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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 19, 1949
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun, North Coast paper, notes editor and policy, urges timely letters and communications by Wednesday, states no responsibility for correspondents opinions, and lists notices charged at 8 cents per line for one inch. Subscription rates posted: local 1.60, Canada 1.70, USA 2.00 per year.
The Dominion observes Young Canada Book Week with libraries promoting reading to youth. Parents and teachers urged to cultivate lifelong literacy, while noting radio cannot replace books. Regions offer free access through regional libraries encouraging selection by librarian or guardian, with range for ages and purposes.
A column urges adult readers to inspect their library from the inside and make it a weekly practice. It argues that what readers choose affects children, contrasting with past times when a single "pokerbook" dominated youth reading, and urges wise selection to place only the best material before children.
Sunday schedule lists St Peters at 11 a m matins and 7 pm evensong with Friday instruction at 7 30 pm and 8 30 am Holy Communion St Andrews holds 3 00 pm evensong observing the Thanksgiving Sunday timetable for the period ahead.
North Side Lam. Lay Reader 2 30 p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class 1 p.m. The Minister South Side 11 00 a.m. The Minister 2 30 p.m. Sunday School 7 p.m. Lay Reader Grow Head 2 30 p.m. Sunday School Site Harbour 3 p.m. The Minister 7 p.m. Lay Reader
The Salvation Army lists a morning Holiness Meeting at 11 a.m. and Sunday School with Bible Class at 2 p.m. A 3 p.m. Praise Meeting follows, then a Great Salvation Meeting at 7 p.m. A cordial welcome is extended to all by Sr. Capt. and Mrs. G. Harle.
Pastor and Mrs C F Rowsell lead Sunday activities with morning devotion at 10 30 a m Sunday School at 2 45 p m and evangelistic service at 7 p m. Evening prayer at 6 30 p m precedes the service.
The Department of Health seeks refunds for Streptomycin costs paid by patients before Oct 1 1948. Donors must send certified copies of receipted bills and a statement of circumstances of drug use by Dec 1 1949, with envelopes marked Streptomycin. No. 480
A partial OCR list shows multiple personal names and places such as Rita Tulk Bernice Hishep Audrey YWotng Camp ellten Flossie Rowsell and others across Newfoundland locales. The text appears as a disjointed roster or notice segment with scattered surnames and towns including Little Bay Island Gables Arm Springdale and Marion Cutler.
The piece notes Newfoundland TB deaths fell from 518 in 1940 to 435 in 1947 and 380 in the latest year. Health education X rays and more hospital beds aid progress toward a TB free Newfoundland, while urging continued Christmas Seals support to fund ongoing efforts. FM Cleary signs as Christmas Seal Sale Committee chair.
A fragmented hospital notes list records admissions across multiple locations and individuals. Names include Flossie Rowsell Audrey Young Bernice Bishop Hilda Foser Neil Best Robert Tarrant James Tones Mrs Atlan Roberts and many others across Cape and coastal Newfoundland areas.
A long list of discharged individuals and households across Newfoundland places including Meta Payne Turk Ber niece Bishop Beaumont Wm Snow Noggin Cove Theodore White Ragged Pt Mary White Newstead Betty Baggs Fogo Mrs Wilfred Potter Comfort Cove Laura Power Cottles Is Otto Caravan Change In Mrs Moses Horton La Soie Mrs Simeon Eveleigh Main Pt Mrs Roland Budgell Baie Verte Mrs Whitfield Bannister Baby John’s Mary Norman Aubrey Lambert Carter’s Cove Dobbs Arm Port Bladd ford Strtal Bay Nelson Hale Change Is Bruce Noble Nipper’s Hr Gloria Young Herting Neck Eliou Fudge Stanhope Arch King Victoria Cove Albert Antle Gilesporte Gilesport.
Sealed fund drives show a record 17,630 Newfoundlanders donated. Patch testing reached 5,300 school children, 245 settlements received tuberculosis talks, and 545,750 health literature pieces were distributed. Cottage Hospitals bought X Ray gear with aid, 52 radio broadcasts ran on TB, and 153 settlements were visited by the Christmas Seal vessel.
To Mr and Mrs Allan Roberta of Wild Cove a daughter is welcomed. To Mr and Mrs Hwan Earle of Sum merford a son is born. To Mr and Mrs Bert Decker of Joe Batts Arm a daughter joins the family. To Mr and Mrs James White of Arm a daughter arrives. To Mr and Mrs Brooklyn Hill of Black Ta a son is born. To Mr and Mrs James Wells of Joe Batts Arm a son is announced.
A roster of residents and fishery figures includes Mary Best, Neil Best, Robert Tarrant, James Tones, Fogo, Made line Pippy, Albert Antle, Jéip Fudge, Twillingate, Ernest Froude, Hart's Cove, Mra. Lambert Miller, Joe Batts Arm, Raymond Snow Jenlaporte, Alma Noble, Mra Ww. Newbury, and Nipper's.
Edwin Facey returns from a basketa trip to St. John's and detains at Notre Dame Janction to join J White B French Rose Abbott and Dr. J Modo for their annual moose punt. Mrs Facey travels on to Lewlaporte and home in Glencoe.
The Migratory Birds Treaty between Canada and the United States governs protection of migratory birds across Canada and Newfoundland. Open seasons for ducks vary by species, with restrictions on sale and limited allowances for subsistence turrs, particularly eider ducks, scoters, and related waterfowl, while hawks and other birds remain protected year round.
Messie Brenk Guy and Wildie Cooper departed for Toronto on Tuesday seeking winter employment. Ned Ansty, manager of the local Bait Depot, was summoned to St John’s for discussions with managers from across the country. Earle aims for federal district inspector post. he is an applicant. Earle and Keith moved bait to Nipper’s Harbour for the turb ot fishery. Five thousand pounds remain to supply local demand. Harry Ashbourne returned from St John’s yesterday. Mrs Primmer and Mrs Roweelt will winter in Gander with their children. Harvey White Maxwell Young returned from a moose hunt in Glenwood with a caribou and moose. Wilfred Fred Greenham and Clayton Young also returned with game and report ample sign and easy hunts ahead.
William Hawkins aged 76 or 77 died Friday November 11 at The Arm. He leaves wife and five sons George Fred Claude Max at home and Albert in Toronto. Interment Monday from United Church South Side with Rev C Freake. Matthew Reid died after long illness on Saturday at The Arm leaving son Reginald in Scotland sister Jessie and brother Lewia at home.
Mr Job Watkins of New York dies at home in his ninety second year on October 77th. He was the last of Hugh Watkins's family, left for New York over fifty years ago where he worked as a carpenter. As a youth he fished Labrador and shore, once skipping the schooner under Capt Charlie Marsh that ran ashore on Blick Island with heavy loss of life. He is survived by one son Herbert and three daughters, all living in New York.
Fire Prevention Week features in St John’s papers with extracts planned to aid outport residents. The piece warns households “drive” stoves to ward off cold and notes that twenty fires per hundred are caused by overheated or defective chimneys flues and faulty stoves or embers from open fires.
Help wanted a maid for general housework at 7 By Mercet Twillingats. Apply to Mrs A Serst.
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