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DECEMBER 168TH. 19437 manC With Patsy Kelly, Jack HMaley, Rosina Lawrenee, Mischa Aucr and Lyda Roberti; Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy ALSO James Dunn and Jean Rogers in Noticeâ€"On double feature programmes coming to our theatres, we request our fi patrons to attend the theatre not later than 8.00 p.m. for the Second Show if $ they desire to see the full show. 4 SUNDAY MIDNIGHT, MONDAY and TUESDAY, DEC. 19â€"20â€"21 Loretta Young, Tyrone Power and Adolphe Menjou in * . _ # # (A Superâ€"Musical Production) with Bert Lhr. Jimmy Savo, Rilly House, Alice Brady. Mischa Auer, Jov Rodgegs, Louise Fizenda. John King and Barbara Reed also Dave Appolion and His Orchestra WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22â€"23 Double Feature Programme The Screen‘s Allâ€"Star Musical Comedy 6 Pine Street N. UFDER THE MANAGEMENT OF ?OwER CORPORATION or (ANADPA % 7 Canada Northern Power at the rate of §$1. been declared or Common Stock of CANADA NOR THERN POWER CORPORATION LIMITED for the quarter ending December 3!st. ary 25th, 1938 record at the â€" December 31st, JC L. C. HASKELL, Secretary Montreal, November 23rd, 1937 dropp it MIDNIGHT sSHOWS EVERY FRIDAY AND s U ND A Y FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, DEC. 24â€"25 Merryâ€"Goâ€"Round of 1938 By orde 4 oA S 3 * * 5“,[[1 fTEE w/F ""THE O/z/m «@1 MATINEE DAILY AT 2.30 p.m. EVENING 7.00 and 8.50 p.m. Special Matinee at Goldfields Theat reâ€"Every Saturday at 11.15 a.m. ADMISSIONâ€"A Children 10c Timmins Theatres "Mysterious Crossing" arvey Graham Son We also suggest loveiy in the newest shades, priced _ from 609¢,. lo $1.50 uppli orms "Cafe Metropole" Palace tLOY ined b cTERL gnel ?WEET”MR W A t I ‘ @ _ }MOTHEZ "Pick a Star‘ 193 the n 37.'bayablc Janu ) sharcholdeis 0o e of bumnress ol nand. or lack 0o SLIPPERS made and so hare being mnnum. hes n ind m a hn mand ma Gift mules gay enough to make her think your heart is continually at her feet! Wide choice of smart styles. differer m 6 ; th mat 11 ‘1.953 C111 IT‘C 11 $91,661;: from GHert KJt 26,607 vakia ar q 90.841 tArew A ‘s cup. The g the pave dark glass St ye imp 1 Y TA Deyp her different ma ys constitute 1t those on display pol inCc s from the United States t $491.501. an increase of Germany, $262,552, a deâ€" 07; from Japan, $194,238, $18,213; United Kingdom, mnerease of $323:; Czechoâ€" Telephone 11 ‘ase O CZGCIIUVâ€" i decrease of $514 and ecrease of $1,676. d toys with a value of ase of $89.698. 1A C ys made. in ck this year f $1.083.700 inical tC <K1its; _ pI SATURDAY, SUNDAY MIDNIGHT, MONDAY, DEC. 18â€"19â€"20 Bob Livingstone and Ray Corrigan in MIDNIGHT SHOW Every Sunday at 12.01 (midnight) Special Matinee Every Saturday at 11.15 a.m,. Noltice We S TUESDAY AND WEDNESDA Y, DEC. 21â€"22 Double Feature Programme Jane Withers, Joan Davis and Sally Blane in y for N@ational Re the greate: oys such 3 Goldfields Allen Lane and Heather Angel "The Duke Comes Back Ray ~In Canada, ear includes 00 from the pan, United ind France. ane THURSDA Y DEC "Range Defenders" Children day., Dec. "Angel‘s Holiday" ALSO % t han ruc} Bulldog Edition alker, Regis LFird Good. Soil Picnecring, the speaker stated, was not always corducive to good farming and the first to locate on farms were | not always the best, but in Cochrane district they had the finest agricultural land in Canada. * A special rust resisting seed sown May 6, and harvested on Aug. 16 had i last year yielded 31 bushels to the acre { omm mm mm c m ons on mmemmm n i cce n on and hc stated that a New York analyst has in a fiveâ€"year study, stated that there is no wheat grown on this conâ€" tinent to a higher food content than Northern Ontario wheat. Beans grown at Rainy River were cxhibited as having taken first prize at the Chicago Fair at which growers in the United States and Canada had been compstitors. Alaska oats grown at Kapuskasing produced 61 bushels of 40 lbs. to the bushel per acre, while they had three cuts of alfalfa hay averagâ€" ing five tons to the acre. Sees Big Future in North‘s Agriculture Cochrane, Des. 14.â€"Amazing agriâ€" cultural results were recounted by Smith Ballantyne, Kapuskasing, to the members of Cochrane Church Comâ€" munity Club Thursday when he apâ€" peared as speaker at the monthly supâ€" per meeting. Smith Ballantyne, of Kapusâ€" kasing, Makes Optimistic Address Manager of the Government Experiâ€" mental Farm at Kapuskasing for 21 vyears and one of the first men to have been in the vicinity of Cochrane during the construciion of the Transcontinentâ€" al Railway, Mr. Ballantyne ran the first survey line for the railway through the Neil Wilson was clected president of the Kirkland Lake branch of the Legion with BRob Laver as firstâ€"president and J. T‘. Pearson as second viceâ€"president. The members of the executive are:â€" Sandy Cowan, William Johnston, Alex Mowatt, Reg. Pinegar, Major A. M. Stewart and Bob Taylor. In the recent KRoyal Winter Fair, Northern Ontario potatoes had taken a premier nblace by winning 10 £~â€"t prizes. Cther farm products vere » s<o cited y the speaker, who ied thal they had at preser‘®‘ ~~ sead of cattle and shipped thei= i bulls all over Canada. Bees wer® siso from Prince Edâ€" wari T zad io Vancouver by the farm, specialized in producing a nonâ€" swarmin2z queen. Out of a 3â€"lb. packâ€" age of bets, they had received 260 lbs. of honey in sne ins:ance while the fiveâ€" year average was 195 lbs. per 3â€"lb. packâ€" With a large number of farmers from the west interested in Northern Ontario, Mr. Ballantyne stated that the district must forge ahead to its ultiâ€" mate place in agriculture. In‘cresting points in the fecding of pigs. hens and livestock also were inâ€" cluded in the talk, while shrubs, fowâ€" ers and small fruits were also cited. Kapuskasing Northern Tribune:â€" The phrase "tickled to death‘" originâ€" ated in a Chinese torture, when victims had the soles of their feet tickled until they died in an agony O6f laughter. Neil Wilson President of Kirkland Lake Legion AY AND FRIDAY DEC. 23â€"24 and Heather Angel Do your Christmas Shopping now Evelyn . Toomey spe ecia 4.15 ma Knapp T in inee for will the and held children. 111 THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Ten years ago, or Saturday, Decemâ€" ber 10th, it was past presidents‘ night at the Lancashire Club, and it was a great night, lots doing all the time. The event started off with a waltz followed by a foxâ€"trot., Mr. T. Richards then gave a wellâ€"rendered solo. He was enâ€" cored and responded with equal sucâ€" cess. There were Paul Jones and other special dantes, amcong them a spo! dance wor by Mr. and Mrs. McNaughâ€" Te years ago the curling seaso: opened in Timmins, when the more en thusiastic curlers got together an played on the only sheet of ice avail able at that time. Several tinprove ments had been made on the rink,. ; acor having been cut in the side closes The annual banquet of the Canadian Club (Cercle Canadien) was held ten years ago in St. Anthony‘s parish hall, and despite the inclement weather, atâ€" tracted a good crowd and proved a most | pleasing evenrt. The dinner served was one of the very finest ever presented in town and was thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated. The evening throughout was equally pleasing. Mr. F. Valois, preâ€" sident of the club, made a very capable chairman, his address for the evening being a very pleasing ore. Another ad-’ dress that was an outstanding one was that of the special speaker for the eveâ€" ning, Mr. Jos. Bradette, M.P. Ten years ago there was a short sesâ€" sion of Tisdale township council. Reeve Gallagher was in Toronto at the time so that Councillor Kerr was actinz reeve. All the councillors were present. After the readirz of the minâ€" utes, considerable correspondence was The members of the Home szhool Association held one of most helpful meetings in the C school ten years ago. â€"OThe 5s schoolâ€" ten years ago. The special speakers for the day were particularly gifted .and spoke from a very wide and practical cxperience. Miss Lawrie‘s adâ€" dress was on domestic science and the large number present at the association meeting felt it was of the greatest value. Miss Lawrie was in charge of domestic science work in Glasgew, inâ€" cluding some of the poorer sections of the city. In her experience in Glasgow she found that children especially sufâ€" fered in homes where there was poverâ€" ty. In many of these poorer homes conâ€" ditions were made even worse than they needed be because the mothers did not know how to make the best of wha | they had. Working among the school children Miss Lawrie was able to teach them facts of domestic sclerce that were of â€"immense practical value. The exhisition of ski events on the afternon of Dic. l1th: ten years ago created much interest. There were over 3C0 people present to watch the events and cach feature attracted great atâ€" tention. , The boys‘ ski racs was one of the specials and the boys‘ ski jumpâ€" ing exhibition was also an irterestâ€" holder, there being many fine examples of good work in this exhibition. During the afternoon the big crowd evidenced the keenest interest in all the proceedâ€" ings, and several asked for application forms to jceinr up with the ski club. Ten years ago Mayor Frank Londrum of Cobalt was forward with the propoâ€" sal that all the municipalities of the North Land send representatives to a convention to discuss the possibility of approaching the Ontario Government with the view to inducing the Hydro Electric to enter the field of supplying light and power in this North Land. He submitted a resolution along this line Zn YEATS RABIC folk were rushu spagheitiâ€"eating Turkey Stags. to the town so sity of the me track. a good attendance present for the event, both of members of the club and invited guests, and everyone had a real good time. to the meeting of the Cobalt council and the resolution was endorsea by the council. The same idea had been advoâ€" cated ten years previously by the late T. F. King of Timmins. The Hydro was approached but would not thenâ€"the very time they were neededâ€"consider entry into the North. ‘"Too speculative," was the reply given the North ten and twenty years ago by the Hydro. The A. S. D. Club held another: of their successful dances ten years ago when the December Visitors‘ Night was the feature of the evening. There was New Statf aJ.~â€"CGe€ 11€ so as to remove the members to walk dc Viscount G of â€" Imperia GENERAL STAFF CHANGES the more erâ€"} a classy g together and ; ing up w the townsâ€" part in the the Charity years ago Night was There was for â€"the narum propoâ€" of the ation| week, ten years ago, and drew full atest | houses each night, their show each ze of| eve iing being well worthy of the big ;. in . | attendance. There was a complete ns of| change ofAhow.every night, and the lngW! programme in each case was a good one _ suf.| well done. There were twelve people in ove:-‘; the Marks company. conâ€" In The Advance ten yearsâ€" ago: _they | "Friends here will be interested in the a not| annourcement of the marriage at St. wha| Patrick‘s Church, Montreal, cn Saturâ€" chool ‘ day, Dectmber 3rd, 1927, of â€"Edith Helen, teach| youngest daughter of Mrs. Garvey and that| the late Mr. Thomas J. Garvey of ‘Timmins. and James A. Newton, son i the‘ of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Newton of s ago| Wright, Que. Both bride and groom : ovm-fi have bzaen popular and esteemed resiâ€" vents | dents of Timmins for many years, and t atâ€"| their hosts of friends will extend sinâ€" one‘lcere good wishes to them." ind read; several requests re ploughing of the road with the snow plough were received. There was also a petition re fireproof buildings in the business secâ€" tion of Schumacher, which was considâ€" ered favourably by the council and wa:s to be furiher dealt with. The Porcupine Hockey Club madd their first win of the season ten vear uOS bravely, the score of the South Porc saw one of the c on in th children‘s friend, of Columbus, Ohio, arrived at the Schumacher station. They were to be distributed to the puâ€" pils of the public school at the closing concert and Christmas Tree, December 22nd, 1927. Every year from the early days of the camp Mr. Schumacher reâ€" mermbsred the school children in the town that bears his name. Eacn Chrstâ€" mas time there were handsome gifts for all the youngsters. The Arlie Marks stock company was at the New Empire theatre for a full week, ten years ago, and drew â€" full houses each night, their show each Word from Hearst ten years ago toid of a fire that took plage at a home about five miles distant from Hearst. The lady of the house, Mrs. Vardette, bad just gotten up to prepare breakâ€" fast and attempted to get a fire going too speedily. For this purpose she used coal oil, and there was the resulting explosion that occurs so frequently when coal oil is used for fireâ€"lighting. In a minute the whole house seemed to be on fire. There were five chilaren in the house and Mrs. Vandette had not the time to properly dress herself or her children. It tock her utmost effort to rescue the children and get them out of the burning house. In the work of rescue Mrs. Vandette was badly burnâ€" ed, and was taken to the hospital. The children were practically uninjured by the fire, but suffered much from the cold and exposure. gil cntB. iTE Timmins, of~<MtT. "al Wright, C have beer dents of 7 their host cere good The regular mseting of the Caledonâ€" lian Society of Timmins was held in the Hollinger Recreation hall ten years ago, with Mr. P. Larmer, the president, ocâ€" cupyingt he chair, and a large attenâ€" dance present. The members of the Lancashire Club had been invited to atâ€" tend, and were the guests of the eveâ€" ning. After the business part of the meé€ting had been dealt with, the preâ€" sident called upon Mrs. A. Roberts to take the chair as convener of the Ladies‘ Commitiee who were in chargse of the evening‘s programme, and a varied and popular programme of music and dancirg was thenâ€" carried through. first win 0o igo on Thursday arena at Ssouth At the regular mecting of the town ccuncil ten years ago final aljustâ€" ments were made regarding annexaâ€" tions, and the matter was put before the railway and municipal boards. It was decided that parts of Tisdale would be annexed to the town to acâ€" cede to petitions and to square up the town. to wish her a happy birthday. She was then presented with a fine set of cutâ€" lery and fancy clock with two vases to match. At his home in Toronto Ten years ago a ts from Mr. F. } ‘ther dealt with. orcupine Hockey Club i1 t win of the season ten v hursday, December 8th, in _ South Porecupine when llis Juniors journeyed up _ storm and took their ds the score being 2â€"1 in fa roup anc T t0O0K thelir Geéefléat being 2â€"1 in favour upine team. The fars osest games ever put the Falls team being i the local bovs showâ€" Deverel rge shipment of Schumacher, the Columbus. Ohio., Iroy "big | ago, Mr. J. Fred Verner, of the head office statftf of the Arthur E. Moysey Co., stozck brokers, passed away suddenly from heart failure. He had hbeen in apparent good health during the day, and collapsed suddenly just as he rcached home after the day‘s work. The late Frod Verner had wide circles of friends in the North Land, where he was well known and highly regarded. He was an authority on mining matters, and for some time had been in charge of ths publicity department of A. E. Moysey and Co. In‘his work he gave intelligent and helpful publicity for the North Land, and his able pen was of benefit on many ocgcasions to the minâ€" ing industry and the mining areas, inâ€" cluding the Porcupine camp. The "Bucshse Smcker" organized by the enterprising .entertainmert comâ€" mittes of the Timmins post of the Canâ€" adian Legion, and held in the 1.0.0.P. Lkall, Timmins, ten years ago,., was an occasion that lingered in the memory of those who took part in it for some time. It was a revival of the comradeâ€" ship which carried the Empire through the War. Nearly one hundred exâ€"service men of all ranks met in a fellowship{ of remembrance. They sang the oldâ€"time popular war songs with gusto. They mingled their laughter, their humour, their jokes. Reminiscences and anecâ€" dotes of the "gory days"â€"almost enâ€" tirely humorous in natureâ€"were tol84 and rctold to an appreciative audience. the two as busy as any are the publit school skating «ink at the Central school. and Mr. Field‘s rink for youngâ€" sters on Hollinger Lare in the Hollinâ€" ger townsite." "The new stock exchange building for Arthur E. Moysey and Co. is making noteworthy progress to comâ€" pletion. The work of plastering the inâ€" terior is now in progress. The building will be ready for occupancy before the year is out." "At the annual meeting of the New Liskeard Firemen‘s Associaâ€" tion last week, Mr. F. E. Thompson was reâ€"clected chief and Mr. M. G. Hansâ€" man. deputy chief, both by acclamation. Mr. R. W. Thompson was also elected by acclamation as secretaryâ€"treasurer." "Some time ago The Advance menâ€" ticned the remark of Mr. Geo. T. Smith at one of the Kiwanis "*Ciub meetings here that he interded to see if a Kiwanis Club could not be orâ€" ganized in Haileybury. Now, Haileybury is beiepg considered for the starting ol a Rotary Clubt here. Last week a numâ€" ber of North Pay citizens, members of «he Rotary Club of that city, were in Haileybury in conference with about 15 residents of the town, to whom was exâ€" plained the aims and objects of the Rotary Club. Mr. Geo. F. Summers was appointed chairman of a committee to further consider the matter." “l Lccal news in The Advance ten years ago:â€"*"There are many busy places in town these days, but perhaps the two as busy as any are the public s\k:"’% ":”o Qflo o”o 0"0 oflo ofl‘ 0”. 0"0 oflo 0"0 ou. o“o ouo oflo ot‘ o"o ou. OHO Qfl. 0"00"0 0". 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