treas., i\J.rs. I+'redcrick Lovejoy; Sec'y, Mrs. Wil­liam Wadsworth, 80 Main St.

IL.RTf'ORn, CoNN.-Pres., 1\1. W. Jacobus, 170Kingswood Rd., West Hartford, Treas., MaynardT. Haun, 1i8S ~ylum Ave., Hartford; Vice­Pres., Mrs. Robert B. English; Sec'y, Mrs. JamesLinton, 43 Wlllbridge Rd., West Hartford.

PIllLADELl'HlA, PA. - Chairman, C. ChristopherMorris; Treas., Moreau D. Browo, Ex-See'y, Mrs.William Sanderson, New Gulph and Avon Rds.,Haverford, PII.

PITTSBUROH, PA.-Pre.s., Miss Gertrude Heard,Sec'y-Tre&s., Miss Alma T. Gillespie. ~039 Cam­bronneSt.

PROVIDENCE, R. 1. - Pres., Miss Jessie Luther, 60Olive Sl.; Vice-Pres., Miss Henrietta W. Jones;Sec'y, Miss Elizabeth Seal, 375 RochambellllAve.; Treas., Miss Grace P. Chapin, 150 l\feetiul:(Street.

GJn:~:NWICII, CoNN. - Chairman, Miss Mary E.Rowland; Treas., Mrs. Norman P. Geis, Nor. WASHINGTON, D. C.- Pres., Mr. Jl!.llICS I.. Iluuglo_rnandy, Indian Rd., Riverside, CoOD. teling, !US) Kllioroma TW., N. W.

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TIlE INTERNATIONAL GRENFELL ASSOCIATIONWaae-rna. MA-.-Prn., Aln. Bt:aj&miD H.

Alloo; Treu., Aln. Samuel J. Gwnmert.1 Re,ealSt.

CANADABK.LUl:nt.u, OnTu,o - Pm., Mia JeMie K. Me­

Gie,S8 ForiD St.; lion. Sec:'1'~" M",. Leo B.Uigp,II QueenSt.

naOC!tVlLU, ONTAIUO - PreI., Mn. Robert J. Gill,181 Kin, 51.. East; See'y, Mias Marjorie Lewis,9 Onnond St.; Tre.... ]olr,. Mllllll'le1J Wo'~y. fj,~

Ilartler St.

GALT. ONTARIO - Hon. Tre.... Mr. A. S. McKay,Royal Dank; Sec'y, Miu J. W. c.rter, to Me­KeozieSt.

GunPR, ON'u,alo- HOD. Sec·y.Tre.... Mn.ll. F.McWilliams, 99 Oxford St.

IIALI''''x, NOVA ScoTu. - Pru.. Mra. C. M.Crooks.HI OUlaod Road; Ree. Sec'Y. Mn. H. A. W.t­100, 11 WilKlsor TelTaC'e; Corr. Sec',. M.n. C. E.Kalin" .... Poplu St.; Treu., Mrt. G. A. Smith,J071D&l~SL

IIi.JULTOlf. OwT....'o-Sec·y. Miss Strat.hmoreF"tndl.y, iS5 James St. So.; Treu" Mrs. R. S.Waboo, 66 IkuIah SI..

KUi1l»TOlf. ONu.aJo-Pn"., !ofn. W. W. Glblon,151 Union SL; Sec'y, Mig Grace Martin, 19~

Johnson SL; Tre.... Mi. M.riOD P. Lealie,lh. BameSt..

LINII8AT, ONTARIO- Hon.Sec'y.Tre..., Mn. F. L.Weldon, S8 Francit St.

1.010'0010', ONTARIO - PreJ., Mrs, J<'l1Ink McHardy­Smith, 11 Grand Ave.; Cott. Sec'y, Mrs. StuartFi.her, 787 Richmond St.; Uee. Sec'y, Mrs. H.Shaw, 97 Barton St.; ~a•., !\fn, T. I'. AllIIn,I(H St. James St.

MONTRLU.. Quu,;o- Pru.. Mn. Q. F.. O. Bovey,t5 Bellevue Ave., Montreal tI, P. Q.; 11011.. Kee.See',., MR. John LaDeur, 50 Heath ltd., Ifamp­Mead, Montreal 29, P. Q.; Cott. See'y, Mrs. E. A.Sc:bo6ekl, 3311 C«Jar Ave.• Weslmount 6; lion.Tre..s., Miss ,rmifred Birkett. 71 The LintooApu., 1509 Sberbl'Ol.>k St. West-

NLlGA&A F...Ll4, O.'n.A....o - PreL, Mra. J,Fordham, t.578 Falls Ave.; See'y, Mrs. R. D.Grollt, .u.s John S~t; nus., Mrs. O. Hugne..468 John St.

On.AW"', ONTA....O-Pres., Mrs. H. T. R. Mount,S7 0pe0n1O Road; Uee. See'y, Mrs. L. W. Iknt­ner, 193 Third Ave.; Cott. See'y, Mrs. F. W.Jeft'~y, 16i Clemow Ave.; T,"a., Mrs. W. C.DelIttie, 00 Crail St.

PI:TuBoaoUOH, ONTARIO - Prea., ]\,.[n. G. M.Rutherfonl, R. R. 5; See'y, Mrs. P. C. Ander.son, 441 Reid St.; ~lIt., Mrl. F. M. Somerville,Itl lnverleaSt.

QOEBEC CITY, QUEBEC - Pres., Mr•. A. C. Price,lUI Wolres6eld; Sec'y, Mrt. E. D. Gray-Donald,1911 Sheppanl Ave.; Tre.... Mrs. Harcourt I'owel,tO$8 St. Lout. St.

Sr. CATH....un:&, ONT....IO- Hon. P~s., l'oHuElm CleDeh, n WelJaod Ave.; Pru., Mrs.GeorlCl McKay, SM Queenston St.; Sec'y, Mrs.H. J. Manning. 8 Haig St.; Tras.. Mrs. A. S.Jones, 177 King St.

STDlflCT. Non ScanA -Sec'y-TtellJ., Mia AptlHamilton, !:J3 F.splanade.

TOIlONTO, OsT.\RIO- Pres., Mrs. John Hammond, 6h-or ltd., Toronto Ii; Cott. Sec'y, MiM I.. W.McMorran, Apt. It, 40 Haulton An.; Hee.See"', AI..... D. C, G~aves, lOS }'amham A\·e.,Toronto 5; Treas., Mrs. G. H. Middlelon, 7 JeanSt., Toronto 5.

UXBRlOOE, ONTARIO - Pres., Mrs. T. C. Leuk:8«'1', Mrs. Harry Wallon; Tre..., Mrs. IlOO\'lIrdLcllSh.

WaTON', ONTA....O- Pre•.• Mi..- Etheldreda Drilgs,4S King St.; Hon. Sec'y, Miss E. W. Nllttress,Sti KinISt.; Hon. fuu .• Miss Helen J. Grubbe,La'lt'1'eDC'l Avenue WesL

WRfDeO. "'1'10 F..Mu: COI1NTT - Hon. Sec'y-Treu •Mis. Margaret Bartlel., 4M VICtoria Ave.• Wind­JOI'.OnL

WOOOlJTOCK. Q:n....IO - Pres.., Miss LiJlian Joyce.IS Light St.; Sec'y, Mrs. Frank Hyde, 5, LightSt.; TIftJ., Miss Marion M. CbeyDoe, 58 VictoriaSt.So.

Clothing Store Needs for 1950

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Combinalions woollollg' legs &: sk~vc.~

UNDEB SJHltTSUNDEH PANTS1fandkCl'chiefsWOHI' GLOVESOVEHALLS('OltOIl dress shirtsFLA),TNEI, SJlfHTSSweaters. all types excepl sk-evclessTrouscrsWindbreakers]-IC1\\",\' wool socks & slockillg.~

Suits

WO~If:N

ApronsBloomersNIGHTGOWNSStockingsSki panlsSweatersUNDEnVESTS \VITH SHOIlT

SLEEVES

INFANTS

GownsKnittCfI .JackcLsShirtsDTAPEHSBlankets

As usual the abo\'c list is of vcry specialIH..-cds but everything sent will be mostwelcome. Everything. lhat is to say. ex­cepl. high heeled shoes lind fUf coats!! Wewould love to gel more toys. If the time(,'ould corne whclI all the children eouldlIa \'C a to,\' clIch yenr it would be wonder­ful. ~ow everv other "Car is the best wecall do for the ~hildren'in the outporls and\'ery often llotthaL We had such 11 lot ofthings sent this year. rt was grand.'Vornell's coals and dresses were in spe­cially large quantities, and we had moremen's "insides" and more trOllsers. Ver.\'

BoysWillter caps with car lapsAviator capsCO:\rIlJNATTOi\SSk-eping suitsOYEHALLSSHlBTSSNOW SUITSSweatersTrousersWrNDnnEA1(}~n:S

Sweat shirts

GIRLS

BLOO~ffiBS

CoatsUNDEBSHlHTS WITH SU;EI'ESDresses all si",cs & l.vpcsNIGHTGOWNSShoesSki suits & snow suitsStockingsSweatersWindbrcakers

HOUS~~IIOLl)

Pillow slipsSHEETSThin bcd-sprellds, whiteBlankets, Ncw & SccondhallflTable Cloths

few men's overalls. or boys for thatmallcr,hut wc know thcy arc cxpcnsive items andwe must not be loo greedy. [t's hard notlo be grce<l.y, though, when things arewanted very badly. Just when we thoughtthings were going to be so much betlerhere. the operations of the lumber COIll­

panics in both Labrador and North :\Icw­foundland closed down, and the late icchas made the fishing season very bad.'fhi... makes us extremely thankful that/til our friends in the U. S. A., Canada,and England ha\'e becn so generous.

K. C. HOllGHON

THE GRENFELL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

..Announced

A Preview Benefit Performance

Now I Loy Me Down To Sleepb'j

LUDWIG BEMELMANS

withFLORENCE ELDRIDGE

on

Tuesday evening, February 28, 1950On the Anniversary of Sir WiHred's Birthday

Broadhurst Theater-West 44th Street, New York City

Tickets and further information obtainable from GRENFELLASSOCIATION, 366 Filth Ave., New Yo,k I, N. Y.

Telephone: W17·8535