By ani and By Air 
     
    
   
   
    
     I would be very remiss not to mention the support 
     
     of my wife, but also the great help she gave me, especially 
     
     correcting my history essays before I passed them in to 
     
     Lily Seaman, who never mentioned a wrong spelling or 
     
     incorrect English, which were my two weak spots and still 
     
     are. Of course, in medical school I either had to learn to 
     
     spell or to write poorly. I found the latter easier to obtain 
     
     - I don’t ever recall all through my medical training that a 
     
     poor spelling was pointed out - they were more interested 
     
     in trying to read my writing. 
     
    

    
     When I reviewed the Provincial Journal, I note in 
     
     the Governor’s Report that tuberculosis was the greatest, as 
     
     he put it, ”our major enemy,” and he mentioned cancer as 
     
     the other great enemy. The other diseases noted by Public 
     
     Health were diphtheria, parathyroid fever, poliomyelitis, 
     
     smallpox and venereal disease. 
     
    

    
     Even after 50 years I still recall sitting on the 
     
     platform awaiting graduation and the Premier of the 
     
     province, the Honourable Walter Jones, giving his speech 
     
     and looking down at the large audience, awaiting results 
     
     with bated breath and him looking over the crowds and 
     
     saying, ”I am surprised to see so many of you men in the 
     
     audience. I would think it would be better if you were 
     
     home spreading manure with your fathers on such a nice 
     
     sunny day.” My name was on the radio for getting the 
     
     college prize. I felt that my father, who was listening to the 
     
     news that evening, got some kind of a lift, as very shortly 
     
     before I graduated, my name had been announced on the 
     
     radio, when I was presented with the Distinguished Flying 
     
     Cross by Lieutenant-Governor Bernard. As far as I was 
     
     concerned, walking up for the $12.50 prize was far more 
     
     honour than when presented with the DFC. I also felt some 
     
     security as I was picked as one of the four students to work 
     
     in the Income Tax Department that summer, awaiting that 
     
    
   
   
    
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