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4 is expected that they will start in »thq neighbourhood of four pm:. The Timmins Boys Band will be in attendance and will play the accom{ paniment to the five hundred songsters; The Timmins Boys Banfi has been great success and will be ‘sure to sho to advanta«ge on GO onatlon Da A Lions Call Meeting of Oldâ€"Timers of the Camp vited to attend a smoker in the Oddâ€" fellows hall on Saturday night, April 24th, for the purpose .of forming an association, it was announced this weeK by the Lions Club. The association then formed will be given charge of Oldâ€"Timers Day durâ€" ing the celebration of Timmins Silver Jubilee and Porcupine Old Home Week, June 28th to July ist. Plans and sugâ€" gestions as set forth by the oldâ€"timers themselves are to be followed. - Five hundred school children from the combined public and separatj schools in Timmins will form. a choif which will sing in the ball park on Coronation Day following the. Legionâ€" conducted mammoth parade and cele~ bration. The time set. for the children to submit their choral contribution tq the Coronation Day festivities has not been definitely decided upon, but i All Here Twenty Years or More Invited to Smoker in Oddâ€" fellows‘ Hall Saturday Night. Association to be Formed and Given Charge of Oldâ€"Timers‘ Day in Celebration This Summer. g â€" and Separate Schools to Sing Here on Cor onatlon Day. Youngsters fr om the Public J '-A‘.‘ LA Ceremony. of Work on Drowning Accident Here Yesterday Oldâ€"timers of the Porcupine vited to attend a smoker in t fellows hall on Saturday nig) Have 500 Children Lions Club Inaugurates Building of Prize Home. Mayor T _ 0 Mc L 1 t o c A 44 ) A as a a Dr. M. J. Kelly presided at the cereâ€" monies for the Lions Club,â€"explaining that in building theâ€"model home from plans that had w¢i; a prize in the comâ€" petition congducted by the Dominion Housing Ocmmlasion the Lions had two main purposes in view. One was to erect a home that would prove an inâ€" There was a good crowd at the cor, ner of Toke street and Leone avenue on Thursday afternoon lastâ€"at § o‘clock=for the ceremoniles to infugurate « aQtua} work of excavation on the site of tha prizeâ€"winning model home to be erect ed by Barney Sky for the Lions Club, the home itself when finlshed to be given as a prize in a contest conducted by the Lions Club in connection with the silver jubilee celebration<of Timâ€" The Timmins Boys‘ Band, sponsored by the Lions Club, was present for the cccasicn and presented a short ~proâ€" gramme of music under the direction of Bandmaster F..J. Wolno. Opening with "O Canada" and closing with "The Maple Lea{f" the boys:â€"won enthusiastic approval for their talented playing. : spiration to Timmins in the way Oof enccuraging the better type of homes. The other purpase was to provide funds for a cammunity centre for Timmins, a need that was urgent in the town. To Mayor J. P. Bartleman went the honsur of turning the first sod for the model home. He congratulated the Lions cn their enterprise in building this model home and he felt that it would prove successful as Mad the othâ€" er ventures of the club. He suggested that the Lions model tome when comâ€" pleted would proveâ€"a helpful example for others. He referred to the fact that the model home would not only be a mcdel in design, but it would aAlso be upâ€"toâ€"date in plumbing, ventilation and electrical equipment and would have preciated by the fortunate winner. "It is the only house that I know of in Timmins that you can buy complete for only one dollar," he commented. Dr. Kelly then called upon E.â€" L. Longmore as a representative of the The Pioneer Paper®* Brief Addresses of Congrhtulatmn and Good Wishes. «t § o‘clock= for| igurate « actual| ing the site of the| hac me to be erects| ven he Lions Glub,| whe finishedto be ; exa fAarks Start fodel Home Beginning at eight o‘clock the smokâ€" er will continue until midnight. Oldâ€" timers are asked to drop in any time, thcugh it is hoped that many will be there early in the evening. By "oldâ€" timers" are meant those who have been here twenty years or more, or those who were here in the early days and have Further information â€" union may be had from or Joe McGrath. Date Not Set for Tour of the North returned. Further Toronto Board of Visit Here Some May. plimented the Lions on having the model home built as it would undoubtâ€" edly prove an inspiration to the buildâ€" On previous occasions, the Toronto Board of Trade has sponsored visits to the North with mutually helpful reâ€" sults in the way of better understanding ard goodwill. The present tour, it is suggested now, will last from Thursâ€" day, until Tuesday of the next weekâ€" a long weekâ€"end, it is called by some. In notifying local Boards of Tr‘ade thr:ughout the North of the expected tour of Toronto business men. President W. O. Langdon of the Northern Onâ€" tario Asscz:iated Boards of Trade has asked the members in the various cenâ€" tres to suggest ways of entertainment ing of ‘better hcmes in Timmins. He had no doubt of the suzccess o. the ventures undertaken by the Lions Club when there was such a pronounced example of their talent in winning sucâ€" cess as evidenced by the Boys Band in the selections given, this band having been sponsored by the Lions Club. The exact dates for the goodwill tour of the Torcnto Board of Trade through the North have not yet been set but it is expected the visit will be madé during the first or third week of May. The Toronto Board of Trade is leavins the dates open so as to be assured of fair motcring weather and roads. _ The many friends of Vincent Parnell who is in St. Mary‘s hospital on account of some injuries received while at work at the mine, will wish him a speedy and :somialrte recovery. President E. H. King of the Kiwanis Club podintedâ€"out that the Lions and the Kiwanis coâ€"operated in work for community advantage and ‘he heartily congratulated the sister club on its enâ€" terprise in the model home plan. Mr. King also stated thht the Timmins post cffice has reecived the new cancellaâ€" tion stamp which will be used on all mail passing through the local office, and which is worded fto advertise the Timmins Silver Jubilee and Por:upine Old Home Week sponsored by the Lions Cluk. iraw the attention of the men frowrm Toronto to the resources and possibiliâ€" ries and needs of the North, and to vlaces and matters of particular inâ€" terest or importance in the various localities. Special Cancelling Stamp for Reâ€"union After the ceremony and addresses, a few selections by the Boys‘ Band comâ€" pleted the preceedings, and the memâ€" bers of the Lions Club and their inâ€" vited guests adjourned to the Legion hall for the regular weekly dinner meeting of the Lions Club. All Letters Leaving Post Office Now Stamped : "Atâ€" tend Old Home Week at Timmins, June 28th to July Ist." ‘All letters despatched from the Timâ€" mins post office now carry a special cancellation mark "Attend Old Home Week at Timmins June 28th to July VRA BA 1.A N# %8 . ds MR C . Ruf e h o P After the lodge meeting a social Timmins, J une 28th to l will be held in the basement of the ha‘ll J uly Ist." ard a cordia} invitation to be present | mm is extended to the Sisters of Gold Nugâ€" ‘All letters despatched from the Timâ€"| get Rebekah Lodge No. 173; also the mins post office now carry a special| Sisters of Kitchener Lodge No. 172. cencellation mark "Attend Old Home: South Porcupine, and the Bret.hren of Week at Timmins June 28th to July Porcupine Lodge. 1st." Bro. S. Skywillshowmovhxgplc-] Arnnuement.stohavemisdonewere tures taken during his recent visit to made some time ago by Postmaster E.‘ the sunny South, while singing andsi H. King for the Lions Club of Timâ€" cther music and ‘dancing will take up Every MONDAY and THURSDAY at of Trade k the mn-ok-él Time he re * Wilson List Made of Properties â€" for Sale for Tax Arrears Permission was refused to the labour crganizations which had applied for the right to hold a parade on Sunday, May and. The parade however, may ‘be held on May as a May Day parade should be held. cil allowed this length of time to give those in arreatrs an opportumty to pay ocff their indebtedness. Cercle Canadien‘s request for permisâ€" sion to raise funds to build a new hall such as scme of the othersfraternities in Timmins possessed, was granted. A tax sale list of propertiee which will be scld for arrears in taxes was completed Friday night at a cloged meeting of the council in the town hall and this list will be duly published in the Ontario Gazette. This list is Offictal Visit Here of 1.0.0.F. Official The plea of the Horticultural Society for a grant to aid in planting trees along some of the main streets of Timâ€" mins in the cause of beautification was ccnsidered and approximately $300 was fixed as the grant to the society. The details have been left to Mr. W. P. Mcâ€" Dermott, chairman of the Public Works Committee, to take up with the Hortiâ€" cultural Scciety. A delegation met the council to disâ€" cuss the putting in of a lane behind the business houses on the north side fronting on Third avenue between Birch and Maple streets, but nothing was accomplished. ‘The Kiwanis Club obtained the neâ€" cessary permission to hold their annual carnival and street dance on the 28th of July. The street dance will likely be held on Cedar street between Third and Fourth avenues. The dates for the tag days requested by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the Salvation Army have been O.K.‘d and the C.N.IL.B. will hold their tag day on Saturday, June‘ 123th, while the Salvation Army hold theirs cn May 28th. Council at Special Meeting Completes List. Kiwanis Club Granted Permission for Carnival. Tag Days for Blind and Salvation Army. Horticultural Society to be Helped for Tree Planting. » Again there was no decision.on a reâ€" selution to license coal dealers. The propesed license fee was to be between $50 and $1C0. Bro. J. G. Harris, D.D.G.M., to Pay Official Visit to Local Oddfellows‘ Lodge. At the regular meeting of Timmins Lodge, No. 459, 1.O0.0.F., on Tuesday. April 20th, at 8 p.m., Brother J. G. Harâ€" ris, D.D.GM., will pay his offiial visit tce Timmins Lcdge No. 459, T1.0.0.F. Brethren are earnestly requested to attend as Bro. J. G. Harris will give a report of the year‘s work of the District Committee and cutline future activities the rest of the evening. «. @ P <b > tm «> > > «> <b PP BULGARIAN WOMEN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NEW FRANCHISE taking advantage of the new liberties. This picture shows Bulgarrian women voting during the reécent elecâ€" tions which saw the government returned to office with a=comfortable majority. The women of Bulgaria were given a franchise by the government a few months ago, and were not ‘onb in s gâ€" ra>â€"_ _ O O Lt i PA @â€"â€"o ~P 4 â€"4Dâ€"GSâ€"Dâ€"4G D O O 4 â€"A4 A â€"<iP TIMMINS, ONTARIO, MONDAY, APRIL 19TH, 1937 Number of Small Children _ Lost During Recent Days Strike at Oshawa Discussed at Length. Miners Strongly Behind Strikers, Speakers Say. Premier Hepburn Criâ€" ticized by Speakers. .Called "Vest Pocket Mussolini." turned to their homes. Inâ€"some ‘Cases the police have been given children evidently lost and these been turned over to the Shelter where later they have been claimed by their parâ€" Strong Addresses Here at Meeting Last Night During the last few days a number oi small children have been reported as lost, but all have _res ents. Unions of miners in Northern Onâ€" tario stand ‘solidly behind John L, Lewis‘ Committee for Industrial Orâ€" ganization and the .Oshawa strikers, it was stated very clearly at a public meeting in the Empire theatre here last night. The locals at Timmins, McInâ€" tyre, Kirkland Lake and â€"Sudbury of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, one of the ten unions that split off from ‘the Ameri<â€" can of Labour <with Mr. Lewis, will back the Oshawa strikers "to the last man, to the last cent andâ€"to cur last breath," said W. Armstrong, president of the Timmins local. Insistently denying that the un‘on has any connection with the communâ€" ist party, all speakers who addressed the 500 men ‘who gathered at the theatre declared that Premier Mitchell F Hepburn was deliberately attempting to mislead the of the province, when he threw out hints that the orâ€" ganization was led by communists or had leanings in that direction. ‘"We are not extremists, either left or right," said George Anderson, of Sudbury, international organizer for the union. "We see that middle road of â€"democracy. Contrasting the behaviour of Goverâ€" nor Murphy of Michigan, President Raosevelt and Premier King, Mr. Anâ€" Gerson said that both Americans had been willing to talk to the C.I.O.. while "our little vest pocket Musolini must get up on the band wazon and fxghu labou‘." The organizer sees the day at hand when a "straight Labour party‘" should be formed. "If we‘re going to be beâ€" trayed by every bunch of men we put dewn in that gas house, then we‘ll just (Continued on Page Two) At the annual meeting of Dome on Saturday President Batche deprecated the idea of gold going below $35 an cunce. He was strongly of opinion that a decline was nQt possible at present. He declared the Dome‘s prospects were Dome President Does Not Think Gold to go Below 35 Large Attendance at Meeting. 1e government a few mo! shows Bulgarrian women with a=comfortable Settlement Not Yet in Sight at Oshawa | on ce onl es nor the premier will deal with the strikers if they are identified with the T. I. 0. The only present chance of the end of the strike would accordingly seem to be repudiation by the men of the At Queen‘s Park on Saturday negoâ€" tiations for the end of the Oshawa strike collapsed when Premier Hepburn refused to treat further with the comâ€" mittse when they attempted to secure the approval or opinion by long distance phone of the of the heads of the C. I. O. the phoning being triedâ€"from the vault in the premier‘s private office. Itâ€"is said Premier Hepburn Makes Emphatic Statements at Toronto. Thought That Only Hope is that Strikers May Repuâ€" diate C. I. O. PDespatches from Toronto this mornâ€" ing say that Premier Hepburn says he has definite knowledge that :C. I.=@. organizers are at work in Porcupinege, Kirkland Lake and Sudbury with the purpose of causing strikes at the mines. He said that Queen‘s Park was" coOnâ€" sidering drastic action to deal with sutch a sxtqatxon Few, if any, labour trouâ€" bles have existed between‘mining comâ€" par‘les and theu‘ employess, burn is quoted as saying, and he indiâ€" cated‘that his government was willing to assist in any negotiations in any difâ€" ficulties that might arise. He charged that the C. I. O‘s. single oojective was to cause strikes and provoke economic troubles. "They will never get their greedy paws on the Northern mines as long as I am premier,‘ he Said. Says Strikes Planned in â€" North by C.LLO. > Tickets are now available from the secretary of the Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the Legion, phone 1516, for the Coronation dance to be held in the Empire hotel cn May 12th commencing at 10 p.m. It would be well, indeed, for members of the Legion to get in touch at once with the secretary if tickets are dairbd as more than half¢the tickets have been sold already, and it is not intended to sell tickets at the dance. Tickets Sell Rapidly for Auxiliary Coronation Dance charge.~"His parents have been notified and are arranging to have the boy reâ€" turned from .North Bay to his home in Carlo Halonen, 1ourteen-yea1§:ow boy Published at Timmins, Ont.. Cana Every MONDAY and THMURSDA lar ot: the Timmins United church conâ€" "ducted the service both at the home and Little Boy Drowned in Creek Here Yesterday To Plant Hundreds of Trees Here The funeral for H. R. Skeoch, Timâ€" mins salesman who died last Monday, was held from the home on Friday afâ€" ternoon at two 0 clock Rev Bruce Mil- Horticultural Society â€" Seâ€" cures Coâ€"operation of the Town Council in Plans for Beautification of Town. Timmins Horticultural Soc called a meeting for this evening to complete plans for | tification of the town by the of trees on some of the Fourâ€"andâ€"aâ€"Halfâ€"Yearâ€"Old Roger Coursol Loses Life Mother Makes Frantic Effort to Save Her Boy. Bod; Recovered from Mouth of Creek. ‘Firemen Try Resusci tation in V ain. streets of the town. To the meeting this evening representatives have been invited from the: Kiwanis, the Lions Club and the Board of Trade, with the purpose of .securing general coâ€"operaâ€" tion in the matter of the propased treeâ€" planting. As will beâ€"noted ‘by the reâ€" port of the special council meeting as given elsewhere in this issue, the Horâ€" ticultural Society has secured the coâ€" cperation of the town council in the matter. The council has agreed to conâ€" tribute towards the cost of the trees, the arrangements in the matter being: left with Councillor W. P. McDermott, as the representative of the council in the matter. +Thos. H. Richards Chosen as â€"â€"Member of Team to Repfteâ€" _sent Ontario in England. . at the graveside : Estimates Provide for \ Delivery of Mail Here Vizreâ€"President H. Bayne of the Horâ€" ticultural Society, who has taken a leading part in securing the coâ€"operaâ€" tion of all concerned, informed The Adâ€" vance on~Saturday that with the coâ€" cperation .of the council secured â€" the actual work of planting the trees woulC be commenced at the earliest possible date. He is confident of the success o. one of the chief requirements is ~the matter cof protecting the trees: from any injury until they are finally estabâ€" lished. To assure this protection it will be necessary to build guards around each tree and also for all to take watchâ€" ful care to prevent interference with the growing trees. Already lumber for the guards around the trees has been kindly donated by the following firms: Hillâ€"Clarkâ€"Francis, J. P. Roy, John W. Fogg and A. Caron. Funcral of H. R. Skeoch Held on Friday Afternoon Signal Honour for > _Local S.J.A.B. Man Street delivery of mail in Timming has been provided for in estimates of the Post Office Department, it has been learned on good authority from Ottawa. The amount of money said to have been set aside for the purpose is $11,000. Post Office Departmentâ€"'Estimates at Otfawi Set Asi $11,000â€"for Street Delivery of Mail in Timmins. Repor Also Suggest New Fast Trains Will Carry Mail. Thos. H. Richards, superintendent of the Timmins Division, St..â€"John Ambuâ€" lance Brigade. and Captain of the Holâ€" linger ‘First Aid team, has been notiâ€" fied from Ottawa that he "has been seâ€" lected to be one of the team chosen to represent Ontario in the Empire First Aid Compet‘tion to be held in London, Ensland 1mmediately after ‘the Coro- naticn. on the occcasion of the last Empire First Aid competitions held in 1991 Mr, Richards was captain of.the teams reâ€" presenting Canada. Mr. Richards expects to be away These competiticns are being held to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the St. John Ambm lance Brigade in England. ; The team leaves Montreal on: Aptil 28th, on the Montcalm, and will be on First Aid duty during the Coronwon ceélebration. PRICE THREE CENTS Ssociety has is (Monday) for the beauâ€" the planting 1e principal the meeting chance that Mrs. saved her son ha@d time as the. water feet in depth, but along to the river current which is v when the mishap ocurred the boy‘s aid but some p¢ vicinity restrained her, not boy was in the water. T chance that Mrs. Coursol sent time. â€" â€" 7 * 8 The Fire Department were called by telephone and rushed to the scene immediately. On receipt of the informaâ€" tion that the boy had been swept Into the> river, four â€"boats equipped with grappling irons were brought into play and plied the current of the river in a futile search. ; Death on Saturday | of George M. Ranger § p.m.s; Legion m attend this service. Pavi Owing: to a mistake in the tender form, the contract for paving the road ‘from Pamour‘seven miles in the direcâ€" tion of Timmins has hot yet been fully let, so far as can be learned from Toâ€" ronto ‘toâ€"day. Brennan Paving Wellâ€"known Returned Man, Whose Close Friend Died Tuesday, Also Passes On. ‘ The death ‘took place :om «Saturday afternoon of Geo. M. Ranger, another of the local exâ€"servicemen. He was a close friend of the late A. Hammond (whose funeral is reported elsewhere) and lived at the same place in England, Camberry, Cornwall. _ He is survived by a wife and one son, living at Camberry, Cornwall.. He saw service in the R,. A. M.â€"C. and the Royal Engineers,â€" 1914â€" 1921, and in addition to his service in France and Belgium also served on the Russian front. His death was due to heart trouble and chest complicaâ€" tions. George Ranger was a painter and decorator by trade and recently was employed by the Timmins Humane Soâ€" ciety as caretaker of the dog home. The funeral will be held anderL;gion auspices,.and will take place from the Legion © hall to-morrow ( Tuesc{ay) at Approximately 40 minutes after young Roger had fallen into the water, his body was sighted in â€"the creek about (Continued on Page Two) No announcement of any sort has been made by the post office nor can anything be learned about the plans for putting street delivery in .effect. It is considered likely that both «trains from Toronto, the "overnight" arriving about nine o‘clock in the morning, and the‘4.45 p.m., will carry mail. the successful tenderers two weeks ago, have not yet, signed the contract, acâ€" cording to an guthoritative statement grom the: Depax;tnunt of Hichwsys The tender form On which the Brenâ€" nan company pupared their estimate of cost called for the 3000 Owing to Mistake in the Contract Form, Contract has Not Been Signed. of the road. The @gmount the departâ€" ment of highways mtended was 30,000 yards. Some adjut.ment’ is etpected ln the near future, but in the meantime the paving job is being held up. â€" j Held up boy‘s the 1 the water was only about three depth, but the child was swept ) the river by the course of the which is very strong at the preâ€" haldf : irs. Coursol could have had she reached him in members fare agked to ho was near by irred : rushed. to e perosn in the not knowing the r. There was a es â€" . as Roger Coursol, ld, son of Wilâ€" ue road, fell inâ€" small bridge at . announced ‘as 4* E.‘. es