Vol. 47, No. 2 (Special Issue)

“How dare I think that I had knowledge enough to be in charge of people’s lives! I didn’t really believed that she could have been saved, but I yearned to have Dr. Curtis with me, if only to have someone to talk to about my fears” Millicent Loder, ‘Millie’s Journey’

“Several of the Grenfell nurses documented their adventures in Labrador in books they wrote. Leslie Diack was one such nurse, who worked at the Grenfell Stations in Spotted Islands, St. Mary’s River (now Mary’s Harbour), and Forteau from 1948 to 1953.” ‘Grenfell Nurses’

“The babies was weighed on fish scales, those old long ones that you hang from a beam. They were eight pounds each, I just couldn’t believe it. It never ever crossed my mind that they’d be that big. Of course, some of my children was ever under seven pounds.” Lavinia Mesher, ‘I was excited about my twins’