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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1952
Page
4
On Tuesday September 9th employees in North and South Islands will close for a half day to mark the official opening of the new Coastal Wharf in Twillingate Newfoundland. The notice repeats the Sept 6 1952 date for the event.
Twillingate to open a new Government Wharf and shed with a 304 by 38 foot wharf and 40 by 90 foot shed on Tuesday September 9. Committee members will meet with Charles Granger who arrives Saturday to finalize arrangements. Hon. F G Bradley will officiate. press and radio will report on site. residents expect a half holiday for merchants and time off for schoolchildren.
Directorate has not awarded a contract for a new concrete block building in Twillingate. Labourers and carpenters reportedly to be paid sixty five and ninety cents per hour. Architect Mr Bred Colbourne will oversee periodic site visits to inspect progress.
His Excellency’s address at St John’s thanks the people for a warm welcome and hails Newfoundland as both oldest colony and youngest province. He notes ships from many nations, the sea and land as sources of strength, and Newfoundland’s role in air travel and world communications. The visit is brief but heartfelt appreciation is expressed.
Grand Bank special report on artificial drying for fish notes Newfoundland official remarks. Rt Hon F G Bradley secretary of state for Canada warns of talent gap in the fishery if a notable artificial drier is not devised. He cites current dryers’ success and light curing without sun. A Bonavista longliner earned $1000 for three men in a week, with last year averaging $3000 per man monthly. A new fishery ground was found about 130 fathoms deep below the cold layer.
The Federation of Fish Merchants announces a 10,000 quintals salted cod sale to the highest bidder from Brat Harbour to Griquet. Fish from Great Northern Peninsula crews will be sold through Federation HQ in St Johns. General Secretary C Max Lane says cooperative marketing aims to boost returns and that Cape Freela fishermen previously earned more by selling through the federation.
The Newfoundland Radio In Pictures book features seven by five inch pages with over seventy photos of local radio personalities behind the microphone. It covers all province stations and includes Queen Elizabeth at Government House St John s. A feature on twenty five years of radio growth is included. Limited copies are on sale.
Fisheries board figures show Newfoundland exported 21 987 quintals of bank shore and Labrador codfish and 18090 hundredweight of wet salted fish in July 1952, down from 37 464 quintels and 14 396 cwt the prior year. Wet salted catches mostly to United States, with portions to Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Jamaica.
Plans submitted to the government propose a Newfoundland fishermen vocational training school affiliated with Memorial University. operable jointly by the fisheries and co operatives and education departments. The program would teach diesel engines celestial navigation and offshore fishing techniques for longliners draggers and seiners. Delegations visited European centers in Hoegeland Norway Portugal and Grimsby Hull to study best practices. The exact plans remain under study with no specifics released.
The Newfoundland Department of Education warns of an extreme shortage of qualified teachers with 100 or more schools at risk of closure this year. Unqualified applicants abound but capable principals for larger schools are unavailable, and denominational education heads say the crisis is worse than ever.
Heavy rains on taut Friday at the port town unleashed a fierce hailstorm described as the worst in memory. Marble sized ice shattered stone windows and damaged gardens and tomatoes, with two empty barrels near the United Church collecting icy stones where workers toiled in the basement.
Passed peacefully at her son Joseph Sinck’s home at Tickle Point on Monday August 18. Dorcas Phillips, aged ninety two, is mourned by her son and a step-daughter Mrs. Saul White of the Harbour View Hotel. Interment was at Arm Cemetery on the 20th with Mr. Wo. J. Minty presiding in place of the absent Reverend G L Morgan BD.
Reverend Gordon Eliott and Mrs Eliott are in town for a brief vacation staying with their daughter Mrs Wilson Manuet on North Side.
Mias Shirley Loveridge arrived home this week following an extended vacation at Grand Valley.
A fragment suggests Dr Syken from Hagpitel Stale will return with a bride from St John’s after a Saturday trip via the Gay Rambler. Rumor hints the wedding may follow on his return.
Miss Edith Manuel of the Spencer College staff spent a week here on holiday and returned to St. John's last week aboard the Gay Rambler.
Mr and Mrs Stoodley of the Hospital Staff plan a two week holiday visiting St John’s and Grand Bank District, reflecting a pause in service as they travel to coastal communities.
David Olds, having spent time with his parents Dr. and Mrs. J.M. Olds, left last week for Gander where he plans to fly to New York.
Miss Juanita Sharpe departed this weekend for Botwood for a short vacation.
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