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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 13, 1950
Page
4
A notice urges Registered Readers to attend the Court House meeting on May 18 to nominate and possibly elect a new board member. It argues the library saves residents money by borrowing books and stresses a small time commitment for service on the regional library board.
Letter from Twillingate dated May 3 1950 defends relief program reporting. Writer rebukes harsh criticism of past and present officials, urges truth and righteousness, pleas for humility and accountability, and warns against misleading blame.
A fragment recalls the Court House and a plan to elect Board members. It contrasts past library pleasures with a dreary life of restricted reading, urging readers to imagine missing ten years of access and the impact on daily routines and leisure.
The Red Cross thanks all patrons of the Afternoon Tea in St. Andrew's Hall on April 12. Special thanks to Mr Norman Grey and Mrs William Pyon for coach donations and to pupils of St. Peter's Central Bluff Head Cove for grabs and to those who sent cake cookies and elcc. Proceeds totalled 117 dollars. A list of donors for the Birthday Cupboard includes May White, Ellen Smith, John Smith, R B Smith, Doyle May, Eric Waterman, Joyd Roberts, A Hedge, Ray Barrett, Peter Reid, Bert Jenkins and more. Thanks to Mrs Clayton Sansome for help in Mrs Susan Young's case, now in Sick Infirmary at St John's. A Sickroom Supply Service will be offered to the public in two weeks with details to follow.
A reader letter on Strong's Island recalls a long standing claim about telephone poles and a bridge. The note laments a lack of bids and affirms the truth behind the old saying, thanking taxpayers for attention.
A roster of patient surnames and given names across communities such as Black Duck Cove Ragged Point Newstead and Twillingate with a final line indicating discharges. The fragment lists individuals including Herbert Fryer Mrs Maude White Mrs Arthur Young and many others from multiple coastal towns.
A long list of names from Joyc e Yoong to Barnetts Tekle accompanies birth announcements and family updates. Birth notices show daughters for Ford Bartlett Bridgeporte Rideout Bluff Head Cove and other families. A son is recorded for Ach Smart Herring Neck and multiple other newborns are noted across communities.
A May 10 1950 letter from Dovitlingate urges a fifteen member citizens committee to represent all coves and harbours rather than the town council. The writer argues outlying settlements have local councils and calls residents between Yates Hill and Coastal Wharf to form a body to present their claims, asserting taxation will repay the effort. He stresses signing real names in public discussion.
Notice documents a series of meet agendas and postponements for the Twillingate Athletic Association and related church/parade events. It notes a May 16 meeting at the Court House, a Sunday postponement for the Church Parade, and a May 21 gathering in the Lodge room with a 3.00 pm Citadel service, led by Sr Capt Earle.
A notice invites attendance for a Tea and Sale at St Andrews on Wednesday June 7. The event details are brief with location and date given, urging community participation.
Nomination for Hive Board seats to replace members who left town or whose terms expired. Officers named include Mr A Stoodley, Mr A Stoodley, HJ Pardy, Magistrate Spracklin, and Sergeant Mercer. Nominations by two adult registered readers must be sent to Secretary Mrs Hi Hodge before the specified time. Elections by ballot at the public meeting Thursday.
Obituary notes Martha Linfield in the fifth year of widowhood. She lived with her daughter in law Myay Frank Linfield for several years and is survived by one daughter Mable. Interment will be in Arm Cemetery after a service at the South Side United Church.
Notice states a meeting of the Hospital Huslers Chair will be held Monday May 15 at 00 pm. Secretary remains to coordinate.
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