Fog Delays the Departure of Labrador Supply Ship
Schooner George B. Cluett Going With Relief for
Famine-Stricken People on Its Maiden Cruise
Also Carrying Pleasure Party
Members of the Dr. Grenfell schooner, George B. Cluett, which left her berth yesterday for Labrador and was held up in the harbor last night by fog. Front, W.R. Stirling; at rear, left to right, the Misses Dorothy Stirling, Frances Smith, Harriet Houghtaling and Jean Stirling.
The heavy fog bank that descended on Boston Harbor yesterday afternoon delayed the departure of the three masted auxiliary schooner George B. Cluett, bound for Labrador with supplies for the famine stricken people of that land. Although she left the old gas house wharf at 8:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon Captain Charles Mill, her chief officer, was forced to drop anchor in lower Boston Harbor.
TAKING SUPPLIES
The vessel was chartered by W.R. Stirling of Chicago, a director of the Labrador Medical Mission, and aside from being utilized as a bearer of supplies to the sufferers of Labrador,
it will also be used as a pleasure boat by a party of Mr. Stirling's friends. After leaving supplies they will make a trip along the coast of Labrador before returning.
The members of Mr. Stirling's party are his two daughters, Miss Dorothy and Miss Jean Stirling, Miss Harriet Houghtaling of Chicago, Miss Frances Smith of Keene, N.H., and William Dickinson of Chicago. None of the young ladies of the party has ever before taken such a long sea voyage, and despite the threatening fog bank that descended about them as the boat left the wharf, anticipated a most enjoyable trip.
Made Study of Labrador
"Aren't you newspaper men ever going to let us alone?" queried Miss Jean Stirling, when she was questioned concerning the trip. "Of course, we are expecting to have the most enjoyable time of our lives. None of us has ever been far from the mainland, and I have been given to understand that the Labrador trip at this season of the year is a most pleasant one.
"As my father is deeply interested in the Labrador situation, we girls have made a study of conditions in that land and the trip for us will be instructive as well as enjoyable. None of us is what might termed a 'sea dog,' and that there will be seasickness among the party is quite likely, but we are not going to worry about it until it comes.
To Be Gone Six Weeks
"After unloading the supplies at Forteau we will proceed along the entire eastern coast of Labrador before making the return trip. In all we will cover over 6000 miles. We expect to return in about six weeks."
The Labrador cruise will be the maiden trip of the George B. Cluett. She was designed by Charles D. Mower of Philadelphia and was presented to the Labrador Medical Mission by George B. Clett of Troy, N.Y.
The Stirling party arrived in Boston from Chicago Saturday afternoon and, with scores of friends, landed at the wharf at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. They immediately boarded the schooner and with cheering and the waving of farewells started on their long cruise at 3:45 o'clock.
Wilfred Grenfell
"A Labrador Doctor"
Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Autographed to Dorothy Stirling:
Labrador 1919
The 1st Voyage of the Good Ship "George B. Cluett".
My dear Dorothy
The memory of that delightful cruise with my dear friends the Stirlings will go with me to the next field of action. Affection...
Wilfred Grenfell
Autographed Anew to Dorothy Stirling:
Further note - Mar 1920
The sea-faring ('Johnie Walker')
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"Still going strong_"
after so long with an autobiography.
W.T.G.
Further note Ap. 1923
"Dragging along" still.
W.T.G.
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