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Porcupine Advance, 18 Mar 1937, 2, p. 6

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N”.fil’///f/’/f//flfildll///ll/lllll/I/ll!; 484844 * *4 * 4 ////Il/l/ll//ll/\, The Sivinteenth of Oireland was celeâ€" brated in Timmins ten years ago with a play by the Columbian players, under the directior of Mrs. Rosalind Barrett ‘"Peg 0‘ My*Heart" was its title and it was the story of a colleen who had a kindly way of straightening out other pecple‘s difficulties. Mrs. Barrett had the title role and others were filled by Miss Katherine Lambsortis, Douglas Carriere, Hugo Shaw, Arthur Shaw. Charles Roberts, Miss Marguerite Hanâ€" lon and J. A. MacDcnald. The actors and actresses gave ar unusually able and effective presentation of the play. Two dogs that had paris in the play performed excepticnally well, The Adâ€" vance said. During intermission Birâ€" rell Bell and Ted Emery, violinist and pilanist, preovided musical entertainment. CObjeciion was raised ten years ago this week by Col. Martin, viceâ€"chairman of the T. N. O. ascut the proposed Luilding of a railway from the junction of the Hurricane and Turgeon rivers in northern Quebec to Iroquois Falls. The Ontario governmentâ€"owned railway was servirg the nor.h, said Ccl. Martin, and if another company wanted only to serve a proposed new pulp town in Northern Quilte:, that could be done very easily through a short branch line from the CN.R. at Taschereau. The new line was to have been known a:s the Quebec Occidental Railway. Motion pictures, taken in Timmins about the time of the Turkey Stag here in November of 1926, were being shown at the lo:al {heatre iten years ago this week. As part of the news reel, they o t e i i n ED EUE EL EU EEESEEE ES CS SS S SE S s . 3 * C % 4 4 4 4 o e ooo do sep ow se siee vep d w se d w i ce ie s on oo s on e cce io ds a nds d t sns sds n id d e i d n id e n n e n i e o o o i n o o i o o t o t o o o o t o 4 44 4 4CRA _ \ANUOE L P Noah Beery Jr., and Rex the Wild also Francis Lederer and Ann Sothern $ $ al x nc â€"¥¥1 , Horse in Â¥e / lll\ Â¥ * "% %#% “ St Â¥ .’ "MY AMERICAN WIFE , ormy C\\S\\\\'\\\\\\\'\\\\\S\\\\%\"\\\\\\\\\\\\‘ *** *4 84 * *4 \*»'\‘ L4‘ Noticeâ€"On double feature programmes coming to our theatres, we request our patrons to attend the theatre not later than 8.00 p.m. for the Second Show if they desire to see the full show. Double Feature Programme Charles Ruggles and Mary Boland in "WIVES NEVER also Warren Williams Karen Morley in "OUTCAST‘" N}()NI)AY TUESDAY, MAKR. 22.23 Fred MceMurray aqd Gladys Swarthout in Double Feature Programme Frances Dee and Brian Donlevy in "HALF ANGEL" also Francis Lederer and Ann Sothern in FRIDAY SATURDAY,, MAR. 19â€"20 (Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor in MATINEE DAILY AT 2.30 p.m. Special Matinee at Palace Theatre b . s * *s c n o * 2 a a t t t t k A. A. .t # § @## ## # #4 *o" * *o" *0" *s* *a"*0" * *¢ #. _ ® ”. «$e «) -~-.â€".-~“-...â€"-"“n~ at Saturday, Mar. 20, at 11.15 a.m. only SPECIAL CHILDBREN‘s MATINEE SHOWINC WEDNES. THURS., MAR 24 MIDNIGHT SHOWS, Friday at 11.30 ; Special Matince Every Saturday at 12.15 20 Pine North Timmins Steamship Agent Real Estate Call, phone or write for travel information to all parts of the world. Free passport service. We arrange hotel reservations and every detail of your trip. Cruises organized. Timmins Theatres THURSDAY, "* Champagne Waltz " TEN YEARS, AGO IN TIMMINS Edmund Lowe aand Karen Morley in "THUNDER IX THE NIGHT" â€"~â€"and NOW you masy J. J. McKay Palace From data in the Porcupine Advance Fyles Book Passage to any part of the world with (‘\ for all routes @1 2.30 p.m. EVENING 7.00 and 8.50 p.m. ce Theatreâ€"â€"Every Saturday at 12.00 0‘clock Noon. ADMISSIONâ€"All Children 10c b ¢ k. e k. k k. n i6 : oh. (A '0’.0‘: O..,’.QO .“.0 # .0 # .0 0.0 0'0 0.00.0 0.0 0'0 0‘ ducted the graveside service and Re J, D. Parks was in charge of the servi at the United Church. Hon. William Finlayson. then mini ter of lands, forests and northern d vel¢pmert in the Ferguson gcvernmer azccmpanied a group of men from t] Toronto Bcard of Trade to Timmi ten years ago this week. They h: been to Sudbury, Kirkland Lake at were gcing on to Iroquois Falls, Coci rane, Kapuskasing, Colalt, Haileyhu and New Liskeard. In Timmins t] visitors were entertained by the Kiw: nis club at a luncheon. Mr. Finlays: talked about the new roads that we cf Rigzs Drug store in Ti here ten years ago. He : timer of the district and high regard, as the large filcral tributes sent to the f: ed.. The Loyal Order of the duected the graveside servi J, D. Parks was in charge 0 at the United Church. dog race, the Viciorian Order of Nursé lost a gocod tay day, and sports at Mille Lake ard a carnival at the skating rin scheduled for that evening, were calle Ooff. The saddest item or the i of The Advance ten years ag one saying that there would rate in 1927. It was to have on March 16th, ut weather conditions were so bad that have been a great hardship c mals. The Advance pointed again that the date should January, so there would ce snow. Wi‘th the postponeme Charles Munro, formerly Insurance the th pointed cu should be ; Guld certai THURSDAY, MARCH 18TH Double Feature Programme Guy Kibbee and Alma Lloyd in "THE BIG NOISE" also Mary Boland and Donald Woods in "A SON COMES HOME" MONDAY TUESDAY, MAR. Ken Maynard in " Avenging Waters" 1 Llimmins He was an MIDNIGHT SHOW Every Sunday at 12.01 (midnight) FRIDAY SATURDAY, MAR. 19â€"20 Edmund Lowe and Karen Morley in WELINES. THURS., MAR 241â€"25 Double Feature French Programme (Titles to be Announced Later) Goldfields T C " Thunder in the Night" Mo numo¢ leral s 16 s 1 ; T00 woul 10 fC 4t 4 t erin nimit 11 11 w O 1 l s were: lLroquos Falls: K6 Fillman, Lever, McInty] Winiferis, Kitson, Sandrit Grant. Paddon. Mcct i@/meceting on Marth 15th 1927, ochrane District Children‘s Aid d to go ahead with the ibuilding helter here. Plans called for an liture of $8,500. Although J. P. man had said he would give two Parlleman townsite for the place thought better that the sheliter be at its present Vimy road loâ€" _for which the property was givâ€" the town, the Hollinger and the cempany. The building commitâ€" s C. G. Williams, E. L. Lorgmore, 2v. R. S. Cushing; finance comâ€" : Rev. Father Theriault, R. Dye e. Cole. G. A. Macdonald, preâ€" of the society and R. LeHeup, itendent, were members of all ttees. . The new shelter was to > accommodaticn for at least 25 M 1 l r TY L was stated. ndence schools under the deâ€" of education were lookinz pupils in the province, an The Advance said.. They had . in early 1926 after the Timâ€" i of Trade and The Advance d for their inauguration for ly, The Advante took the ar to task again for an unâ€" ike article absut the hockey een Troquois Falls and Owen e Memorial Cup games. The aid thai Timmins was cverâ€" i the eliminated the as not so, said The Advarce. had won the first game 4â€"1. Sound won the second 5â€"0. re: Iroquois Falls: Kerr, Mcâ€" man, Lever, McIntyre, Mcâ€" feris, Kitson., Sandrin. Owen 17¢ at, Paddon, Mccre, Mcâ€" le, Lauder, Beattie, Grant, auder, it was said he was r left winger in the game kirgpin around which the victcry pivotied. 18€ as a great sutcttess, A cunt of money was set e of the club‘s football Gordon and Mr. Richâ€" at the affair. he Porcupine District , elected ten years ago president. E. Duxfield: ns ta: 000 w 10 by the Lancashire club amins Male Qua ig the lumctheon. , M.L,A.. had don: , The Advance sa ng sut ‘that the gt $3,000 for the Cof 1‘s Aid Society, , $£300,000 of whic a‘n roads, had ch ne tax division s« 000 was taken of ay 75 per cent. « e North at that time iat Northerners travel National Exhibition at over the new Ferguâ€" He was sure a large hat the governâ€" for the Cochrane d Society, $637,â€" 000 of which was ads, had changed division so that is taken off, and per cent. of the ‘hcol to be built s 50 per cent. of Timmins would n mines income ual $35,000, The mit ton, first viceâ€" Simpson Comâ€" scholarship to ins high school ng in the June ons. Mr. Burâ€" ind qQuartette, done good ‘e said ten 11 At a meeting ter years ago of St. Matthew‘s men‘s club, Rev. Canon R. S. Cushing gave an illustrated lecture on the "Abseys of Ancient Britain." His reforestation schem‘e that \.cu;‘ brirg otherwise useless areas back at least to tim‘ber production weuld worz no hardship on the Northern Ontario settler, Hon. William Finlayson said in an interview in March of 1927. "Irish Night" at the series of National and County Sunday evening band conâ€" certs given at the Goldfields theatre ten years azro, was a pcopular event. Rev. Father J. R. O‘Gcrman was chairâ€" man for the evenirz and amongz the artists who contributed to the music Harry Clarke, a wellâ€"known oldâ€"timer of the North, died at Cobalt ten years 2g0. E. H. Hill attended the funeral Dr. McInnis was elected president and W. 0. Langdon secretaryâ€"treasurer of the Timmins Board of Trade at the anâ€" nual meeting held ten years ago this March. At a meeting of the town council ten years agc a young man who had lost both legs and used dog team to get to high schcol asked that the town remit his dog taxes for the year. This was immediately granted. The resignation of Constable Charles Pearce was a>â€" cepted. A petilion, received from a number of Mcneta residerts asked that Cedar street be cpened through the ball park. This was laid over, since it was psinted cut that the Hollinger was unâ€" der no obligation to supply another athletice ground. Another asked that pcol hall licenses |se reduced. C. R. Murdock was appsinted town enâ€" gineer. ‘Councillor Pritchard brsught the road to the cemetery to th tion of the council. It was in | cordition, he said, and ought t« mediately ~repaired. ~It was an at the same meeting that the the police station really belonge public school board. Sinze th could do with a smaller safe, t arranged a trade. as cns> of the Grand Chaplains, Two families lost their homes at Morteith ten years ago this week when a large frame building on the grounds of the Northern Academy burned. An overheated stove was believed to be the cause ¢f the blaze. Loss was set at in the Horne Copper Company at Ner anda, a subsidiary of the original Nor anda company and owners of Noranc tcwnsiteo. Revenue from the sale of mining licenses at the Porcupine mining reâ€" corder‘s cffice hit a new high in Februâ€" ary, 1927, since the days of 1910 and 1911. This was due to the big interest in Kamiscctia. The Hollinger had just made a second payment on a coppor property there. This was mentioned at the annual meeting of the Hollinger as being an important step.. Another of the big mire‘s "outside" interests was Ver. Archdeason Wocdall, then ¢ Porquis Junction, was honcured te years ago |:y the Grand Orange LodL ¢f Ontario West by his appointmet as ons of the Grand Chaplains. viceâ€"presidents, C. Richards tenden; alternate delegate t F.A., A. Roberts, Sr.; secre urer, wWw. A. Field. NEW RETREAT FOR MRS. SIMPSON d OUugNt 10 be It was anncutr H. :Chitâ€" the N.O iryâ€"treasâ€" ed to he h SA t bad imâ€" ‘c>d the ard en Address at Ottawa by J. Bradette, M.P. tion policy at the presert time, and for years to come," J. A. Bradette, M.P. for Temiskaming North, declared Sunday afterncon at a meeting of Ottawa Uniâ€" versity Literary Society. "As long as we find it impossible to provide work for our own fellow citiâ€" zens it will remain absolutely unjust to bring immigrants to this country." he cording to the trappers." ‘"During the year it cost this district $4,944.50 for CAS. shelter purposes. This amouns was paild to Haileybury shelter and other irstitutions for the care of childâ€" ren. The amount would more than finâ€" ance a shelter for this district while at the same time the work of the C.A. S. csuld i3e carried on much more efâ€" fectively if there were a shelter." Mentoer for Cocenrane Opâ€" posed to Immigration at Present. Officers of the McIntyre Football clu) of ten years ago were: president, D. Laing; viceâ€"president and treasurer, G. Wallace; secretary, J. Bown. Among the lozcals in The Advance of ten years ago were: ‘"Mr. A. J. Kilbride has returned from Sturgeon Falls, Onâ€" tario, to Timmins to reside." ‘"Married â€"Aat 29 Messines avenue, at eight o‘zrlock on March 10th, by Rev. M. R. Hall, Mr. James Russell Mansfield and Elien Maud Pyne." "J. H. Black, general manager of the Spruce Falls Power and Paper Company, was a visitor to town this week and was warmly greeted by many old friends here." "After a useâ€" ful and suzscessful skating season, the Timmins skating rink has closed, likely for the season, for weather reasons. Th» public generally will greatly miss the enjoyment of the rink until the outdoor sports open up." "Mr. H. E. Mcntgomâ€" ery left Tuesday morning on a week‘s cConmerce new CC branch." Falls, is q s1iver Oof foj cordir vear der. Mrs December townsAip vears 121} enning, 180. ar £0th hat ecemn?r., lnirteen i the baillot for coun Officers of the McIn ‘1p@G@ in the Iun. stars the cneâ€"all hockey gams vine and Gord Spence. Monteith Acadzmy won ampionship of the distri o when Timmins Tuxis >‘ in the second game. NV i Wi s 1# firs (From The O im entirely a (#) al 1p} 5 ~AI han ASTINM Neaméeé, A. 1. ML.A., Col. Jesse Wright, commanding officer of the lion, and Dave Kerr. Music d by W. Jeéenkin and W. A. lecti this ; ): J.. â€"~A. BFARQGQCULE, M.LP. IOL North, declared Sunday i meeting of Ottawa Uniâ€" he Ottawa Journal) ely against an immigraâ€" the presert time, and for " J. A. Bradette, M.P. for 1€ H. Perrea play ‘ mecstit the Ca success. A softball a hockey game beâ€" rirls (the boys using races, and costumes Stars for the boys key game were Porky ind S. Kennedy were esveship in Tisdaie made necessary ten rch by a judge‘s crâ€" _had been elected in en had their names Mr. Hart Aars ago, sal1d upine correspo by the Goldfi ine rink ten ve Tom Gre dvanod ‘upine sional i1 the juvenile rict ten years is got only a Monteith won ompson. and ilt, P. Cherry d in an inâ€" of the Por«â€" lian Legion ince of ten Among the i, president egg, forâ€" e hockey 1 hockey said The 1ds A ts C f.n Q- # ael ## # *# t# w # i . N ME S M -..” .“.” .“.“.“ .‘ # « # L ## Â¥. #. .*. #. #. * b#4 tw 64 ## PA .. 0.. # # t# # w .. w# # .“ #. .00.00.00 ##4 @® L # _# ho said, because they offer very little wealth and are not fit for agriculture. There could be no better education than to visit Northern Ontario. He paid an impressive tribute to the wonâ€" derful work beirg performed in that part of the province by prelates »and members of the clergy who, at the price of great personal sacrifice, were contriâ€" buting in no small way to its developâ€" ment. at a very rapid pace ir that part of the country,. he said. There was a small post office named "Florida" in Northern Ontario, but that shculd nct be taken as meaning its climate was similar to that of FioriGga. An advantage was found ir the fact that owing to its northern lozration stn during summer months was enjoyed two hours more daily than in the southâ€" ern part of the province. This advantâ€" age accounted for excellent crops. Northern Ontario also had an ap»undâ€" ance of wealth in mires, forests and power development possibilities. In opposing immigration, Mr. Braâ€" dette said the mistake often was made that what was referred to as ‘"open land" in Northern Ontario couid cpered to colonization. Such open lands are ‘sound to remain as they are, Cttawa University, referring to the member for Temiskaming North‘s sucâ€" cessful attempt in recert years for a Master of Arts degree. Will Reach 600,000 The prediction that at the next cenâ€" sus the population of Noerthern Ontario will have reached 600,000, was made by Mr. Rradette. It stood at 265,000 in 1931 and reached the half million mark this yvear. History was being written Mr. Bradette addressed members of ‘he seciety on "French Canadians and Northern Ontario," and gave a striking picture of the rapid growth of Ontario‘s North. He was introduced by Dr. Raoul Hurtubise, M.P. for Nipissing. Dr. Seraphin Marion, who presided, said Mr. Bradette was probably the most deserving of all former pupils of Schumacher Hardware Furniture Co. The NEW Westinghouse WASHERS Terms 239 Third Avenue WESTINGHOUSE IS BUILDING CANADA‘sS FINEST WASHERâ€"ON DISPLAY AND sOLD AT THE HOME OF WESTINGHOUSE THOUTGHTFUL CARE AND DIGNITY CHARACTERIZE OUR SERVICE 8/ T. W A LK YOUu Porcupine Hardware Company Come, see this machine washing sheerest silks OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Funeral Director 18 months to pay dowr payment Timmins Phone 1 AND SOLD BY OUR ASSOCIATES sn d dn c asee dan ds ate ind 0t Mercury, Estevan, Sask.â€"Do higher education, higher living standards, soâ€" | clal betterment cvangles, broadened | human cortacts and understandings !lead to an ideal civilization? It is doubtful, Consider the souvenir huntâ€" er, whose ilk outnumbers all other ' types of warped mentality. When the mortal remains of BArother Andre, famâ€" ‘ed figure in Catholisc Canada, lay in state in Montreal, souvenir grabâ€" bers raided. the sacred edifice with scisâ€" cliped bits from the dead cleric‘s shroud and bunches from his white hair and beard, until alarmed attendants had to protect him with a heavy giass l covering. Inside, the rink was a sight for jubilâ€" ation on the part of anyone who has believed that Timmins can be made hockeyâ€"conszticus again. The «crowd filled all the available seating and standing room, then teok to the rafters ard the stairways. Despite the crowdâ€" ing, there was no difficulty in emptying the place when the game was over. to blame, but t genuine grievanc Expected No Rush Junior club officials, anticipating no such rush, had made no arrangements to handle a mob but polize stepped in and forced an orderly lire. For the greater part, fans had only themselves Thousand Fans Are Disappointed Here Althcugh 2600 fans managed to get inside the Timmins skating rirk on Monday nigsht to see the home team go dswn 16â€"5 on the round for the Northâ€" ern Ontario Junior championship, anâ€" cther thcusand fans were left outside. Some of those left outâ€"ofâ€"doors were ivate. They produced tickets that had An hosur before the game was schedulâ€" ed to begin, the front door of the arena, been sold to them a week ahead of the game that might just as well have been blank ‘bits of cardboard. the cnly one opened to admit fans, was jammed. As game time approached a line a long and six fans wide stretched down Balsam streéet. Timâ€" mins had wakened up to hotkey just a little too late. Canadians. "I can conly give the warning that should they reâ€" turn, they will be chased away." The population of Frenchâ€"Canadians was increasing in Northern Ontario, and that was only right because they felt perfectly at home in all provinces of the Dominion. Vocal selections were given by Oscar Barréotte, accompanied by Aurele Groulx. Only One Door Opened to let in Crowd. Some Ticketâ€"Holders Left Outside. 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