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Matt. had to work this morning, but he let me sleep, which I aid until 10. Then I got up, and went calling, and what I didn‘t hear about the doings in _Camp last night. It seems there was all kinds of fun. One of the men was found lying on a shelf in the drving cupboard at one house, reading magazines. When they found him he was sure he had been invited there for dinner, and was quite peeved because the table wasn‘t Can you just picturé him, as he was later, sitting at the head of the table which held saly a bowl of flowers, and raving because he couldn‘t even smell anything cooking. (Actually there was no cooking, because the people there had been invited out for dinner). The same gentleman got his 3â€"yearâ€" old son tight: but it wasm‘t really his fault. The youngster is evidently uesd to drinking cocoâ€"cola, and when he found a glass of it, (with a stiff shot of rum in it,) he drank it. Both father and son staggered home. T wish » I could have seen what happened then. ‘This morning, one fellow (who had four little hammers going in his head), was paddling the nowâ€"sobéred threeâ€" vearâ€"old around the living room in a canoe consisting of two stools. A few other now painfully sobered men got aboard, and it lozsked very real, as they all leaned to the left at the paddler‘s command, (they were going around a curve): I never laughed so hard in all my life as I did at those people this morning. 4e didn‘t get any results, she got pretty scared, and said later, "that she thought her mistress was aâ€"dvin‘ in there." And so for Christmas! I wonder what it will be like on New Year‘s Eve, when they really do kick up their heels here! Apparently there was an impromptu party at the Big House, and afterwards they went out for eats. One man took his partner home about 6 a.m..just as the whistle was blowing, and as he was leaving, he met all the maids in camp coming to work. The servant at that house tried to wake the lady out of a very deep sleep about 8 am. and when the Griffiths, and got soaked all down our fronts, but our backs were not even spotted. Anyway, Sadie and Gill inâ€" sisted on out ahanging. Sadie‘s clothes weren‘t much too big for me, but Gill is nearly as big as you, Daddy, so you can imagine how Matt looked. Well, we had our punch, and then came back home to a Curry luncheon. I slept all afternoon and at 5 pm. began to get dinner. We sat down to the table at 9 and our guests departed at eleven, and we made one wild drive for our own Well, we stept till ten to nine on Christmas Day, and then opened our eves, our presents and our mouths. . . We just gobbled our breakfast, and tore down to Griffith‘s for a Martinâ€" ique Punch. Gill was still sleeping, so we tore down to the Big House for the Fiddies‘ Christmas Tree. Just about when it was over, the rain came down as it only can in the tropics. After it let up a little, we torc_'back to We had a rather active Christmas so far, and I‘m writing this while it is fresh in my mind. To begin with, on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 24th, I thought that T should invite all the ‘Timmins people in that night, and have a small celebration on Christmas Eve, so I dusted around and asked them, and fortunately, they were all able to come. I had Mr. and Mrs. Burr, Mr. and Mrs Cartan, Mr. and Mrs. Beares, Mr. and Mrs. Dewhurst, Jack Bowker, and Ken. Lytle. Then Matt asked the Griffiths, (from Jamaica,) and Sandy Kulai, (Vancouverite,) so it was a bit of a party. couple o1 other bachelors dropped in around 2 a.m. and we got to bed about 3 a.m. Oh Boy! Believe it or not though we got through some ‘Christmas _ rum little Patsy was so busy looking after the guests that she only had time for one "swizzle" during the whole time. We had peanuts, peanut brittle, bread spread with cheese paste, and Christâ€" mas Cake, thanks to you, Mom. I think everyone had a good time. . . . Group at Mackenzie City had Christmas Tree, Santa Claus and Everything that Makes Christmas, Even to a Little Rum. Former Timmins Young Lady Writes Entertainâ€" ingly of Event. Several Timmins People Enjoy Merry Christmas Down in British Guiana Second Section !All Members of the Red Cross Society Urged to Attend. This Includes All Who Contributed to the Last Red Cross ‘ Campaign â€" Large Attendance will be an Encourageâ€" ! ment to the Officers and W orkers. [ Cochrane â€" Mary Helen Bendetti, Standard General Duties. Ansonville â€" Hazel Irene Gagne, Clerkâ€"Stenographer W. E. T. P. Kirkland Lake â€" Gladys Jean Henâ€" ' rick, Std. Tradeswoman. ports should attract a large attendance in itself. There is another reason why there should be a big turnout for the Toâ€"morrow night (Priday, Jan. 2 is the date of the annual meetin the Timmins Red Cross Society. meeting will be held in the cor chamber the Timmins Muni Building andâ€" will commence at clock. will be c for the . with sp6 SKIl Magazine Digest: Among other things that don‘t turn out quite as you expect are people who drive cars. Annual Meeting Timmins Red Cross to be Held on Friday(Toâ€"morrow) Night Timmins â€" Mary I Standard Tradeswoman street, Timmins. Kerr. Larder Lake â€" Stephen Bellan. Noranda â€" Norman Aldridge. There were ten recruits for the RC. A.F. Women‘s Division, these including the following:â€" The list of those enlisting in air crew and other trades at North Bay Recruiting Centre, R.C.A.PFP., as furnishâ€" ed by Squadron Leader T. G. Holley, Commanding Officer of the: Unit, shows that out of 48 recruits in the week of Jan. 8th to 14th, inclusive, Timmins aâ€" gain headed the list with eight reâ€" cruits. North Bay had 6; Sudbury, 5; Sault Ste Marie, 4; Ferris, 3; Kirkland Lake, Iroquois Falls and Cache Bay, 2 each. FEach of the following had one recruit in the list:â€" Schumacher, Anâ€" sonville, Kapuskasing, Noranda, Val d‘â€" Or, New Liskeard, Douth River, Blind River, Sundridge, Oba, Garson Miné, Kewagami, Larder Lake, Sturgeon FPalls, Gunton, Man., Glendale, N.S. Larder Lake â€" Prederic Wallace Sheldon. Kapuskasingâ€"Gordon Richard Kraby Kirkland Lake â€" William Curtis Shane, Wmm McEwan Hoffman. Timmins â€" Hugh Borden Honsberâ€" ger, 9 Cedar street south; Russell Lloyd Netherton, 258 Cedar street north; Anâ€" drew Robert Turcotte, 165 Pina South Walter Greaves, 120 Elm street, south; Walter Louis Quast, 271 Cedar North; John Grant Hammer, 118 Toke street; Henry Patton, 58 Toke street; James Booth Johnston, 123 Elm North. KEchumacher â€" John Strell: McCusâ€" ker, 47A Second avenue,; Schumacher. Troquois Falls â€" Lawrence Harman Cutten, Wm.: WeKellar McLaren. Ansonville â€" Golfred Corbett Plumâ€" mer. Timmins Again Heads the List for Number of Reâ€" cruits. Timmins Enlist in R.C.A.F. Last Week Eight More From We go*t vour Christmas card, Vera; it came last night. I liked the verse on it,â€"quite a good one for warâ€"time, too. Your brief letter came too, Mom, thanks for the stamps for Matt; but would you ktep them in Canada for him; they‘l) stick to each other and everything else, if this weather gets at them. Talking of your new hairâ€"do, Mother, I‘ve heard down here how much younger you are looking. If you keep it up, TI‘ll look like your mother instead of you boking like mine. Gosh, that would be funny. T‘ll be looking forward to your next letter to hear about the puppy. .. Love,â€"Patricia. But the most important news is3 to come, and I‘m quite beside my about it. Matt handed in his resig tion on Monday last, and gave reason as mainly climatic conditions our days here are numbered, 3 mor at the very outside, and after that, as vet are rather indefinite., New Liskeard â€" Gordon McKenzie 1 be rts of he JAast vea abliasbed in Timmine, Ont.., Canaeda EVERY THURSbAY several Mary â€" Elsie Sullivan ne€ has e election of 0 ear. The repol! 318 Spruce Municipa In VSC€ Of 1€ 11 ttawa has a recovery plant; anothe is at the Quebec government‘s Val ad‘C customs mill:; another has been erecte by Hollinger and there are other plant across the Dominion which have under taken to produce scheelite concentrate. As a generality we could say that none of the mines expects to make much, if anything, out of the work done on scheelite, the ore of tungsten. The mineral has been found in mining gold ores at certain points in the veins. It does not occur continuously in any vein and consequently has to be sought out with the aid of ultraâ€"violet ray lamps. With some practice it has been possible to mine a certain tonnage of the ore, or rather to s2parate it from the gold ore. This ore, hand picked, is stockpiled: for treatment in a concentrating plant, one of which has been erected by Little Long Lac for its own and the neighborâ€" ing mines; The Department of Mines at ttawa has a recovery plant; another is at the Quebec government‘s Val d‘Or customs mill:; another has been erected by Hollinger and there are other plants The concentrates are valuable, being worth $26.50 per unit of 20 lbs. of 70 per 1AVve wW your articles on tungsten and underâ€" stand from them that the mineral has a high value. Can you say that any of the mines might make much money out of this sideâ€"line? This point I have not seen discussed in your paper.? The following is the reply of The Northern Mineéer:â€" In last week‘s issue of The Northern Miner there was an interesting referâ€" ence to tungsten mining. This article contains a number of facts about tungâ€" sten in the gold mines that are new and interesting. The article was in answer to the following auery sent to The Northern Miner by a Montreal reader: "From time to time you have menâ€" tioned in your paper discoveries and deâ€" velopment of turgsten ores at such properties as Hollinger, Little Long Lac, Dome, Sullivan, etc. have read some of Opinion Given on Gold Mines With Tungsten Ore. Tungsten Mining Not Necessar ily Profitable Work â€" Jorcr The Royal Canadian Air Force (Women‘s Division) has a new and streamlined version of its trim blue uniform; and as present ones wear out, they will be replaced by this attractive désign. Planned and executed by Canada‘s foremost fashion authorities, it is practical, becoming, and incidentally saves fabric. Most notable change is the cap â€" a curving, wideâ€" visored model of fabric on felt. The tunic has slimmer lines, false upper pockets and patch pockets below ; its back is tailored in one piece, with a detachable belt. Kickâ€"pleat skirts are giving way to a style with six flat gores and plenty of swing to the hemline. The greatcoat, with an inverted pleat and half be‘t at the back, with its lapels flaring higher, and pockets on a diagonal slant, promises greater warmth as well As flattery. E. K * Color, material, and insignia have not altered their proud Air Force identity. (Only one "extra‘" has been added â€" a flat shoulder bag of blue leatherette, which, swinging from right shoulder to left side, will more than compensate for the departed pockets. RCAF. Women Get New l Dinner at Kirkland Netted $605.00 for "Aid to Russia" cent. WO3. Even lower grade concenâ€" trates can be marketed, from 10 per cent. up, by shipment to certain treatâ€" ment plants in the United States where ‘a 80 per cent. recovery can be effected. There has not been sufficient experâ€" | ience to date in the handling of a straight tungsten project to provide profit data. The Emerald mine in Britâ€" ish Columbia is the most ambitious project in Canada so far and the mill has just recently started operation; it is a government financed undertaking. However, we gather that vyou are seekâ€" ing information on the possible effect of production on profits at various gold mines. We would not count on tungsten treatment activities of thess mines making much difference in the earning power, We recently reported, in reviewing Hollinger, that tungsten itself was | mildly profitable but this was offset by the fact that large quantities of low _ erade gold ore had to be mined to mainâ€" Another List of Donations to the Christmas Seal Fund Hunter M E. McGrat Further Contributions Made for the Fight Against Tuâ€" berculosis in the Poreuâ€" pine Camp. The price at present is of course much higher than could be counted upon in time of peace. tain tungsten production. In Hollinger‘s case the tungsten, or scheelite rather, is found in veins low in We have observed that in Kerrâ€"Addison, also, the scheelite is in areas of low or nil gold value. What a straight tungsten mine (nonâ€" gold) can do has yet to be demonstratâ€" ed. Rus icKe a, NC ptite AMdbanee Percy Waxer f $605.00 was nd will go to quota to the C W. Thompson, Chas . A.: Wilson, Wnn , M. H. McCourt Shoe Store, Orde Eldridge Orr. E J. Stoneman, P 1 1€ of Women between the ages of 18 years and 41 years who have Public School Entrance or the equivalent are eligible for enlistment in the RCAF. (Womâ€" en‘s Division) subject ‘to being medâ€" ically fit and passing required tests. There are many openings now for early enlistment in the following trades â€"teleprinter operators, standard genâ€" eral duties cooks, standard tradeswomâ€" en, clerk (steno), clerk medical, hosâ€" pital assistants, photographers, parâ€" achute riggers, clerk steno. (medical). All information concerning the above trades may be obtained by writing No. 7 Recruiting Centre ,40 Worthington St. E., North Bay, or you may visit the RCAF. (W.D) office any day in the week from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Friday evenings from 7â€"9 pm. or Satâ€" urda yto 4 Mountjoy United Church to Observe Anniversary Sunday Rev. Dr.® Laidl: Iroquois Falls to be Preacher. Openings for Recruits Women‘s Division R.C.A.F. Mr. Bowden is an honour graduate of University of Toronto in English and History, and is well equipped to deal with this timely stressing the new emphasis on the use of leisure as a factâ€" or in education. All parents can be assured of a profâ€" itable evening. . f i 4.3 Miss Lois Skelly, a former pupil of the school, who has distinguished herâ€" self as a pianist, will: return as guest artist. 2\1 Mr. R. Bailéy, Musical Director of the school, will provide music by the pupils. Education for Leisure to be Topic for Addvress Here _ The Central School Home and School Association, will hold their regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening, January 21st, at 8.15 at the school. Special speaker will be Mr. J, J. Bowâ€" den, M and the subject of his reâ€" marks will be "Education for Leisure." . Jd. Bowden, M.A., to be the Guest Speaker at Home and School Association. tle bullet thait is nollow an( t like the Duce afiter one Bay Nugge Uniform Mou: untjoy United Church will ; first anniversay on Sunâ€" th, with special services at R. S. Laidlaw, DD., of Iroâ€" will be guest preacher. The ‘ender special music. Pirst rch will cancel their evenâ€" M Laidlaw, of one ol ind eir peopie {1 b a Vb A transfer to headquarters of $5000.00 was made during the month as well as the special donation of $2535.30 receivâ€" ed as commissions from the canvassers, of the Third Victory Loan. Mr. Munro also read a letter from Mr. L. R. Strin« ger thanking these men for such a magâ€" nanimous gift to the Red Cross Society. Mrs. R Taylor outlined the plans of It was decided to send two repreâ€" sentatives to take the Nurses Refresher Course being given at the University of Western Ontario at London. This will e an igspiration to those working with the Nursing Division. The treasurer‘s statement showed a bank balance of $6,725.53 on December 31st., 1942. The accounts paid during the motnh of December for wool, hosâ€" pital supplies, etc., amounted to $450.89 Mrs. R. Taylor outlined the plans of the Nutrition Committee. Mrs. Kinsey reported that the nearâ€" estâ€"ofâ€"kin of prisoners of war might now send in their parcels every three months such items as tea, sugar, coffeée, dehydrated fruits and soups, chocolate, hard candy and.shelled nuts. Coupons for rationed foods may be obtained from Ottawa. hard candy and'sl for rationed food from Ottawa. Mr. Transom repo in membership of Mrs,. Brown, WO her report menti Tre president, Mr. W. E. Williams, presided at the regular monthly meetâ€" ing of the Timmins Branch of the Red Cross. The resignation of Mrs. Gcodings, convener of the Home Nursing and Emâ€" ergencies Committee, was accepted with regret. Right now, according to Igor Solâ€" ovyey, Red Star war correspondent, the Germans are frightened to take prisonâ€" ers because out of every batch of prisonâ€" ers sent to the rear a definite proportion of them escaves and joins the guerrilla bands that are increasing in size and fury with every week of this terrible winteér campaign,. Sometimes the marching parties of prisoners are raided by guerilla parties waiting to free them. Sometimes the prison compounds are raided at night, and holes blown in the barb wire enâ€" closures. T‘wo Representatives of Local Red Cross to Take Nurses‘ Refresher Course at Western University,. Slight Increase in Membership of Junior Red Cross. Local Society Grateful for Donation of Victory Loan Commissions. Timmins Branch of the Red Cross Shipped 9,473 Articles in December Russian Boys, 12 and 10 Fight and Die Alongside Their Gallant Grandad prison compounds) are raided at nmignt,| as a whole, in uniform and out, are and holes blown in the barb wire enâ€" fighting this war tooth and nail. closures. And it may be, a few hundred Canâ€" But until they were caught and killed | adian men and boys can dream up a few weeks ago, a trio who will surely | some schemes to raizse money for the go down in Russian history as national | Aid to Russia Pund that will carry it herces, an aged man and his two| the last auarter of a million dollars at small grandsons, aged 12 and 10, were|a greater clip than the first quarter the liberators of hundreds of Russian | million. soldiers to join the guerrillas behind the| Gend your donation and the donaâ€" German lines. tions you can collect from your friends The old man posed as a blind peasant,| and fellow workers or fellow diners or and with his two small grandsons holdâ€" ; fellow playvers in this still blessed Canâ€" ing his hands, and all laden with ada, to the Canadian Aid to Russia bundles of worthless chattels, they | Pund, 80 King St. W., Toronto. cce . ce . o omm omm e on smy But until they were caught and killed a few weeks ago, a trio who will surely go down in Russian history as national herces, an aged man and his two small grandsons, aged 12 and 10, were the liberators of hundreds of Russian soldiers to join the guerrillas behind the German lines. For it is the power of invention in the men and boys of Russia, not only in their armies but in the vast civilian dynamo of Russia, that is the secret of their sjuccess, against the professional hordes of Germany. Germans Frightened Right now, according to Igor Solâ€" Peasant Stalked Highways Telling War Prisoners How to Escape. Paid for Bravery Under Blast of German Belly Guns. Courage and Ingenuity of Russians a Challenge to All Loving Freedom. (By Gregory Clark) Most of the appeals of the Aid to Russia Pund have been addressed to the Women and girls of Canada. With the threeâ€"quarters of a million mark now clearly in sight, it is time the men and boys of Canada were challenged to display their ingenuity in raising money for this tribute to the men and boys of the other great race which shares with us Canadians the northern hemisphere. Women and girls can stage bazaars, concerts, teas, sales, all manner of atâ€" tractions for raising donations. What can men and boys do? Publiahked in Timmina, Ont.., Canada EVERY THURSDAY 11 18 n Round neck Pullovers Alternate Caps pairs Gloves irm»y and Airforce Nonâ€"Quota Army and Airforce Quota reveless Syeaters bership of the Junio Brown, wool room «C »ort mentioned tha 5 One seaman‘s Nonâ€"Quota A}J snipments inCci seaman‘s Quota eck Swea neck Swt €)16 reported ind rted that the nearâ€" of war might parcels every three a 14 during D ‘ Red onve] 1C ‘Tele â€" 14 knitters: ived and Cro 10 at 8 pim There will be the preâ€" sentation of reports and election of of â€" ficers for 1943 and all those interested in Red Cross work are urged to attend, Civil Defense Worke®s 3 ‘V‘â€"necked Sweaters 225 Articles, Mrs. J. M. Douglas, chairman of Woâ€" men‘s War Work, presented the reports for the sewing and surgical departâ€" mients. Although the sewing rooms were open but twelve davs during the month of December, the average daily attendâ€" ance exceded twelve workers and the hospital quotas were completed, The following articles were shipped to hesadâ€" quarters: cap certain direction, to a certain wood, past a certain village, where comrades awaited them, with arms. Every pitcher goes once too often to the well. The old man and the little boys died under a blast of German belly guns, on a roadside. Ingenuity Needed But it shows you how aged men and little boys can be ingenious. And it reâ€" minds you how the people of Russia, 107 686 Articles Civilian Clothing Surgical Supplics â€" Quota 5 units of Dressings each containing 120 Small Dressing Pads. 80 Medium Dressing Pads 4()) "0 Art 110 Articles Civilian Clothing â€" Nonâ€"Quota 3 Afghans 1 Quilt (crib size) 1 Woman‘s Sweater size 36 1 pr. Bov‘s KWhaki Slacks size 12 20 pIrs. Boy‘s 10 Infants ni 180 15 Boyv 10 Comprt( Single Copyâ€"Five Cents Turtelneck Sweater Aero ‘Caps pairs Gloves Plain Scarves. pair Plain Socks Pace Cloths A1 Br Wipt Hospital Supplies Quota face Masks Nurses Operating Room Gowns Nurses Operating Room Caps Hospital Bedgowns oy‘s Units 1 pr. short n Dres: Dressin Khaki Slack ren‘s Mitts 5 JITC 4 91 1 )¢ trouset OWns Pads. ng Pad Pads ts ITrom the Timâ€" ember were 9473 g â€" Quota 3, each containâ€" shirts, 1 jacket, 1 of the Timmins oss Bociety will chamber of the S1ZC