Published Qu arterly for Distribution to Members of th e Grenfell Anociatimu. Annual Membership Dues : in the United States, $3.00; in Great Britain, 10/. Vol. XXXVII N o.2 July, 1.939 • '
THE GRENFELL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA I" nTTB .. n !"n. oW' TOIlX, • • T. Among the Deep-Sea Fishers
Vol. XXXVII JULY 1939 No.
CONTENTS
Pall ~ A BI T OF NEW FOUNDLAND COAST .. Frontis piece
TH E ICE STAYS IN LATE.
WHAT LIFE OFFERS THE GRADUA TE . Sir Wilfr ed Gr,nfell .. INCIDENT IN TH E EYE CL INIC . lIlancw E. Finn' W. M.D•.
BY WINTER MAIL FROM NORT HWES T RIVER . Ha....W L Padd on. M.D• .
STRANGE ACCIDENT ATFORTEAU .•
EXCERPTS FROM TH E NOTES AND PIC TURES OF A MEDI CAL WOP
RE PORT OF TH ESTA FF SELEC T ION COMMITTEE "
COMMENTS ABOUTUS .. 57
ALUMNI NEWS .
BAZEN DE SOUM "
NEEDLEWORK GUILD COLUMN " NORTH WIND . . os TH E TANNER GEOLOGICA L EXPEDITION .. Alua n d~ r Forb e, . M.D. .. New Enllland Grenfell An oclali on ..
Grenf ell La brad or Med ical Min ion . 74
Gr enfell Anoci ali on of G ~ at Brit ain .
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A BIT Of NEWFOUNDLAND COAST ".,.,...,11', Fill;". "'...;, 10/.",,, Among the Deep-Sea Fishers The Official Orran of the International Gren fell Association
~.. 1939, Th. Orea fflll A.-::iMion of AtPerict.
Vol. XXXVII July, 1939 No.2
T he Ice Stays in Late ~~ I~:w~~~~~la~as;~~~su:r.~:e h:~ until the midsummer rush is on, and also by N causing a great deal of additional expense as been a long, stormy winter, with a tre well as incon\·enience. mendou s fall of snow. From every station Six of our workers were a month on the han' come: reporfs of hard travel in heal'}" way to St. Anthony; the record being held by going. 1\',0 nurses who boarded the GUALDIN£ MARY Because it is the first opportunity of the: in England on April zt st for a quick connec year to send freight, the government mail tion with the first boat. They reached St, boat always Ifiu to get off on her firs! trip Anthony on JUlie znd. The hospital boat as a dy as possible, This year , she was sched ).I A!lAVAL had wintered at Trinity and was to uled to It-ave: St. John's on May 4th on the have started her medical work as ear ly as tr ip ar ound the nort hern peninsula to Hum possible this spring. She was held up by the bermouth. ice until late in J une. On the first of May, we hear d that winter )'leals at the stations got very monotonous condi tions still prevailed in Northern New beca use the stores were reduced to only a foundlan d. T he harbors remained frozen lew staples before the new lood supplies solid, blizzards rage d, and there was no let came. The sailing of the CLUETT from Bos up in the cold. Day afte r day, the people ton was delayed until J une 2.fth, and the sup gath ered hopef ully at the telegraph offices for ply steame r did nol get off until J uly 1St. news of the boat, and day afte r day the op era tors repo rted dla t the news was the same Th e summe r 01 1939 got off to a very late - the sailing had to be postponed because of start. But it has also begun with an event of the ice condit ions. Not until the 27th of May, great historical importance to th e whole of after th e food shortage in many settlem ents New foun dland . On J une 17th, Th eir Maj esties, was becoming acute, did the NORTHDlN King George and Queen Elizabeth visited St . John's. R A NGU l finally leave 51. John's on her first tri p of the season. H is Ex cellency, Vice . Adm iral Si r H um All thro ugh Ju ne the ice came down with ph rry T .Walwyn, Gove rno r o f Newfo und the ar ctic curr ent in gre at floes that ext ended land, and Lady Walwyn invited Dr. and Mrs. out in the ocean as far as one could see. T he Charle s Curt is to stay at Gove rnm ent Ho use Strait s of Belle Isle were a solid jam. TIle du ring the royal visit. This is especially gra t Atlantic ice patrol reported so many icebergs if)·ing 10 U$ as the King and Queen ar e pa that most of the transatl antic liners change d trons of the Grenfell Associatio n of Great their courses on thei r J une crossings and Britain and Ireland and have long shown an took mor e souther ly routes than usual. interest in the Mission work. A full report The late spring means an enormous added of the vi-it of Th eir Ma;eSlil'S to St. John's handicap to the fishermen in thei r struggle for will appear in the October issue of this maga existence. It has interfered with the Mission zine. T hey carne wi th friendli ness and some work in a great many ways : first of all, by ho w a feeling of encouragement swept over cutt ing off so many people from medical at the whole of Ne wfou ndland. tentio n ; preventing them from getting their Th e ice staye d in late this spring, but the finished goods to the Industr ial Department coast starts the summer with rene wed hope. A1lONG THE DEEP-SEA FISHERS
What Life Offers the Graduate
tha t va ~t audi ence. [largely made up of up-to A~o~~~r:;::~:)~~~ II:: :;:::dU~:e ~s~: :; date youth priding themselves on being mod McGill was afforded me a ft"W days ago. ern s) , was !iQ loud, so spontaneous, so unan i Here again the rea son wh)' Chr ist insisted mou s ? that we should never neglect the period ic Thi s event had been reserved to just pre gathering of ourselves togeth er was strongly cede the annual oriltion about "what life was enforced on my mind. Those who do not rraJl] o ffering those who were now going out, consider it worthwhile to att end meeting, con qualified as best they could be, 10 meet liie'~ cerning either tile welfare o f their neighbor final challenges, This one man's presence cer hood or coun try or the Kingdom of H eaven, tainly inspired each of II , to make individually jo se much , and have 110 right to complain his own stay more wor thwhile in sl,ile of its if our civic, municipal, and slate governm ent is brevity and our own handica ps, not in the hands of good men. "No vocation in life that any of us might Here in Montreal wer e gathe red Canada's have chosen is closed by kno wledge already arearest men of wisdom and learning. Her auaincd' wa s the theme of the spea ker, Go\'cmor-Gen'nal, world -loved for hi, ",is e "whether it be in the field of medici ne, trans and humorous book s ; and his life-partner, port, communicanon, philosophy, science or known and loved for her life's consecration any oth er line," Wha t has been done before to human sen-ice, were there all the Wil)' onl)' mak es a higher platform frum which from Ottawa. H ere also were ever so many each of us is challen ged to make his O WII men and women, jeal ou sly selec ted for rhe.r contribution. wisdom and ability to instruct in the rapidl y AI the close, we were remind ed that changing modem "knowledge." am ,m ~.t all the reacher, oi the age~, onl)- cee Persooally, I had (l[Ily been able to leave has offered us an infallible guide as how be~t home with an cas)' mind, because I left there and most happil y to use our stay on thi s an invaluab le, if humbl e per.onality, who, planet, one :>0 simple that the "wa) 'faring tho ugh handicapped by a terribl e physical mall, though a fool, need not err ther ein," He trouble, called "diabetes; wa s filling an es alone asked us simply to "follow" H im, never sential niche. Long bef ore anything was known to unde rstand Him , if we sought to win the of the cause of thi s dread affliclion, I watched real meanin g and rea l goal of our life, which my ow n beloved brother peri sh miserably af is to contr ibute to it, H e alone pro mised us ter long years of suffering, a way that would enable the humb lest of us As I joined the crow d gathering for the to be veritable fishers of other men, leaving ceremony, a mere huma n being like myself behind our humble selves footsteps mor e val came forward and shook my hand , In him uable than any mere mater ial accumulation I recognized the Channel, thr ough which count of so-called wealth. For each of us can COII less human lives ar e gettin g relief from the tribute some thing to life on this planet, the torture such as my brother had been forced to results of which nut even death can de!'ootroy, endure. Through this "mere man;' ju st such as WILFllD T . GUSfEu. you and I are, countl ess lives are being saved, and among them at that very moment the life of the valuabl e worker at my home, who was Thi s year for the 6r~ time since 19J.4, making it possible for me to be present, \\'hat Sir W ilfr ed' s health permits him to return 10 return in silver or gold can compa re with thi s ? the coaet . Accompanied by hi s dau ghter Th is mer e hum ...n w...~ Frederick Banting , Rosam ond, he- will sail on July 17th frum the discover of insulin. Do yuu wonder that :\Iontr eal (l[I the Clark e Steamship Campan)"s when he rose to receive the tribute of honor XORTH STAll. T here could be no bett er ne.. s being confe rred upon him, the applau se of for all friends of the Grenfell Mission. AJolONG THE DEEP-SEA F1SHERS
Incident in the Eye Clinic \~~Aant~:~ya~:rs::\,in;~: ~O:T~~:~ a little girl who had for the first tim e in her r, life seen clearly. UASqJl had brought a capacity load of pa III the States, such a pa ir of tenses in cheap tients the preceding day, and many of them frames would cost ten dollars and ten dollars had come to see the eye doctor, who came in Western Ann is wealth The visiting doc i rom the Statts for a Iew weeks each year, tor knew that the Grenfell Associatjon had no Through the long winter they had applied money for buying e xpensive lenses. although home remedies to sore eyes and had patiently sbnple ones in sturdy frames were available endured poor vision with implicit faith thai A search through a colle<:lion of used glavscs the eye doctor would help in the summer. which had been donated did not help. There One after another the patients came ;;to were complicated lenses but none to fill Eli the examination room ...\nd then a little slip za's particular need. of a girl. The one hope lay in Dr. Curtis, who seems to be able to solve all prob lems. When he "Twelve yea rs old" she said. "El iza Twyne heard the details of the case he sent an order hom Western Arm.'" to St. John's for Eliza's glasses. He paid for "How do your eyes bother )"Ou?" the eye them with money a friend of the Grenfdl As doctor asked. sociation had given to be used in special ·'1 gel whizzes on my eyes" cases. Xo ...... that had the doctor from the States There are others who need special help as stumped. They were lovely brown eyes with much as Eliza. a friendly twinkle and not a sign of a dis· N"ASCY E. FIXKEY. M.D. orde r to be seen. The alert Iittle girl must have sensed the doctors ig-norance of a ...... hiee. "The lids get red and swell and I can't see what my teacher writes on the board," she explained. "Did )'Ou ever hear of a stye?" asked the doctor. "Yes, ~Iiss." smiled the sparkling eyes, "Some folks call them that. \Ve say whizz. I haven't had ;my since school w as out." Sure enough. those attractive eyes w rrr de Iecrive in vision, Eliza coul d read only the largest letter on the eye chart and with dif ficulty could make out the large print on the test card held in her hand. A test for glasses revealed that very comp licated tenses enabled her to see the lines on the chart as a nOTmG I rye. She could read fine print on the card in her hand. Eliza w as elated All her life she had seen objects blurred and distorted. Xo w they were clear and distinct. But the eye doctor felt no elation. She knew that the hospital stock of glasses contained no such com pljcated lenses. This was explained to Eliz a . Hopelessly the doctor asked, "Eliza, call you r fat her- pay for glasses from St. J ohn's ?" A sad litt le shake of the hea d and a wistf ul. On Her W" to See the Ere Dentist "No, ~ liSJ. " exp resse d the disapPointment of F,~••"lll",.,J lifl,,"./ ...IJ;UJ "'" LUI AMONG THE DEEP-SEA FISHERS By Winter Mail from Northwest Ri ver
Xcrth..... ~t River, Labrador for the first time' in my experience out here, January J. 19J9 the infection spread to the heart, which is a I\"'.·''"...:d UI XN<' } -Qrk .'prj/ ~ut ,er)' senou, complication, Furtunatcl)', the' I:\ CE uavigatjon dosed, we have had child has done well, but all this meant that S rather all unusual run of bcrious cases we had 110 less than five Hlungsters in hos ill our little cottage hospital. pital over Christma~; a fact which Santa Fer the second time in the whole twenty Claus recognised by a special visit, much to six years of our exper-ience here, a sporadic their solace. case vi typhoid developed "out of a dear While' we have heard, by radio, of excep sky"; a typical text-book case, without any tional cold waves in Europe, Canada and the infected milk or water supply, in a Labrador United States, our much abused Labrador patient w110 had been shut off from all pos climate' has afforded but three days of really sible outside "carriers" for much longer than hard frost, twenty below or more, up to da le the period of incubation; and without an)' this winter. And, until the last few days , We' spread of the infection. have really had inconveniently little snow fer I have read of such cases in Alaska, and dog-team work, this is my own second case 01\ record. After At Yale' School last year ninety-three pupils all, there had to be a first case ever, some were' packed into class-rooms planned for six where, at sometime, without any carr-ier. ty, because' there we're no funds to make the' There was a lot of "flu" about. There were' original building bigger, and the population also several cases of enter-ifis ; and it was is not growing any smaller this year. Despite only a sudden and severe' nose-bleed, for two "suburban" Church schools. at Mud Lake which it was necessary to call me' one' night, and ~rulligans River. in this district at the that suggested the' real trouble'. ftJ, the' patient headwaters of Hamilton Inlet it is impossible slC'Pt with a dozen other little' girls in our to provide' minimal facilities to meet the' "bigge'r boarders'" cottage, We' had an anx n eeds , toUS three weeks following her- transfer to The' SeOUl Mcvemene is going strong un hospital. Happily no other case' devejoped der the School Principal, Bill AbbotL among the' girls. Among many valued Ouistmas me'ssagn Friends of Northwest River, especially those' was one with a signature that oomplrtC'1y familiar with the station, will learn with real floored us. It was signed Edith Shears, In regret of the illness of our young farmer, vestigarion revealed that Edith was a mis EJlis ~Iichdin, who was struck down with print for ElhC'1 and that Shears was a name' serious sickness shortly before Christmas. that had been acquired in place' of Pye I We' It is ext rao rdinary how, atrer being prac wish our old colleague' and Housemother, both tically free from appendicitis for twe nty-four at Cartwright and Northwest River, life-long years, We' are' now getti ng case after case'. happiness and prosperity. One' very acute case developed in a small boy, Trappers are emerging from the' wilderness. nl"C cu itating speedy surgical interference. and it seems to have been a fair hunt, though There is an old saying, "Talk of the Devil markets are disappointing. Red foxes have' and he' is sure' to appear." Recently I was sunk to a quarter, or less, of their one-t ime remarking to my wife' and our Nurse', Miss value. Silvers, which would once bave fetched Banyard. that amid all the' septic infections five hundred dollars cannot fetch thirty now, encountered in over a quarter of a century, thanks to the fox fanns. Crosses are still I had never seen a case' of erysipelas in Lab worth nearly half of what they used to bring. rador. The' next morning, a girl walked into Lynx and otter kC'ep up We'll, and mink still the' hospital with a badly ewctlen hand; and command a fair price. Happily for the trap around the margin of the' swdling ran an per, the' latter animals have neeer yet pro angTy red line. Here was our fint case' of doced good {)("ltson farms. ThC'Yare the one C'Tysipelasl stand-br· Another school-child developed "running ).IaT 1939 be a great year for our Cause and ears" from a bad sore' throat and heavy cold. its frie'ncb. - which was not uncommon, but once apin, HAIUlY L. PADOON", M.D. AMONG THE DEEp·SEA FIS HERS
Northwest River, Labrador cold trip across Goose Bay, and a sma ll March 19, 1939 group of Grand River trappers return ing to Rtur,),d mNrJ1 Yo,." JIM, 19'h their fur-paths after spending Christmas and New Year at home, kept up for a long time D~~~~ :~: ~:~n~a;~r daa:'un~~t:;::;r~ with our team of eight dogs, in spite of period of preparation for my usual win hauling loaded aleds while wa.lking on snow ter itinerary. there came an emergency call shoes, to ~Iud Lake. between fifteen and twenty It was quite impossible to make the round. miles away, It was vile going. The wind5wept trip to Mud Lake in a day, The ca ll was, channel of Northwest River had been fnl however. quite a justifiable one, and we were for some days and there was a path across gla d to have answered it. the ice used alike by teamsters and foot On Febr uary third. we left Northwest passengers, \Vith the thermometer at thirty River on the usua l winter trip. It was st ill eight below, it seemed foolish to make II bitte rly cold, and only on the tr ack left by long detour around the river mouth, 50 Calvin other komatiks could the dogs get any decent Broomfield turned the team out onto the track. footi ng. A cutting crus t covere d the deep It seemed as if the ice just had to be good. snow , and Joe Broo mfield's dogs had already The team was a synthetic one, with a strange suffered severely on a pre vious trip . W ater leader and oddments of dogs collected from under the snow in many places had resulted here and the re to meet the sudden call. Gaily in the dogs' feet being frost-bitt en as well as the leader darted off the track with the other shaved by the cr ust and it was distressing dogs following in skirmishing order. Just as to dri ve behind so lacerated a team, But we got out onto the deep, rapid channel, the unless travel was to be abandoned and nurner ice was visibly sagging under the dogs ' ous people left unvisited, there was nothin g weight, but it was too late to stop, With a else to be done. crash the runners tore through the thin ice Thirteen miles out. we stopped and bro ke of what is locally termed "a blown-up spot," our fast at the home of old Joe Michelin, a gnat bubble where the icc docs not rest that lively veteran who hopes to celebrate hi s on the water and therefore cannot thicken. ninety-third birthday in May. His partner, In a moment, two thirds of the bed of the Aunt Mary, who malres Tight of he r Je'f'enty komatik was submerged ; only the steady six years, wasted no tnne in tending to our pull of the dogs, which were on firm ice. kept wants. Last year Uncle Joe almost ended his the nose of the komatik riding up. A single life. without any intention of "ftlo de se," by moment of relaxed effort and the nose would drinking a glass of F lit instead of a «la ss have gone down; the komatik would have of water. but Aunt MarYs heroic I/;3stric la capsized. and two bodies would been swept nge. combined with the hardihood of her away under the ice with 110 chance of rceov husband, pull('d Uncle Joe hack from the cry. For len, fifteen, twenty, perhaps twenty edge of the gra,'e. Current events were of five feet, the breaking through conti nued. keen interest to Uncle Joe. hut the days were Th e only things to he done were to maintain short, so we pushed on ten or eleven more an even keel an d pray that the dogs would mile s to Mull igan's R iver, wher e we sto pped keep ti p a steady strain. for our first night. At lon~ last, as it seemed to those mos t F rom Mulligan's River, it took two days concerned though it was actually but a few of hard fightiT\1t aR'ainst bitter cold, stron g moments, the bed of the komatik eme rg-ed v,';nd. high drift and bad !toingto make the for onto sound ice. Tn a vrry few minllte~ more, ty mile push to Valley ni~ht. Even with the the dolt'S dashed up to the house of Gilbert aid of an auxiliary team of Earl Baikit' s six Rb,ke, Gilbert and three of his sons were dogs. it was a strull'R'le every step of the wav. leavinll' ror their Iur-patbs that morning, but Our arrival at VallllY niR'ht was timely. e\'er)"thing «ives v,ray to misfortune and all W ith a sinR'le family living the re instead of the drying resources of the e~tabli~hment the usual two, Prter Shepperd had had the were promptly put into commission. MOtta misfortunte to drive a splinter deeply into his sins. duffel vamps, stockings and overall. hand and then to incur septic infection of were 500n steaming, as well as woolen and the wound. A b1inard was ju~t bre-winll' and seatskin mitts, and within an hour and a half the little home~tead 'I\'as almost devoid of a fresh start was ma de, It ....as a tlO'IIf and fuel Du ring the .... 0 day. of oor detenti on, A ~fQSG TH E DEEP-SEA FISHERS while the wind howled and the sno w fell or been abund ant at Rigolet and I bough t up a drifted wildly outside, Joe an d Earl hauled score to help out our travelling lee-box, At several 10000ds of .....cod from the neighboring Tikkeraliuk I had a relay of other food sup forest and their help was a Godsend to the plies awaiting me. family as well as allowing a healing respite There was sorrow in at least one of the to Peter's hand five scattered homesteads of T ikkeral iuk. Th e From Valley Bight, Earl had to turn bac k old widow Broomfield, in a sa d state of senile to tend 10 his neglected traps. W ith our sma ll decay was keeping impri soned al home the team, somewhat refreshed of course by the son who shou ld be the bread.....inner for his long rest but still raw and sore of feet. we own family as well as his aged mothe r, Day made slow progress. Frequently we fouud and night she demanded thei r attention with salt water under the surface of the snow and groundless complaints and baseless ieal"5. the komatik was repeatedly bogged. Fo r the poor old soul. A sedative for the long weary most part, one man walke d ahead of the la nights probably gave relief to others bes ide bour-ing dogs and one alongside the komatik. herself. Approaching Rigo let the route was rough and Leaving Rigo!et, we had a sho rt "mild:' treacherous. often on an inclined plane down hut it wa~ soon oye-r. Then again a bitter wards to the open water. wC'Sterly wind and a "smoke of drift," The Joe Palliser. a short, broad Eskimo with a going was be-tier, but we reached p, tient Chnging BO.Jts on the W, y to the HOIpit,1 F,.", ,M Ir , • ..4 'i{/ .... _I . ..,Ji,.I_, AMONG THE DEEP-SEA FISHERS 49 Labr ador coast, took fifteen days between Bay Company. The Kill-a-man neck to Big Ca rtw right and Rigoler, normafly a three Bight, the approach to Makkovik, incl udes a days drive. three-mile ascent or descent of a frozen \Ve pushed across Pottle's Bay and then brook, whose waters often burst the ir icy across the trackless barrens, with a stop at bounds on the south side of the pass, with a "Wilson's Tilt" which was erected through less formidable terrain on the no rth side, the efforts of Mrs. Kate Keddie. The brook can be quite dangerous to nego We reached Big Brook not far ahead of tiate, and the gulches ar e often whirling cau l another terrific storm. There Simon Shuglo drons of drift. had suffered for seve ral weeks from severe The Rev. F. W . Peacock, who is deputising neuralgia, the result of an abscessed tooth for Rev. S. Sach this winter, extended the and seldom was the bearer of tooth forceps usual kindly welcom e and hospitality which more eagerly welcomed. At \Vol£r ey's Cove are characteristic of the Moravian Mission the re was another case of abscessed tooth stations. In the few brief months of his min and extremely bad neuralgia, neceasitating istry there, Mr. Peacock has built up a ver y mor e drastic treatment. live branch of the Boy Scouts Associ atio n. \Ve toiled slowly on in continually dirty Since the latest privilege conferred upon me weather. At Tissiualuk it was so bad we has been my appointment as Commissioner mig ht have sto pped, but there was a dearth Ior Labrador of the Boy Scouts, there was of d-og-food, while at Seal Cove, fourteen not only the welcome duty of an official In miles away, there was plently 'Of sealmeat. spection but also an opportunity for for ging Our own supp lies were also running short a new link with the rising generation in Mak· afte r many days of slow prcgress, Tissiualuk kovik. Bight is a bad place to fill up with snow, and Once again the people of Makkovik nob ly we didrt't want to be caught there. So stocky fulfilled their long standing pledge of sup littl e John Ukkopiuk, and old pilot of mine p1yin~ dog-feed. teams or pilots to a trave lling both with dogteams and boats, was called on Grenfell Mission doctor. Two senio r sco uts once more. H is seven dogs were added to made I1pa team of twelve dogs to take me to our eight, camp and stove included in our Ailik, Ben's Cove and Island H arbour. Whi le load, and we pushed off into the storm, try it is a poor year for feed, my tea m fare d ing to steal a few miles before it broke in well. A troublesome skin disease of a cont a its full intensity. gious character had troubled the children es P rogress was very slow and the going got pecially. but had almost run its course. worse and worse. It took nearly seven hours There were a couple 'Of small surgical cases to cove r the fourteen miles-s-only to find to be done under general anaesthesia as well Charlie Bloomfield's house shut up I H e had as a case or two to be booked for summer lcft for Makkovtk with his whole family. The hospital treatment. next house was seven miles away and it On February 24th we began our return was getting rougher and approaching dark; journey. a poor night for camping out. One neve r likes \Ve were lucky both ways crossing the to break into houses. but Charlie is an old Pott le's Bay barrens, but at Rocky Cove were friend. an d I knew he would not like us to help up for three wild days. On the flrst pass his door under such circumstances. For of these, before the mounting ga le and bue tnnately it was only a matter of drawing two zard ru ched thei r height, two local trappers staples to gain admission. In a short time we emerged from their fur -pat hs. One had a were snugly installed and the dogs regaling wh ite fox ; the other had had two white fox themselves on a liberal feed of seal meat. pelts ruined, the carcasses tom up by other A wild night and drift. After dinner, it sub foxes as they lay in the grip of the traps sided enough to let us steal fifteen miles to before the trapper could get there to save Big Bight, and after having crossed Kill-a them; a dis-heartening stroke of fortune. man neck unscathed, we reached Makkovik. We spent one night at a tragic home with It had taken sixteen days to cover 222 yet another victim of tuberculosis nea ring th e mile s ; a poor average indeed. Makkovik, long end of her t'Ong struggle. a tiny ha mlet consisting of a Moravian M1s On the 4th and sth of March the Clerk sian station and four houses, now incl udes a of the weather undertook to show wha t a real dozen families and a post of the H udson's storm was. It surp assed all previ ous efforts AMONG THE DEEP-SEA FISHERS for the trip, which is saying a good dea l. STlANCE ACCIDENT AT FOlTUU At Tikkcraliuk I paused to read the buria l service for poor old widow Broomfie ld, her ~~O~~HJo~n~i PP~n:W f::;d l:'d,u s ;;~ afllietiorts ended. NEWSof June 8th, we hear of a strange At Rigo1et I received a special request for accident treated by young Min Violet Learn a detour for some miles down Back Bay, find ing, who is in charge of our nuning statio n ing quite an important surgical ease at the at Fort eau, Labrador. end of our day's run. White gunning near the wreck of the We were at Valley Bight on a ,sunday with H.M.S. RAulGn, which crashed on Point so strong a head wind that we were thankful Amour in 1022, Will Normore of L'anse au for a day of rest. T he parishioners were verv Loup picked up an object which looked like appreciative of a service. for they see thei r a pica: of scrap iron and threw it on the fi ~ own Padre only twice a year. which he and bis fathe r and brot her had bUilt Weather continued bitterly cold and the 10 boil their noonday kettle. The objt'CI he runners squeaked on the dry snow as in J an tossed so casually proved to be a shell. It ex ua ry, but on one of our stops, supper of ploded when it hit the fire and flying pieces fresh venison compensated for all the Ia- of shrapnel str uck the boy in the leg. . tlgues of the day. T he wireless operator at L'anse au Loup \Ve reached home on Marc h 14th. Ou t of rendered first aid, and men from the town forty days we were la id up for twelve of put the injured lad on a komatik and sta rte d necessity by severe storms or high wind and to hau l him over the snow and bare gro und drift, and one othe r day we did not travel toward For teau Nursing Stlltion, five miles to give the dogs and ourselves a needed rest. away, Nunc Learning had ken notified by Our mile average per day was a shade over wire and she lef t in a motor boat to cross to 130 including stoops,instead of the wual twen the Point. The bay was filled with ice and ty-five or more. This shows the unusual se the boat could not ~t through. Th e boat verity of conditions. On only th ree days dur with the nurse and the lromatik with the pa ing the entire period could we malce what is tient each supported by a band of volunteers, recogniled at as fair or good day's ru n for met 'at English Point, about half way in the the time of the year. Taking it all round, bay and the remainder of the trip to For the conditions on this trip were the worst t ea~ was made without further difficulty. The combination that I can remember at all. Ho w boy's leg was severely wounded and he was ever, speed is not everything and the huma n suffering badly from shock The shell tha t interest was the same as ever. had lain innocently for seventC01 yean had The kindness and coope ration experienced come very near' to laking a life. at Mission station and Trading Post make To Nurse Learning, the incident was just differences of creed or viewpoint very tri fling anothe r case in the line of duty u nurse in considerations by comparison with human re cha rge of an isolated nursing station. lationsh ips, an d the amazi ng tho ughtfulness at times of wa yside basts and hostesses in bumble homestead s oft en put the guest to sham e. Life would certai nly he the poorer for lack of such contacts. HARllY L. P ADOON, M . D. The lure of the Labrador is not its fini~hed civilization but its eternal challenge: the challenge to get up and help others, the chiv alry of the Christ service. SI. Wn.nrn GUNFJ:U. P••• ••If WoJ.. Ulkd" A M O~ G THE DEE P-SEA FISHERS ,. Excerpts from the Notes and Pictures of a Medical WOp On the Wav to the Station .,.,., "Slept righl thru that squall last night, eh j" There wa5 a note of amused unbelief in th e skipper's voice, It required no stretch of his imagination to picture the night we had spent. Now we were venturing for the first time since dusk above deck-to find a calm sea. slight fog, and the crew starting to lei ou l the reef ta ken in the mains'! at the time the sto rm brok e. "H elp you rse lf to tea off the galley. "Ach ing in every joint from th e chill and damp ness of oil clothes worn all night, as well as from the beating sustained at the han ds of a thrashing, plunging vessel that had kept us cli nging most of the night to whatever solid bits of cargo we could grasp, the prospect of something hot seemed almost enticing to stomachs that long since had forgolten to feel uneasy. The Skipper "G IVE ME a good breeze of wind," said Skip per P ilgrim, "a nd I'll have you down to St An thony inside forty-eigh t hou rs:' ]. R , the oth er medical wop and my self eyed his Iifty-foot schooner and swal lowed this statement "cum grano salis, " satis fied nevertheless that here was the solution to what otherwise threatened to be a week's layover in St. John's waitng for the Govern ment boat. Once again to be on our way would more than make up for the uncertain ties of wind and weathe r, our makeshift bunks atop the salt and freight cargo of the after hold, and the salt beef and dumplings of regul ar "schooner fare" , The skippe r's Gordon setter wagged his tail reassuringly as if to say, "If I can tak e it, you certai nly ca n," and we toss ed our duffies aboard th e "Su san B," Ll!ittinC 0111 the M,ins'l Ruf AMONG THE DEEP-SEA FISHERS Answering Calls I sat do....n on the bench by the doorway, while Mrs. Martin finished polishing her stove. In the bunk room, the old man ..... as peacefully sno ring. Taking in the London and New York Sports and Society pages that papered the walls of the room, I echoed com plete agree-ment with her diagnosis of the patient. her husband. "Y'know. George's not so young as he used to be. Goin' on 67 now. He tries to keep up with the b'vs and it's too much for him. W hy, he ....as out till three in the marnin' haulin' at the salmon nets in the tickle. Came in all soaked, he did. No wonde r he's got 50 won derful cr-ippled with rheumatica !" Wt' wert' just too late to deliver the twins. The local midwife had done the job in her fashion, Nor was there any point at this time of reproaching Wi lliam Lethbri dge for not having brought his wife to the hospital. Nurae Poppleton proce eded, then, to mak e the mother as clean and as comfortable as her accommod ations of straw mattress and quilt ing upon the floor would permit. As she worked I Win suddenly aware ef the gaze of three pairs of popping eyes, taking in our every move from the cabin loft. Look ing up. three children's heads abruptly dis appeared, like a mouse within his hole. Placing the lustie r of the male twins in the waiting soa p box, the nurse endeavored to strengt hen the feeble one's tenuou s hold upon this earth ly life, As the crie s became stronger, more frequent, both baby and Miss Popple ton breat hed more easify. AMONG THE DEEP-SEA FISHERS 53 Report of the Staff Selection Committee HE list below contains the names, home addresses and occupations of members of the T permanent staff who will serve du ring the winter of 1939 and '40, and of all members of the summer volunteer staff. At the tim e of going to press, the list of school teachers was not complete, so the names of all the members of the schools staff will appear in the next issue of this magazine . The following list is otherwise complete, so far as appointments have been made to dale. Dr. Charlu S. Curt is, Medical Superin te ndent and Eu cutiv e Officer on the Cout ST ANTHO NY DISTRIC T Charles S. Curtis, in charge ST. ANTHONY HOlpital Dr. Charles S. Curtis, in charge Dr. Evarts G. Loomis, Jr., 275 Montclair Avenue, Newark, New Jersey, assistant Dr. Norman B. Stewart, j r., 3D Potwarrh Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland, house officer Miss Selma V. Carlson, 223 Park Drive, Boston, Massachusetts, head nurse Miss Hazel Compton, SI. Anthony, Newfoundland, nurs e Miss Patricia Johnstone, 1$ Rathfarnham Road, Dublin, Ireland, nurse Miss Ava L. Peene, 452 Palmer Avenue, Mamaroneck, New York, nurse Miss Pansy Rowbotham, 87 Grove Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, nurse Miss Doris M. Willard, J8.t Prospect Str eet, Willimantic, Connecticut , nurse Miss Jeannette Bartholomew, 2109 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, laboratory technician Mrs. Vem a Ha rtranft Loomis, Z75 Montclair Avenue, Newark, N. J., public health nurse Secretary to be appointed . Summer Volunteers Dr. Harlon W. Harrison, Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, specialist in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis by surgery Dr. Frances Richman, 134 SI. Felix Street, Brooklyn, New York, ophthalmologist Dr. Stuar t K. Oldfield, Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada, dentist Miss Amy W. Riggs, .l Vila Street, Boston, Massachusetts, nurse Mr. Gordon Keppel, Montrose, New York, medical student Mr. Jam es D. P hinney, 3676 Kendall Avenue , Cincinnati, Ohio, medical student Mr. David S. Ashdown, Bar-rule, Warwick East, Bermuda, hospital orderly The Children's Home ),fr. Linwood L. Brown, 43 Thorndike Street, Boston, Massachusetts, superintenden t Mrs. Rachel M. Brown, 43 Thorndike Street, Boston, Massachusetts assistant Miss Olive B. Perr y, Easely, South Carolina, assistant Mr. John B. Roesler, 130 Kings Point Road, Great Neck, New York, volunteer assistant Wilfr ed T. Grenfell SChool Members of school staff will be listed in October issue. AMONG T HEDEEP-SEA FIS HERS Cloth;ng Storl Miss ~fargaret E. M. Currie, SOJ9Sherbrooke W., Montreal, QuWc:c, Canada, director Summer Volun tn rs ~Iiss Ruth Blackburn, 29 Happisburgh Road, North Walsham, Norfolk, England, assistant Miss Mary C. Cary, Talley Road, Wilmington, Delaware, assistant Miss Peggy Eagle, 1021 Park Avenue, New York, New York. assistant Miss Christine E. Graham, 2 Sultan Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, assistant Miss }'hrgaret Monklc:y, 15 Beech Avenue, Sanderstead, Surrey, England, assistant O~~ Mr. Albert C. Bradbury, S3 Pennywell Road, SI. Johns, Newfoundland , bookkeepe r Miss Dorothy Stewart, 2S Green Street, Kingston, New York, secretary to the Executive Officer on the Coast Miss J anet \V. Pierpont, 8S \Vi1\iam Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, summer volunteer assistant FLOWERS COVE "fiss Ethel Currant, Homeview, \Vashinglon County, Durham, Englan d, nurse in charge Min Margaret E. Seaman , Roxdene , Greenhill Road, Wylde Green, Birmingham , England , community worker ENGlEE Miss Louise Slob, Raamsingel 26 Road, Haarlem, The Netherlands, nurse in charge CARTWRI GHT DIS TRI CT Dr. C. Hogart h Fors yth, in char,e CARTWRI GHT Dr. C. Hogarth Forsyth, in charge Miss Penelope Barnard, The Grey House, Yatton, Nr. Bristol , Somerse t, England, nurse Dr. Percy \V. Aride, 12 Ormonde Drive, Netherlee, Gla,;gow S-J, Scotland , dentist ~rrs. Isabel C. Arkle, 12 Ormonde Drive, Nether1ee, Glasgow 5.4, Scotland, dormitory super intendent ~Iiss Egidia M. Monro, Conbie \Vest, Newton Stewart, \Viglownshire, Scotland, volunteer dormitory assistant Miss Catherine V: Nardi , 4J9 Hamilton Street , Allentown ,P ennsylvania, nurse Mr. Albert E. Ha ll, Dri ft way Road, Danbury, Connecticut, medical student Mr. Art hur 1'. Bat es, 10 Grenville Street, South Liverpool, England, outdoor worker Mr. Stuart P. Miller, j r., 2 Sunset Drive, Scarsd ale, New York, outdoor worke r ~rr. Malcolm J . Rowe, 505 Old G111l'h Road, Na rberth, Pennsylvania, outdoo r worker Mr. John V. Shepheard, T he Moorings, Queen's Park, Cheste r, England, outdoor worker ~Ir. Joseph S. Stern, Jr .. 763 Red Bud Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, outdoor worker ST. MARY'SRIVER Dr. Helen R. Hosmer, Galway, New York, in charge Su mm er V olu nl e ~ ~Ir. John E. Powell, 4) Holt...n Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, CallaJa., medical student Mr. John deP. Hasbrouck, White Gate, Ogdensburg, New York, outdoor worker Mr. Louis Hasbrouck, Wblte Gate, Ogdensburg, Xew York, outdoor worker Mr. Edward T. H. Talmage, Jr., Bernardsville, New jersey, outdoor worker AMONG T HE DEEP·SEA FISHERS 55 FORTEAU Min Violet Learning, Cartwright, Labrador, nurse in charge Miss Jeanette M. Fraser, 253 Albert Drive, Glasgow 5.1, Scotland, volunteer community worke r SPOTTED ISLANDS Miss Gwendoline E. Bloomfield, 25 Lawn Gardens , Hanwell, London W. 'J, England, nurse Mr. James S. Coulter, '] Springfield Road, Bangor, Co. Down, Ireland, outdoor worker NORTHWEST RIVER DI STRI CT Dr, Harr y L. Padd on, In cha rge NORTHWEST RI VER Dr. Harry L. Paddon, in charge Miss Winifred P. Wenyon, 'J Vallance Road, London N. 22, England, nurse Miss Seneth Rowe, Heart's Content, Newfoundland, housemother Miss Peggy V. Knight, 31 Brandling Park, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, housemother Mr. Jack Watts , Brigus, Newfoundland, clerk School staff to be listed in October issue. Summ er Voluntee" Mr. James c. Rea, Jr. , 102 Woodland Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, assistant radio operator Mr. Roy P. B. Curtis, Wetherdene, Charlcombe Lane, Bath, England, outdoor worker Mr. Louis C. Gillelle, R I, Birmingham, Michigan, outdoor worker Mr. John H. Huggins , 8309 Stenion Avenue, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, outdoor worker Mr. Francis M. H . Scott, Harden, H awick, Roxburghshlre, Scotland, outdoor worker Mr. George H. Spencer , Jr., 404 Hawthorne Road, Duluth, Minnesota, outdoor worker Mr. Theodore L Squier, Jr., :a619Eas t Wood P lace, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, outdoor worker HARRINGTON DISTRICT Dr. Donald G. Hodd, in char ge HARRINGT ON Dr. Donald G. Hodd, in charge Dr. Sidney C. Conrad, 128 President Street, Passaic, New Jersey, dentist Mrs. Laura Nels Thompson, 518 North Austin Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois, head nurse Miss Veronica R. Wood , 40 DeSalaberry Road, Chambly Basin, Quebec, Canada, community worker Summ er Volunteers Miss Dorothy Chapman, 45 Chapel Street, Brampton, Ontario, Canada, nurse Mr. Wilmer M. Byers, Metcalf, Ontario, Canada, medical student Mr. George ]. MuUldlury, 3851 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, outdoor worker MUTTON BAY Miss Marion A. Murray, Harvey Station, New Brunswick, Canada, nunc in charge Summer Volun tu l"$ Miss Beatrice E. Cox, 62t Johnston Street, Kingston, Ontario, nurse Mrs. Harry Hulton, Sant a Barbara, California ; P.O. address care Bankers Trust Company, 25 East 57th Street, New York , New York, gene ral assistant AMONG THE DEEP-SEA FIS HERS IND USTRI AL DEP A RTM ENT Miu J .... t W. St,. ,rt, dir Ktcw Miu M;uy Evans, Rive rton, New j ersey, assistant Miss Henriette Frantze, 5025 \ Valda Avenue, Fieldston, New York City. designe r Mr s. Kate M. Keddie, The Pa s, Manitoba, .Canada, production directo r at Cartwright Miss Effie G. Lee, 3 Mona Ter race, Gourock, Scotland. bookkeeper Miss Franziska M. R. Marer, Marta-Loulscnsrr. 112, Hamburg, Germany. designer Summ er Volunt n r-s , t St . Anthon~ Miss Jane Jameson, 76 Center Street, Concord. New Hampshire, as dstant Miu Millicenl Leeds, 18 Willard Road, Brookline. Ma~u>elts, aHislatlt Miss Fra~s A.. Waterhouse,2&) South Street, Brookline , Ma s sac h u :>(" tt ~ , secretary ON BOARD THE " GEORGE B. CLU ETT" Summ er Volunt u rt Mr. Pa ul B. Furl ong, 60S Va lley Road, Upper Montclair , Ne-w Jersey, supercargo Mr. Marshall Y. Colley, 1224 P rospect Avenue, P rospect Par k. Pennsylvania, assi-tam en- sinter Mr. Carl W. Bettcher, Jr ., 511 Ellsworth Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut. seama n Mr. Alnander Black, Country Oub Road, New Canaan. Conneclicut, seaman Mr. John Lowell. Westwood, )'Ias~hu,elts. seaman Mr. I...« Martin , 1928 F..astJackson Boulevard, Elkhart, Indiana, seaman Mr. Benjamin Wilcox. Jr .• :Jb) Kent Street, Brookline, Ma,:.achusetU, seaman Mr. Arthur T. Wood, J88Warren SIred, Brookline, ),Iassachusetts, seaman Mr. William T. Wright, 2gX) Valleyview Dnve, Ottawa Hills, Toledo, Ohio, seaman ON BOARD T HE " MARA V AL" Mr.Anthony Pa ddon, Northwest River, Labrador, medical student AMONG TH E DE EP-SEA FISHERS 57 Comments About U s E take pleasure in re-printing the fol Flowers un-e, Newiound!..od ~W lowing extracts from an editorial which JilnUary 10, 193) appeared in the St. John', NewfoWld land b·.."i"g TeI..yruM, Ap ril 3 1, 19 .19, entitled F~~ ~ ::;;. ~;s ~:~e i~ ::rt:~)':;;f~:~~ land and Labrador, I have been 10 the Grenfe ll Report St. Anthony hospital for diagnosis and medi All appreciation of the nature ami extent cal treatment. 1 have gone th rough those of the social service work pe rf orme d ill crowded wards, studied the faces and made ~or t hc rn New found land and Labr ado r lIy the enquiries of the patients. \Vhat pathos and miss ion of the Int ern ational Grenfell Asso yet what pleasure such a visit gives. Pain, ciariun can be secure d from the excellent re perplexity, fear , hope-all mingle. One COIi port of the activities of the past year of the dition , however, pervades the whole atmo medical su per intendent, Dr . OJarles S. Cur sphere-s-a peacef ul calm; the consciousness tis, part of which is printe d ill this issue. that all possible is being done for them loy Such sta tements in the report as "More in . skilled angels of mercy and in most, if I;ut patients were treated than at any time since an cases, a resignation to the will of Provi the hospital was opened th irty-eight years dence. Unanimously the patient> applaud the ago," serve to emphasize the manne r in which remarkable treatment they receive. Individ the modern hospital at SL Anthony is filling ually they testify that from the Superinten a real need, while it is clea r that extensive dent, Dr. Curtis, and his assistants, Dr. Par and beneficial medica l work was performed ton and Dr. Stewart, they receive not merely at the other stations 10000ted .lIong the ecast perfunctory routine treatment, but anemicn Gratifying is the medical superintendent's and il touch that sets them at ease. From statement ; "Progress has been made in eradi ).IiH Carlson, the very efficient Head Xur se eating nut rit iona l diseases, In fonner years, and her devoted a.sistilnu, they have learned in the spring, half the beds in the hospital from experience to expect the best of care ....-ere occupied by patients with advanced beri and attention. Verily, St. Amhony hospital beri. Now only very ea rly Cilses are seen, in is a real haven of refuge for the sick of much smaller numbers." northern Xewfoundland and Labrador. Tile So important a nd necessary has the Gren poorest patient who cannot pay a cent is feli mission's work become to the people of given the best skill of the in,;titUlion; the the north of Newfoundland and of Labrador richest can gel 110 more, and this treatment that it is difficult to imagin e just how many is nut exceeded I.>y that of any hospital in of them would get along without it. Th e full Newfoundland. extent of service render ed is not at once ap As 1 emerge d from the doorway of tile pare nt from the straigh tforward state ments of hospital as a discharged patient, my thoughts the report, but is more exhaustively outlin ed turned naturally to the unique character and by any who ha ve ha d the occasion to confirm personality of him who under God's guid it by personal experience. ance planted this center of mercy in the midst To Si r \...'ilfred Gr enfell, whose vision and of the poor fisherman 'of these coasts. unselfis hness made the northern mission a A stroll in and around the d"elling of reality; to the many contributors who ha ve Sir Wilfred and Ladv Grcnfell served to bro ught St. Anthony and the other stations awaken most pleasant memories. On the oc 10 tocby 's standard. and to the mediCilI super casion of my last visit to their home, the intendent Dr. Curtis and his ilssistants who walls «hoed back the voices of two boys: volunteer the ir services. milny hundreds in also a little girl whom at the request of her Newfound land and Labrador owe a debt of parents, I took into my arms and said, gratitude for the skilled mediul treatment "Rosamond, I baptise thee into the Name of and othee- assistance which hilS been made the Father and of the Son and of the Hoi)' anililble. Ghost, Amen I" ,8 AMONG TilE DEEP-SEA FI SHERS In the dawn following my last night at his ties must appeal 10 all who have real !)'IIl hos,pitablc home, I WiU awakened by Sir Wil· pathy (or little ones bereft of one or botli Ired saying, "Richards, it is pretty stormy, but parents and who must be both naked and we slWl get read)" for St. Leonard's in case hungry if left in their homes without a the blinard lifts a little. R He had a sick breadwinner. Their happy content ed faces call and as 1 was going to the Strait of Belle give ample proof of the genius of Mr. BrQ.....n Isle, beyond St Leonard's he put in a few and his good wife. now in charge, for the dogs with my !>IIlaJler team and we went on work they arc 10 successfully doing. my kcenatik. Instead of following the beaten In the industrial Department. Miss janel Irail around by Brahar, Sir Wilfred proposed Stewart, the superintendent, showed us speci that we go straight through the country to mens of the excellent work turned out \Vc the bottom of St. Leonard's Bay, On the can only hope tha i the day is not rar dis journey, noticing how much he ran, J said tant when a loom will be in every home in to him, "Don't you gcl tired running w the Strait of Belle Isle as well as 011 the e~,;: much ?" He replied , "I could run all day side of the great northern peninsula , while witho ut getting tired," flocks of sheep will be as common as teams Tile Grenfe ll's house in St Anthuuy is Ull of dogs are today. the hillside near the hospital. Thirty live J. T. RICIf AJlIJS years ago, tJlis whole west side uf 51. Anthony in the vicinity of the 1lis:;ion was bleak and IVe parliC'U/lIr/y value this eontribvlion be barren. One could walk in snowshoes straight cau.st it COllies from a man who has devoJtd up the hill over the tin)' fir and spruce trees his lift' 10 strtJing Ihe people along Ihe Slroits all covered in winter snow. Now a fine forest of Belle Isle. with trees reaching upwards of twenty feet CalW1l RicMrJs is the Cnvreh of EnglOfld high and ten inches in diameter bear witness Dian in IMI JUlio... His ho1'U is Mar ().. ~ 10 the Iostering car e oi Sir Wi]f red and the Flowers Ccny Surs;ng Statio,., 'U'hidl srrvrs Mission staff. the SQ IfU" f t ofle as he does. FoUowing the ....-inding pathway along the hillside, one comes to the summit, which com mands a p'lea_ing view of the harbour, the mission building s and the surrounding country . PATCHWO RK PATIENT Here lie imbedded in solid reck the ashes of the late Doctor John 11ason Little. Ten years of faithful sen-ice to the poor of rbese bleak coasts won for him a warm place in our hearts. That he selected as his last resting place a boulder on the height overlooking St Anthony is ample proof of the fascinatio n Will work and location had for this skilled surgeon. If , from the mysterious abodes of the dead, his spiri t can behold the work, for which he gave tCII years of his short life, being carried on by a successor no less skill ful, no less humane, no less diligent than himself; then must he rest in peace and glad ness. Combining as he does, rare surgical abilit)' with great business acumen and endless pa tience for detail, Dr. Curtis has done and is ~ti1l doing a remarkable work in these regions, His plan for the development and re-arrangement of the Mission estate at SL Anthon) ·, pow being slowly carried out, will transform it into a place of real beauty. "Them pills you gave me, Doc.didn"t seem A visit to the Orphanage Inc genuine plea to lake hold. Could )'OU give me more r sure. This branch of the Mission's activi- AMO NG TH E DEEP-SEA FISHERS .. Alumni News UT H Btackbum, David Ashdown, An-' Eleanor Cushm~ will act as hoste ss and R thony Paddon and James Phinney will Grenfell representative all summer on board all be working on the Coast this summer. the SEW N e-THLA ND This marks, in each ease, the second genera ~I r . and Mr s. Richard A. Dow ar e receiving tion of alumni Co serve on she staff. congrat ulations on the birth of a daught er, Josephine Colgate and Gert rude Peabody, Cretchen, in May. both St. Anthon)" 'JJ and ',w, and Dr. and Rudolf Freund designed the cover for the Mrs. Ar thur H. Limouze ( Dorothy Francis, April issue of the magazine Natural Hist ory. St. Anthony '36) plan to return for a v i~ i t Th e engagement of Marguerite Full er to to the Coast this summer. Raymond L. Arne tt has been announced. Alum ni visito rs to New York within the past few month s have includ ed Al ice Garr ett , Cora Dr. John Garrod, Cartwright '34, is leaving Rusk, Virginia Symes, Edythe Wa rd and thi s summer to take up work in Rhode sia And will be marri ed ju st before leaving. Polly \Velch; also three of the Scotch wops wbo have spent the past year at 51. Anthony, Albe rt T . Gould's pleasure schooner 5£ J. Ol ristophcr (Chris) Brown, J. N. (J ock) GOCHEl' was the cover picture for the May Rushfort h, and J. P. (POll) Russell. issue of Y all.l:U. Captain Bob Bartlett left on the ),[OUJSSEY Ian Graham is sailing from Glasgow on at the end of June for a summer on the east August 11th for a ~a f& study o f eivil en COOlS! of Greenland. Seve ral of the boys who gineering conditions in the United Stat es, have been with him before are serving aJtlLin. Ro samond Gr('nfe ll graduated from MeGill Captai n Bob is not only one of our best University on the 25th of May, receiving first friends, bnt a Directo r of the Grenfell Asso class hono urs in German. Sir Wilfre d at ciation of America. tended the convocat ion, and as an Honora!)' Richard Bell was recently ordaine d for the U-.D. from McGill, 'A"ilS in the Academic Pro Ministry at St. Paul's Cathedral by the Bishop cession. Othe r alumni who attended Rosa of London. Dick spent a winter at Northwest mond' s gradua tion were : Eleano r Cushman, River. Em ily Fo wler, Ethel Gralwn and Kate M. j ane Bennett is working as a guide in the Keddie. American Mu seum of Na tural H istory . Wilfred Gren fell, Jr., is planning to man MOly Boecnhard gave a talk over the radio age a boys' camp at Charlotte, Vermont, this recently on her north ern experiences. summer. Dr . and Mr s. E. Tremain Bradl ey (Leoni e Christina H eroy was married 10 Mr. George Dandorth) have a daught er, their second G. Wilco x on June 9th. Elizabeth Hoppe was child. one of the brid esmaid s. Th e Consecration of the Rever end Spence Charl es Hnbbard had a most unusual and Bur ton, S.S.J.E., D.O., as Suffragan Bishop psychologically interesting story called "The of Hai ti and of the Dominican Republic took Coral Beach" , a product of his trip to the place in Trinity Church, Boston, Ma vsachu South Seas, in the J une issue of Ladies Hq"", S(1U on Wcdn('sday, )'by lh(' Jr d. JQ~f'MI. Anothtr stor y of his, "Co ffee and Dr. ~d Mrs . Fremont Chand ler (Eleaecr Doughnuts" appeared in the Mar ch WOfflan's Cromwell) are planning all extended tr ip this Hq""e Companion. summer 10 atte nd a series o f medical meet Ka te M. Keddie has returned to Cart wright ings. aft er a varied holiday, which included a visit Allen \v. OOlrk is serving at Christ Church , to Sir WiHred Gren fell at Kinloch lI ouse, Danver s, Massachu setts . O1.arloue, Vermont. Rober t Crook er was marr ied on April ~ Dr. and Mrs. C. Stanley Kna.w, who have in Alenndria., Virginia. kepi np their active interest in the Mission, A~IONG T HE DE EP -SEA FISH ERS entertained Sir Wilfred at their home in magazine, together with his notes, he obliged Greenwich, Coenceticut, at the time of the very promptly, but we regret very much that garden party held there recently in the in he requested that this exceedingly interesting terests of the Greenwich branch. contrib ution be unsigned. ~lr. and Mrs. Frank ~IcHardy-Smith Fred St urges helped sail the yawl EsnELLA (Catherine Cleghorn} have a daughter, born in the New London 10 Annapolis race on :\fa)' 14th, 1939 JUllcLlth, David ~lolcsworth is being married 011 Sat Edith Tallant's book for young people, "The urday , Jul y 15th, at St. Albans Abbey, Eng Girl Who Was Marge:' has been published land, to Miss Rosemary K. Moor e. recent ly by Lippincott. T he book is calle d a Dr, and ~ In, H, Moret , who are making romance of the Grenfell Mission, and is dedi their home in Richmond, Quebec. have recently cated 10 Sir Wil fred and Lady Grenfell, Th is adopted a son. is the second book which Miss Tall ant has written recently abcur the North. T he other, Dr. and Mrs. II. T, R ),Iouil( are being "Danny and Prue," published during the winter congratulated on the: birlh of a son, David and illustrated by Rudolf Freund, was a story )'Iurgan Balfour, April 14th, 19J9. for children, Barbara and Harriet )'lundy plan to spend Letters have been received from Lebe and the summer ~Olin in Camden, )'bine, David Tckimasa from Japan. They report Paul xenon made a brief stop in l'Oe'o\ that they have been very busy pUlling modern York in June on his wa)' 10 Bermuda. Paul touches on their house in Tokyo. and a friend operate: the Chautauqua Lake We now hear that Dr. and ),frs, Louis T wy Beat Yard in Chautauqua, Xew York. effort have anothe r da ughter, Sus an Garrison, Elizabeth Page has sold the movie right,; to born September 8, J938. her recently publ ished 110\'el, the "T ree of Ma rion \Vard has been volunteering her Liberty,' we unders tand, and has taken her services again at the Do gteam Ta vern, She mother on a visit to Honolulu. The "Tree uf expects to spend the remainder of the sum Liberty" was favorably reviewed in I' hi Beta Iller at Squa m Lake:. Kappa's official publication. In part the: revie ..... says: "The contliet between Hamilton and j ef Kathleen Young sailed from New York to Ierson, and between the things for which the)' St. Anthony on the supply steamer on July 1St. stood, has furnished the theme of man)' novels, but nowhere in our imaginative liter ature is that contlicr more ~ith'e1y under LETTER FROM AN ALUMNUS IN INDIA stood or more vividly described than in Miss Dr. H. ),1. Dutt writes us of a few pee Page's "Tree of Libert)..' .. , .Nowhere in fie ple from the coas t who are now in India: tion, indeed, does Jefferson come more con "As Christians we are all doing mission vincingly 10 life than in the pages of this ary work here, thoug h mine is of an indirect book. T he portrait is not only accurate in de nature, tail, but faithf ul in spirit , and the spirit of Nu rse Margaretta Cra ig who ser ved at Bat Jefferson hovers over the whole of the story," tie Ha rbour ten years ago, is now nurse in Margaret Peirce has been making an ex a large missionary hospit al at Mira j. tended visit to California. :\ few weeks ago, I was attending H ,R.H . Eleanor Scancegood Regnery is doing vcr)' Prioce Peter of Greece, who is touring the interesfing settlement work. East, and in the course of conversation, 1 JOlckand Frances Scranton have a daughter, told him that my home is in Sewfoundland, Sheila Hoyt, burn on Easter Sunday. lie \us very much inte rested and told me \\'e are very Krateful to John Scully, r«"11\ that on his recent tour of T ibet he had met sradu.ate of the l 'nh'usit), of I'enn,ylvania Rev. \Valter AsOOc: who WOlS born OIl Labra Medical School, fur the l;:;..\.CERPTS FROM dor, T HE NO TES ASlJ P ICTUI IA.ZEN DE SOUM some gift of the Hammonds to Dr. Curtis. Three hundred years before that, the first Great P)'TeneSS dogs had been brought 10 Newfoundland. They had been crossed with bla,:k Engli~h retrievers; to originate the pre. sent day Newfoundland breed of dogs, Baeen was at 51. Anthony for four years, during which lime he was a well known figure at the station, Dr. Curtis's big Doberman Pinscher. Bill, would 1101 tolerate a riVilI in lois household, so Bazeu wa~ gleefully adopte,j by the tenants of Blackburn Collage. And here I introduce myself into Bazen's story for I was fortunate to be one of the Blackburn tenants during three years of his stay. Looking at In,. it was easy to understand why the Dauphin, who later became Louis the 14th, had proclaimed the Great Pyrenees the royal dog of France. We all felt that his beauty added pralige to our household; and as soon as snow fell, we made a harness ECA USE he was one of the better known for him and discovered that he could be B alumni; because 50 many who saw him useful as well as ornamental. \Vith Baeen look an interest in him; but mostly be to haul the provisions, outings became doubly his life was as colorful as he himself was enjoyable. Then in the fall and spring , he beautiful, I feel thai the story of Baaen de shed his long wool in great handfuls and Saum is worthy of space in this magazine. AITS_ Adam Slade !lPun it into yarn like the Baeen was a Great Pyrenees, one of the f,rlest angora. Kathleen Young and I even have oldest breeds known. Thesc majestic while heavy sweaters of pure dogwool, dogs came originally from Tibet and it is But it was on our long winter trips that thought that Phoenician traders brought a Ilaaen proved to have the kind of qualities few to Spain. and thus they reached the which in the north are the real measu re of mountains after ....hich they are named, Bred a dog. for the past four centuries to defend sheep During my second winter in St. Anthony, flocks against wolves and bears, they grew I developed an irrisistible desire to walk cross powerful of jaw, long and sturdy of limb. country to Flowers Cove-about sixty miles and well protected by coat, each way. With Bazen hauling all the equip Baeen de Scum was born at Lourdes, ment Oil a small komatik, I was able to make Frane e, in 19.to, and it was there that Miss the trip on snowshoes. I could never have Catherine Hedge of Brookline. ~(ass;r,chusells. gotten there without him. was so charmed by him that she brought him Stann bound for a day and a half on the back as a gangling six months old pup to way out. it took us four days to go across the United States. and three to come back. On the return trip. By the time Hazen was two years old, leaving Green Woods tilt. I thought we'd Miss H edge had married Franklin Hammond. save time by heading str aight across the White and they had settled in Cambridge. Massa Hills instea d of following the trail to Lock's chu!>Ctts. Bazen had grown to his full size, Cove. After we'd been going for a couple approximately tlrat of a yml1ll( calf, and the of hours, a haze came up which grad ually Hammonds were forced to decide that Ih,·y narrowed our horizon so thai after awhile should send him to a place more suitable fur the misty whiteness was iike a 00,,-1 over us. him than the city. Unable to see the White lIilIs, I lost my way, Mr. Hammond had served as a wop on the and in my fear that a storm was coming on, coast in 19-'0 Twdve years later .....hen the I pushed on as hard as I could. Only when CLUETT sailed north with that year's crew of if seemed as if I couldn't pouibly take anothe r wops, Baaen was on board for his next long step did I stop at all. and always the increas journey; this time to SL Anthony-the hand- ingly threatening feel in the air would spur AMONG THE DEEP-SEA FIS HERS 6, me on. Every now and then I'd look back. the holel in the bag of scalmeat which was and Baz was never far behind, patientl y -pled tied on top of the komatilc:box j th e tell-tale ding along ; the heavy koma tik sinking down shreds of burlap on the huskiee' mouth s, and to the slats, It wasn't until after almost nine the whole story was all too clear , T hey had hours of steady walking that we came out turned in thei r traces and had gone for the at Billy's Harbour ; just ahead of the itorm. dogfood. Baaen had the situation under con \\'hen I took off Bazen's harness. it was trol by the time I got there. When I got the wet with blood. The blanket bound rope had traces straightened cut and started off again, slipped out of place OUId I had no idea for he kept the team right at my heels, and we bow long it had been sawing away under made the island all right. cne of his forelegs with every step he took. Nights when I stayed in tilts, I kept my H e hadn' t even limped, let alone whimper ell. team inside. Buell always crowde d the hu s Our longest trip was 100 Canada Bay and kies in a corne r and stre tched out in front of back; perha ps eighty miles each way over the them . 1£ they 50 much as stirred. a growl route we took. On that trip. I took two like an app roachi"i" thunderstorm made them louna: huskies as well a.sBal. settle bad into place. He wasn't gifte d with the born leader's ability to find the way. but On the second day out, a blizzard suddenly on each of our trips. he seemed to shoulder sprOUlg up when we were at the bottom (If his share of the responsibility and to take it the "arm" beyond Lock's Cove. I decided very seriously. to head Ior a sealing shack on the island When I left St. An thony in 1936, Dr. Curt i. which meant heading right lute the storm. let me bring Bazen back to the United State s The dogs wouldn't face the blizzard on com again. \Ve shared almost as many adventur es mand, so, head bent, I walked ahead of them. in this country as we did on the coast, but at Suddenly above the howling (If the storm , last for his com fort. I left him for lOIlger I heard Bazen barking savagely. I turned and longer intervals in the care of ~I rs. Frank am! the team was milling around in a knol. Butcher at the Cote de Neige kennels in As I rushed toward them, I could see that West Stockbridge, Mas~husetls. Las t year . Baeen had one of the black dogs by the back Mrs Butcher entered him in severa l dog of the neck. My heart sank. Every minute shows, and he SOOIl acquired a cham pionsh ip. the stor m was growing thicker and the island In May of this year, at the age of nine, fast becoming a blur. Of all limes to sta rt Champion Baeen de Sou m sudden ly died, ap a fight. parently of heart failure. I flew to get the dogwhip ;-and then I saw ANN.\ Klvnu .1C1 # - .. - . 0, AMONG Til E OEEP-SEA FISHER S NEEDlEWORK GUILD COlU MN klld put aw Ol)' iii bins and en the shdvcs ol the fine new clothing store. & soon ,1.$ the T ~~ ~ ~n c~~e a ~o~~;i b ~~a~~ ~O lC:a:~ r l:: l l;:' a s; sorting is done, the clothing store as.sistants gain of LtOj over b,sl year and I8.lS will begin to fill the requisitions for the dif more than ever before contributed. ferent stations. Then there will be mail orders With the death in .AI,ril of ~lrs. Theodore to be filled for the outl)'ing distri-cts and later G. \ Van.!, the Labrador Coast to Coast Branch on the store will be open to the local people. has surfcrc d a real loss. For seventee n years All too soon the clothing store will begin to Mrs. Ward was a most ardent supporter of look empty once more. This has been :W. ex the work. Sir Wilfred said in 19JO on her ceptioll,J.11y hard winter, with a great dea l 01 retirement as President of the Coast to Coast snow, and the ice staying in vcry late. & a Branch of the Needlework Guild. ",Mrs. \ Vard result the Pl'OI,Ic arc in great need. It is 001 has enabled us to 0.10 things for others that 100 ear ly 10 begin to collect now for next could ncn:r have been done without her set rear. vice. Those of us who realize the immense t.:.uS.\Ilf;TH L !lA MI Lt1I N value of the Clothing Depa r tment to so many branches of our work, may "ell envy her record." Brooklyn Sectio n The Sew York section in-gathering was The Brooklyn Sectjon of the Coast-ro-Ccaar held April 20th. Captain Bob Bartlett was Labrador Branch of the Xeedlework Guild of the speaker and a large group attended. This Amer ica held its fourth ann ual Garment In section contr-ibuted more garments and more gathering A!lri! roth, 1939. in Greenwood Bap money than it did last year, tist Church. Mrs . john E. Anderson, Pr esident AI the in-gathering of the Oranges in )'Ia)', of the Brooklyn Branch of the Needlework xrrs.Louis Twyeffort, our new representative Guild, was present and spoke briefly on the at the National Board meeti ngs, was the desi rabi lity of cooperation betwee n the vari speaker. Pictures were shown. ous branc hes of the Guild. Mrs. Anderson At a recent meeting of the Plainfield Sec brought two beautiful garments with her and tion, llrs. Albert Stillman, who has been joined our branch. President for six years, resigned. The new Miss Eleanor Cushman showed the latest President is Mrs. Ha rlan A. Pra tt, for aix moving pictures of the activities on the Coast. )·eau Section T reasu rer. This group con The pictures were beautiful and Miss Cush tributf'd over a hundred garments more than man's talk ..... as exceptionally instructive and it did last ~ar. interesting. Several joined our branch at the It was with rea l real regret that we re close of the meeting. Due little girl who W aJ ceived the news of the death of Mrs . Al ice present has since formed a litt le club among G. A. Tay lor, secretary for many years of the her frit'nds and has, through them collected Providence section of the New England Lab bottles, jars and silk stockings, for the work rador Needlework Guild. It has been due on the coast. The children are suing pennies larg ely to the energy and fait hfulness of and expect to do some knitting this coming Mrs. T aylor and Miss Taft, the President, winter. that the Providence section has been so active There are now I I groups in the Brooklyn and that it is one of the largest contributors Section. 6.t7 garments were ecllected. of the Xew England Branc h. Rev. L. H. Haas, Pastor of Han son Place Th e New England Branch has just had Baptis t Chur ch, who ha s had close acqua int printed an interesting new little folder. T hese ance with seve ral young people who have done leaflets will be helpful for new members and volunteer ser vice for the Grtnfell Mission, the Secretary will be very glad to mail copies spoke enthus iastically of the work accom ~l r s . on request. Please communica te wit h plished by Si r W ilfr ed Grenfell, and offered Ludlow Griscom, 21 Faye rweat her Street, Cambridge, Massachusett s. )'Irs. Alvah Xichols, alto soloi-r for the ~I a n y case~ of Needlework Guild articles Greenwood OlUrch, sang. went north in June otl the CUrEIT and the supply boat, and by now are being unpa cked G ERTill)I'[ \\'ARING NORTH W IND " BOUND NORTH" July-1939 NORT H WIND The Skipper's Yarn slow old W2y, "It don 't seem u if WI is l'Oine to be lost this time afte r all, do it, Skip per r ' 1',W~~'~;e, t ~: uCI::~S~:~I~ i~ ?~ve~:~e ~: H e said it that droll I had to stop and laugh in spite of having to tic the small line to the sitting in the cabin of the JESSIE hawser and let all hands swing into the boat. MAY, a schooner bound North for the sum We was soaked through, and cold too, and mer fishery on the Labrador. It was lat e in there wer-en't no time to wast e anyhow J une, and icc was still spotting the ha rbours. leastways it seem' so-for the ole berg were Th e skipper pulled on his pipe Wdl, Sir," on 'er way down again ahead. As it were, he said, "1 thinks it were one time I was howsomeve r, the hawse r held on to the pin out in this same old schoo ner. \Ve was awa y nacles , and us had jus t time to get dear be off the F unk Islands. The wind held to the fore anothe r sea broke over her. Yes, 0 ' nor'ard day after day . We was losing ground course she might have tipped over, many of tha t fast in the running ice that there wu them do, as you says, but then you sec she nothing for it but to hitch her on to a iceberg. didn't and that's all about it.' But I mustn't T here was one about sixty feet or more high keep you any longer, Si r-it's gett ing lat e, as we was driving by, and there were two and if we don't meet too many i ccbe r ~ to grand pinnacles on it. So a dozen of us morrow, 6y nightfall we should be at the lands on the floc, and get's alongside as best fishing grou nds again for t he summe r." we could. With our axes we cut ste ps up the side of the berg, till we get sa fely on the shoulder, and then we passes our bight line roun d one pinnacle and hauls the big hawser The Girl Who Was Marge home and makes Iaet. Meanwhile the ice Edith Tallant has been wheeling pretty fast with the breeze, (Published by Lippincott s) and all of a sudden the berg got clear and was floating in open water. There was a This story is for older girls. The two main heavy swell runnir\g' and as soon as she shook char acte rs being voluntee r summe r worke rs free down she started to go. Our schooner at the Grenfell Mission. Fr om Miss Tal lant 's were away to leeward the whole length of the own Imow-Iedgeof the country the background line and there were ne'er a boat aalnt. \Vell, is authentic and the story of Marge and ber Sir, the berg went down that slow and th at siste r will not only int erest frien ds in the steady we didn't notice it till we was almost people but in Labrador and Nort her n New down to the water, so that I had ha rdly time foundland Coasts abo ut which it is writt en. to sing out, 'Hang on the line, OO)'sr when the firS! sea broke right over us. Only one man had let go and luckily enough for him the sea jamme d him in agai nst a sharp ledge of icc with the ha"'ser taut agains t his legs, She didn't slay down a mill ute however ; indeed, she must have gone level with the surface, I supposes, and then up she starts to come again, just as she went down, that solemn and that slow, as if the whole world belonged to her. \ '{hen we ha d found out where we was aga in, we were well up in the ai r and a boat was pulling towards us for all she was worth. One of the fellows somehow got frightened and when we W2S good six ty feet up agai n, he rushes to the edge sboutin'. "I aint goin' to stay on this thing no kmg er!" You mayn't believe me but if I hadn't a' catched him by the collar, jump he would have, sure eno ugh. No one else said nothing, 'cept Old Uncle Pete, and he jus t said in his NOR TH W IND Danny and Prue News Flashes from the North 8y Editb Tallan t, (former Grenfell worker) HE wintl:'r ice has broken at last. The Published by Tbcenas Y. Crowell & Co. Hlustrated by Rudolph Freund, Jr., abo a Tmail steamer was delayed again and Grenfell worker. Price $2.00. again this spring because the "slob"' was They lind far up on the bleu coast of iammed in all our northern harbors. Alrndy Labrador, Danny and POle. Their father often some of the mere venturesome schooners are went on long trapping expeditions and then bound "down North" to the fishing grounds, of COllUC, Danny was the man of the family. pi~king their way through the pack ice, which He had the nickname "Danny Do Some has lain terribly late this year along the At thing" becaus e when he was in ill fix Danny lantic seaboard. could uIually think of something to do. One day when they were OUI on the icc floe he Schools will soon be over, and many of the saved his blher's life. boys and girls wilJ return to their homes \Vhe re he lived, miles from any town, there to help with the fishl:'ry. Everyone works were no schools and hardly any other boys against time on the Labrador for there is so his own age. Of course Danny had neve r in much to be done cleaning, splitting and pack his life seen an automobile and he would ing the fish in the Iew short months of not know what a glass of milk was. H is days "open water". More and more schooners will were full of catching seals and jigging for be sailing North as the summer goes on, and 000. He hoped some day to be a true Lab the big white ships of the Clarke Steamship rador man. a trapper like his father. Company will br ing many people from "out One day Uncle Kj was brought to their cabin. Uncle Ki could not see and needed to side." An old friend of ours. Uncle J~, be taken to a docto r. Danny and Prue made said one "Tourist Day" last summer to one up their minds that somehow they were go of our workers, "Min, don't these same pee ing to get him down to St. Anthony to be ple get tired of travelling back and fort h all treated by the Grenfell Mission-by the "eye summer from Montreal r' and when he was dentist"' there, as they called him. Together told that each ship carried a different group Danny and Prue did it. he said, MMy, Min, there must be a wonder ful lot of people in this world I"' Report of the Grenfell [uniors Among the visitors will be one who can London. Ontario. never be called a "visitor" to the Lab rador, T%~ ~~~~~see:}:sgh:~dl~~: ~e::~:::~ but one of the best fr iends the country's ever had-Sir Wilfred Gren fell him self, for after Church H all, Feb. 25th. Officers elected were: Mary Joan Clegg. President ; Helen an abse nce of 6ve years, he win be returning Teasdale, Secretary; Joyce Porter, T reasurer. to his beloved northland this J uly. The Pr esident took the chai r and a musica l program followed. Slides were shown by Mrs. Reeves and Mrs. \V. J . Brown . who also told somethi ng of the La bra dor work. At our next meeting. May aoth, our gifts for the Labrador bale were displayed They included among other things the block quilt made by Juniors but finished by our mothefs. On October IS. all of our crews combined to purchase candy for the children in the Ha r rington Hospital. At our third muting in Metropolitan Church Hall. we saw slides and listened to a talk on l.abrador by Miss Ethe l Graham, our Do minion Secretary. Refreshments were served at our meetings by mnnben of the Grenfell AsS'OCiationof London, Ontario. \\'1:' are very grateful for their interest. NORTH WIND Grenfell Junior Expedition At the Tavern to Penguin Island Th ere will be a party at the Dogteam w~~ t~: I~::i~;I~u~: ;:: :h~: ~::r ~ ~~ Tavern, Middlebury, Vermont on July 9th at I'IS J:JO p.m. daylight saving time. Sir Wilfred vitations went out to the special expe will be there and ta lk to the bo~ and &iris dition to Penguin Islan d, Admiral Byrd 's con who ar c coming from the surrounding camps. cession at the Wo rld's Fair grounds. It did \Ve would be glad to have any o f you come seem almost too good to be true I that live close enough to Middlebury to be No more enthusiastic crew ever set sai l, able to do so. Ref reshments will be served. therefo re, than that of the Grenfell Juniors, when they sta rted with clea r skies and smooth weather for the Fair Grounds on the morning of Satu rday, June the Jrd. With not a man overboard a group of over forty landed at the door of Penguin Island, and in a few minutes Sir Wili red himself took command. One summe r day , in 189:z, a ninety ton Even the penguins seemed glad to sec us ketch, the Albert. lOliled into a northern har and splashed a welcome. We made friends bour from an Englis h port, and a young ma n, with the husky dogs, a feat which has been Wilf red T. Gren fell, became the first doctor considered impossible, The d~ were the on the Labrador. original Byrd team, We also saw a good dea l T his summer, forty-SC1'en years later , after of the equipment from Little Amrein. But an absence, he is re turn ing to the North best oi all was the chance to meet Sir Wilfred a very different count ry than it w;J.S so rnany personally and to hea r him tell of his work. yea rs ago. It is because of the help of his \\'c won't Iorget the picture that ~Ir. Lincoln friends that the change ha s been made pos Cromwell took, of all of us with our "Skip sible for the people there. Don't you want to per". Then the crew disbanded for the morn help make his vis it a happier one by sending ing. \Ve arc sorry that more could not have been with us, alltl we know that all who carne you r dues (soc.) into the Grenfell Jun iors realize to the full what a ra re pr ivilege it is headqua rters at th is tim e. to tha t he may to be a Grenfell Junio r and "stand by· Sir know that the Grenfcll Ju niors are "st anding W ilfred, by"? MISSION BOAT AM ONG T HE DEEP-SEA FJSH ERS .. THE TANNER GEOlOGICAL CRENFELL ASSOC IA.TlON OF AMERICA EXPOSITION Tw o years ago, Pr ofessor V. Tanner of T ~~: ~~~~;). d::d ~h:tS5U:~X:: ; .: Helsing foes, Finland, visited Labrador and vantage to the work, Greenwich , Conn« went north to 1Id:,w n with Dr. Paddo n 011 tieut, tran-Icrred from the Xew England ter the M ." Il !\ \ AL That voyage was a recon ritory and became a branch of the Grenfell naissauce with a view to planning a summa Association of America. \\'1' are very gr ateful of geological research on the coa st. Pro fes to the Greenwich Commit tee for their active hell', and for the interest of all who atten ded sor T anner is a leading authori ty on the tile garden party which Mrs. Grant Simons 50 gro lng>' of nor thern Finland and Scandinavia, kindly Kilve on the afternoon of June and to and is especiatly well q ualifi~ d to make (I.'r met"! Sir W ilfred. tain importanl geological studies involving This office was very glad to cooperate again (Oll11,ari<,(lns between Labrador and Fe nno with the Xeedlework Guild during Avril and scandia. For this purpose he has come to '-lay in arranging for speakers at their annual with Labrador a Swedish geologist to !>pend nll~eting5 in and near x ew York. The talk s the summer in geological investigation, included Brookl)"It, Tar rytown, '-Ierride, Pori The Inte rnatio nal Grenfell Association has Washington and Ossining. We were also glad placed the SnUTllCl.Js.~, I;Ommanded b)' Cap 10 help with arrangements for Captai n Bar t tain Will Sim ms, at the disposal of the ex lett's lecture 10 the New York sectio n. pedirion, the ship having been reconditioned There is an appeal in this work for all ages, for the purpose. T he expeditio n is sponsored so we must not forget the Grenfell Juniors. by the Geotogical Society of Ame-rica, which Their red letter day for this year came on contrib uted a substantia l part of the cost, June ard, when the gro up in the vicinity of aided by funds from Sweden and Finland Xew York were invited to atten d a special l'xpedilion to Penguin Islan d, Admira l Byrd 's and by a few contrib utions from individ uals concession at the World's Fair Grounds, where in the Unite d States. they had the rare opportunity of meeting Si r Dr. David Stewart of Winnipe¥ is with Wilfred. This occasion is reported fully in the the expedition as ship·s doctor, and a crew .\'o,./hWind. of American schoolboys are also volunteering Our store room recently has been the scene their services to P ro fessor T anner for the of amaaing activity, and the packages so gen. ercu-ly brought and mailed in by friends are, a1 the time of writing, neatly packed in crates, It is a Iornmare circ umstaoce that Pr ofes ready for shipment to the Korth on the sup sor Tann er is net only a geologist but also ply steamer, thank, to '-Iiss Donald,' efficient an expert on the economic use of natural re knowledge of this end of the work. We are sources in the Ar ctic regions of Fennoscandia, very deeply gr ate ful to all who helped fill the where conditions in some respects similar to crat es, and wish you could visualize the ap Labrador prevail. As president of a commis preciat ion and enthusiasm of the workers on sion to deal with such problems in Xorw ay the Coast , when these donations reach St. and Sweden, he made an exha ustive study Anthony. I hope 1 may be fortunate enough which has yielded results of g r~a l practical to be there at that time, as this summer I value to the well-being of the inhabitants. will be the hostess on board the O arke Steam ship Company ·;; ship, 1':EW XoanlLASD, and The po,sibility Ihat SUg&:e~t iOTl' coming from hope to have the opportunity to meet as many his rich store of expe rience m",y prove ap Grenfell subscribers as possible, who in this plicable to Lab rador offers the hope Ihat a way will see the .....ork for themselves. You real contribulion to the well-being o f the Lab will find a warm welcome. rador people may come from his expedition EWNOfl J. CUS U M A N, A.LE.xANDEa F OIIllE S, M,D. Stcr t/arj'. A110NG T HE DEEP-SEA FISHERS DOCTOR'S PAY Donald L. Crooks, North Brookfield: W T, l O-pound SIlmon Eldridge,H arvard ; Eastleigh Ba rn (Mr. C. P. Heebe) Framingham; Maurice C. Eugle y, North Reading: A. C. Lawton, Foxboro ; E B. Parmenter, Franklin; the Miuu Ritchie and Wade of Lake Winthrop Pouhry Farm, Holliston ; Sumner Pingree, South Hamilton ; William F. weed, jr., Holbszon, Of New Hampshire, Andrew Olristy, East Kingston; Ufiver Hu bba rd, Walpole ; Grant Jas per, Hudson. Two 'dogs, the gift to Dr. Curtis of Mr. Weyman S. Crocker , of Fitchburi', were se curcly collared and chained, and although they ej-ed greedily the tempting live morsels of chicken, we felt sure that Captain Iversen would maintain his reputation of neve r having lost an animal entrusted to his care on the "We· II bring you in more., Doc, jest as soon CLUETr. No cows went along this year but as ever we clear the gear."· materials for the new barn were piled on deck, a mute reminder of the fine animals • Pay of( the indebtedness for provi.i(lns which went forth last year and arc now en and nets. joying their new home at St. Anthony. (Seven of the ten cow••em last year bad calved this spring, at the time of our las t information, and more were expected to do $0.) The clothing portion of the freight packed NEW ENClAND ClENf El l ASSOCIATION by the New England Grenfell Anociation consisted of IJ5 casu, including some cartonl EV ERAL varieties of Grenfell excitemen t of ~eservini' jau and of silk material for S takes place in Jun e. The G£OIIGE B. CU;'[TI rug hooking. Never before had so much col comes into Boston and. after being loaded lected through the winter in our rOOID$ at with a thoroughly miscellaneous cargo, de the Boston Storage Warehouse. \Ve must ask parts for St Anthony. The CLUETT made Bos that all inside clothing, sweaters and dresses ton newspaper headlines this year when, to be clean , please, when sent in. It would sim quote the Boston Post (If June 16th, "The plify the busine., of packing, abo, if a list alertness and ingenuity of the captain and of the contents of each box sent could be put crew of Sir Wilfred Grenfell's Labrador in the box or mailed .eparately. Letters can bound schooner resulted in the rescue from not of course be included in parcel post pack. drowning (If a 17-year-old girl and a young ages, but a li.t may be. man ....The rescued pair were among a party Seve ral young men members (If the Tan of four who were in a rowboat which cap ner Expedit ion brought thei r sleeping bags sized a few yards off the north side of the and planned to , Ieep (In the CLUETI'S deck, pier. The girl, whose identity was not learned. for the veseet was very heavi ly laden and was unable to swim. and with her companion all her bunk. were filled by her crew, eight was pulled up 20 feet to the dock by the of whom are c o ll ~ students. Massachu Grenfell crew" . This laudatory account con setts universities are well representd ; three tinued for a futl column, with pictures. of this year's CLUETT crew being from Har T he CLUETT'S freight was as interesting as vard, one from the Mau achusett. Institute (If usual and more than usually noisy due to the Tec hnology In d one from w c reester P oly cackling of hens and the crowing o f rooste rs. technic Institute. given to the Grenfdl Mission by the follow The Gren fell Juniors' regatta It the CLu illg well known breeders of Plymouth Rocks ETT'. side had as chid JUest this yea r th e and Rhode Island Reds: of Mauachusetu, Boston Red Sox catcher, Moe Berg. Mr. Berg Ral ph Anderson, Rockland: Prentiss B. expr essed himself as being glad to talk to Childs, Manomet ; Robert Cobb, Lit tlet on: Grenfell J union since .evenl of his cla ss- AMONG THE DEEP-SEA FIS IIER S 7' mates at Princeton University had served &I Grenfell "wop," . T he juniors had collected numero us baseballs, bats , glovcs, footba lls and other playground equipment to go on the Q..UttT for the usc of the: children at the ehil dren at 1M OUldn:n", Home in 51. Anthony. Captain Iversen had a place on Sooony's Yankee Netwo rk program, "Names that are Bermuda News" on June 14th and was interviewed in a very interes ting manner on prosp ects for ...mith Furness the CLuEn". forthcoming trip, aspect. of the Mission work at the various stations, and hi, own experiences during a lifetime on the sea. The Worcester Branch of the New England Grenfell Association held its annual mming jointly with the annual meeting of the Wor ceste r Bra nch of the Labrador Needlework Guild of Americ a at All Saints Pa ri sh H ouse on March 16th. Mn . Benjamin H . Alto n, pres ident of the worcester Branch, entertained Min Helen l.b.rble, chairman of the Needle work Guild Branch; Min Shirley S. Smith, sec retary of the New England Grenfrll N soclatlon, and !.rrs. Oayton L Jenks, the speake r of the day, at luncheon before the meeti ng. When Mn. Charles C. Carpenter died in An dover in June , her daughters and some of her intimate friends sent the mouqo which might otherwise have been spent to buy less lasting Rowers to the Grenfell Association. The stu dents and faculty members of \Vhcaton Col lege chose to pay th is tribute to her memory at the suggestio n of Miss Miriam Carpent er, IT 'S a grand combination I The " pleau. re.plan. Dean of Wheaton College. Mrs. Carpenter ned " vovag e on the " Monar ch" or " Queen" to and her famous husband went as missionaries breue"''''fpt , Bermuda ...... he.-t lh e averl ge 10 the North Shore and the Straits of Belle su mme r lem lHrllure it. onlV 11 degrees. Wilh Isle directly after their marriage and spent Fu....es, Vou'ri "i n Bermu da " f rom Ih. mom.n l many years in that service. They were per you "ii, for th hu g. ocea n lin'" ....era de. " gned for pl. uu tiled pool" Sport , Dec... , Ylnal friends of Sir W ilfred's. oocklei l h l"l, nigh! cr"...... lu.ur;oU\ accom . A series of pictures and articles about the mod llion, including bath ",ilh EYERY rOOm. Gren fell Mission work appeare d in the ROS And II h or. lh e fun conlinuel , ....ith I leading TON T RA NSCRI PT in Apri l and were wide hOlel ....• priv lt e beach . . . .• n . nl ire relOrl ly commented upon. They were the TRAN· . Ila l. re«rve d II head qu art el"l for your h land SCR IPT's form of auistance in securing the enjoy ment_ funds to build the much-needed bam at St. Round trip f60 up im:ludinr Printe COWl Anthony to house our line herd of and Balh. Aleo all .".perwe tri,. of nl'")'inK" other animals. Insufficient contributions were durat~n includinK" aooommod.t.iolll " received to complete the barn, which must be a leadIn( Bennuda hotel. a~ climate-proof and dura ble a struct ure as App l, I . ,.Jlr . u·" 7'Iv'VI'L A GENT • • I-im ' fJJ 1k •• JlJ" it is possihle to make it so. Therefore, Dr. u ..· , UJrhi.. httfIS'"..t,.r6u Fijib A ...... ,Nno, )·•• • Joe l E Goldthwait very kindly permitted the Grenfell Anociation to use for the purtoO~e I mIlXI~S~~ the sum obtained from the sale of the Ju sra: GOI.DTHWAIT. The late Mrs. Goldth wa it's LEADS THE WAYTO BERMUDA name will there fore be permanently attached " AMOXG THE DEEP-SEA FISHERS to this most important branch of the ~I i s s ion ' s of copies of other early books of Dr . Gren efforts. fell's, Mrs , El iza A Angus of Wellesley Hills, The Boston office furnished a speaker, Mrs. !>tassac:husetls, who is now 101 years old, gavc Ruth B. Ward, who is anisian! in the office, us her copy of DOWN TO THE SEA. Miss for a meeting of the Girl Scouts of Lincoln, Amelia Kill ips wrote us fro m Fond du Lac, ~ Iassachus('tts. in Apri l, and for the Christian Wisconsin. to offer OFF THE ROCKS. Endeavor group in Medfield. DOWN NORTH ON THE LABRADOR and Dr. Charles S. Curt is spoke at the spring TH E ADVENTURE OF LIFE. It is always luncheon confe rence of the Lend-Ac Han d a rea l pleasur e to secu re Labrador books for dubs in Boston on April 2'151. the office library. ~Ir. Robert C. Stanton, who showed the SHII.Lf:Y S. Svrrn, Surttary moving pictures he took last summer at the last cruise reunion. expects to take picnnes this season for the Clarke Steamship Com pany. li e has also pUI himself at the disposal of the Grenfell Association for such pictures as we ask him to take while in Grenfell ports. The Providence Braoch of the .sew England Grenfell Association held ilS annual meeting this year at Wayland ~lanor in ~ Iay, The speake rs were Min Elizabeth Seal, who took one of the cruises last summe r, and Dr. \Val ter }. Nelson, w ho spent the winter of 1936-37 as dentist at St Anthony. !ofi!/! j esaie Luther was re-elected as President. Min Evehn ~1. Wood succeeded Mrs Seebe r Edwards as Secretary-Treasurer. A group of members of the Provi dcnee Branch recently collected five doll ars for seeds and garden implements at a "movie bridge" and talk recently. This summer. a bronze plate bearing sim ply the words "The Vermont Ward" will memoria lize the ward in the St. Anthony hos pital which was furnished last year by thc Ilur fington Branch of the New Eng lan d Grell fell Association. Above: American Chr istmas card. Black, Our item in the April iuue, rega rding the while and red penguins on silver backg roun d. loan of oow~ TO THE SEA for transcrip Twice folded stock. Mea sures 5 by ~ lion into Braille, res ulted in the acquisit ion inches. Pr ice ....ith envelope 151'. Courage T IS the men who lake ventures who make starve as quickly a, any other man. Cou rage I the world. It is courage the world needs, is always the surest wisdom. not infallibility. Launch out into the deep It is easy to say we believe we are God's wate r. ll ave plenty of courage. Put all your children, but to follow him needs pluck. Car ...l renglh and ahility into keeping a righ t lyle says that tile trouble with us is not our course. Half measures, trimming the shore in Intellect, it is our courage. " In each of us," shallow wat ers, never pay anything, The phi he repeals agai n and again. "dw ells a cowa rd losopher cannot expect to "keow" by sitting and a bero." "The appeal of religion is direct meditating in a corner and th en decide intcl ly to the hero in us." Th e proof of religion 1"Clllally 10 follow Christ. If he refu sed to lies, as in the prove rbial pudding, in the per r-at his breakf ast until he had certain knowl sonal testing of it. edge that it would not kill him, he would SIR WlI.JIUD GRENFELL F,•• " If lMt""", lA , ...It" AMO~G THE DEEP-SEA FISHERS " The American Christmas Cards for 1939 Ldt: Design in f!lll color 011 h u ~ y stock foldnl ..IOII g ,.... left ~dl~ . MUIl.. es 31 ·2 by . ;IIChn.. Priu . .... CII.d.5c. Rillht ; Dnigll ill p'1 ~ g'"". bnlw. ~ n d wh ; t ~ . by Sir Wil fr ~ Cr~ I ~ JL Tw ic ~ fold~ d slock. Mu s IIfes 51 ·4 by 4 illchn . Pricr with e n ~c lope 5c. Th ~ fOll.th A.me. iun Ch. islmJ$ Ul,d is show.. i.. thr colum.. tll 'h ~ Irtt 01 this PI g: ~ Ld t ; OW l" ill full color 011 h ~~., stock folded ..IOII g tf, ~ top edIC r. .Mu SII.n 3 1·2 by 4 inches. Pr ic: ~ with ~ 1I .dope 1Oc:. ~(;" 1 ~ GO)', J:~ Christm as Cards are sold for the benefit of the children of the North AMO NG THE DEEP-SEA FISHERS THE ClENFELL LABRADOR MEDiCAl MISSION bines an adventurous spirit with a practical The Board of Directors of the GrmfeJl Christianity, a Christianity with a twinkle." Labrador Medical Mission with sincere regret accepted the resignation of Mr. Frederick E. Qu~~c Dougall from the Board. Sir Gerald Camp A most gratifying rt comes frOOl Que- bell, KCM.G., High Commissioner for Great bee, tcling of welt-attended m«tings and Britain to Canada, has been elected to fill muth work for the year 1C)J8-1 939- Th e sale the vacancy. of holndicrafts was most encouraging; over M O ll t r t~ three. hundred dollars was taken in, including T IS most encouraging to read the FORTY the sale of Christmas cards. I FI FT H Annual Repo rt. Dr. Hood's letters The gmerou, bales going forward to Mut· telling of disastrous storms with heavy ton Bay include toys and candy for Christmas calls on their clothing store had spurred this as well as clothing and knitted goods, and branch on to fresh effort, and the spring and from here we have had the offer of a type fall shipmen ts were bette r than ever. writer in good cond ition. This will be a wet A new depa rture this year is the Auxiliary come gift at the stat ion. The kindness of the Commitlee. Owing to the inquiries from in Clarke Ste amship Company is much apprec i terested friends it was decided that on pay ated for carr ying these bales to Mutt on Bay free of charge. ment of $ 1.00 a year any one might become a membe r of this group, join ing with the regu lar Committee in two open meetings to be ad HJlifu , Non Scoti, dressed when possible by some forme r worke r When members of the Halifax Branc h from the coast. Mr. Karl Oiapella spoke at heard from. former Flowers Cove nurse of the first of these meetings, telling something five acres of ground being dug up by hand of hi, work at Cartwright the previous sum with a mattock and pick, they prompt ly de mer. cided to send a plougb to tbe station. Mrs. Laura Thompson hold written a letter The following detailed repo rt of the activi of warm thanks and appreciatio n for the do ties of this branch was submitted by Mn. natio n of dolls and othe r toys COCltained in the W.1... Payzant: f,dl shipment. "I don't wonder th~ were so Our Branch here in Halifax has enlarged popular; they were so beautfully dressed and considerably the last two or three years and do bring such happiness to those little ones. the interest in the Mission bas increased. Surely God meant us all to be happy." In January, Dr. Ethel Muir, an ex worker The Annual Meeting held on April J3th for the ~l i S$ i on , gave a very interesting il was presided over by Dr. F. D. Adams, mem lustrated lectu re on her wor k on the coast. In ber of the Canadian Board of Directors. The the autumn, we were very glad to welcome gue~t speake r was Si r Gerard Campbell, ~ Iiss Ethel Graham, who brough t samples of K.C ~ f.G. Hi gh Commissione r for Great hooked rugs and lovely carve d ivory figures. Britain in Canada. He remarked that he had \Ve hope to have more for this autumn's heard of the Grenfell Mission for '0 many sales. years that when he met Sir W ilfr ed in New On Februa ry t6th, we held a mu sical tea York len years ago he wondered if he could which was well patr onized and most success be the same Dr . Grenfell. "Often when one ful. met a perso n of whom much was heard he We decided that this spring we would buy was disappointed : but Si r W ilfre d was j ust a plough to send 10 Flowers Cove. It was ship. -the sort I expected." lied on the GFXlJI(;EB. o.UI:IT which was docked He placed Si r Wilfred on the highest plane here for a couple of days last month. \\' ith of adventurers, not because of his courage. it, we sent a large quantity of vegetable and endu rance and patience, but allO because he flower seeds. We had made an appea l to was 10 aware of the conspicuous value of all the Sunday schools in the city for seeds what he was doing that in his very enthusiasm or money. The response was so generous he infected others with that enthusiasm. "In that we were able to send a Iarge box to a naughty world, and a world getting naugh SL Anthony as well. Later on, we expect to tier, the light of good deeds such as Grenfel l send clothing, old silk stockings and map bas done shines with true radiance. H e com- zincs as we have done for some years. AMONG THE DEEP·SEA FISHERS The Canadian Christmas Cards for 1939 Left : De" gll ... wp;, 011 twice folMd stock. l.4r.nll. rt 4 by 5 ifldln. Prier .'thhlW~Sc: . Right : Dni gll ill blur ~ lI d I oid on t.- in ~d n! st«k. l.4u w rrt 41 ·2 by 6 1-2 i llcl'n . Pricr .i t hr ll .~lOc . Left : Design ill blur, bile.. , nd red on twice foldrd stock. Mu surtl 6 1-2 by 4 1-2 illchn. Prict with t llWdo9t lOe. WELL! WEL L! MERR y CHRI STM AS Sr ie k ~ 2 ittcllts Ionl itt lren Of rn! Illd t~p 3 1-2 inc,," Ionll: fUnlislttd ~t tnt Ctllts , pK h l t . Christmas Ca,ds a,e sold fo, the benefit of the children of the Nortl! MoIONG THE DEEP-SEA }1ISHERS l ondo",o..u ,io CRENFELL ASSOCIATION Of CREAT BRITAIN 1111'new President. Mrs. A_ T . Little. paid AND IRELAND liS a short visit this month when in Ottawa. T Jt ~~rsA:::~ : e1~ e~:u: ~: ~7st c;:f;~:1 :~1:~ This Branch reports an excellent year. Six meetings were held and there wa5 increased Ro)al Empire Society, London. In the absence of Sir Henry and Lady Richards. interest shown in the handicrafts, with larger xtr. and )'Irs. Job welcomed the guests. We sales. In this connection we must mention were sorry that Mrs . Keddie was »ct able to the kindness of Mrs. Ford at the I'ark Hat come to England as we had hoped, but Cart Shop who handled our industrial goods and wright was well represented by the Rev. would accept no commission for doing so. Henry Gordon who spoke of the ear ly days The largest group of Grenfell Juniors in of the ~ tissioll the re, and by Dr. Denley Oark Canada are doing excellent work under the who had so recently returned from that pari able leade rship of Mrs. Gordon j epson, They of the Coast. ,u1mlitled their own report for last year, which Messrs. Kelways, the Paeony specia lists, i~ pubbshed in the XORTH WISO. This have most kindly named their new Paeony group rertainly deserves great credit. "Newfoundland" and are generously giving the Association a rcyahy of ~/6 on each plant sold. WestGn, O..t~rio This new variety of pacony is of outstand This very active organization is carrying on ing beauty; the wlouring is rich rose pink under the able leadership of Miss Ethel Briggs, surrounding a centre of golden petaloids It the second generation of that family to give is a single of their "I mper-ial" section, hardy of their tim" and energ ies 10 our work. and easily grown. T he price is 7/6. Valuable hales of clothing , household sup The contract lasts for three years , and we hope that all gar den lovers will suppo rt this plies, hospital necessities , groceries, toys and gene rous offer and do thei r best to make it Chris tmas gifts go forward to Fortcau each known amongst their friends. Particulars , year. For over twellly years this branch has with order form attached, can be obtained contributed toward the support of an orphan , from the Grenfell Association, 66, Vktoria 011 the same time giving each year to the gen Street, London. 5.\\".1; from Messrs. Kelway eral funds. & Son, Ltd., Langport, Somerset, England; On ....pril rath, there was a dra w ing room and from their Canadian agmt, Miss Mar meeting held at the home of Mr. and )'lrs. garet Pennell. 616/617, Harbour Commission F. W. ).Ioffat. A v(1)· interested group saw Buildings, Toronto. films and entered into a keen and understand Unfortunately. Mrs. George Roddick (nee ing discussion of our work on the coast, Mr. Pf'ggie Large) has had to give up the Secre Moffat offered valuablesuggestions as to how taryship of the Labrador Needlework Guild of Great Britain as her young son takes up best to take anti show coloured films. so much of her time. We deeply app reciate all she has done to make the Needlework Woodlloc k, Ontario Guild such a success since it bega n nearl y It is with genuine pleasure that we report two years ago. \Ve are also very indeb ted to ~ l r . en the work of this newly formed organization. and Mrs. E. E. Roddick for their great kindness in allowing the parcels 10 be sent the Ethel M. Finkle Branch. Substantial bales to thei r home for so long. and cash conmbuucns are going forward ~{iss Lydia Baxter has very kind ly taken with the Toronto shipments this year. \Vben over Mrs. Roddick's duties as Secretary and the-e were displayed in St. Simon's Hall. "'I' wish her every success. \Ve are exceed Toronto, there were five long tables from ingly grateful 10 Mr. and Mn . Baxter who Woodstock. It is reported that the patchwork are 50 kindly allowing the clothing to be sent quilt excited such interest that an onlooker to their house. All parcels of new clothing and was inspired to go home and get one of hers eoerespoedenee should now be addressed to as a further donation. Miss Lydia Baxter, Ashlar Mount, Rainhill, ETHEl.. G. G .... IIAN. Lancashire. BETTY SEA BIIOOK, Secretary Deputation Secretary AMONG THE DEEP-SEA FI SHERS 77 The British Christmas Cards for 1939 Left : Penguins in b l ~ c lr. : Nc lr.ground tinted in blue; on h u ~ y white stock folded ~ long left edge. MU5ures 5 1-2 by 3 1-2 inchcs. Price per box of six wilh en~clopc s 1/6 , postage extra. Sold in boxcs of six only. Right ; Dogtum in b l ~ c k ; bint blue linling; on heny white stock folded .-long left edge. Measures 61 -4 by 41 -2 inches. Price per box of six with envelopes 2/, post~g e extf'. Sold in bous of six only. Left : Onig n in bluk and white on h e ~ Y y while slock folded ~ long Id t edge. Mu sures 6 by 5 inches. Price per box of six with en¥clopes, 2/, po5t~ g e extf'. Sold in bous of six only. Christmas Cards are sold for the benefit of the children of the North " AMONG THE DEEP-SEA FlS HERS Followthe ~*-k The Do g Tearn Tea House 12 miles north New Haven, Connecticut College Highway Route 10 Luncheon - Tea - Dinner Attractive Labrador Shop Buffet Supper Sunday Evenings AMONG THE DEEP-SEA FISHERS 79 The Dog Tearn Tavern 3 m j ~ s north Middlebury, Vermont Route 7 Attractive Rooms Good Food Labrador Gifts Buffet Supper Every Sunday - Watch for .«: h' iiih 80 AMONG THE DEEP-SEA FISHERS I GRENfELL STATIONS AND OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST l OTHE ASSOCIAtION A ND ".~.:' ,";. ( ~TH E LOCATION OFnII~~;;ri~~~ryEMEMORIALHOSPlTAl . SC....I.[ Of N....UTI C...I.MILES 1+- _""":'+--<;;<'-'; ! 'f '19 T LABRADOR THE INTERNATIONAL GRENFELL ASSOCIATION Sir \\'ilfr~d Grenid!. K.OLG., )'I.D ., Founder Dr. Darles S. Curti s, Medical Superintendent and Ex ecutive Officer on the Coast Mi ss Kathleen Young, A55istant Treasur er and Accountan t ),li55 Anna Kivimaki, OJa irman, Staff Selection Committee SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIO NS UNITED STAT ES London.c-Royal Natjoeal Miu ion to Deep New Vork.-Thc Grenfell Association of Sea Fishermen forwards contributions es America. incorporated under the laws of the pecially designated for Labr ador work . State of New York-Pres. Hu gh Auch in_ do ss, M.D.: vice-Pres, William Adams Delano ; Trea s., Hmry C. Holt, 156 Fifth NEWFO Ur.;OLAX D Ave.• See'y , Min Eleanor}. Cushman, 156 Fi fth A ve. St. John's .-GrenfeU A 5 ~ i a t i on of Xew Boston.-New England Grenfell An ocia Ioundland. incorpo rated under the laws of lion, incorporated under the laws of the: Xewfoundland-c-Sec'y 'Trea s., H. R. Brookes. Stal e of Ma ssachusclt s-Pn:s., Dr. Theo dor e L. Badger ; 'Treas., Sherman R. Thaye r ; Sec'y, Miss Shirley S. Smith, 25 Hu ntington CANADA Ave . Ottawa.-Grenfell Labrador Medical :Mis GREAT BRITAIN ANDIRELA ND sion, incorporated under the laws of the Lond on. - Ganfell Association of Great Province of Ontario---Ql..ur., JOK A. Macha Britain and Ir eland , incorporated under the do; Hon. Treas., Major W, R. Creighton, laws of Great Britain-Sec'y, Miss Katie Bank of Montr eal; Sec'y, Miss Eth el G. Spalding, 66 Victoria Street. S.W.I . Graham, 48 Spa rks 5 1. BRAXOI ASSOCIATIONS UNITED STATES Alba.." N- Y.-Pla.. Fr&Dcis C. Hu,...k; V~ t~~~ [t~U1~cCSt.7"r~~;;lll~iliN H~'Ei;' Roc",,",...,. N. Y._Pm ., Idn. Walta !. Conk; Vi<:e· Pia.• M,.. td. Sllud; Cha;".. P.obIicir., alld. M=beRhip, MR. Hoban F. Whitman: : Tnll., MiN Louie A. HI li : o~, 81Iti... Md.-Pta.. Ed.lId M. Hl lll n hl " . Jr.. 5«'" M i.. Doro GRE:" FFLI. I.L.. C;UES Gu.lp", Oor• •io--Hon. S«·y.Tru... 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Mfa W ill""" R..,.....tdJ. u, l...l.... oodDti\"C. KinJI So., Eul . Cam pbo:lhDel, N.... 8ruDo_ick-s..:·, ·T...... Mrs. nJ""o' N ..... SnMi.-Ttna.. MisI. K. M. Hilrs.. Be" So....." Md..11dllon. RoMber" So. C. "" i...... Onfal io---Su·, .Tru•. • M w. \ .... Wood U:ah'i