Registry Notice From North Side Office
Published at Twillingate on Saturday by the Registered Department Home Affairs from the office on the North Side.
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1940
Page
4
Published at Twillingate on Saturday by the Registered Department Home Affairs from the office on the North Side.
The Nild Teachers Association sets the last week of October for Education Week to boost youth education. The piece stresses stronger schooling for military and civilian life, parental cooperation, and the role of teachers, with mentions of wartime literacy and global events of the era.
A short verse on the teacher's duty and impact. The speaker emphasizes teaching over conquest or fame, seeing poets soldiers and leaders in learners who gain strength and purpose. The poem celebrates education as a guiding force for uplift and achievement.
Damage in England has been considerable with many casualties after air raids on Tuesday, according to B B C news on Wednesday. The piece notes German efforts to undermine British morale and the Romanian people feeling their country under pressure.
During Education Week from October 21 to 26, a series of meetings will be held at Durrell Academy St Peters Parish Hall Manuel's Cove and Little Harbour with speakers including Rev T J Pitt Rev J Goodland Adjt Wight Magistrate Abbott Wm Harnett S LeGrow H King and H J B Gough The program will feature speeches interspersed with singing recitations and other performances and may include Miss Hilary Herbert organizer of Junior Red Cross in Newfoundland.
The St John's Association postpones the Educational Week program and public meetings to the following week. Plans were prepared for printing but a new local development requires the shift. The changes will appear in next week's paper.
The Newfoundland Teachers Association moves Education Week from spring to fall for the 1940 41 school year. Twillingate Branch discussed timing before official notice and expects cooperation from the Board of Education. A series of public meetings is planned, with teachers free to pursue in school activities and a message from the Commissioner of Education published in this issue.
The Commissioner sends good wishes to teachers and Boards of Education for Education Week in Newfoundland. He notes the program boosts appreciation of education's role, despite wartime crisis. He stresses teachers must instill truth liberty and justice to defend democracy. He urges unwavering commitment to these ideals.
The speaker calls for courageous, positive citizenship training in schools during the crisis. She asks schools to become training grounds for trustworthy citizens and seeks broad public, including parents, support to uphold democratic principles.
During the week ending Oct 16 admissions included Mrs Chesley Hoffe Change Is Blanch Lacey Frank Gardner Harry Sanger Mrs John Knight Grand Falls Alvin Langdon New Bay Solomon Hurley Clarke s Head G B Mrs S G Newman Triton West Lloyd Bursey Lecia porte Baby Girl Coates Baby Boy Budden Baby Boy Hoffe Baby Boy Burton Hospital Ela Han nan Arthur Rowsell Blanch Big nell Leading Tickles Max Burt Hubert Ipgs Virgin Arm Mrs Phineau Boone Botwood Mrs Hli Menchenton Norris Arm James Pinsent Ragged Hr Cyril Jones Little Bay Islands Mrs W B Pollett Mrs Arch May Buch ans Harvey Stuckless Miller town Mrs Mark Burton Hart s Cove Mrs Peter Clarke Gilesport Mrs Lucy Rideout Moreton s Harbour Daring discharge list includes Bruce Coles Wellman s Cove Henry Curtis Grand Falls ay Batstone Nipper s Harbour Francis Wiseman Little Bay Inn Edgar Manuel Northern Aru Mrs Aquilla Warrick Henry Layman Fogo Charles Boone Seldom Yvonse Morgan LaScie Mrs Sarah Wells Joe Ball s Arm Mrs Fred Watkins Pilley s Is John Watt s Pauline Simms Herring Neck Fannie Wheaton Carmanville Douglas Card Merritt s Hr Baby Evelyn Anstey Summer ford Mrs Fred Hoffe Mis Fred Parsons Change Islands Melvin Mehaney Springdale Lloyd Bur sey Lewisporte Wilfred Canning Birchy Bay
Personal, Magistrate and Mrs B J Abbott and children visited from St Johns on Sunday evening. Claude Colbourne arrived from the City. J Taylor of Harvay Co and Unilever Ltd is in town on business. T G W Ashbourne returned from Winnipeg and St Johns. Ethel Patten went to Grand Bank. Mrs Hodder visited Grand Falls. Ewart Baird arrived from Corner Brook.
His Excellency the Governor conveys gratitude to His Majesty the King for consenting to be Honorary Colonel of the 57 Newfoundland Regiment Royal Artillery on October 5th 1940. The message is communicated through the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to His Majesty.
The Jet Gate Ranger Guide Co plans a baked bean supper to raise funds for the Spitfire Fund. Tea at 6 30 p m on Armistice Day November 11 at the Court House. Menu includes baked beans bread and pies. Tickets 30c at guides or at the door. Limited tickets. early purchase advised. A social evening and dance follow with 10 cant admission.
Reports describe increased Nazi activity near the Danube and mass troop movements into Romania. Berlin bombed amid snow as British raids hit the city and naval bases. Krupp works at Essen suffered heavy damage. London reports Mediterranean victories by the Ajax and British submarines sinking Italian and enemy ships near Naples Benghazi and Vada Roads. Scrap metal drive in St John’s nets 47,000 pounds for war effort.
British warships shelled German concentrations at Cherbourg while Dover coast batteries pounded invasion ports. R A F bombers hit targets inside Germany as German raids on England waned. Turkey warns Nazis face force, two million under arms. Goering warned RAF cannot pierce Berlin defenses. Roosevelt pledges total defence, and fundraising passes 60 000 for Spitfire fund. Russia builds bases in Bessarabia as supplies rush in.
War Savings Certificates cost 250 dollars with compound interest and Stamps at 10 cents each bearing the same rate. Commissioner J H Penson urges sales to support King and Country against the Nazis. Investments secured by national revenue. callers are urged to invest to help the Empire.
Hon. J. H. Penson addressed the public at Alexandra Hall last night on War Savings Certificates. He arrived from Lewisporte by motor boat Miss Twillingate yesterday morning to attend the talk.
Stormy weather projected for Wednesday brings a few evening flurries. The wind shifts from eight west to a north direction. For the second time in two months fishermen have a holiday due to the unsettled conditions.
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