Moravian Mission Report 1949 from Nain and Hebron
Moravian mission notes moral lapses and youth striving to live by Christ. Liquor law relaxations after Canada confederation led to occasional prosecutions. Mission plans religious and educational broadcasts in English and Eskimo, plus family prayers at night. A diesel plant serves Nain with a gasoline backup, and efforts aim to retain communal Eskimo spirit. Easter sickness hit hard. penicillin and a Newfoundland premier aid helped. Ascension Day confirmed fifteen in Hebron and three in Okkak. Day school opened November 14 with twenty six students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Hebron
Nain
Okkak
Hopedale Mission News Highlights New Benefits and Hard Times
The Hopedale mission reports government family allowances for mothers with children, plans for an old age pension and blind pension, and a new motor boat. A day school with Margaret J. Fountain opened for over forty local children. Re construction progress continued at no cost to daily work, while fishery and dog food shortages affected Labrador workers. A dangerous homemade operation on a newborn survived after a late spring need.
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Hopedale
Siegfried Hettasch
Apuil
Canada
Yeach
Penslon
Margaret J. Fountain
Aluminum safety myth endures despite scientific tests
A long discussion notes repeated public fears about cooking with aluminum utensils despite extensive laboratory tests and official statements from the Quebec Health Department that such use is not hazardous. It contrasts stubborn beliefs with scientific proof and mentions widespread persistence of the rumor. It also cites a separate Illinois experiment showing milk production rising up to 50 percent when cows receive softened water, suggesting minerals in hard water affect digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Department of Health
Illinois
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Hebron F. M. Grubb
Newfoundland
St John's
Efert
Galecom
Signal Corps
Army
The
Buckmaster’s Field
ST. John's, Newfoundland
Edwin Facey & Son
Brick
Gerald S. Doyle
St, John's
Clso
Scawaley
John Gillett & Son
Twillingate
Coventry Victor Motor Co
England
Qurrston
Carnation Go. Limited
St. John’s
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