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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Feb 17, 1951
Page
4
A fragmented discussion notes a push for a cooperative snow clearing venture using a hired vehicle fleet. It envisions converting seasonal work to full time employment, with equipment paid off in months and public utilities benefiting riders and drivers alike.
Incomplete text recalls a memorial visit to the sick at Notre Daché. A substitute described as exhausted or unwell accompanied by vague remarks about a ward and prior hurried actions. The fragment hints at a tense moment before entering the ward.
The note surveys winter travel and ice conditions around Twillingate, Newfoundland. It recalls limited crossing of the Tickle by boat in the past, mentions current roads accessible by snow and ice, and records salmon packing and ice cream storage transported by truck. It notes mild winters and recalls tall tales of boats through the tickle and wells frozen deep.
The motor boat Margaret Josephine owned and skippered by Captain Ned Clarke set a notable record in the past fortnight. Damp winter conditions and clear waterways aided a sturdy boat and capable skipper in serving the traveling public with mail runs from Peby vary to Lewisporte and Starve Harbour. The sequence included trips on the 10th to Pebyvary, 12th to Starve Harbour Herring Neck and Virgin Arm, 13th to Lobster Harbour and Summerford, then to Lewis Eveleigh's wharf and back by midnight, and a final run to Lewisport and return to berth at 8:00 pm.
A notice lists numerous life and non marine insurers authorized under the 1951 licence expiring October 1951. It names Canada Life Assurance Toronto, Crown Life, Equitable Life Canada and United States, Imperial Life Canada, London Life, Manufacturers Life, Maritime Life Halifax, Montreal Life, Mutual Life, North American Life, Prudential London, Royal, Standard Life, Sun Life, and many others. Dated St John’s January 31 1951 by W M Marshall Comptroller of Finance Ink.
Registration certificates have been posted to all retailers who filed applications for registration under the Social Security assessment program.
Retailers must quote Registration Account Numbers on resale orders from now on under the Licensing Act 1939. Suppliers may invoice wholesale customers for certain goods without a certificate number if the buyer proves active in retailing. Several insurance firms and agencies are listed in connection with the update.
A radio report lists per quintal prices for fat including Young Hood and Young Harp with Old and Bedlamers, while Newfoundland sealers plan to use a DC3 plane for scouting. Central Airways will charter the craft and share expenses with sending ships, with first flight expected in March though Gulf scouting is not planned.
A local note suggests boys and men look at HOBBIES magazines before school or church sales. It lists sample patterns such as a work stand wringer stand washday items toboggan packing case work bench bed set shelf kitchen reminder tea trolley plant stands and book case with instructions.
Admissions list records multiple newborns and patients at Twillingste Crow Head Twillingate and Manuel's Cove including Baby Boy smith Helen Smith Evelyn Smith Hiram Elliott Weldon Sharpe Robert Sharpe and Dianna Dalley among others with several family names and local place names.
Fragmentary OCR text listing multiple personal names and place hints with uncertain context. No coherent event or linkable actions detected.
A birth notice reports Newstead a son born to Mr and Mrs Fred Fudge.
A fragment lists people including Ted Atkinson Mrs Claude Jenkins Junior Dalley Dianna Daley Amy Weldon Sharpe Crow Head Evelyn Smith Little Hr and several unclear terms as part of an operations ledger. The handwriting suggests a roster or personnel notes from an institutional record.
A shipment of thirty thousand quintals of Labrador cod from St John's is ready for dispatch by NAFEX. The cargo will go to Italy Greece and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. An additional 20 000 quintals of Labrador cod head to Italy with further consignments totaling Labrador fish.
Anticipates the Workmen's Compensation Act 1959 taking effect April 1 1951. Employers should begin preliminary arrangements to conform with the act to avoid duplicate coverage with existing insurer policies for employees covered by the act. No. 345.
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