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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1929
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun reports on Yule log traditions and festive games among youths while noting a proposed ocean floor survey after an earthquake. Captains fear shoal grounds have sunk and Grand Banks may be lost, threatening navigation until thorough mapping is completed.
AEWA recalls Year One and Christmas as a yearly renewal of divine love and human generosity. It links Santa Claus and gift giving to the Saviour, urging the young to consider what they give rather than what they receive, and to aid the weak and helpless. Merry Christmas.
The piece notes Bethlehem manger scenes in Spain, the Yule log in England, Christmas day born boys in Silesia predicting careers, Brittany as a mistletoe source, Germany origins of the Christmas tree, and Santa Claus varying across America Britain Germany and Newfoundland with modern artificial decorations and large forests.
A Christmas tree event for children will be held Thursday December 26 at the parish hall. Admission is 10 cents and ice cream and candy will be sold.
S S Vesla under Capt Olsen arrived yesterday from St Johns and took cask fish from Ashbournes Ltd and A Colbourne for market. Aux-Schr Lone Flier came from Seldom yesterday morning. Mr A A G Ashbourne was aboard to inspect a wrecked Schr owned by Capt R Hounsell.
A list of residents and linked names including Alice Miles Lilly Hurley Frank Kearley Levi Smart Hubert Wat kins Edgar Hicks Ralph Miles Arthur Grimes John Blandford Lewis Farthing Herring Neck Andrew Wall Morton's Harbour appears as a local notice of inhabitants or property owners. The snippet suggests a community roster tied to a place named The Primmer House with multiple family or property names.
Mrs. Isaac Roberts of Wild Cove thanks the doctors nurses and aides for kindness after her operation. She also thanks Dr Wood for driving her to the hospital in his car from Wild Cove.
An old advertisement recommends D. & L. Emulsion for bronchial attacks in cold weather. It claims to fortify the system and is sold in 50 cent and one dollar sizes by Davis & Lawrence Co. in Montreal.
Confederation Life advertises meals with dinner at regular hour and lunch from 9 am to 10 pm. It invites patrons to enjoy hot chocolate coffee or tea to warm up after being in the chilly air. Service is offered to the public.
Notice announces a Christmas tree and candy sale at Crow Head School on Tuesday night December 24 with admission at 10 cents. Doors open at 7:39 PM and homemade candy will be for sale.
Ida M Clarke under Captain George Gillett arrived Monday night with freight for Hodge Bros and others. Lone Flier from North with fishery produce to Ashbournes Ltd. Meigle with 1200 packages of freight from St John’s. Clyde and Lindbergh also mentioned with cargoes as ships head to Lewisporte and North.
A list of residents and visitors arriving by ship and motor boat from Prospect and Clyde to the city includes Alex Sansome P Moores J Manderson C Facey Lewis Austey E Facey Willis Bridger Ernest Bridger Stephen Lambert and George Lambert Andrew Lambert Edith Manuel Levi Smart Lewis Farthing Arthur Grimes Elias Grimes Ralph Miles R Warren T Batt and others from Herring Neck and Change Islands with several departures for Corner Brook St John’s Twin Lakes and Bell Island. Victors Minty Walter Wood and Edith Manuel were noted as spending Christmas holidays in the city after college at St John’s.
Messrs Corbett Randell of Joe Batt s Arm and Malcolm Simms of Herring Nici are named Justices of the Peace for the colony in a formal appointment.
S. S. Prospero makes a hurried trip north with a full load of freight for firms north of Cape John. Some harbours were frozen on her last voyage, prompting the S. S. Meigle to relieve her. If weather keeps, the season will close with winter beginning December 21, ending nine months of coastwise and local freight, passenger and mail business that has kept officials and crews busy.
A December news round includes a missing Neptune liner Cedric report near St John s, aftershock in Nova Scotia, Thames Valley floods at worst, and Eton waterlogged. Provincial poll results list Carnell Kelly Barter Chaulker Churchill Ryan with votes. December warmth in England sets a record since 1871. Re German Reichstag backs Young Reparation Plan. Deer Lake shop fire damage. Newfoundland Rhodes Scholar Allan Gillingham named. Cap t Bob Bartlett to star in The Viking of the Icefields. Burin disaster fund donation raised to 10000 dollars. Lloyd Jack may yet be heard from near Beothic search. Northern Light heads to Newfoundland via Halifax. rescue photo proceeds sold for 125 dollars. Thames floods recede. rebel Chinese forces defeated. a seabed hole near Nantucket reported. Unemployment study in St John s suggests men to lumber camps. Hoover signs large tax cut. Halifax seizes Frances W Smith schooner with 1000 kegs of rum. Leo F English new Acting Registrar of Education Council. Unemployment rising in England to 11 percent in November. A Bank of Nova Scotia robberies sees a young girl arrested. two drowning deaths near Gruiet cross Quirpon.
Scr Lloyd Jack reached Burin Thursday morning aboard cabras. The crew is reported as well aside from the damaged condition.
Fragmentary item mentions a sum of money exchanged at Infields Store between past and present dates. No clear names, places, or events are readable to specify parties or amounts.
Passengers and crew aboard Furnes liner Nova Scotia collected a total of $100 for wrecked fisherman. The crew of Sdr. Jennie Blackwood was rescued by Nova Scotia and the Helen Vair crew travels to Nild via St. John s New Brunswick to assist.
A long list of donors and amounts supports the South Coast Disaster Fund from Ragged Point to Bluff Head Cove. The appeal notes Newfoundland gratitude to King George V and details subscriptions, corrections to names, and remarks on fishermen harmed by tidal waves and recent gales.
A long list of residents and households appears including Mrs. Cooks H J Noble John Lee Norman Powell Edgar Hicks Merrits Hr Alex J Sansome Friday s Bay Hubert Watkins St John Arth ur Watkins George Miles David Farthing Albert Warren Miss Bertha Hussey Arthur Smart Oliver Batt Elias Grimes Mr Levi Smart Blainche Miles Charles Hussey Henry J Hussey Philip Blandford Arthur Grimes Herr ing Neck Mr and Mrs Robert Grenville Twillngate Robert Adams Friday s Bay Miss King Harry s Hr Wm Roberts Triton.
The Governor sends condolences on the Newfoundland tidal wave disaster of December 6 1929. He expresses sympathy for the victims and admiration for rescuers, noting the courage and self sacrifice shown during the calamity.
A nostalgic piece contrasts past habits with modern life noting no watches worn by women voting or smoking, late night radio, horse hitching, five cent cigars, and scarce automobiles or airplanes, highlighting cultural shifts and everyday items once common.
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