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This Christmas season will see about 111,000 pounds of turkey consumed in the Porcupine area by its 25,000 people, The Advance has learned from surâ€" vey of incoming turkey shipments from the west. Other places may have a turkey shortage, but apparently the eight to ten cents a pound rise in price has not deterred Timmins people from ordering almost as much turkey as they did last year, when the total consumed hit an all time high of 120,000 pounds. on the same lot; L. Levert, on a buildâ€" ng at 204 Mountjoy street; Mutual Life, on business tax at 25 Fourth aveâ€" nue; Mayfair Dress Shop, at 15 Pine street south, on business; J. Panchuk on a building at 172 Spruce street south; Frank Petroski, on a building necessary These 50 tons of birds represent alâ€" most the cream of the Western Canada "crop," which is about 50 per cent. less this year than last. The quality of the majority of turkeys sold in Timmins is government graded "A,"‘ some of the lower priced birds are "B," while a few of the "C" grade have found their way im. at 72 Tamarack street; Fred Sauthan, on a building at 49 Lakeshore road; J. R. Todd, on land at 3 Third aveâ€" nue; Wm. Tieder, on a building at 42 Wilson avenue; A. R. Hubert, on a bullding on Main avenue; and Alex Veâ€" ling, on a building at 44 Wilson avenue. Taken as a whole, this year‘s Court of Revision did not make as much change in the roll as is usual. Fswer persons made applications for a change and fewer corrections for errors were The constantly increasing demand for foog in the Porcupine will be made up this year by the sale of larger quanâ€" titles of chickens, ducks and geese. where the rise in price, although varyâ€" ing from three to fiie ces a pound, has not affected buying to any great extent. Fine special Christmas be=f, veal and pork is also expected to inâ€" crease in volume this yvear. Appeals were made in the afternoon session but were refused to Maria Boâ€" by, omm buildings at 11 Ninth avenue and 165 Maple street north; Mrs. J. S. Ellies on land and buildings at 36 Secâ€" ond avenue and 41 Third gvenue; John Graboski on land at 3 Birch street north; S. Kusik, on a building at 60 Toke street; K. Luoma on buildings at 102 Balsam street south, on which the Change of ownership from A. P. Desâ€" riche to Mutual Life of a business in the Gordon Block was granted. Many Canadian centres have been complaining about the failure of the supply to meet the demand but it would appear that the Porcupine district is well provideq for. Work for the doctors! Money for the Western farmers! Happiness in the homes! That‘s what Christmas dinners n the Porcupine mean. assessment haq not been raised but merely equalized between two houses Other reductions granteq were to Geo. 8. Drew, $250 on a building at 7 Cedar street north; D. Dionise, $100 on a building at 160 Birch street south; E. Everard, $100 on a building at 43 Tamaâ€" rack street; Imperial Oil Company, business assessment reduced from 75 per cent. to 60 per cent. because the company manufactures and distributes its own products; T. Laflamme, $525 reduction on a building at 7 Spruce street north; N. Magnan, $150 reducâ€" tion on a building at 180 Cedar street north; Edward Maisonneuve, $75 reâ€" duction on a building at 25 Bannerâ€" man avenue; A. R. Hubert, $50 reducâ€" tion on building at 135 Wilson avenue, $50 on a building at 158 Main avenue anq $100 reduction on a building at 156 Main avenue. Few Corrections Necessary Four corrections asked by the asâ€" sessor took another $300 off the roll. One business assessment was written off because the business is not operatâ€" ing; one new business was added; two pieces of land in Mountjoy were added in a trausfer of land from the Crown to private ownership. One correction was made because a wrong rate had been us2d. Scarcity of Fowl and Price Alike Fail ao Affect Quantity Used Here. Also Much Special Beef, Veal, Pork to be Used. * 110,000 Pounds Turkey for Porcupine This Year The biggest reduction made was that to the Oddfellows hall at 56 Spruce street north, owned by the Timmins Building Company. The assessment was lowered on their building by $1750 when the court was told that the organization did a large amount of real relief work and in addition aided silicosis sufferâ€" ers, removing from the town a considâ€" erable expense, More people had luck with getting their assessments reduced at the Thursâ€" day afternoon session of the Court of Revision than at the morning part of the affair. All the appeals up to noon were reported in Thursday‘s Advance. Few Reductions Made by Court of Revision Here Afternoon Session, However, Did Make Some Decreases. General Run of Appeals Not Supported by Council‘s Court of Revision. Not a Large Number of Appeals. VOL XX. No 97. Cbristmas 193 5 The only precipitation of the pericd was on Thursday when a quarter of an inch of snow fell. Christmas Weather May be Less Severe This is the Message Toâ€"day from the Local Weatherâ€" man. Has the Touch of Christmas Goodwill. Dr. T. T. Brill is spending Christmas woek with his parents in North Bay. It is not expected that the Christmas rush this year will equal other years at the local post© office, since â€"the "paper days," Wednesday and Thursâ€" day, do not coincide with Christmas, as they have in some previous years. On one recent Christmas Eve Postâ€" master E. H. King and his staff had 280 bags of mail to sort. Toâ€"night‘s krain is expected to be late but the mail will all be worked sometime before midnight. Toâ€"morrow (Christmas Eve) the mail will be workâ€" ed as soon as it arrives and box holders will be able to get parcels qelivered at the wicket. General delivery will not be open from Tuesday evening until Thursday morning. Incoming mail reached a total of 146 bags on Thursday night and increased steadily up to Saturday. Outgoing parâ€" cel mail alone took 125 bags on Friday. With the number of bags of mail arâ€" riving at the Timmins post office inâ€" creasing every day and the trains runâ€" ning late due to the Christmas rush, the postal service here is strained to the limit to keep up with the work. Immense Amount of Mail at Post Office Christmas Rush Now on. Special Service Being Givâ€" en for Convenience of the Public To the Editor of The Advance, Timmins Sir:â€"I wish to insert in your valuable pap>râ€"a message to all the citizens of the District of Cochrane. I wish to extend to them the compliments of the season and in so doing I sincerely hope that the coming year will be a most happy and prosperous one for all. Yours very truly, John Rowlandson, M.L.A. Christmas Greetings from Local Member Timmins, Ont. J‘ofire a tous mes paroissiens et a la polulation de Timmins en general, mes meilleurs voeux de bonheur et de prosperite a l‘ocâ€" casion des fetes de Noel et du Nouvel An. Good Wishes from Revy. Fr. Theriault I wish to offer to my parishioners and to all the people of Timâ€" mins and district my sincere wishes for prosperity and hapâ€" piness at Christmas and in the New ‘year. Charles E. Theriault, P.P., St., Anthony‘s Church, Chas. E. Theriault, Ptre, Cure Published at Timmins, Ont., Canade, Every MONDAYX and THURSDAY Porquis Junction, December 2list, 1935 mm He had left his reindeer out at South Porcupine. he told an Advance reporter, because traffic was a bit too heavy in the Timmins areg. Landings are hard to make here, he said, and most chimâ€" neys are a wee bit too narrow for his girth. So he‘s taken to using the front door! Santa Claus paid a number of preâ€" Christmas visits in Timmins last night just to do a little sample checking up on boys and girls, He was very much surprised in some houses he visited rather late in the evening to find some»e of them still not in bed. The jolly old Christmas visitor looks as fit as ever and the years seem to hang lightly on his shoulders. So large was the list turned in to the committee of the Loyal Order of Mcose who have been in charge of the handling Oof the Turkey Stag that no Christmas baskets will be sent out of the Porcupine this year. The churches and various charitable organizations of the district prepared a list of families who are in need of help and it has been found that the proceeds of the Stagâ€" $1100â€"will have to be stretched to the limit to take care of those in town. In previous years it has been possible to help some of the less fortunate setâ€" tlers of the area. No Turkey This Year There will be no turkeys in the basâ€" kets, Turkey is much higher in price this year than it was last, so various sized roasts of beef, four, seven and 10 pounds, will be substituted for the fowl. Good wholesome foods, with canâ€" dies and nuts for the kiddiss, w111 be includedâ€"but no toys. Special arrangements have been made in both Timmins places where the liquid kind of Christmas cheer is to be obtainsd. The Ontario Liquor Control board store is to be open toâ€" night and toâ€"morrow night until 10 p.m. in order to give the public a good opportunity to fill their requirements. At the brewer‘s warehouse, the eight o‘clock closing hour will be observed on Monday ang Tuesday but any orders telephoned in by eight o‘clock on Christmas Eve will be delivereqg some time the same night. Extra staff has been engagerd to handle what is exâ€" pected to be an unprecedented rush. Sales for the three days before Christâ€" mas are expected to top the $25,000 record set by thirsty Porcupine citizens last vear. Deliveries will probably be made diâ€" rect from a number of local stores, in order to save the cost of transportaâ€" tion which in previous years amounted to $25 or $30. Two hundred and thirtyâ€"five baskets were sent out last year. Somewhere beâ€" tween 225 and 250 will be sent again this Christmas. Deliveries will begin toâ€"morrow morning and may have to be continued on Christmas morning. Santa Claus Pays Sunday Night Visit to Timmins Liquor Store Open a Couple of Nights Extra Staffs at Brewery Warehouse and Liquor Store to Look A fter Christmas Rush. pressor , Toâ€"day the ceremony of lighting the lamps, cne by one, is carried through the eight days. Beginning on Friday, a single candle was lighted in the Timâ€" mins synagogue; at the engq of that day, a seccond one was lighted; on the seconda day of the feast, three candles were lighted; and so it will continue until the eighth day when there will be, in all, 44 candles to light the placs of worship. No Turkeys This Year in the Turkey Stag Hamper Thus do the Jewish people remember the day when their religion became free from the tyranny of an ancient opâ€" When the temple was captured, only one cruse of holy oil remained to light the sanctuary., More oil was prepared and as ecach day passed, more holy oil was made until at the eighth day the temple was once again properly lighted. Because of High Price of Fowl, Roasts of Beef Being Subâ€" stituted. Though $1,100 Netted for Baskets, Demand so Great that Only Immediate District can be Served. Dating away back to early tim‘ts, a religious celebration of the Jewish peoâ€" ple is now being observed in Timmins as in the rest of the world. It is the Feast of Lights, a remembrance of the day when Juda Maccabeus, for whom the Maccabees are named, recaptured the Temple of the Jews from a Syrian king who had set ubp th:re an idol of Zeus. Maccabeus reâ€"dedicated the place to the worship of God. Jews Here Observe the Feasts of Lights Religious Celebration for Eight Days in Rememâ€" brance of Recapture of the Holy Temple. TIMMINS, ONTARIO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23RD, 1935 The concert given over the local radio station yesterday from 5.30 p.m. to six o‘clock by the Timmins Citizens‘ Band was a most enjoyable one. Christmas carols and Christmas music of all kinds were played during the halfâ€"hour periâ€" od. Members of the Licns Club sang a number of the wellâ€"known hymns. Provincial police constables and the game warden combined forces last week to go on a man hunt far back of Nightâ€" hawk Lake where it was believed the Finn had taken refuge who stabbed a companion at South Porcupine earlier in the week. The search proved unsuccessful and although the officers spent the greater part of two days on the trail they could find no trace of the man who is said to be slightly unbalanced mentally. He served a jail term in his native land for having stabbed his brother. The concert was played in St. Anâ€" thony‘s parish hall. Provincial Police Search Bush for Man Pleasing Concert by the Timmins Citizens‘ Band Game Warden Assists in the Hunt for Man Wanted in Connection with Stabbing at South End.. 2 Christmas Comes to the mmmmmmmmmmmafimfi i g ect, however far distant, of a heaven and a new earth. ivine Love is still working toâ€" wards that glorious vision of the future. It was not without dsep insight that the early church fixed the Christmas Festival at that season of the year when the sun turns back upon her nath. and the days begin to lengthen and brighten, and a l nature is filled with the g‘ad promise of a renewal. That gosâ€" pel for all people, given to the ancient world was given fcor all time. It is the message for the world toâ€"day. Christ is still the hope of the world, the source of all true life and light of men. the secret of all peace and joy. "This is the day the Lord has made,. we will be glad and rejoice in it." "Joy to the world the Lord is come: The Saviour promised long." Joy is the spirit of Christmas. Christmas changes dull, drab December into the most joyous and gladsome month of the year. A new life with new regonerative forces entered the realms of humanity with the birth of the Babe of Bethlehem. The great event was announced to the shepherds by an angel of the Lord in terms of joy. "Bshold I bring you tidings of great joy; for unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour." A weary world, grey with age, tired of itself, decaying and ready to vanish away, was revived with a new hope. A new inspiration and a new courage came to men to fill their hearts with the presâ€" Porcupine Ministerial Association South Porcupine,Dec. 21st, 1935. Christmas Message from the Ministers J. E. Woodall, Chairman, _ smm i |( }) i/ id |) i; «mmune || || i) in The mill will close down from eight o‘clock Christmas morning until eight o‘clock the following morning, giving all mill workers a shift off. There is sufficient ore in the passes to allow the extra day‘s shutdown unâ€" derground ‘but it was not until this morning that the total tonnage availâ€" able was figured accurately. All underground workers at the Holâ€" linger will get two shifts oif this week. Mining will stop at three oclock toâ€" morrew afterncon and will not be reâ€" commenced until three o‘clock Thursâ€" day aftermnoon. This means that the afternoon shift men get toâ€"morrow and Christmas Day off work, while the day shift men get Christmas and Thursday free. No damags was done in the other 13 alarms since all were for chimneys except one. On Thursday calls were answered to 22 Hollinger avenue; 83 Hollinger avenue; 72 First avenue; 544 Fifth avenue; 58 Avenue road, and 9 First avenue. On Friday chimneys blazed at 47 Hollinger avenue, 66 Birch street south, 64 Mountjoy street and 86 Balsam street south. Saturday‘s lone alarm was at 11i Spruce street south. Yesterday a call was answered to 122 street north. Early this morning the vicinity of Pine strset north and Second avenue was investigated when there appeared to be more than the normal amount of smoke hanging around. Two Shifts Off for Most at Hollinger The Timmins Un‘td church was filled to the doors last night for the evening service when a moving sto*y of the birth of Christ was excellently portrayed. Reproductions of famous illustrations; special Christmas music; beautiful tableaux and cother unusual features made the service a remarkable active worship. It will long be rememâ€" bered by those who attended as one of the mose beautiful scenes of its kind. The portrayal was made possible through the CG.ILT. of the United church together with the choir and a number of members of the congreâ€" gation. Two hundreg dollars‘ damage was done last night at 114 Spruce street south when a fire got well away in a partition. Only fast and efficient work on the part of the brigade prevented it from assuming major proportions. T‘wo lines of hose were laid and the big chemical tank emptied before it could be controlled. The fire had been caused by the thawing of frozen pipes through the use of a blow torchâ€"at best a dangerous practice. Christmas Holidays Arrangâ€" ed to Give Two Days off for All Underground. Full Day for Mill Men. With the temperature well below zero and big fires burning in every home; with pipes getting frozen and having to be thawed out, the Timmins Fire Deâ€" partment has done a roaring business within the past few days. They‘ve anâ€" swered 14 calls since Thursday afterâ€" noon. "Star of Bethlehem" at the United Church T‘ wo Hundred Dollars Damâ€" _ age Last Night on Spruce Street. Fire Caught from Blow Torch. Fourteen Fire Calls Here Since Thursday Pablished at Timmins, Ont., Canada, MONDAY und THURSDAY Special arrangements . have been made by the T. N. 0. Telegraphs this year for the delivery of Christmas greetings in all parts of the North and through an arrangement with worldâ€" wide telegraphic and cable services to have greetings delivered anywhere in the world. Low rates apply for local deliveries anq on Northland services. Suggested wordings make the choice of greeting easy, Special forms for the Christmas telegrams will be used, having at the top a typical Northern Christmas scene, Telegraphed greetings will be deâ€" livered on Christmas morning or earlier, the local branch of the T. N. O. Telegraphs advises. Lloyd H. Schwoob, who was taken off the train some days ago, on his way from Timmins to Ottawa, and sideâ€" tracked at Kirkland Lake to stand trial on a charge of alleged fraud in connecâ€" tion with a cheque given to H. H. Boyd, druggist, at Kirkland Laks, was acâ€" quitted last week when he came before Magistrate Atkinson in Kirkland Lake police court. It developed that the cheque was postdated and that the acâ€" cused had asked Mr. Boyq to hold the cheque for a few days until Schwoob could arrange its payment. The cheque was hcld for several days and then turned in to the bank where it was found that there were not funds to meet it, Magistrate Atkinson held that the circumstances left a doubt as to the intention to defraud and so the case was dismissed. Several causes contribute to the bad conditionâ€"it‘s worse right now than it has been for some years in the Porâ€" cupine. First on the list is the closing down of all road work. Where last winter some 400 men were provided with work every other week on the back road, the main road, the Ferguson highway and the Swastikaâ€"Matacheâ€" wan road; this year there is not a thing moving. The second big reason is the closing down this fall of a numâ€" ber of smaller mines of the district. Pamour laid off 60 men a short time ago because they ran into trouble with the frost and had to stop much surface work. Two Ramore properties stopped operations. North, east, south and west, small mines have reduced staffs to a minimum in many cases. â€"Bush Work Slow Bush work is a good deal slower than last year. At least two companies who did a large amount of cutting last winâ€" ter are doing little or none this year. The town is taking no men from the local employment officeâ€"they have their troubles in providing some kind of work for those who are getting reâ€" year they had a number of men on for short periods at wages. Special Greetings Over T. N. O. Wires There are between 500 and 1000 men in the Porcupine for whom Christmas will not be a merry event at all. They have no workâ€"no chance of a job. Most of them have been going about from house to house asking employment of any kind. Some have walked 40 miles into the bush with the hope of getting a job only to be turned back. Cheque Postdated and so Charge Fails Schumacher Santa Claus at Schumacher School Christmas Greetings at Low Rates to Any Part of the North or the Wider World Lloyd F. Schwoob Freed Last, Week at Kirkland Lake Court on a Fraud Charge. About 1000 Unemployed Here This Christmas | Closing Down of Roadwork the Chief Cause. Influx of Transients Another Reason. Smaller Mines Reducing Staffs for Winter. Little Bush Work Being Done. Nearly a Thousand Young Folks Delighted by Valuable Christmas Presents Given by F. W. Schumacher, bus, Ohio, After Whom Town of Schumacher is Named. The last cause of the trouble is the At this holy season of the year our Christian training bids us not only rejoice in our heritage but furthermore to extend to our neighbours without exception the right hand of fellowship. The Fatherhood of God and the Broâ€" therhood of Man should inspire among all peoples not merely the desire for peace but feelings of benevolence. In this community we have citizens of many races. That we all may live tegether in harmony during the coming year is the sincere wish of The Pastor and Assistants of Nativity Church. Should Inspire the Desire for Peace Timimins homes do not provide much employment. Shovelling snow, carryâ€" ing out ashes, splitting wood and simiâ€" lar chores go not offer much to a hunâ€" gry, unemployed man. But some citizens of Timinmins might help out a little durâ€" ing the Christmas season. Willing workers can be had for the asking by telephoning the Employment Service of Canada office here. influx of unemployed from other parts of the province. They have absolutely no chance of obtaining work in their home towns, they say, and think it‘s worth while looking around the North at least. The large majority of them are forced to return as best they can, disappointed. The domestic help situation is better. Almost all available girls have some sort of work these days. The demand for extra help in the homes at Christâ€" mastime has as usual taken up the surplus. Schumacher‘s own private Santa Claus got busy on Thursday night and decorated three big trees in the Schuâ€" macher public school assembly room with more than a thousand gifts. Skis, sleighs, dolls, drums, horns, books, purses, sweaters, cameras, toy cars, toy dishes, toy sewing machines, big threeâ€"wheeled scooters, wagonsâ€"what a joy to any child‘s heart! And on top of that, a thousand bottles of Christmas candies were piled here, there and all over the place. What excitement there was as the hundreds of pupils of the Schumacher public school came there with their parents finding the presents that bore their names! F. W. Schumacher, for whom the town was named and who at one time owned most of the land on which the prosperous place is now, plays Santa Claus every year to Schumacher chilâ€" drenâ€"he‘s done it every year since 1916, when the oneâ€"roomed school had somewhere about 10 pupils. Throughâ€" out the 20 years of his generous giving, Schumacher‘s school: population has grown steadily until this year, with the students at the new high school to be added to the list, the total reaches nearly a thousand. A Real Community Night Thursday night was a real communiâ€" ty event in Schumacher. Every parent in town as well as lots of men and woâ€" men whose children have grown up, came to see the great bright Christmas trees; heard a group of the girl pupils sing Christmas carols brightly, with a good alto section, and in a real Christâ€" mas spirit, Mr. Schumacher has not attended his Christmas party for some time. He is still a frequent visitor to the Porcupine but he has not liveg here since before the Schumacher mine was sold to the Hollinger. Even far away in his Columâ€" bus, Ohio, home, he must have been able to feel a warm glow last Thursâ€" day evening as those hundreds of chilâ€" arenâ€"whose parents are of all naâ€" tionalities and all creedsâ€"found once again that their favourite Santa Claus had remembered them. The gifts were distributed on Friday morning, the last day of school until the new year. The gifts for the high school studentsâ€"skis, purses and books â€"were also on display on Thursday evening and were distributed early on Friday. On behalf of myself and the 1935 Council I wish at this time to extend to the people of our ‘wonderful Town of Timmins our very best wishes for a very Merry Christmas, and <ca Happy and Prosperous New Year. Sincerely, R. Richardson, Mayor R. Richardson Greets the Citizens To allow holidays for the siaff The Porcupine Advance will not issue again until next Monday, December â€"30th. The usual Thursday edition this week will be omitted. Advertisers, cor â€" respondents and others are asked to note the fact that the usual Thursday issue is dropped for this one week only, so that all the staff may have a chance ftor holiâ€" days. To the Citizens of Timmins Next Issue The Advance on Monday, Dec. 80th Merry Christmas to all Cbristmas 1935 Mayor