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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1951
Page
4
A provincial editorial laments subscribers who fail to pay and rely on others for news, defending local coverage as vital to the community. It notes space limits on international news, urges readers to send in payments and brief letters to the editor, and highlights the paper as a home connection for absent residents.
Partial readable fragment notes Wells day night at St Peter s Church. Details unclear but references to church notes and timing.
The article notes replacing a weather vane with a cross for a church building after 105 years of effort. Dedication included hymns When I Survey the Wondrous Cross and As Now the Sun's Declining Rays, with prayers for world redemption. The cross, carved from pine by Clarence Watcher, stands about 4 ft high. Revd S J Davies led services, with Memorials in church and cemetery and Evensong by Revd DLR Bailey. Church Vacation School and full teaching staff noted as September approaches.
The 1951 Twillingate Tuterdenominational Vacating School began with over two hundred enrollments. Citizens from both islands donated time and talent to help. Morning classes started. a picnic for six to twelve year olds was held. Juniors hosted a Camp fire and sing song. Tonight parents can view handiwork in Orange Hall with no admission. A nickel or dime is requested for the collection plate to cover expenses, with excess forwarded to charity as last year.
Twillingate residents report visits from Mr and Mrs Herry Clarke of Glenwood and Mrs Clarke’s father Samuel Dave, aged ninety five, still active. Mrs James Rowsell and Mrs Daisy Rice from Paul Leamington visit their sister. Frank Jenkins of Sommerville takes first hometown vacation in thirty years. Joseph White, longtime Herring Neck manager, hospitalized at Dame Memorial Hospital.
Dr Ga Edward Hall of the University of Weaslerg argues Canada lacks dentists and dental educators. He notes 1938 had about 4000 dentists and only five dental schools, with urban concentration and growing needs. Hall urges more graduates and schools, and promotes dentistry as social medicine with stronger prevention.
Dr O Ffall warns that biological sciences are sacrificed to mechanical skill. He urges balance with science. Dr. Loveya and family arrive from St John, plan to stay, as Loveys joins Notre Dame Bay Memorial staff.
At Stockley's Hotel several residents and visitors are noted. A Lidstone couple from Corner Brook plan to see a doctor. Mrs George Witcher and daughter Maud from Birchy Bay travel to the hospital ward. Abel Luscombe from Laon Bay visits his nephew Edgar Luscombe who is a patient. Mrs Job Eliott and daughter from Loon Bay visit. Bramwell Rice from Pilley's Island enters hospital soon for an operation. Mrs Raymond Mantel and daughter Effie return from Craphellton. Mr and Mrs Hert Stockly and children Betty and Joan return from Grand Falls and Lewisporte after a short stay with friends.
A string of residents and visitors from Hare Bay Gander Bay Pairbanks Sale Pond and nearby areas spent time in town. Names include Winston Scott Bramwell Hoddinad Ashley Ford Maggie Snow Mark Cole Humphrey Nippard Hayward Alonzo Coles Cornelius McGeath and Llewellyn Runsrell with hospital visits noted.
A large gathering attended a British and Foreign Bible Society meeting at LOvA Hall on Sunday August 12. Rev. S Davies spoke on the society’s work and needs for funds while a film on Bible lottery work in Western Canada was shown. The evening ended with prayers and a benediction. offering totaled 45 dollars and a future house to house canvas was planned.
The Revd Mr Davied will long be remembered for his friendly spirit and good humour. A future visit is eagerly anticipated as part of tributes to his life and character.
Mrs Eleanor Roberta of North Side, age 60, living alone, was found at home by a neighbour and taken to hospital. She is reported to be much improved.
Mrs Thomas Churchill arrived from New York yesterday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph White.
Mr William Churchill arrived from New York and will stay two weeks in the hometown. He brings religious films expected to be shown publicly during his visit. One film will be presented tonight at the Vacation scene Demonstration in Orange alu.
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