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Porcupine Advance, 17 Jul 1939, 1, p. 8

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"I know a man who drove 2400 miles recently," continued the Chief., "He travelled through Southern Ontaric and many American cities On July 4 he was in the congested traffic of Detroit during that time he had occasion to use his horn on‘ly twice." Don‘t forget the showing on Monday in ~<the Masonic Hall of the movie films of the. King and Queen at Sudbury. In aid of the hospital, Wedding parties which drove through town, their horn going full blast would be stopped and offending drivers charzed, the Chief said. He pointed out that there are many men sleeping during the day in Timmins, due to the shift system at the mines, and it was not fair to them to have their rest disturbed by motorists who consider weddings an occasion for a lot of unâ€" necessary noilse. + Township of Tisdale Taxes to be Paid in Three Instalments Taxes for Tisdale will be paid this year in three instalments as last year. The first payment without penalty will be up to August 12th. Second instalâ€" ment up to September 12th, and third payment up to October 12th, Mrs. Johnson and Miss Juhnson, of Toronto are spending two weeks in South Preupine as the guests of Miss Anna Sullivan. Mr. and Mrs, Walter Cliff and Mariâ€" lyn are leaving toâ€"morrow (Sunday‘ on a motor tour to Toronto and points South for two weeks. non has determined that this annoyâ€" ance on Timmins‘ streets will be elimâ€" inated. To that end he has instructâ€" ed his men to strictly enforce the law covering that phrase of traffic byâ€"law violation. "It is getting bad in Timmins", said Chief Gagzgnon toâ€"day, "Unnecessary fiorn blowing is a contributing cause‘ to accidents and has to be stopped. In adidition it is most annoying both to drivers and pedestrains alike. I have had many complaints from pedestrains that motorist would drive up behindg them at intersections and lean on their horns. "There are some countries where automobiles have no horns â€" where horns are not allowed by law", the chief said. Sometimes I think it would be a good law for this town. If a motorist ahead of you stops you are not going to hurry him up any by heavy hand on the horn. If his car is out of order it won‘t start the motor and if he stops for any other reason he is not going to hurry because of your impatience. In fact he is more likely to delay his deâ€" parture out of spite. south Porcupine, July 15th, Special to The Advance. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Pearce and famâ€" ily visited at the home of Mrs. Garrity in Kirkland Lake on Friday. Mrs. Sipprell, who has been on holiâ€" day in Nova Scotia, returned to Golâ€" den City this week. Mr. Douglas Cameron and Alec Ramsay are on holiday in Brantford and Toronto. Mrs. Thompson and her grandâ€" daughter, Miss Mollie Richards, leave on Monday fTor holiday in Haileybury and points south, Next specices of traffic offender to feel police restriction will be the motorâ€" ist who uses the horn on his car unâ€" necessarily. Chief of Police Leo Gagâ€" Another thing which the chief said was productive of complaints was the habit of motorists of honking their horns at intersections when the car ahead was not quite fast enough to suit their mood. Miss Marjorie Ewing left last week to spend a month with the St. Paul family in Kazuabazua, near Ottawa. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Brown, of Kitâ€" chener, have taken up residence in South Porcupine on Strachan ayenue. Mr. Reg. Clark returned last Sunday from vacation in New York. Says Unnecessary Use of Horn Contributing Cause to Accidents. Not Only Discourteous but Annoyâ€" ing. Other News from South Porcupine and the Dome. Mrs. Masson Sr., of Wir Mr. and Mrs. Masson anc of Timmins, are visiting at of Mrs. Gordon Gauthier City. Mrs. Coffey and Joyce have returned from Renfrew. Mrs. J. McNulty. of Timmins, is leavyâ€" imz on Sunday for holiday, motoring from Toronto to California for a month. : Horn Blowers to Feel Weight of Law Police Chief Says Mr. Tony dcccini left on Tuesday for holiday and will take in the World‘s Fair in New York before returning Mrs. Gilchrist, of Oshawa and Miss Mepstead, also of Oshawa, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Woods, of 14 Bloor avenue. Twentyâ€"six members of the A.â€"Y. P. A. from South Porcupine, Timmins and Iroquois Falls enjoyed the hospiâ€" tality of the lodge at the Buffaloâ€"Anâ€" kerite Park on Friday evening, It was intended to be an evening of outdoor amusement, watersports and swimmâ€" ing, but the weather proving unkind the young folks had a wonderful time inside the lodge with games and daneâ€" ing, finishing with a weiner roast around the inviting open fireâ€"place. EIGHT Mr. Teorge Train, of the Township Sr.. of Windsor, with Masson and children, at the home t Golden Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Cross and children are leaving on Tuesday for a months‘ vacation at Rye Beach, Ne.v Hampshire. Rev. L. Hussey, former minister in South Porcupine, left for his home in Mitchell on Wednesday, after visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. Crozlr. On Sunday last he assisted in the United Church at the morning service, Miss Igobel Hepburn is on holiday in Toronto and points south. ' Mr. and Mrs. James Emms, of Fairâ€" hursts‘ Bakery staff, left on Saturday for holiday in Orillia, Mr. J. Clark, whose jaw was broken recently by the:impact of a baseball was able to leave hospital on Thursday to return to Golden City, but his duties as preacher will be assisted by Mt. Lyttle for a time yet. Mr. and Mrs.. Johnny Cooke, with Mr. Tom Fell and Mr. James Fell, left on Saturday for holiday in Stratford and Toronto. Dr. and Mrs. Somerville and children spent the weekâ€"end with Mr. and Mrs. Kilbourne, of Schumacher, at Nighs Hawk Lake. Mrs. Lorne Callahan will be spending the remainder of the summer with her mother near Sault Ste. Marie. Mrs. J. Dwyer and Mrs., H. Duggan are spending the week in Toronto reâ€" turning on Tuesday. Miss Marita Arbour left on Saturday for two weeks‘ vacation in Toronto. The bride, who was given in marâ€" riage by her father, looked very pretty in a gown of Queen‘s blue sheer, with pale pink picture hat, and white acâ€" cessqries and wore a corsage of roses and lilyâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"valley. She was atâ€" tended by Miss Margaret McDowell, sister of the bridegroom, whose gown of fowered pink chiffon with white accessories was most becoming. Sergeant Douglas, of the Tisdale Poâ€" lice Porce, with Mrs. Douglas, left on Saturday for two weeks‘ vacation in North Bay and Peterboro. Miss Frances Roxborough Mr. Clarence McDowell Married. After the ceremony the wedding parâ€" ty left for Ansonville where a wedding breakfast and reception was held at the home of the bridegroom‘s mother, The young couple wfi take up resiâ€" dence in South Poreupine. Wedded at Timmins To Reside at South Porcupine South Porcupine, July to The Advance. A pretty wedding was solemnized in the United Church manse, Timmins by the Rev. Wm. Mustard, when Mr. Clarence McDowell, of Ansonville, was united in marriage to Miss Frances Roxborough, of Timmins. Bruce McDowall officiated as groomsâ€" man. Mr. A, Welish ard fortyâ€"five members of his "Gold Belt Band" left on Thursâ€" day for Hamilton, St. Catharings and Toronto where they will play in comâ€" petition with other bands. Kirkland Lake band also left to take part in the festival. Mr. and Mrs, Lex Wright are on holiday in Peterboro after taking in the New York World‘s Pair with Mz. and Mrs. Ellis Wright last week. Tenders Called for New Tisdale Township Building In this issue the Township of Tisdale dale calls for tenders for the erection of the new administration building and fire hall for the corporation of the Township of Tisdale at South Porcuâ€" pine. Tenders must be submitted by 5 p. m. on Thursday, July 27th. Plans and specifications may be seen at the offices of D. R. ranklin, architect, Timâ€" mins. Legerdemain and Magic Entertains Lions Club Members Thomas Nixon entertained members of the Lions Club at their regular meetâ€" ing in the Empire Hotel on Thursday evening. An accomplished sleight of hand artist and magician, Mr. Nixon‘s performance was well received. He was introduced by Stan Fowler and thanked for the club by Len Cousins. Thomas Nixon is Entertainâ€" er at Meeting on Thursâ€" day. Receive Letter from Council. William King president, was in the chair. Guests were Arthur Doddeâ€" meade, of the North Bay lions Club, and Waliter Hylands and Mr. Nixon of Timâ€" mins. The Secretary, Harold Pirie, read a communiciation from the Town Counâ€" cll. The Town would take immediate steps, it said, to instal the playground equipment donated by the Lions Club on the various sites chosen for playâ€" grounds around the Town. The letter was in response to the visit of a deleâ€" gation of Lions to the Council at a recent meeting. At that meeting the dele:ation asked speed in installing equipment in order to get playâ€"grounds under way before the children‘s sumâ€" mer holiday was past staff, left on Saturday t noon on a tour to Montreal, Ottawa, Toâ€" ronto and other points, for two weeks, A piano solo and a vocal solo were given at Thursday‘s meeting by Herbert ‘Treneer. No member$s of the Timmins Lions Club will atend the twentyâ€"third anâ€" nual international convention in Pitâ€" teburgh, Pennsylvania, on "uly 18. 19, 20and 21. 15th.â€" Special t A typegraphical 2rror in this column last week made it appear that Mrs. W. D. Cutbertson had been seriously ill ibut was making good recovery. The ;item should have read W. D. Cuthbertâ€" son, and all will be preased to know that he is continuing to make progress to recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Felix Shulist. are visiting friends at Barry‘s Bay and other points east, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. D. Baldwell, of Winnipeg, were Timmins visitors last week, Mr. and Mrs. M. Honkala left on Sunday to spend a month at their summer cottage near Bayside beach. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Recoskie have been holiday visitors to Barry‘s Bay. Mr. Ralph Doluca is spending a few weeks‘ holiday at the New York World‘s Fair and other points south. Mr. and Mrs. Y. Passi and children are spending a six weeks‘ vacation near Bayside Beach. The Rev. Fr. Chapleau, of the Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish, is at presâ€" ent in Montreal. Out of three men réturning last week by motor car from the south, and asked about the condition of the Northern roads, one said, "Terrible"! and the other two answered "Rotten!" Niiss Betty Tolman, of Kirkland Lake spent a few days visitimg friends in town last week, Mr. and Mrs. E. Hakola, and daughtâ€" er Leila, are holidaying near Bayside Beach. Mr. Culhane, of Sudbury, arrived in town last week to visit his brother, Mr. Con. Culhane, and Mrs. Culhane of 58 Balsam street north. Mr and Mrs. R. George, and son, Reg., of Toronto, leff on Saturday after spending a week visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Linney of Lakeshore Road. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Sillanpaa, and son Paul, left on Friday to visit at the home of Mr. Sillanpaa‘s father at Beaver Lake near Sudbury. ‘ Miss Verna Pearson has been visâ€" iting at Point Alexander, Chalk River. Mr. and Mrs. V. Rauha and daughtâ€" er, Sarah, are spending a month‘s holiâ€" day with friends near Bayside Beach. Miss Mary DeMarco, of North Bay, arrived in town on Saturday. to spend a few weeks visiting friends and relaâ€" tives here. Mr. and Mrs. J. Lehto and family left last week to spend some weeks holidaying with friends in the North Bay district. Mr. and Mrs. A. Pappone, and son, Rene, returned on Saturday after a holiday spent in North Bay, Pittsburg, Mass.., and other points in the United States and Southern Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sillanpaa, and son Alfred, and Mr. and Mrs. Ol Winâ€" sa, and san, Arnold, motored to Sudâ€" bury on Saturday and will spend a few weeks holidayinz at Beaver Lake, and Sault Ste. Marie. Mrs. C. Bromley, of Ottawa, was the guest last week of friends in Timmins. Mr. Leo Laitinen left last week to visit friends in Sudbury. Mr. C and Mrs. A. Mattson and daughter Miriam, of Schumacher, are spending several weeks‘ holidays with friends near North Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Y. Luopa left last week to spend a few days at Gravenhurst, and will also holiday at Toronto and other points south. Mrs. S. Lavelles, of 202 Spruce street north, left last week to spend a few weeks visiting friends at Flinton, Ontâ€" ario. and other points south. A. Poppone,, Eighth avenue, Myrs. Frank Colameco, Mountjoy street south and Miss Mary Palangio. Mr. Leo Lalonde, of the Porcupine Credit Association, left last week for Kirkland Lake, where he will take over the management of the Credit Bureau there for a fow months. He has been replaced here by Mr. D. Ryan, of Kirkâ€" land Lake. Miss PFrancis Ryan is spending her vacation at her home in Killaloe, Misses Marzaret and Gertrude (‘Bunnie") Burke have just returned from France, where they attended priâ€" vate school in Paris, and will spend a few months at their home here. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colameco, whose marriage took place in North Bay on June 27th, returned on Saturday after a honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls, New York World‘s Fair, and other points south, and will take up residence on Mountjoy street south. Mrs. Colâ€" ameco was formerly Miss Rose Palangio of North Bay. Mrs. John Palangio, of North Bay, arrived in town on Saturday to spent a few weeks visiting her daughters, Mrs Several witnesses were called, Dr. W. Atkinson testified that on July 7th at 7 pm. he met the way freight at South Porcupine, and took the child to hospital where he died three hours later. Laceration of brain due to seâ€" vere fracture of base of the skull, wis the cause of death. $ The child had no possible chance of recovery; also bruises were noted on the child‘s hip. James Wood, T. N. O. engineetr, drove No. 303 way freight on this date and testified that when passing Keyâ€" son he had increased speed to 25 to 30 miles per hour, and had given the usual whistle for a crossing at Hoyle Staâ€" ttion. He saw an object close to the rails on the crossing on the right hand side which looked like a dog. When he recognized it as a child he shut off his engine and applied the brakes. Mr. S. Caldbick appeared for the Crown and Lawyer J. LaCourciere was also present,. The jury, under Foreâ€" man W. G. Skinner, was comprised of Messrs E. Grant. W. S. Adamson, S. Kennedy and F. Wilson. Mr. OQOulette, brakeman, said he saw something on the track and tried to make signs to a man about 12 ft, from the child on the other side of the track but could not make him understand. There is no protection at this crossâ€" ing. Mr. Sykes, fireman, corroborated the Engineen6 testimony .and said the train stopped as quickly as it would normally when brakes were applied. But the child was hit by the edge of the engine and was herled over twenty feet. The train stopped, and the child‘s uncle picked him up and took him to the tentâ€"150 feet from the trackâ€"where the family was liv â€" ing. An inquest was held on Saturday morning under Coroner Frank C. Evans in the Township Building, into the death of nineteenâ€"months‘ old Ronâ€" ald Noel, of Hoyle. He did everything possible to bring the train to a stop before hitting the child. Evidence was heard from R. G. King of Gold Centre, who saw the accident in his car, and about 150 ft. from track heard the whistle of the engine and saw the child on the edge of the track. He called to a man on the other side and said, "Is the kiddie clear of the tracks?" to which he got the answer, "I think it is‘"â€"â€" Miss Ethel Brown, of Noranda, is spending some holidays in Timins. South Porcupine, July 15th, Special to The Advance. Mrs. Jack Warren and baby daughter, of Rouyn, Are visiting friends in Timmins. Master David ‘Church is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Badour, Kirkland Lake. Master Gordom MclLeod, Kirkland Lake, is visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. David Church. Miss Esther Larson was a recent VIiSsiâ€" tor to friends at Noranda. Mr. Mike Pearce is renewing acquainâ€" tances in North Bay where he formerly resided. district Inquest Into Death of Ronald Noel at Hoyle on Saturday Mrs. W. R. Lowey, of Cobalt, visited friends in Timmins last week. Miss Dolores Neilsen has returned to her home in Chute, near Cochrane, after spending some time in Timmins. Mrs. C. R. West, and son, Mr. Bill West, are at present spending a few weeks holiday at Lindsay, Ont. Much Evidence Taken in Case of Boy Killed on Track. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Sturgess and children, of Toronto, were guests of friends in town last week. Mr. Raymond. of Hoyle was coming Mr. John Blackburn, of Kapuskasing, as a recent visitor to Timmins and You‘re making a WISE decision when you decide upon us to move your furniture and other belongâ€" ings, for you‘ll have no cause for complaint about either the careful service or reasorable cost. THink OF S T A R "We, your jury summoned to enqguire into the death of Ronald Noel, find that deceased died in the Porcupine General hospital on Friday, July 7th, from a fractured skull caused by the child being struck by the engine of No., 303 way freight on the T. and N. O. Railway at Hoyle crossing in the Township of Matheson; death being accidental from evidence given, No blame can be attached to the train crew." Wood piled up near this crossing would make an obstruction to clear view, it was noted. The jury‘ returned the following verâ€" dict, Serious Charge Against Mayor of Lorrainville Nobody in particular was told off to watch the baby but he had just run out by himself and had not been gone a minute when the accident occurred, Rouyn, Que., July 14.â€"The case of Ludoricâ€" Bordeleau mayor of Lorrainâ€" ville, charsed with being under the influence of liquor while operating an automobile, will be heard on Monday by Magistrate A. Boily. Bordeleau is alâ€" leged to have been drunk when his car struck Athur Roy last week on Gamâ€" ble street. At Youville hospital, where he has been a patient since the acciâ€" dent, Roy is reported as progressing favorably. Mr. and Mrs. Noel and their childâ€" ren, Juliet, Norman and Beatrice, all gave evidence. Brandon Sun:â€"This too, is the month when no one can regard the lawnmowers with affection. Huntingdon â€"Gleamer:â€"Almost 30) years ago two peasant families saved King Charles II of England from the capture by Oliver Cromwell, A fugitive from Cromwell‘s wrath, the king was secreted in a hollow oak tree at Bosâ€" cobel, England, by members of these families named Yates and Penderels. Afterward, Charles granted an annual pension of 500 pounds to be paid to these familics "and to their heirs forâ€" ever." One of the heirs Thomas Walker, 29, now lives at Andover, Mass., and reâ€" ceived his annual check last week for from the river when he saw the child on the track. Me started to run but the train was too fast, he could not uive him, Mr. J. Stevens was loading freight at the shed forty feet from the crossâ€" ing. He saw the child and yelled to it, but it was too young to pay attention or know "what was meant. Children did not often play round the track and he had not noticed this child before., 12 pounds, approximately $60 in U.S money. > from Staffordshire, England direct to REMUS‘, comes this large shipment of This pattern has all the reâ€" finement and completeness of an English Eighteenth Centâ€" ury still life painted â€"in rose, yellow, green and blue on the pleasing Marlborough shape. Service Sl fOr A*...: .004 .i 8l The design is drawn in fine line running style, and painted under the glaze in pink,yellow, green and mauve. LCharlotte is the shape chosen to carry this deâ€" coration. s ‘15. Spode is known and admired the world over by lovers of the "finer things." Disâ€" criminating hostesses of this district so appreciate Spode that Remus‘ now import in large shipments direct from Stafford â€" shire, England where the Spode tradition and craftsmanship have been preserved for more than 150 years. Gainsborough Fairy Dell sSPODE is always on . A. REMUS Dear Sir:â€"During the past three weeks, the press has contained articles from time to time reporting the taking over of the soâ€"called liznite fields north of Cochrane by the T. N. O. Railway Commission, and from what the artâ€" icles have to say, it would appear that work might commeonce at some early date on these fields. Representing the very town, which originally asked for the construction of this railway from Cochrane north, and which town, toâ€"day is located in a strategic position in the event of any development along the Railway, I must take exception to the reported plans from Toronto, and possibly other southâ€" en Ontario cities, where committees claimed to have been formed, for the purpose of inducting the T. N. O. Railway to extend employment to unâ€" employed men from those cities, and at least, until such time, as large numbers of men might be employed at this ligâ€" nite, or any other development, I am sure that the northern towns could proâ€" vide all the help necessary, and further The Editor, Porcupine Advance Timmins, Ontario. if there should be such develcpment, that the very first initial crew should gepart from this very Town of Cochâ€" rane, followed by others from nearby towns. Mayor of Cochrane Suggests That First Contingent Should be Sent from Town of Cochrane. Unemployâ€" ment in North Should Not be Overlooked. Danger in Further Influx of Workless from South. My object in addressing this to you, is not to enter into a controversy through the columns of your valuable paper, but to prevent further influx of unemployed individuals, and possibly men who wouid not be properly fitted or suited to the somewhat hard climaté conditions, that prevail in the area where this dsvelopment is supposed to take place. Such persons, should they be sent here under the auspices of some committee or organization in the cities, would possibly end up, as so many have ended up, in the northern towns, and where no more than elsewhere in the Province, have we any national or provinceâ€"wide system of looking after these soâ€"called transients, so that, in the event of you anything further on this subject at any early North Should Have First Employment Preference in Lignite Fields JEWELLERS® AND QOPTOMETRISTS 17 Pine Street North, Phone 190 From a sketch made at Josiah Spode‘s â€" country _ residence comes this typical English rural scene. Printed in pink on ivory body on the Gadâ€" roon shape of Georgian days. for 4 Display in the ENGLISH CHINA SHOP, downstairs at This Service is composed oaf 4 Teacups and Saucers, 4 Dinner Plates (10"), 4 Tea Plates (7") and 4 Bread Bulter Plates (5") Pink Tower Cochrane, July 13th 1939 ASK ABOUT OUR DIVIDED PAYMENT PLAN 20 Piece Service for 4 Spode‘s Ermine is distinctly Empire in design â€" and _ colour symbolical of heralâ€" dry and royalty. The Fleurâ€"deâ€"Lis and delicate ermine efâ€" fect is done in soft Saxe Blue under the glaze. . 1 Blue Ermine Blairmore Enterprisc:â€"An exchange remarks: If some men are as loyal to their country as they are to their wives â€"God Save the King! date, I would consider it a favour, if you gave this feature of the subject, such publicity as you consider advisâ€" able. Rose Br iar On the "Chelsea Wicker" shape painted in a free and easy style is the rose wreath design in bright red, green, mauve and orange under the glaze, Ne l c t o. Spode Patterns recently added to our stock but not illustrated here: Elaine, Tree of Life, Hazel Dell and Chelsea Gardens dinnerâ€" ware, and Velamour decorative pottery. May I have your acknowledgement of this letter? STATION CKGB 7.15 p.m. Every MONDAY FRIDAY A galaxy of radio stars in an entertaining program of music, song and story. MONDAY, JULY 17TH, 1939 This exquisite patâ€" tern consists of the famous Billingsley Rose,| hand| painted in delicate natural colours on the Itaâ€" dian Renaissance Arabesque â€" shape. The whole is a patâ€" tern of rare beauty particularly effective when used with lace table coverings. Service for for Yours very truly, A. E. Wicks Mavor

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