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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1938
Page
4
Published in Twillingate Md on Saturdays. Notices include notes of thanks memoriam notices and announcements with a 25 cent charge per item. The paper reserves the right to limit or reject late communications and disclaims responsibility for correspondent opinions.
The piece reflects on long winter days ending soon with good autumn weather and ongoing work in fishing, shipping, teaching and worship. It urges cooperation, prudent enterprise, and social welfare as Newfoundland contemplates economic outlooks for 1938 and calls for charity, clothing aid, and collaboration, noting Lady Walwyn's appeal at St. John's Rotary Club for Jubilee Guilds.
The piece discusses the strain of running Public Health and Welfare with scarce doctors in isolated areas. It cites Rev Richards on privation and death from unemployment, notes relief expenditure trends in St Barbe, and contrasts Newfoundland and Canadian Labrador aid systems through personal stories of elderly residents on pensions and aid.
The text notes appeals for clothing and materials to make up needy articles, praising Miss MacMillan and Lady Walwyn for months of work. It questions forming a Jubilee Guild branch in the district, while detailing a Privy Council case where Lady Cashin won against Peter Cashin over a $300,000 deeded estate matter.
A form forwarded to the Department of Health and Welfare requesting minimal assistance for Uncle Peter until he turns seventy five in December was returned to the Relieving Officer, and by October he had received no aid.
The Evening Telegram at St John enters its 60th year on the 3rd of this month. It launched on January 3 1879 by founder Wm J Herder, deceased. The paper hopes to continue serving the Island Colony in the years ahead.
Sergt Belahunty left the district for Gander Bay and other points, departed by Gillett s boat, and returned on Thursday.
Mr Arthur Butcher, who has visited St. John's and Grand Bank, arrived on Wednesday in the company of the Mailmen.
St Peter's Lodge No 12 SUF announces its annual candlemas affair on February 2 with a Divine Service at St Andrew's conducted by Rev J Goodland.
Earl B Noble son of L J Noble of Nippers Harbour was awarded a diploma for high standing after passing at Cook's School of Electricity in Chicago Illinois on January 11th.
Peter LeDrew of Change Talandé reports loss of his stores and fishing property in a fire on the 11th inst. The owner states no insurance was carried.
A letter from a reader denounces night raiders who stole wood from Abraham Young's farm near Twillingate. The writer blasts sheepish neighbors, notes legal limits, and laments future harvests as 1938 approaches, urging action against the “low down” offenders.
The obituary notes the late Ex-Magistrate Thomp son left a widow and three daughters Mrs Stephen Brown of Montreal Mrs Louis Bartlett of St John s and Florence at home He is survived by son Harold who resides in Toronto.
Herbert Ryan son of the late James Ryan MLC has been chosen by the Conservative Party in England to contest the Farnworth Lancashire bye election.
The new F.P.U. Organ will be titled the Fishermen-Workers' Tribune and will be printed by Trade Printers and Publishers Ltd. at St. John's.
Capt Albert Blackwood, reported gravely ill at his Wesleyville home in a letter to Magistrate Abbott, showed signs of improvement on a subsequent visit. Mailmen and couriers moved between Birchy Bay and Newstead as authorities in St Johns advised routes due to ice on Loon Bay and overland travel risks. The courier returned Wednesday at 11 am.
A brief mention compares brown and white bread choices, highlighting white bread as the more popular option and attributing it to Cinderella Flour. The item conveys consumer preference without additional details or context.
The Harbour ice on the north side is near gone and unsafe for travel after a mild Wednesday night. Bays and Runs ice has weakened with teams unable to travel Thursday morning. Light snow and rain may improve ice if frost returns. The Bay is clear of ice and the Treaty Shore likely affected by off winds.
Saturday last slop ice was reported about 17 miles from Long Point seen from Cape Jota to Fogo Islands. Wind light from the north. Temperature about 6 above zero. Around 10 o clock wind died and the Bay froze over creating a smooth surface suitable for wood hauling. Winds since Tuesday from west to southwest with main ice offshore beyond Long Point to Western Head. The harbour is now frozen over.
Fishermen report about 500 seals landed this season. Netters store gear if offers do not improve. Prices paid include two dollars for old fat and two fifty for bedlamer, as value fluctuates with landings.
Mesers Willig Bridger and George Blackler arrived from the Toterior Friday week. Miss Althea Anstey, once ill with scarletina, is much better at home. Mrs Pearce Bridger stays with Mrs George Bridger from Brighton for the winter. The Thistles and H J Pardy, from Gander Bay, plan a winter stay there and attend hospital care. Hamlyn, son of Arthur and Mrs Hamlyn, recovering from a scald injury at the hospital. Mrs Robert Boyd Jr. is very ill at Tizzard's Hr with Sidney having just left after a message from Tizzard's Hr.
Preliminary notice invites reserve for Easter Monday April 18 for a variety concert under St ets Sanctuary Guild. Further details to follow.
Flour firm Cinderella adds more loaves to bag as demand rises. Report notes production uptick with no improvement to quality.
An important meeting of the Group Committee of the Boy Scout Association with Scouts, Rovers and Cuba will be held in their Hall on Wednesday night February 9 at 8 pm.
The 247th Commission Government meeting approved acts to confirm an agreement with Santa Cruz Oil Corporation and to amend authority for underwriting insurance to maintain the codfish trade with Italy. Other items include fisheries policy communiques, licensing discussions, and a large public interest in Jubilee Guilds events.
The Cape Bauld lighthouse on Newfoundland's northern tip stands 187 feet above high water and has withstood brutal Atlantic gales. Keeper Mr. Fontaine, in town after 33 years, describes a December storm that battered nearby structures, including the fog horn house, washing away air tanks and shingles across Quirpon. He compares its severity to the Twillingate Long Point Light.
Mr Bennett Guy is very sick due to tubercular kidneys and has been absent since early fall. Hospital or rest likely. family hopes for recovery and many years of life.
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