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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1941
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun publishes notes of thanks memorials and announcements from the Department Home Affairs for Twillingate Nad on Saturdays. Submissions received after Wednesday noon may not be inserted. The paper disclaims responsibility for correspondents opinions.
The piece discusses editorial stance on road safety and driver responsibility, noting tensions between offering warnings and avoiding overstepping jurisdiction. It argues police restraint, praise for careful drivers, and urges caution over dust and speeding while previewing ongoing road space discussions and local travel notices. It also lists local visitors and movements from various towns and ships.
Mr H J Howlett manager of T H Estabrook Co visited on Monday and returned to Lewis on Wednesday. Mr Cecil Sitime arrived in town from the interior this week for unspecified business.
William Titus Hodder died in Pittsburg Sunday aged 71 or 72 after a long intestinal disorder linked to a fruit bug exposure in California. A former Braddock builder, he spent winters in Florida and maintained ties to his homeland. Survived by wife Phoebe Wheeler of Summerford, four children, a sister Janet Newmen, two brothers Lewis and Alexander, with Edgar in Pittsburg and Obadiah in New York. Funeral held in Pittsburg Wednesday.
The Crow Head U C Sunday School picnic took place on Thursday with mild weather and no rain hindering the event. Attendees reported comfortable temperatures and a smooth gathering despite the forecast.
The Twillingate Presbytery of the United Church met June 4 8 at Lewisporte with Rev T Pitt presiding. A strong turnout from all charges attended a productive conference stressing spiritual outreach and church building plans amid noted ministerial training and missionary changes.
The Lewisport hospital lists numerous patients discharged and new births. It notes births to Mrs Isaac Butler and Mrs Harrison Porter, and names many residents from Clarenville Grand Falls and surrounding areas. July saw 3,256 days of care, 105 daily average, 106 admissions, 110 discharges, 13 births and 2 deaths.
Sergeant Francia Smith of Confederation Life and Brigos, a crack airman, died in an English hospital last week from spinal trouble. He had flown over thirty bombing missions against Germany and became the first Newfoundlander to drop leaflets over enemy towns.
The period sees alternating sun and heavy clouds, with rain and damp spells interrupting fishery, bay activity, and crop growth as winds shift, delaying progress and favorable conditions.
The Church of England garden party announced for Thursday at Her Ring Neck was held with patrons from here attending and others elsewhere. Rev Noel and helpers organized a well arranged tea and entertainment.
Battles rage across central Europe as German forces push toward Kiev and Smolensk while Soviet resistance holds. British submarines strike in the Mediterranean sinking a cruiser and two supply ships. Romania faces heavy action as Rumadi resist Russia. Iran faces German expulsions with UK and Russian pressure. British aid to Thailand tied to US cooperation. July revenue and spending figures issued by Finance.
A Monday report notes Moscow remains unfallen six weeks after the eastern front campaign began. The blitz slowed and reverted to traditional infantry and artillery assaults. The piece predicts a potential Russian counteroffensive as Hitler’s Wehrmacht stalls. A cartoon shows Hitler and Stalin sharing a quip about peas porridge.
A community gathering at the Court House honored Quarter-Master Simms of Back Harbour, who served 19 months in His Majesty's Navy, after joining in 1939 and taking part in the Dunkirk evacuation. Magistrate Abbott welcomed attendees as Rev J Goodland and others spoke, with musical tributes and funds from the W P A and N P A presented to Simms.
Bulletin 5,41 from the Newfoundland Fisheries Board reports no definite prices yet for the new codfish season. Some small quantities have arrived, negotiations with Spain continue for substantial sales, and marketing remains normal. Prices for refined cod liver oil and common cod oil show modest movements. squid exporters test prices. canned salmon prices hold at $8.50 per case.
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