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" THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE Boruâ€"In Timmins on Friday, Jan. 25th, 1924, to Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Grav.â€"a daughter (Betty Jean)._ The next game on the Intermediate schedule is Timmins at Iroâ€" quois Falls, Feb. 4th. The next Junior N.O.H.A. game will be Iroquois Falls at Timmins on Wednesday, Feb. 6th, according to the schedule. \The Rev. Canon Skey, of Toronto, will be the special preacher at both services in St, Matthew‘s church next Sunday, Feb. 3rd. ) Division Court was held here on Tuesday of this week with Judge Caron presiding and a large number of cases before the court. E: 'R,eports from Haileybury are to the effect that Mr. Jas. Seully is making satisfactory progress to recovery folâ€" lowing h‘is recent operation at the hospital there for appendicitis, The Fire Brigade had a run yesterâ€" day just before noon, the call being from Box 51, corner Third Ave. and Mountjoy street. The fire was only a slight chimney blaze, and it was not necessary to use the hose or water. (Music dovers may â€" look forward with particular interest to the third annual musical festival to be given by the Caledonian Choir, in the New Empire Theatre, Timmins, on Thursâ€" day evening, Feb. 28th. An attracâ€" tive programme is being prepared for the event. Evidence of the general belief that Ontario is due for a notable hoom in mining is perhaps given by the anâ€" nouncement of the Toronto University Extension Department. At any rate the announcement is taken as decidedâ€" Iy significant. The announcement is to the effect that a course will be opened on mineralogy, geology and practical mining on the first of Febâ€" ruary. IEwenty are necessary . to make it practical. The course will be under the direction of Prof. Haultain and will run one evening a week with two hours on Saturday for ten weeks. AIll will sincerely wish Mrs. G. S. Drew an eéarly and complete recovery from the illness that overtook her some days ago. Mrs. Drew ed the disease so prevalent here reâ€" cently, measles, an« this was followâ€" ed â€"by complications arising from an affection of the heart. For a day or two Mrs. Drewâ€" was very seriously ill, but all will be pleased to know that she is now much improved and evidently on the way to recovery. Her mother, (Mrs. H. Hart, of Canâ€" nington, came to Timmins this week. Timmins and District Notes The next regular meeting of the Town Council is scheduled for Monâ€" day afternoon, Feb. l1th, at 4 p.m. The Northern News of Cobalt last week says:â€"‘*Mrs. Barkell, of Timâ€" mins, is visiting her son, Mr. Walter Barkell. *‘ Mrs. J. P. Taillon and baby reâ€" turned home on Saturday morning after an extended visit to her home in Toronto. â€"Mr. Jos. McGrath left for Toronto last week on business in connection with the new garage and repair shop to be opened here shortly..,/ The Temiskaming Plowmen‘s Asâ€" sociation was organized at New Lisâ€" keard recently, with W. Seot as presiâ€" dent, and ‘W. G. Nixon as secretaryâ€" treasurer. The Haileyburian last week says:â€" ‘""‘Mr. R, LeHeup spent last week in the north, visiting Timmins, Iroquois Falls and Cochrane. In his capacity of AInspector for the Children‘s Ard Society, Mr. LeHeup prosecuted sevâ€" eral parties under the Children of Unmarried Parents Aet." Mr. Wyman Orr, for some years with the Porcupine Telephone Lines Company, has joined the Timmins Police Force, taking up his new duties in uniformâ€" last week. (Mr. Orr is widely â€" knownâ€" andâ€" very popular throughout the town and district, and will be another acequisition, to the exâ€" cellent local police foree. _ next week, a musical treshments, be given on by G. A. Ms The next regular meeting of the Caledonian Society will be held in the LO.0.F. Hall on Friday evening of next week, Feb. 8th. There will be a musical â€" programme, â€" dancing reâ€" freshments, etc. An address will also be given on ‘‘The Seot in Canada,"‘ by (G¢. A. Macdonald. Sudbury Sceots are organizing A Caledonian Society.. For the first time in 150 years Sudbury sons of Scotia and their friends had a banâ€" quet last Friday to honour the 165th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns. There were 125 present at the banquet, including, naturally, many distinguished citizens of the Nickel town. week sgays :â€"â€" last week in Some of the ratepayers attending a recent meeting of the Haileybury Town Council were tobaceo caewers, and there being no cuspidors in the room, the polite ones opened the door oceasionally to expectorate to the wide world. This method made for coldness as well as cleanliness in the Council Chamber, and eventually the Council passed this resolution :â€" ‘*That chewing t the meetings of 1 unless they . can opening the dof opening poreh HEMSTITCHING AND PICOT EDGING MRS. V. CLERMONT Dan St. Onge Building. Arch. Gillies, B.A.Sc.,0.L.8. Assoc. Member Engineering Inst. of Canada. Member of Assoc. of Professional * Engineers. 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