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Porcupine Advance, 24 Jun 1926, 1, p. 1

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Open air band concert this (Thursâ€" day) evening at the new band stand near the station. A good programme of band music will be provided. ANNUAL MEETING OF TIMMINS CURLING CLUB Those who have attended one of these events agree that it is a remarkâ€" ably interesting feature and one not likely to be forgotten. Hundreds of Indians gather with their families and equipment and a regular celebraâ€" tion, including sports, tests and games. is held, extending over several days, free food and accommodation being given the Indians in the meanâ€" time. After the Treaty Money is paid over the Indians return to their homes and usually are not seen again until the next Treaty time. Owing to the small attendance at the annual meeting of the Curling Club called for June l4th, it was deâ€" cided to adjourn, the second meeting being called for Friday evening of next week, July 2nd, at 7.30 p.m., n the Club Rooms at the Curling Rink. All members are asked to be present in person or represented by proxy for the occasion. take place on July Ist at Pine Ridge in the Red Lake area. Under treaty with the Indians, the G@overnment each year pays each $5.00 in cash as well as providing free food and shelâ€" ter for three or four days. The Indiâ€" ans make the occasion a big event, with games, dances and other pleasâ€" ures. It is the big day of the yvear for of the Indians have to travel as much as 200 miles to atâ€" tend the event, and they bring their families with them. â€" Before the gentleman referred to had left Red Lake some of the Indians had started to gather for the Treaty Money event. In previous years the Treaty Money was taken in by the ordinary trail and canoe routes, but this year it will travel by ‘airship, this being much quicker and convenient for the Govâ€" ernment officials concerned. Vol. XL. No. 25. TEMIGKAMING FAREMEN‘S TOURNAMENT AT COCHAANE A man who Hhas just returned from Red Lake told The Advance this week of an interesting ceremony that wiil Event in Aid of the Timmins Junior Hockey Club. Sports, Athletics, Novelties, Etc. Softball, Baseball, Football, to be Featured. Tags now on Sale. Get Behind the Juniors Now. 5 INDIAN TREATY MONN/ CARRIED BV ARPLANE Preparations are now being perâ€" fected for the day of sports here on JSuly 1st. The event is being presentâ€" ed in support of the. Timmins Junior Hockey Club, and as the adâ€" \ertlsmg\ards suggest, ‘‘Now is the time to get behind the hockey boys"‘ and show them that the town is fairâ€" ly with them in every right way. The day of sports at Timmins on July 1st will be held at the Athletic (Grounds, and will attract a big erowd not only from Timmins, but also from the district round about. Many are case to leave town for over a day,. The fact that the road from Porquis Junetion to Cochrane is now open will likely attract many motorists from this part of the district. Romantic Annual Event to be Held in the Red Lake District on July ist. Big Day of Sports, GamesyEitc., PrOoâ€" mised for Big Event at Cochrane on July l1st. Cochrane is out to break the record for suceess for the annual tournament of the Temiskagning Firemen to be held this year at Cochrane on Thursâ€" day of next preek, July l1st. A programme of unusual excellence has .been prepared for the occasion. The usual Firemen‘s races and other events will be featured, and in addiâ€" tion there will be sports of various kinds, including field ; and track events, baseball and football, etc. Palmer‘s United Attractions will be another feature for the day, with Ferris wheel, roundabouts, midway, lots of music, ete., There will be a dance in the evening. South Poreupine and Schumacher fire briâ€" gades are expected to be among the leading teams in attendance and there will be many going up to Cochrane for the big event. The big day at Timmins under auspices of the Junior Hockey Club will, of course, keep some here from attending, but there are alwavys manv here unable in any Big Day of Sports at Timmins on Dominion Day, July First "â€"~ â€"ITHnFp PORCUPINE ADVANCE The Schumacher Choral Society has won a wellâ€"deserved good name for the highâ€"class concerts presented, so all will be pleased to know that the Schumacher Choral Society will preâ€" sent another concert in the Goldfields Theatre, Timmins, on Sunday evenâ€" ing, June 27th, after the church serâ€" vieces. A programme of unusual exâ€" cellence, including choruses, solos, duets; quartettes, wetc., and instruâ€" mental music, will be given, and all musicâ€"lovers will find the event of special interest and value. Some months ago the Schumacher Choral Society gave a sacred concert here that met with very general approval and appreciation. The event on Sunâ€" day evening will be even more attractive, so all may be assured of a very pleasing evening at this concert. A silver collection will be taken at the door to defray the nmecessary exâ€" penses,. The recent event at Schuâ€" macher by the Choral Society was noteworthy for its excellence and by special request many of the popular numbers will be repeated at the conâ€" cert at the Goldfields Theatre on Sunâ€" day evening. x LONGERT BV SGHUMACHER CGRORAL SEGIFTY SUNDAY Will be Held in the Goldfields Thaatre After the Church Services on Sunday, June 27th Meeting Called Tomorrow Eveninsg in the FTire Hall to Organize Timâ€" ming Team for Mines League Mines League baseball is getting aâ€" way to a good start and it is desived that Timmins should be jpwell and truly â€"re presented in the Twilight league. Accordingly, a meeting is called for Friday mght of this \\@9]\ at 8 p.m. in the Fire Hall to organize the Timmins team for the league. All interested in good amateur sport in general and of baseball in particuâ€" lar are earnestly invited to this meetâ€" ing. â€" Every bud) come. _ There will be a lot of good sport in the Mines Ne A I0t OI @00 sport in the T wilight Basehall League and tereated either as players 0: should help along the organi Be sure to be at that meeting Fire Hall ytomorrow (Friday) K. of This will be at 10 a.m. At 11 a.m. there will be Girl‘s Softâ€" ball. At 1.30 a junior football match is scheduled. _ Senior baseball _ is scheduled for 3 p.m. At 6 p.m. there will be a senior football match. Tags are now being sold by the young ladies, and the day should have the support of all. MINES LEAGUE SASEBALL ETNE FRIDAY RCHT expected here from Iroquois Falls and from the towns along the branch. CANADIAN CATHOLICS Most Revy. Pietro Di Maria, Aposâ€" tolic Delegate to Canada and Newâ€" foundland will be the leader of 75,â€" 000 Canadian Roman Catholics who will attend the 28th Eucharistic Congress, June 20 to 24, at Chiâ€" cago. Nineteen special trains will be required to carry Frenchâ€"Canâ€" adian pilgrims alone. WILL HEAD DELEGATION OF Mr. J. R. Gordon, of Toronto, was visitor to town last week. ) June League and all inâ€" s players or fans # the organization. that meeting in the p.m even The Musicians‘ Grand Ball, ‘held last night in the Melntyre Recreation Hall, Schumacher, for the beneiit of the Victorian Order of Nurses, may be set down as the greatest event of its kind ever held in this part of the North Land. It was noteworthy for its succeess from every viewpoint. The attendance broke all previous reâ€" the crowd being estimated at between 600 and 700. At any rate it was the largest attendance ever at a dance even in this district. From a financial ~standpoint the event was equally successful. And as for a good time, all attending are agreed that it was a deligchtful evening. In Convention at Timmins This Week All the Baptist Churches of the North Represented _The annual convention of the Norâ€" thern Association of Baptist churches is being held this week at the Timâ€" mins, church, sessions being held on Tuesday, Wednesday . and Thursday. Representatives of the various Bapâ€" tist churches are present from the various places in the North Land, inâ€" cluding North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Cochrane and points between. Rev. (Geo. N. Simmons, B. A., of New Lisâ€" keard, is the Moderator and Mr. A. Jackman, of North Bay, the Clerk. In addition to the business matters dealt with, there were a number of very interesting addresses at the several sessions, including addresses on educational, missionary and other departments of church work. In this event, the Musicians of the district did the highest credit to themselves in every way. Not only did they contribute their services for the evening, but they gave the finest attention to the arrangements and carried them through with the greatâ€" est success. The hall was decorated in the most attractive and artistic way, flags, flowers, evergreens, etc., being used in very effective way. Mr. Gus Ribout planned the decoraâ€" tive effects and he and his capable assistants certainly achieved a very fine effect. The luncheon served was another special carried through by a very capable commuttee of ladies of which committee Mrs. L. E. Dorway was the convenor. The Musicians are grateful to these ladies for their very effective part in the success of .the evening, and also exâ€" press thanks to Mr. J. T. Heffernan, Marshallâ€"Eeclestone Ltd. and the Meâ€" Intyre Mine for equipment kindly loaned for the oceasion. The hbig feature of the evéning, of course, was the music. **Wonderâ€" ful‘‘ was one of the common eomâ€" ments. The . orehestra of twenty â€"NTERNATIONAL MATCH EASILY WON BY SCOTLAND Advertisers, correspondenrts and all others concerned will kindly note that The Advance will be published on Wednesday. ‘Changes of copy for adâ€" vertisements and all new advts, should be in a day earlier than usual so that the paper may be issued a day earlier. The regular publication day, Thursâ€" day, is July Ist, Dominion Day, the birthday of this Dominion of Canada, and should be duly observed by all gcood citizens of this wide domain. The International Football Mateh, England vs. Scotland, last night for the ibenefit of Junior football was easily won by Seotland, the seore being 6 to 0. There was a fair erowd in attendance, but the grounds were so muddy that good football was imâ€" possible. The teams played hard, but the English team was clearly outâ€" classed by the Seotties. Owing to the regular publication day of The Advance being a public hollddy next week, the paper will be published a day earlier, Wednesday, mext week only. NORTHERN ASSUGIATIONy OF BABTIST CHURCHE The delegates expect to visit the mining plants of the camp this afterâ€" noon. RKev. A., W. Small, B. AX., is to deliver an address on ‘‘Sunday School Evangelism‘‘ this afternoon. _ There is a very interesting programme also for the evening session toâ€"night. ADVANGE TO BE 159UED ON WEDNESDAY NFXT WFEK Change in Publication Day Due to Holiday. All « Concerned Please Take Notice. Wonderful Music and Remgd â€"Crowd at Musicians‘ Event Last Night for Benefit of Victorian Order of Nurses Acclaimed as the Greatest Feature of Its Kind Ever Held in This Part of the North Land. Successful and Pleasing in Every Way. TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 24th, 1926 Test runs at the Ankerite mill were made last week and everything was running smoothly. The mill has a :apacity of 175 tons per day, and lends itself easily to further extenâ€" sion and additions. It is of the same type of construction as the MeIntyre and Vipond mills and other mills in ‘the camp. The mine has enough ore in ~sight at present to keep the mill operating steadily for three years, it is said, and the prospects before the Ankerite are of the very brightest. HOLLINGER DIVIDEND RAISED TO 10c A SHA Announcement was made this week that, effiective the beginning of July, the Hollinger dividend would be at the rate of ten cents per share, instead of 8e per share as at present. The dividends will ‘continue every four weeks as at present but will hbe 10e per share instead of S8e. Thirteen dividends will be paid in the year as hitherto. MILL AT ANKERTE MINE OPENEO LAst WeEX DECORATE FOR THE BIG SPORTING EVENT, JULY 7 The visit of the English F.A. team to Timmins is the biggest sporting event ever reaching the North Land to date. The occasion, accordingly, should be noted, and so the business men generally are asked to decorate their places for the big day, July 7th. â€"about perfect,â€"and about perfect just as ‘Dhere were fifty couples on the floor at three o‘clock. To such music the crowd would have danced on indefinitely, or been conâ€" tent to listen to the harmony and skill of the big orchestra. The Musiâ€" clans are to be very sincerely conâ€" gratulated on the wonderful success of their event, and it is to be hoped they will make it an annual affair. Orchestra The following were the members of the Orchestra :â€" Stringsâ€"Gene â€" Colombo, _ Birreli Bell, Burton Holland. Sam Slack. Banjosâ€"Gus Ribout, Jimmy Reid, Slim Morrison. Saxaphonesâ€" Willard _ Morrison, Tommy Stephens, Clare Pond. Bassâ€"Fred Wolno. Trumpetsâ€"Ludger Maltais, Halâ€" mer Hammer. Tromboneâ€"Dick Tonkin. Pianosâ€"*‘‘Seotty‘‘ _ Wilson, Ted Emery, James Ormston. Drums and Trapsâ€"Carl MaeDonâ€" The dances were foxtrots and waltzes, and on the programme they were named after the members of the orchestra, each member of the orchesâ€" tra having one of the twenty dances named in his honour. The Ankerite \Iine has entered the list of the camp‘s producers,. the fine new mill now being in operation. The opening of the operation of the mill was duly celebrated on Saturday evening by a banquet attended by sharehulders of the Porecupine Goldâ€" fields Finance and Development Comâ€" pany, of which the Ankerite is a subâ€" sidiary, and mining men of the camp. The evening was a pleasant and sucâ€" cesful one and the new mill started off with the best of good wishes. Pleasant Banquet Held on Saturday Evening to Observe Important Event Coming on Wednesday afternoon, the match between Timmins and the tauring English team, will be a reâ€" gular holiday event, and it would he fme if the town would put on its holiday appearance, flags and decorâ€" ations, etc., for the occasion. The business men have always given great support to the football boys and no doubt will follow out the suggestion of decorations and so make the day a real big day. Tickets for the big football match are selling well. Have you secured vyours ‘vet? If not,. ‘‘do it now‘‘ is pieces, under the capable direction of Mr. R. R. Johnston as conductor, was placed on a special platform erected for the occasion. The orchestra had tone, volume, harmony, and the most effective control. Nothing like it has ever been heard before in this part of the North Land. Practically every dance was encored and encored again. It was the greatest music to dancee to, 16 Xylophone Conductorâ€" good motto. i@rLy."" _ CPATT, R. Johnston, L Fig Gathering of Knights of / Columbus Here on Sunda McINTYRE WON FROM THE TOWN ON TUESDAY NIGHT. Many Important Visitors from Outside Points. Banquet Held in the Masonic Hall After the Exemplification of Degrees. About 250 Attend Event. Eightyâ€"four Canâ€" didates Received. points o1 At 10.30 the exemplification of deâ€" grees was taken up. Again from 2 to 6 p.m. this work was carried on, and in the evening from 8 to 10.30 was completed. Timmins Council of the Knights of Columbus held on exemplification of e degrees of the Order at the Parâ€" ish, Hall on Sunday afternoon and There was a large number present from outside points, includâ€" ing visitors from Cobalt, Matheson, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, South Porâ€" cupine and .Schumacher. â€" There was a list of 84 candidates, the majority of these being from Timmins but there being eight from Iroquois Falls and five from Cochrane. There were fully 250 present all told. Among the distinguished visitors here for the oceasion were:â€"District Deputy P. These open air band concerts are proving unusually popular this sumâ€" mer, and will no doubt beâ€"still more largely attended when the park is completed and there is seating accomâ€" modation provided by park benches. The 1.0.D.E. are at present arrangâ€" ing for a supply of park seats to be placed when the park is completed. band programme for this (Thursday} evening will include â€"â€" March, ** Wiashington (xrew Selection, ‘‘The Talisman.‘ The two very popular waltz numâ€" bers, ‘*Some Time‘‘ and * Always." There has been a special request for the latter number. Selection, **Melodious Gems." Overture, **Festival King.‘"‘ J. O‘Gorman, of Sudbury, who put on the degrees; Rev. Fr. Bunyan, of Callender, â€" assisted ; Grand Knight H. O‘Grady, of Cobalt; Messrs Bemans and (Clermont, of Cochrane; Herb Wilkes, President of the Columbus Club, Iroquois Falls; Mayor McDonald, of Matheson; and others. | The proceedings of the day were opened by special mgass at 9.30 in the church. Rev. Father Trainmer, of Sudâ€" bury, who is Grand Knight of the Sudbury Council of the K. of C., preached an eloquent and inspiring sermon to the candidates. ' The third of the weekly open air band concerts will be given by the Timmins Citizens‘ Band this (Thursâ€" day) levening at. eight o‘clock, weather permitting. In this counâ€" try at this time ~that phrase, ‘""weather permitting,‘‘ is very necesâ€" sary. In case the weather forbids this evening, the concert will be givâ€" en tomorrow (Friday) night, weather permitting. Town on Event to be Held at Band Stand on Spruce street, Weather Permitâ€" ting PROGBAMME FOR BAND GONGERT THIS EVEXING Six months short of his 75th birthâ€" day, John MacLean, Ph.D., D.D., has just passed a stiff examination at Winnipeg and secured his degree of LL.B. Fortyâ€"five years ago he was a missionary to the Blood Inâ€" dians of the MacLeod district of Alberta. He took his B.A. and M.A. while a mere boy and has been a deep student all his life. The Melntyre won their first full ints of the season by defeating the wn on their own lot by a score of to 1 on Tuesday evening in the D. F. L. fixture. GRADUATED IN LAW AT 75 Pupils Promoted from Form I to Form II and from Form II to Form III. The following are the promotion lists for Forms I to II of the High School based on ~the results of the test examinations for the year 1925â€" 1926. The results show good work accomplished and should prove very satisfactory. PROMOTIONS MABE Al TIMMINS HIGH SCHOOL Work has been in progress this week in the cutting of the cement walks for the standards for the flags to be installed here. Practically every business place in the main part of the town has arranged for one or more flags for the front of the proâ€" perties, and it is expected that the fHlags will be in place by July 1st, as noted in The Advance last week. Mr. Leo, Mascioli is looking after the cutâ€" ting of the walks for the placing of the standards. Masonic Hall where they were tenâ€" dered a banquet by the Timmins Council of the K. of C. Over 225 sat down to this fine banquet. The ‘atering was done by Mr. Harry Poirier, of the Quegn‘s Hotel, while Mrs. J. Dalton and a committee of ladies arranged the tables in very atâ€" tractive artistic fashon and served the banquet with much effectiveness. Everything was of the very best, and all enjoyed and appreciated the hanâ€" quet. 111C ROWS OF FLAGS TO BE INSTALLED ON STRE S is many friends will be pleased to know that Mr. F. ©. H. Simims, who has been in the hospital here for some days past, is now well on the way to recovery after aâ€" rather lengthy illness A Kathryn Young. Pupils whose names are not on this list may consult prineipal in office. . Form II to Form IIIâ€"Mary Allen, Cybele Anderson, Evelyn Anderson, Helen Arnold, Rose Bucovetsky, Ken. Cameron, Douglas Carriere, Leonard Caveney, Sonia Charron, Nellie Corâ€" nell., George Dewar, Sain Ellies, Ada Graham, Sylvia Kuusisto, Theodore Lacosse, Justin Lafranier, Mary Meâ€" Cormick, Jas. MceFadden, Gerald Meâ€" Guire, ~John MeLean, «Wm. Mair, Mabel Mead,. Luey Morin, Annie Musâ€" tato, Peter Nicholson, Marjorie Owens David Payne, Lucien Regimbal, Vicâ€" tor Salomaa, Annie Seott, Willie Shewan, Libbie Silver, Dorothy Tayâ€" lor, Ed. Warnock, Anne Young, Euâ€" genia Young. â€" Pupils whose names are not on this list may consult prineipal in office.

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