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Porcupine Advance, 16 Jun 1927, 2, p. 1

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// ; ~ LA 4 . _ Meets every Tnursaay in ...‘ in theâ€" Oddfellows‘ Hall, 7. Visiting Brothers and Sis Meets every Tuesday evening in the Hardware, 10 Third Avenue VISITING BROTHERS WELCOME BMIAS 100GE, LLLF. o. 42 Schumacher L. O. L. NO. 2975. . Meets on the Second and Fourth Thursday of each month at the Schuâ€" macher Orange Hall. All visiting members welcome. J. 0. BONNBLL N. R. TARIO W.MHM. R.8. Anglican Churchâ€" â€" All visiting memheu weloom J. G. Archer, F. McLean, Timmins Council, No. 2403 Meetings every second Wednesday and Fourth Sunday. Club Rooms over George Taylor Snowbound R. B. P. No.8G08 P. VARKER, President R. BURNMAN, Secretaryâ€"Treasurer, Box 1507, Timmins Meotings held in Hollinger Recreation Hall, third Saturday of. each month. Openâ€"to all of Cornish birth or Corâ€" nish Associate. Meets on the 2nd ‘and 4th Monday of every month in the Basement of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners will meet every lst and 3rd Turesday of each month in the Miner‘s.. Union Hall; 2nd _ Ave.; at 7.30 p.m. P. J. BBAUDIN, ; Financialâ€"Secretary. Cornish Social Club Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. , All visiting brethren welcome Meets every second and fourth Monâ€" day of.each month in Schumacher Orange Hall. Visiting Members The Caledonian Society of to nativeâ€"born Scots § and Beotswomen and those of Scottlsh descent. . Membership fee, $2.00 per year for ordinary members and 50c¢. per year for associate members. The Lancashire Club of Timmins meets in the Hollinger Recreation Hall the First and Second Saturdays in each month at 8 p.m. Lancashire people are welcome and may bring friends by invitation only, which may: be obtained from the Secretary or President on application, or from any member of the Committee. Coml, _ welcome. B. HRENDERSON E. TOWNSEND W.M. R.S. HEWAN, L... McCLURE, President Recretary. L.OBA. No 742 Meetings every second and fourth Friday in the month in the Hollinger H. UNS WORTH, President MBRS. T RICHARDS, Sec.â€"Treas. Box 1087, Timmins Ont. Lancashire Club Timmins L.O.L. _FRED JOHNSON, W.P. H. COOK, REGISTRAR <.+....»7.90 pm. No. 173 J. R. Walker ............. i1196 J. B. Newton .................. 123 R, E. Dye ......:.... sn . 125 J. Rutherford .............. «... . 120 The lady meimber of the Timmins Golf Club have started their competiâ€" tions this season. Notices have been posted in the club â€"house asking memâ€" bers who wish to enter the 18â€"hole ringer score competition to sign their names below the notice. The weekly luncheon have been resumed on Friâ€" day afternoons also. UnFAvounadls us ie c 4 on n In*®the Geo. Lake Shield competiâ€" tion, the twelve best seores will be pickâ€". ed to enter the Northern Ontario Golf Tournament to be played at Timmins this summer. During an eighteen hole match players were favoured with all kinds of weather with the exception of snow. Heavy rains, followed by wind and sunshine made real good golf imposâ€" sible, and the number. of good scores turned in is a tribute to the abilities of the members of the Club to play in all kinds of weather. ~In, spite of the unfavourable weather over the weekâ€"end a large number of members of the Timmins Golf Club turned in scores for the opening round of the Geo. Lake shield competition, emblematic of the open gl;ax;plonshlp of the Tiimmins GoIf u Large Number Turned in Scores at Weekâ€"end. Lady Members Have Started Their Competitions UNEXCELLED â€"_ _ MINING SERVICE â€" to date information on all mines in all camps. Prompt execution of all orders. Quick stock deliveries. Our telephone is always at your the TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 16th, 1927 Lindbergh is in the shade! . All/ he did was to fly across the Atlantic. A great unknown, however, has made another record._ This unknown has motored from North Bay to Cobalt over the North Land highway. The Haileyburian xeport.s the event as follows :â€" - Mr. W. F. B. Cadman leftâ€" Sunday for New Liskeard to.take up his new duties at the head officeâ€"of the Porâ€" cupine Power Telephone Co... As noted in last week‘s issue he is a firstâ€" ‘class good citizen and good fellow who wall be much missed in Timmins «and district, in sport and other circles} *‘It is reported this week that an. adventurous motorist "droveâ€"over the: new trunk highway from North Bay to Cobalt last weekâ€"end. While his. name could not be learned, it is that a car came through from North Bay, landed safely in Cobalt and proâ€" ceeded north. One report said that Englehart was its destination. Local motorists claim that it is possible to. drive over the â€"whole route.if the. workmen on the road will allow a car. to pass. Apparently the greater porâ€" tion of the road has been graded and. only gravelling and levelling remains: to ‘be done. One Toronto paper, in its issue of Monday, stated that Hon. Wm. Finlayson had declared that the road would be open from North Bay to this part of the district of Temisâ€" kaming on July 1st and that the whole route through to Cochrane would be completed before September 1st.‘‘ The Cornish Social Club will be having their usual social on Saturâ€" day evening, June 18th, in the Holâ€" linger Recreation hall, when there will be music, dancing, etec. Refreshâ€" ments will be served during the evenâ€" ing. CMrs. E. A. Gosselin returned last week to Ottawa after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tremblay, Pine street north. Mrs, C. G. Kemsley and Mrs. H. G. Laidlaw, and children, are visiting at the ‘home of their parent, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Holmes, Cobalt. The Haileyburian last week says :â€" «‘Mr. W. A. Gordon, who ‘has been ill for the past few months, has so far recovered as to be able to go out for a short time each day.‘‘ {Mr. A. G. Carson, District Deputy Grand Master, and "Messrs Simon Coady, of Timmins, and J. G. Harris, of Schumacher, left on Tuesday to attend Grand Lodg; of the I.0.0,.F. at Torontofi s FIRST MOTOR CAR FROM NORTH BAY TO COBALT Ont. Mrs, A. G. Carson and daughter, atsy, wsxtmg a:t Swastika this week. ) . HOMER L. GIBSON. . CO. ‘ 67 Yonge Street _ _ TORONTO [rs. H. W. Hooker is on an extendâ€" visit‘ to her old home at Dundas, Timmins and Private Wires to all Rouyn, where electrical fixtures and supplies will be sold. ARROW CLUB INVITED TO KIRKLAND LAKE FOR JULY 2 ‘The Arrow Athletic Club of Timâ€" mins has received an invitation from Kirkland Lake to send a field and track team to compete in the sports at the Lake on July 2nd at the big field day there in celebration. of the Diamond Jubilee: ‘The Kirkland Lake committee offer to defray all exâ€" penses. â€" It is understood that the Arrow Club has accepted the invitaâ€" tion and. will compete. Kirkland Lake has also invited an football team for the July 2nd event at Kirkland L . €¥ 6 * 7 {Mr. and Mrs. S. Drew are at present spending a holiday at Canâ€" nington, Ont. â€" Mrs. Drew left on Sunday and will be away until Sepâ€" tember 1st. Mr. Drew will return in July.\ Announcement was made last week at Cobalt that Mr. Roy Douglas, of ' that town, will be general supervisor of the seven electrical shops that the Northern Ontario Light Power Co. 18 planmng to open in leading North Land towns. There will ‘be a store at each of the following towns:â€"Coâ€" alt, Haileybury, New Liskeard, Kirkâ€" M Lake, Tinmmins, Englehart andâ€" All interested in flowers and garâ€" dens should remember that the Timâ€" mins Horticultural Society is giving a free dahlia root to each new member of the society this year. Application may ‘be made to Mr. A. R. Harkness, president, or to Mr. T. A. Skelly, seâ€" cretary. MR. ROY DOUGLAS TO BE SUPERVISOR OF STORES spent a few days in Timmins on his return trip to the West. ) \ Mr. Geo. Jenkin left this week on an extended visit to his old home in England. He will return with Mrs. Jenkin and ‘baby in the fall, again takipg\up his work here as teacher of music. The Schumacher Choral Society are planning to give another of their saâ€" cred concerts in the Goldfields theatre on‘ Sunday evening, June 26th, after the church services. one stolen during a recent weekâ€"end in: Sudbury. Jos. Isherwood, contractor, Haileyâ€" bury, has been awarded the contract for the erection of the new golf club house at Haileybury. $ {Rev. Fr. Michael O‘Gorman, of Edâ€" monton, returned last week with Rev. Fr, J. O‘Gorman from Cobalt and %fis.*s. H. Pirie is spending a few days visiting friends in Iroquois Falls) District Notes . Four motor ears were wrecked and Y Reports from Elk Lake suggest that Messrs McMillan and MclLean started out some days ago to visit a gentleâ€" man named Ed. Parker, a trapper, and when they did not return for some days no anxiety was felt, because the weather had not been favourable. Finally a search party started out and the canoe, upturned, was found ‘fioatâ€" ing in the lake. ‘The report from Proâ€" vincialf Constable Kinnard t}leave; no room for doubt regarding their fate. MeMillan was a mar‘gxged man and he leaves a wife and three children. His elderâ€"daughter was drowned in Peterson Lake, near Cobalt four years ago. He was employed at the ra Word from Cobalt this week tells about a father who met the same fate as his oldest child. This man was one of the two reported to Ibe drowned in Long Point Lake, midway betweent Elk Lake and Gowganda. He is Mr. James MeMillan, an old and wellâ€"known reâ€" sident of Cobalt. He with a young Nova Scotian named Finlay McLean, lost their lives when an old canoe in which they went for a trip on the lake recently upset in a squall that apparently assailed the frail craft. recovered. ied cmd s c c 4 Mines as watechman. MeLean was single and was working at the Coleroy The following are the remaining games to be played in the first half of the Temiskaming Baseball League schedule :â€"â€" * . Monday, June 27thâ€"South Porcu- pine at Iroquois. Falls. s Monday, June 20thâ€"Melntyre at Troquois Falls. _ Friday, June 24thâ€"Melntyre at Timmins. This week the Kingston Hotel is reâ€"opened under new management and is prepared to give the best of serâ€" vice to the public. Mr. Wm. Haas, the new proprietor, who recently purâ€" chased the property and business, has put the hotel in firstâ€"class shape. The cooking and other services will be in charge of all "‘"white‘‘ help and good service is assured. Mr. and Mrs. Haas have had long and> successful experience in hotel management and expect to build up a good trade at the Kingston. _ They ‘have successfully conducted the Russell House at Timâ€" mins for some years past. S McMILLAN MEETS SAME FATE AS DATUGHTER Among the visitors to the Kiwanis Club on Monday ‘were Mr. Hart, inâ€" troduced ‘by Kiwanian A. Laprame, and Mr. Geo. C. Murphy, introduced by Kiwanian Arch. Cillies. BASEBALL LEAGUE SERIES FOR BALANCE FIRST HALF Wednesday, June. 22ndâ€"Iroquois Falls at South Porcupine.. Friday, June 17thâ€"Timmins at South Porcupine. A plan for the securing of a large membership in the district for the Onâ€" tario Motor League was also considerâ€" ed and approved. Under, this plan the idea is to secure members for the Ontario Motor League at the regular membership fee for that organization. Of "this membership fee a material part will be retained by the Kiwanis Club under â€"the arrangement. _ The. Kiwanis intend to split this profit fiftyâ€"fifty with the local Vletonan Order of Nurses. _ Wednesday, June 29thâ€"South Porâ€" cupineâ€"at Timmins. KINGSTON HOTEL REâ€"OPENS UNDER NEW MANAGMENT At the weekly luncheon of the Kiâ€" wanis Club on Monday one of the chief items of interest was the report of Mr. Vincent. Woodbury, chairman of the committee in charge of the new community Pplaygrounds. Mr. Woodâ€" bury said that it was confidently exâ€" pected that the playgrounds would be ready for use by July 1st. * Mr. W. 0. Langdon is the repreâ€" sentative from the Kiwanis Club in connection with the July 1st demonâ€" stration in charge of the Canadian Legion, the songs and drills by the school children to be one special feaâ€" ture of the event. Mr. Vincent Woodbury and his committee are to attend the meeting of the Legion on Friday in connection with the proâ€" posal to formally open the playâ€" grounds as part of the July 1st event. Mr. W. Rinn was appointed a comâ€" mittee of one to arrange a foursome for the golf enthusiasts with the Scotâ€" tish Football team to visit here. on July 1st. Viceâ€"President C. Keddie reported relative to the Canadian Red Cross work and the provinceâ€"wide campaign to support this good work. ~Mr. Kedâ€" die sard that .Dr. Routley would be here June 1l5th to hold a meeting in the interests of the Red Cross. Dr. Moore was appointed the Kiwanis Club representative to this meeting. Chairman of Committee so Reports to _ Kiwanis Club Meeting on Monâ€" EXPECT PLAVGROUNDS T0 BE REAOY BY JULY 1st day at Empire Hotel. have not been . Passenger Boat ‘‘Foch"‘ e Bd m th i incmmnc c t An -â€"â€"â€"vp _._â€" TRUOK 'rmsrnn flgents for Cockshutt Plow Co. Gflgon Manufacturing Oo Â¥ur Best Value _ Phone 88 South Porcupine SANITARY PLUMBING We adhere strictly to the muniâ€" cipal laws on sanitation, as well as your construction specifications, when we undertake a job of plambâ€" ing for you. addition we pledge our reputation that the . materials we use are of the ‘best qauality. we use are of the ‘best quality. QOur workmanship speaks for itse in the many particular plumbing contracts we have executed so satâ€" isfactorily. is‘ % Coal, ~Wood, Ice, Feed Transfer QUALITY SBRVIOB [f it is feed you want we have it. Porcupine Feed Transfer Co. Leaves Mattagami Dock every morning at 9 a.m. for Sandy Falls, which connects with Kamiskotia Harness Repaired se o se oi in By an Expert At very rmonuble ' rates._ Work Guaranteed Quick Service boat at 10 a.m. Leaves Mattagami Dock at 1 p.m. every day for Wawaitin Falls. Special trips can be drranged for by calling. ‘J. OLOUTIER,. _ 16 Cedar Street North, Timmins Queen‘s Hotel 7\ THIRD AVE. @ Special We are offering a large assortâ€" ment of one skin chokers of summer fur in shades of Grey, a Brown and Beige, at $12.95 The Stewart Co. Our Fur Chokers represent all the latest and most wanted skins such as Brown Fox, Amber Fox, Beige Fox, Red Fox, Platinum and Silver. Two skin scarfs of Mink and Martin. HARRY ROBERTS THE TIMMINS HARNESS Plnnht.glffiuu r M Metal Fur Chokers Where the Styles Come From PRICE FIVE CENTS SECOND (/ "M: .E);E'rxi -;H /.# '.(‘m. a h

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