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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 08, 1928
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun lists subscription rates by region and ad pricing details. It notes advance payment, display and short term rates, notes of thanks fee, and a policy on late news items with a date of September 8, 1928 in Twillingate.
The article urges students not to be discouraged by exam results and praises progress even when not all subjects are passed. It announces upcoming Junior Matriculation passers in the town and emphasizes education as a pathway to responsibility and reform in industry and domestic life.
Mr. Harvey reports that after U S government tests the Homasote wall boards were selected exclusively for Byrd's South Polar Expedition living quarters. The 3 ply boards will insulate all shelters at Byrd bases as winds reach 100 mph with sleet. Harvey, son of A J Harvey, manages the Trenton plant and is on a business and pleasure trip.
Mr and Mrs Samuel Austey and family mourn the death of their 20 year old son Bertram who died in a motor car crash on a Sunday trip from New York to Boston when the vehicle fell over an embankment. Two people died and two were injured including Mr Peckford of Glovertown. The body was brought home under the care of his elder brother Matthew and Miss Annie who left two weeks ago. The community expresses deep sympathy for the tragedy.
Donations acknowledged with thanks include Lewis Austey a boy friend per Dr A J Wood ten dollars Norman Gray one thousand dollars and K M Batten treasurer records Sept 6th 1928 for N D B Memorial Hospital Inc.
The Ida M. Clarke arrived from White Bay Tuesday with lumber and wharf sticks and departed Thursday morning for the South. The Saladin left Thursday in ballast from Hodge Bros. M. P. Cashin with Captain Richard Carroll arrived Thursday from Belle Isle to Ashbourne Ltd with 1100 bri’s of fish. Alex Sansome's motor boat set out on a prospecting trip to Spyardale with several men under Captain Alfred Guy on Thursday morning.
An old Davis Liver Pills ad urges taking the pills at night to aid digestion and constipation when daytime bowels are unsettled. It notes 40 pills for 25 cents from Davis & Lawrence Co of Montreal.
Mr. F. G. Stuckless has been granted a Canadian patent for a device to lift a motor car when ditched. The inventor filed the application early this year and will seek U S rights. He is regarded as a pioneer in Twiffingate for successful invention activity and hoped for market success.
Samuel Bourdet aged 83 died Monday at Bourden s Cave. Funeral was held on Wednesday.
Telegraph notes the Dominia is 500 miles from Nild with over 800 miles of cable to the Azores. The ship reached the ocean bottom on Monday, shore end to land at Horta around September 3, and link with Ray Roberts will follow.
Accident near Placentia involved a Magis trate and a crossing misjudgment. Alexander J McRae Harvey, director of A Harvey and Co, dies aged 79. Also noted: Iceland aeroplane wreckage linked to a 1927 London to Atlantic flight. Admiralty to interment of L 55 submarine crew in Portsmouth. Plane Mail to New York beat liner time. Amundsen sighting boosts hope. St Johns berries to open cold storage with half a million dollars to locals. League of Nations opens in Geneva. Segrave aims for 240 mph land speed and 100 mph boat. Neptune fires in dry dock. Rockford flyers pause Greenland flight. Marathon swimmers fail to finish in Lake Ontario.
A reunion gathering took place at Hugh Park in Toronto on a Wednesday in August honoring Mr Charles White and Mrs Paul Moors and their son Dona.
In the Sunday school, many friendly salutations were exchanged and a generous spread was enjoyed. Mr. White and Mrs. Moors received welcome words, and their return visit was anticipated with pleasure.
Mr W W Baird and son Edgar traveled from Angle Brook. Norman Gray left for Angle Brook. Rev Henry Gilbert went to Moreton's Harbour. Dr H P Wood family to Boston after a visit to Twillingate. Teachers and staff assigned to multiple Newfoundland communities including Pike's Arm Herring Neck Whitbourne Crow Head Bluff Head Cove Kettle Cove and Bluff Head Cove.
A list from The Primmer House includes individuals such as A. G. Regiluis Mrs. G. Head Master Lloyd Head A. Munro Grand Falls Mr. and Mrs. A. Snow and Leading Tickles.
The report from the Council of Higher Education lists passes in Junior Matriculation for Twillingate and nearby candidates. Names include Miss Mary Young, Mr SG Woolfrey, Mr Walter Wood, and Miss Muriel French, of Yizzards Hr.
Public sale on Friday September 28 at North Side Twillingate Newfoundland to liquidate all gear from the wrecked Schaeuer Fusilier a 65 ton vessel. Items include mainmast 69 feet foremast 53 feet mainboom 57 feet and sails lines anchors and tackle plus a six horsepower stationary engine with windless. Auctioneer Capt Francis Roberts see secretary for bids.
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