Twillingate Sun October 28 1939
Local newspaper page from Twillingate dated October 28 1939 featuring community notices and brief village news items.
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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 28, 1939
Page
4
Local newspaper page from Twillingate dated October 28 1939 featuring community notices and brief village news items.
A wartime editorial condemns hate from German leaders and urges Britain and France to pursue a just peace. It calls for loving enemies, warns against demonizing the German people, and discusses Russia's moves and trade talks as Europe faces looming conflict. The piece ends with thanks to local guides and entertainers.
We thank all who helped during illness and death of our dear father and husband. Gratitude for wreaths sprays letters and sympathy cards. From Maa Trrzapn and Fauty.
Harvest services at South Side United Church drew large crowds despite threatening weather. The day featured morning and evening sermons by Rev. T J Pitt and pastor Rev. R P Jenkins, with a donations auction led by J W Misty. A Marshall Hall harvest supper raised over $230.00 for church causes.
Schr. Lone Flyer sailed Monday from St Johns with freight and returned Thursday with fish and oil for a safe port. Schr. Whiff arrived with freight from St Johns. Schr. A. Davis came from the north Friday with fish meal and sailed south Wednesday. S.S Sagona under Capt James Snow arrived Sunday from Labrador via Lewisporte with machinery for a bait depot. Sdr. Edna Louise under Capt Jas Gillett came from Sops Arm via Lewisporte Sunday in ballast.
Parish Hall hosts the St Peter's church annual sale of work on Wednesday November 15 with further details to follow.
The list records admissions at the hospital for Miss Melinda Dalley Miss Violet Wineham Durrells Arm Mrs A E Brown Mrs Dexter Inder Springdale Jacob Bragg Grand Falls Edward Barry Botwood Mrs John Mercer Pike s Arm Miss Bessie King Wm Yetman Jr Change Islands Sidney Baggs Bluff Head Cove Baby Edward Barnes Summerford Mrs Laurence Guon Buchans Mrs Tred Manuel Twillingate North Alfred Wheeler Tizzard s Harbour Miss Louisa Budgell Exploits and discharges including Miss Ruby Penny Miss Lillian Rownell Fred Wiseman Little Bay Islands Norman Strong Kings Point Edgar Luff Jackson s Cove Joshua LeDrew Mrs Sidney Peckford and infant son Change Islands Mrs Abraham Pardy Seal Cove Fred Brinson Victoria Cove Mrs Max well Sheppard Stag Harbour J W Morgan LaSoie Noah Woodworth Point Leamington Mrs A J Hewlett Charles lew lett Roberts Arm Miss Carrie Gillard Gillard s Cove Pearce Parsons Lashes Bight Mrs Herbert King Windsor Miss Beatrice Luscombe Loon Bay Mrs Fred Rowsell Rattling Brook A birth reported for Mrs Fred Manuel Twillingate North on Oct 25 with both mother and baby reported progressing well. Dr Olds away on hunting trip and expected back soon. Mrs Dr Waddell and infant son left for Brookfield with Dr Waddell.
In loving memory of Martha Adams who died suddenly October 19 1938. A heartfelt remembrance from her husband daughter Lily in Toronto and grandchildren Leona Norma. A life of sacrifice and tenderness, a savoured memory in our Saviour's home above.
The town mourns George Hodder 70, a former shoe maker and copperer, with ties to Earle Sona & Co and Arthur Colbourne, leaving a wife, one daughter Olive Warr in New York, five sons, and siblings across several locations. Funeral held in Boston on Saturday. Wild Cove also loses John Guy 65, fisherman and former Labrador fishery worker, long Loyal Lodge and United Church member, with funeral set for Monday officiated by Rev. T. J. Pitt. He leaves a wife, three daughters, five sons, and two sisters, with cancer of the throat in recent years and radium treatments at St. Anthony Hospital. The SUN offers sympathy to the families.
Personal notices recall Robert Manuel and daughter Louise with Mr Patterson of Imperial Oil arriving by motor boat Margaret Rose from Lewisporte on Monday and leaving toward Herring Neck on Thursday. Arch Anstey travels by Clyde last week to Bostox. Edgar G. Roberts and wife plan Toronto winter. Mrs Whitt of Norris Arm visits husband in hospital. Ranger R Sparkes returned from St Johns with prisoner. Gov Fisheries Inspector Humphries supervised Labrador fish packing and left by Sagona. Motor yacht Medric burned near Bell Island. crew rescued.
Mrs R R Hubbard of Tusket Nova Scotia bakes ten loaves daily for thirteen in her family. Her husband noted Robin Hood Flour sells most locally and tested it finding bread lighter whiter and more voluminous than with other flours.
East West News reports Premier Mussolini welcomes a Turkish pact with Britain and France to curb German Soviet expansion in the Balkans. The move pleases French circles in Paris and London while Germany views it with concern as Western fronts face bad weather and ongoing raids.
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