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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 24, 1952
Page
4
Registered department note from the North Coast paper Twillingate Brooklyn edition outlines submission deadlines by Wednesday noon and states responsibility disclaimer for correspondent opinions. It lists advertising rates and subscription costs across local, Canada and USA, with advance payment required.
An archival notice indicates authorization for agricultural distribution under second class mail status via the Post Office in Ottawa. The fragment confirms official postal handling and classification without broader context or dates.
An unsigned May 24 1952 note argues for informed public discussion before a town council vote. It urgesMr Philip Fottey minister of supply to provide full facts, warns against ill prepared electorates, and calls for open dialogue with residents to avoid coercion or haste in the decision.
An educational reading institute sponsored by Gage & Company convened in Twillingate with Miss McCully of Wisconsin demonstrating new reading methods to thirty local teachers and fifteen Grade three pupils from Central School. The two day program ran daily from 9:15 to 4:00 with social events and praise for the visiting instructors.
Mr. W. R. Brown representing the Davia Suspension Agency of Halifax Nova Scotia has been in town during the week soliciting orders for a number of American and mainland periodicals.
The auxiliary weasel Jean Garland discharged a coal cargo during the week for the Twilight Consumer Co operative Society Ltd. The cargo was unloaded at the new Coastal Wharf under arrangements with Chester Dawe Ltd. The society plans more cargoes this season.
As of 30th April 1952, licensed life insurance companies under Chapter 194 of the Consolidated Statutes to operate in Newfoundland for the year ending 31 October 1952 include Canada Life Assurance Company Confederation Life Association Co operative Life Insurance Company Crown Life Insurance Company Dominion Life Assurance Co Equitable Life Assurance Company of Canada Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Imperial Life Assurance Company London Life Insurance Company Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Maritime Life Assurance Company Montreal Life Assurance Company Mutual Life Assurance Company North American Life Assurance Company Prudential Assurance Company Limited of England Royal Insurance Company of London England Standard Life Assurance Company Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Fraternal and Mutual Benefit Societies Canadian Order of Foresters. Additions or deletions may be published from time to time. No. 1078.
As of 30 April 1952 a list of casualty insurance companies licensed under the 1939 act to operate in Newfoundland for the year ending 31 October 1952 includes Acadia Fire Insurance, Alliance Assurance of London, American Alliance Insurance, Atlas Assurance, Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of Canada, Bowater’s Newfoundland Pulp and Paper Mills, Beeld America Assurance Company, Biitised Aviation Insurance, Caledonia Insurance, Cage eaten and Fire Assurance, Health and Accident Assurance Corporation, Capads Life Assurance, Canadian Fire Insurance, Canadian Surety Company, Century Insurance Company Limited, Commercial Union Assurance, Continental Casualty Company, Continental Insurance, Dominion Life Assurance, Dominion of Canada General Insurance, Eagle Star Insurance, Employers Liability Assurance, Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance, Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Fidelity and Casualty Company, First Fidelity Canadian, Fidality Tesiraska Company, Timited.
A provincial list outlines which insurance companies selling fire and other non vehicle risks are exempt from licensing under Section 2. The compilation includes many major firms such as Liverpool and London and Globe, Phoenix, Royal, National Fire, and Union Assurance, among others. The notice states the list helps the public verify license status and notes updates will be published as additions or deletions occur.
A Newfoundland minister recalls a recent Toronto visit and recalls mounting travel methods from land to air. He details using a helicopter to view coastlines and harbors from 100 to 300 feet, describing the thrill and unique perspective of airborne travel.
We thank all who helped after the passing of Ebenezer Verge and for wreaths, sprays, messages, letters, and cards. Mrs. Fred Verge and sisters Mrs. Blanche Roberta note appreciation. Mrs. Roberts, with Harold, has been ill for months and worsened, now unable to walk. Friends in Twilliovat and across the province wish her a speedy recovery.
The writer chronicles a flight from Twillingate to Lewisporte then Gander and Toronto via a DC3. It notes ice and snow in valleys and bay areas, shows the route over Gander Bishop's Falls Buchans and Stephenville, and praises time savings and memorable impressions of airborne travel.
Miss Ethel Gardner who has been a patient at hospital over the winter left on Thursday for St John's where she will reside with relatives.
Mrs Sarah Cook left town after a brief stay to settle household effects from the sale of her North Side property. She returned to St Johns on Thursday.
Locals enjoyed brief warm spell this week but Thursday brought easterly winds and chilling temperatures. Heavy ice in Staite White Bay and Green enas delays likely none before jam ends. Open navigation boosted firms with heavy stacks. Salmon sold around thirty cents a pound with strong catches. few rohoters reported but not enough for all. Whitefish in Dido by casinet sold at twenty five cents a dozen.
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