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THURSDAY. JULY @#TH :o2 Flowers and all grewing things matâ€" ter more in such grim times as these than in ordinary years. We need them for fortitude, . . to restore our confidâ€" ence in tho of peacsâ€" ful living and beauty, in the rightness of nature. . . . to remind us that seaâ€" sons 6f blcoming and abundance always come again. Our government underâ€" stands this need of our nation for flowâ€" ers, even in such times, for our Departâ€" ment of Agriculture told us that Victâ€" ory gardens should not replace estabâ€" lished flower gardens and lawns. For fine flowers are symbolic of the kind of life our men are fighting for . _.we dare not forget that. A Flowerâ€"Place We have one deceorator friend who feels that ro room is decoratively comâ€" mete withcut fracsh flowers or growing plants in itâ€"something alive in its deâ€" sign, In the summer she masses plants and flowers in the fireplace, making a flowerâ€"place of it as a seasonal center of interest for the rocm. In the winter, she introduces growing ‘things in differâ€" ent waysâ€"making a flower place out of a sunny window. . . .or arranging bracâ€" kets on a wall to hold trailing vines or blooming plants. . . .or placing spectacâ€" ular glass containers in front of a mirâ€" ror wall or a mirror screen where their beauty is repeated by reflection. . . .or building in plant troughs in window sills or mantel shelves. She suggests indirect illumination for flowers at night when that‘s possible. Mass Them in Your Fireplace in Summerâ€"Hank Them on the Wallâ€"Frame Your Garâ€" den with Picture Windows. Huge windows overlooking the garâ€" den are dramatic ways of bringing the garden indoors. . . . . . or French doors leading directly into the garden add immeasurably to the beauty of any room and to the pleasure you will have in your garden. . illumination at night adds a dash of fairyvland. Flower furniture is a charming detail for many rooms. . . tables with fower or plant troughs built into them. . .tall secretaries or cabinets with concealed troughs in their tops for greenery or fiowers. . . .dressing tables with flower troughs across each end or with wall brackets for vases to frame the mirror. Certain pieces of furniture adapt themâ€" selves for use in flower arrangements wi‘hout any fixing. The dumbwaiter tier table with flowers or plants massed on its shelves is perfectly lovely when set in a bay window or in any problem spot in the room. Sometimes corner cupâ€" beards or whatnots or tiers of shelves are interesting when massed with trailâ€" ing plants of flowers. Tall pedestals are spectacular for holding sheaves of fine greenery such rhododendron leaves, For Madeâ€"over Furniture One of the cleverest ways to make over old furniture or improvise furniâ€" ture is to plan it with flower or plant compartments. . .in peace timées copper troughs are the thing. . . in war time‘ make the compartment to fit a glass container that you have available. As for the plants most suitable for indocr use, wellâ€"that depends on how green is your thumb. If you‘re good with plants and flowers you can probâ€" ably attempt a really amitious conservâ€" atory in a sunny window. But if you‘re not too sure of yvourself, then stick to gimple sureâ€"fire things. . . Chinese waâ€" ter plants and Chinese vines, galax and ivy and wandering vbew are good bets, For bloom, geraniums and begonias are easiest. For spectacular effects some of the less familiar types of rubber plants with enormous leaves are favorites of the directors. We know people who grow exciting greenery from grapefruit seed, avocado seed and from the homeâ€" ly sweet potato. Two words of manâ€" gey looking house plants are worse than none at allâ€"much worse. So unless you can keep them looking fresh and healthy, use cut flowers from your own garden or from the florist. There‘s a perfectly elegant new spray arrangeâ€" ment for spraying and for sprinkling house plants. . . it‘s of plastic that doesn‘t rust or corrode and it has a flexible hose and nozzle that really hits the mark and doesn‘t spray everything else into the bargain. ‘This spray top Fill your fireplace cavern in summertime with a mass of gree Rowers. nery or It will cheer and cool the entire effect of the room. In this particular reom green leaves complement the colour scheme used with the French provincial furnitureâ€"rust and dull greens with roseâ€"beige., PLEASANT HOoMES ud Another thing about plants and flowâ€" ers in the house.. . make them an inâ€" tegral part of the design of the room. Don‘t just plunk them down anywhere and expect them to look wonderful. . . plan to place them where they‘ll comâ€" plement and accent the design of the room. Flowers and greenery can bring the drabest reom to life, so consider them as furnishings that bring living decoration into your home. Special Contributions to South Porcupine Fund fits any fruit jar container €outh Porcupine, July 8 The Advance. The Soldiérs‘ Comfort Fund, sponâ€" scred by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Legion has been doing great work for our own bovs averseas â€" sending them parcels of comforts as regularly as their funds permit. The ladies are delightâ€" ed today to receive three contributions to their fund, and would like to publicâ€" ize not only their thanks but their adâ€" miration for the donors, who are our 8. Porcupine children. The money doâ€" nated, was earned by the children‘s groups and speaks for itself. From the Public School through Helâ€" kka Salonen and Norine White (and Miss B. M. C. Shaw) $25 â€" profits from the sale of their spendid little newspaâ€" per "Tisdale Talent." And from the Student Council of our S. Porcupine High School, the Presiâ€" dent, Fino Camvagnola, handed in a cheque for $150. â€" also part of the aâ€" mount earned by our students for their war effort. * â€" (Released by. Consolidated News Feaâ€" tures, Inc.) The third donaticn to the fund came from the Timmins Branch of the Legâ€" ion â€" for $25 â€" a token of appreciaâ€" tion for the South Porecupine Ladies‘ tagging efforts for "Poppy Day". The ladies also wish to state that $64 â€" the total receints from their Fashion Show â€" is to be to the Comâ€" fort Fund. Brandon Sun:â€"Its modern. A nineâ€" yearâ€"old girl in cur block says she can hardly wait till she gets into long pants. > by Elizabeth MacRea Boykin Here is a sprayer with a streamiined bottle cap, pump handle and noZZie These molded parts are rustâ€" connection of colourful plastic Tenite. nonâ€"tarnishing, and virtually unbreakable. The Tenite cap is dard quart Mason jars and the sprayer may be readily This type of sprayer is and spraying proof, designed to fit star transferred from one jar of liquid to another, particularly recommended for home use in watering potted plants, seedlings and shrubs. Special to Firefighters at South Porcupine Do Notgable Work Capable Effort Last Week Prevents Development of Very Serious Fire. Several from South Porecupine and some from Timmins who happen to be conversant with the case have called the attention of The ‘Advance to the splendid work done by the firefighters at South Porcupine on Thursday morâ€" ning of last week in the fire that startâ€" ed in the Sam Woh laundry building on Golden avenue. The general opinion appears to be that had the fire not been cleverly fought and capably handled, the whole town would have been in serigus danger. The fire had a strong hold before it was discovered and the buildings in the vicinity were of such construction as to offer a ready prey for fire had the blaze been allowed to gather headway. The dry weather preâ€" vailing for some time added to the danâ€" ger. Fire Chief Maxwell Smith and some of the regular brigade had returnâ€" ed from the tournament at New Lisâ€" keard at about one o‘clock that mornâ€" ing, but others of the brigade were still at New Liskeard. A competent brigade, hewever, had been left to care for any fire that might occur, and the compeâ€" tence of these firefighters was proven by the notable work they did on Thursâ€" day morning. When the alarm was turned in at 4 a.m. on Thursday, Chief Maxwell Smith and his men were promptly on the sceâ€" ne and their effective work won genâ€" eral approval. The members of the regular brigade were reinforced by a number who have been taking A. R.P. instruction from Chief Maxwell Smith. These A. R. P. workers had agreed that they would be on call for any fires unâ€" til all the regular firemen were on the job. Their prompt response to the alâ€" arm on Thursday morning showed that they took a generous interpretation of their agreement. The way they workâ€" ed in with the regular brigade showed that they have special aptitude for the work. All are agreed that the fire on Thursday morning was one of the worst in the recent history of South Percupine and a very difficult one to fight. Fire Chief Maxwell Smith gives special credit for the good work accomâ€" plished to the AR.P. workers and the members of the brigade and there will be unanimous agreement with this, if addition is made of Fire Chief Maxâ€" well Smith himself to the list of capable and devoted firefighters Quilt Blocks to be Made by Members of Knitting Group evening at the hom Balsam strecet, 1w be Mrs. T. Sceott is Hostess to Rebekah Knitters. was decided that the group would meet on Tuesday evening, July 7th, at the home of Mrs. Kent, 1268A Second aveâ€" nue, Schumacher. teen quilt blocks for tims, and to complete knitted wear for the Fighteen members were present, and discussed plans for a draw for a pair of white wool blankets, this draw to tase place some time in the early fall. It Northern Tribune:â€"Lots of women dress fit too kill, but nobody has the heart to do it. he knitting group of the Gold Nugâ€" Rebegah Lodge met on Thursday ning at the home of Mrs. T. Scott, sam street, to begin work on fourâ€" 1 quilt blocks for the Bombed Vicâ€" s, and to complete various articles of tted wear for the men in the servâ€" cap, pump handle and nozzle pPORCUPINE ADVANCE. ONTARIO New Books at the Timmins Library Several New Volumes on the War Included. About the War Victory Through Air Power â€" Sevâ€" ersky Our Enemvy Japan â€"â€" Fleischer. Ramvarts of the Pacific â€"â€" Abend Atlantic Front â€" Woon Ordeal by Fire â€" Wassey Dover Front â€"â€" Foster Merchant Navy at War â€" Hary Eombers Over the Reich â€" Pollard A Thcusand Shall Fall â€" Habe Jourrey for Margaret â€" White Cther important nonâ€"fiction Fcreign Dovilâ€"Enders.â€"An Iowa boy grows to manhood in the shadow of the Himalayas and learns much about the gulf that separates the East from the Old MeDonald Had a Farmâ€"McDonâ€" aldâ€"Foerthright, cantankerous, hard yet strangely loveable, is old McDonala, a typical pioneer. I Dive for Treasureâ€"Rieseberg.â€"The author has dived for the wealth that lies hidden beneath the seas in the ships of four centuries. ‘€hake Hands With the Dragonâ€"â€"Glick â€"Here is what goes on behind the closed doors of Chinatownâ€"how the peaceful, funâ€"lving, courteous Chinese people, who live so quietly among us, find amusement and contentment in everyday ccmmcen occurrences, Athene â€" Palaceâ€"Waldeckâ€"In _ the erowded Athene Palace of Bucharest the Countess Waldeck watched for seven months diplomats, generals, Gestapo spies, and demiâ€"mondaines from all cover Europe. How to Read a Pageâ€"Richardsâ€"This book undertakes to show the shortest and most direct way to improvement in reading thrugh the study of the main meanings of certain key words. No Life For a Ladyâ€"Cleavelandâ€" In this book you will find the West uncecrrupted by Westerns, the cowboy before he knew he was picturesque, the Indian before he wore Levi Strauss cveralls, and the outlaw before Hollyâ€" weod got him. Grass on the Slag Heapsâ€"Ginzbergâ€" The thousands who saw the picture, "How Green Was My Valley," are alâ€" ready familiar with the problem this book deals withâ€"the tragedy of proâ€" lcnged unemployment in the coal regions in Wales. Franklin Streetâ€"Goodman â€" Heartâ€" warming recollections of life on Frankâ€" lin Street in a typical American town fifty years ago. I Am Persuadedâ€"Duguidâ€"The spiriâ€" tual pilgrimage of a man of today. Mr. Duguid‘s earlier books of travel are "Green Hell" and ‘"Tiger Man." Geography in Human Destinyâ€"Peatâ€" tieâ€"The author shows the different characteristics that develop in people that live in mountains, in plains, in grasslands and in forests. He shows why Europe has been a continent of ' ct. ‘A History of the Ukraineâ€"Hrushevysky Grow Your Own Vegetablesâ€"Dempâ€" Playing the Piano for Pleasure â€" Cooke. Needlepoint as a Hobbyâ€"Lent. The Art of Practical Thinkingâ€"Weil. America‘s Housekeeping Book. Your Children at Schoolâ€"How They Adjust and Developâ€"Hubbard. A History of Medicineâ€"Castiglioni. Gypsy Afloatâ€"Maillart. Sinusâ€"Grove. Elementary Freehand Perspectiveâ€" Norton. The Court of Missing Heirsâ€"Waters. The Boy‘s Book of Strengthâ€"Crampâ€" sey New Fiction The Lady in the Maskâ€"Green â€" A romantic novel about Renaissance Italy. Uneasy Freeholdâ€"Macardleâ€"A ghost stery that can be read simply as a thriller but which will also appeal to those who take hauntings seriously. ton RBreakfast With the Niwolidesâ€"Godâ€" denâ€"An English family in a small town. The Hills Lock Downâ€"Updegraffâ€" A potential artist is sidetracked by the quick money to be found in commercial art. Our Aunt Audaâ€"Pakingtonâ€"A new story in the vein of Family Album, richly peopled with absurd and delightâ€" ful characters. Spring Magicâ€"Stevenson â€"Pleasant people in a pleasant place leading quiet lives despite the War. The Quick Brown Foxâ€"Burnettâ€"A reign of terror in a little midâ€"western city is set up by three fake heroes of Dunkirk. The Strong Cityâ€"Caldwellâ€"A young Bavarian immigrant working in a Pennsylvania steel mill decided that America meant two things to him â€" money and power. No. Common Gloryâ€"Pilgrim â€" At cighteen James de la Cloche had cut a figure at Versailies, fought a duel over a woman, incurred the anger of a King, taken part in a sea fight and been accepted as the secret agent of the British crown. The Man on the Bargeâ€"Millerâ€"A reporter meets many bizarre characâ€" ters. Mississippi Belleâ€"Riley â€" A fiery young heroine of New Orleans ant Memphis in the 1830‘s lives a double lifeâ€"as the notorious Kate Ryan, torch singer in a gambling house, and as an unassuming little widow. No Second S que family tale Angle with Spursâ€"Wellmanâ€"A group of Confederate soldiers ride to Mexico after Lee‘s surrender, and Join Maxiâ€" milian. Village in Augustâ€"T‘ien Chunâ€"Simiâ€" lar to Pearl Buck‘s "Dragon Seed" this Chinese war novel tells of the guerilla warfare against the Japanese invaders. Here is Mv Homeâ€"Gessnerâ€"Immiâ€" grants in America. Gardening for Victoryâ€"Putnam. ‘osquito Eradicationâ€"Hardenburg Pumpsâ€"Kristal. Wood Preservationâ€"Hunt. Diesel Monitorâ€"Rosbloom. Light Novels Haunted Ladyâ€"Rinehart. The American Cowboyâ€"James. Trail Townâ€"â€"Haycox. Payment Deferredâ€"Forester. The Body in the Libraryâ€"Christie pringâ€"Mitchellâ€"A uniâ€" Another week of our all too short summer has gone, and in that week a number of Cubs from the Fourth and Eighth Packs have enjoyed a week mi the glorious outâ€"ofâ€"doors, and the de= parture date for other camps has drawn closer. Scouts of the Fourth and Eighâ€" l th Troovs left for their camp at Davis Lake, to do the things they have been looking forward to dcoing for a long year, out to make the mosi of the time at their disposal by learning to do things fer themselves, to increase their knowâ€" ledge of Scoutcraft, to build themselves up by living in the very best of surâ€" roundings, and to get closer to their Creator by observing the wonders of Nature. A more appropriate spot could not be found than that at Davis Lake, and we wish all in the camp there the very best of camping experiences, and hope that their accomplishments will cause the camp to live long in the meâ€" mory of all. It was at this spot that last vear all local Treops worked in close harmonv, and it is our hove that the Scouts now there will make up their minds that on their return they will aâ€" gain do all that is in their power to bring us closer together in the year that lies ahead. Morltlz NewquAboutnThat Longâ€"Awaited Cub Camp As we promised last week, Akela Wright has announced further plans in ccnnection with the joint camp of the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Cub Packs to be held at Barâ€" ber‘s Bay. Applications to attend the been coming in all week and the numâ€" ber that has been received promises to make the adventure one otf ou}r real worthwhile endeavors. The first Cubs to enjoy the many opportunities offerâ€" ed by such a camp will be those of the First and Second Packs, They will be leaving town on Monday, July 13th and will be returning on Saturday the 18th. Cubs of the Third, Fifth, Sixth and Seâ€" venth Packs will be leaving for camp cn Mconday, July 20th and will return on Saturday, July 2%th. Akelas now have full information as to what each Cub is expected to take with him to camp, but we would like to place emâ€" phasis on the reauest that each Cub bring his own SUGAR RATION for the week. To avoid accidents and loss it would be a good idea to pack the sugar in a tin can or some cther container that will not be torn or broken, and once in camp proper measures will be taken to see that the sugar is properly used and will last the week. Cubs of the First and Second Packs are asked to be at the Hollinger Scout Hall at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 10th for final instructions. iCubs of the other Packs are asked to be at the Hollinger Scout Hall the following Friday evenâ€" ing, that is, July 17, at 7 p.m. for their instructions. Please note the dates and time carefully, and may you all have the time of your lives at camp. Scouts Gather At Log Cabin To Plan Summer Camp Scouts of the Pirst, Second, Sixth and Seventh Troops met last Friday at the headquarters of the First Troop, the T.P.A.A.A. Log Cabin, to make further plans for the camn to be held this monâ€" th at Nellie Lake. As we pointed out last week these Troops will all be in camp at the same time and in the same area, but as far as possible each Troop will be responsible for the conduct of their own camp. The competition for the Drew Trophy for the best campsite this summer will apply here to the inâ€" dividual troops taking part, and a lot will depend on the boys attending camp as all Troops will not be fortunâ€" ate enough to have their individual Scouters along with them. The list of equipment required by the individual Scouts attending was given out at the meeting. The time of the camp was announced as from July 20th to July 3lst, and the place, of course, Nellic Lake. It is expected that about thirty Scouts © will attend this camp, and Troops taking part are asked to get their charters and licenses right away. Let‘s get that equipment rounded up right away too. that there will be time to locate any pieces that may have straved and to avoid those last minute rushes that never do produce good reâ€" sults. Joint Meeting Held Last Friday By First and Fifth What with the added activity thess days in preparing for camp, the First and Fifth Timmins Troops still were able to find time for a joint meeting which was held last Friday evenine. The First Troop assumed the role of hosts. A game of softball occupied the best part of the evening, following which all went into the log cabin where songs and entertainment were the orâ€" der of the day. Captains of the ball teams were Gidio and Ernie Hefferman. The meeting closed at 9 o‘clock. Seventh Troop Change Meeting Time and Place The regular meeting of the Seventh Troop was held last Thursday under the direction of Scofliter Atkinson at the Moneta School. Instruction on the compass and its use presented and plans for camp were discussed at some length. It has been decided to change the time and vlace of future meetings, the time to be Wednesday evenings and the place the Hollinger Scout Hall. This was the headaquarters of the Sevâ€" enth Troop in past vears and we know a lot of the bovs will be glad to get back to their old stamping grounds, and a good turnout of the Troop is looked for this Wednesday. Cubs and Scouts Praised For Dominion Day Efforts A very fine turnout of Cubs and Scouts marked the Dominion Day obâ€" servances in Timmins. The duties unâ€" The Case of the Turning Tid: ner. A Pinch of Poisonâ€"Lockridge x A was under U force and the their praise As the paradt the bovs fell the Hollinger programme 1 they were giv der service. force and the officials were generous in their praise of the work of the boys. As the parade passed each interesection the bovs fell in behind and paraded to the Hollinger Ball Park where a fine programme was presented. Here, too, they were given an opportunity to renâ€" der service. The crowd was much larâ€" ger than could be accommodated in the grand stands and at the last minute the Cubs and Scouts were called upon to fence off the section that was being used in the nrogramme that the people could witness the proceedings from the park grounds. ‘This was done with the utmost of efficiency and despite the cold day the boys remained on the job as long as they were nseded. The ofâ€" ficials in charge of the park extended their thanks to the boys and were pleaâ€" sed with the wiy in which the job was done. The public are deserving of praise for the way they coâ€"operated with the bovs at all places and as a reâ€" sult many more people were able to watch the vroceedings from gosd vanâ€" tage points. Local Radge Committec Issues List of Examiners For some time now the Badge Comâ€" mittee of the Local Association in an effort to standardize badge work in the District, have been working to prepare a list of official examiners for the varâ€" ious badges. The list has not been comâ€" pleted vet but the following have been approached and have signified their willingness to act as official examiners. The tests and qualifications for each badge have been outlined to these men, and all Scouters are asked to cooperate with them in their work. It is the deâ€" cision of the Badge Committee that no badges may be secured without the sigâ€" nature of the official examiner on the application form. The examiners selâ€" ected to date are: Ambulance, Mr. G. Gibson; Angler, Mr. D. Sylvester; Athâ€" lete, Mr. C. Sellar; Camn Cook, Mr. A. Wright; Camper, Mr. N. Greene; Canâ€" ceman, Mr. Keith Powell; Carpenter, Mr. S. Peel; Citizen, Mr. S. Caldbick:; Clerk, Mr. L. Jutras; Cyclist, Mr. A. Wright; Electrician, Mr. B. K. Rutherâ€" ford; Fireman, Capt. J. Morton; Interâ€" preter, Mr. F. Gauthier; Knotter, Mr. R. Wilson; Marksman, Mr. K. Powell:; Miner, Mr. J. Blackshaw; Pathfinder, Mr. N. Greene; Pioneer, Mr. J. Harris:; Public Health, Dr. C. Taylor; Signaller, Mr. S. Morgan; Winter Sports, Mr. M. Lake. The list shows that the greatest of care has been exercised by the comâ€" mittee in the selection of the examinâ€" ers, and it is the hove of the committee that with the coâ€"operation of the Scouters the number of badges held by local Scouts will be considerably inâ€" creased. A more complete list will be published later, probably in the early fall. 1 }} I} Malta Scouts and the Eighth, Scout Law The continuous bombing of Malta might be expected to try the ability of its Boy Scouts ‘to live up to the 8th Scout Law, concerning smiling and whistling "under all difficulties." iA former English Scoutmaster, now in the Royal Navy on the Malta station, writes of the Maltess Scouts‘ work as messengers, telephone operators, orderâ€" lies and AR.P. assistants, and adds; "All the service personnel are full of praise for the unfailing helpfulness and cheerfulness, even under the most terâ€" 9400440009008 0060010000090 0466469 YARD IEAD OFFICE YARD BRANCH OFFICE TIMMINS KIRKLAND. LAKE PHONE 725 PHONE 117 PHONE 393 W“WMWQOOWW John W. 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Huilme, who won the decoration in Crete, had this to say of Bov Scout training: "It was while in the Scouts that I had my initiation in the arts of stalking and fending for oneself, and strangely enâ€" ough when on ticklish jobs in Crete my thoughts would often go back to the Saturday afterncon stunts when in the Scouts as a bov. I often wished I had learned more about reading trail signs." More news next weok and Scouting, and we hc news about camping. Full details from your local Railway EasternQuebec and the Maritmes District Passenger Agent, 87 Main St., West North Bay. Canadian Pacific 18 Good Going Daily June 12 to Sept. 7 Return Limitâ€"21 Days Stopovers Permitted Agent, or apply to decoratic { Bov S« M a hing bett and mach 1missioner on PVE C. Hulme, Crete, had aining: "It Cubbing me more s@aving grand! Their gunnâ€" Boche these