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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1939
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun publishes news from the North Coast with local notices and brief items. This issue notes the paper's home affairs department and its Twillingate office on the North Side, dated September 16, 1959.
The article from early World War II reporting notes modest German progress in Poland after two weeks of hostilities yet heavy Polish resistance and mounting casualties. It discusses naval blocks, potential shifts in Europe, calls for democratic defense, and hopes Hitler’s regime faces insurrection while Allied forces aid from overseas.
Newspapers across Newfoundland merge efforts to present a coordinated response to recent government actions. Editors emphasize shared goals and public service in a joint statement, urging readers to stay informed and engaged while presenting diverse regional perspectives.
A new food control plan aims to curb price hikes and hoarding. An Advisory Committee, formed Wednesday, will monitor food supplies and profiteering. The message urges unity across political social and religious lines and downplays sectionalism as unproductive.
The weather has been the worst in years with dampness and cool winds delaying harvests and rotting fish. Farmers face late crops and vegetables may lack flavor unless a dry spell arrives soon. The Agricultural Exhibition nears with Community Club entries for livestock root crops homecrafts and prizes.
Mr C Viguers the Peat Demonstrator, sent by the Dept of Rural Reconstruction, urges timely peat drying and small sample cutting. He has visited 40 settlements, locating fuel peat areas in most, plans burning demonstrations and peat societies to promote local drying and fuel supply.
Cadet Noble arrives from Wellington to lead the Salvation Army Day School here. Cadet Wells heads to Training School in St. John’s after departing Change Island last week. Mrs A J Rideout accompanies the Bonavista trip, with Adjutant duties noted.
Schr. Whiff landed shinglee from Gander Bay for Hodge Bros yesterday morning. Schr. S T Abbott put in there on Thursday from the fishery bound south. Motor Paragon with Mr James Reader aboard came here Thursday from Fogo District. Schr. Ida M Clarke arrived to Moreton's Hearbott on Wednesday from Belle Isle, balling for 1600.
A sequence of town visits and relocations is recorded. Alfred Linfield stayed in town from Loon Bay on Saturday. Frank Satad era and George Taylor worked on the Bait Depot at Path Hud. Magistrate Abbott traveled to Bridgeporte and back by Little Grace. Mrs Joseph Morrissey and son Robert came from Lewisporte by Clyde then returned. Heber Harnett visited on Bow ting Bros. Ltd. business. Horwood and Joshua Rice, Stewart Lewis Young, Stephen Loveridge, Barnes and Nippard, Winnie Colbourne, Constable Sparkes, Davies, F. Harnett, Rose Peyton, J Taylor, T. B. Rose, Harold Wood, W. H. Peyton moved via Clyde, Lewisporte, and St Johns.
A compiled roster lists guests and travelers at Harbour View Hotel from Sept 1 to Sept 14 including Frank Osmond Gilbert Osmond F N Osmond Moreton's Hr Cannings and many others. The entries cover locations such as Exploits St John s Grand Falls Botwood and Change Islands with associated islands and communities noted.
Editor thanks all who sent wreaths and sprays for the casket of the late David Wheeler. Names listed include Mrs Cook, Mr and Mrs Harvey White, Mr and Mrs Saul White, Mrs Wm Oake, Mrs M Roberts, Masonic Lodge, Redbournes Ltd, Janet Blake, Mra Will Earle, Mr Harry Ashbourne, Mr Peter Reid, Mra Poole, Mrs Lewis Blake, Mra Thomas White, Mrs G Young, Mra Robert Clarke, Mr and Mrs Peter Anstey, Mr & Mrs Joseph Bulgin, Arm Lads Brigade, Mrs Lewis Reid, Jessie Reid, Edwin Bulgin, Mr and Mrs I Smith, Mr and Mrs John Smith, Edward White and Family, Mrs Bennett Bulgin, Mrs Peter Clarke, Louise and Billy Ashbourne, Mr and Mrs 5 Facey, Mr and Mrs Reginald Reid, Mrs John Gillett & Family, Mrs Eliza Gillett and Daughtera, Mrs Harlee Rideout, Mr Pyon and Family, Mrs Wm Fennell, Mrs John Hodder, Mra Peter Grimes, Trustees United Church, Mrs George Blake. Thanking you one and all.
During the week ending Sept 13 the hospital admitted Miss Catherine Batstone Spriggdale Miss Clara Small Mrs Harry Ostmond Moretons Harbour Mrs Augustus Henifent Black Island Mrs Ralph Wheeler Summerford Miss Lucy Quinlan Birchy Bay Mrs Ned Waddell Twillingate Mrs Frank Fudge Miss Nellia Fudge Brighton Mrs Joseph Head Newstead Norman Strong King's Point Mrs James Jenkins Windsor Alfred Barnes Fogo Donald Poole Pilley's Island Walter Walbourne Change Islands Aaron Leyte Boyds Cove Miss Jean Pittman Pilley's Island During the same week discharge totals include Mra Ray Anstey Triton George Bowers Southern Arm Miss Arimorel Collins Indian Islands Miss Effie Fancey Elam Saunders Change Islands Miss Clara Small Moreton's Harbour Mrs Otto Stride and infant son Bridgeport Mrs John Gillett Pikes Arm Miss Edna Waterman Boyd's Cove Mrs Hayward Clarke and infant daughter Springdale Robert Troake Summerford Mrs George Hickman and infant daughter Horwood Bert Lidstone Laurenceton Miss Leona Hull Blue Head Cove Mrs John Bellany Wm Cantwell Mrs Ernest Hull Grand Falls Two births occurred Sunday Sept 10 a son to Mrs Waddell and Monday Sept 11 a son to Mrs Joseph Head Newstead Both mothers and infants progressing satisfactorily Messrs George Curfman and Sam Miles left Tuesday for Lewisporte en route to USA They have been interning at the hospital and will resume studies at Johns Hopkins Medical School Marianne Welker anaesthetist returned to the States.
Mary Primmer of Boston died August 16 1939 in her seventy eighth year after years of illness. She leaves husband Robert Primmer three sons two daughters from a prior marriage and seventeen grandchildren. Funeral August 19 from 10 Woodford Street Dorchester with burial at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Bella Knell of Mrs Edward Young Telegraphed S S news of the death of her sister Mrs Amos Clarke at Botwood on Monday.
The Ansthy family expresses deep gratitude for sympathy shown through telegrams letters and cards and for the flowers placed on the casket of their beloved husband and father Mrs. Joan Ansthy and family thank all who expressed kindness during their time of loss.
James N. Percy of 5578 Park Avenue Montreal reached eighty years on September 5th and reports feeling fine in a letter received earlier.
Reports from the French General Staff say their forces move behind retreating Germans on the Western front. German lines are also under pressure as they destroy tunnels and rail links while Warsaw resists, with Poles digging in along the Vistula and defending the city amid a broader Allied push. Britain and Canada mobilize for total war, with parliament approving defense spending and plans for a three year conflict, while New Zealand contemplates a expeditionary force.
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