From the vault... December 1, 1981

From the vault ... the Northern Pen front page from December 1, 1981 1 height:500px;width:315px The Shallow Bay entry winners in the Wharf Lounge Invitational Pool Tournament held at Port Saunders was (back) Murray Giley, Max Brown and Warren Gilley. (Front) Danny Payne and captain Rick Biggin. 2 width:500px;height:425px : Nursing assistants participated in a two-day workshop at Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital covering topics including “The role of the nursing assistant in the health care field.” In attendance was Priscilla Bridle, Forteau; Marion Pilgrim, Interfaith Home; Sister Lucy Power, associate executive director of St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital, special guest speaker; Jane Pardy, assistant education coordinator with NL Hospital Association; Veronica Simms, Curtis Hospital; Pat Dunk, in-service coordinator and Larry Powell, Northwest River. 3 width:500px;height:280px Fire destroyed a 10-room section of the Viking Motel at Pistolet Bay early last Friday morning. The blaze, discovered by manager Bruce White around 12.45am, broke out in the summer-unit section of the motel complex, which was owned by the Merrill White family, and within 90 minutes that part of the building was leveled. It is the third fire to hit a motel facility on the peninsula in less than a year. Last December the Tammy Lynn Motel in Daniel’s Harbour was destroyed and in July a section of Maynard’s Motel in Hawkes Bay was destroyed. 4 width:500px;height:163px Touted as the funniest basketball team in the world, the Harlam Clowns, hit the Northern Peninsula playing at Port Saunders, Plum Point, Flowers Cove and St. Anthony to packed stadiums. 5 width:500px;height:281px