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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1950
Page
4
Twillingate Sun notes editorial policy and advertising rates for notices and letters. It states communications received by Wednesday noon may be published and lists 80 cents per inch for notices, with subscription rates of local 1.50, Canada 1.70, and USA 2.00 per year, payable in advance.
A lengthy provincial commentary urges safer bicycle use in Twilingate streets. It praises prudent drivers, blames guardians for proper gear, and calls for strict enforcement of road rules to prevent accidents among youth riders.
Visiting here Rev. and Mrs. Robert Belbin arrived from the United States on Wednesday July 26 after a 23 year absence. Belbin, native of Ray Roberts, served pastorates in Newfound before moving to the United States. He now pastors the First Methodist Church of Dolgeville, New York, an industrial town of about five thousand. Mrs Belbin, formerly Miss Bertha Hall of Blois Head Cove, taught at Little Harbour and was principal at the Superior School Twillingate and Ray Roberts Central. She also taught at Grand Falls amalgamated School. The couple are glad to be back to visit relatives and renew old acquaintances.
Personal Rev and Mrs Elliott visit from Kelligrews to daughter Mrs Wilson Manuel of North Side. Miss Patsy Baird spent a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Harold Baird. Mark Cooper returns from Toronto for a short visit as Mrs George Hawkins returns from Toronto after her daughter Gloria's graduation. Mr Martin Young heads to Toronto to represent Twillingate United Church at a World Convention on Christian Education. Mr Arthur Burton leaves for Toronto holiday. Mrs Lewis Clarke and daughter Joyce go to Toronto, Joyce to teach on Terra Nova’s Amal program. Mrs Allan Sharpe and Malcolm Sharpe arrive from Buchans.
Word arrived of the sudden death of Mr Abner Young in Campbellton during the week of July 31. Aged about seventy, he woke in his chair and was found deceased by his son Garfield a few minutes later while preparing to put on his boots. Born at Twillingate South Side he long served as a crew member on the 88 Clyde under Captain Butcher. He was regarded as a man of fine character and respected by all.
Sixteen year old Wallace Rideout of Bluff Head Cove collided head on with an Austin Sedan owned by Willie Cooper while bicycling past SUF Hall. The crash hurled his bicycle and he was knocked unconscious but survived with only minor injuries after being rushed to hospital. He had been reportedly racing home from cricket night with two others.
The accident occurred when a bicyclist crossed suddenly in front of a car traveling on the right side. The driver, moving at moderate speed, could not stop in time, and the cyclist was fatally injured as witnesses in Orange Hall observed.
The Newfound land Rangers Force members, including Twiilingate staff, have become Canadian Mounties since Tuesday. The RCMP will take over most sections of Ranger jurisdiction, with St John’s and parts of Avalon excluded. About thirty five constables join the federal force, large detachments to Grand Falls Corner Brook and Botwood. Forty constables unable to join RCMP will be reassigned by the provincial government to other employment.
Twillingate Athletic Association staged its annual Sports Day on a perfect summer afternoon drawing a record crowd. North Side lost 1 0 to South in football, then Twillingate A A beat Botwood 4 0 with goals by Junior Sharpe Sam Anstey and Ralph Anstey. Injuries occurred but players returned to watch.
A local match saw Botwood players battle back after a key injury as T.A.A. pressed with relentless offense. Captain Sam Anstey praised his squad for solid teamwork while noting Botwood’s potential for a home rematch. The event raised over 15000 in proceeds with a postgame dance at SUF Hall.
A quirky local note recounts a broken watch during a Wednesday game between T. and Botwood loft. Referee Stan Cartin wore the damaged timepiece after transferring it from Howard Ashbourne, with the break reportedly occurring when a player kicked Cartin's arm near the end.
Official visit by Sir Leonard Outerbridge Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland to Twillingate includes disembarkation at Coastal Wharf reception by the committee and citizens a guard of honour motor tour of island settlements church visits hospital安排 luncheon and a bouquet presentation to Lady Outerbridge the day features CGIT Trail Rangers and Arm Lads Brigade groups as part of a formal program
A 5 p.m. motor tour was scheduled to visit Little Harbour and Purcell's Harbour as part of a regional itinerary. The plan involved travel between two coastal communities with the purpose of outreach and local engagement.
Edgar Hodder former wharfinger at Coastal wharf Newfoundland Railway dies at 82. He is survived by two sons Roy of Pittsburgh and Waldo in Oregon, and two daughters Ada Bannister of St Johns and Maggie Seeley of Isle aux Morte. Burial at Bear Berry Head Cemetery after service at United Church led by Reverend Charles Freake.
Canadian Press reports from Tokyo dated July 31 notes twenty one Newfoundlanders aboard Canadian ships and planes arriving in the Korean war zone to bolster allied naval and air forces against Communist North Korean advances.
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