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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1930
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun notes government road spending near the area and urges a local allocation to improve streets amid growing traffic. It recalls Wells’s past writings, jokes about sun spots, and mentions a disturbance by a cattle incident affecting horses on the barrens, urging owner action.
A summer breeze on Wednesday morning from the NNE caused several traps to be damaged due to high sea. Critics complain the Tickle Point lighthouse is poorly placed or invisible from Western Head Tickle. Locals say no light is visible from Lewisporte until nearing the target, though Tickle Point light is seen from Western Head and to the south.
A list of names linked to Harbour View Hotel in Martin Warr Little Harbour includes Mrs F Noseworthy Bishop's Falls Jacob Hewlett Beaumont J B West Walter Normore Wilfred Dean Effe Normore Lillian Nor more Mrs Wm Simmonds Effie Rideout Horwood Sidney Terra ville John LeDrew Change Islands James Loder Allan Cole S Lay gian A Gill Elsie M Hyde E E Hyde and Fogo.
The Hodder pair travel from Boston arriving Thursday. the message includes unclear references to Lewis Meter and Usenbury with Elisa Church and a whereabout Arm. The fragmentary item notes surname and origin but lacks full context.
Thomas W. Fhuckford thanks Drs Parsons Blackwell and staff of Memorial Hospital for exceptional care during a lengthy illness, including a blood transfusion, and notes the staff's kindness and skill during winter and spring of 1930. He mentions potential staff departures to the United States and expresses lasting gratitude.
Personal notices list residents and visitors arriving by Clyde Prospero and other vessels, with arrivals from Toronto New York Campbellton Gander Bay and Pilney's Island. Mentions include Comdt Bertram and Mrs Roberts preaching at United Churches, and a new 37 ton schooner built for Ashbournes Ltd.
Tacoma dispatch reports Harold Broomley’s fourth attempt to fly nonstop from Tacoma to Tokyo, 4780 miles, is doomed by repeated losses. Three planes crashed, a fourth is underpowered, refueling would be needed at the Aleutians. test pilot Lieut Herbert Fahy was seriously injured in a prior crash.
Yesterday Lewisporte welcomed His Excellency and Lady Middleton with arches and decorations. Dr Knapp welcomed them and read an Address of Welcome. The event included flowers for Lady Middleton, a National Anthem, and greetings from locals including Lady Squires MHA before the ship departed for Twillingate.
Dorothy Winter of Clarke's Beach died near Ocean Pond while trying to reach drowning companions. A 19 year old son of Joseph Morris of Lower Island Cove drowned swimming yesterday. Plane City of New York crash near Hr. Grace injures none. Mears and dog ejected, Brown unhurt. Captain Jerret Boyd plans solo trans Atlantic flight from Roosevelt Field next week. Isaac Mercer of Ray Roberts died after a 30 foot fall from a coal shed. Twenty three children perished in a Sao Paulo cinema fire. John Bloomfield killed at Halifax crane incident. A man found with a loaded revolver in Water St cafe. Portuguese banker Silvia Rios party landed in St John’s. ship Gilleannes burned to water’s edge. Last month ten thousand tons of concentrates hauled from Buchans by NILd railway.
Memorial poem recalling the passing of Hannah E Chauk at Memorial Hospital Twillingate on August 12 1929. The author frames death as a passage to a brighter shore with a comforting immortal presence. The verse emphasizes enduring love and spiritual continuity.
A reader congratulates Mr Roberts on fifty years of the Twillingate Sun in his native town. He recalls past issues by J P Thompson and notes earlier editorials promoting caribou protection and licensing for hunting while condemning sealing waste. The letter blends nostalgia with praise for the paper's enduring local voice and influence.
Chere Blackler aged 73 died June 28 at Springdale after stomach cancer. He was the eldest son of the late James and Eliza Blackler of Twillingate, husband of Fanny Blackler, father of four with fourteen grandchildren. Funeral conducted by Rev. Sweetapple from 2nd Timothy 4:7. He was a Loyal Orange member.
Miss Lilian Greta and Mr. Roy Augustus Adams wed at Zyidring Bele Southside United Church on a beautiful August evening. Rev J T Clarke officiated assisted by Rev W K Mercer. Guests enjoyed a reception at Primmer House Northside before the couple departed on the S S Clyde for Botwood.
At The Primmer House Mrs L Martin Mr Arthur Morgan Mr Alex Pike Mr and Mrs H J Budgell Grand Falls Stanley French Sandy Knight and son Tom Knight Morton s Harbour Captain Saunders St John s
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