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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 28, 1937
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun lists notices including thanks memoriam and announcements with a 25 cent charge per item. The paper notes it cannot guarantee letters or communications received after Wednesday noon and declines responsibility for correspondents opinions.
The article argues on rights and privileges in industrial concessions under Crown or government control, weighing effects on citizens, wages, and living standards. It questions who bears risk if Bowater Lloyds seeks wood export to boost local labour, warns that too-tight or generous terms shape the economy, and notes past issues with town openness and forest protections.
Millertown Junction reports sending fourteen dollars to the Twillingate Hospital Fund from an Armistice dance. The note praises the hospital staff for saving lives and urges continued support, with the writer signing on behalf of Millertown Junction.
Confederation Life reports a Wednesday night surprise party for Miss Nellie Anstey with a goodly number of guests in attendance.
S John Cabot arrived Saturday taking fish from Ashbournes Limited and Hodge Brothers. Vessel left Morton's Hr Friday with Osmond Brothers fish and headed to Fogo then market. Sdr Grace Boehner 22 hours from St John's arrived Sunday night. 200 tons coal aboard Beasie Marie from Sydney to Ashbournes Ltd. C.M. Wheeler to Lewisporte with canoes and survey party. Rev Burden from Lewisporte with Little Grace return. Mr Telford en route to Laurence.
A gale at 52 mph lashed St John’s, Notre Dame Bay and Baine Harbour with high tides sweeping Brunnette Island and Fortune Bay. Drowned: Alex Waters 32 of Fox Roost and John Smerridge 20 of Burnt Island. British built car sets new land speed record at Bonneville. International tensions rise as Japan presses Shanghai control and China defends Nanking.
A fragment notes wheat processing where grain is washed and dried to produce Cinderella quality end product. No clear dates or names are provided, but the item suggests a local or industrial practice described in the periodical.
Handed in late, the item will be carried over to the next edition as text arrives by text message for inclusion.
Mr Stephen Young reported a plymouth motor car came in by Clyde on Thursday in a brief local note.
The motor boat C. M. Wheeler with Mr. Penny and others from the Three Mile Limit Survey Party arrived here on Monday from White Bay after an absence of about seven months.
The November meetings of our guide company featured a drill with Constable Brown of the Ranger Force and a visiting talk by Rev J Goodland on cheerfulness. With 40 guides present, sessions included inspection, games, and prayers culminating in taps.
A quirky kitchen note warns that prejudice has no role in baking and urges careful use of CINDER and ELLA flour to avoid dangerous or unpredictable results.
A correction indicates the late Miss Stirting’s name should read Rosetta Elizabeth Crosse in the obituary notice. The update fixes the error to reflect the deceased's correct full name.
Thomas White of Durrell died peacefully Sunday night at age 81, after about a year of illness. Known as Skipper Tom, he captained fishing vessels on the Labrador run for G. J. Carter at Herring Neck, later retiring after his vessel Vernie May sank off St. John’s. He leaves a wife, two sons Joseph and David, three daughters Louie, Mary, and Nellie, two sisters and an adopted son, plus grandchildren. Funeral was held Wednesday at the United Church with R. P. Jenkins officiating. L A. members attended. The SUN offers condolences to the bereaved.
Mrs Louisa Lunnen marked her 90th birthday with congratulations on Wednesday November 24th in a local observance. Immediate family and neighbors sent best wishes in a small community gathering.
At S A Quarters Miss Alva Greta Anstey of Bluff Head Cove wed Ballig ton Jennings of Morton's Hr by Adjt Rideout. At Burnt Cove Miss Ivy Hien Keefe wed Mr Norman Lovelace by Adjt Rideout. At St Peter's Rev Goodland joined James White of Back Hr with Eleanor Anstey of Paradise.
Born at the hospital on Thorscay week November 8 to Dr J M and Mrs Olds, a son welcomed by the family.
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