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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1950
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun, published on the North Coast, lists editor EH G Glirkes as proprietor and notes policy on letters and notices. It charges 30 cents per inch for notes and memoriam items, with subscriptions locally 1.60 yearly, Canada 1.70, USA 2.00, payable in advance.
The piece argues sales taxes as part of necessary revenue for looming grim years amid potential global conflict and war preparedness costs. It questions provincial access to essential materials, warns against lavish government spending, and stresses prudent tax use toward war welfare with accountability to taxpayers.
Fragmentary remarks warn that without proper accounting the province may face grave financial peril. The writes that delays will end in exhausted resources and expired grants, leaving self governance in the Dominion dependent on ever higher taxes as a remedy.
Mr and Mrs Ray Bridger of North Island Twillingate express heartfelt thanks for the kindness shown after the birth of their triplets. Gratitude goes to Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital staff and the Loyal Orange Benevolent Association for gifts and support. the three babies are Clarence Cecil, Alfred Bruce, and Frederick John.
The Daily News notes a proposed four mile railway diversion at Gander to enable longer runways for heavy ships, with northward extension the only feasible path. The Department of Transport reportedly has study underway and a circular northward diversion is envisaged.
Premier J R Smallwood and Mrs Smallwood marked twenty five years of marriage with a cocktail party at the Old Colony Club attended by the Chief Justice Sir Albert Walsh, Cabinet members and many prominent citizens. A Sterling Silver Brentwood Tea set was presented as a gift from friends.
A fragment reports four British Tommies and a stalled weapons carrier being helped by Chinese forces north of Pyongyang. Gunner Jiminy Moore, aged 245, of the British brigade, recalls a cautious withdrawal with a Chinese interlocutor saying they did not want to hurt the troops and urged departure from the peninsula.
A local writer lauds recent repairs on Twillingate North and South Islands under foreman Mr. MacAnstey. He notes ditching quality, mentions limited reporting due to distance from home to work, and extends congratulations to the crew for a well done job benefiting the community.
Last week's notice of George Linfield of Twillingate stated he died at his son’s home in Armstrong British Columbia and listed him as over ninety. He is actually around eighty six with an exact age unknown and his son is Arthur Young, not Archibald.
While out gunning on the half-holiday, Tom Churchill encountered a northeast wind that left him cross banded and unable to reach shore. Concern grew until, about 7:30 pm, he successfully took port at Beachy Cove near Tizzard's Harbour, reported from Moreton's Harbour to Tickle Point.
Reports say Newfoundland may secure a substantial pitprop contract from the United Kingdom with price yet to be settled. Negotiations have been ongoing, and discussions are expected this week during Bowaster’s delegation’s London visit. Premier Smallwood acknowledged awareness of the talks amid UK wood warnings.
Dr M Olds accompanied by Captain Elijah Dalley and George Rankine plan a Notre Dame Bay memorial event. The fragment hints at business aims and a date near an idealized sentiment for Bognie Nell, with a cryptic schedule across Bellecrata Fortase Bays.
Newfoundland reports indicate Labrador Developments Company Limited plans a winter pulpwood cut of about a thousand cords, with Garland Penny, pioneer skipper of No 9, settling in Alexis Bay area to manage operations. Provisions and finances faced delays with Cardiff arrangements and railway restrictions hindering supply shipments. Attempts to secret supplies from trader Jacob Penney failed as demand grows and Penney supports local Labrador families.
Premier Smallwood declares that every true Newfoundlander is keenly interested in the Christmas Seal Sale Campaign supporting the Newfoundland Tuberculosis Association. He calls the work fine and noble and describes it as practical Christianity in action.
Nafet Secretary F A T Laws reported discussions in Ottawa with Fisheries Minister Mayhew and Deputy Minister Bates on Newfoundland salt codfish exports. He noted expected substantial Labrador ship ments to regular markets and possible relief deliveries abroad, while promising further study before any statement.
The next week at Oradge Hall features the regular My Friend Irma entertainment plus a six part Don Winslow of the Navy serial. The feature runs about twenty minutes and includes over 900 feet of film at no extra charge.
Irmengarde Eberle's book celebrates nursing's role in war and peace. It traces pioneers from Olympia to Lillian Wald and profiles today’s outstanding nurses, showing how nurses aid doctors, save lives, and advance medicine across battlefield and home front.
Mark Warr, second mate on the S S Springdale, has purchased a home at Lewisporte and will reside there in the future. The Gweiling was formerly the property of Mr IJ Wheeler.
Douglas Manuel, skipper of the Lewisporte Wholesalers trading vessel, has bought a home in Lewisporte and will move from Loon Bay to reside near the railway terminal.
A severely frozen young woman crawled over 200 yards through deep snow on Saturday to flag down a passing motorist on the Calgary Banff Highway. He helped her to a parked car where two people were found dead and another unconscious inside.
Our island faces heavy losses as private woodland vanishes leaving few tree stands and the market seeks a solution. A local group plans to cooperate with a Bay party to source trees at thirty cents for six foot specimens delivered, with payment between buyer and cutter and orders due next week for delivery before Christmas.
Miss Ethel Gard RN daughter of late Mr and Mrs George Gard of this town dies Monday in Lowerville Massachusetts. Survived by two sisters Mrs Bred Lucas and Mrs Stewart Roberts and one brother Walter of Montreal. A regular summer visitor to town she spent two months with her sister prior to her sudden passing in her sixty second year. Interment to be in Somerville.
The Hustler's Club tea on Wednesday afternoon drew a strong crowd and raised nearly four hundred dollars. The Parcel Post Sale, the first of its kind here, was well received as hundreds of mailed packages from friends across the province were disposed of at twenty five cents each. Many buyers found items worth several times the purchase price.
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