Show FRIEND OF LABRADOR grenfell of labrador who is declared by lord strathcona Strath cona to bo be the most useful man in the north american continent I 1 has come to the united states to deliver a serlee series of lectures the proceeds of which lie he will devote to his philan work in the chilly northland ile he expects to raise through his lectures and the su sum in will go into the proposed hermans fishermans fis institute in st johns dr wilfred thomason Gron granfell Gr entell fell Is preacher teacher physician surgeon magistrate policeman navigator pilot charity commissioner orphans guardian grand almoner for the whole northern seaboard wreck investigator cartographer rescuer of imperiled fishermen salvager of stranded craft in a word he Is a peregrinate ing providence to the desolate region that claims his life and works lie he has raised money and built it into hospitals co opera tive stores and sawmills launches for the rapid transportation of the sick and injured to the hospitals and in various other excellent ways coming to labrador first in 1892 grenfell found permanent residents and fisher folk who came from newfoundland for eight months of the year all without religious or medical aid and ilithe in the clutches of mercenary traders who advanced them fishing outfits at enormous prices and took the seasons catch in return men alen and women were in hopeless bondage to the traders children were barefooted and naked in zero temperature parents had to borrow each others clothes and education was unknown single handed grenfell brentell Gr entell set out to change all this tie preaches doctors teaches advises comforts and cares for young and old he has revolutionized the whole section he has been honored by president roosevelt king edward oxford university and others |