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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1949
Page
4
A late 19th century Twillingate notice from the Department of Home Affairs appears to be signed by I. Clarke as master and proprietor. The document states publication in Twillingate Newfoundland on a Saturday and mentions deadlines for communications received by Wednesday noon.
The province braces for the Fogo Bonavista bye election with Liberal and Progressive Conservative chances discussed. Leaders named include J R Smallsweed and H G Real while speculation on party support and Confederation loyalties informs the forecast.
Notice seeks teachers for several schools including Vice Principal and Kindergarten at Central Schools and various primary rooms in Manuel's Cove Jenkin's Cove Bluf Hesd ove Little Harbour Kettle Cove and Wild Cove. Music preferred. apply to Secretary Mr RB Smith.
Easter Bay churches outline service times for Church of England St Andrews United Church Salvation Army Pentecostal Assembly. Holy Communions, Sunday schools, lay readers, and evening services listed across multiple congregations with festival preparations and evangelistic events. Major C Thompson and family are noted hosts and welcoming.
The Margaret Josephine began the 1949 season with passengers for Lewisporte though landings at Salt Pond only possible. Seals were scarce with fishermen reporting many days of slow effort, a few bedlamers and young seals caught, while crews returned from Notre Dame and Green Bays with limited hauls.
A report notes seals in a local waterway, with a younger animal taking to a larger ice pan and being helped ashore when a boy fell into deep water. The incident parallels a boy who narrowly drifted, then recovered and returned to the ice. Officials declare Monday April 18 and Saturday April 24 as holidays for St. George's Day.
Birchy Bay Lumber Co seeks approximately 8009 feet of 2 14 inch and 3 inch wharf plank, width 5 to 10 inches, length 10 to 14 feet, guaranteed all spruce, Birchy Bay.
The U C Board of Education invites applications from qualified teachers for Moreton's Harbour Tizzard's Harbour and Bridgeporte schools. Salaries align with government grant. Duties begin September 1949. Apply to the Chairman with qualifications and experience.
A Newfound land weekly notes willingness of certain individuals to accept nomination in the forthcoming provincial elections. Petitions circulate among some candidates while local names emerge without formal declarations. The paper invites public suggestions to improve representation in the district and stresses it does not endorse any petition.
Production details for a play set at Ma Averill's boarding house in California outline acts and timing. Cast includes Tom Spark Wally Allan Miss Sophia Starkes Kitten Blake and Ralph Anstey with a two act plus curtain cue sequence and ticket date reminder.
A proposal offers free space to any signer to place before the public the name of a person they trust to serve the district and country faithfully. The anonymous or signed notices aim to inform voters of a candidate believed to act with honesty and ability.
Reported starvation in Labrador settlements prompts the ice breaker Laurel to bring aid. Nurse Dorothy Jupp's hospital alert spurred RCAF planes delivering provisions, with Baine Johnson Ltd and government support coordinating supplies and on site distribution officials. Concerns arise over delays and potential neglect. An influenza outbreak affects Eskimo communities near Hebron, with medical teams planning further deliveries to Goose Bay.
Dozens of cases appear in Nain with two hundred people affected at once and up to twenty deaths. Hopedale reports twelve deaths while five Montagnais near Davis Inlet die. Goose Air Field doctors and supplies help, food drops occur, and travel bans isolate Nutak Hebron to protect Eskimo populations with no cases.
Slogan filled sales notice advertises 50 percent profits and widespread customer satisfaction. It lists Dry Goods lines for men women and children including wear linens and notions with dress and work shirts pants overalls and underwear. Offers free illustrated wholesale catalogue for spring and summer with money back guarantee and mentions May 14th.
A long string of patient and resident names appears in hospital notes including Blanche Guy Roy Reid Audrey Keefe Bert Fudge Verna Gillette Hedley Rogers Mary Woolridge and many others linked to Twillingate Fogo Seldom Cove Cottles Island and Arm The fragmented OCR lists residents and visitors such as Mrs Martin Stockley Mrs Hedley Weat Mrs William Rideout Mrs Peter Pelley and Mrs Clarence Rogere plus locals from Indian Cove Moreton’s Harbour and Virgin Arm with several babies mentioned in passing.
Fragmentary OCR lists several place names and surnames including Campbellton Bernice Beten Summerford Western Head whitte Hr. Vetoa ry Woolridge Bintt Head with unclear context and dates. The text shows scattered locations and personal names without a coherent event.
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