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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 1951
Page
4
North East Teilingate notices provide editorial notes on letters and communications received before Wednesday noon. Subscription rates are listed as Local 1.50 per year and Canada 1.70 per year with 80 costs per insertion for memoriam notes and announcements.
Town readers recall rumors of snowmobile plows clearing main roads after each snowfall. A proposed program was offered to authorities and rejected. Supporters say tracked units could keep streets passable. critics fear soft snow, deep ruts, and fencing limits on narrow roads.
A Daily News feature recalls Hon B S Spencer and Daniel Steele recounting 1904 moose captures in Miramichi New Brunswick. They describe driving, lassoing, and transporting ten moose to Newfoundland via Halifax, with details of the journey and conditions. Also noted is 90 year old George Maidment of Summerford and his wish to fly, plus plans to visit his daughter in the near term.
The readable text fragment mentions illness and a person named Mrs Brank with scattered musical cues but no coherent event, date, or location to form a valid news item.
The Fishermen's Protective Union reports wide unrest among Newfoundland crews who fished Labrador stocks this year. Friction centers on payment differences for ordinary sun cure versus semi dry cure, with crews earning less per man under drying and freight rules than expected.
Births reported for families including Arch Boyde in Tizzard's Head and Ralph Hurley in Herring Neck, Cecil Hyper at Manuel's Cove, plus listed individuals from Robert Piyar to Shirley Dove. December records show 111 admissions, 12 discharges, 17 deliveries, and 4 operations at the local facility.
Stanley C George Maidment died suddenly on Saturday December 23 after a period of heart illness. Born September 15 1874 in Twillingate he worked as a clerk and later ran grocery businesses before retiring to St Paul Minnesota. He leaves wife Minnie Noble four children and five grandchildren with funeral held December 26 in Oak Hill Cemetery South St Paul Minnesota.
Mr Allan Freeman, long time storekeeper at Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital, leaves today for Terra Nova to present a petition to the Anglo Newfoundland Development Company. Mrs Freeman recently left to serve as caretaker of the staff house opening at the start of the new year. Best wishes are extended for their future success.
Advertisement seeks a storekeeper with details available at N D B M Hospital. Also notes Mrs A H Hodge returning to Clarenville Thursday after a short visit with friends at Grand Falls.
Hollywood studios stage Newfoundlands coast appeal with films set in wartime 1912 and a London shoot. Dana Andrews leads The Gaunt Woman about American fishing boats and U boats. No Highway stars Jimmy Stewart and Marlene Dietrich and shoots key sequences near Gander Newfoundland while most work occurs in London for Twentieth Century Fox.
After engines were removed at the North Side premises the Bessie Marie was towed Thursday to the Upper Trade Dock for extensive winter repairs. Lewis Roberts of Wild Cove oversees the project.
Mrs Gtts Boone Mrs W Bartle and Mr Laurie Loveridge travel to Clarenville for the funeral of their father Stephen Loveridge. Mrs Bartle attends with her husband.
Fragmentary notes mention Mr and Mrs Harvey Freeman and a possible heir dispute at a south location. Readable details are limited, but the items imply a family inheritance matter with unresolved questions and neighbors reacting to the situation.
John Mille writes from Stontres to extend New Year greetings to friends at Twillingate. The aged gentleman remains in good health and walks daily with his daughter Mrs Claude Sharpe and family. He spent a quiet Christmas with relatives and had driver Frank Stockley as a guest. Frank is receiving eye treatment and plans to return home after one final operation in a few months.
The death of Stephen Loveridge at his North Side home Tuesday ends a long career with Confederation Life Association. At 70, he remained active and well known across Newfoundland, famed for his cordial manner and boundless interest in the land and its people. He leaves a wide circle of longtime friends and a lasting legacy in business and public service.
The article honors Mr. Loveridge for his charitable work including supplying milk for a Bridger triplete and notes his faithful community service across his church lodge district and Labrador. The Sur extends condolences to his sorrowing family, expressing deep regret.
Obituary notice reports John Gillard dies at Gillard's Cave on Thursday in his eighty first year. Survived by wife four sons Ben net George Allan and Theophilus two daughters Mrs Ben Anstey and Mrs Tred Smith and one step daughter Mrs John Andrews. Sidney Boyde travels from Herring Neck.
Mr and Mrs Harold Pardy of Little Harbour mourn the loss of their six month old son Gilbert. The family extends heartfelt sympathy to relatives and friends in this bereavement.
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