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very interesting. Occasionally I find
time to write the Rev. James Dawe,
now stationed at Parham, Ontario.
Evidently the Dawe Clan must be a
large one.
It has been many years since I left
St. John's in company with Harry
Wood, son of Rev. Arthur Wood,
Rector of St. Thomas's Church. We
were both headed for Tennessee and
I doubt not that Harry is still there.
Mrs. Watson and 1 have just celebrated
our fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
and among the guests was Mr.
E. Stanley Story, son of an unusually
fine type of minister, the Rev. George
P. Story of SI. John's. If the good
Lord spares mc, I hope to re·visit my
birthplace, Rants Harbour, in Trinity
Bay.
Good luck to you.
Yours very sincerely,
Richard Furneaux Watson.
e You will in this issue find a poem
by Eli Miles which we think you will
enjoy. It came in along with several
others which also impressed us as expressing
a great deal of the spirit and
humor of Newfoundland. In a little
biographical sketch Mr. Miles, whose
letterhead proclaims him a contractor
and builder of 15 Swan Street,
Everett, Mass., says:
"I was born at Bonavista in 1871.
I left Newfoundland before the fire
and have since covered most of the
principal cities in the United States
and Canada. I also spent some time
in Alaska during the Gold Rush.
Writing verse is one of my hobbies."
So laconic a biography conceals,
we are sure, an interesting and varied
career of which perhaps we may hear
more later. In the meantime we hope
to see more of the results of "one of
my hobbies".
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THE CHALLENGE
OF CONFEDERATION
A
s THIS is written (late July), it has just been announced that Newfoundland
is to be accepted into full partnership with the other
nine provinces of the Dominion of Canada. Time alone will tell
whether the choice of a majority of the island's voters in favor of Confederation
on July 22nd was the best for the country and its people.
At this stage the important thing is the attitude of Newfoundlanders
to the change in our status brought about by the referendum result. It
is one thing to vote for Confederation because of the benefits it will
bring, and another to meet the challenge that the accomplished fact of
Confederation imposes on us as individuals.
Newfoundlanders are now members of a great union of peoples of
many nationalities and creeds who have made Canada what it is today.
If we enter Confederation with our thoughts keyed to what we will get
out of it, then it will mean not a union of two countries in the real sense
but a selfish move on the part of one to the disadvantage of the other.
We have to pull our weight after Confederation if the historic decision
of July 22nd is to have any real significance in the forward march ot
the human race.
To do this effectively we have to think ot ourselves as citizens of
the great Dominion that now is greater geographically and traditionally
because of our entry into it. While still Newfoundlanders we have to
think of ourselves as Canadians playing a proud part on the world stage.
Can we as individuals contribute anything to the gro'Nth and development
of the great nation to which we now belong? Only by working
and thinking along those lines can we hope to do our shme to make
Confederation work.
That does not mean that we have to live in Ottawa or Montreal or
Toronto to do our bit. Citizenship, like charity, begins at home. If
because of our efforts, St. John's or Carbonear or St. Anthony or any
one of Newfoundland's settlements becomes a better place in which to
live, then we will be making just as real a contribution to the success
of Confederation as if we lived in the Maritimes or Ontario or the
Prairies.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. So it is with countries.
Newfoundland can add strength and stature to the Dominion that now
in very truth "stretches from sea to sea" if we as individual Newfoundlanders
throw our weight behind the decision of a majority of our
fellow-countrymen in favor of union with Canada.
A healthy positive policy on an individual basis will make for
national solidarity and progress. If on the other hand we view Confederation
negatively we ha\ e only ourselves to blame if it doesn't prove
to be successful. It's up to us.
-EWART YOUNG.
SEPTEMBER, 1948 13

A Short Story
by ART HARNETT
Nick Pirgello was
tough. He wasn't
going to weaken as
he walked that
last long mile .
IS Majesty's Penitentiary in
H the city of St. John's made a
sombre picture against the grey,
overcast sky on a cool autumn
afternoon in the year of our Lord,
nineteen hundred and forty eight.
Overlooking the shimmering surface
of Quidi Vidi Lake, the prison
was known both to the inmates,
and to the public, as the Lakeside
Hotel. Within its high stone walls
were housed the soul-sick men
and women from whom society
was exacting its retribution. It
""as a soul sickness compounded
of hate, cynicism and disillusion.
The great majority were serving
time (rom one to two years. Only
a few times had murder been listed
in the books, and fewer times
still had capital punishment been
carried Qut within its walls.
Because of this rarity there was
a hushed stillness around the
buildings. The usual raucous catcalls
exchanged between inmates
were absent. The guards, whenever
they entered the prison yard,
did so with a hurried step, not lingering
to gaze at what met their
eyes there. Squarely in the middle
of the yard was a rough wooden
platform surmounted by two posts
with a crossbeam at the top. The
structure was newly erected, the
galvanized heads of the nails still
retaining their rust-proof shine. A
very elementary structure retain-
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ing the crude simplicity of its
counterpart of a thousand years
before.
For days the citizens of St.
John's had followed the trial of
Nick Pirgello, arrested for the
murder of Mrs. Craig, a wealthy
widow. Pirgello had been caught
in the act of robbing her house by
the old lady, whose zeal outweighed
her better judgment. Tackling
the intruder she had been dealt a
fatal blow. Pirgel!o, immediately
under suspicion, ,was arrested and
charged.
The newspapers reported never
having come into contact 'with
such a cold, vicious character.
Allowances, of course, must always
be made for the exuberance of
newspaper reporters. However
eye-witnesses at the four-day trial
were even more pronounced in
their assertions that the devil himself
had rein on Pirgel!o's soul.
This fired the public interest so
that the whole town talked of
nothing else. Many of the reporters
had tried to gain access to
Pirgel!o's cell, but the condemned
man refused to see anyone.
The Chief Warden was decidedly
apprehensive of the conduct his
Number One guest would display
to any visitor, and it was with
misgiving that he granted Father
Lundon permission to see Pirgello.
He had issued orders that no guard
was to enter Pirgello's cell unless
accompanied by another. He was
alive to the possibility of another
killing at Nick Pirgello's hands.
Nick Pirgello was small, thin,
and very dark. His black eyes
were good under a wide brow, but
the lower part of his face fell away
into meanness and corruption. He
was conscious of this defect and
SEPTEMBER. 1948
that particular area of his face
was always in motion, stretching
and twisting, vainly striving for a
semblance of normalcy. His long
tobacco-stained fingers were constantly
busy with that part of his
face, as if to shield it. Instead
they drew attention, as they hovered
around his nose, scratched the
blue stubble on his upper lip and
picked at his decaying teeth.
Dressed now in the prison garb
of grey denim his face showed no
emotion as he sat on the one
straight backed chair in the cell,
facing the barred door. The warden's
footsteps on the concrete
floor, echoing as if in a vault apparently
failed to interest him.
Only a lifting of the eyes as the
warden halted in front of the cell
door signified that he was aware
of the other's presence.
The warden's voice broke the
silence: "Well Nick, anything I
can do for you?"
"Yeah. shut up and beat it."
"Now Nick, this is no time to
be carrying that chip on your
shoulder. I want to do whatever
I can for you tonight. Your
wishes will be granted within
reason."
Nick leaped to his feet and
sprang to the cell door. His voice
was vibrant with hate as he spoke.
"Get out of my sight, copper!
You want to see me cringe. huh?
You want to gloat at me, don't
you? See me sweat and shake?
Don't waste your time, copper. I
ain't yellow, see! Sure I'm going
to hang, but what have I got to
fear. Didn't they tel! me that God
would have mercy on my soul.
Only I ain't got one."
The warden tried once again,
"Nick what do .. ?"
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"That's not right, Nick."
"No? I'll decide what's right for
me."
uYou want to go to heaven don't
you, Son?"
"I've lived in hell ever since I
saw the light of day. It don't make
no difference now."
"Nick, I can't believe you really
feel like that."
HListen, Father," the mimicking
was absent this time. "Ever since
I was knee high, you and your
kind, pillars of the church, have
never given me and my kind a
chance to live like human beings,
always after us like bloodhounds.
Do you think a starving boy stops
to think whether he is going to
hell or heaven when he grabs that
forbidden loaf. Do you think a
man stops to think of his debt to
a society that never allows him to
payoff the mortgage that shackles
him from the time he breathes the
air of so-called freedom. Freedom!
that's a laugh! I am going to hang
tomorrow for killing a dame. I
have to pay my debt they tell me,
a life for a life. 'Thou shalt not
kill,' Alright, so what? I'm going
to swing. But don't think I'm
scared and want to be fortified by
your comfortable pretty phrases,
your mealy mouthed prayers, your
sanctimonious gestures."
Nick's voice had dropped to a
low murmur. Yet every word was
spoken with vehement malice.
HI'm sorry, Nick, I would like to
think that you were all right with
God when you went."
"I'm alright with myself."
"Do you want me to send a
message to your mother?"
"That old hag!" Nick laughed.
"Sure, tell her that her darling
boy wishes her success in her
SEPTEMBER. 1948
latest establishment on New
Gower Street. Tell her I'll see her
in hell. I'll have it all fixed for
her down there."
Father Lundon checked the
angry words that rose to his lips.
uNick, it's evident you don't want
me here. If your tormented soul
needs ... " Nick's laugh cut off
the priest's words. HSure, sure,
I'll send you a special delivery."
Waiting for the warden to open
the cell door the priest reached
into his pocket and drew forth an
object which he passed to Nick.
HIn the meantime meditate on this,
my son." It was a small gold
crucifix. Nick held it for a
moment his face working. Then
with a laugh he threw it at the
closing door where it was deflected
from the bars into a corner of
the cell. It lay on the dusty floor,
gleaming dully in the yellow light.
Nick began to pace the floor
now, back and forth.
When the warden, accompanied
by Father Lundon and four guards
approached the cell at zero hour
Nick was still pacing the floor.
The guards entered the cell and
placing themselves, one in front,
one behind and one on either side,
waited for the warden to speak.
"Are you ready, Nick?" the
warden asked.
"What difference is it going to
make, if I say I ain't?" Nick asked.
uCome on boys." The warden
motioned the guards to follow him.
With the warden in front and the
priest in the rear, the party walked
to the door at the end of the
long passage. Opening the door
they entered the prison yard.
The witnesses had already
gathered before the scaffold The
morning air was cold.
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Nick Pirgello's face was empty
of any trace of emotion, save for
a sardonic smile hovering around
his mouth. His cold black eyes
swept the group before him, and
he was heard by those near him
to murmur, almost as if to himself,
"The vultures have gathered."
The warden's voice, hard and
clear, rang through the yard,
14Have you anything to say, Nick
Pirgello?"
"No!"
The guards led the condemned
man to the steps of the gallows.
With a barely perceptible lift of
his shoulders he commenced to
walk up to the platform, and thc
hangman. Stopping directly under
the crossbeam of the scaffold he
turned and faced the hushed group
before him. The smile was gone.
His face was like molded white
marble, his eyes stared ahead unblinking.
Swiftly, the hooded hangman
slipped the black cowl over Pirgello's
head and stepped back.
Father Lundon began "I am the
Resurrection and the Life . . . "
The body of Nick Pirgello quivered
in midair and then plunged
through the trap.
The rope from the crossbeam
jerked and swayed, gradually becoming
steady. His Majesty's government
had foreclosed the mortgage.
But there is a short postscript
(0 the story of Nick Pirgello.
When they cut down the body
they noted his hands. One hand
was opened. The other was clenched.
Prying open the cold, stiff
fingers they found a small gold
crucifix. One arm of the crucifix
was bent, so hard had the fingers
gripped it.
lB
LITTLE BAY'S
TWO HEROES
by THOMAS HUSSEY
The proud record: A V.C. in the first
Great War and a D.F.C. in World War II
TWO outstanding
heroes from a
small place of
a few hundred
people is the
rare distinction
that can
be claimed by
Little Bay
James Thomas Head, Min e S , in
D.f.C. Notre Dame
Bay, well down on the northern
coast of Newfoundland.
Little Bay Mines was a thriving
community of several thousand
residents during the latter part of
last century. But then the markets
slumped and the copper mines
there were forced to close. A great
number of the families found their
way to other parts of the world,
many of them going to the Coal
Mines at Glace Bay, Cape Breton.
Among those going to Glace Bay
were Mr. and Mrs. James Croak
and Mr. and Mrs. James Head.
JOHN BERNARD CROAK, V.C.
John Bernard (Jack) Croak, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Croak, had
been born at Little Bay on May
22nd, 1895, and was about four
years old when his family left
(here. He was educated in Nova
Scotia and later went to the Canadian
West, where he was residing
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in 1914 when World War I broke
out. He first joined up with the
55th Battalion and on August 6,
1915 transferred to the 13th Battalion,
Royal Canadian Highlanders.
When the Allied victory attack
of 1918 opened the 13th Royal
Canadian Highlanders were between
two other crack Regiments,
the 16th Canadian Scottish and
the 14th Battalion Royal of Montreal.
The tanks moved in, led by
the pipers, (one tank had a piper
sitting astride as it advanced), followed
by the Highlanders. The
advance was so swift and surprising
that when they got through the
first trenches Pte. Jack Croak was
alone. Not alone with his Canadian
comrades, but alone, this boy
(rom Little Bay on the battlefields
of France.
In front of him was a German
Machine Gun Post throwing bullets
at him as he advanced. What
could this lone Newfoundlander
do? He threw a few hand grenades
into the midst of the crew and
when their fire stopped he jumped
in and captured both gun and
crew, even though he was severely
wounded in the right arm
By now his platoon was coming
up and he rejoined them. Enemy
fire was very heavy and they were
Lorced to take cover. As soon as
an opportunity came, Croak rushed
forward alone again, but was
soon followed by his comrades.
The enemy gun crew were killed
or captured and three guns taken.
It was in this skirmish that Pte.
Jack Croak was fatally wounded,
dying shortly after.
It was for this gallant action
that he was awarded the coveted
Victoria Cross.
The (ollowing citation is from
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the War Office Records;-
"On August 8th, 1918 during the
attack on Amiens Defense System,
after being separated from his section,
Private Croak encountered a
machine gun nest in Ring Copse,
which he dealt with by first bombing
unassisted and then jumping
into the post, taking the gun and
crew prisoners. Shortly afterwards
he was severely wounded
in the right arm but refused to
desist.
HIn a few minutes his platoon
which this soldier had rejoined,
again encountered a very strong
point, containing several machineguns
and they were forced to take
cover. Private Croak, however,
seeing an opportunty dashed forward
alone, and was almost immediatey
followed by the remainder
of the Platoon in a brilliant
charge. He was the first to
arrive at the trench line into which
he led the men, capturing three
machine guns and bayonetting or
capturing the entire garrison.
"The perseverance and courage
of this gallant man were undoubtedly
responsible for taking the
strongest point in the whole days
advance.
"Private Croak was a g a i n
severely wounded in the knee and
died in a few minutes."
The decoration was presented to
his mother at the Government
House in Halifax on November
22nd, 1918, by Lieutenant-Governor
Grant.
JAMES THOMAS HEAD, D.F.C.
As mentioned previously Mr.
and Mrs. James Head left Little
Bay Mines in 1901 and, like the
Croak's, moved to Glace Bay.
They lived at Glace Bay for a
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while, but moved to the Canadian
West in 1909, where Thomas
(Tommy) was born on January
16, 1915, at Taber, Alberta. The
Head's returned to Glace Bay in
1935.
Tommy enlisted in the Canadian
Army Signal Corps in 1939 when
World War II started and later
transferred to the Royal Canadian
Air Force. He took his basic
training at Toronto and went overseas
in 1942 as a Pilot Officer
Navigator. Completing his preoperational
training in England,
he joined number 427 Canadian
Heavy Bomber Squadron on May
25, 1943.
It was while serving with this
Squadron that he was recommended
for the Distinguished Flying
Cross.
After leaving England for Berlin
on August 17, 1943 with a cargo
of bombs, and flying at an altitude
of twenty-four thousand feet, another
Canadian aircraft accidently
unloaded its bombs while about
one thousand feet above Head's
craft. The result was the Canadian
bombs went through one of
their own ships making several
holes in the aircraft, one of which
was about two feet wide and seven
feet long, and knocking about
three feet off the starboard wing
tip and half the tail. They dived
from 24,000 feet to about 8,000 feet
before the crew were able to bring
the plane under control. After
dropping their load by the miraculous
efforts of the crew, they
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were able to navigate their ship
safely back to England, two hours
late, having been given up for lost.
It was the first aircraft ever to return
after such a mishap.
Tommy Head, whose father was
born in Little Bay, was the navigator
of this ship, and it was for
this incident that he was awarded
the decoration.
Completing thirty-one operational
flights over enemy territory,
Flight Lieutenant Head was posted
to the Dalton Airport in England
in 1944 as Chief Navigator Officer,
and remained there until May,
1945, when he returned to Canada
as Navigation Instructor at Dartmouth,
N. S.
Two uncles and aunts of James
Thomas Head, D.F.C., still reside
at Little Bay-Mr. and Mrs. John
Warren, and Mr. and Mrs. M. R.
Kennedy.
Tommy has one desire that he
hopes to fulfill some day, and that
is to visit Little Bay, the birthplace
of his father.
He is thirty-four years old now,
and married to a charming Canadian
girl, Eulalia Currie, and they
have four children, three boys­
Ronnie, Peter and Kevin-and a
girl-Charmaine.
His chief hobby is ralsmg
chickens and he has several very
high grade game birds in his flock.
He also owns a pedigreed bull
terrier of which he is very proud.
He holds a Civil Service position
with the Unemployment Insurance
Commission at Sydney, N. S.
Newfoundland, often the centre of various types of disasters,
contributed to the relief of distressed inhabitants of San Francisco
when disaster in the form of an earthquake hit that American
city on April 18, 1906. The Newfoundland government of the day
voted the sum of $5,000 for relief of the victims.
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• Canada Moves North
by Richard Finnie
MacMillan Company of Canada.
Toronto-$3.00
HIS is a book which should
T be of more than casual interest
to Newfoundlanders because
of Newfoundland's possession of,
and responsibility for, the vast
territory of Labrador. Described
by famed explorer, Vilhjalmur
Stefansson, as "the best general
book about Northern Canada," it
does much to upset the popular
conception of the Canadian North
as a barren land utterly unfit for
settlement or development.
Mr. Finnie, born in the Yukon
Territory, has covered most of the
Canadian Arctic and sub-Arctic
and has been an explorer-writer
since the age of eighteen. His description
of life and living in the
Canadian North has an air of
authority not present in work of
writers of a more transient type.
Probably the most controversial
part of 1\o'lr. Finnie's book is his
frank opinion that Christian missionaries
to the Eskimo and Indian
in the north have done more hann
than good to these native peoples.
He looks at things from a purely
materialistic viewpoint and seems
to be of the opinion that the Government
should take over respon-
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sibility for the education and
material welfare of the natives as
soon as possible and on a strictly
non-religious (and particularly
non-sectarian) basis.
There are veteran missionaries
who have done good work in the
arctic who could dispute with and
even perhaps confound Mr. Finnie
but his viewpoint is nevertheless
an interesting and provocative one.
• Left Turn Canada
by M. J. Coldwell
Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
Toronto and New York.
Because of their recent decision
to join in Federal Union with the
Dominion of Canada, Newfoundlanders
are going to have to decide
soon what political parties in
Canada appeal most to them.
Canada's Co-operative Commonwealth
Federation, a mildly
socialist party roughly equivalent
to Great Britain's Labor Party and
to the Labor parties of Australia
and New Zealand is a potent, but
by no means decisive, force in the
political life of the Dominion and
in this book the party's leader,
English-born M. J. Coldwell, explains
what the C.C.F. stands for.
A frankly partisan setting forth
of a party program and the Socialist
ideal, Mr. Coldwell's book
should be read as such.
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Story by DORA RUSSELL
First in a new
series of
Newfoundland
photo-tows#
"Around the
Bay" covers
some of the
hiqhliqhts of a
motor drive
around pictf.nesque
Con.
ception Bay from
St. John's to
Carbonear.
Photos by FRED RUGGLES

Few places "around the Bay" surpass the beauty of North River, which winds up a
picture-postcard valley, with little square houses standinq contentedly beside its loveliness.
North River is known, not only for its pastoral beauty, but as the home of Mrs. Ellen
Carroll, who died Dec. 6, 1942, at the aqe of 115. Mrs. Carroll was the oldest woman in
the British Empire. South River, a mile or two away, was the site of the first sawmill to
be buDt in Newfoundland, and here, too, the first land was cleared.
Another example of the beautiful scenery to be found "around tbe Bay" is this IIcene
at Avondale, at tbe head of Conception Bay. Its quiet rusticity is emphasized by the
narrow dirt road, typical of Newfoundland's bundreds of secondary road.. The settlement,
once an inshore and Labrador fisbinq centre, is now an aqricultural area. Avondale bas
lost many of her sons to tbe United States, wbere they have become structural IIteel
workers.

A more famlliar ",iew of A",ondaJe, however, i. the one pictured here, wHh H. lovely Catholic Church, typical
of the many beautiful place. of wor.hip to be found "around the Bay". Touri.t. are u.ually shown this church al
they bowl alonq the Hiqhway. "Ju.t watch:' they are told, "they call this the 'Di.appearinq Church':' And .ure
enouqh, it doe. di.appear entirely from ",iew, HappUy, the hm. roll back e",entually, and the church make. ill
appearance a9a1n.

Seventeen years in the same location has familiarized the Beach Cottage Tea Rooms of
Holyrood to thousands of "Bay" travellers. Situated on the main highway, near the Rail·
way Station, and snuggled close to an attractive salt-water pond, it offers its modern
facilities for the accommodation of sixteen boarders and thirty-five transients. The Tea Rooms
contain nine bedrooms, two !nivate dining rooms, a large dining room, sitting rooms and
two bathrooms. Its rates are moderate. Its proprietress, Mrs. E. Godson, caters to small
private parties, which delight in her chicken dinners. From her own gardens and livestock,
she offers a plentiful and wholesome su!,pIy of milk, cream, butler, egqs, chicken, vegetables,
and fruit in season. After dining, the tourist may relax comfortably on the verandah,
and enjoy the splendid view of the Bay.
Another enterprising caterinq business is to be found at rernleigh, Georgetown, a farming
settlement between Brigus Barrens and Briqus. Fernleiqh is owned and operated by
Mrs. J. J. Clarke, who has been in the hotel business for fifteen years, eight of them on
the present location. The hotel has twelve bedrooms, living and dining rooms, a lounge,
modern bathroom facilities, and carries a license for beers and wines. It is sel in clean,
spacious grounds, with an attractive pond and inviting meadows at the rear, and its sur·
roundings are equalled only by the friendly service and excellent food to be found there.

This imposinq array of modern up·to.forty.passenqer.capaclty buses are six of the eiqht operated by the Avalon
Bus Co. Ltd. Manaqinq Director L. J. Hennessey recaUs maklnq a start some eiqhteen years aqo, with a total equipment
of one seven-passenqer Ford station waqon. Since that, he says, the country has improved considerably, and
the Avalon Bus Company has kept pace. Prompt .ervice and the courtesy of sober drivers have resulted in a
stream of steady customers, many of whom have travelled by the "Avalon" for years. Its main office is in KeJIiqrews,
and its city stand at the corner of Lime and New Gower Streets. It maintains a daily and continuous
.chedule from St. John's to Kelliqrews and Tors Cove, and, In addition, caters to thousands of holiday makers. A
bus may be chartered to any point on the Avalon Peninsula. Readinq from left to riqht in the picture, are bus
drivers L. Hennessey, M. Walsh, Earle Tilley, Ray Cluney, Fred Cluney, Ray Bishop.

John Guy sailed from Bristol in
1610, and settled the first colony
at Cupids, and this historic landmark
was erected in 1910 on the
occasion of the Guy Tercentennial
celebrations. At that time. New-
"- loundlanders in Toronto presented
Cupidl with a Union Jack measuring
40 x 32 feet and believed to
be the second largest in the world.
Many descendants of the first
colonists live here to this day.
Here, in the beautiful landlocked
harbour of Cupid.. wal born the
first native white child, in 1613, to
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Gore. and
here lived for awhile the famous
North American Indian, Squantum.
I r i end of America'l Pilqrim
Fathers. Cupids' early history is
littered with destruction. from
Devon'. antagonistic fi.h mer·
chants. and from the ravaqinq. of
band. of pirates who terrorized the
coast in those days.
A splendid shot of the early seventeenth century fishing settlement of Brigus. Note
the neat but tiny Teqetable qardens. Patch.. like these are to be found allover New·
foundland. and are mute evidence of the struqgle of our people to wrest food from an
unyieldinq soil. Briqu. has a magnificent past. Foremost in the Beal hunt, back in the
days of the sailing vel.el. her fleets at one time rivalled tho.e of St. John·B. and her port
loomed large in the export of fish to foreiqn countriel. Here. was the birthplace of Captain
"Bob" BarUett. world-famous Arctic explorer, and here his sisters operate the Benville Tea
Rooml, an inn who.e atmosphere is the tourist's delight.

An old aad enterprisinq qeaeral busine" firm of Bngus is that 01 J. W. Hiscock and
Sons, Ltd. Founded in 1894. the busiaess quickly grew, with branches at Holton, Comlort
Bight and Smokey. In 1934 a lish packing plant was buUt at Bngus. The lirm's contribution
to the recent reviTals of the Bank and Seal Fishery was a banker and a sealing
ship. The three storey plaat measures 40 x 140 feet on an area of 20.000 square reet, and
makes an output 01 15,000 quintals of fish yearly. The firm is a member of HAFEL, employs
eighty seasonal worken, and supplies fifty crews of Labrador fishermen. Managing Director
01 the firm is Graham S. Hiscock, and foreman at Brigus is Wm. G. Gushue.
The.e are the premis.s of H. B. Dawe, Cupids, fish exporters and importen 01 coal.
Dawe's have lour schooners s.asoaally eagaged ia lishing and coastinq, and supply
forty.two cr.ws for the fishing operatioas at Domino, Labrador. They haye be.n supplyinq
lor the past twenty years. Last year $30,000 was paid out for labour. exclusive of lishinq.
Mr. Dawe started his business in 1924 with a smaU store. AU fish is dried at the plant
and packed for export for our loreign markets. From 75,000 to 100,000 pounds 01 chilled
salmon are taken yearly from Labrador. The two storey plant measure. 210 x 45 feet and
at Domino, there is a wharf and two stores. Mr. W. H. Akerman has been book.keeper
and accountaat for the past fifteen yean.

Harbour Grace, the "Capital of Conception Bay", is one of Newfoundland's oldest
settlements. It was raided by Captain Mannering's pirates in 1614 and was a rendezyous
for Peter Easton, whose fort stood at the iunction of Carbonear Road and Water Street,
while his lair was reputedly Just welt of Ship's Cove Head. The town was twice destroyed
by the French. It was in Harbour Grace that Wesleyanism was first introduced into the
New World. One of the earliest books written in English in the New World was penned
here. Harbour Grace was, at one time, an important fishing and sealing centre. It was
the birthplace of the renowned scientist Sir Thomas Roddick. The first airport in Newfoundland
is located here and from it many pioneer trans-Atlantic flights haye made history.
Four years ago, a disastrous fire wiped out the waterfront of Harbour Grace, and with
it, the town's qreat centre of industrial life. Yet, Phoenix-like, it has already regained
its former position as one of the island's leading fishery centres. Three large fish and
fish by-products plants are situated here - North Eastern Fisherte' Ltd., Crosbie's and
Munn's. The island-wide Agri'cuHural and Industrial Fair held there last summer was a
successful effort on the part of Harbour Gracians to promote their town_ The Cable office
operated by Cable and Wireless Ltd. is an important link: in empire cables. Newfoundland's
first public library was opened here in 181S.

Bay Roberts erected this statue
of the lone soldier to the memory
of her sons who died in World
War I. It is a symbol, not only of
the valiant spirit of those sons, but
of the living spirit that has led to
such progressive steps as the erection
of a very fine amalgamated
Ichool in the community. Bay
Roberls is the home of a large
number of Labrador-going fishermen,
and is well known for its
Western Union Cable station, established
in 1913. Men from Bay
Roberts have achieved notable sue·
i:ess in the many parts of the
world to which they have gone.
Here you will lind a large wood·
working factory, a hockey and
skating rink. a bank, and a weekly
newspaper.
A 10.000-ton steamer unloading coal at the premises of the Avalon Coal & Salt Ltd. on
the South Side of Bay Roberts illustrates the scope of business carried on by this firm.
Formerly the Avalon Coal Co. and started about 40 years ago by William Dawe. Eli Dawe
and Captain John Dawe, Avalon Coal & Salt Ltd. handles large quantities of fishery salt
as well as North Sydney Screened Coal and Welsh Anthracite. Lewis Dawe is Managing
Director.

Formerly known as Robinson's, and for many years famous as the scene of numerous weddinq parties, special
functions and celebrations, Donovan's Hostelry is situated s.ven miles from St, John's. It was the first hotel on the
hiqhway, and the first to obtain a license for beers and wines. The manaqement (proprietor Jerry Byrne) caters to
weddinqs, dinners, parties. There is dancinq six niqhts a week in the larqe, recently renovated dance hall, which
hal a capacity of one hundred. There is also a large lounqe room for tourists, eiqht bedroom. with beautiful vi.ws.
two bathrooms, with bath and shower, two dininq room.. The beautiful grounds are ideal for lawn parties,

One of the oldest Conception Bay business firms is that of George Kennedy, Avondale,
which carries a full line of general merchandise, including provisions, groceries, dry goods,
boots and shoes, and hardware. Established in 1868 by John McGee, grandfather of the
present owner and manager, the business was taken over in 1877 by Edward Kennedy,
whose Ion George has carried on since 1915. The business will some day pass to his
son, who will make the fourth generation to direct the firm. A bill of lale in Mr. Kennedy'»
possession, dated 1876, and made out to a man evidently fortilyinq himself for the Labrador
fishery, contains the two items then considered essential to the welfare of a fishermanone
t!uart of rum and one pound of 'baccy'.
Coming up Collier's Ridge, we took this shot of Whelan's sawmill. This is the only
one of its kind to be seen along the Hiqhway. It is an infallible attraction for tourists, who
like to stop and take snapshots of the old mill, with its water wheel. the relic of nineteenth
century industrialization. The sawmill uses gasoline casks as a "flume" but power is
obtained by the use of water from the dam across the road.

This viow of North River, taken from the Highway, is a familiar one to motorists. The picture shows our narrow
guoge railway track, and North River is only one of the many pretty places the railway passes. In the foreground
is the Catholic Church. There's iron in them there hills, the Snow's Pond deposit being probably a part of the same
deposit mined at world·lamous Bell Island. On these hills hazelnuts helve been picked, and in this connection, we
are reminded of the carefully written instructions to John Guy from the a ••ociates of hill company, which actually
include a project to make oil out of the wild hazelnut. found in nearby Southern River.

The electric siqn you see above this modern buildinq announces that this is "Barney·s".
It is situated six miles from St. John's, on the Topsail Road, and is owned and operated
by Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. The business was started only last year on a small
scale, and has succeeded to such an extent that it has been possible to make renovations
that have added immensely to the services it provides. A unique outdoor counter service
enables can to draw up and qet service with a minimum of delay. This curb service is
the only one of its kind in Newfoundland. Barney's have catered to as many as 130 cars
in one eveninq. The total area of the buildinq is 3000 square feet.
This interior view of "Barney's" shows a small portion of the larqe floor space. At
the bar, chocolates, cigarettes, fruit, etc., may be purchased. A magazine rack at the rear
provides reading material. and just beyond the counter is a soda fountain, with a seating
capacity of 50, and coverinq an area of 35 square feet. A snack bar, not shown in the
picture, seats about sixty people. The modernly equipped kitchen caters efficiently to
Barney's many customen. Indirect liqhtinq is provided by fluorescent lamps. Barney's
specialty is hamburgers and hot dogs, and a great variety of sandwiches may be obtained.
Cold teas are served, and advance notice .....ill provide the picnicker with a special lunch.

One ot the many beautiful churches to be found "around the Bay" i. pictur.squ. Holyrood CathoJic Church,
.ituat.d near North Arm. Holyrood i. notable a. a port to which Am.rican and Canadian bankIng v....l. com.
every y.ar in large number. to purcha.e squid bait. It bas a cold .torage bait fre.zer, privat.ly own.d. It was
h.re, in 1939 that th.ir Majestie. the KIng and Queen landed, on the occa.lon 01 their vi.it to this country.

Thirty-year old Mac Andrews, owner and proprietor 01 Andrews' Garage, South River,
opened his doors to the public last year. Mac has had Jilteen years' experience in the
motor repair bu.in.... Six 01 these he spent in Argentia at the repair garage, and two
were spent as shop foreman. He was quarterman with the United States Navy there for
lour years. Hi. new premises measure 40 x 60 leet, and are modernly equipped with
hydraulic grease ramp, etc. An makes 01 cars are .erviced, and B-A products are obtainable
there. Two full-time mechanics are employed.
That .ignposts can be decorative as well a. inlormative i. evidenced by tho example
shown here. This road-sign stands on Foley's Hill, on the Hodgewater Line. Carbonear,
to the right. is about twenty miles away, but a turn to the left will lake you on the
newly opened Cabot Highway to Bonavista, a distance 01 some two hundred miles. Atlantic
Guardian is including the "Cabot Hiqhway" in its picture-tours and a later issue will
feature that new and intere.ting run in pictorial style.

Doug Smith gets New Post
Captain
D. W. Smith
APTAIN Douglas W. Smith,
C well known to Newfoundlanders,
is the new Assistant General
Manager of the Canadian
Ordnance Association, with headquarters
in Montreal.
Though Captain Smith was born
in Winnipeg in 1913, he moved to
Newfoundland at an early age and
completed his education at Bishop
Field College, St. John's. He was
well known in athletic circles, being
the record holder for the half
mile, and he was prominent with
the Feildians. Prior to the outbreak
of World War II, he published
a weekly newspaper and a
monthly sporting magazine in St.
John's. In October, 1939, he closed
up shop and sailed for Halifax to
enlist as wireless air gunner in the
RC.A.F. He served overseas as
sergeant wireless air gunner for
two years until medically grounded.
In December, 1942, Captain
Smith re-enlisted, in the public
Relations Division of the Canadian
Army. He sailed overseas
again in March, 1943, and saw service
on the Normandy beach-head.
As business and circulation manager
he helped publish, in Caen,
the first issue of The Maple Lea/,
Northwest Europe edition, and he
continued his work with the official
Army newspaper after the
Canadian forces had become established
in Belgium and Holland.
In February 1946 Captain Smith
joined the headquarters' staff of
the Canadian Legion as Executive
Assistant in charge of Public Relations.
He plans to continue
working on the veterans' behalf on
a voluntary basis in Legion circles.
-CHARLES CLAY.
REGIONAL LIBRARIES - Wesleyville
Wesleyville Reqional Library WQS
opened by Magistrate C. M. Lane on
July 24. 1945. It is situated in a building
formerly occupied by the Bank of
Nova Scotia. This buildinq was purchased
for library purposes and com·
pletely renovated before the openinq.
The library now has a book: stock of
over one thousand books. and is open
twelve hours a weele. The number of
reqistered readers availinq of its services
is approximately four hundred.
The present officers of the Library
Board at Wesleyville are-Rev. W. Bell.
B.A.. Chairman: Miss L. Dowdinq. Secretary:
Miss A. Lacey. Treasurer. The
Librarian is Mrs. D. Sturge.
ATLANTIC GUARDIAN

-UNIQUE
CAFETERIA
course dinner costs fifty
Williams Building which
John's.
Since June 1st, 1947, employees
of the Royal Stores ltd.
have been able to eat downtown
at midday instead of going home
in wet and stormy weather,
thanks to the unique cafeteria
sponsored by the firm. A threecents
at the non-profit eating place in the
is the first of its kind to be operated in SI.
On an average day twenty persons are served, but on Saturdays
and wet days the number of diners may reach sixty. Seating capacity
is twenty-four. There is a lounge and card room attached to the
roams are also used by The Royal Stores Bowing league for meetings
and card parties.
cafeteria for the added enjoyment of the employee-patrons. These
The cafeteria was organized by Mrs. l. Bradbury (seen at right
behind counter) with the assistance of Phyllis Byrne of The Royal
Stores Grocery department (seen facing the camera at first table in
front of counter). Helper in cooking and serving the popular meals
is Mrs. Gallop (seen at Mrs. Bradbury's left).
Dinner served on the day this photograph was taken included
soup, liver with potatoes, turnips, and green peas, with apricot
.squares and tea, coffee or milk to finish up with. No meal is more
than fifty cents and the income derived pays for the food only.
Aim of The Royal Stores in maintaining the cafeteria at a loss to
the firm is service to its employees, and that this service is much appreciated
is evident from the continued patronage given Water Street's
first employee cafeteria.
SEPTEMBER. 1948 ·45

At the British Industries Fair
by PAUL MAHER
EWFOUNDLAND can well be
N proud of her contribution to
this year's British Industries Fair,
surely one of the best displays in
the whole of the huge building,
known as Earls Court, which for
the two weeks housed the vast
array of exhibits. The Newfoundland
booth was located in the
Commonwealth and Empire Section,
directly opposite the Canadian
display-a commanding position,
as it was almost straight in
line with the main doors.
Each separate article, chosen
with thought, symbolized a different
field of Newfoundland skill
ann endeavor. Some other Commonwealth
stands, I noticed, relied
entirely on charts ann photographs
of their exhibits, with not a single
"live" item on view. Not so the
Newfoundland stand. Every aspect
of our Island's productivity
was here represented by an actual
sample, direct from the hands of
the craftsmen at home.
The fret-work story of Newfoundland
life, shown across the
top in the photograph opposite.
had been stored during the war
in the attic over the Trade Commissioner's
Office on Victoria St.
One night, during a heavy raid,
an incendiary bomb pierced the
roof and started a fire three feet
from where the work lay. Due to
the quick thinking of the staff,
however, it was completely
touched by the flames.
un­
On the left, over the "fish oil"
display, are pieces of the various
raw ores to be found in New-
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foundland. The two glass display
cases in front contain actual
handicraft pieces done by Newfoundland
men and women, the
one on the left showing the exquisite
products of Nonia. At the
right rear we see a photograph of
the silver caribou given by 750
Newfoundlanders to H.R.H. Princess
Elizabeth as a wedding gift.
The centre piece is a full-size
mounted photograph of the mink
coat presented to the Princess by
Newfoundland on the same occasion.
A delegation from the London
Furriers Association inspected this
model and told Mr. Murphy, the
Assistant Trade Commissioner, it
was the finest they had ever seen.
One of them explained that their
Association had also presented the
Princess with a fur coat and a
mounted model of it had been
made for exhibition at the Toronto
Fair. Now, he said, the Newfoundland
mounting was obviously
superior and would Mr. Murphy
kindly tell them how and where
it was done? They would scrap
their own i! they could get one
like ours. Mr. Murphy was very
happy to oblige the London Furriers
Association.
During the two weeks scores of
Newfoundlanders visited our exhibit.
All were delighted to see
Ne,';foundland so ably represented.
They inquired, as I did, how
business was going. Mr. Murphy
was well pleased with the number
of prospective customers but the
exact amount of trade which
would develop could, of course,
not immediately be ascertained.
ATLANTIC GUARDIAN

CR OSSIN) (BLA CKHEAD (BA Y
Sundown when we left the Port,
bound across the bay,
Close hauled with the topsails set,
standin' out to sea,
Deck load level with the rail,
hardly room to walk,
Half the crew was loaded up,
couldn't hardly talk,
Hangin' round the weather rail,
sick as they could be,
So we set her on her course, on to
Blackhead Bay.
Starboard Watch stayed up on
deck, Port Watch went below,
Steerin' Eastward, till the wind
started up to blow,
Drivin' thru' the heavy swell, like
a frightened mule
Canvas !lappin' in the wind,
couldn't keep her full,
Water rushin' round the logs,
carried them away,
Lost our deck load overboard,
crossin' Blackhead Bay.
Misty night and bitter cold, rollin'
like a log,
Lookout on the for'ead deck
peerin' through the fog,
Bundled up with oil skins, fightin'
thro' the gale
Bosun calls all hands on deck,
time to shorten sail,
Main boom draggin' overboard,
oroke our topmast stay
Riggin' hangin' from aloft, crossin'
Blackhead Bay.
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by ELI MILES
Cut away the mainmast then,
dumped it in the s"a,
Hauled the jib and ,taysail down,
let her wear awny,
Decks awash and bulwarks gonl2::,
sick men in the bunks,
Skipper told the cross-eyed Mate,
try and man the pumps,
Davits gone and boat adrift, galley
washed away,
Double reefed the fo'sail then,
crossin' Blackhead Bay.
Combers breakin' o'er her stern,
makin' water fast,
Foremast swayin' with swell, tried
to make it fast,
Oakum spewin' from her seams
over half the deck,
Lashed the bosun to the wheel,
fioatin' to his neck,
Runnin I 'fore a north east gale on
the twelfth of May,
Had to beach her in the Cove up
in Blackhead Bay.
So listen now you Sailor Men, a
warning take from me,
Be sober when you leave the Port
to venture out to sea,
Don't never ship a cross-eyed mate
or carry too much sail,
And never pile a deck load too
high above the rail,
Be sure to shorten canvas before
it's blowed away,
Remember what a time we had
a-crossin' Blackhead Bay.
In 1858 the first Atlantic cable was laid at Bay Bulls Arm,
Trinity Bay. Owing to some difficulties, however, it ceased working
after five or six weeks. Eight years later, on July 21st, 1866,
the first successful landing of ocean cable was made at Heart's
Content, Trinity Bay. The great Cyrus K. Field was associated
with this venture, and in later years Heart's Content occupied an
important place in international telegraphic communications.
Until a few years ago a large number of men were employed in
Heart's Content, but with the advent of more modern methods of
transmission, a large decline in population took place.
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"MOTOR TOURS IN
NEWFOUNDLAND"
Harvey & Co. Ltd., pioneer
Travel Agents with offices in the
Newfoundland Hotel, St. John's,
have recently issued a distinctive
travel folder which marks a new
step in the development of the
tourist business in Newfoundland.
The folder advertises four motor
tours, taking in the Marine Drive,
Conception Bay, the City of St.
John's, and the Cabot Highway,
which are arranged by Harvey &
Co. Ltd. to suit the convenience
of tourists in St. John's or anyone
wishing to enjoy a pleasure drive
through scenic and historic areas.
Trans-Canada Airlines and Furness
Withy Co. have co-operated
with Harvey & Co. Ltd. in getting
out these attractive folders and
special information is supplied by
each of the travel companies
showing how to reach Newfoundland
from various mainland points.
Distribution of Harvey's "Motor
Tours in Newfoundland" folder
has been on a wide scale both
locally and abroad and the progressive
step taken by this firm
lends greater emphasis to both the
potential and the actual tourist
possibilities of Newfoundland.
The folder is well illustrated
and tastefully produced. It compares
favourably with the best
travel literature put out by travel
promoters in Canada and the
United States.
SEPTEMBER. \948
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gradually taken over by the state
in all countries. Thus, the posts,
which at one time were the perquisite
of kings, again became
their perquisite, or at least, of the
government or state, which, in
these days, amounts to much the
same thing. It is therefore singularly
fitting that they should be
known as the Royal Mails, and
also fitting that the postage stamps
which carry these mails should
form the basis for what is called
"the hobby of kings".
Newfoundland Stamp Oddities
The engraving and printing of
postage stamps is a highly specialized
business, and, despite the
best efforts of those who produce
them, some stamps appear with
curious errors in their design.
Actually, collectors value these
oddities highly. and often pay
fancy prices for them. One United
States airmail stamp was issued in
1918 in sheets of 100 stamps to
sell for $24, but, the lucky collector
who found a sheet with the
central design inverted, sold it
for many times that. The total
value of the stamps in the sheet
rose to approximately $250,000 by
1943.
Of interest but not of any particular
value are other kinds of
errors made in the printing or
engraving of stamps. The well
known 5c. brown stamp issued by
Newfoundland in 1865 has been
criticized because the seal has
strange looking front feet. As a
matter of fact the Harp Seal has
well developed front feet and
claws; and probably the engraver
worked from a woodcut, which
may not have been too accurate.
The 2c. Cabot stamp, issued in
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WILLIAM DAWE
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FOX ISLAND
RIVER
• LOCATION-Emptying into Port au Port Boyan Newfoundland's West Coast.
Fox Island River.
Poolo by LEE WULFF.
Courtesy Newfoundland
Tourist Office.
• ACCESSIBILITY-Detrain at Stephenville Crossing which is 94 miles from Portoux-Bosques,
453 miles from 51. John's and 240 miles from Gonder Airport. From
Stephenville Crossing it is 28 miles by rood via Port au Port, or travel may be done
by boot to the river.
• ACCOMMODATION-Milleoge Parsons, Fox
Island, has a fishing cobin on Abbott's Pool.
Mrs. Wolter Hynes, Fox Island, can accommodate
visitors in her home at the river's mouth.
C. H. McFatridge. Stephenville Crossing, will
outfit camping parties.
• SEASON-Sea trout enter the Gut at the
river's mouth as early as May 20th, and the
salmon usually enter the river from June 10th
to June 15th. The best fishing on the river is
in July. It is also good in August but it is
necessary to go 7 or 8 miles up river for it.
• GENERAL REMARKS - Fox Island River is
approximately 20 miles long and not very wide.
Its water is crystol clear but is tinged with
brown during the run-off after heavy roin. The
rise and fall of the river is very rapid.
The sea trout fishing is considered the best in
Newfoundland and lasts up to the middle of
July. Sea trout do not go above Abbott's Pool.
There is a good run of salmon in this river with
the overage about 7 Ibs. Fish up to 42 Ibs. For further information, write the Newfoundhave
been token from it. land Tourist Office, St. John's, Nfld.