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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 22, 1952
Page
4
Congregations are advised there will be Holy Communion at St Peter's at 8.00 am and at St Andrews at 9.00 am tomorrow. The reverend's telegram was received too late for front page changes.
The Twillingate Libraries observe Young Canada’s Book Week highlighting reading as essential to life. The piece emphasizes reading as education and relaxation, urging all ages to cultivate the habit and value past wisdom found in books.
A reflective note urges disciplined reading to read and internalize lessons from the past. It emphasizes truth, honesty, self sacrifice, and love as guiding values, and recommends careful study in line with a divine plan.
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs George Hawkson for their 30th wedding anniversary on November 18. Mr and Mrs Cecil Facey mark their 13th on November 18. Mr and Mrs Cecil May celebrate 16 years married on November 19. Best wishes to all.
A turf shot to Twillingate Bight on November 19 1952 carried a leg band reading 47 611739 and directed to notify the Wildlife Service in Washington. The gunner was Chesley Dove of Lower Head.
The Crow Head Day School hosted a Fresh Beef Supper on Wednesday night November 19. Despite a harsh wind rain squalls and fog the event drew strong attendance and proceeds totaled 100 dollars.
A Twillingate gardener now inland reports storms caused little damage to his property. A fence section blown down has been replaced and all trees, including one that spends every winter in a brin bag, remain undamaged.
Twillingate's telephone and electric company rebuilt after last week's storm. About forty men re-set poles and main lines. Fourteen miles of private line wire ordered from Chicago should restore full service within days. Local observers note service has improved, despite past criticisms, while more repairs and upgrades move the system toward normal by year end.
The North and South Side Libraries host a week long Young Canada's Book Week from November 22 to 29 with story hours for children and a display of books. A film night on November 27 features Macbeth Listen to the Prairies Staney Takes a Trip and other titles with prizes for student essays and no admission fee.
Emergency radio operators in Newfoundland, about forty, provided crucial communications during storms. They relayed urgent messages for RCMP and hospitals, located missing persons, and assisted St. John’s and Twillingate stations, working free of charge with licensed operators and improvised methods when other networks failed.
The steamship Birkenstorm arrived from St Joffa's on Friday morning to load cooked and salted fish for foreign markets. Several schooners from Northeast Coast ports are in port or expected shortly with fish for shipment.
The North Shore Construction Company plans to suspend dredging at Twilingate Shoal Tickie this quarter and resume in early spring. Severe weather in the past two weeks and approaching snow and freeze up justify the pause. Navigation will reopen next Spring.
Reports from the recent storm mix humor with damage as a six or eight year old wakes to rocking beds thinking he’s aboard a ship. A utility manager’s car is struck by a fallen telephone pole. The United Church at Tizzard Harbour, Orange Hall, and North Side United Church suffer severe damage, with the North Side church listed as shifted from its foundation after the gale.
A Wednesday night gathering of the Darrells Art Branch of the Canadian Red Cross met in the Academy at the place. Magistrate Clarke reported on a recent Division meeting held in St Johns. The session closed with refreshments prepared by branch ladies and a final program.
The 1952 Fish Appeal mobilizes residents across Twislingate, Notre Dame and Green Bays and the mainland to support Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital. Donors are urged to contribute by cash, cheque, or fish and to sustain a hospital trusted for emergencies and wide regional service.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Cor. Young in a murky incident report. The text lacks clear details but implies an ongoing inquiry or unresolved matter surrounding Young within a local context.
Two week period ending November 19 notes numerous admissions across towns such as Bonne Bay Seldom Triton and Exploite with many patients named. Discharges include Juanita Kindee Stager Harold Brown and baby girl and several others with towns like Twillingate Corner Brook and wild Cove.
Mr and Mrs Panl Donphy from Buchans visited Mrs Pearce Wheeler on the South Side as they stopped to see relatives during their trip.
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