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Porcupine Advance, 18 Dec 1941, 1, p. 8

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The third at about three o cah» and a truck other at the cor: and Third Avenu driven by J. Bow: was travelling we: behind the truck stopped in the c before making a | Street, the car ra end. The road w the damage to the broken radiator g: gine hood, a scrat front fenedr. a brc light, and two feo broken. There wa truck. At one o‘cock a | came tangled toge! on Pine Street, n The truck, owned k and being driven h Birch Street, Sout! the lane at the rc Post Office and an« Robert Code. 20 C ceeding south on F the truck. No da the truck but al damage was done t Last of the four accide day was awabout five o‘cloc other taxi cab and a lady became involved in an ac £1gn a‘ UlNhn? inters d‘an‘t catch on end he continued into a ho was operated by Windsor Avenve. broken shaflts an of wood that wa scattered all ove amounted to abou The taxi was travellingzy west on Ssecond ~Avenue and the truck was travelling north on Maple Street and had attempted to stop at the stop sign. The truck driver told police that when she saw the slippery street was going to hamper her stopping, she stepped on the gas and tried to beat little dan were tak Ju=‘* ai afternoon volived in nue wihen at the in O. Rov, travelling and had a mnall wit tically all Five Accidents on Monday and |uesday Blamed on levy Roads }me â€"Drawn Slxiqh a n d r Involved in One nf the ~Kecidents. t Men‘s Ladies Comfortable styles in newest colours. Slippers 1 Falcon Shoe Store make o. 08c to 2.3 Falcon Shoe Store BHardessono Rlock from Falcon dama tak 1: *\ af t Practical GIFTS ccinp AUTO BOOTS Al SLIPPERS iles in all â€"tht Slippers from the 0T ~"SLAC fronts 174 Elm Street, _ Third Avenue 1 as the truck on the street urn onto Birch d into the rear ry silippery and i consisted of a n nod dama orbins d into Birch Street > taxi being dollars. nd a car beâ€" an accident irth Avenue. tar Transfer 11 n Blake, 164 turning into he Timmins r, driven by Street, proâ€" eet ran into /as done to â€"at the stop t his brakes ery surface ahecad and i Sleizh that [all, of 11‘ consis‘ed of and a load sleigh was Timmins 12 corner ond Aveâ€" in ideal 91 ind very > drivers Monday were inâ€" Dama 4 'u_“\'efsts in five Tuesday nts the came taxi each *#i ars YÂ¥vonne â€" Rissonette, fourâ€"yearâ€"old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Bissonette, 28 Wilson Avenue, essaped serious inâ€" Jjury on Friday afternoon shortly after one o‘clock when she was struck down by a light truck, when she ran across the street in front of her home. The little girl was rushed to Dr. G. S5, office where she was given medical attention. She was takâ€" en to the doctor‘s office by Howard Brunette immediately after the acciâ€" dent. The injuries she received were not serious being described as bumps of the nose and forehead when she wa: thrown to the ground. The driver of the truck, Christian Lajoie, 100 Poplar Avenue, faces a charge of having defective brakes as a result of the police investigation that followed. Police said that his brakes were in very poor condition and that if the brakes had been in good shaps he could have avoided the accident. Witnesses said that the truck was procecding west on Wilson Avenue and that the little girl ran from the south side of the street and ran into the front of the car. She was knocked to the ground and received numerous bumps on the nose and forehead. Witâ€" nesses said that the truck was only travelling about fifteen miles per hour and that the truck was slow in stopping in svite of the fact that the driver travelling about fifteen miles pet and that the truck was slow in stc in smite of the fact that the applied his brakes. that was travelling in the same dirscâ€" tion behind the taxi and was driven by Edward Caron, 257 Eim Strret South. The driver of the car at the rear mid that the taxi driver had not signalled that he was going to stop and as reâ€" sult he was not prepared to stop sudâ€" denly on the slippery street. Damage to the taxi consis‘ed o' a broken rear bumper, damage to trunk door and the handle of the trunk door broken. The second car was damaged in the front end and the damages was made up of a broken right front headâ€" light, the fenders dented and the bumper _ damaged. Total damaze amounted to about thirly dollars. Fourâ€" Y earâ€"Old Gir] Narrowly Misses Injury in Accident Was Knocked to the Ground by Car on Wilson Avenue But Only Gets Her Head Bumped. Another accident Friday afternoom a little after two o‘clock caused damâ€" age to two cars estimated at about fortyâ€"five dollars. The driver of one of the cars admitted to police that the accident was his fault and agreed to settle all damages; He blamed the icy condition of the road for his inability to stop the car before it crashed into the other. Early on Tuesday morning, at 7 B a.m. another taxi and a car were inâ€" volved in an accident at the corner ol Pine Street and Tisdale Avenue. The driver of the taxi, Florent Dubseau. 70 Birch Street South, was travollin: ~uth on Pine Strect ‘and had pulled over to theâ€"side ‘of the ‘Street to pick UOVCT ( iIm SITIGC OUj 4112 i0 c # 3 * * # rp* up some passengers when hi} cab was Staiff in Fine New Quarters ljgstalrs at Broadway Theatre r;mnj:g i:lmtem;mrmbfh;hg’:‘lehfdrirggrg Building Ready to Help in Employment Matters as Well en behind the taxi and was driven ty | _ 48 If Unemployment Insurance Questions. Eimnployment Edward Caron,. 257 Eim Streect Service Extended. Frank Karpicl, 273 Maple Street, North, driving his father‘s car, came into the intersection of Seventh Aveâ€" nue and Maple Street after Robtrt Cockerline, of the Preston East Dome, who was travelling west on Sevenith Avenue.: Police discovered that Cockâ€" erline was about thlee-quart,exs of the way across the intersection when the crash took place. * the cab across the streot. As a the cab ran in o back part truck and the damage aimoun a@whout forty dollars. Karpiecl admitted that he was to blame for the accident and told police that he would pay for all the damages but said that the icy surface of the road prevented him from stopping his car in time. Damage to Karpiel‘s car was about twenty dollars and consisted of numâ€" erous scratches and dents on the lefit front fender and the front bumper broken in two. Damage to Cockerline‘s car amounted to about twentyâ€"five dolâ€" lars and consisted of dents and scratches on both right fenders. Princess Alice Club Hold Meeting and Plans for Year Gratifying Proceeds of Reoâ€" cent Dance are Donated to V arious Services. The Princess Alice Club met on Tucsday at the home of Mrs. F. Woodâ€" bury, with Mrs. J. Thomson, president, in the chair. Chief topic of discussion during the evening was the Christmas dance which was held on Priday, Deâ€" cember 5‘h. and from the favourable proceeds of which the menvbers were able to give a sum towards Dental supâ€" plies for needvy Timmins children,. to be dispersed by the Town‘s Public Hea‘lth nurs*s. The members also voted a sum to be given to the Salvation Army to supply Chrfstmas baskets. Arrangements were made to assist other service clubs at the Christmas Tree for the children of Timmins: men on overseas service, this event to take place on PFriday, Three Births Registered at Timmins During Week Bornâ€"on December 13th and Mrs. Leo St. Pierre of avenueâ€"a daughter. Bornâ€"on December l1st, 1941. to M and Mrs. Paquin Lorenzo, of $ Messine avenugeâ€"a daughter. Deceoember 19th. Further qaiscussion centred aroun the project work for the following sea son. which will include the preparatic of layettes to be presented to the Publi Health nurses. At the close of the business sessior the hostess served tea during a pleas ant social halfâ€"hour. Try The Advangsg Want Advertisements 1941, to Mtr. 4 Southern (0 »Dtr; she was ; was takâ€" Howard | the acciâ€" ved were! bumps o she wa uM""““W""M' -,\‘\ + * CRA UA PA PP # W" ’vd *# * 4 $ "N‘\W“"-'-)A\\u-,yww ied "“_ v. Neaupof * «an~ k.,ofi"f Christian | faces a akes as a tion that| is brakes| and that shapse | ident. ruck was enue and the into the to numerous from Our Gra Select } | } | * s AriTi¢bis. Canadian Friendship Ent pl(‘)y ment Carol Service Held > Ready at Unemployment at W. M. S. 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At the meg‘ing of sionary Soci¢ty of the Timmins United Church on Thursday,. Doc. lith, a Canâ€" adian Friendship Carol service was held. All the wellâ€"known and beloved Christmas carols were sung in sconjuncâ€" tion with a very beautiful candleâ€" l1gnting ceremony. Mtrs. A. Gillies led the service, payâ€" ing tribute to the Nationalities which make up our Dominion and mentioned the different countries to which we are indebted for some of our best loved carols. An Indian carol was read by Mr: W. M. Mustard, and a noegro carol b Mrs. A. B. Ramsay. Mrs. L. Murray delightfully sang Ukrainian carol. Mrs. W. Shepherd was guest solois Misses Phyllis Reid, Jean Armstron; Valorie Bennetts and Joy Weir, of th Playmates: Club sang "Away in Manzser." Those taking part in the ca ing ceremony â€" were:â€"Mes Weir, J. Harnden, L. Murr Rose, J. Bowden, A. Jackson Mrs. J. Teeple led a brie! bâ€"piece sets in atâ€" bractive leather case. A most timeâ€" ly gift. 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