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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 31, 1952
Page
4
North Coast notices from Twillingate Sun indicate subscription prices for local, Canada, and USA readers. The paper lists policy on letters and notes, with rates for 1 inch insertions and affiliations with named individuals and the proprietor.
The notice states authorization for second class mail under the Post Office Department in Ottawa.
The Twillingate Presbytery of the United Church convened on a Wednesday morning with Rev. G. J. Morgan presiding. Delegates reported strong spiritual and financial outcomes, with a public service led by Rev. Dr. Dawe and a social hour in Marehall Hall. Attendees included clergy and lay representatives from Gander to Musgrave Harbour, expressing gratitude for hospitality and hoping to return.
The hospital records show numerous patients admitted during the week ending May 238th. Names include Mrs Mable Small Mr Beanor Small Mrs Dorman Anstey Mrs Elmo Small Mrs Gilbert Anstey Summerford Mrs Josiah Mitley Mrs Joseph Budgell Seldom Mrs Ralph Stackey Herring Neck and others from Beanor, Morley Shelley, Aspen Cove, Change Inlands, Campleton, Newstead, Boyd's Hirth, Yates, and Cottrell's Cove.
A fragmented OCR list from a Newfoundland page shows numerous individuals and spouses across towns such as Twillingate Gambo Corner Brook Fogo and Gander Bay. Entries include babies born to Mrs and Mr, and partnerships listed with married names like Mrs and Mr including a few place names and family surnames.
Rupert Moores and St John's contribute to a fish appeal with Jake Taylor from St John's and Nathan Feltham of Gambo donating 10.00 and 1900 respectively to support the cause.
The Department of Education invites senior teachers with Graduate or University Grade Teaching Certificates or five years on Associate Grade to apply as Markers for the Atlantic Provinces Examin ing Board. Positions set at Acadia University Wolfville with July marking from the 7th to about the 30th, pay $10 a day plus board lodging and travel. Additional Newfoundland postings list Readers $3 Chief Readers $9 daily plus $4 housing allowance outside St Johns, marking in St Johns July 7 to about July 21. Clerical assistants checkers and helpers wanted for Newfoundland marking in July with $4 per day. preference to university students. no one who wrote this year’s Public Examinations is eligible.
Architect Mr F A Celsourne visited with Notre Dame authorities to discuss a planned dental clinic project. Approved plans call for a forty by thirty foot three story building attached to the hospital south east corner with refrigeration, storage, a top roof, and apartments on the third floor. Construction to begin soon with local staff already engaged to supply food from nearby beaches.
Mr John Dove caught a fine salmon in his salon net last Friday morning, a big catch for the year. George Blackler of Battrick's Island reportedly hauled in a large specimen during the same week after seeing a salmon swim past his boat and netting it. This is noted as possibly the first time a salmon has been landed by rats with perfect legality, far from shore.
Toronto Mr Samuel Warden announces engagement of his youngest daughter Andrey June to Edward Thomas Lee son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Percy Lee The marriage is set for May thirty first at three hundred o clock in St Aughan Church Norway The Warden family tracing to Desiah Smith of Twillingste sister of Fred Smith of Jenkins Cove
Public notice from the Department of Natural Resources states that all Permits to Burn issued under the Forest Fires Act 1933-1944 will be cancelled as of the 24th instant until further notice. The measure applies to all current burn authorizations pending further instruction.
Motor vessel Glenwood completed the discharge of 400 tons of North Sydney Screened Coal for Arthur Manne. Ashbournes Bestie Marts was reported there last night with a coal load for the same firm. Walter Guy of Greenwood Massachusetts arrived with the body of his mother Mrs Barbara Batt, who died recently. Interment was at United Church Cemetery in the Arm, conducted by Reverend G L Morgan. Mrs Batt is survived by two sons, Walter and Samuel, of Greenwood and Boston. Mr Guy planned to depart again yesterday for the United States.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a “LEE A piece’ of side” and possible use in building locations with a focus on recency. No clear event date or organization is identifiable from the readable text.
Mr. Frank Sharpe of Crow Head notes one barrel of cod for the first haul, then five barrels in the afternoon and six more on Thursday morning. Other crews also set lines, with hopes for strong catches as crews rush to deploy traps.
Officials of the North Shore Construction Company Ltd led early week preparations for breaking ground on Shoal Tickle after being awarded the project by the Federal Government. The workforce will rely on machinery operators and local men, with preference given where possible. George Hawkins and John Clarke have been hired as Time keeper and Assistant Timekeeper. Groundwork is expected to begin in the first week of late January. Concurrently, work on the new coastal wharf by Chester Dawe Limited is advancing, aided by suitable weather for cement pouring and block setting.
Community notes record residents traveling to mainland for graduation and holidays, including Mr. and Mrs. Barry Ashbourne and Miss Bessie Harnett. Allan Gay completes first year at Memorial University, and St. Peter's Day School principal ALG Hall earns BA. A smokestack installation at Notre Dame Bay Memorial proceeds under Mr. William Earle, with stack raised and secured amid local activity.
Large quantities of small nursery pines and spruces from Government Nurseries have been received and planted by individuals and local organizations over the past fortnight. Previous years’ stock has struggled to survive, likely due to planting procedures, and no clear instructions have been provided for proper planting methods. A rising publicity campaign surrounds the project with limited practical guidance to growers.
The project suffered from bad publicity and might have changed if authorities responsible had given ordinary homeowners some points on essentials.
Early and late cabbage plant orders are being taken with delivery expected around June 15. Prices are anticipated near $1.50 per hundred, as Sun Office notes.
Pupils of St Peter's School host an annual sale of work and tea in the Parish Hall on Wednesday in June. Tea is 40 cents. Doors open at 3:00 pm.
Instructions to convert wool into yarn and blankets detailing yarn sizes single, doubled, twisted. three ply options fine medium coarse. Spinning 47c per pound for single and 50c for doubled twisted. Dyeing 25c per pound extra. Weaving 250 dollars per blanket laundered. 2.70 dollars laundered and napped. colored blankets 3.75 dollars. Five pounds of wool needed per blanket. Wool must be washed and burrs removed.
A long catalog lists authors such as Doyle, Grey, Haggard, Zane, and Wallace alongside titles like The Case of the Fiery Fingers and 20 000 Leagues Behind the High Bat. It catalogues science fiction notes, home repair guides, and biographies, hinting at a diverse library roundup.
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