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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 15, 1951
Page
3
Murphy speaks of a muted wife while Archies and Flanagan clash about propriety and a funeral. Rafferty recalls the day as beautiful yet shadowed by Flanagan breaking his leg. A radio host jokes about a bobkworm husband as prices rise, and a butcher defends bone weight on a roast.
Public notice announces the reopening of the Vocational Training Institutes on September 10 1951 for the school year ending June 30 1952. It invites applicants from St Johns and Newfoundland outports for nine months of day classes in Diesel Auto Carpentry Electrical Woodworking Bricklaying Plumbing with tools supplied for a 500 per term fee and subsistence grants over 30 90 per month for selected out of town students.
The Education Ministry outlines three courses for career training. Special Courses oty Navigation prepares for Certificates of Competency in Home Trade or Foreign Going with flexible entrance during the school year. Marine Engineering trains for Fourth and Third Class certificates with entry after September 9. Watch Repairing, offered with the Newfoundland Tuberculosis Association, requires ex TB health clearance and runs ten months from September 10. Applications to the Vocational Training Institute Manager. selection by the Rehabilitation Officer.
A damaged OCR fragment references an upcoming fall game and course options. Mentions Institute Bey John s and a decision on ads and ages, with unclear details but indicates a scheduled or desired alternative plan.
The master of ceremonies at a radio quiz asks if any couple present has been married for less than 24 hours. A 12 year old boy interrupts, asking why they would be dying there, drawing a stunned reaction from the crowd.
Economic paradox where rising income outpaces buying power. The question points to inflation eroding purchasing power as prices rise faster than wages, leaving households with the same or fewer goods despite higher earnings. It highlights cost-of-living squeeze and real income decline in some periods.
A brief satirical line defines recession as a period of belt tightening and a deeper downturn as a panic when no pants remain to hold up. The taxonomized metaphor colors economic decline with a blunt humor.
News reports a remarkable one day tally by Mrs Voting from Avondale and family members who gathered large blueberry loads on burned ground in Aryondale. The Newfoundland Mutual Fruit Exporters note hand picking continues until September, aided by new baskets and better cold storage handling. Government burning programs and road repairs are credited with higher output and quality as agents station at cold storage plants ensure only top fruit is sent abroad.
The Department of Natural Resources pursues all measures to sustain Newfoundlanders' bineberries with the strongest possible market reputation, aiming to secure top status in the market arena.
Don W. S. Ryan recounts the Twillingate garden of Uncle Jimmy Primmer in Hart's Cove. A 200 year old plot carried from the Old Country, fertilized by pioneer ballast soil, now yielding fertile crops under Primmer’s care.
A long abandoned old mill stone, brought from the past, is revived on a craggy land point by Mr Pric er and a few helpers. It serves as a memorial to Twillingate Island's early pioneers and invites visitors to see leafy vegetables and the heart warming yard of Uncle Jimmy.
A draftee sought exemption from service on grounds of poor eyesight and brought his wife to witness the claim. The scene suggests a formal submission to medical or draft authorities as part of the exemption request.
A Vancouver man, after decades of eczema and skin agony, credits Moone's Emerald Oil with rapid relief following a three month search for a remedy. The testimonial urges sufferers to try the product, noting it is painless, discreet, and widely available at drugstores.
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