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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 27, 1950
Page
4
Local notices from Twillingate Newfoundland area include announcements memorials and thank you notes with a 30 cent per inch insertion rate. Subscriptions listed as local 1.60 Canada 1.70 USA 2.00 per year with payment due in advance.
Dr J M Olds of Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital Twillingate urged universal BCG use after addressing the Canadian Tuberculosis Association in Vancouver. The resolution called provinces to consider BCG deployment amid hopeful notes on a dried vaccine from Montreal's Microbiology Institute and Olds plans to return to Newfoundland within ten days.
A survey of recent radio bulletins notes widespread clean-up efforts across Newfoundland towns and villages. Councils join in, yet many residents drive the work with pride and energy to make their communities look their best. Whitewash remains underused due to cost and household pressures.
The piece urges a water side cleanup as their streets near salt water accumulate rubbish including cans. It warns that tidal action may not remove debris and calls for a dedicated cleanup week to improve harbour sanitation and public impression.
Report on the Woods Labour Board agreement shows employment rising to several thousand more workers than in 1949. Basic hourly rates rise to 70 cents retroactive to April 1 1950, board rate to 87 cents per day, cord rates set with minimums and maximums for cutting rough wood, and general labour wage totals at 700 dollars per day with board rates at 26.10 per month. Newfoundland rates favored loggers across 66 classifications versus eastern Canadian Mainland.
Died at Wild Cove Tuesday was John Eliott 86 one of Twillingate's oldest residents. Survived by widow two brothers George and Fred Crow Head and sister Mrs R Brett Detroit. A longtime United Church worker lay reader Sunday School superintendent active until 1948. Funeral from North Side United Church to Bear Berry Head Cemetery.
Mr Dunley Anstey awaits a Vanguard 6 passenger car by Glencoe. Mr Willie Cooper arrived in Austin Wagon from Springdale on Thursday. Several new and used cars are on order or en route for Twillingate deliveries soon. Doctor J M Olds leaves Montreal tomorrow morning homeward to Twillingate via Gander.
A rumour from the Capital suggests the House of Assembly will convene before adjournment. Daily News writer Wayfarer warns of an economic crisis unmatched since 1895. The fishery outlook shows unprecedented carryover with few ships fit for Labrador work in Bonavista and nearby bays.
Applications are invited to fill vacancies in the Adult Education Staff across the country. Women with at least Grade XI education and experience in teaching or social welfare are sought, with strong homemaking aptitudes. Salary 1400-50-1700 plus living bonus. pension eligibility. Apply to Director of Adult Education by June 20, 1950. No. 528.
An order effective May 9 1950 raises ceiling prices by 12 cents a pound for bulk dried yellow split peas. Retail ceilings set at 9 cent per pound at Newfoundland entry points and 10 cents per pound elsewhere. Applies to Labrador south of Fox Harbour and areas with winter stock in other districts.
A year after the passing of Jobe Rideout of Back Harbour Twillingate remembers a beloved son. The tribute speaks of his pleasant kindly disposition and the community’s deep loss with memories of youth shared, and notes his final departure as nature painted a landscape of life.
Poetic lament over promised subsidies failing to reach fishermen on Labrador and Shore. The speaker decries cabinet trips and wasted funds while fishermen await an estimated price, urging action to support those at sea.
A letter from Mabel and Madge Boyde thanks friends for support during their father’s illness and death, including wreaths and sympathy cards. A second note from E Hamlyn expresses gratitude for help after his sister Emma’s passing, praising Arthur for funeral arrangements and acknowledging officiants and undertakers.
A reader notes Evening Telegram’s cautious stance on the private CPA bill for Newfoundland. The Telegram declines to side with or against the measure, citing lack of opportunity to study its contents alongside Assembly members and the Premier.
A fragment discusses how the law is viewed as a hassle by people and labels a two legged figure as the hass when interpreting legal matters. It notes that some face a similar pressure when standards and rules seem to constrain individual actions.
The note thanks those who assisted during illness and death of Mrs Martha Linfield and mentions appreciation for wreaths and sprays sent to adorn the casket from rbouse and others.
Olive Gillard of Gillard's Cove wed Donglaa Andrews of Crow Head at North Side United Church on May 23. The reception was at the groom's home and the couple now reside in Wild Cove. Felicitations are extended.
Jobin Smith of the Arc died Thursday May 25 following a lengthy illness. He was in his 88th year and is survived by his wife and son Ralph.
A fragmentary nautical note mentions Ashbourne's Sessle carried by Marie from North Sydney to Twillingate aboard the vessel Badger's Quay. The terse item records a voyage with limited details.
Members of the Canadian House of Commons, many with families, toured Ford Motor Company of Canada in Windsor Ontario on May 12 13 to gain firsthand insight into the Canadian auto industry and its impact on the national economy. The accompanying photo shows T G W Ashbourne Twillingate and Mrs Ashbourne with Mrs Kew and Gregory G Kew of Ford Canada at Greenfield Village Dearborn Michigan.
In a 19th century style note the Pension Board asks readers to verify the age of Thomas Sugg born around 845 and living at St John s. The appeal seeks documentary proof of age from readers and mentions 70 years plus as the current estimate.
Secretary of State for Cansole Hon. F Gordon Bradley confirms early this year start on Twillingate public wharf expansion and Tickle Canal dredging. Project may cost a quarter of a million dollars with reef rock risk. grounding study to be done this summer to determine subsoil.
Messrs Vaughn and Walter Elliott of Crow Head received a new 14 ton Ford from St. John's by Springdale, marking a local vehicle delivery event with the two businessmen as principals.
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