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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Mar 24, 1945
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun announces postal and editorial details for its Newfoundland edition. It lists publication origin Twillingate Newfoundland and editor proprietor Roberts with notes on notes of thanks memorials and announcements pricing and submission deadlines.
A March 3 protest meeting on Ball Island drew 650 voters opposing a Town Council scheme. Speakers warned taxation would burden residents, while calls for better lighting water and sewerage were weighed against preserving Wells and avoiding municipal control.
The Commission of Government and the Housing Corporation are negotiating to add 100 houses on the Corporation land this season, bringing total erected to 225 instead of 125. The plan would supply affordable housing with priority for returning servicemen, though no final decision has been made.
Sir John Puddester chief health commissioner in the British Commission defends Newfoundland in a Toronto interview. He condemns a survey by eleven medical experts as unfair noting health is not so poor and most Newfoundlanders have adequate diets despite relief years 1931 to 1941.
Family expresses sincere gratitude to those who sent sprays wreaths letters telegrams and cards for the illness and death of their father and husband. Names of those who sent wreaths telegraphs and letters are listed with affectionate acknowledgments from the wife family and relatives.
Mr. George W. Rideout writes from Toronto that snow in December was disappearing. He notes a March 7 temperature around 50 degrees. He attended the Mid. Association on March 5 and saw only Mr. Charles Payne, from Twillingate, who said his father Mr. George Payne had been ill since his wife’s death but was improving.
Able Seaman Roger Locke of the Royal Navy spent a short leave at Captain and Mrs. Titus Locke in Tizzard's Harbour last week. He has served four years in the navy.
At the S U B Hall on Thursday Moving Pictures will be shown with part proceeds directed to Memorial Hospital. The event highlights local cinema fundraising for health services.
A new cardboard making machine is planned for Grand Falls at the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company Mill. The project marks the corner stone of a proposed Toland industry with early stage setup and machine installation underway.
A long list of individuals and families including Bert and Mrs Young John and Daisy Manuel Gordon and Mrs Watkins Bert and Mrs Welsh Bessie Harris Rove Cooper Mrs Hodder and Maggie Grimes Geo Wart Chesley and Mrs Petley Mrs Anastatia Grimes Fred and Mrs Pelley etc appears in a community notice. The names cover multiple households and attest to an extended family gathering or collective event with many surnames in the St Johns area.
A family thanks friends and neighbors for support during illness and death of a wife and mother. Wreaths and sympathy messages came from numerous named families and individuals including Elliott, Drover, Dove, Pelley, Clarke, Ashbourne, and Sharpe, with notes from Alma Roberts and others.
The Bessie Marie cut her channel from Harbour Rock making crossings impossible north of the Rock. Stakes line much of the channel but are not visible at night.
On Wednesday night March 21 friends of the South Side gathered at Mr and Mrs Thomas Cooper s home at the Arm and gave a surprise party to Hardy and his wife. A very enjoyable evening was spent. Rev Bagge confined to the Parsonage with a cold and improving, not leaving home for a few days.
Allied forces push on multiple fronts as German defenses crumble at the Saar Mainz Rhine in force. Soviet troops advance toward Bratislava and Vienna while German electricity and rail links falter. In the Pacific, Nogya island is bombed heavily as invasion of Japan looms. Tokyo faces mass evacuation. Patton’s units move toward Mannheim, Montgomery aids Rhine operations, and Italy’s Fifth Army grows bolder near Vergato. Burmese and Philippine campaigns show Japanese losses as Mandalay and Luzon fall under pressure.
The S U F Hall received interior coats of paint by Lodge volunteers. Frazer Hall also undergoes interior work by voluntary effort. Mr A E Seeley departed Sunday for Barreed where his father passed away Saturday. Miss Elsie Gillett left for St Johns. Mrs Wade Hastings went to the city this week. Mr George Smith, once ill with a slight paralytic condition, is now able to— Burton is ida hie con of the N S United.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a peculiar name Bernie Barrel Truss or Anstey with unclear context. Readable words hint at a person and place, but precise details are uncertain.
Hon. Sir John Puddester of the Newfoundland Public Health and Welfare Commission told the Empire Club in Toronto that Newfoundland would soon revert to a parliamentary system. He discussed the people choosing their form of government.
The Bessie May, sailing from Harbour Rock to Coaster Wharf, awaits favorable winds to free the vessel. Captain Saul White leads a crew of 38 including Mate Peter Troke and Engineer Gorge Burton as Ashbournes Ltd prepared for a costly seal hunt operation.
Captain Blackmore reported via Labrador that he struck a small patch and was making poor progress on Tuesday with 500 aboard.
In Memoriam notes Dot Ma and Hardy Ridcut who died on Doc 17th with reference to their father William Hicks. Stated as peace, perfect peace and signed by the Hicks and Ridcut Families of Twillingate.
Three Mem orial Hospital directors now at St. John's have interviewed the Commissioner for Public Health and Welfare Sir J C Puddester. They requested a grant increase and assistance for a new building, receiving support from Sir John who urged Fingnca Commissioner for consideration.
Died. Edwin Hayward, 18, died at the hospital Wednesday night. Survived by husband, three sons William in Nova Scotia Canada Albert in the U.S., R Hayward at home, and daughter Mrs Harvey Eleanor White, plus Amy Hayward and grandchildren. Jons Bourden, born in Boatén, died February 3, aged 79, native of the town. Sympathy extended to families.
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