Mrs. Ann or John's Ann was born in St. Shott's, St. Mary's Bay. She has lived in St. Joseph's since she got married in 1952. She is very proud of her four sons, who are all lawyers, and she plans to take swimming and painting lessons.

LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS

I was born in St. Shott's, a small community in St. Mary's Bay. My mother died when I was six years old, leaving four small children ages two to eight years. I was the oldest girl and had to take over many duties and responsibilities. With some outside help I managed to look after my two younger sisters, my brother and my father until I was thirteen years old. I attended school until grade eight. I was forced to leave because I could no longer cope with so many demands.

At fourteen years of age, I left home to work at Littledale in St. John's. The highlight of my stay here was being in the presence of royalty when King George and Queen Elizabeth visited the city. They passed by the Littledale entrance as I stood on the sidewalk. I can see them yet as they drove by in an open vehicle waving and smiling.

After one year of very hard work, my father took me home. When I was sixteen I left home again to do a nurse's aide course at the General Hospital in St. John's. It was during my eight years working there that I met my future husband, John Daley. I knew in my heart and soul the first time I saw him that he was the man for me.

However, I had a yearning to travel. I had an unfulfilled urge to experience new places and meet new people. John, on the other hand, was involved in travel of a different kind. He was employed at Sagalek Airforce station in Labrador. Our courtship soon developed into a long distance relationship that grew and blossomed through few personal encounters but many, many letters and cards. As I travelled and worked from St. John's to Toronto to Montreal and on to Vancouver, John was spending ten months of each year away in the North.