Included in this article are items which stand out perhaps in the community
history, but because of their standing apart they have not been included in the
other articles. They shall be "briefs" of people, things and events. I would like to
say something:

About People:

     Amongst our native sons we have had one Superintendent of Police at St.
John's, Mr. William Grimes, brother of our present oldest inhabitant, Mr. Thomas
Grimes. We have had one member of the Upper House of Legislative Council, Hon. James
Strong; two members of the House of Assembly, Mr. George Jones who was also
magistrate, and Mr. J. Adolphe Strong. Dr. Rex Mursell, son of the late Richard
Mursell, is a professor of Psychology in an American university.

     We have seven local ministers. They are George W. Wiseman, B.R.E., S.T.B.,
S.T.M. (grandson of Solomon) son of William H. Wiseman. He is also a poet and noted
author -- now residing at Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. William Grimes, B.A., son of
John, somewhere in the U.S.A. Harold Parsons, Bernard Parsons, sons of Duncan
Parsons, Sr., both in Canada. Gordon Weir, in Canada, Walter Jones B.A., son of
George Jones, now at Three Rivers, Quebec, and Elmo Jones, B.A., who left Pine Hill
University to go overseas with the RCA.

     Edwin, brother of Rev. George, is department head of one of New England's
largest paper companies. We have one bank manager, Harvey Mursell, son of Richard,
at Cuba. Chesley Mursell was a merchant at Naples, Italy, until the present war
broke out. Joseph Anstey is a business man in Detroit. Marden Strong is an
accountant at the Dept. of Public Utilities at St. John's, and Rupert Wiseman, B.E.
is an assistant government geologist with the Department of Natural Resources.

Nurses:
     We have nine graduate nurses among our daughters. Minnie Strong, daughter of
Joseph, who was our first graduate nurse, having trained at Milton Hospital, Boston.
Margaret Mursell, daughter of George, Christina and Gertrude Wiseman, daughters of
Walter W., Pearl Parsons, daughter of Duncan, Avice Anstey, daughter of Alex, are
all graduates of the Falkner Hospital, Jamaica Plains, Boston. Marjorie, Dorothy and
Norma Strong, daughters of the late William and Mrs. Strong, are graduates of
Highland View Hospital, New Brunswick. Ruth Wiseman, daughter of Mrs. F. Rogers
(formerly Mrs. Elsie Wiseman) and Margaret Taylor, daughter of James W. and Mrs
Taylor, are at present in training at West Middlesex County Hospital, England. Betty
Wiseman, daughter of Fred and Mrs. Wiseman is in training at the Grace Hospital, St.
John's. It should be noted that Miss Charlotte Wiseman, daughter of Solomon, started
nursing in Boston about the turn of the century and continued until she reached the
age of retirement.

Teachers:
     Here is a list of local teachers: Minnie Strong (see nurses), Helena Strong,
now Lady Squires, Annie Parsons, Blanche Tuffin, Amelia Mursell, Jessie Mursell,
Ettie Forward, Bessie Strong, Minnie Thistle, May Parsons, Lulu Jones, Laura Jones,
Marjorie Jones, Avice Anstey, Gertrude Wiseman, Iris Jones, Elsie Lock, William
Mursell, Dorothy Strong and Roy Taylor.

     The following are teachers at present: Margaret Rendell, Evelyn Grimes, Violet
Jones, Delphine Wiseman and Robert Hellier. Thomas Wiseman, George Jones and Oscar
Anstey are students at Memorial College.

Events & Things:
     The first steamship to enter the harbour was a tug boat, piloted in the
harbour by Uncle Tom Grimes, 70 years ago. Two schooners have, during the Island's
History, been lost with all hands; The first one was the Campbell schooner (see
history of people), and the other one was skippered by Ray Wiseman, which was never
heard of again after leaving the Island for White Bay.

     About 70 years ago, Jacob and James Weir, sons of the first Weir settlers,
Isaac Weir, and John Coles, were driven off in a gale of westerly wind and never
heard of again. It is a coincident[sic] that on the same date, the 17th of June, two
men who were here from Herring Neck for the winters sealing, Thomas Smart and John
Dinney, were also driven off in a westerly gale.

     The first stove was owned by William Mursell, a Waterloo No. 3, and it is
still in use at Springdale. William Mursell also owned the first cod-trap. The first
motor boat was owned by Rev. Sidey and the first fishing motor boat by Richard
Anstey.

     The first Sports Day ever held in the Bay took place here May 24th, 1929, when
Rev. L. Burry, B.A. organized a Sports Day program. Ever since, May 24th, Empire
Day, has been the most popular day in the year for the community. People from all
the nearby settlements gather here for the Annual Sports program, which is ended by
a play at night staged by local players.

     During the day the football championship for the Bay is decided by a match
played between the best students of the Bay. Football has been one of the great
games of the Island, and Mr. H. L. Strong organized in 1930, a Football Association
which has been active ever since. I may say that Mr. Strong has been very active in
all the sports life of the Island, but especially football and lawn tennis, which
has played a large part in the social life of our young people.

More About People:
     J.F. Hyde Esq. Customs Officer; Rev. R.N. Rowsell B.A. U.C. Minister; 
Capt. Noble S.A. Salvation Army Leader and Teacher; H.T. Burden, Principal U.C.
School; Miss Vera Small, Primary Teacher U.C. School; W.W. Wiseman Esq. Commissioner
of the Supreme Court; G. Jones Esq. Justice of the Peace; H.S. Hollier, Esq. Deputy
Sheriff; Mrs. F. N. Wiseman, President of W.P.A.; J.A. Strong Esq. President of
N.P.A.; Mrs. A. Anstey, President of Jubilee Guilds; Doctor: Nobody, Badly needed.
Nurse: Nobody, Badly needed. 
Magistrate:    B. Andrews Esq. B.A.     Resides at Springdale.
Ranger:        R. Manuel Esq.           Resides at Springdale.