[ Home ] [ Introduction ] [ Biographies ] [ Themes ]   Mrs. E. G. Bartlett was born in Harbour Grace on November 22, 1911. She has lived in Newfoundland her whole life, moving back and forth from Harbour Grace to Buchans. She was a teacher at Buchans public school and the first commissioner of Girl Guides in Buchans. She also started the Brownies in Buchans. She has a special attachment to Mount Pearl because that is where she became engaged to Mr. Ernest G. Bartlett. Her only daughter and three of her grandchildren now reside in Mount Pearl. She says she thinks Mount Pearl is a "lovely city" with a quiet "country atmosphere". She remembers Mount Pearl as a country place where many people had cabins. "There were no houses," she says. Mrs. Bartlett is one of many people who have a special place in their hearts for Mount Pearl.