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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 12, 1949
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun reports no Saturday publication due to exhausted newsprint and delayed winter supplies. If the press arrives, the paper will publish. otherwise readers are advised to obtain pea soup without the Sun.
In Twillingate a call for shared community ventures over private risk highlights the tele phone and fire insurance firms as models. The piece argues for broader local investment in utilities and electric lighting, noting past private capital built services while urging continued faith in joint initiatives for lower costs and wider benefit.
The speaker argues that cheap electric power is essential to advance beyond old ways and to keep the town prosperous. Individual power generation raises costs beyond competitive levels, threatening local employment and the exodus of younger residents to the mainland. The town should pursue hydroelectric or grid options for the North and South Islands to honor past builders of local enterprises.
The piece argues the Relief Works Program hides the cost by using unemployment insurance funded federally and shifted to the province. It condemns low wages and says the scheme risks replacing honest wages with social benefits while supporting fishers and loggers who rely on aid. It favors federal funding to ease local tax burdens.
The notice lists Church of England services across St Peter's, St Andrew's, United Church South Side and North Side locations. Times include Holy Communion, Sunday services, Sunday School, Bible Class and layReader duties for Little Harbours and Crow Head with 1 pm and 2:30 pm slots and evening gatherings.
The Salvation Army announces a morning holiness meeting and an afternoon Sunday School and Bible Class at 2 pm with a praise meeting following. A Great Salvation Meeting is planned with a cordial welcome from Capt. and Mrs. G. Harle.
The Pentecostal Assembly announces Sunday activities led by Pastor and Mrs C F Rawnell. Morning Devotion at 10:30 and Sunday School at 2:45. Prayer at 3:30 and Evening Service at 7:00.
The Portuguese vessel Alger narrowly avoided ramming the coaster Made line Hebb as both backed in to the Canat al Wharf to load fish. Frantic engine reversals and shouted calls halted a closer impact with no damage reported. Rain and wind curbed Guy Fawkes night gatherings with some property loss and theft. A historic well house once near J B Tobin’s waterside site has disappeared. The annual moose hunt led by Dr J M Olde and partners is planned again with planes likely to depart soon.
The report details acts of vandalism including window breaking the flag misuses and pipe interference. A wire cut is noted with a general police inquiry ongoing to find the culprits. Several local figures like Capt Patten and Mr Sansome are mentioned alongside moose hunts and relief works administration in the Twillingate district.
Mrs T G W Ashbourne, who has lived in Ottawa with her husband since early September, returned recently as their Labrador, Gran Balla, was acknowledged in the personal notice.
Reports from Arm and surrounding areas note William Hawkins confined at home due to grave illness with some improvement. John Rowbotham arrives from Little Bay Islands after a severe injury from a flywheel. Several residents depart on trips to Newfoundland towns and New York, including Mrs. Newbury, Mrs. Ashbourne and daughter, and others heading to Lewisporte and Corner Brook.
The Card Party hosted by the Masonic Club drew about twenty couples despite cold winds. First prizes went to Miss Louise Churchill and Dr. Walsh. the lowest score award went to the editor of the local weekly. The event boosts winter social life and benefits fraternal fundraising.
Sixteen year old Gordon Earle, adopted son of Mr. Robert Hamlyn, drowned while gunning in the Bight near Crow Hedd. He vanished after a boating accident when Ralph Hamlyn was thrown overboard during a bird shoot. Ralph swam to safety. Gordon disappeared beneath the surface and body recovery halted by week’s end. A memorial service is planned at North Side Latted Church.
Relatives and the broader community express deep sorrow and extend heartfelt condolences after a tragedy. The scene reflects collective mourning as families cope with the event and support one another through grief.
A radio telephone system aboard the Bonnie Nel enables ship to shore contact with the hospital for urgent medical advice. Installed by Fawcett of the Radio Engineering Company of Montreal has operated two weeks and similar sets are being placed at Grenfell Association medical centres in Labrador.
Twenty two candidates sat the examinations with twenty passing. Grade XI honours candidate averaged seventy percent overall. Congratulations go to all pupils and teacher Arthur Young for a splendid showing and best wishes for their futures.
Residents of St John’s voted for municipal council and elected a new mayor and all but one councillor. Eric Jerrett KC remains the longtime mayor, while Andrew Carnell and Harry Mews lost in the provincial contest where Mews had been a PC leadership hopeful. The new leadership reflects public support for a clean, gentlemanly campaign.
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