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NORSHORE SENTINEL "Keeping Watch on the Great North Shore" VOLUME 1, NO 23 NORSHORE SENTINEL NIPIGON, ONTARIO THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1961 NOT OVER 10c LAKE NIPIGON A RESORT AREA? A proposal to have South Bay on Lake Nipigon subdivided into a resort area has been forwarded to the Ontario government jointly by the Nipigon Chamber of Commerce, Nipigon council and the Nipigon Progressive Conservative association. The proposal asks that an access road be built into the South Bay area immediately as a winter works project. The chamber, in correspondence, has been given assurance that, should a road be built into the area; the Dept. of Lands and Forests would be ready to sub-divide the lake shore into lots suitable for summer homes. The request asks that the sub-division take place as soon as possible with an aim for this summer. A third request, included in the proposal asks that a Provincial Tourist Information Centre be located on the Circle Route near Nipigon. The surprise proposal came after definite word had been received that the government was not considering, at this time, a provincial park at South Bay as promised by Premier Frost last summer. The brief is an alternate proposal in lieu of the area losing the promised park. The idea of a provincial park at South Bay was ruled out of the question by Dept, of Lands and Forest minister J. W. Spooner. He has explained through local representative, the Honorable* G. Wardrope that a long-range, over-all plan of development for the new highway from the Lakehead to Sault Ste. Marie is presently being drawn up with an eye towards areas which are contiguous to the highway. South Bay is considered too far off the highway to be considered at this time. An area at Kama point has been 'temporarily set aside as a proposed park’ but there,has been no decision on whether it will be developed. The proposed resort area, it is felt, would be a tremendous boon to the Nipigon region, opening an entirely new field of tourism. No that’s not a dog at right, it’s a wolf! "Lucky,” left, a 17 month old German Shepard and "Cindy,” right, a three year old female timber wolf are accompanying 22 year old John McGovern of Hull, Que. on a trip from Dawson Creek, B.C. to his home. The three companions are hitch-hiking their way and passed through Nipigon on Thursday morning. The wolf by the way, is completely harmless. WILL DESIGN PUMP HOUSE; WANT SCHOOL IN NIPIGON Nipigon's water supply is in for some much heeded changes. Nipigon council last night ordered town engineer Gabe Timar to start work immediately on the design of a new low-lift pump house to replace the old one which is too high for present water levels. It will be constructed at a new location due to the changing levels. Enlarged filters and settling tanks will also be in the design which will be made to serve an area and the population that can be served by the present reservoirs. To deviate the present state of the water supply which borders on the dangerous, the Ontario Hydro has been asked to keep up the river level. Citizens are also urged to conserve water. Council set a record for late hours at what was actually the 'inaugural’ meeting last night, reviewing business left over from last year’s council until almost 2 a.m. It was the longest meeting in more than a decade. Six interested citizens took in the meeting with three matching the council’s tenacity until almost one o’clock. Council reviewed the question or an addition to Red Rock High school and were in general agreement with the stand taken by the 1960 officers ... that a junior high school or technical school in Nipigon would be a better answer to the problem than the addition. Council felt that too many students were leaving school without a proper education and thus were flooding the labour market. They felt an addition to the Red Rock school would just be the first step in many more costly additions before a second school could be built in Nipigon. Council finally decided to check the attitude of the Nipigon Public School board and then have a meeting with the Red Rock Improvement Board to discuss the problem thoroughly. In other main business council: . Renewed the police contract with the OPP. . Decided to check with the Public School Board about the site for the proposed new school. . Gave new reeve Gordon Waghorn the authority to sign the warrant for the tax sale. Thus, as soon as the reeve signs the declaration in a few days, all land where taxes are unpaid past the allotted time will go up for sale at public auction. . Made provision in the estimates of the recreation association budget to allow $150 grant to the Nipigon Flyers intermediate hockey team. Next meeting is Feb. 14. SUPS WIN AGAIN LEAD BY EIGHT Terrace Bay Superiors continued their runaway of the North Shore Hockey league Tuesday night, downing Marathon Mercuries 7-5 at Terrace Bay. The Sups now have 23 points, eight more than the second place Merks. Both clubs have seven games remaining in their schedules. Marvin Osmar had two last period goals to pace the Superiors. Danny Moon had two goals for the Merks. Thursday. Nipigon Flyers visit Red Rock. A win will move the Flyers into a third place tie with the fading Royals. Royals, likewise could reclaim second place from the Merks with a win. On the weekend Marathon is at Nipigon for games Saturday night and Sunday while Red Rock visits Terrace Bay Sunday afternoon. NOT GOOD TO BEAT BOSS . . . NOT EASY EITHER! Cameron Falls Hydro Bonspiel winners, from top to bottom; Don Haig, Gene Linard, Ed McKinnon, Russ Stewart. It’s not proper to 'beat the boss’ as any golfer knows. The same goes for curling says Bill Donaldson with tongue in cheek. Bill was drawn against old smoothie Don Haig, Hydro superintendent, in the final of the Cameron Falls Hydro bonspiel over the weekend and came out on the right . . or the wrong . . end of the score, losing 8-6, Haig scored two points on the final end to win. Actually Haig, one of the better curlers in the district needed no help from outsiders in this one as he skipped three relatively rookie curlers to victory over 17 other rinks in the second annual spiel. Gene Linard at third has just curled one year while second Ed McKinnon and lead Russ Stewart are both novices to the game. Members of the runner-up rink in the final were Pat Mellish, Jim Kitching and Lou Leonzio. Ron Larscu defeated Ollie Ziegler in the second event final. Members of the Larsen rink were Merv Enders, Bert Douglas and Eno Saarela. The Ziegler rink consisted of Jim Burns, Doug Lathem and Andy Davidson. Art Stewart walked off witt the third and final event with a victory over Norm Mason. Playing for Stewart were Jack Leece, Norm Denford and Skip McDonald. Members of the Mason rink were Roy Paju Charlie Daniher and Eric Hotchkiss.