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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 26, 1951
Page
4
Notes of thanks memoriam and announcements with rates for local Canada and U S subscriptions. Mentions second class mail status and office payments in Ottawa. Includes attribution to correspondence and 0 cents per inch for insertions.
A local article urges residents within a hundred feet of the road to fill potholes with ashes and consider calcum chlor ide treatment. It notes the roadside habit would improve walking surfaces and reduce dust, while praising Bay Roberts use of calcitum chloride and urging communal effort alongside a small road crew.
The article notes Lloyds of London odds on a third world war shifting from 50 to 1 before 1951 to 19 to 1 by May, asserting crises influence defense planning. It mentions Pacific Coast Dental Association planning a June 25 to 28 meeting and securing a $10,000 CO policy with a $535 premium to cover advance costs.
William Condon & Sons Woolen Mills in Charlottetown offers wool spinning at 47 cents per pound for single and 50 cents for doubled and twisted plus 25 cents per pound extra for fees. Weaving blankets costs 250 dollars each laundered and napped, colored blankets 375 dollars. Five pounds of wool make a blanket. washed wool bought daily at market prices. freight paid on 100 pounds for custom work. Samples and prices available on request.
A May 16 wedding in the LOA Hall Lewisporte united Florence Keefe of Twillingate with Robert Boone of Lewisporte. The ceremony by Sr Capt R Cole featured Herbert Freake giving the bride and Mrs K A March at the piano. Attendants Mrs Annie Waterman and Mrs W Boone wore white and blue, bouquets mirrored the bridal colors. Afterward couples and guests traveled by car to Salt Pond Notre Dame Jetn and returned to a reception at the groom’s parents home with toasts and gifts. Best wishes to the newlyweds.
Fragmentary OCR lists several proper names and terms, suggesting a note about a fishing party or social group. Entries include Teck Léveridge Bert Ashbourne Chea Gillard Wiltor Mantel Steve Soave and George. The garbled text lacks a clear event or date.
Saul White a veteran fighter and Belle Tele figure plans to return north this season after a summers on the rock. Skipper Sapl, recently hospitalized and near death, expresses resolve and friends extend best wishes as he eyes another challenging season.
Mr. Bradley of the Newfound land Fisheries Board has been in town this week interviewing applicants for fishery inspector jobs. Interest runs high as vacancies were posted in mid winter and several townsmen, though many are well qualified practically, hope to win posts.
The Revd Frank Hollands leaves next week for St John s after Synod. He will become incumb ent of the Parish at King's Cove. In 1949 he planned a year long stay, with a second year as Bollards rtemained. his past service in the thirties at Twillingate is noted with deep regret at departure.
At a Friday meeting of the Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital Directorate the travelling telhnic boat now ready for launch at Burry Shipyards was named Bonnie Nell I. The Notre Dame and Green Bays communities are urged to continue the boat's tradition of welcome and support.
The Revd. M K Roberta of Change Islands has accepted a Chaplaincy with the Canadian Armed Forces and will depart in July. He is merited and has one son and has served at Change Islands for five or six years.
Limited pine supply excites interest from Twillingate residents as authorities report remaining young pines nearly exhausted. The appeal sparks envy for forested hills in Twillingate North and South Islands.
The piece outlines the Speaker’s role in presiding over the Assembly, enforcing rules, and remaining impartial. It recounts the traditional election ritual where leaders drag the chosen member to the chair, the Governor’s reception, and the Speaker’s hosting duties, plus Mr Sparks’ work on House Procedure and his life outside the chamber with a nursing daughter and several sons.
The Diocese announces a morning ordination at Newfoundland Cathedral on Jane 3rd led by the Lord Bishop of Newfoundland. A new priest will be Reverend Vs Blake. seven others from Trinity College Toronto Queen's College and St. John’s will be admitted as deacons.
The King presents a silver eros and altar candlesticks designed by Professors for Washington Cathedral to mark wartime worship. The altar will be dedicated July 4 in St Pauls with General Eisenhower presenting a roll of honour. Arch Ridenut of Back Harkits voices greetings from Toronto. Durrell Red Cross sponsors an egg shower for N D B Memorial Hospital with schools collecting eggs from many communities.
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