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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 28, 1944
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun announces policy for notes of banks memoriam notices and announcements with 25 cent charges per inch printed weekly. It notes publication day Saturday from the North Side office and editor proprietor Roberts. reserves right to limit late communications and disclaims responsibility for correspondents opinions.
An official move to revert to Standard Time faced delays amid opposition. The Evening Telegram warned of earlier darkness under a one hour Daylight Saving shift, arguing it harms children’s winter mornings and offers no real time savings. Opposition questioned benefits to war, Labour, or industry.
Misa Molly Peyton of this town married Lloyd Maxwell Arnold of Grand Falls at St Peter's Church with Rev Goodland officiating. The bride wore pale tule gown with long veil and carried gladioli. Attendants wore turquoise gowns. guests celebrated with a reception at the Parish Hall and a motor boat trip. The couple will reside in Grand Falls.
A gale force report notes Cherry Bark and Glycerine throat lozenges and other medicines being sold or advertised in the area.
Dr. Waddell of the Medical Corps U S Army is awarded a gallantry medal for aiding the wounded during the Anzio landing in Italy. The ceremony honors his actions in the historic assault months ago.
Mr and Mrs Max Hawkins report the birth of their five month old child on Tuesday past. The notice notes the new arrival in the Hawkins household without additional details.
Miss Kate Hopkine wed Mr. Artie Gedge in a Hillgrade United Church service on the 18th conducted by Rev. Baker.
Public notice announces the aux motor vessel Lavinia Mullins of 12.33 gross tons will trade this summer from Notre Dame Bay to Bishop's Falls. Advertise lumber palings farming or fishery produce or write for particulars. Also dealing in Lobsterman four cycle marine engines. Jan 22 monthly.
A married woman recalls how four months of Kruschen Salts relieved constant back pain from rheumatism. She reports weight loss and feeling younger, crediting the remedy for improving her health and mobility.
Public Relations Officer announces in a letter from W. R. Dawe that since August 19 1944 five cases of psycho neurosis were treated at the Merchant Navy Hospital. The first was admitted August 19 and discharged September 11 markedly improved. One remains in hospital for non neurosis reasons. The others discharged as markedly improved.
The trial of Mrs Elizabeth Drover on a charge of wilful neglect in the death of Mary Ellen Hutchings began before Justice Fox. Crown counsel is Mr Carter K C with defence by Mr Jas D Higgins. Evidence describes squalid living conditions, no bed or food, and a note from the father entrusting the child to Drover. Mary Ellen, misfortune linked to poverty and illness.
Harvest Thanksgiving Services in United Churches were held Sundays the 15th and 22nd across South and North Sides and Tittle Harbour with strong attendance. Frazer Hall copper sale Monday evening raised over 100 for church property expenses. Envelope giving produced large sums, the best in years, aided by the Ladies and collectors who organized a well received supper and fundraising effort.
An old advertisement promotes Cupal's N. Tonic as a remedy for nervousness and jittery nerves. The copy emphasizes quick relief and restorative tonic qualities for daily use.
Five seagulls perched on a drifting mine saved a steamer from disaster as the pilot spotted the danger near the bow. An ornithologist hailed gulls as submarine detectors while noting airplanes signal destroyers.
Captain Levi Anstey and crew hauled back their new boat Lucy Marie from the fishery to Summerford and arrived Wednesday to A. Manuel. The boat, purchased from Dr. W. A. Swanker earlier this summer, may ship about 200 yards of fish and can carry around 2500 bris of fish.
Fishermen at the Arma report steady codfish landings with two to four quarters per boat per day. Squid stocks are scarce and the main bait is herring, largely drawn from the Depot supply when seas cooperate and weather allows operations.
A product entry notes Friars Balsam Cream is put up for sale by iCupal Ltd of Blackburn England.
Walter Andrews and his son Henry arrived from House Islands on Tuesday evening due to Henry’s illness noted Sunday. Andrews reports abundant fish at the Islands with jiggers and hooks ready and herring supply for bait.
Allied forces press German lines in Holland Belgium and Holland near Tilburg while Americans near Aachen advance toward Cologne. Soviet offense expands in East Prussia as Transylvania is liberated. In the Pacific, a major naval battle near Leyte Island continues with heavy Japanese losses and American air and sea actions.
Reports say Allied landings on Walcheren Island in the Schelde Estuary and renewed fighting across Transylvania as the Vienna Award territory nears liberation. Red Army seizes Insterburg in East Prussia while Dunkirk and Channel ports are freed. Flying bombs hit southern England as Archbishop Temple and Princess Beatrice die. Japanese forces retreat from the Philippines amid bombardment.
A Daily News piece outlines the long history of Reid and associated vessels from 1898 onward, naming ships such as Argyle Clyde Ethie Fife Glercoe and Wome, plus later boats like Dromedary Tavermore Solway Meigle Kyle Linrose Bruce No 2 and more. It notes renamings losses in WWI and government service, with several errors acknowledged in the account.
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