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pers, t thread modiies veloped wonder The war picture as far is laquers go go is this: lacquer finishes on| finer| types of modern furniture are stilll available. And antique pieces with the old types of lacquers are still about too, but of course there won‘t be any iunoorts for the duration. As for the lacquers you used to be able ugwy in cans and splash over| your own, homeâ€"talent furniture, well, theyre getting hardâ€"toâ€"get. We inâ€" quired ;:.r and found that there are cf M it on the shelves of some stores ir z n bright and gay colours, but };7“ â€"thinner which you might need MibB it is scarce and more will not -_-}-;'f; ie for civilian use till vicâ€" tory. ‘-'*; might have to do a bit of hunting @Â¥ound to find the proper inâ€" gxedi j ,}i;..:;; a home job. If you are going te undertake a job like this on your @OWA, Fémember that you can‘t use lacquer @Â¥er old paint: you must have a clea _{ or a lacquered surface. HoweveF if goes over most any material â€"met ,* good, glass or plaster. 6’* war limitations shouldn‘t be too di ‘ Wragaing, for the fine synthetic resins | which most of our domesâ€" mestic t rquer is made toc:y were deâ€" xelo_ After the last war from surâ€" mm a protective coat C quer that is rubbed special processes of make their surfacet to heat, water or a! are not absolutely foolproof against a words they take a lc than a usual finish, the limit. The v expert that thi vantage of ] liar enamel deeper qual to chip. ‘The reg; finishes a trast in a furniture nave a clear protective" ct natural grair year has see the coloured These: fdid6¢es with natural used with, )t quered pigces dern furnitw but Recently w all the furn lustrous fini time a wide choose from. also saw ant lacquers,., oft painting. But the same the appseal of t functional mod mellow finish f. today‘s vernacu niture, even ‘the abeth MacRae Bo forâ€" furnif making ‘decoration conversati days,<Bbut modern lacquers are ferentfrom the finishes by namethat have: been used Orient for two thousands years Thosa old lacquers were made sap of certain tress and the dried best in a damp atn Whereas our modern lacquers thetic andvquickâ€"drying. A MELLOW FINISH But the same lovelyv satin s 1iz _ Iinish, Wide ra STILL AVAILABLE it Most of our furniture is finis that in natural wood tone, But featuring colored lacquers in coat in of used in the ) thousands years or more. quers were made from the n tress and the finishes n a damp atmosphere. modern lacquers are synâ€" Dot At the we are told get three coats then of transparent lacâ€" on by hand. These f applying lacquers es highly resistant ileohol, though they guaranteed to| be abuse. In other ot more punishment , but the sky is not MacRae Boykin) _ _forâ€" furniture! are 1 â€"conversation these lacquers are far difâ€" inishes by the same far is laquers go finishes on| finer urniture are still ue pileces with the ‘s are still about iere won‘t be any lacquered colour and conâ€" ich most of the wood. The adâ€" the more _ famiâ€" t has| a softer is not as prone urniture is finished in lacquer, even iing room with in this softly at the same ther colours to ime exhibit we ie old types of ed with scenic We es involve are told We inâ€" at there of some u might ore will till vicâ€" canvassers quoted interesting incidents encountered. One was the case of a restaurant where the proprietor felt he could not afford money but was ready to supply meals to some of the unemâ€" ployed for his share, the meals to be awarded by the committee. Another a bit of | Similar case referred to was that of a oper in | Shoemaker who was ready to do shoe you are| repair work through the committee as this on | his share. Emphasis was given to how ‘an‘t use| the money was to be spent and that of lacâ€" LACQUER FINISHES FOR FURNITURE PLEASANT HoMES quers still further when peace comes. (Released by Consolidated News Feaâ€" iearned with very deep regret row of the death on Saturday, Tth, 1933, of Miss Marie Proul:» inâ€"training at St. Mary‘s Hospi very popular in the younger c town. At the time of death . only nineteen years of age, â€" end came after a very brief granting of relief. Thi: to those who donated that the money would worthy cases. would be required to give wo turn. Special emphasis was giv fact that each and every ca be thoroughly investigated be granting of relief This was i J. C. ("Paddy") Rowe at her home, 45 Wilson avenue. She was taken ill a few days before with the prevalent influâ€" enza and despite all that care and attention could do she passed away Wednesday, January 14th, 1943, leavâ€" ing the house at 2 p.m. to the United Church and then to the Timmins cemâ€" etery. The sincerest sympathy was exâ€" tended to the bereaved husband and other relatives in their loss. Two daughâ€" ters from Toronto arrived here twenty minutes before their mother passea away. Much of the time ten years ago at the Kiwanis Club luncheon at the Emâ€" pire hotel was taken up with reports on the progress of the Timmins Relief Fund plans and discussion of the One Day‘s Pay idea and relief work in genâ€" eral. Gréeat success was being met with in the canvass being made by members of the Kiwanis Club to induce egiploy. ers and employees to donate if possible one day‘s pay of all those in steady emâ€" ployment for the assistance of those out of work and in neéd. Some of the TEN YEARS AGC IN TIMMINS [~___ FFrom dals in the Poroupins Advance Frics â€"-â€"”-“_-â€"‘â€"Mâ€"â€"Il“.lâ€"“lâ€"flâ€"â€"llâ€"-l.-â€".-.â€"-.-.-_.-'. ## 10 to zo oo o o o o o o o o o y o s i ts i ies ts n o 68000 dn in 4y in en dn Lo Po nc Relief matters featured the first regâ€" ular meeting of the town council ten years ago. The mayor and all the counâ€" cillors were nresent, these being as) folâ€" lows:â€"Mayor, Geo. S. Drew; Councilâ€" lors R. Richardson, Dr. S. L. Honey, J. K. Massie, Geo. W. Parsons, J. Morriâ€" son, and Moise Maltais. A communiâ€" cation was received in regard to an accident on Oct. 29th, 1932. Mayor Drew pointed out that this was the first notification the town had received of the accident and so it was impossible to secure full evidence then as to the condition of the streets and other matâ€" ters at the time of the accident. The liability of the town in case of accidâ€" ents was covered by insurance with an indeémnity insurance company and the letter would be forwarded to the insurâ€" ance company, but it was a pity that the accident had not been reported at an earlier date. Other matters were brought up at the council meeting and discussed. Her many friends deeply regretted to learn of the death ten years ago of Mrs. many decorators are a â€" wide variety of ho ie i i i i i o i y i i i o y e t t t y ty ty ie ts se ty dn hi s tz t is n Gp ty t zB by Elizabeth MacRea Boykin TEN YEARS AGO IN TIMMINS From data in the Porcupine Advance Fyles nds in Timmins p regret and sorâ€" aturday, January ie Proulx, nurseâ€" ‘y‘s Hospital, and ‘ounger circles in f death she was of age, and the 11 wWAas and smart effects. Here shown is a dining nished in laquer pieces done in shades of brief iliness. attack of the Toronto Telegram:â€"With that old monthly notice from the uuto finance company missing, life doesn‘t quite seem the same. _ Aii. i. LZIUCWOLE, WIIO Came nere | some weeks ago from Kirkland Lake.l had the ill fortune some evenings ago to fall on some icy ground, breaking his leg in the accident. He was taken to the hospital where he is making exâ€" cellent progress to recovery though he | will be laid up for some weeks as a result of the accident." "A. pP. Kenning, M.P.P., returned last week from a visit-l to the South and East." "Boruâ€"At St. . Mary‘s HOspital Timmins, on January | 5th, 1983, to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. White, Hoyleâ€"a son." "Bornâ€"To Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Farrell, of 33 Montgomery avenue, Timmins, on ~Wednesday, December 28thâ€"a daughter Ruby)." | Among the in The Adva the following: Mrs. Millar a: saw three men coming through a lane, two of them carrying large bags. The officer thought the matter worth inâ€" vestigating and hurried to question the men, but they hurried still more, dropâ€" ping their loads and running different directions. Shortly afterwards LaTour was picked up on street, following up clues, and the following day Poirier was placed under arrest. Three 100â€"lb. bags of granulated sugar and two boxes of loaf sugar were all taken from the storehouse, and these were recovered. The impression that the . police had was that the sugar was desired for use in still in the district. Although the third man implicated in the robbery was known he left town apparently and for the time being, could not be located. | | I The Advance contained the followâ€" ing article ten years ago:â€""Just beâ€" | fore one o‘clock Monday afternoon H. | Hatton noticed smoke in his barber | shop and promptly gave the alarm. The brigade were quickly on the sceene and through the efficiency of Chief Borâ€" land and his men a serious fire was _averted. While part of the brigade saw that there wasw no one left in the building to be endangered by the dense smoke, other firemen traced the fire, It had originated in the boiler room and had a good start. By the use of one water line and the big chemical tanks the blaze was extinguished. The damage to the boiler room will be about $300.00, but the losses to tennants from smoke will be large, though the fire was confined to the boiler room. George Poirier, 17 years of age, and Adelore LaTour, 19 years of age, who were found guilty ten years; ago of burglarizing a storehouse of the Conâ€" sumers‘ Coâ€"operative Co., were sentencâ€" ed that week. Poirier was sentenced to not less than three months nor more than two years less one day, while Laâ€" Tour was given the term of not less than three months nor more than one year. The diffeérence in the indeterâ€" minate sentences on the two was no doubt due to the fact that LaTour gave information that assisted the authorâ€" ities in clearing up the case. The robâ€" bery at the Consumers‘ Coâ€"operative was in the early morning hours of Dec. 29th, 1933. One of the town police prevalent influenza, pneumonia develâ€" oping and despite the utmost that care and attention could do, death coming after an illness lasting only three days. room furâ€" soft green, N.O o cam rsonal items s ago, were e Millar and this week to *. ¢, % ho obs ote stectecth Geo. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMMINS®, ONTARtO The vear, this year, is going to be by far the year of greatest coâ€"ordinated production this country has ever seen: Civilians will take their place in line with the Army, the Navy, the Mariâ€" Most of the munitions turned out last year have not yet reached the fighting fronts, moréover the weapons had to be scattered over the globeâ€" Russia, China, Britain, Africa, Ausâ€" tralia and the South Pacific. BUT in ‘43 with the United Nations now makâ€" ing the fight, taking the offensive, choosing the fronts, American arms and men, can be concentrated and hurlâ€" ed against the Axis with redoubled effect. The conversion job is done. The reâ€" sult is public record: Since joining the Allies it has produced, 49,000 planes 32,000 tanks and selfâ€"propelled artilâ€" léry units, 17,000 antiâ€"aircraft guns, and 8,000,000 tons of merchant ships. Writes of the War Effort of the U.8. The automobile industry quickly fell into military step. Within six months the rest of the consumers, durâ€" able goods industries, big metal users, went to war. In February ‘42 the automobile inâ€" dustry was ordered to convert to weapons or closis shop. It converted. The year before it had built 5,000,000 cars with fancy chromium and stainâ€" less steel, and we got in comparison 2,000 planes monthly. The program set for the new year by the War Production Board and its felâ€" low agencies calls for $90,000,000,000, worth of munitions output, which is the éntire national income of a highly profitable peacetime year. The past fateful year saw the death of the Government trying to pack water on both shouldersâ€"permitting production of civilian goods in pealk! volâ€" ume and simultaneously arm the fightâ€" ing democracies. That was history in ‘41â€"50,000 machine guns and 3.709,000 electric refrigerators. Now there were changes. There was no longer a George the Third, nor was there a George Washington, but there was a Pearl Harbour! "Oh, That Flagon, That Wicked Flagon," he moaned and went to work. It really hadn‘t been twenty years since last night to poor Rip; it was nearer twentyâ€"five years‘ since he walked up those lovely hills into dreamâ€" land. It must have been a New Year‘s morning in ‘42 when old Rip Van Winkle awoke in the hills along the Hudson and uttered these words. Old Rip shook himself, looked: around for his dog which was gone, picked up his trusty squirrel rifle which now had nothing but the barrel left, and moved down tha hills toward home«. To the Editor of The Porcupmne Advance, Timmins, Ontario. Dear friend:â€" "On, That Plagon, Flagon!" That Wicked â€"sends the following inspiring Neéew Year‘s message from is home in San Antonio, Texas, to his other home and friends in Timmins, COntario:â€" San Armtonio, Texaes, New Year‘s Day 1943 The following let‘er from Vincent Woodbury who prides himself of being a citizen of two great citiesâ€"Timmins and San Antonio, Texas,â€"and a loval sauupporter of two great nationsâ€"â€"the British Empire and the United States Vincent Woodbury Now "Old KRKip‘ is Fully Awake from His Dream. Urges Coâ€"operation and' Goodwill Among All Good People. l ‘ful year saw the death nent trying to pack shouldersâ€"permitting vilian goods in peak volâ€" "Spend lessâ€"lend moreâ€"keep buying War Savings Certificates cegulariv." No adventure story could be more thrilling than the account given by a former resident of the North in regard to his life as a sailor on the Merchant Marine. This former resident of Kirkâ€" land Lake has seen a bomb hit square on a boat carrying T.N.T., and yet the boat escaped serious damage. He watched a dive bomber hit a Dutch TN.T. ship, when six men were thrown 400 yards into the air, and yet lived. While on convoy duty the ship in which he was engaged was torpedoed, but managed to make harbour. He tells how he has heard submarines seraping the bottom and sides of vessels on which he has beem travelling. Other incidents as thrilling are related. Here is the story as told in last week‘s Northern News:â€" Reg. Wood Tells 6of Life in the Reg. Wood Tells 6f Life in the Merchant Marine He wa‘s tupned down by the Navy and the RCAF. but his contribution to the war effort of the United Nations is probably as great as that of any man in fighting uniform. He‘s sailéed mos: Ship Carrying T.N.T. Hit by Bomb. Torpedoed Vessel Makes Shore. Submarines Serape Bottom of Boat. Thrilling Times Enjoyed by Sailor ftrom North Land Happy New Year, Folks! Let‘s this | . shix time as we go over the goal for the to | final touchdown single out no individâ€" owtr ual victor, "The British Navy", or "We | pow won the War", but give credit all to| one another in a wholesome and COM= | sey, panionable way and stick together for | future protection under One who obâ€" and viously leans low to welcome and to five bless s i Yes, Rip, the first half was rough: many innocent have been destroyed and murdered; but somebody is going to pavy for itâ€"one starts with an N and ends with azies. The other starts with J and ends with apes, I mean aps. Two guesses should be enough. We are all going back out onto the field;. "That wicked FPlagon" "ain‘t no more." That intoxication of self conâ€" tent and selfâ€"satisfaction that hit us all for many years is buried deep under the piles of human suffering. Up now, from the shadow of death, we grow with a might under God‘s guidance to win through to a just Victory. Well Old Rip has been pushed over the lot pretty well. His teéth were kicked out, they hit him when the refâ€" eree was not looking, and he took an awful trimming before he could get equipment, cleated shoes, uniforms and balls. Now in 43 the second half starts. We are going to get the ball now and the Alliés during this half will let loose a razzleâ€"dazzle, some spinners, tricky reverses, laterials, forward passes, and some good, oldâ€"fashioned line plunges. ie1l increasingiy as aiscontiined lines of goods disappear one at a time from shelves and showecases. War industries emploving less than 7000000 last yeéar, now have some 1750006353 concluding ‘42 and will boost to 20000,000. Armed Porces now something over 5,500,000 will rise to 9,000,00) in ‘48. Employment in civilian industries, already cut from 20,.200,.000 a year agd to about 21,000,000, will have to be further reduced. FParm workers are estimated at about 8.100,â€" 000; off 200000 from last vear. Miracles have been wrought. Rusâ€" sia‘s stand and success which gave the Allies a chance to get set and function stands out preâ€"ecminently, they really did "the trick". time Commission, and other claimants on the pool of materials Shortages will be felt increasingly as discontinmed Yours, Vincent Woodbury F/IK THEM UPâ€"MAKE THEM L1AS7 KEEP THEM WORKING There‘s enough steel in the average refrigerator to make twelve 45 calibre subâ€"machine guns. And that‘s just one of the hundreds of places where this warâ€"metal is going. So when you find it hard to ohtain this or other electrical equipment, be glad your sacrifice is helping to sound the deathâ€"knell of Hitler and his hordes. Meanwhile, make this your motto: said. "All my voyages have been unâ€" eventful except for the occasional air or Eâ€"boat attack. We usually sail in convoy but there have been times when we were surrounded by subs. I‘ve just completed my fifth ocean crosgsing." The former Kirkland Lake hardware saleésman, wearing a ring with the "MN" insignia of the Merchant Navy inscribed on it and a badge of the Norâ€" wegian Mercantile fleet on the lapel of | his sea jacket, told of the many harâ€" ~1 was staying at an English town several months ago when a Geérman raider came over. The bomber bombed and strafed a school house and killed five or six civilians in the streets., "Near the coast of England my ship was attacked by Nazi Eâ€"boats. The atâ€" tack on the convoy lasted for four days and four nights. Our gun crews were at "action stations" 24 hours a day. The German boats sped in among the ships coming so close it was difficult to hit the enemy without hitting our own ships. We were torpedoed in the bow but were able to make port. "Another time I was travelling in convoy with a TNT ship when the Jerry raiders came over. A bomb fell on the forward hatch, killed three men but by some miracle didn‘t touch off the exâ€" plosives." "One of my first ships was a medâ€" ium sized Norwegian cargo vessel," he said. Norwegians are the best diese! men in the world"â€"and Reg. should knowâ€"h*‘s a motorman himâ€" self. "I saw a German dive bomber hit a Dutch TNT ship in an English harâ€" bour a year ago. Six men, three Dutchâ€" men, two Jugoslaves and a Norwegian were thrown 400 yvards into the air and lived. They were badly smashed up when I saw them in hospital but they lived. rowing sea experiences he has had and taken as a matter of course since leayâ€" ing Northern Ontario in August of 1941 to sign on with the merchant marine. is a member of Canad Navy â€" Kirkland Lakt Woods. "My {first trip to sea ¢f the soven seas, been to South Amerâ€" ica, Tceland. England and most of the ports in the Western Hemisphere. Ho is a member of Canada‘s Merchant Tests run on many Canadian farms prove that when cows are fed "Miracle‘‘ 18% Dairy Feed or a ration containing ""Miracie‘"‘ 24% or 32%, Dairy Supplement, the milk production increases as much as 25 %, and feed costs may easily be reduced 20%. Use these better ‘"‘Miracle‘‘ Feeds in the dotted bags, and boost your profits. â€" . YOUR i MIL K e PRODUCTION with ZPWER feed casts 18 % DAIRY FEED 24% DAIRY SUPPLEMENT 32% DAIRY SUPPLEMENT Says REDDY KILOWATT + Ame ch N _ Reg. Woods is a nephew of Mr. and Mrg. W. J. Woods, 54 Wood street. He was formerly a salesman for the Mitchell Hardware working both at the Kirkland Lake and Larder Lake branch store. Before Jjoining the Merâ€" chant Navy Reg. was woll known in local sporting circles as a wrestler of no mean ability. Try The Advance Want Adve "While you people in Kirkland Lake eat pork and steaks we eat fish. For 12 meals a week we have fishâ€"all kinds of fishâ€"fish for breakfast, dinner and «upper and fish for desert. We have fish soup, fish stew and even fish cake. It‘s really been swell visiting Kirkland Lake and seeing my old friends again but l1 be glad when I get back to the coast and out to sea again." he said in conclusion. I think the most Ir was ever in was St. Jol wick. The people the mothers and fathers, "On one of our r so heavy we smashe lifeboats on board. * voyages 1 shipped w name of Bill Popp : area.*" He went on, "We ¢< our convoy. If the black, if there‘s a heav comes up or if we h: breakâ€"down, we may | convoy. Somehow we‘v, aged to pull through. 3 "ha ps the w gilng ible place I New Bruns= re just like A N ives were rafts and ie of my p by the Charlton engine« the ex«= ‘rackling ging on hammer, ally lose ticularly a storm engine t of the 8 manâ€"= ong on