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Letters / Poems

In Memoriam (written by William Henry Smith in memory of his wife Mary Jane (Oldford) Smith, 1936

Mildred Stringer’s letter to her friend, Dorothy (Dottie) Stringer Drodge, written when Mildred was in the Sanitarium in St. John’s.

MY SHANGRI-LA by Garfield Seaward

New Items

- Video of Memorial Day Service 2022
- My Shangri-La by Garfield Seaward
- Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada's visit to Southwest Arm War Memorial
- Heart’s Ease Holds Sociable for Monument, 1919
- Trailer for upcoming video on the Southwest Arm War Memorial Project
- Information on John Thomas Drodge house in Caplin Cove
- Descendants of James and Maria (Mayo) Drover
- Selling at a Bargain
- Death of Mrs. Avery, 1913
- Photos of Northern Bight Station
- Obituary for Dennis Shawn Drover
- Unusual Case is Heard in Supreme Court
- Bride, a horse from Butter Cove
- Photo of a horse named Max
- Obituary for Lillian Pearl (Vivian) Giles Hillier, 2018
- Obituary for Victor Smith
- Obituary for Mary Ann Benson, 1918
- Obituary for Maxwell Marsh, 2022
- Robbery on a Schooner
- Obituaries for Kenneth Benson and Sylvia (Smith) Vey
- Tragedy at Gooseberry Cove, 1926
- Report of Relief Commissioner for Trinity Centre, 1932
- Waterfront Directory, 1946
- Obituary for Ena Louise (Robbins) Howse
- Thirty four Students Win Confederation Bursaries
- Wedding Bells, Wm. H. Smith-Mary Jane Olford, 1909
- From Southport
- Home Destroyed by Fire, 1947
- Marriage announcement for Moses Wilcox and Mary Jan Hiscock, 1889
- Obituary for Nathan Seward and Elaine (Avery) Stringer
- St. Jones Within Local Council, 1917
- Indian Axe for Museum
- Obituary for George Norris, 1959
- Rifleman Albert Cumby
- Sunnyside Notes, 1945
- Obituaries for Navin Lambert, Mildred Hiscock, and Jacob Smith
- Visitation Voyage, 1907
- Random and the Nuclear Age
- Women rowing in the regatta, 1949
- Dinah Martin on Holiday, 1951
- Obituary for Hayward Martin, 2011
- Marriage of David Jacobs and Alice Martin
- New Scout Troop
- Effie Stringer visits her father, 1956
- Private John Lambert, updated
- Thomas Lambert, R.N.R., updated
- Elijah Price, R.N.R., updated
- Southport Concert, 1918
- Marriages, 1894
- Old Colony Airways Land at Hodge's Cove, 1934

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