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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1951
Page
4
A Wingate notice discusses unemployment insurance policy and benefits. It questions why regular workers file late and why benefits lapse during off months, arguing for timely support to avoid hardship before aid arrives. It reflects local concerns about eligibility and merchant credit amid Canada Post posting.
A letter blames the Grand Falls Unemployment Insurance Office for poor service and waste, citing misfiled benefits, delayed or misplaced cheques, and inconsistent staff efficiency. The author urges officials to weed out failing employees and notes bizarre claim verifications and mistaken addresses.
An Life Magazine advertisement text endorses independence for fishermen, extolling the hard life at sea. It speaks of schooners, motorboats, codtraps and the salt bonds of crew, urging self reliance while acknowledging shared heritage and future prosperity. The note from John Hancock Life lists alterations to fit Newfoundland fishers context.
Two vessels from Change Islands and one from Herring Neck became ice bound yesterday at Little Harbour. Local authorities reported the incident and monitored the situation as crews awaited safer passage.
March 28 to April 3 1951 notes list several individuals including Mrs Eli Reid and Baby Giles Porte Thelma Jenkins Mrs Stewart Thoms Boyd s Cove Mrs Lovisa White Jenkin s Cove Mrs Earnest Spencer Mrs Thomas Knight Moreton s Hr Mrs John Gleason Manuel s Cove Mrs Janac Keefe Burnt Cove Mrs Benjamin Freeman Mrs Wealey Price Back Bri Alfred Warren Herring Neck
For the month of March there were 889 Admissions, 100 Discharges, 27 Operations, 16 Births, 2 Deaths. Names list multiple discharged individuals and families across Twillingate Bluff Head Cove Back Harbour Manuel's Cove Moreton's Harbour Crow Head and nearby areas.
Twillingate and Summerford trailmen of 80 and 50 bag mail loads arrived at the post office on Wednesday. Messrs Roberts and Guy face a hard winter as their first season on the overland route, yet public sympathy remains high while weather makes travel grueling and schedules slip.
The article compares this winter to any in the last fifty years noting lack of frost and shifting ice. It praises Roberta and Guy for extraordinary effort fulfilling their contract amid rough ice between islands and variable conditions.
The report notes about a half dozen seals taken this week and ice conditions largely unchanged. An offshore ice jam four miles out creates open water along shore from Ship's Run to Fogo, allowing seals to work nearer shore. Several sealing ships remain near Groats Islands while others push toward open water. large bedlamers patches were spotted near Long Point.
Edna J Elliott of Twillingate Hospital thanks friends who sent telegrams and cards of sympathy after the death of her dear father on December 31st, 1950.
A farce follows Deacon Dubbs visiting nephew Amos Coleman and Rose Raleigh. Rose’s farm faces auction due to a preclosure suit. Crawley seeks the farm with oil on the hill, while Deacon’s drunken antics derail the bid. Act II ends with Rose and Amos’s wedding, Deacon’s flirtations, and Rawdon Crawley’s arrest. In Act III, Rawdon escapes, and Deacon arranges a quartet honeymoon back to Sorghum Center as further hijinks unfold.
A birth notice reports the arrival of a child to Mr. Mreu and Mrs. Francie Burt on an unclear date in March. The fragmentary OCR conveys the event but omits full details.
For years after Easter St Peters Congregation holds a Sale and Tea at the Parish Hall. Last Wednesday many attended a pleasant evening that added to funds needed for yearly expenditures, with gross receipts near 250.
The Ewillingate regional committee of the National Institute for the Bling starts a house to house collection on April 16. Organizers expect a very generous response.
A letter to the editor in Twillingate Sur complains about neglected roads and questions a $10,000 grant for road reconditioning. The writer mocks the Road Committee’s priorities, noting no residents along the cited road and minimal daytime activity, and wonders if political motives influence spending.
The program features Deacon Dubbs Amos Coleman and Trixie Coleman with appearances by Yennie Yensen Rose Raleigh and Hazel Moore as a lively cast. Doors open at 7 30 p m for the country product evening of entertainment and nostalgia.
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