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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 03, 1952
Page
4
We publish from Twillingate Nit on Saturdays. We cannot guarantee insertion of letters received after Wednesday noon. We do not assume responsibility for correspondents opinions. Notes of Thanks Memoriam Announcements cost 80 cents per inch. Subscriptions Local 1.50 Canada 1.70 US 2.00. Payable in advance. Authorized as second class mail.
The sealing vessel Bessie Marie arrived at Ashbourne after a hard spring on the ice. Captain Cecil Stockley reports a healthy crew of experienced men, 2700 seals harvested, and favorable meat prices driving interest in flipper sales at six dollars a dozen.
Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital uses a belt conveyor system to remove ashes from the furnace room. An electric motor drives canvas buckets that lift ashes from a pit to a dump, reducing time and labor for the fireman and keeping ramp and staff areas cleaner. Sidney Boyde of Herring Neck, who had an appendix operation, was discharged Friday and went home Saturday.
Veteran captain John Gillett resumes command of the Twillingate formerly the Fixit after years of land pressure. The vessel discharged 377 seals at Ashbourne South Side, and will take general supplies to St John’s before handing to a younger skipper. Passengers include Wallace Clarke and his son Donald, who is set for hospital treatment.
News notes that Twillingate harbour ice has partially loosened in spring with no winter bridge sign yet. Manuel's boat to Lewisporte and the Gay Rambler passenger ship left Thursday, and local firms are praised for steady freight amid scarce shortages. Weather may gradually melt bay ice as navigation opens.
A correction clarifies an obituary error from last week at Corner Brook In. The deceased identified as Miss Laura Moores was actually Mrs Lavra Roberta of Bluff Head Cove who died about thirty years ago. The notice should have referred to Lavra Roberta as the deceased.
A Twillingate note explains the Forty and Eighters as a veterans movement of about one hundred thousand veterans. Artie Scott, active since 1925 and Washington state director since 1938, earned membership for raising funds to buy an iron lung aiding infantile paralysis victims. The group focuses much on underprivileged orphans and childrens homes, and the piece offers best wishes to Scott and his co workers.
The Crow Head Concert Troupe led by Carl Sharpe repeated their Monday performance at Alexandra Hall before about three hundred. The two and a half hour program featured over twenty items including original pieces and Lucky's Boat with lively step dancing. Proceeds from the second show plus the first total about 14,000 dollars to support Crow Head Day School.
Word from Gander says Mrs. Blanche Roberta a well known North Side resident has been unwell for months while staying with her children at Gander. She plans to travel here with her son Herold for medical attention when conditions are more comfortable.
Pigmen C Roberts and L Anstey report strong local orders as Canadian meat exports to the United States halt due to foot and mouth disease. Prices for young pigs fall with a tentative 18 dollar delivery price to Twillingate, while feeding methods and costs are outlined for winter production.
The Revd G L Morgan BR BA BD departed by helicopter to Lewiaporte and continued to Toronto for the General Council Committee on Church Policy in late April. He will be away about a month with the assistant minister Mr Hawkins and a lay helper covering the Twillingate United Church Charge.
The Twillingate committee plans a week long collection for the Canadian Institute for the Blind to cover the North and South Islands. The group urges donations to support independent living for the blind and comforts for those inactive, hoping community members will back the cause.
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