Obituary for Capt Frank Roberts Sr. of Twillingate
The Twillingate Sun reports the death of Capt Frank Roberts Sr. at 79 after a four day illness in Brooklyn where he had lived with his family during winters. Survived by sons Thackeray Frank Jr and Laurie all of Brooklyn and daughters Emily Woolley of New Jersey and Joyce Sparks of the Bronx, with sister Mrs Lavinia Roberts in Swillingate. Funeral held at Park Slope Methodist Church Brooklyn with a Masonic fraternal service. Burial in Twillingate. funeral leans on biblical passages and reminiscences of a long coastal shipping life.
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Frank Roberts Sr
Twillingate
Foundland
Frank Jr
Brooklyn
Thackeray
Laurie
Emily
C. Woolley
New Jersey
Joyce
R. Sparks
Bronx
N.Y
Lavinia Roberts
Swillingate
Stells Manuel
Memorial Hospital
Prank
Park Slope Methodist Church
Sixth Avenue
Fight Street
R. Roberts
Gospel of St. John
Fist Corinthians
Roberta
Jesus Saviour
Masons
Newfoundland
Jesus
Discharges Listed From Several Newfoundland Towns
A list of discharge notices includes Mrs Martin Sansome of Black Island Solomon Warren Herminfe Neck Blanche Goy Mrs Margaret Elliott Tawillingate Raymond Wellon Mrs Raymond Wellon Corner Brook Audrey Keefe Little Harbour Cytil Preston Verna Gillett Arm Harry Wineham William Brown Bluff Head Cove Mrs Bert Smith Jenkin's Cove Mrs Roy Retford Mrs H B Trench Gander Hay Bernice Boyd Summerford Mary Waelridge Fogo.
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Martin Sansome
Black Is
Solomon
Warren
Herminfe Neck
Blanche Goy
Margaret Elliott
Tawillingate
Raymond Wellon
Corner Brook
Audrey Keefe Little
Cytil
Preston
Verna Gillett
Harry Wineham
Wiliam Brown
Bluff Head Cove
Bert Smith
Jenkin‘s Cove
Roy Retford
H. B. Trench
Gander Hay
Bernice Boyd Summerford
Mary’ Waelridge
Fogo
Hospital Notes April 13 19 1949
Hospital notes list names including Mrs Abner Budgell Exports Beatrice Rice Black Is Elizabeth Hoibs St Johns Mary Bats Eileen Jenkins Anne George Jets hinge Moratons Hr Wilson Froude Hart s Cove Belle.
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Abner Budgell
Beatrice Rice
Elizabeth Hoibs
St. John’s
Bats
Eileen Jenkins
Anne George Jetshinge
Moratons
Wilson Froude
Belle
Births and Operations Reported in Local Notices
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr and Mrs Abner Budgell and a son for Mr and Mrs Lloyd Howell of Herring Neck. Medical operations note Cecelia Martin of Boyds Cove and a series of patients including Theodore Luther, Elizabeth Hobbs, George Jennings, Moreton's Harbour, Arthur Sharpe of Crow Head, and Belle Young Lloyd Young of Twillingate in St John’s.
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Young Lloyd Young
Twilling
Victor Greekham
Mani
Toy Neck
Batts
Theophilus Bixby
Arthur Sharpe
Crow Head
Abner Budgell Exploits
Lloyd Howell
Herring Neck
Cecelia Martin
Boyds
Cove
Theodore Luther
Belle Young
Lloyd Young
Twillingate
Elizabeth Hobbs
St John’s
George Jennings Moreton
Arthur
Sharpe
FBI digs up bank loot from Staten Island graveyard
FBI agents unearthed a large portion of the $62,000 in embezzled funds linked to Richard H. Crowe from a Staten Island graveyard using floodlit excavation. Crowe, former assistant manager of a Manhattan National City Bank branch, had already drawn custody in Florida and faced a grand jury indictment for theft.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Staten Island
Richard H. Crowe
Manhattan
National City Bank
FBI
Crowe
Florida
Ito Bellevue Hospital
New York Girl Plunges To Death
A New York eighteen year old girl, Catta Copeland, pledged to her death, leaped from a fourteen story building. Police reported she lived with her parents and the incident occurred on April 11th. The article notes she was a singing student and mentions a man named Danny and her emotions after the tragedy.
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Catta Copeland
New York
Danny
Aubedss
Marty
A Father’s Lesson on Building a Man
A poetic reflection on fatherhood, urging a father to guide his son by word and deed. It emphasizes patience, daily duties, and setting examples as essential to shaping character. The piece frames fatherhood as work without set hours, a steady labor to nurture responsible, principled sons.
Change Name Of Department Lighthouse Division to Transport
The Lighthouse Department becomes the Department of Transport Marine Services Lighthouse Division with F A McKinnon in temporary charge. Previously repairs and maintenance of wharves lighthouses breakwaters and navigational aids moved to Public Works. The new division handles marine services navigational aids and related administration.
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Lighthouse Department
Department of Transport, Marine Services Lighthouse Division
F. A. McKinnon
St. John
N.B
Federal Department of Public Works
Labrador Ore Boom Prompts North American Metal Race
An article notes Labrador iron ore deposits could surpass prior US steel output, with projections of 10,090,000 tons yearly. It cites Canadian and Labrador resources, hinting at a massive industrial push and potential impact on Sydney Nova Scotia as a steelmaking hub.
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Staten
United States
Labrador
Greve
Cimadian-antpatifbac
Second Serious Robbery at Corner Brook
A second major burglary occurred in the Corner Brook area during the week, with thieves taking about $70,000 from the coal yard's Bo water's Employees Welfare Association offices. The safe weighing 400 pounds was dragged behind a coal pile and forced open, while canned papers were removed, complicating accounts for the manager and accountant. Police launched an investigation with no arrests reported yet.
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Cotner Rook
Bo‘water’s
Welwaye Association
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