Reminiscing with Downhome Readers

April 2020

Downhome Readers Reminisce through Photos and the Stories Behind them

A Happy Couple

Cathy Gale, Codroy Valley, NL

Cathy Gale sent in this photo of her grandparents, John (Archie) and Annie (Murray) MacDonald of Saint Andrew’s, Codroy Valley, NL. She writes, “They were married November 28, 1928, at Precious Blood Church in Saint Andrew’s by Monsignor Andrew Sears.”

Chafe’s Landing Memories

Gwen Williams, Campbellton, ON

Submitter Gwen Williams writes, “I was born [in Petty Harbour], along with my three brothers and three sisters: George, Alex, Eugene, Margery, Valda and Olive.” Here Gwen is pictured with her older sisters, Valda and Margery. “This was taken in our backyard around 1943-44, right next door to Chafe’s Landing, or as we would say, Fanny and Edgar’s.”

Finding Home

Yuvadee Feltham, Glovertown, NL

Yuvadee Feltham sent us this photo of her first visit to Newfoundland in October 1994. She writes, “In 1994, I immigrated with my husband and son from Thailand to Ontario, Canada; and every year, afterwards, we visited many places throughout North America, especially my husband’s birth province [NL]. In 1998, we moved from Ontario to live permanently in Glovertown.”

This Month in History

Greenspond Historical Society Photo

On April 4, 1933, Louise Saunders (1893-1969) of Greenspond was called to the bar, becoming the first woman lawyer in Newfoundland and Labrador. Saunders became interested in law while working as a secretary for the law firm of Sir Richard Squires in the 1920s. She articled from 1928-1932. Memorial University archivist Bert Riggs suggests that most of her articling (apprenticeship) would have been self-directed, because Squires was prime minister at the time and was busy trying to keep Newfoundland from going bankrupt and fighting off allegations of corruption. Saunders became a partner in Squires’ law firm, working mainly on civil law, probates, property law and estate administration. By 1942, the other partners in the firm had either left or died, and Saunders practised alone until 1951, when she took on a new partner, Stan F. Carew. In 1964, Saunders became the first woman in the province appointed to Queen’s Counsel, a title granted to lawyers for years of commitment to the practice of law. She continued to practise law until her death in St. John’s in 1969.

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