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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Dec 02, 1939
Page
2
A newspaper blurb promotes Gillett’s Pure Flake Lye as a convenient grease remover for tough, baked-on food. It suggests not needing scrubbing in slimy water and encourages keeping a tin handy for easy washing up.
Steady progress at the Marystown Special Area shipyard with foreman Joachi Malay overseeing carpenters. A 50 by 30 feet two story sawmill sits near completion, housing moulding, rotaries, band-saws and planers backed by a 50 horsepower engine. Another one story 80 by 30 feet building rises along the rear yard for four ships, linked to the mill by a light railway for swift material movement.
Capt Stone plans laying keels soon for two vessel groups at Marystown Shipyard. Vessels numbered 100 101 and 200 201 will be built in 100 and 150 ton classes. Model equipment and machinery have arrived and assembly work is underway in Marystown.
Mr H. W. Garland named plant engineer for a new Marys town project. A timber camp operated by Philip Fitzpatrick has closed, with 400 Special Area workers now employed on land settlement and shipyard tasks. Magistrate Quinton, Dr Harris, and others coordinate training, apprenticeship, and skilled diesel engine operations for a modern cold storage and processing complex aimed at export of fresh fish products.
Obituary notes the death of Mrs. Martharett after a patient illness. She is survived by 3 brothers 3 sisters and many relatives. Inserted by her sister Mrs Robert Gillett of Pikes.
Two wary men bump into each other in a street scene about money. One asks to end with ten shillings, sparking a brief exchange as they recognize their cautious stance toward cash.
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