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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 28, 1950
Page
4
Local note warns travelers to use the ice at Manuel's Cave and stay south of Trump Island due to unsafe sections. Mr John Gillard provided the information and asks readers to report any dangerous areas to keep the public advised.
A local paper urges residents to debate issues from outport evacuations to Twillingate Town Council. It praises active societies, notes wealthier organizers backing debates, and calls for disciplined, impartial discussion to benefit both islands and community welfare.
Twillingate Lodge No. 12 of the Society of United Fishermen marks 75 years with notes on its charter dated June 3 1875 and a century of work for fishermen, medical aid and Deep Sea Mission support in Twillingate. The piece lauds ongoing unity and service to the town, saluting the lodge’s long history and future hopes.
A Labrador tragedy is reported from the northern settlement where an Eskimo trapper, exhausted and with both feet frozen, says his companion died of exposure. A plane was requested to move the survivor to hospital as a search party and Ranger head inland to retrieve the body. Details are scarce and names were not released.
Reports from the Newfoundland Labrador border describe a polio outbreak with fifteen cases in Hampton area, several deaths, and four to five serious illnesses. Goose Airport planes ferry patients to Montreal hospitals as travel is restricted and containment steps are intensified.
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