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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 14, 1950
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun publishes weekly from Twillingate Newfoundland editor E G Clarke. Ads note pricing for notes of thanks memoriam and announcements at 30 cents per inch. Subscriptions listed at 1.50 yearly inland 1.70 Canada 2.00 U.S.A. payable in advance.
A Newfoundland note laments provincial aid trends showing eight town councils receive grants while Twillingate North and South Islands face funding shortfalls. It cites a government backed loan program, mass capital outlay of 330,000 dollars, and a revenue grant scheme affecting each town, urging local reflection on fiscal priorities.
Advertises for a girl to do general housework in a family with one child aged 12. Home features modern conveniences including electric range washer and furnace. Uniforms and aprons supplied. Wages $25 per month. Experience not required. Write or wire Mrs William Bishop 69 Park Street Corner Brook Newfoundland 20214.
Squid fishermen at Billgrade and vicinity continue the fishery and ship dried squid to Mr C Sausome’s packing plant for market. The product is valued overseas as a delicacy in the Orient and beyond with prices noted in Chinese dollars. some Newfoundland crews earn six and a half cents per pound for dried squid.
No show Mr Lemonx of the National Film Board, last week in Ottawa for the Eyes Witness Canadian theatre series, has departed. He aimed to film Bonnie Nell and other titles but none progressed. he was ordered back to Ottawa by wireless and will head to Korea to relieve a colleague in the war zone.
Durrell's Academy branch library opens Mondays and Thursdays 3 to 5:30 pm. A late Twillingate resident, George Barrett of Sidney N S, offered books for the regional library. Barrett died Easter Sunday and his son H G Barrett said the books would be shipped. A large carton arrived last summer and is now at the N Side Library. The collection includes History of the World eight volumes Universal Encyclopedia twelve volumes Encyclopedia Britannica nine edition six volumes and 17 volumes of fiction by Henry Masefield Conan Verne plus 30 volumes of The Self Educator. Miss Anstey, the librarian, will show the first books to anyone wishing to see them. The Library Board thanks the Barrett family for the donation.
After negotiations between the Provincial Government and the Newfoundland Labourers Union, wages for Corner Brook plant workers were raised. Labourers now earn 78 cents per hour, Carpenters 94 cents, and Finishers 1.05 dollars per hour, effective from the first of the month, up from prior rates of 5.66 and 0.66 dollars respectively.
Mr Adolph Fifield of Black Island will leave shortly for permanent residence at Corner Brook. He long worked as a carpenter in Twitlingate and later moved inland before returning to Black Island to run his business. Mr Robert Primmer of Black Island has bought Fifield’s buildings and stock.
The RCMP detachment directs a new Botwood Scout company with over one hundred members already. The community praises the initiative, urging some adults to devote time to provide youths with more opportunities and positive activities.
The new tower for the United Church, South Side, nears completion under builder Harry Cooper and his assistant. The upper section will house the bell formerly in a rear belfry, now moved to the new structure. Churchgoers welcome the bell’s return to duty.
The Malakoff arrived midweek to take aboard several hundred quintals of 1949 codfish bought by Government from fishermen and collected by Ashbournes Limited and Arthur Manuel. The fish are understood to be given to farmers for fertilizer.
The Rui Alberto cannot load bulk fish for Portugal. In addition to fish from local firms, a large quantity will be discharged from schooners from other parts of the Bay.
A partial OCR fragment references a magistrate at St. Anthony and mentions past proceedings and duties. Details are unclear but indicate an official legal context in New York.
The passenger boat owned by Mr. Harry Guy of Musgrave and skippered by Mr. Lindsay Horley ran aground near Pearce's Rock during a gale on Monday night. Engine trouble delayed recovery as tiller chains broke while steering to clear shoals. The boat, waterlogged, was towed ashore the next day and likely out of service this season. Crew and passengers escaped unharmed. no insurance is reported.
Personal Mr George Luckless of the Army was discharged from hospital this week. Miss Dorothy Harnett, who died, had been spending a holiday with her parent, left Glencoe Tuesday. Dorothy completed three years training at General Hospital and joins the Nursing Staff there. Mr J Taylor of Newfoundland Margarine Co makers of Solo and Good Luck was in town Thursday returning from a trip north to Cooke Harbour. Mr John C Loveridge returned Wednesday from a business trip to the Capital. Mr and Mrs John Manuel with sons Ernie and Arthur went to St Johns by Northern Ranger. Mrs Pearce Blackmore visiting sisters at Twillingate left Friday by motor boat for Pilteys Island. Lieut Fred Roberts Army is home on holiday from Corps duties at Charge Islands and will soon transfer to a new station.
Ice Hunter discharged coal for Ashbournes Limited over the weekend then met engine trouble near the harbour. The vessel returned to port for repairs and sailed again the next morning after a few hours in dock.
The Winnifred Lee carrying Government trading post supplies halted Friday night with aboard Mr. and Mrs. Hayward Hynes, returning to Nain for winter. Native Mr. Haynes, longtime Hudson’s Bay Company veteran, later Newfoundland post manager at Nain, retired in 1947 after hospitalization, then settled near Nain and briefly traded.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a wedding notice for Moffet with mentions of autumn. The text is unclear but indicates a betrothal or ceremony timing.
Magistrate Abbott and Mrs Abbott spent the past month visiting cities on the mainland and in the United States. They returned to Grand Falls last week after touring Boston Manchester New Hampshire Vermont and New York. They visited the United Nations premises and the Security Council at Lake Success and met Dr and Mrs W B Perry formerly of Grand Falls.
Married at the South Side United Church on Tuesday October 10. Revd. C EB Freake conducted the ceremony. Ruby daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Smith of Jenkins Cove wed Junior son of Mr and Mrs Harry Cooper of South Side.
The article extends congratulations to Mr and Mrs Edwin Facey of North Side as they celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of their wedding today.
Mr and Mrs Paul Moores left on Tuesday for St John s to spend the winter months. Mr W Bandister a salesman for Ayre and Sona Limited has been in town during the week.
The VOCM station in St John’s announced a new frequency 590 kilocycles with an up to date transmitter and power increased to one thousand watts. Listeners in the north may now receive steady reception with few interruptions and can tune in for Gerald S Doyle News Bulletin and Foreign News on CBN. The piece notes the return of Barrelman and Rotary Addresses from CBC via VOCM and extends thanks to VOCM management.
Mr and Mrs A M Molloy return to St Johns on Monday. Morloy relieved C N T operator Abbott who with Mrs Abbott spent their vacation and delayed honeymoon at St Johns and around the Avalon peninsula.
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