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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 1941 "Tis said that people in warâ€"torn countries take decks of cards to the airâ€"raid shelters when they don‘t have time to grab lipstickes or a comb. While we in this fortunate land are not faced with such circumstancesâ€"there are going to be a lot of long winter even-l ings to get through somehowâ€"even though the world we know is crashâ€" | ing around us. That‘s why those in the know predict a big year for games | â€"especially the old standâ€"bys like ; checkers and chess, backgammon and bridge, with an alluring sprinkling of new â€" games for the venturesome. Everything else may be limited by reâ€" strictions but games cost little to beâ€". gin with and require no expensive upâ€" keep . . . not anyway unless you‘re an old And so it behooves the homeâ€"maker to be ready for the yen the family will have this winter for M““WQOOOQOOOQOWOWOQO â€"â€"_sSTEAMSHIP OFFICE 20 Pine St. N., Timmins, Phone 1135 and 40 Main St., South Porcupine, Phone 285 RvEAL ESTATE INQURAN(‘E Ee CC P LC K Lumber, Cement, Building Material, Coal and Coke, Mine and Mili Supplies 444%%9 YXARD IEA®D OFFICE YARD BRANCH OFFICE sCHUMACHER TIMMINS KIFRXLAND LAKE PHONE 7125 PHONE 117 PHONE 393 4 4440464484 WMOM“WQOO” Available in Timmins, Schuâ€" macher, and South Porcuping, for commorcial bulldmgs, | _. .4 apartment houses, new homes, and improvements. Paid back by monthly payments over a number of years. APPLY (On First Mortgages John W. Fogg, Limited wWESTERN CANADA COALâ€"ALEXQ AND CANMORE BRIQUETTES wWELSH AND AMERICAN ANTHRACITE NEW RIVER SMOKELESSâ€"NEWCASTLE RED JACKETâ€"Egg Size | An oval game room in the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor has a charming backgam â€" mon table as the centre of interest, The walls of this room are pale beige as is the oval carpet, while Ideas for Game Rooms or Game Cornersâ€"In the Attic, Sun Room, Dining Room or Living Room. PLAN FOR FUN AT HOME THIS WINTER PLEASANT HoOMES the security of home, the companionâ€" ship of games the diversion from grave thoughts and forebodings. More Intimate A game room is a fine idea if the family is large and of widely varying ages. On the other hand, if the famâ€" ily is small and close in spirit, the game room may be neglected, for there‘s more intimacy in staying toâ€" gether in the room where the family| sits in the evening. Or why not go back to that hearty custom of using the dining table for games <. .‘. as aA matter of fact, the dining room can double as a game room if your indoor sports aren‘t too strenâ€" uous. But let‘s take these three soluâ€" tions of. whereâ€"toâ€"play separately: The Game Roomâ€"the usual place for this is an attic or basement where often a wasted space can be : sealed with plyboard or compoboard and deâ€"| corated impudently . . . with old auto license plates from many states, with | autographs and insignia, with newsâ€" paper headlines of sports events, with hobby collections, with posters from cireus, movie theatre or prize fights, ‘with anything the family is especially | interested in. A linoleum floor is usuâ€" tally best because it can take punishâ€" ment, is easy to Kkeep, comes in fresh | clear colours... At any rate, better plan on a floor for dancing. staunch upholstery fabrics are more ’satisfactory too, or leather, so you won‘t need to worry Over the ragging the pieces. get. . Have curtains plain and | forthright â€" the kind that won‘t be ‘\getting out of whack, that don‘t need a ‘lot of fussing with. . And use fresh i clear bright colours in this roomâ€"it‘s ‘not the place for subtle nuances of tone! by Elizabeth MacRea Boykin the draperies are of red and green on small sofas are beig! e of a brilliantly printed satin in on an oyster white ground. The beige with a red fringe trimming. Furnish this room with SSOUl picces, easy chairs, a full length sofa or couch, round tableâ€" and have games the family really like to play, not those you think they might like or those that sound smart. Shuffle board, pingâ€" pong, ring toss, indoor putting are usâ€" ually sureâ€"fire hits. If the men of the family like boxing and wrestling you‘ll want a wrestling mat. Here too is the places for hobbiesâ€" that carpenter‘s bench, radio *"shop", etching press, photoglaphy dark room corner. A drug store grill and electric shaâ€" ker‘is the answer to the food qugstion. If your game room is what in the oldâ€"fashioned house would have been called the back parlour and in whe not so old house would have been called the den or sun room, then the problem is different. This will be the room the family hang out most of the timeé whether in a game mood or not. 80 it will have to combine comfort with play and be decoratively congenial with the other rooms it adjoins. Our favourite recipe for a room like this is a big tableâ€"maybe a library table; maybe an old dining table reâ€" finished, but anyway a table big enough for the gang to gather round for a game or for the various other activiâ€" ties of the family . . . for this is the kind of a room that will get hard wear. kind of a room that will get hard wear. If a bridge size table suits better, have a good permanent type and steady chairs . . . try to find an interâ€" esting table and chairs of real distincâ€" tion. It won‘t be serious if the other furniture is leftâ€"over from the rest of the houseâ€"just do it over staunchly, plan the colours carefully and you‘ll have a pleasant room. We usually preâ€" fer tranquil colours in a room like this . . and no jittery ornaments, no small trinkety lamps. As pleasant a room as we know like this is all in beige and greenâ€"light beige rug and walls and homespun draw curtains, green leather upholâ€" stery, lots of books for accent, threeâ€" way floor lamps. Genial and Informal If the famliy fun must be tucked In Flizabeth‘s Rethberg‘s game reom this genial corner recalls Vienna before the war. Here friends linger around this tatle over pots of coffee or steins of beer. The floor is waxed for dancing and long benches around the wall provide seats for extra company when the party gets big, The walls are m with stout pieces, THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO to another room, don‘t worry about that. the dinette or dining room, the table is there and ready anyway and a very genial place it is for good times. Set aside cupboard space for games, or sometimes space under A builtâ€"in window seat settles the quesâ€" tion of what to do with game equipâ€" ment. If you‘re really not a very formal family anyway, you could even make it decoratively more game room than dining room with a jaunty, mayâ€" be even a sporty, wall paper and casâ€" ual furniture. For refreshments, have a counter with high stools that can double as a breakfast. bar. In the living room the bridge corâ€" ner asks for a really interesting enâ€" semble of furnitureâ€"or for leather covéered seats built in around one corâ€" ner for bridge. Sometimes it‘s atâ€" tractive to have a game table set in a bay window or in front of a window. Or a really fine game table can be the focal point of the room, especially if it‘s the kind of a table you also like to sit around fdr conversation and coffee. (Released by Consolidated News Feaâ€" tures, Inc.) Twenty years ago The Advance had an open letter to the T. N. O. Railâ€" way Commissioners. "For the love of Mike, Honourable Commissioners, Don‘t Cut This Part of the North Altogether From the Book of Remembrance," staid The Advance. In the open letter The Advance proceeded to show that the service on the T. N. O. was actually worse than in the bad days of the war. Under the sorvice as given then, Timâ€" mins had only one train to Toronto and for that passengers aotually had to change at Englehart. Train No. 47, in other words|, came no farther than Englehart and connections to and from Timmins had to be made by the Porâ€"| cupine branch trains and the National. The Advance pointed out that the trafâ€" fic to Timmins and Iroquois Falls formed so large a part of the trade if trains were not justified up this way then certainly there was no sgnse in running them as far as Englehart. The mail service, The Advance pointed out, was even worse than the passenger service. "Your attention is beseeched, Mr. Chairman and Commissioners," said The Advance in conclusion. "Give this part of the North Land half . a square show, for the love of «mud The _powersâ€"thatâ€"be have, sitolen: even‘ our Sundays and left us high and dry, particularly dry. If they won‘t. allow us to get mail or to get out Oor in exâ€" \cept cccasionally it will be too much. The Advance has confidence enough in Chairman Lee and the Commissioners to believe that they will be able to work out a service for this part of the North Land that will be a real si>rvice, instead of a tantalizer." The Advance gave instances of the rotten train serâ€" vice and its workings. On one occasâ€" ion twenty people were left stranded ‘‘all ‘night at Porquis Junction because T wenty Years Ago From the Porcupine Advance Fyles to drink a toast in tea to Vâ€"for Victory, and may The beverage is Skiâ€"Ball, a hot sniced tea drink. When Army meets Nav_v painted white. The stencilled flowers are‘red and green. The wood finishes shown in this picture are in a natural waxed colour except for the cane seated chairs. The frames of which are *painted bright blue, at their best girl‘s house, it‘s only sporting VÂ¥â€"for Victory, and may the best man win! of the poor connections and late traing. | Before the ridiculous service had been f in force long there was such a howl from all the North that improvement was made. The Advance twenty years ago noted the successful reâ€"opening of the Caleâ€" donia Society for the winter season. The event was held in the Oddfellows‘ hall and despite very unfavourable weather there was a very large attendâ€" ance. The viceâ€"president, D. Mackie, presided, and there was A pleasant time for all. The programme includâ€" ed:â€"piano solos, jby ‘Miss Griffin; humorous songs, by J. Cowan; brief adâ€" _dress, by P. A. Macaulay; reading in "Braid Scots," by M. B. Scott; solos, by J. Twaddle, Miss McHugh, Miss Jean Roberts, Mrs. M. B. Sceott; W. W. Bosâ€" worthy; musical chairs, dancing, etc. l Among the accompanists for the evenâ€" ing were Miss Griffin, J. Cowan, W. H. Wilson and Mrs. A. G. Mackay. On Tuesday, Oct. 4th, 1921, about noon, a traveller was coming along Tamarack street, carrying his sample grip in his hand, and just as he reachâ€" ed the corner of Tamarack street and Sixth avenue, he collapsed on the wialk,. A voung man saw him fall down and went to his assistance. Dr. Moore was hastily summoned but the man had passed beyond human aid. iPapers on the body identified the dead man, as H. Nathan, a represientative of an English cable company. His home apâ€" parently was in Manchester, England, and he was in this country representâ€" ing the British firm, the company havâ€" ing Toronto headquarters for Canada. The deceased was regisitered at the Queen‘s Hotel, Timmins, for his visit to Timmins. He was between 50 and 56 years of age. Death was due to heart failure. The company‘s office in Torâ€" onto was communicated with and a promipt reply by wire received to give every attention and consideration. The body was embalmed and shipped to Tcronto. Practically â€"nothing _ was known at Timmins of Mr. Nathan, it ibeing his first trip to the North. Under the heading:â€"*"How are These Guys Going to Vote Anyhow?" The Advance twenty years ago said:â€"‘"Fred cliys he can‘t vote for any Tory candiâ€" date because that would be voting for a Meighan government. How mean! Charlie says he is tco ~democratic to vote‘ for any King government. And neither of them can vote for Labour, because that‘s too much like work." . The Advance twenty years ago made the following reference to a case that had occrpied the attention of the courts and authorities for considerable time:â€""The case of A. White vs the town of Timmins was finally settled last week at Haileybury. The case arose from the use of a dwelling north cf the town as an isolation hospital. The town had been dealing with a man whom it was believed was authorâ€" ized to sell or rent the house, and when a hurry need for an isolation hospital for a smallpox case was enâ€" countered the town made use of this dwelling. Mr. White, on finding the house so us>d without his permission, eventually entered suit against the town. The town made many efforts to Extensive Work on T. N. 0. Railway Improves the Line Heavier Rails, Tracks Reâ€"| ballasted, Concrete Culâ€" "The war makes it more difficult than | usual for the railways to keep their lines in the best shape. While the' traffic is heavier and much increased, there is a special difficulty in securing materials and labour. ‘Thess difficulâ€". ties will tend to increase as the war continues. Most of the railways were left in very bad condition as to tracks and rolling stock after the last war. If study and planning can avert stuch a situation after this war, the Temisâ€" kaming and Northern Ontario Railway will not have this condition after this war. In planning its suunmer proâ€" gramme of maintenance and betterâ€" ment this year, the T. N. O. took into consideration the fact that the railways of Canada are confronted with a situation siimilar to that enâ€" countered during the last war. Alâ€" though conditions toâ€"day are not yet as acute on the T. N. 0. as during the last war, it is evident that the strain will soon be much greater. All this was carefully studied when the summer programme was undertaken. One of the items on the programme of betterment for this year on the T. N. 0. was the laying of five miles of new 90â€"pound steel rails at Doherty, near Temagami. This replaced a lighter section of rail. | Ten miles of track have been reâ€" ballasted with washed gravel ballast and many of the timber culverts inâ€" stalled when the rail line was first built 40 years ago have been replaced with concrete and corrugated. steel pipe. According to the rail management, two interesting instances of these reâ€" placements were at Bourkes and at Ramore, iwhere asbestos corrugated steel pipes are being jacked through high embankments, thereby avoiding interference with the track structure. Extensive alterations have been made at the locomative and car deâ€" partment shops in North Bay and at Winston (formerly Swastika), a garâ€" age for the highway service department of the railway has been built. The passenger station at Swastika has also been enlarged to provide addiâ€" tional space required for the railway restaurant, the report disclosed. Increased telephone and telegraph traffic has made it necessary t6 proâ€" vide additional circuits, the rail manâ€" agement said today. This will ibe accomplished by installâ€" ing a third carrier system, one terâ€" minal of which will be located in the railway‘s repeater station at Swastika, and the other in the Bell Telephone Company‘s buikling at Oshawa. verts. In preparation for this third carrier system, it has been necessary to make certain changes in the pole line beâ€" tween North Bay and Swastika. settle the case, but found this could not be done without prejudicing its righ‘s. The case came up for trial at Hailey< bury this year, but Mr. White‘s title to the land on which the house stood not being established certain technical questions arose as to the rights and liabilities of the various parties conâ€" cerned. The case was laid over and came up again at the fall assizes at Haileybury last week. The parties, through their solicitors, got together and an arrangement was agreed upon. The court approved this agreement, Judge Sutherland dismissing the case without costs and ordering the moneys paid into the court by the town of Timmins to be returned. The town of Timmins on its part is to pay Mr. White $800.00 for the dwelling on reâ€" ceipt of release and bill of sale to the town. Gordon Gauthier appeared for Mr. White, and D. W. O‘Sullivan for A /A â€" A AARK) _ WK N2R REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE IN ALL BRANCHES 124 Pine Street North_ ue A'l‘lmmms PP o o o ‘ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Bargain coach excursion tickets will be valid o. October 23rd. Passengers will arrange their ownr C. P. Depot and take C. P. Train No. 8. | Friday, October 24th. 1941 Tickets are valid to return leaving destination noint not later than . F. Train No.. 7, from Montreal 8.15¢p.m., Sunday, October 26, to conmect at North Bay with our Train No. 47, Monday, October 27th, 1041 Tickets will not be honored on Trains 49 and 50â€"The "Northland" Tickets good in Coaches Only No Bazgage Checked Children 5 years of age and under 12, when accompanied by guardian HALF FARE For Further Particulars Apply to Local Agent Simnmsâ€"Hooker Drew From T. N. 0. Regular Stations To Pembroke, Renfrew, Arnprior, Ottawa, Ontario Montreal, Quebec, Que. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, 1941 BARGAIN COACH EXCURSION Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway 'W“O“ON“QOQOOQQQOO‘!-00000000000“, No man can really afford to drive a car uniess it is covered by insurance, Why wait until something happens before you act. Phone 112 and have our representative call toâ€"day,. Report Gasoline Shortage at Some Northern Towns Reports of gasoline shorlage have come from several Northern towns. This shortage seemed to be caused by the fact that garages supplied their customers as required from day to day, only to find at the end of the month that their allotment of gaspline was gone and neither regular custamers or others could be supplied. One garage at Larder Lake is quoted as saving that the present method of dealing with the gasoline situation is unfair and impractical. He thinks the dealâ€" ers should be supplied with gasoline according to their needs and that the _eustomers should be rationed by the use of ration cards such as are usod l in other countries. HIGHâ€"GRADE SAMPLES Globe and Mail:~â€"Virginio Gayda, who often speaks for Mussolini, says that the Roosevelt speech leaves the Axis naval units no choice but to atâ€" tack United States ships on sight. The chances are remote that an American ship will ever see an Ialian fighting craft as long as the war lasts. Blairmore â€" Enterprise figuresâ€"The boy thatl lis tell a girl he likes lher siz This work is now being completed and the new carrier system will be inâ€" stalled in the near future, officials said estination noint not later than €C. P. . Sunday, October 26, to connect at 47, Monday, October 27th, 1041 who has been appointed Managimg Director of the London Life Insurâ€" ance Company. Mr. Reid has had extensive experience in the fields of investment and finance in Toronto and London. He has been Execuâ€" tive Assistant of the Company and in this cavacity has made valuable contributions to its progress. â€" For. the past four yvears he has been a member of the Executive Commitâ€" tee of the Board of Directors. Vitamins Alone Not Enough help to make this a true tonic for blood and nerves. Buying the large size saves you money _ and f ensures a supply | forall thefamily. 180 pills $1.50. Dr. Chase‘s Nerve Food conâ€" | tains vitamin B,. 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