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Coming from the West the usual run of pedesâ€" trians were under the ladders before they knew it. It was interesting to note the look on some faces when they saw that they had casually walked unâ€" daer one ladder and noted a second and a third beâ€" fore them. One man actually turned and walked back under the ladder, as if that would remove the illâ€"luck and set things back to where they were. "Then he walked around the three ladders on the outside. A lady was almost under the first ladder when she noticed it. She came to a prompt stopâ€" and walked right across the road. She was on her way to the post office, anyway, and the move seemâ€" ed an appropriate one. A lady who came along with a baby carriage noticed the three ladders too late. The carriage was under the first one before she noticed where she was. There was a moment‘s hesitation, but the mother spirit triumphed. If baby had unknowingly encountered bad luck, his mother would follow himâ€"under the three ladâ€" ders. There was that sort of a look on the lady‘s face. And she may have this comfort: that the baby is luckyâ€"so lucky that ladders are not likely to harm him whether he goes under or over or up them. With a mother like that, any baby is a lucky baby. Life is like that! The hot weather, combined with the fact that there were three ladders across the sidewalk near The Advance office in connection with improveâ€" ments being made to the Courtemarche building, tempted The Advance last week to gather some statistics and data about popular superstitions, so called, and people themselves, popular and otherwise. There is a superstition, so called, that it is unlucky to walk under a ladder. Well, those three ladders were so placed that it was a case of walking under the whole three ladders or going outside the sidewalk altogether. There was no chance of casually stopping, and then swinging accidentally, as it were, to the outside of the sideâ€" walk, and passing the ladders without going beâ€" neath them. It was a straight case on Saturday of either walking underneath those ladders, or deliberately stopping and definitely choosing to walk on the outside. Not a chance of the casual or incidental in the choice. The situation had to be squarely faced and met. No fooling! A man, or a woman, had either bravely to defy the ladader superstitions, or else, even more bravely, defy the superstitions against the ladder superstitions and walk off the walk into the ditch and thus take no chances on there being something unlucky about walking under ladders. Life is like that someâ€" times. f Only a very few were courageous enough to stop and face those three ladders, openly make their decision not to take any chances, and boldly walk Ooff the walk and past the ladders. A few there were with that noble brand of courage. Life is like that, too, occasionally. Canadaâ€"â€"$2.00 Per Year N8, ONTARIO. Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association; Class "A" Weekly Group ~_OPFICE 26â€"â€"â€"â€" PHONES â€"â€"â€"â€"RESIDENCE 70 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: GE0O. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: on most people of the superstition about walking under a ladder. At least ninety per cent. of the beople hesitated. But, again, only a few of them had the courage of their convictions. Most of them seemed to object to walking under the ladâ€" ders, but only about fifty per cent. of them had the temerity to nonchalantly turn to the outside and take the boulevard for it. That‘s life! It may be nonsensical to prefer to walk outside the sidewalk than under a ladder, but no thinking person can withhold the tribute of admiration for those who will face even laughter and the sneer to do what they believe is the right thing to do. Timmins, Ont., Monday, August 9th, 1937 Those walking from the Eastâ€"famous as the home of the wiseâ€"could plainly see the first ladâ€" der from their side, and as they hesitated, the other two ladders would also come well into their view. From this side it was easy to see the grip One of the amusing features of gathering staâ€" tistics about thsoe walking under the ladders on Saturdayâ€"or bluntly refusing to do soâ€"was to note the large number who walked from the West under the one ladder without noticing it, and then boldly continued under the second ladder, but turned outside and avoided the third. Likely those who thought quickly felt that to walk under the second ladder would kill the bad luck of the first ladderâ€"after the principle of taking an antiâ€"toxin to soften the severity of a disease and to provide immunity from further attacks. At the same time they might have considered that if one ladder might be unlucky, three ladders would be certain to be three times as bad, and so avoiding that last ladder helped at least a little. Of course, there were superior folk at large on Saturday who seemed to take a delight in waiking under those ladders, as if to noisely proclaim to all the world,. "there‘s nothing in such idle superâ€" stitions." As a matter of fact, however, the very ostentation with which they seemed to shout out this belief, appeared to suggest that in their heart of hearts they had a doubt. In other words, their evident scorn of the superstition about ladders, PAGE POUR Ee YVorrugine Aduancer WALKING: UNDER LAD DERS Those who visited the Timmins cemetery on Sundayâ€"Memorial Dayâ€"were very pleased with the successful efforts made by the Canadian Legion to prevent the graves of exâ€"servicemen from being neglected and ugly and unkempt. But the good work of the Legion in showing respect to their own dead makes other parts of the cemeâ€" tery appear only the more disgraceful. At the same time tha neglect of so many of the gtaves at the cemetery also adds to the difficulties of the Legion in their commendable work to beautify the last resting place of those who have gone West. Tt is not fair to the Legion, to the honoured dead, or to the people of Timmins that the cemetery should be allqwed to continue in its present neâ€" glected condition. There are many graves that show how much beauty may be given to the plots in "God‘s Acre," but there are also many dead who have no one to see that their graves are tendâ€" ea and kept in decent appearance. The remedy for the improper conditions at the cemetery appears to be something in the nature of a cemetery commission. Such a commission in other places has made the cemetery the place Of beauty and of rest that it should be in honour to the dead and in justice to the living. It is underâ€" stood that Mayor Bartleman is opposed to the apâ€" bointment of a cemetery commission. He is quotâ€" ed as saying that boards and commissions spend too much money and so increase taxation. That is what he says, but what he thinks is a different matter. His real objection to boards and commisâ€" sions is that he can not successfully play the dictaâ€" tor with them on all occasions. Recently he has had many things to say in regard to the public school board. Had he centred in the same way on the separate school board he would have been told in no uncertain way to mind his own affairs. That would be the correct answer. Yet the fact is that he has no more right as mayor to criticize the pubâ€" lic school board than he would have to find fault with the separate school board. The members of both these boards are directly elected by the people concerned and each of these members is much more representative of the people who elect them than the mayor of any town is of the town as a whole. It should be added that the school boards here have done an excellent piece of work in lookâ€" ing after educational needs, and all who are honest and intelligent and fair will give them full support in the main. Mayor Bartleman‘s grievance against the public school board is lack of subservience to his mighty.will. Perhaps, he is still annoyed beâ€" tause he could not induce the public school board to swallow his centralâ€"schoolâ€"townâ€"hall cocktail. The public school board was elected for just such a purposeâ€"to guard the interests of the children and the people. All the mayor‘s kindergarten class. talk of economy is not fooling the public in any measure. His diatribes about boards and commissions will be equally useless. The people know the facts of the case. seemed to imply that they really believed there was something to it, but that they were bold enough and brave enough to defy it all. That happens often in life. It is a supposedly modern trait to be scornful of superstitions, so called. It has been so for generâ€" ations on end. There are people who pretend that they would banish all superstitions. A better way â€"a more truly modern wayâ€"would be to turn superstition, so called, to useful purpose. Instead of worrying about quitting a job on a Friday or starting work on Saturday, how would it be to emâ€" phasize the idea that it is unlucky to shirk work on any day? Why not stress the truth that it is most unfortunate to drive a motor car recklessly and the height of illâ€"luck to be in charge of an autoâ€" mobile when under the influence of liquor? If people got the idea that it is always unlucky to do something mean, or damaging to persons or proâ€" perty, superstition, so called, would be a useful thing to have around. No one should be too scornful of what they term superstition uastil at least they can tell the origin or foundation for it. No one apparently can trace the beginnings of the idea that illâ€"lutk follows the walking under ladders. Some reasons, however, are apparent. For instance, many a lady has had a parasol or a dress ruined by paint dropping down from a ladder. Men have been hurt by tools fallâ€" ing from men working on ladders. Sometimes it is unlucky to walk under ladders., Were the mayor doing his duty, he would be givâ€" ing leadership in the matter of improving condiâ€" tions at the cemetery. But if he refuses to assist in the matter, it does not seem essential to secure his coâ€"operation to establish a cemetery commisâ€" sion. The Legion has done such notable work in improving and beautifying the graves of their felâ€" low soldiers that it might well be hoped that they will proceed to give further leadership in the matâ€" ter of suitable conditions at the cemetery. If they would take the initiatory proceedings in the matâ€" ter of securing a cemetery commission, they may be assured ‘of the full support of all other organâ€" izations and the public in general. The Horticulâ€" tural Society planned much useful and helpful work at the cemetery but were discouraged in this by the mayor. The Oddfellows, the Rebekahs, the I.O.D.E. and other organizations and individuals have done their best to help improve cemetery conditions. All of them can be depended upon to give the fullest coâ€"operation to a cemetery comâ€" mission. F.â€"H. V. ‘"Chip"~Ball gave a report of the twentyâ€"first annual convention of Lions International, held at Chicago from June 19 to 23 inclusive, at the regular weekly meeting of the Timmins club on Thursday evening. Registration began on Saturday, July 17, and a preâ€"convention dance was held in one of the large potels in Chiâ€" cago ‘before the business of the conâ€" vention got under way. For a reasonâ€" able fee a large variety of amusements, aside from those which were scheduled for the delegates, were offered. They included educational tours, sports and entertainment. The first convention session was callâ€" ed to order on Tuesday. The flags of eight countries in which there are Lions clubs decorated the stage and Past Presidents and officers were introduced. Addresses of welcome were given by officials of the Chicago Lions Club and by officials of the city. In his annual address, President Edâ€" win R. Kingsley stressed the activities cf the Lions club. Among the activiâ€" ties was that of looking after boys "from across the railroad tracks", seeâ€" ing that they were kept out of criminâ€" al classes and thereby cut of juvenile court. Another worthy aim was the suppression of Communism and Fasâ€" cism. The Ontario delegation held a conâ€" vention on Tuesday. They got together at a dinner. There were fiftyâ€"six Lions and twentyâ€"eight ladies present. General Melvin Jones, Secretary, then gave his report which showed that there were 2,798 Lions clubs, or five more than there were in Rotary, Lions‘ nearest rival, Membership reached 91,â€" 948. At ancther session the president of the Chicago central club introduced the Old Monarch Members of the Original Business Circle of Chicago. Fifteen serâ€" vice medals were presented to these originators of the Lions club. Mr. Bail managed to get a replica to bring home with him. A general discussion took place at the meeting on Thursday about the annual summer frolic which the Lions are holding at the Riverside Pavilion on August 20. The dance committee‘ was appointed to look into the matier. T/:kets will be sold by members of the club. Try The Advance Want Advertisements "Chip" Ball Reports on Lions Convention Gives Report of Annual Inâ€" ternational Convention in Chicago at Regular Club Meeting on Thursday Evening. Is it the mayor‘s idea of a joke to place the sign "Town Hall" on that little wooden building erected in front of the temporary town hall on Fifth avenue. Magistrate Burbridge of Hamilton gave a deâ€" cision the other day to the effect that wifeâ€"beating may be perfectly legal under the common law of England of 1870, which is still applicable to Canâ€" ada. The Hamilton magistrate, however, should fead Paul‘s Epistle to the Corinthians, wherein the Last week both Mount Forest and Goderich had "Old Home Weeks," but no riots or near riots. It is likely, however, that visitors were tendered the "freedom of the city" in each town, as both Mount Forest and Goderich are quite Scottish. The old town hall is now so far dismantled that it can never again be used as a town hall, even if the new town hall is never built. There is that much progress anyway. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER 14 Pine St. N. It‘s surprising.. what a difference glassos can make â€" not only to your sight but your enâ€" tire disposition. _ Before Mr. Curtis prescribed my glasses I was irritable and cross. It seems that eyeâ€"strain h a d affected my nerves and the smallâ€" est things would comâ€" pletely upset me. There‘s a world of difference now." Optical service is well worth the small cost. Phone 835 FOR RENTâ€"House for rent; all conâ€" veniences; water paid; immediate possession. Apply No. 12 Third Aveâ€" mue. 60â€"61â€"62â€"63p FOR RENTâ€"Choice 4â€"roomed apartâ€" ment above Bank of Nova Scotia. Apply: Simms, Hooker Drew. 61â€"62 p CANDY STORE FOR RENTâ€"Complete with machines and stock. Apply at 169 Birch Street South. 61 62 p POR RENTâ€"Floor polishers and vacuâ€" um Ccleaners, also floor sanding equipment. Apply Viking Electric, 8 Cedar Street North, Phone 5890. â€"50â€"51tf. Child‘s Beach was a beeâ€"hive of acâ€" tivity on Sunday last when I.0.0.F. lodges from Matheson, Timmins, South Porcupine, Cochrane and Iroquois FPalls held a joint picnic. Some three to four hundred people were present and the weather was ideal for a perfect picnic. The local ‘branch of the Canadian Legion also held a picnic at the Beach and many veterans from Timmins and South Porcupine were guests of the local vets. FOR RENTâ€"Small new cottage on Riverside. Electric lights. Few minâ€" utes across Mattagami bridge. Apply 3 Sunset Park. â€"61 p Interesting Items from Iroquois Falls Mr. Alf Peterson has been transferâ€" red to the St. Anne mill of the Abitibi Company. He leaves to take up his new duties Friday, Aug. 6th. A quiet wedding Tuesday, Aug. 3rd Mrs. Hubert Towsley returned Satâ€" urday after spending the past month with Mrs. Towsley‘s parents in North Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Beaudoin and famâ€" ily have returned from a motor trip to St. Anne‘s Que. Iroquois Falls, Ont., Aug. ""th, 1937. â€"(Special to The Advance)â€"Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Millis attended the funeral of Mrs. Mills‘ mother in New Liskeard on Monday. Mrs. Frank Koughan and children returned Saturday after spending two months in Ottawa and other southern points. Mrs. R. â€"A. Kerr and children are spending their holidays with Mrs. Ketrr‘s parents in Toronto. Mrs. L. Pretzell returned Monday from her holidays. She had been visitâ€" ing with friends and relatives in Toâ€" ronto and Oshawa. Child‘s Beach Proving Very Popular. Other Items from Iroquois Falls and Ansonville. for Delegates Attending the Provincial Convention 200 Rooms REQUIRED Aug,. 22â€" Aug. 25 To the following : J. COWAN, Box 566 A. NEAME, Box 1205 Timmins, Ont. Send Rates BED and BREAKFAST TIMMINS BRANCH 88 Canadian Legion FULL BOARD or Apostle emphasizes the fact that some things may be lawful but not expedient. Wifeâ€"beating would come particularly under the heading of inexâ€" pedient thingsâ€"especially in the case of a big wife with a little temper, or a little wife with a big temper. Premier Aberhart of Alberta, who proposed some months ago that all newspapers should be licensed now has a bill to present to the legislature to license all banks and other financial institutions. It is about time there was legislation to license that sort of premier, with somebody having auâ€" thority to refuse any license. Councillor Wren once threatened to stop the multiplicity of tag days in town. But why bring that up? * The newspapers that announced that a provinâ€" cial election would be held early in October now admit that it cannot be early in October, is not likely to be in November, will not be in December, and perhaps, will go over until 1938. was solemnized at St. Anne‘s WANTED TO RENTâ€"Furnished house, good location, all conveniences; willâ€" ing to rent furnished house in South Rosedale, Toronto, in exchange. Phone 873. WANTED â€" Maid for general houseâ€" work. Apply to 16 Sixth Avenue. In the Matter of the Estate of Nick scekrepnik. All persons having claims against the above party, are requested to forward sworn detailed statements of same to the undersigned solicitor on or before the 6th day of September, 1937. CHILDREN FOR ADOPTIONâ€"Gooa homes desired four children, boys and girls, Catholic and Protestant, ages 4 to 14 years. Any home desiring to adopt a youngster should have their clergyman write A. G. Carson, Bupt. Children‘s Aid, Timmins, Ont 4411 North Queensland, South Africa, Aug. 6.â€"A prospector chained his watchâ€" dozg to a tree here and went to bed. When he awoke in the morning the chain was still thereâ€"but at the end of it was a 20â€"foot python. The snake had made itself a prisoner by swallowâ€" ing the dog. After the said date the assets of the estate will be «distributed among the parties entitled thereto, havix regard only to those of which the solicitor shall then have notice. Church by Rev. Father Pelletier when Miss Iren Fivet was united in marriage to Mr. Emil Courier. The couple will reside in Ansonville on their return from their honeymoon. There have been a number of reports around town that a man was killed, a woman badly injured, and another man ‘"lost" in the bush in an automobile accident at the Rea Hill on Fridayâ€" with all sorts of variations, including a woman killed, two men injured, etc.,â€" seems to be without real foundation. In any event the police, town, provincial and township police, have no knowledge of such an accident. The hospital auâ€" thorities have no patients answering to any of the descriptions given, and the undertakers of the camp are equally unacquainted with any such accident or accidents. Consequently it is not too much to say that likely there is nothing to it. Another yarn peddled by Dame Ruâ€" mor to the effect that a man was drowned at Wawaitin or Sandy Falls, or both, at the weekâ€"end seems to be just another piece of popular confuâ€" sion. Snake Caught Itself When It Swallowed the Dog 60â€"61 Dated at Timmins, thls 4th day of August, 1937. Rumors That Appear Without Due Foundation MISCELLANEOUS Timmins Business College Enrollments or reservations may be made on or after August 16th. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1st, 1937 J E. TAYLO, 20 Pine Street, N., ‘Timmins, Ont., Solicitor for the Estate FALL EEKR M Hamilton Block, Timmins Begins 61 p at the Ellen M. Terry, principal FOR SALE â€" Half interest in Park Kleaners Dyers, Reg‘d., Val D Or, Que. Party leaving town. For details call at Park Kleaners. Ask for Harry Kosmas. Good business now and a chance for developing big business for the future. â€"61 p FPOR â€"~SALEâ€"4â€"foot jackpine wood; counter scales, coffee mill, meat slicer, sausage stuffer, meat choppetr, "Jack Frost" ice machine; one tracâ€" tor, 2 chicken coops, store counters, etc. All deals cash. Apply Nick Blaâ€" hey, Third Avenue. 42â€"431f FOR SALEâ€"Fourâ€"roomed house at 123 Hollinger Lane. Cheap for cash. Apply J. Daly, 125 Hollinger Lane. Tenders for painting the interior of S$.S. No. 2. Mountjoy, will be received up to August 10th, 1937, price to inâ€" clude material. Also applications for position of Janitor up to August 20th. H. A. OGILVIE, Secretaryâ€"Treasurer, 60â€"61â€"62 Sandy Falls, Ont. CHRISTMAS CARD AGENTS: Double REAL ESTATE INSURANCE 17 Cedar N. 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After the ceremony, the bride and groom received frienrnds at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pictila., . Mr. and Mrs. Strickland will reside in the Jarvis Apartments, Fourth avenue. The bride was very charming in a pale turquoise crepe dress with matchâ€" ing accessories, and wearing a corsage of talisman roses. 40ft by 100 ft. with lare. Price $200 Termsâ€"$25 cash, $50 per month Miss Gertrude Catherine Pietila and Mr. Gordon Strickland Wedded. The witnesses were her father, Mr. Pietila, and Mrs. Pictila. Mrs. Pictila was attired in a street length dress of white crepe, and wore a corsage of roses. MONDAY, AUTVGUST 89TH, 1937 C s P F ’