29 Jan 1944
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1944
Page
1
The message urges total effort on the home front to win World War II. It stresses supporting troops with supplies and funding, calls for immediate action, and frames 1944 as the crucial year for decisive victory. It appeals to uniformed service, industry, and civilian talent to meet shared wartime duties now.
The motor-vessel Lavinia Mullins will operate in Notre Dame Bay this summer, linking to Bishop's Falls for rail connections. Residents with lumber palings vegetables salmon fish meats or livestock for sale should advertise in the paper or write to Esau Burge Sunny Slope Farm Bishopseville January 22.
An important meeting of the Rlinger Guides will be held in the Club Room on Jan 31. Full attendance is requested.
A ram that strayed this spring is under the care of Mr. Fred Clark at Gilesporte. The owner may reclaim by proving ownership and paying costs.
Public notice outlines quarterly local allocations for textile imports to Newfoundland from the U S A and Canada starting January 1 1944. Firms must apply on forms available soon and return by January 22 1944 to be considered for allocations. pending outstanding U S imports may affect current quarter quotas. Signed W E Curtis Supplies Officer January 6 1944.
A daughter was born January 15 at Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Garfield Young.
A calendar from the Lawrence Nfd Co Ltd arrives at the mall and another from Ashbourneah is mentioned. Thanks are extended to Mr F R Wheeler of Palisades Park New Jersey for a calendar. Sidney Loveridge remains home ill with heart and lung trouble. Bowring Brothers Ltd plan to send S Hagle to the Icefields in Spring with Capt Sid Hillisto as commander and Capt Llewellyn Keay as Chief Officer.
The statement lists church services across St Peter's Andrew's United Church Little Harbour Crow Head and Pentecostal Assembly with Holy Communion Evensong Sunday School Bible Class and prayer services plus evening evangelistic services. Appointments by Rev T J Pitt and officers noted.
In stock fresh beef and mutton with 081b sacks of Maple Leaf Imperial Islands Best and Whole Wheat Flour. 141b sacks Whole Wheat Flour Grocery Molasses Extra Plate and Family Beef. 3 and 4 bushel sacks oats and ground wheat.
The report notes Mr John Sharpe’s uncertain age after a historic church fire destroyed parish records. A metal propeller piece found in the ground near St Patrick's Hall prompts a CID investigation. Cyril J Fix EC is named to the Supreme Court, succeeding the late Justice WJ Higgins, with public approval calls and optimism for fair rulings.
John Baggs conducts a small trade at Bluff Head Cove while Cecil Simm sells groceries and provisions at Beck Harbour. Both men case local commerce along the coastline, offering goods to passing vessels and residents in a brisk, shorefront market.
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