ST. JOHN'S, Nlld. ICPJ-The lcchird nestled beside a whirl in 51. John's harbor Monday. IJFBPEI” mg to spread her wings and head my Bermuda. away from the snow and mm that have already chilled S... foundlan .. The lcebird is the tiny sailing .hi"p that since 1952 has carried y).ycar-old Dr. Joseph L. Cunning- ham. iicr skipper. cook and NOW- on storybook mcnnderings around ilic -ttlantic. Shcls a trim iii-footer. witii a live ton displacement. She'll roll 8 little way with gentle areas, but not much farther with zillilly 0"'35- H97 iilack hull juts almost vertcally about three feet out of water. and ier mast towers 30 feet into the ! She's as snug and compact inside as out. p . The Icebirri slipped flulclly "110 purl a week ago. but didn't attract much attention until her presence Tiny Sailing Ship Carries DociorOnManyAdvenl'ures duriinz the weekend Since then Dr weather. He plans to leave Thurs- Cunningham's mentality has been day and Wm make no smps en debated along the waterfront. mute. UNDER QUESTION LONG TOUR "Man would be a fool to take . ,, t. A - ' anything the size of mm outside He had the I(.(.l)lld built in south the harbor!" 8 grizzled Om timer ern England in 1952. and that fall declared. left Northern Ireland to cross the "He's got good guts. that's what ocean. He sailed her via Madiera, he's got." replied a big. snaggle- the Barbados. the West Indies. toothed fisherman in a flannel sliii't'Bermud8. Newport. Ill. and Hall- and shapeless brown hat. ”I'dlfax to Newfoundland He wintered sooner cross the ocean in a dury."t8m0nE the Carribbe-in isles and ut Dr. Cunningham, an ami- arrived here in the spring of I953. able bespectacled adventurer withl since then he's spam lime push. a ruddy lace and curly hair. ap- ing the Icebird's bow into the pears tiuite sane. , . crannies of the Newfoundland He says she's a good little slilplcoastllne. but also served 18 months as a doctor at the radar post on Resolute island. between for crossing the Atlantic. He didn't see anything out of thel ordinary in undertaking the 1,080 mile voyage to Bermuda alone. He said in an interview Monday ., it has broadcast over I radio station Insist tor better For better 329 Cashmere... and get more quality and value for your money. : Cashmere Tissue is available 'in pink, ycllovkbluc and L . I green in 700 sheet rolls-as well as white in 750 sheet rolls. PRODUCTS OF CANADA PAPER COMPANY! NIC-as FALL ' COATS . 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RIDES ON SWELLS There were gusts up to 73 miles an hour "but I was able to keep her under sail." he said. With a small 60 square foot jib she rode to the top of each swell and only the top two feet of the crest broke over her. "Sill" rides the waves like A leo- gull." he says, "and soils h-.i-sci! nine tenths of the time." Dr. Cunningham is free to road. sleep or cook in his booklincd cabin. "The wind shifts faster than the seas do. and the change of motion over the waves wakes me Navigation is very simple he says. ”at school I was very hot on mathematics." He sad as long as he could make occasional sightings there was little difficulty navigat- ing a ship moving at about five knots. The best Icebird had done was seven knots- MAY RETURN This winter he may sail on l'rom Bermuda to take a job in the West Indies. or he may return to Canada to in job on the mid-Canada radar line. "I love the sea." he says. "and I love medicine. I keep trying to find a job that combines them." He stays in Newfoundland when he isn't wandering. "I'm not married. Couldnlt sail around this way if I was." How did he name his ship the JNl'BEBil AUX'ILl.AEY Mean: committee. It no moved 1nd seconded that I penny auction Wed.. Oct. 12, 1955 The Guardian Page 1! The .e -ular monthly mectuig of the iiioihi-i-'5 'Aiixiliary of the Is! he gcldmat lion)”-'4me 33:! WINS Music Iiwiinn Charlottetown.ti'oop was held on on cto 'r B . D-m- 3- HELSINKI Finland (Ap)4;erg ?;!a)G:0lIll7Clt 20th at the Holy Name erial gfor neckerchiefs for Scouts man, American composer p.ul' , . . '&nCl Cubs were Purchased by the Hindemith has " ted one of the The l"'CW!'-'"!v MP5 (IUWHP C"i""' Sewing tolnnlmeet music world's biggest awards. the dler opened the meeting with pray- After further discussion pei'tain- Jean Sibelius prize. It amounts to or followed by roll-call. The sec- ing to fall activities the meeting 7.500.000 finnmarka (about :32.- rclary Feud tlie mllIu'eS Ul the was adjourned. Lunch was ser- 500). Hindemith. now 59, went to previous income. The president ved by Mrs. George Chandler. Mrs. the United SLILES from his native then called on the nominating com- Gerald Mitchell and Mrs- Malcolm Germany after the Nazis con- mittce to bring in their new slate Macnonaid, demned his mum, ., umgerman, of officers for the coming year. --W" 7-” - -Wm e The following being elected: pres- ident, Mrs- Alan MacKinnon; Vice-l prcmdent. Mrs. Frank Saunders; secretary. Mrs. Walter Afflcck; treasurer. Mrs. Gerald Mitchell. Mrs. Chandler then handed the. meeting over to the newly appoiiit-. ' ed president Mrs. Alan MacKin- You Are Cordially Invited To See non. It was moved and seconded our Display that the finance committee would ' in future be called the Ways and Icebiril? ''It is the smallest sea- GREAT GEORGE STREET bird wintering in the North Atlan-I l) t' .' ' . . an They ride out the Storms. I, Jewellers (IIIL Specialists Watchmukers thought it was quite fitting." . 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