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Porcupine Advance, 4 Nov 1926, 3, p. 6

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5 4 % 4t t 4 4 4 4 % i 4 5 %, S 5 in in t Oe Sol Engineer Oontract Mining Ciaim Assessment Work, Land qum eys, Mine Surveys, Enâ€" gineering, Reports, Plans and Esâ€" ‘imates. P.0. Building, Timmins. RESIDENCE <â€"PHONE 362â€"Wâ€"2 OFFICE PHONE 362â€"Wâ€"1 Arch. Gillies, B.A.Sc.,0.L.8. Ontario Land â€" Surveyor, Oivil BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Gordon Block Frank J. Kehoe Thursday, Nov. 4th, 1926 Timmins Mm:@.afi S cm«. 52 mw §Dm «lecfes etecte ste Vo‘oogoo % tion of her good services, and on the oceasion of her birthday."‘ â€" **Thid office has just received card from Mr. Chas. Hincks, 159th Battalionâ€"~at Montreal, stating that the 1056 men comprising the 159th left Monday on or ~Sunday mogning. The/ hlghest compliments w ers pald the men and # Cad * 4 is + +*, 44 # h *aa*, #* * *# #4 # ® #4 # 4 *4 *# # ## # 6 #* +. 4# #* * + *#A *# 4 *4 *# # #4 # *# *..*, * ResSealox® sales! *# «t *# *# 4 #4 * # estes! *# 4+ #* w # #* # 4# *4 # «: #+* #4 ®# # #* # # *4 # L #* *# # #* *# # ## h .. M * .0 Among the local items of interest in The Advance ten years ago the folâ€" lowing may be noted :â€"‘‘*Mr. W. H. Hayden, of New York, and Dr. J.. J. King, of Batavia, were visitors to the camp last week.‘‘ ‘*Miss May Baker was the recipient of a purse ‘of $30.00 11 this . _ : the { good Frorr pata in Txg PorcurmEs ApvyaNcEs FYLES morning ‘lub Cafe, services, birthday. from the in recogniâ€" and on the said The Advance, ‘‘{and we do not besitate to say that for its sizetit is the best that, can be found in any mining camp in thi$sâ€"_Dominion. This settlement is located about. flhiree miles south of South Poreupine and is named .‘"‘the Dome.‘"" \It . is comprised of about 40 houses, the majority of which are built of modern construction. It has its own sthool, that the employees may send thbir children to be educated‘; it has a firstâ€"class store in which provisions may be ipurchased; it has its own post office, and various other faciliâ€" ties for the requirements and needs of the employees of the Dome Mines Company.*‘ The Advance miakes special reference to the threeâ€"storey bunk â€" house, upstoâ€"date in every respect, with its excellent heating system, its fire protection features, there being no fire in the building itâ€" ‘*‘The Poreupine camp has one of the most â€" moterit little settlements in the North Country." said The Advance, ‘‘"and we 4o not self, the heat being supplied through a lame feed pipe from the engine house. The wellâ€"lighted and wellâ€" equpped â€" dormitories, with their comforts and conveniences, are also noted, as well as the leddmo‘ room, w rmn(* room, bathrooms, tmlet% etc., with a special word for the ele(-wxc Ten years ago The Advance had a reference‘to the fine provision made by the Dome Mines for its employees. ‘‘September Morn,‘‘ is expected to _arrive on Sunday evening by special train. This organization travels in theee special cars, required to transit the company, scenery and effects." ‘‘The amount th"date received by the local branch of the Red Cross Socieâ€" ty for the British Red Cross Fand is about $100.00.‘‘ ‘"There are 517 mames now on the Poreupine Honour Roll of men enlistingâ€"fer service‘ for Empire and the Right."‘ *On Monâ€" day last a peculiar accident occurred at the Aceme. While a man was enâ€" gagéd in work near the stope, thes platform upon ‘which he was standâ€" ing slid from ‘beneath him, carrying lum into the stope, with the result that he was buried alive. After the reseue work of two hours, the prisoâ€" ner was finally extricated from his perilous position, and, "fortunately, barring a few scratches, was uninjurâ€" THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO. officers of this battalion on their high standard of efficiency by the headquarters staff."‘"0 ‘"The â€"first musical comedy ever to visit Timmins, The opening of the new alleys inâ€" stalled by Messrs King and Fitzpatâ€" ritk on Tuesday evening, Oct. 24th, 1916, was celebrated by a match beâ€" tween South Poreupine and Timmins howlers. Some fairly good, scores were made by both teams. Timmins bowlers had the best of the. arguâ€" ment, winning three straight‘ games, with" a majority of 83 pins on the total. _ W. Raynor, of South Poreuâ€" pine, was high man with a total of 463. Joe Sullivan, of the same team, was next with 459. MeceGuire and Hall, of the Timmins team, were tied,. with 434. Timmins was represented by Messrs McGuire, Carmichael, Hall, Wixon, ‘Stewart;, while the South ijorland, of Cobalt, was appointed Fire Chief for Timmins, As wikl be noted in future issues, however, for reasons very creditable to Fire Chief ~Borland he decided at the time not to accept, without Fire Chief Dey, of Collingwood, first heing given the opâ€" portunity,. . But what happered will be‘ given in this column next week. It may be stated now, however, that Chief Borland‘s application was duly accepted on Oct. 30th, 1926, though it was"in reality several months later before the services of the ‘"*"best fire chief in . the North Country or in the Dominion,‘‘ as _ Councillor â€" Chas. Pierce Jlate® described him, were secured in Timmins. At the Octoâ€" ber 30th meeting of the council tlml Board of Works received the tender from Hill, Clark Francis to build the fire hall for the sum of $3,800.00 The Board of Works was given the power to decide upon the tender and go alhead with the building. Counâ€" cillor Bazeau thouglht the hall should not be built at this time, but left over till the spring. It was shown, howâ€" ever, that at a previous meeting auâ€" thority had been given for the work to proceed, The following letter of thanks apâ€" peared in The Advance of Nov. 1st, 1926 :â€"‘‘To the Management of the Empire Theatreâ€"The ladies of. the Tinmmins branch of the Red Cross Soâ€" ciety wish to thank you through The Advance for the generous cheque for q~‘)()‘3 0() received from ; you as the. pro- ceeds of the opening night of your new theatre. This money was donatâ€" ed to be spent on making theâ€"Christâ€" mas of the ‘boys at the front, a little brighter, and when they know that it was raised through the mlanagement of this theatre with whom they had spent so many pleasant evenings, it will certainly add to their happiâ€" ness. is, ‘bar none, the best ard most modernlyâ€"equipped building to be seen anywhere in the North Land, and the Dome Mines Co. are to be ‘highly ‘congratulated on having not only this jbeautiful building, but its own settYement, which is indeed MA credit to them, as well as a great benefit to its employvees.‘‘ On Monday, Oct. 30th, the Timâ€" mins town ~council held a_ special meeting _ to congsidet. the _ apâ€" plitations for â€"the‘ position of fire chief. All the councillors were presâ€" ent and in the absence of the Mayor (the late W. H. Wilson) Councillor J. P MeceLaughlin was voted to the chair. (On motion of Councillors Dr. Melnâ€" nis and C. . Williams Fire Chief Borland, of Cobalt, was appointed lighting ‘throughout. ‘‘*Ail the floors are "of hardwood,""‘ says the article, which concludes: ‘‘Thus the building 30th, the Timâ€" ield a_ special l _ the. _ apâ€" . .A . * . .® 0 o o P P J u* t **,4* 90:“.“.“.“.“.“. seles #. * *# "® *4 # # ## *# #, # *#* # # #4 t# # #* *# # ## *# # *4 # 4# #4 *# *# *+ #* #, *# # # #4 # *# #4 ® # #* # ##* *# # *4 + # ## w # #* *# #4 *# L ## # La #4 *# 4 #4 #, # ## w # ## # 4# ## *# ##4 * *5 ‘*‘Mr. J. H. Castle Graham, director of field service for the London Life, who had previously addressed the conâ€" vention on **The Assistance Given by Advertising to the Men in the Field,"‘ was the recipient of many warm conâ€" gratulations upon the coveted . place won by his company‘s exhibit on the ‘*The convention, held this year at the Tuller‘ Hotel, Detroit, was/attendâ€" ed by many prominent Canadian and American insurance men, and a large number of very able addresses were presented. _ » ‘*The trophy was won by a fire inâ€" surance company in Hartford, Conn., with an elaborate presentation of color advertisements. Next in order of merit, and heading the list of all ( anadlan and American insurance adâ€" vertisers, came the exhibit of the Lonâ€" don Life newspaper advertising, which was awarded first honorable mention by the judcres for highest efficiency in the, three main essentials of strength of ‘display, huinan interest‘ a®l econâ€" omical use of the appropriation availâ€" able. NEWSPAPER PUBLIGITY 5 AWARDED HIGH HONOR London Life Insurance Company Wins From AH Competing Canadian and American Companies for the ensuing year woereâ€"J. Do#wâ€" ler, Timmins, president; Mrs. Colâ€" borne, South Poreupine,, viceâ€"presiâ€" dent; Miss Flora MceDonald, Timâ€" mins, secretary; Mr. W. J. Hallett, Haileybury, treasurer; Miss May Gordon (Jroquois Falls), Miss Walsh (Cobalt), Miss Kate Clark and Mr. Garrock (Cochrane), executive comâ€" mittee; Mr. Dakin, of Mileage 104, and Mr. D. Hoggarth, of New Liisâ€" keard, auditors. ‘*The judges were Professor George R. Hotchkiss, Robert Tinsman, presiâ€" dent, Federal Advertising Agency, and Roger B. Hull, general ~counsel, New York Railways Corporation, all of New York City, and the contest centred upon a cup known as the Holâ€" combe trophy for the best exhibit of any form of advertising, newspaper, magazines, direct mail, booklets, billâ€" boards, etc., open to all branches of insurance, including life, fire and casâ€" ualty companies. _ _/ The following from The London Advertiser last week should be of speâ€" cial interest the prizeâ€"winning advts. being. published in The Advance, aâ€" mong other leading newspapers :â€" ‘‘As consistent users of national advertising throughout Canada for some years, the London Life Insurâ€" ance‘ Company, which uses newspapers for this purpose, are natufally gratic fied at the high honor just awdrc}pd to their exhibit of a series of newspaâ€" per advertisecments submitted by them in : a conteqt open to the insurance compani¢és of Ganada and the United States, and conducted under the ausâ€" pices= of the Insurance Advertising Conference of the International Adâ€" vertising Association. borne, South Poreupine,, viceâ€"presi dent; Miss Flora MceDonald, Tim mins, secretary; Mr. WV. J. Hallett 5 Reed Block Timmins New ‘Offices retiving presulent was elected to atâ€" tend lhe meeting of the Ontario Eduâ€" cational Asmcmtm to be held in Toâ€" ronto next yvear. The officers elected Imneceiing piace Ior neXxt year, â€" says The Advance, ‘‘was between New Liskeard and Timmins, the latter town proving the more popular. Mr. T. <H. Mcl’arlane of Hmlevbur\ the retiving presulont was elected to atâ€" tend lho meeting of the Ontario Eduâ€" cational Aa»ocmtmmtn be held in Taâ€" Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries of Public, etc. Poreupine team included Messrs Sulâ€" livan, J. Miller, H. Miller, Raynor and Fomkinson.‘‘ The seventh annual meetmg of the Temiskaming â€" Teachers‘â€" Institute, held at Haileybubty on Qctober 19th and 20th, was reported in The Adâ€" vance of Nov, Ist, 1916. About 150 teachers attended There was â€" a heary downpour of rain on the openâ€" ing day and the second day was not much.better. â€" The teachers were welâ€" comed by Mr. P. A., Cobbold, chairâ€" man of the Haileybury public school board _ Addresses uand papners of much interest and helpfulness were given by:â€"Miss Elder; Mr. Norris, \I A., of North@Bay Normal School; Miss Foley, of Englehart; Miss Nora Corman; Mr. Hallett; Mr. W. E. T. Barton, ‘"of Cobalt. There was also a musical and literary programme of much merit, **The choosing nt" the meeting place for next year,""‘ says First Class Orchestra Platus: Lewis EMPIRE HOTEL SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER stra During Fall and Winter Months TABLES HELD ON REQUEST 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. ‘‘The Pride of the North‘‘ *# # * oo wb in i es e n i es ces ienlo usc ied en en en ind en on e en With Music The Girls‘ Club of the United Church, Timmins, will hold a bazaar and tea in the church basement on Saturday, Dec. 4th, with all kinds of fancy work and knitted goods speâ€" cialized. occeasion of their very first entry into the contest, and, incidentally, Canaâ€" dian ability and enterprise was given great credit in the surprised but unâ€" grudging commentsg of praise heard on every hand."" President Richards expressed‘ the general pleasure felt at the presence at the meeting of three Cornishmen from the Dome. They were very welâ€" come he said, as it was very nice,to see the friendly neighbourly spirit aâ€" mong all Cornishmen. A vote of thanks was tendered for the auditing of the books. _ The President also thanked The Advance for space given in the newspaper to news and views of the Cornish Oneâ€"andâ€"All Football Club, Presidentâ€"C. Richards (reâ€"clected). Viceâ€"Presidentsâ€" Messrs _ Odgers and Truscott. Secretaryâ€"Treasurerâ€"E,. C. Stevens. Executive Committeeâ€"Messrs Bright, Opic, Meajor, Britton, Snow and J. . Harris. kin. The annual meeting of the Cornish FootballyClub was held in the town hall on Friday evening last, with a good attendance of members and much interest shown throughout. The Preâ€" sident, Mr.°C. Richards was in the chair and .carried proce%ling’s along in effective way. Tlhe financial stateâ€" ment was read by the secretaryâ€"treasâ€" urer, Mr. H. ‘Drew, the finances being in good‘condition, with a pleasing balâ€" ance on hand. The,report was adoptâ€" ed, as was also.the auditor‘s report, which commented on the fact that the books were very neatly and accurateâ€" ly kept, with all accounts in order. A general talk on the prospects of the club followed, with many interesting and helpful discussions. The following officers were electpd for the ensuing year :â€" Honorary Presidentâ€"B. Richards Honorary Viceâ€"Presidentâ€"P. Tonâ€" Annnal _ Meeting Held on Friday E_Vening Last.. . Reports of Offiâ€" The dolman silhouette, much heraldâ€" ed for the winter, season, seems more suited to the wrap for ev ening than to the serviceable dayâ€"time model. For instance, the wide.bloused back and rather generous armhole of this vlevet wrap make it essentially a cloak to be worn in less active hours. Supple silver cloth makes the (folla.r of many folds which extends in a wide band down the closing side of the front, much. as the fldt fur ('Ollms do. An unusual note is seen in the white fox/ cuffs, used with the conâ€" trasting @ollar. Hashion Faurtes | Next Monday is Thanksgiving Day This Black Velvet Evening Wrap Follows the New Silhouette. ANISH FDOTBALL CLUB EGTS OFAGERS FOR YFAR cers Show Successful Season #Â¥. # # tk J t o K S e _ U * --. #. .@ voooooooooflooc 0000000'0000000000000030000.000" 64

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