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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 29, 1952
Page
4
A fragmentary reader note style item lists subscription rates: Legal one dollar fifty per year, Canada one dollar seventy per year, USA two dollars per year, payable in advance. It mentions memos, notes, announcements and memorial notes.
A postal notice from Ottawa dated November 29 1952 authorizes second class mail services for the Department of Home Affairs and Twillingate. The item details mail status and official approval for the department’s communications.
Residents of Twillingate are urged to support the 1952 Christmas Seal Campaign. Funds remain in Newfoundland for tuberculous care, sanatoria, hospitals, drugs, and education, with Newfoundlanders urged to give generously when collectors call.
In Newfoundland historians note tuberculosis remains a leading infectious killer amid olden times. The fragment hints at public health concern and the impact of TB on communities and mortality.
TB is caused by a germ. You can have TB without feeling sick. You cannot inherit TB from parents. Doctors diagnose TB with X rays and tests. TB is usually curable if found and treated properly. Sanatoriums are best to treat TB and prevent spreading germs.
The plan funds chest x rays with 35103 scans last year and maintains the M. V. Christmas Seal X ray Railway Car and X ray Run. It also pays for a doctor, funds the B C G programme, and covers year round tuberculosis education. Additional support aids the Rehabilitation Division's training for ex patients and helps job placement assistance for ex patients seeking employment.
Arthur Gill of Fogo was honored as a town figure during the week, recognized for local leadership and community involvement in the small coastal community.
Captain Elias Young, age eighty two, longtime Twillingat resident and trusted church member, dies. Survived by four sons Stephen Wallace Keywood Phillip and two daughters Mrs George Hawkins and Mrs Pearce Boyd. Interment held Wednesday at South Side United Church with Rev G L Morgan officiating. The Sun extends deepest sympathy.
Mr Walter Andrews arrives in town to visit friends and relatives on Horse Islands, staying for a period as he tours the area and reconnects with family.
The Twillingate Telephone and Electric Company continues repairs to restore service. Poles disrupted by the storm have been reset or replaced and main lines to island settlements are reconnected. More work remains as private lines stay down until new wire arrives, yet rapid progress after last week’s devastation is notable.
Douglas W. Smith purchases The Evening Telegram Ltd job printing department this week. He will form a new firm named Telegram Printing Co. Ltd to preserve the established goodwill of The Evening Telegram in the printing trade. A representative is known to be involved.
Montreal printing firm inspected its plant recently and praised the equipment as excellent. A large offset camera and press were said to be capable of handling substantial work now leaving the province. The new company will focus on offset colour techniques to boost local production.
Northern lights lit the northern sky on Wednesday night dazzling observers across Newfoundland. The aurora stretched across half the heavens in shifting curtains with unusual display for the region, though common further north.
Coast. F. Mercer of the local RCMP Detachment and Harry Randell of South Sire depart with Lewis Bill for their annual taunting venture. They will hunt the Gander area as in years past hoping for luck and perhaps a few bills upon return.
Mr Malcolm Karte a well known taxi driver during the coastal wharf construction has joined the staff of Arthur Manuel as assistant time keeper for Chester Dawe Limited.
Mr B J Compton writes from the Horse Islands that tarts are plentiful there and fishing has been very good since September. Most everyone has done well, with plentiful catches and ample fish available.
Fred Manuel a carpenter with Fraser Brace Construction Company at Gander returned home this week reporting a sizable layoff due to heavy snowfall two weeks ago. The company will not resume full operations until next spring.
Mr. Douglas Moores of Steera Limited is in town soliciting orders. After here he will go to Fogo before returning to St John s.
A group of Twillisgate workers who built on the St Anthony project during summer and fall returned via Kyle Theveta made a special port run to lift passengers who could not be accommodated by the Springdale, which was full for the southbound voyage.
British businessmen have insured Queen Elizabeth for millions to safeguard coronation investments. Hotels, entertainment venues, souvenir makers and hunting gear firms seek protection if the monarch dies before the June coronation. Insurance brokers quote premiums of about 10 shillings per £100 of coverage. Anyone with insurable interest can insure another person in Britain.
Ahead of Mainland OTTAWA reports that the number of families in Canada increased by almost 700000 over the last ten years while the average family size fell.
An appeal by Lt Governor Sir Leonard Cuterbridge launches the Newfoundland and Labrador Christmas Seals drive. The tuberculosis association highlights past success and urges continued funding to expand vocational training and post discharge support as it seeks to banish tuberculosis.
Space limits prevent full coverage of Young Canada’s Book Week observance by Twillingate Regional Libraries last Thursday. Next issue will publish prize essays. winners include Jack Butt Grade 9 Central for Best He say, Penny Jenkins Jenkins Cove Show for Best of Grade 9, Dorothy Anstey St Peter’s for Best of Grade 10, Meta Jeniking Durrett's Academy for Best of Grade 11 with prizes of $6, $5, and $5 respectively.
The United Church Men's Services Club in Marshall hosted a Friday night event with coffee tea and pie for guests. Attendees watched a film, and a batch-work auction raised proceeds totaling 142 dollars.
Dr. Taylor of the Notre Dame Bay Memorial staff departed Monday for St. John’s to be at his mother’s bedside as she remains seriously ill. Word was received yesterday that Taylor passed away on Wednesday. Sympathy is extended.
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