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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1950
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun reports a North Coast paper saying Home Affairs matters published in Twillingate N Ila with the North Site office note. E G Clarke edited and published.
At the request of the Twillngate Motor Vehicle Association the Hon Leo Garhi Minister of Tislee and MP for Yarngate District travels with the Hon F I Spencer Minister of Patho Works and Mr Reehards High reais Supervisor to visit Tail ingate at the earliest opportunity.
An editorial laments persistent street dust and urges a mobile sprinkler system to suppress gravel dust. It proposes a five hundred gallon tank, horizontal perforated pipe, and a tractor-drawn unit, noting water is plentiful but action is lacking.
A reader dismisses the editor’s latest idea as bunk and discards the paper. The piece notes ongoing grumbling as the editor’s brainwave dies and readers feel worn down by constant dust and frustration.
Frank Salnders buys Molwy’s coupe and plans a mobile fish shop serving north and south islands. He aims to deliver fish to households at the doorstep each Friday or Wednesday, hoping for regular customers and community support.
Little Elizabeth Manuel, recently discharged from hospital, reenters care after breaking her elbow in a see-saw accident with friends. She was taken to hospital and cast applied once swelling subsided. The week also notes fishing activity with Ike Roberts crew near Wild Cove achieving about one hundred barrels.
Summer reading picks include This Widow Makers by Michael Blackfort from headquarters. English author’s single sitting adventure follows Eliot Green and his three children as they uncover clues after his disappearance and outsmart those who threaten them.
The Exploits Valley Wranglers visit Twillingate villages causing strong town pride in their Newfoundlander hosts. Crowds applaud as Smoky Williams and team perform with plans to travel to Change Islands and Fogo before returning to Grand Falls for broadcasts.
Note expresses gratitude to friends for help during illness and death of husband and father. Includes thanks for wreaths sprays and messages. List of many relatives and friends names follows as a family acknowledgment from multiple households.
A long list of names and households appears, including Mildred Bilaitt and many relatives, friends, and neighbors from various towns. Donations for flowers are noted from employees of Modern Containers in Toronto. A notice states Mrs Bert Stockley will again take boarders at 175 per week with meals at all hours, with enlargement to accommodate more guests and guaranteed service.
Fragmentary notice announces a search for Bert Stockley to drive a taxi. Details are unreadable and unclear.
Store listing details arrivals of ladies cotton dresses children's coats and dresses, girls hats and sandals, infants dresses, boys pants and caps, ladies shoes and stockings, nylon stockings, corelets, and boys sweaters and polo shirts. Men crepe sole shoes and pants noted with discounts as half price.
Creditors of Lewis Dawe Limited in voluntary liquidation must file their claims with Rex Moyse the liquidator at Gotelee Mosse & Company 163 Water Street St Johns by July 15 1950. After this date the liquidator will distribute assets according to notices received. Knight Phelan Hawkins solicitors act for the liquidator. June 6 1950.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Troake express gratitude to all who sent letters messages and cords of sympathy after the death of their daughter Christine Roger. They thank doctors and nurses at the hospital and everyone who helped during the bereavement.
Ellen Smith expresses thanks to friends for messages cards and wreaths sent to adorn the casket following the death of her husband.
A note of thanks from Newfoundlanders touring the coast asks residents of Lewisporte Campbellton Badger Bishop's Falls and Botwood to support a future month long tour by raising funds to buy musical instruments. The group plans to return yearly for entertainment and expresses gratitude for local cooperation.
Misa Prances Hodge has completed 9 Pre Med at Memorial College with Distinctions in Biology and English. Mr and Mrs Cyril Watkins escaped serious injury after a motorbike skid on loose gravel. Mrs Watkins suffered cuts and abrasions while Cyril sustained minor gravel scrapes.
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