Gordon Garland, St-John's, NL  -  1989

 

2006

Retirement - Gordon (Gord) Garland

 

Dear Colleagues:

 

After 31 years of service with the Department of Communications and Industry Canada,  Gord has decided to retire from the Public Service on June 29, 2006.

 

You are invited to join us, for an informal luncheon in his honor.

 

The Luncheon will get underway at 12 noon, on July 14, 2006, at Mickey Quinn's at the Delta Hotel. If you wish join us and contribute a kind word or best wishes, by all means joins us.

 

Please let Lyn know by July 07 if you are going to attend, so she can make the necessary reservations. Also, Lyn is accepting contributions towards Gords gift, if you are so inclined.

 

Hope to see you all there.

 

Jeffrey Butt

Spectrum Management - St. John's NL

June 2006

 

Good Bye Gordon

Gordon:

 

The time has come and today is your last day. To the world you may be one person, but to us you are a colleague and a friend. Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget. We will miss you !!!

 

Enjoy your retirement in the land so well described by P.E. Goldsmith who, going back 500 years, said:

 

There lies a Land in the West and North Whither the bravest men went forth, And daunted not by the fog or ice they reached at last to a Paradise. Full two thousand miles it lay washed by a sea of English grey, And they named it Newfoundland at sight; it's rather the Land of Heart's Delight !

 

Gordon, you are definitely " The Man From Newfoundland ", as described by Les Martin….

 

Happy Retirement Gordon ! ! !

 

Donald Courcy

29 June 2006

The Man From Newfoundland By Les Martin Dec 18, 1931- March 19, 1999
You will meet him as you go through life And he'll always shake your hand You can count, when you're in trouble On the man from Newfoundland	He'll invite you in and treat you well And when you drink his brand He'll tell you all the stories Of good old Newfoundland
When some folks talk about him Telling jokes which aren't too grand You can tell that they are jealous Of the man from Newfoundland	In Corner Brook or Marystown When you're dancing to a band Just listen to the fiddler He's the man from Newfoundland
From St. John's to the Grand Banks And all through this great land You'll never find another Like the man from Newfoundland	Perhaps some day you'll meet him Then you will understand Why he makes the world a better place The man from Newfoundland