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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1949
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun issue from July 16 1949 on the North Coast advertises local news and editor F. G. Clarke, editor and proprietor. The paper highlights regional topics and serves as the community’s newspaper for Taybltsned area.
The first session of Newfoundland's first provincial legislature opens with a busy agenda and a 12 member cabinet. The piece stresses creating jobs, improving roads, and boosting industries like fisheries and logging to lift the province's economy, while warning against dole-like schemes and uncertain markets. It notes Britain's tariff cuts threatening timber and newsprint exports and calls for durable provincial development to sustain employment and growth.
Reliable agents wanted to sell Rawleigh Home Necessities direct to consumers in Newfoundland and across Canada. Excerpts, flavours, toilet preparations, spices, foods, medicines, ointments, insecticides. Over 1,000 Canadian dealers earn from $3,000 to $6,000 annually. Start a business serving customers. Districts limited. Write promptly to WT Rawleigh Co Ltd Montreal.
The Church of England notice lists St Peters 8 am holy communion 11 am matins 7 pm evensong and St Andrews 2:30 pm service and 3 pm Sunday School followed by evensong. The entry reflects a Trinity Sunday timetable with morning and evening worship and a Sunday School session.
South Side Jiam Rev Charles Freake BA 230 pm Sunday School 7 pm Bible Class Prof A Lipfield North Side llaw Prof A Liofeld 239 pm Sunday School 7 pm Crow Head 230 pm Sunday School Bible Class Little Harbour 3 pm Rev Charles Fresake BA 7 pm Lay Reader
The Salvation Army outline lists an 1 a.m. holiness meeting, 2 p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class, 3 p.m. musical programme, and 7 p.m. great salvation meeting. Local attendees plan to participate in the day’s religious programs.
Pastor and Mrs. C F Rowsell announce Sunday services with morning devotion at 10 30 a m Sunday School at 1 30 p m and evangelistic service at 7 p m along with a 6 30 p m prayer session.
To all hay vendors with several tons of old hay yet to consume from last season's bookings, we are taking delivery of the old before carting in new hay. Our price for new hay is $1.25 per hundred pounds, with free cartage to our barns. C &C, ROBERTS, per H. C. Roberts.
The St Johns subscriptions fund Sunshine Camps for city children to enjoy a two week country holiday and covers transport and school expenses for deaf, dumb or blind children. The club asks for generous contributions today to support those in need.
A twenty five foot basking shark attacked the cod trap of Harry Anstey's crew at Back Harbour on Tuesday. Skipper Uarre let the shark drown the rest of the night then the trap and shark were hauled ashore. The event drew hundreds of sightseers the next day. The shark's skin and flesh have little local value, though the skin hides two pockets. The crew faces a likely season end for the trap. Other notices mention a 1939 Ford Coupe sale by A M Stoodley, Bennet Oxford recuperating from surgery, Mrs. Blake visiting Needham, and the freighter Fernwood striking ice off Twillingate Long Point and returning to Botwood for repairs.
A jumble of names linked to places including Cater's Cove Victoria Cove Springdale Gander Bay Twillingate and multiple individuals such as Aidine Wheeler Doreen Terraville Albert Young Mrs Arch Young Mrs Ronald Hewlitt Linda Bligh Marion Stryde Loretta Ralph Bruce Roberts James Simms and others appear scattered with towns like Carmanville Summerford Greens Cove and Chanceporte. The fragmentary text reads like a multilingual directory entry or social roll call with numerous personal names attached to coastal communities.
A string of discharge notices names multiple individuals across communities including Ladle Cove, Twillicgate, Fogo, Exploits, and Bay towns. Names such as Fred Roberts, Violet Anstey, Earl Parsons, Charley Churchill, and Lilian Fudge appear with family associations and local locations like Cottle’s Ss, Nogein Cave, and Pacquet. The list reads like a community roll call of discharged parties and associated places.
To Mr and Mrs Ronald Hewlett of Springdale, a daughter was born.
A roster of names and places appears during an operations report listing individuals such as Jean Starkes Mrs Lewis Starkes and Margaret Vincent alongside townships like Lush's Bight Gander Bay and Lewisporte. The document names residents from various communities including Springdale Traytown Campbellton and Carmanville with several households cited.
Kin Kinsmen of St John’s sponsor a peanut sale as a token similar to poppies. Youth vendors line streets to collect donations, aiding underprivileged children in Newfoundland.
A fragmented hospital notes entry lists individuals including Cyril Banka Patrick Ford Gertrude Banke Mraz Peter Coles Margaret Vincent Hedley Nicholas Virgin Arai and Mrs Edgar Rogere Fairbank with unclear roles or details in the document.
A baby boy was born at N. DBM Hospital on June 16 to Mr and Mrs Ernest Rideout of Twilingate. The family requests warm wishes from friends and relatives.
Notice for St Peter's Congregation annual Garden Party at Parsopage Grounds on Wednesday July 27. Activities include stalls with cream pantry variety and attractions such as a fumble stall Teas cold roast beef and salads on the field and in the parish hall. Admission to the grounds 60 cents and Social Hour in the hall 25 cents.
A fragmented notice asks all members to meet at Back Hr Field on Monday evening for Bets For Football practice with a secretary coordinating details.
The Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital at Twillingate, established as a war memorial, marks its 25th anniversary. Since opening in 1924 the facility expanded with a Nurses Home and staff housing, funded by local effort and government support, improving patient capacity by about thirty percent and easing admissions for the Notre Dame Bay community.
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