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The annual meeting of the Timmins Red Crces Sscinty held twenty years «ago in Timmins had an urusually large attendance, there being a big atray of new members One member broight in no less than nine new members for the meeting. The various annual reâ€" ports were received and showed. the society as doing the best of work and making the finest progress. The chief centre of interest was the election of officers, there being an intcresting conâ€" for the presidency of the society. In the vote Mrs. McInnis received 47 votes and Mrs. Meuche 21, the vote beâ€" ing the largest ever recorded in the his« tory of the society up to that Mrs, McInnis had been president of the Cross from the time of its estabâ€" lithment in Timmins, and in this office had given unselfish and talen‘ted serâ€" vice, and winning thereby very general supmrcrt. Mrs. F. C‘H. Simms and Mrs. G. 8. Lowe were elected supply secretâ€" aries; and Mrs. Digby Grimston was reâ€" elscted secretary; and Mrs. PM. Burke was elecied treasurer for the ensuing year. The firts annual meeting of the North Temiskaming Teachers‘® Institute was held on Thursday andFriday, Oct. i8th and 19th, 1918, at Iroquois Falls. Previous to this for a little time, the Temiskaming â€" Teachers‘ _ Associakion was divided into two separate institutes, North and South, Timmins and district being in the North section. Twenty years ggo The Advance noted the death of Mrs. M. J. O‘ Brien, of Renfrew, wife of the well known millâ€" jonailre, Senator O‘brien, who was largeâ€" ly interested in mining in Cobalt and other parts of the North. The late Mrs. O‘Brien, who was a woman of fine character, was an aunt of Mrs. B. Durâ€" ack, then of Timmins. The Advance twenty years ago pubâ€" lished the report of the amounts collâ€" ected in this district for the Catholic Army Huts Fund. The town of Cochâ€" rane gave $1029.10; Amos, Que.,$110 00; territory east of Cochrane, apart from Amos, $249.00; settlers near Cochrane, $51.45 Beaver Abitibi Timber Co., Frederick, $51.95; Smooth Rock Falls, $650.00, Jacksonboro, $115.95; Hearst, $85.85; Sioux Lookout, $450.00; terricory west of Cochrane, apart from the places specifi¢ally mentioned, $9397.00; TIroquois Falls, $1060.00; Matheson, $3.00; Timmâ€" ins $2146.40; total $7,114.20, Twenty years ago the Supreme Court of Canada gave judgement in the case of the Maple Leaf Lumber Co. and ReamsbottomEdwards against Sheriff Caldbick. Judgzsement was in favour of the sheriff. The case dated back to 1916 and was for some logs sold at Barâ€" ber‘s RBay the plaintiffs claiming that the sheriff acted beyond his authority Cmm t PPAAA L* «t nsP P zo A AA LA AAC A CA MWooooo"oo“m MAiiGLA*Â¥. 2aTH, 1038 T wenty Y ears Ago Ftom The Poreupine Advance Fyles CANADA NORTHERN POWER CORPORATION LIMITED Cleans THE BIGGEST WASHER VALUE of the YEAR Small down payment. Balance on easy terms Controlling and Operating NORTHERN ONTARIO POWER COMPANY, NORTHERN OQUEBEC POWER COMPANY, or against the wrong parties in the sale. The case was heard in Toronto in 1916. Sheriff Caldbick being upheld, and apâ€" peal being made to the Supreme Court the decison was again in favour of the sheriff in the mattet. ue. T wenty years ago the iMsue of The Advance had a reference :o Mr. King that was gladly made,â€"the mention of the fact that he had been the fortâ€" unate winner of a handsome Chevrolet car given as a prize by the Bracebridge Red Cross. Walter Ecclestone and Gil=« bert Eldridge had sold tickets hete, and the latter sold one of his lot to Mr. King, who was eventually declared the winner of the prize which was valued at $1060.00 Mr. Harry J. Lavery, wellâ€"known and popular in the Porcupine camp, died in St. Joso>ph‘s Hospital last week," said the Advance twenty years ago. "He was taken suddenly ill at the Nickel Range Hotel shortly after his arrival in Sudbury, and died after only three days‘ illness.. At first he was suffering from Spanish influenza, and then deâ€" veloped atute spinal meningitis. The late Harry Lavery was a mining enginâ€" eer and had spent some :ime at the Porcupine at his profession. In the early days he was at the Dome Minés, and his athletic ability won him genâ€" eral notice at the time." It was the sad duty of The Advance wenty years ago to chronicle the death of several Timmins people. One of these obiturary notices was that of An«â€" thony Dellesandra, one of the valued members of the Timmins Citizens‘ band, and for four years a popular and respected citizen of Timmins. He died in the Haileybury hocpital, following an cperation for appendicitis. In referrâ€" ing to the death The Advance said: In the issue of The Advance, 1928 The Advance had to make reference to Mr. T. F. King in deep regret, the news of his death being chronicled in that issâ€" "The late Anthony Dellesandra was pcpular and respected by all who knew him and was an especial favourite with his fellow countrymen from Italy. When the remains reached here Thursâ€" day night a large number of the memâ€" bers of the Timmins Italian Society were present at the station and these, with other friends, formed a procession to follow the body from the station. The funeral took place on Friday afterâ€" noon and was very largely attended. The Timmins Band played funeral marches to th> R. C. church and grave, and the Italian Sociaty had over one Rhundred members in the cortege, all wearing the badge of the Society. Following the custom of their country, five young girls in white followed the hearse carrying flowers. The procesâ€" sion was in char3e of Mr. Leo Mascioli, chief of the Italian Scciety, and a large silk British and Italian flags were carâ€" ried at the of the parade. Reyv. Fr. Leduc conducted the services." Sseldom in the history of Timmins have the people in gen€ral been so deeply affected by the death of a single individual as they wer»e by the death on October 13th, 1918, of George Muir Dewar. Gsorge and some friends were cut on a duck shooting trip, when in some way or other George‘s gun was discharged in the canoe he and a friend were using. The charge of duck shot Here is positively the finest dollarâ€"forâ€"dollar value you ever saw in a Washer. It is ruggedly built to give you just the kind of washday help you want . .. and to save you money on laundry costs. Remember, this Gâ€"E Washer is fast, safe, thorough, economâ€" ical and quietâ€"just what you want in the washer you will use for years to come,. Ask for a demonstration. for your old washing machine when you buy one of these mew Gâ€"E Washers for only $20.099 119.9 5 entered George‘s arm spreading as it penetrated and shattering the uppeéer part of the arm. Mis companion gave all possible aid and the arm was drosâ€" sed as wel} as conditions allowed. The injured man lost a considerable amount of blood. It was halfâ€"past six when the accident occured, and though his ecmpanion worked with every enéergy of body and thought, they were so far aâ€" way from town that it was after ten O‘clock before it was possible to get the seriously injured man to medical aid. On the trip through the bush and in the journey down the river on that Fri.â€" day of the accident, George Dewars thought was nct about his own sufferâ€" ing, though it was undoubtedly severe enough, but his only apparent Wotry was that he was inconveniencding his friends. As The Advance said at the time, "That was just like Georg*> De« war." He was taken to St. Mary‘s HMHoepital here where all possible was done to help him, but medical skill and attention were unavailing, and h> passâ€" ed away on the Sunday following the accident. Former Resident Writes from China Another Interesting Letter from Rev. E. Bruce Cop- land. Writing from Sandy Falls, Mr. J. A. Caveney says:â€""I am enclosing a letâ€" ter received by me from Rev. E. Bruce Copland. Radio messages are being reâ€" ceived here at Sandy Falls from China addressed to people in Toronto. Thr station here is VE3BB" Rev, Mr. Copland was in the North while a student minister and lived for a time in Timmins. Previous letters from him since he has been in missionâ€" ary work in China have been published in The Advance. The letter referred to by Mr. Caveney is published herewith in full: Mr. Copland‘s Letter Hwaiking, Honan, China, August 6th, 1938 Dear Friends: As you will see from the address I am back at the old stand. tI is Saturday afternoon, and a glorious summer day. In Canada, if I were there, I should probably be at our sumâ€" mer home; on the first Saturday in August there is generally a regatta. In England I suppose it is August bank holiday weekâ€"end. As I look out of the window toâ€"day, and see all the beauty of nature it is easy to imagine peaceâ€" ful holiday scenes. Yet at intervals throughout the day and night I can hear the dull roar of heavy artillery, and now and again the quick taps of machine guns. In many ways life goes on quietly day by day, yet all our thinkâ€" ing and many actions are entirely deâ€" termined by this war which comes so close to us. About a month after I wrote you last from Kaifeng I was able to get away for a trip to Hwaiking with Dr. McClure. We had a very difficult ride of over fifty miles by bike and some exciting exâ€" periences on the way, Soon after my arrival in Hwaiking the military situâ€" @ation altered in such a way as to make my departure impossible for some time. I was able to experience the difficulties of my colleagues in carrying on here right in the middle of one of the most active war areas in North China. When I left I carried a letter asking the Canadian Church Mission to allow me to come back here as soon as possible. During the spring I had some share in Kaifeng in helping to care for many thousands of wounded soldiers who passed through the city on their way to base hospitals. Our committee took the initiative in organizing a very comâ€" plete service for wounded men as the hospital trains stopped at the rallway station. As you can well imagine, I saw many pitiful cases. But on the whole the men were wonderf{ully cheerful, and it was privilegee to do something to make them more comfortable, We helped to care for over forty thousand wounded Chinese soldiers before the advance of the invaders stopped traffic on the railway. My return to Hwaiking from Kaifeng | involved a journey of over two thousand miles. By the direct route it it less than a hundred miles, but the 1apxdlv changâ€" | ‘ ing military situation interfered with | my plans. By the time I was able tol leave Kaifeng all fairly direct roads to. Hwaiking involved passing thr{ugh very active military areas. As I had t0| travel alone I decided not to risk it. L therefore went south by train to Hanâ€". kow. When I got there I expected to. travel via Canton to Hong Kong, and thence up the coast.. But Canton was being heavily bombed every day. I found that it was possible to reach Shanghai by taking steamer, train, bus and then a river boat to a point on the sea coast some two hundred miles south of Shanghai. I had good luck on the journey and reached Shanghai without invident. So eventually my hundréed miles from Kaifeng to Hwaiking involyvâ€" ed abandoning my bicycle, and visiting Hankow, Shanghai, Tientsin and Pekâ€" ing, not to mention many less familiar places. I wonder how I can give you some idea of the way in which I spend my time these days. In the absence of my male colleagues I am temporarily in charge of many things about which I know very little. I am acting as superâ€" intendent of the hospital, which means that I am the one to conduct any pusiâ€" ness with the powers that be. I am also in charge of all the accounts and supâ€" plies of drugs not only for our hospital _here but also for several branches. All our medical work is being subsidized by the International Red Cross, and I have to work out the basis for subsidy and try to get reports to Hankow. Some ; of our branches are in Chinese torritory zrand some in Japanese controlled ears. Communications are quite a problem and the type of medical and relie{ work is differeent in each area. Then I am acting as banker for our whole mission organization. We receive Reâ€"establishment of the fishing industry is the aim of the two men shown here as they met at dinner in Boston with Canadian and Cape Cod deepâ€" sea fishermen. At the LEFT is Charles E. Jackson, deputy commissioner of the US. bureau of fisheries: at the RIGHT is Hon. J. E. Michaud, Dominion minister of fisheries. Many a girl speaks volumesâ€" and finishes up on the shelf. " 40 + 14 SEA HARVEST SALEsSMEN MEET Cope. 1938, King Pratu,es Inc., World rights reserved money from merchants wilo are anxious to transfer funds to Tientsin or Shangâ€" hai. «We give them cheques and I use the money realized to run a bank. All salaries have to be paid in cash, and all my missionary colleagues get cashn from me. The book work in connection with the bank alone takes some time, and I have to take the risk of keeping several thousand dollars in cash in the house. Just a few other little things are: keeping an eye on the electric light plant, helping to keep some thirty or forty coâ€"operative going, and seeing that there is sufficient food on hand for two to three hundred people just in case a crisis should come to us. And then I take my turn in leading morning devotions and taking Sunday services. It is an intensely interesting job, even if it often keeps me on the hop from about six in the morning tili about eleven at night. Every morning at prayers I see a bright little lad about seven years old. His right leg has been amputated above the knee. He was hit by a bomb fragâ€" ment, and has been cared for in the hospital. He cannot go home because his village is under military occupation. Then we have in compound a dozen or more lively girls in their teens, whose homes are occupied by soldiers,. While they are here they are being taughtâ€" school work, music and weaving. One of our branch hospitals is in an. rea fAooded by the Yellow River. Thouâ€" sands are destitute there, We plan to organize coâ€"operative societi¢s and lend these people money for rehabilitation and some we may be able to feed for a time. If you have sent money to the Red Cross or through the Church you are helping to care for people like these, and I am helping to administer your gifts. We still get letters only occasionally. The last letter I had from my wife was written at the end of April and I got it at the end of May. Meantime I hear from Mother that we have a baby girl and you can imagine how anxious I am to know about her. Will you now write until further notice câ€"0 Mr. Hugh Macâ€" Kenzie, 53 Race Course Road, Tientsin. With all good wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, E. Bruce Copland. The Merry Maids 500 club met at the home of Mrs. Clezg, 308 Mountjoy St., on Thursday evenin2, and a very enâ€" joyable evening was spent. A dainty lunch was served by the hostess and winners at 500 were: lst, Mrs. Clegg; 2nd, Mrs. Carver; 3rd, Mrs. Wilkinson. Pleasant Evening by the Merry Maids "500"°" Club The next meeting of the club will be at the home of Mrs. McGarry, 57 Cherâ€" ry St. When Newspapers Brought Big Prices in the Klondyke (From "Grabe Samples" in Northern Miner) In view of the fact that the new air mail rates have been raised to a level which would require postage amounting to $2.25 to deliver the annual number of The Northern Miner to Aklavik, N. WT., the following yarn, spun by Roâ€" bert Saunders in the Forest Hills (N.Y.) Post, carries a suggestion. ~Mr. Saunâ€" ders, reminiscing on the early days in the Klondike, says:â€" "While I was in Dawson a fellow from Seattleâ€"a plain greenhornâ€"had lot of tenderfoot trappings and a bundle of homeâ€"knit socks wrapped in a sixâ€" months‘â€"old copy of a Seattle newsâ€" paper. He had hardly got off the gangâ€" plank, when one of the boys spotted that newspaper and grabbed the newâ€" comer, pulling out his poke as he did so, and said: ‘Give you $25 for the paper|!‘ ‘«The new arrival thought the chap was drunkâ€"which he probably wasâ€"â€" unwrapped his bundle, and grabbed the $25,. â€" A few of tne boys gathered around the new owner and, after reading a litâ€" tle, one them offered the first buyer $150 for the paper, which was promptly taken. "The second man stood on a big packâ€" ing case and read items from the paper, passed the hat, and soon had more than $150 back, for there weren‘t any money denominations less than a dollar in use up there then. "The next night the owner of the only newspaper from the States hired an empty dance hall and charged five dolâ€" lars admission to hear the reading of that paper. The hall was so full that the readings wenic on for several davsâ€"- at five dollars per listen." The following from The New Lisâ€" keard Speaker last week should be of general intérest to all in the North: "Some time ago we gave information to the effect that The Wabi TIron Works, Limited, had shipped. mining machinery to South African points for use in the mining industry of that part of the Empire. We have. just been given information by Mr. McKayâ€"Cleâ€" ments, president and managing direcâ€" tor, to the effect that recent shipments have been made to Australia, South Africa and South America. These shipâ€" ments have comprised mining equipâ€" ment for which the Wabi Iron Works, Limited, have become famous. Nor does the above mentioned equipment close the connection of the Néw Lisâ€" keard firm with foreign mines as at the present time the Company has on its books and in ccurs> of manufacture refinery equipment for the Lakeview and Star Gold Mines, Limited, Western Australia, and refinery and other equipâ€" ment for the La Luz Mines, Limited, Nicarazua, South America. Liskeard Firm Shipping Machinery to Far Places "We might also say that the Wab! Iron Works, Limited, plant at Noranda has been completed and is now in opâ€" eration as planned. At this plant the majcr work will comprise the manuâ€" facturing of the grinding balls so necesâ€" sary in the mines at Noranda. The new plant is the very latest in its line. "The Wabi Iron Works, Ltd., and its management is to be heartily conâ€" gratulated upon the successful contacts they have made in distant mining fields. May they continue to prosper and expand, because their success also means much to the community in which they are located." Mr. C. Earl Rodgers, for the past fifâ€" teen years manager of the Sylvanite Mine at Kirkland Lake, has resigned that position to move to Toronto. He will continue as consultant engineer for the Sylvanite, and will make frequent visits to the mine in connection with his new duties, After Nov. lst, he will have his offices in Toronto. Previous to being promoted to the managemen of the Sylvanite, Mr. Rodgers was supâ€" erintendent at the mine. On the ocâ€" casion of his retirement as general manager, the officers and directors of the Sylvanite, express their thanks for C. Earl Rodgers Retires as Manager of Sylvanite "his years of devotion to the course of Sylvanite and his untiring efforts on behalf of the company." behalf of the company." In addition to his services to the Sylâ€" vanite mine, Mr. Rodgers has been a valuable citizen of Kirkland Lake, takâ€" ing interest and giving effort and talâ€" ent to many public and semiâ€"public activities for community advantage. HMe will be missed in Kirkland Lake for his services and interest. Hobe amd Mail:â€"It is reassuring to know that art will be submerged in realism in the 1939 motor markers We hope the divorce between the Depart«â€" ment of Highways and that it considers rt is permanent. Children between the ages of 9 months and 6 years should be inoculated to prevent Diphtheria, Children of preâ€"school age may rective frée inoculation against diphthâ€" eria at the clinic on Monday Tuesday and Thrusday afternoons, between 2.00 and 4.00 a‘clock, October 31, Nov. 1 and 3, 1938, Diphtheria Inoculation is given in three doses: three weeks between each dose J. A. McelInnis, M.D., DJNLLSVU (UNV SSMTWNMVH ‘MAVS SI Diphtheria is a dangerous, deadly disease of childhood PROTECT CHILDREN FROM They Pay Their Way Because I have gsiven much space to Scouts in this column I think it only fair to devote some to Wolf Cubs. Here is a story of the ingetuity of a Cub Pack with junk. At the first International Wolfl Cub Conference recently held at Gilwell Fark in Enzland there was a particuâ€" larly iiftteresiing session on handicrafts. A paper and a demonstration were given by Miss McLean, an English lady Cubmaster who succeeds in extraorâ€" dinarily difficult task of making her Pack pay its way on the money they earn, and at the same time finding plenty of opportunity for the full round of Cub activities, The handicrafts they make they sell, and the material they use would usualâ€" ly be tormed junk. For example, Miss McLean showed amazingly good things made from cardâ€" board, wallpaper, and paste. Odd bits of wallpaper and wallpaper patterns can be had for nothing. Paste can be made, and most people have cardboard to give away. Such articles as blotters, paper d‘oyley holders, boxes for Christmas packing covered with wallpaper, calen«â€" dars, and match box holders were among the things displayed. Talkinz of match boxes, Miss Mcâ€" Lean demonstrated a remarkable series of dolils‘ furniture and other things made from empty match boxes coverâ€" ed with wallpaper. A string jar made from a cocoanut was another interesting item. The three indentations which one finds on a cocoanut were drilled, boot buttons were wired into place in two of them and white circles were painted round the buittons to resemble eyes, while the mouth was used as the string holder. A triangular bandage was wrapped round the head, and it had every apâ€" pearance of a startled dusky maiden. Miss McLean also showed us how to turn used cottonâ€"reels a;!nd tobacco tins into candlesticks and other saleâ€" able articles; how painted peanuts tied on twigs gave the impressions of really novel artificial flowers; and how even such domestic articles as rice and splitâ€" peas could be used to make quite atâ€" tractive pictureâ€"frames and other ornaâ€" ments. I have given these a fair amount of detail so that any Cubmasâ€" ter who reads this column may devote sorious attention to the use of materials which they now term junk. To pay the expenses of a Pack on the sale of these articles is certainly an achiecvement, but if Miss McLean can do it, why not you? IN TIMMINS In last week‘s column I overlooked two people who were very important 10 the success of our recent Apple Day. We extend our thanks to Messrs Browâ€" er, who helped with the sale of surâ€" plus apples on Saturday evening, and, McDowell who so kindly allowed us the use of the lot upon which we pitchâ€" ed our tent stand. All adults interested in our moveâ€" ment are invited by the Timmins Boy Scout Association to attend the snnual meeting of the association this evening (Monday) in the court room of the municipal building. All Leaders are reâ€" quested to attend. The meeting comâ€" mences at 8 p.m. | The Patrol Leaders‘ Training Course is scheduled to commence on Saturday evening, November 5th, at 7 p.m., and continue for four weeks until complete, The fee will be the same as the regular Troop fees. Texts and note books will be slupplied. Plan to attend, Try The Advance Want Advertisements outinely yours, Ebr Pact PYTt