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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1943
Page
4
The Willingate Sun prints notes of thanks memoriam announcements and related notices with 25 cent rates. It reserves the right to limit late letters and not endorse correspondent opinions.
Commentators warn that annihilation of Poles and Czechs may rise as Nazi aims persist. They note Hitler’s vow to fight to the end and speculate on Allied efforts to liberate oppressed peoples. A plan for Jewish relief via a neutral power is discussed in Parliament.
A writer urges formation of town councils in more Newfoundland communities to take charge of roads, sanitation, lighting and snow clearing, arguing the government policy blocks progress and that local control would ease major problems and distinguish producers and workers. The piece notes past road funding and labor relief practices and cites delays in bridge timber and main road funding.
Mesara Claude Jenkins and Augustus Price assist Mr. Lewia Roberts at the Telegraph Office to set up a new Post Office framework in the Waiting Room. A petition for a Way Office to serve Buck Harbour Crow Blead Wild Cove and nearby areas is planned with magistrate approval and calls for central placement to ease travel for residents.
The case concluded Wednesday with a judgment for 4000 dollars plus costs. An American vehicle collided with Hoddinott’s bus between Grand Fall and Batwood near Twillingate. Driver Beo Elliott of Twillingate was on the bus at the time. The trial was held in St John’s with Hoddinott as plaintiff.
The week ending Jan 20 saw admissions of Arthur Warren, Mrs Christopher Fudge, Herring Neck, Mrs George Rideout, Western Head, Mrs Edgar Slade, Twillingate N, P M Coady, Twillingate S, Miss Marion Moors, Back Hr, Robert Cave, Crow Head. Discharges included Robert Baggs, Bluff Head Cove, Willis Bridger, Wild Cove.
A volunteer editor praises a timely road condition article and urges local residents to shovel snow on a seven thousand yard stretch from Church Hill to Jenking's Cove in Duttrell's Arm. He proposes 129 foot allotments per person with a 5 foot wide path and 1 foot snow depth, plus markers naming each keeper.
A reader letter to the editor laments local public works funding and winter provisions in Twillingate. The writer criticizes government spending on a fire station and roads, urges aid for a widow, and notes cost concerns as officials discuss snow and bridge maintenance amid wartime constraints. The piece humorously contrasts official priorities with working class needs.
Dr Lidetone died at Springdale on Monday. He left district work four years ago and had been practicing medicine at Little Bay Islands since then.
Two prominent Durrel residents Measre Samuel and John Hicka remain gravely ill after months of heart ailments and related complications.
After two nights of north wind the Harbour received its first coat of slob for the season. The schemometer fell to near zero Sunday and Monday while the outer harbor rose. A Tuesday night wind shift to the east caused a slob shift as a heavy sea and mild spell ahead were forecast.
Captain Earle in his schooner stopped Sunday on the way south with a load of fish and reached his destination on Wednesday.
A new mall is slated to open in the office space within the Court House building. Officials confirm the site will house retail and service outlets with a focus on convenient access for courthouse visitors and nearby residents.
The text enumerates figures including Magistrate Abbott, Edwin Facey, Sergeant Beauchamp, BH Butt, H J Pardy, Stephen Young, Elijah Dalley, Chesley Young, S M Hardy, W A Swanker and J M Olde as part of the discussed matters.
War update summarizes Allied advances in Libya and Tunisia and Soviet advances in the Caucasus. British and American air and naval actions target Axis positions. Axis bombings hit London. Allied plans near Tripoli. Red Army advances reach Millerovo and Kharkov approaches. Old Colony Club fire adds local impact.
British dispatches claim Russian forces maintain pressure on all fronts despite German counterattacks. Voronezh area reports indicate gains toward Voronezh and Rostov, with Upper Don positions held. Montgomery’s forces push toward Tripoli while RAF raids continue over England and Australia and American units close in on Japanese at Lae.
The Old Colony Club at St Johns on Portugal Cove Road burned Thursday at 5 30 am. Four women died from smoke, two escaped. Manager Mr Winsor woke to smoke and fled with his wife and two children. A second fire hit Mr H Mason's Pearce Ave premises at 1 pm, destroying his store and his brother's. A third fire affected the Royal Stores furniture department in the evening but was controlled.
There is debate about Twillingate's war effort with credit given to subscriptions and War Savings Certificates. Enlistments in service and the loss of several sons from the town are reported from Grand Falls and Botwood areas.
Severe weather caused high tides and heavy seas washing away stages and lakes in Asbing. The J Gillett and Son wharf was swept from its position with significant timber losses. Losses prove costly to replace amid current conditions.
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