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Porcupine Advance, 1 Oct 1942, 1, p. 3

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Mrs. W. Bondi, of Cochrane, Ont., and daughter, Mrs. H. Sharp, spent the Weekâ€"end in town visiting friends, Mrs. Alec David, of Cochrane, spent last Saturday in town on a shopping expedition. . W. J. Knight, of Clute to Timmins last week AC Angelo Guolla of the R. C. A. F., is spending a short leave in town visitâ€" ing his wife and family, LAC Chester Stenclik, of the RCA. P., is spending a few days in town with his family. Pté. Bill Burwell of the Canadian Army in Toronto, spent last weekâ€"end in town visiting his family. Bill: Pellow of the Tank Corp in Camp Borden, spent last weekâ€"end in town. Mrs. A. Shaheen returned on Monday after spending a week in Toronto and Mcntreal. â€" ~ Mr. and Mrs. Burton of the Dome Mines, are at nresent in Chicago, visâ€" iting old acquaintanes. Miss Rose Pasnick, of Toronto, is visiting Miss Kay McInnis, for a few weeks, Miss Belda Trace of Allenwood, Geotrâ€" gian Bay, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Purdie, 163 Spruce north. Mrs. H. Carter of Cochrane, spent last week in town visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. McMaster, Miss Ruby Hawkins, left on Saturday after visiting her sister in Schumacher last week. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Gaston and son, of Montreal, where visitors to Timmins last weekâ€"end. Pte. Mario Demarco stationed at Vanâ€" couver B. C., is srending a short leave at his home in town. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18T. 1042 â€" Miss May Cadman w week of her uncle an Mrs. J. R. Laidlaw, at Miss Colle:n David, of Cochrane spent a days in town this week iting fniends Mr. Howard Foster szsent a few days last week at his home at Thornlice beâ€" fore repcrting for duty with the R. C. A. F. at Camp Borden. i was the guest last and aunt, Mr. and at New Liskeard. Mike Sockowski left on Monday for Winnipeg, where he will visit friends, before going south, to take up residence. Gunner Joe Gibbon, of the Canadian Army, left today to report back to his post at Prince Rupert, B. C. Myrs. Linstrom and LAC Nils Hanson motored up from Kirkland Lake to atâ€" tend the annual Lions Club dance on Friday evening. Corporal Joe Mitcheill, of the RCAF. is spending a short leave with his famâ€" lly at the Dome. Mrs. H. Bekke returned on Monday from Bala, where she has been holidayâ€" ing. Miss Rose Beauchamyp» is spending the week in Rouyn, Quebec, where she is visiting friends. LAC Vince Lafrantere of the RCA. F., returned to his post on Saturday, after spending a few weeks at his home in town. Pte. and Mrs. J. Gardiner left on Mcnday for Prince Rupert, B. C.., where Pte. Gardiner is stationed with the Canadian Army. Mr. and Mrs. Fordvcee Scott left Tuesâ€" day for Braniford, after attending the funeral of Mrs. M. B. Scott, mother of Fordyvce Scott. Mr. Orvill Smith, formerly of Timâ€" mins, and now of Windsor, Ont., is spending a short holiday at his home in Cochrane. Aircraftsman Frank Bush, of the Royal Air Force, Dagenham, England, training in Victoriaville, Que. is visiting his cousins Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lainsâ€" bury 66 Balsam, S., Timmins. Among the local and personal items in the Rouyvnâ€"Noranda Press last week the following paragraph will bg of local C. S. Boland, late of Timmins, spent the weekâ€"end in Norâ€" anda, with her father, Geo. McLeod, and Mrs. McLeod, following a visit with relatives in Nova Scotia. Mr. and Mrs. Boland have taken un residence at Alâ€" dermac, where Mr. Boland has joined the engineering staff and will probably be engaged on field work for the comâ€" pany." Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Richnardson of Porâ€" cupine, arrived home this week from a vacation spent in Pembroke. They alâ€" so attended the Shawville and Beachâ€" bury fairs. 14 YEARS OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION Mr. and Mrs. A. Fillafer returned this week from a two weeks‘ vacation spent in Toronto, and points south. Miss Eleanor Bortollo i returned on Tuesday from a weeks‘ vacation spent in Toronto and Windsor. Mr. J. Nora and Miss Josnhine Nora returned on Tuesday ‘from Toronto and Windsor, where they spent a week. Mr. and Mrs. F. Ash of the Paymasier returned this week from Toronto and points south. Mr. J. Blake, Sr., left toâ€"day for Fort William, where he has received a comâ€" mission in the Veteran Guards. Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilford 21 Kimberley avenue, spent last weekâ€"end with friends in Rouyn. Mr. Danny Culhane returned to Timâ€" mins Tuesday to take up residence, atâ€" ter spending the past several months out west. Mrs. F. Jackson, Dr. Day and Mrs. M. MacMillan, returned on Monday from Toronto, where they attended the Grand Chavter Session of the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Margaret Easton Shields returnâ€" ed to town on Friday, after spending a few weeks in Toronto taking further lessons. She also snent a.few weeks in St. John, Quebec, visiting her husband, Bill Shields, who is stationed there with the .. C. A. F. New Liskeard is one of the towns of the North Land where the population is higher this year than last. The asâ€" sessment figures just issued at New Liskeard show a population of 2925 â€" a gain of 55 over the previous year. Oddly enough, however, the assessment at New Liskeard is $2,389,775, compared with $2,381,950 last vear â€" a drop of $2,175. Bill Howland, a magazine editor, is authority for the story about the big mosquitoes on the Alaska highway. "Why, over at Watson lake," he writes, "a mosauito landed on the airâ€" port and they put 85 gallons of gas inio it before they realized it wasn‘t a bomâ€" ber." â€" North Bay Nugget. "You seem very quisct tonight, Roâ€" land," said the pretty girlk "Areâ€"Are you sure you love me?" "Love you?" Roland exclaimed. "Good heavens, Rhoda, when we were saying goodâ€"bye at the gate last night your dog bit a piece out of my leg, and I didn‘t even notice it till I got home!" â€" Sudbury Star. SOME FLY THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMMINS, ONTARIO Mrs. M. B. Scott Laid to Rest in Timmins Cemetery The funeral of the late Mrs. M. B. Scott was held on Friday morning at 10.30 and there was an unusually large attendance of friends to pay their last sad tribute of respect and affection to one who had for so many years been one of the most esteemed residents of the town and district, Funeral services were held at the St. Matthew‘s Angliâ€" can Church and the church was not large enough to seat the many who attended, the number of oldâ€"time resiâ€" dents of the town being especially noteâ€" worthy. This was one of their tokens of the high regard in which the late Mrs. Scott was held by all, and the deep sympathy felt for the bereaved husâ€" band and familv. Early Resident of the Town Honoured in Death Rev. Canon R. 8. Cushing, rector of St. Matthew‘s Church, conducted the funeral service at the church and touched on the deep loss suffered by the community, as well as the family in their loss. After the service at the church the cortege proceeded to the Timmins cemeâ€" tery where interment was made, Rev. Canon Cushing conducting the last sad rites at the graveside. The pallbearers were: Messrs W. Nicholson, S. A. Caldâ€" bick, Geo. S. Lowe, W. H. Pritchard, As noted in last week‘s Advanec, the late Mrs. Scott, who had been a valued resident of the North for thirtyâ€"one years, was taken ill while attending a work meeting of the Red Cross on Tuesday of last week and passed away in St. Mary‘s hospital a few hours afâ€" terwards. Geo. S. Drew and M. Willians,â€"all of them early residents of Timmins and the North. Among the touching tributes to the late Mrs. Scott were a number of monetary contributions to the Red Cross in memory of Mrs. M. B. Scott to assist in carryving on one of the good, works in which she took so deep and helpful an interest. The many beautiful floral tokens at the funeral spoke of the sorrow at the death and the symnathy felt for those bereaved. Among the numerous floral tributes were flowers from the following: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd.; W.A. of Presbyterian Church; W. A. of The First United Church; Timâ€" mins Golden Chapter I.O.D.E. Memâ€" bers of the Pirst United Church Choir; Refinery Btaff, Hollinger Mine; Third Floor, Hollinger Mine; Boys from the Assay Office; J.F.L.A., Brantford, Emâ€" ployees of Canadian Durex Abrasive Ltd., Brantford; McDowell Motors Ltd.; Mark Bowie and Co.; Randal and Rose Yes, Brunette‘s Now Have The Largest Fleet of Cabs in Northern Ontario For Better Service Call BRUNETTE‘S TAXI BRUNETTE‘S CABS LEAD THE WAY Anderson and FPamily; Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Adams; Pearl and Stewart; Mr. and Mrs. Prank Burke; Mr. and um‘ Ross Beattie:; Mr. and Mrs. A. Booket and Family: Arthur and Rea; Mr. and' Mrs. H. F. Croft, Brantford; Doris and SBam Caldbick and the boys; Bessie, Alex and the Girls; Mr. and Mrs. Carâ€" riere and Douglas; Vi and Gil Chenier; Mr. and Mrs. James Cowan:; Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Carson; Mr. and Mrs. Dorâ€" way and FPamily, Jim and Lillian Dougherty; The Daltons, Sr.; Bob and Florence Dvye: George and Anne Drew; Mr. and Mrs. David Darling and Lois; Mr. and Mrs DeMille; Mrs. Dunn anud Family: Jack and Elsie Dalton; Irene Cunningham and Prances Evans; Mr. and Mrs. Eddlestone and Dorothy; R. J. Ennis: Mr. and Mrs. N. Farnan and Jean: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fogg; Miss Findlay:; the Morris Family, Brantford; Mrs. Mabel Gauthier and Family. Mr. and Mrs. Arch Gillies; The Graâ€" ham Family; Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Griiâ€" fis; Winnifred and Lee Honey; Mr. and Louis Halperin; Mr. and Mrs. Hatton and Gordon, Grandpa Henry, Edith and Norman, Brantford; Mr. and Mrs. George Haworth and Family, Brantâ€" ford; Mrs. Hitch; Ivy and Steve; Mr, and Mrs. C. V. Kearns; Mr. and Mrs. Langdon, Hilda and Leo Laporte; Mr. and Mrs. N. Leaman; Dave Mackie; G. A. Macdonald; Mrs. Milne and Mrs. Mcâ€" Culloch; Mr. and Mrs. Morin and Famâ€" ily; Margaret and Rose Marie Martin; Dr. and Mrs. Minthorn; Mr. and Myrs. P. Moisley and Family; Bernice, Flo and Joe; Nan, Bill and Peter, The Osâ€" trosser Family; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Pritâ€" chard and Family; Mr. and Mrs. I. K. !Pierce; Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Porter and Family: Harvey Mabel, Marion and Jan, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. O‘Neil; Joe and Jane Sullivan; Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Stevens; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simms, Mrs. A. Shaheen and Family; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Urqubart; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Villeneuve; The Woodbury‘s (Sr‘s and Jr.‘s.); Mr. and Mrs. ‘ Glen K. White and George; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Young; Miss Eugene Young, Murray and Helen:; Dick and Marion, Brantâ€" ford; Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Day; Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Kennedy and Family; Sally; Mr. Sterling. Letters of sympathy were received from:â€"Mrs. Knox, Mrs. Gurnell; Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett, Toronto; Timmins Branch Red Cross Society; Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Tayior and Family; Ellen and Fred Priebe; George and Helen Moore:; Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Deacon; South Porcupine; Mr. and Mrs. Berâ€" nard Lalonde; Mrs. T. Coulson; Mw. and Mrs. J. Cunliffe; Sid and Vera Cooke; Sister Cecile; Mr. and Mrs, M. J. Brovender and Family; Ann and Jean Brodeur; F. Byck and Family; Geo. and Mabel Lake, Richmond Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Grady and Edna, Owen sound; The Donald Sutherlands, Brantâ€" ford; Lawrence and Una Morley, Brantford: Nancy Douglas; Hattie and Verner Neily; Ellen Barry; Ken Bartle, Bristol, Virginia, UAA.; Blanche James: Gordon TIrving: Wilfred W. Tanner, Toronto, Liilian C. Longmore; Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wilison:; Trene Bosâ€" |worm. "Toronto: Mary D. Watt, Sudâ€" bury: Ena; Don Gain, Toronto: Erna IL. Parks: John I. Rankin, Montreal. Ladies‘ Auxiliary Hold Comfort Tea and Whist Drive Plans for Executive Meeting on Friday Evaning and General Meeting on Monâ€" day Evening. The whist drive held on Tuesday evâ€" ening at the Legion Hall by the Ladies‘ Auxilary, proved to be quite successful with ten tables in attendance. Prize winners were:â€" Ladies:â€" 1st Myrs..A. Gauthier; 2nd, Mrs. A. Pigeon; ard, Mrs. E. Vaechino; Gentliemen:â€" Ist, Mrs. S. Gauthier; 2nd, Mrs. 8. T Hornell: 3rd, Mr. R. Smith, On Wednesday afternoon, the Ladies Auxiliary met aagin, for their weekly comfort fund tea at the Legion Hall. Those present were:â€" Mrs, W. A. Devine, Mrs. W. Wilkinson, Mrs. M. Olâ€" son Mrs. J. Johnson a visitor from South Porcupine, Mrs. E. Tilley, Mrs. J. Mcâ€" Garry, Mrs. wW. Johnson, Mrs. A. Ketâ€" ley, Mrs. Jean Smith,‘ Mrs. A. Cannell, Mrs. E. Rov, Mrs. F. Curtis, Mrs. B. Richards, Mrs. R. Smith, Mrs. T. Gay, Mrs. L. Nicholson, Mrs. B. Ruest, Masâ€" ter Leny Trembley, Mrs. E. Hinds, Mrs. E. George, Mrs. T. McLennan, and Mrs. E. Charlton. The executive meeting of the Ladies‘ Auxiliary will be held at the Legion Hall Friday evening, commencng at 715 The general meetng will be held at the Legion Hall on Monday evening at 8.15. sense and Nonsense:â€" These fellows who fix un sandwiches certainly know the last word when it comes to conserâ€" ving the ham. * * t t t *%*% (Est. 1912) 21 PINE ST. NORTH INSURANCE REAL ESTATE We Also Sell War Risk Insurance 81818114144 *%414 44 4 : At the present low rates you should be fully protected. The new form of policy for household furniture covers, fire, burglary, thet and travel risks. Let us quote you 1ates ebA c ULLIVAN NEWTON A mol the reason, and "some Hary Hopkin chap, proposed manner: "I w President and â€" thought you w you to marry 1 said he though Her answe books. "As ident is righ IRVIN ROSNER, R.O. 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