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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1942
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun announces it will publish notes of thanks memoriam notes and announcements for 25 cents each. It charges no responsibility for correspondent opinions and notes publication cutoff is Wednesday noon. Twillingate April 29 1942.
The letter asserts a cargo ship shortage hinders export of codfish and paper while mills rely on shipments. It calls for government action to secure vessels, reduce war risk costs, and find bottomage for fish transport as prices remain uncertain and plants fear shutdowns. It urges concerted effort to avert disaster.
The article explains that clocks will revert to standard time tomorrow night marking the end of the extra daylight period. It notes the wartime one hour advance began in March and may not be extended beyond the current duration. Government consults in 1941 showed no support for a two hour shift.
Mrs Rita Harnett Sanders formerly Miss Rita Harnett was at home to friends at her parents residence in Twillipgate on Tuesday afternoon and evening this week in a social gathering hosted by Mrs Sanders.
A public meeting at the Court House in Twistingate on the 17th annual was led by Mr Wim Harnett to boost War Savings Stamps and Certificates. Mr Whitfield Laite spoke on wartime saving and national aid, with songs by Mr Laite and Mrs Eleavor Roberts. The gathering, though not large, aimed to raise subscriptions and improve public support for the United Nations cause.
The province announces a new policy making ages seven to fourteen required for school with funds needed for fuel and facilities. Critics debate extending age to sixteen and enforcement during harvest downtime. Officials anticipate stretched school capacity and court actions as communities adjust this year.
Rita Colbourne and Geo H Sandera wed at Holy Trinity Church Grand Falls in the presence of many friends from Twillingate and Grand Falls. The ceremony featured a large Bridal Party, piano accompaniment, and a reception at the Parish Hall with about two hundred guests. The couple plan to reside at 10 Carmelite Rd Grand Falls after honeymooning in Corner Brook and Twillingate.
Nellie Brown and Frances White returned from St Johns. Vera Baird, Alison Loveridge, Joan Harnett, and E Christian arrived from various towns. Families and teachers frequent Durrells Academy, Comfort Cove, and Birchy Bay. Betty Chard Hicks taught nearby, while Lloyd Perry hosted guests from Laurence town. Several visitors from Bishop's Falls, Port Saunders, and New York were reported. Willis Simms arrived ill from Botwood and later became paralyzed.
A small but pretty wedding for Monk Baird was solemnized at Holy Trinity Church Grand Falls on Thursday with a simple ceremony and family presence.
Miss Gwendolyn Mary Baird daughter of Mrs W W Baird wed Captain Lyle C Monk son of Mr and Mrs W Monk of Vancouver BC at Holy Trinity Church. The couple's reception followed at Junction Road and they left for a honeymoon at Spruce Brook.
A reader reports long nights of indigestion and poor sleep ending after using Kruschen Salta daily for years. The letter claims the remedy restored sleep, digestion, and appetite, noting the user is now 50 and able to eat anything and sleep well. Kruschen is described as a blend of six essential salts stimulating liver kidney and digestive functions.
Soviet forces trap a German infantry column near Stalingrad as fighting tightens. Naval air battles rage off Portugal near Cape St Vincent with British carriers reported. Canadian Dieppe raid damage described. US Marines strike Makin Island sinking a Japanese gunboat. Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy as Axis nationals are rounded up. Allied bombers raid Rabin New Britain Island.
The message from the Governor notes Windsor as the Duke's lying in state while Queen Mary's family mourns Prince John who died in 1919 at 14. Reports from the front describe German advances near Stalingrad and Moscow, Russian counteractions, and fighting across the Caucasus and the north. Cripps presses for a united India before self government. In China and Russia air operations and raids are reported, with losses cited for Kassel and a cinema bombing in Paris killing 28.
During the week ending Aug 26 admissions include Mrs George Burney Mrs James Edwards Change Islands Mrs Herbert Chippett Campbellton Mrs Thos Simms Back Hr Hazel Jefferies Twillingate Mrs Mark Leyte Buchans John Carey Fortune Jr Florence Brows Joyce Primmer Joe Batt s Arn Mrs Cyril Oake Fogo Mrs Thos Hicks Loon Bay George Saunders LaSole Mrs Oliver Kearley Herring Neck David Budden Port Anson Joao Gillett Gilesporte Discharges list includes Mrs Simton Peckford Botwood Mrs Albert Mercer Grand Falls Mrs Fred Bouzan Windsor Baby Girl Budgell New Bay Baby George Hayward Sidney Freake Lewisporte Moses Humphries Mrs Elijah Langdoo Northern Arm Mrs George Stockley Birchy Bay John Corey Mrs Lewis Byrne and infant son Fortune Hr Miss Laurie Penney Seldom James Goodyear Lumsden Mrs Harold Terraville Gander Bay George Freeman Milertown Mrs Herbert Bartlett and infant daughter LaSole Gerald Payre Fogo Daughters were born to Mrs Oliver Kearley Herring Neck and Mrs Pearce Rideout Pilley's Island August 25th Both mothers and infants are doing well.
Radio dispatches summarize a major Solomon Islands clash with American warships and aircraft destroying a Japanese fleet including four warships and numerous planes. The battle secures bases after U S Marines landed two weeks earlier. Duke of Kent killed in Scotland crash. one survivor. The King receives condolences.
Capt Bulgia found a school of mackerel about twelve barrels in his cod trap and saved a few barrels for bait. Several barrels went over the head of the trap during the catch.
Dense smoke observed with westerly wind signals a forest fire in Canada. A report places a fire on Bay de Spoir on the South Coast.
Vera Hodder Douglas Moors and Laurie Love Ridge score as successful candidates for the Junior grade at St. Peter's High School. Few others had marked efforts and no reports came in from other schools.
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