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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 27, 1951
Page
4
Local subscription is $1.00 per year with Canada at $1.70 and US at $2.00. Payable to the Post Office Department Ottawa. Authorized second class mail. Memoriam and thanks section appears in the notice.
Provincial parliament debates a bill to switch Newfoundland from three and a half to four hours behind Greenwich to Atlantic time. Fishermen and outport residents oppose the change citing impact on aviation, transport and daylight hours while larger centres favor remaining on the old schedule. The government plans to vote as conscience guides, potentially keeping current time despite widespread protests.
Four year old Breddie Field of North Side narrowly survived a roadside plunge Friday near Church Hill. A car driven by Gar Gar swerved to avoid him, missing a telephone pole and stopping near the water. A Notre Dame Bay Memorial doctor checked the boy and found him uninjured.
Early week saw cold with light snow and icy roads easing questions of a harbour bridge. On Wednesday winds turned southerly and a spring like day followed, though the remaining thaw caused treacherous road surfaces after a brief dusting of snow.
Members of St Peter's Lodge No 12 Society of United Fishery plan the seventy sixth anniversary with divine service a banquet at Alexandra Hall and social time in the lodgerooms. Officers elected include Lookout Carl Sharpe Worthy Master Walter Facey Chaplain P M Wilson Manuel and others to finance relief and hall management committees.
In memory of a mother who passed away, beloved and deeply missed by her daughter Mrs Joseph Roberts. The verse laments the loss, avowing faith in Jesus and heaven, and ends with a note of enduring love and sorrow.
A compact list of patient or resident names and locations appears in the hospital notes, including Mrs. Stanley French and Gedley Strickland among others, with various place references such as Moreton, Fogo, and Crow Head. The fragmentary record names multiple individuals tied to specific local sites and households.
A list of discharge acknowledgments and newborn notices from Twillingate to Virgin Arm includes families such as Mrs Roland Wheeler and baby, Mr and Mrs Claude Holmes in Seldon with a daughter, and Mr and Mrs Banfield Newman in Change Is with a daughter. Other entries mention Mr and Mrs Hart Neil Beplois with a daughter and Mr and Mrs Thomas Card Merrits Hr with a daughter, alongside several surnames like Burt Gillard Stockless and Watton.
A readable novel tracing Lucy Campiod and her descendants from 1344 onward. Lucy's move to Australia leads to a China connection through Tom Abercorn and Alicia Youngchild, with their daughter Sickle growing up in China and England. The tale blends courage, travel, and family duty with vivid beauty.
Miss Stella Manuel R No returned Sunday from St John’s where she attended a special course in anaesthetics at the General Hospital. Miss Manuel is anaesthetist at Notre Dame Bay Memorial.
A parish priest arrived from Gander on Wednesday to attend to Mrs O Reilly, mother of Mrs T O Keefe, who has been in poor health for some time.
Mrs. Catherine Clifford expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for cards and messages on her eighty third birthday. She references Korea’s present state with sorrow, noting endless marches and counter marches by foreign armies devastate civilians and that both sides impose political reprisals on ordinary people. The article suggests invaders of Korea may face a world war’s consequences and are already responsible for immense suffering.
Frank R. Wheeler relays a U S clipping praising Newfoundland fish stocks and fruit potential. He notes squid in abundance, smoked salmon at $1 25 a pound, smoked caplin and eel markets in New York and Boston, and suggested inland fruit growing including apples and damsons with air shipment ideas from Twillingate and Lewisporte.
Willis Hollett of Arnold's Cove, aged 93, went moose hunting on a Sunday broadcast and succeeded in taking a 500 pound moose, the CBC feature noted.
A crack team from Goose Bay Labrador runs in a three day dog sled race at Ste Adel in the Laurentian winter carnival. The dogs, part of 50 buskies used by the sixth rescue squadron of the U S Air Force, are based at Ste Agathe district in Quebec.
Harold Baird of North Side died in his 70th year after a year bedridden. A renowned Twillingate figure, he traveled Newfoundland as a blacksmith. Surviving wife, eight children listed: Austin Terra Nova Elmo Gander Donald Bathurst Inlet Raymond Deer Lake Gerald Thomas Theodore and two daughters Catherine and Patricia Chesley Harvey.
A disputed listing of individuals including Badger B J Compton and several Ansteys and Stuckless appears in a court appeal. The document names multiple persons with varied spellings and roles, creating ambiguity about involvement and outcomes.
Jesu daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Anstey of Back Harbour wed Lloyd son of Mr Dalley from Arm. The ceremony at St Peters Church was led by Rev F Hollands BC. A reception at the bride’s home followed then a parish hall gathering with over one hundred well wishers. Best wishes to the couple.
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