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(By Elizabeth MacKRae Boykin) In a tattered and torn world, the earthly reality of early American furniâ€" ture has a moreâ€"than usual appeal and assurance. In peace times, chromium and mirror rooms were all very well tut in grim times like these, we want imore forthrightness, more unpretention utility in the furniture.we choose. Endearing. and Enduring And so early American maple and pine are enjoying a revival of interestâ€" and many who once felt these styles too unsophisticate are discovering that they can also be used with dignity, even with a certain formalityâ€"as well as in casual and rustic ways. In response to a grea‘t many letters from readers, askâ€" ing us<just what do and what=doesn‘t: "go‘"‘ with maple and pine furniture, we will today outline some of the versatile ways in which these endegring types of furniture may be used. Watch out for too much clutter ana BNake iquaintriess iin Kfurnishing your early American room. In other words, use a few well chosen accessories in place of a wagonâ€"load of kitchen relics hung around the And consider having a<few large lamps in place of all those little dinky ones that looked sc fine in 1930! For the floor, you can wax and polish the natural wood@â€"or you can paint it in a bright color, add painted designs or spatterdash. You can use scatter rugs or carpeting or linoleum. You can have hooked or braided rugs, or you can use broadloom or even orientals if you choose something in a robust colâ€" our or pattern. With present shortages of wool rugs, some of the new types of cotton and fibre rugs are interesting, especially with maple. The sculptured pile cotton rugs or the shaggy string weaves both look smart and are easy to With Mexican Things You can have the walls of such a aÂ¥nom papered, pained or wood panelled. The small allâ€"over, wall paper patterns and the familiar colonial scenes are all right, but sometimes a modern paper or a Mexican design is more refreshng with maple furniture. If you paint the walls, consider colours like aqua, deep green or lemon yellow as a change from the nbiqultous cream. If the walls are pine panelled, use some bfi'ght ‘incisive colours in curtains, rug or upholstery to bring out, by contrast, the rich wood tones Informality is the style in decorating these days. Franklin stove. The color scheme in the room is This genially informal r¢om is furnished with maple _ heige, barn red and dull green. and pine pleces, and centers about an oldâ€"fashioned ‘LE:â€"AND PINE FURNII;{)%gE HAVE A REASSURING But Use Eu'ly American Furniture With Imagination. Avond ‘ake Quaintness and Clear Away the Clutter. PLEASANT H put through the washer. Pibre mixâ€" ‘tures are being shown in very good looking textures and colors in room sized rugsâ€"these are particularly conâ€" genial in texture and tone with maple. l With Ccttons anid Mohairs Owners of maple are lucky about fabâ€" rics these days. Though many elegant materials are unavailable, there are still cotton and mohair mixtures to be had, and in very satisfying patterns and textures for use with maple, Don‘t lb_e inbited in‘ choosing fabrics to use with mapleâ€"the little colonial sprigs are all right, but the smart big scale deâ€" signs jare good with maple too, and so are some outright modern fabrics. The annual convention of the Distmct of Cochrane Firemen‘s ASaOCi'!tI"n was held at Timmins on Thursday afterâ€" noon, September 28, 1833. It was a strictly session and the gathâ€" ering dealt with many questions of inâ€" terest to the firemen of the district and of value to the communities in this Timmins, and he Presided in his annual effective way cver the meeting that opened in the town hall, Timmins. After the business session, the delegates were entertianed at a chicken dinner given by the Timmins Fire to the visitors. This was a very happy feature of the day, the event being ‘at the Green Apple Pie Cafe, where Mrs. Shephard and her assistants provided an excellent dinner. â€"And don‘t be too restrained about combining:â€"mapleâ€"with other types of furniture either. While it won‘t with just anything, it probably goes with riore different styles than any other one period of furniture. There isn‘t any part of_ the North. The president of the association from the time of its formaâ€" tion was ‘Alex Borland, fire _chief‘ A o. .8 0 .“0..'.0 44, 0,,% '00 * + o. .0, .0 0.“'00.0 0 0. 0. a a y * *,**,* 4 0‘“ *#* 229. .2 ..... * 00. About fom hundred public and sepâ€" * «te | \ 4 se | * *, .@ ® O.C io io ho a*a a*a at + .C "0 0.0 "‘ ..0 0.' * '0 4 Â¥ # * # .’ ¢ * *# ® 4 . @, * * * by Elizabeth MacRea Boykin TEN YEARS AGO â€"IN TIMMINS Timmins Fire Devartment J amenes ; it $ essm § § J $ § N8 F:rom cata in the Porcupine Advance Fyles ts abo a*o dass One of the most remparkable of these is the garden of A. G. Luxton, 72 Hemlock St., where two Easter lilies are in full and pleasing blcom. Faster lilies in bloom outside andâ€"#P October! A.nother inddent mat may be qucted ' ~the to the liliss bea.nsbelngpiakedfordmnerfromthe The following was noted in The Adâ€" vance ten years ago:â€" "Shortly after 8.15 on Sunday Mrs. Robillard reported to the police that a man had entered 69 Rannerman avenue and threatened her with a gun. The man had demandâ€" ed meonsy and when she told him there was none in the house he had given her to undertsand that it was a case of money or her life.. To make his threats the more impressive he deliberatoly loaded the gun before her eyes, she said, and said that unless he got any money in the house he would shoot her. Speâ€" cial Officer R. Allen first responded to the call after Mrs. Robillard reported the matter, and received a good deâ€" scription from the lady. The man had left just as suddenly as he had come, further thegtening her. with ancther call from him. Several suspects were lined up but were not identified by Myrs. Robillard. Rigid search and inquiry by the police had not been successful in bringing forward the right man." worth Land climate and conditions, with stmawberries growing here at this timeâ€"and fiowers blooming in the garâ€" ;dens. There are many gardens in town with heartiful foraul chowinges these arate school teachers gathered in Timâ€" mins the week of October 5th, 1933, for the joint convention being held here, of the North Temiskaming and Cochâ€" rane Teachers‘ Institutes. The two inâ€" stitutes included all ‘the teachers of public and separate schools in this secâ€" tion of the North. Attendance was reâ€" quired by the regulations except in case of illness. For the two days of the ccohâ€" vention the public and separate schools of the district were on holiday. The teachers here for the two days includgd the staffs of the public and separate schco‘s at Timmins, Echumacher, South Porcupine, Connaught, Porquis Juncâ€" tion, Troquois Falls, Ansonville,, Monâ€" teith, Matheson, Kirkland Lake, Cochâ€" rans, Kupuskasing, Hearst and cther centres, as well as those from rural echools in the district. | Appearin in The ‘Advance ten years ago was the following:â€""A lot of peoâ€" ple will have to_revise their opinion of inidebound ruleâ€"but you‘re fairly safe if you simply use it with anything with which it looks well and makes sense. Some maple and pine is made on rather formal 18th century linesâ€"this use, as seems suitable, with 18th century Engâ€" lish or American mahogany or even with certain piecés of French furriture (not with the gilded regal types of course). Sometimes maple and pine are entirely logical and genial with Victorâ€" iin things. On the other hand the oftâ€" called "kitchen colonial" (the more rusâ€" tic pieces) couldn‘t be used with such formal styles. But this unpretentious "kitchen colonial" goes delightfully with painted Mexican furniture, with Pennsylvania Dutch or with French provincial and English cottage furniture, And, even with lots of modern! (Released by Consolidated News Feaâ€" tures). OMES 0 * * * 0.0\.0 0.0 '.0 id ts 82 a®s «* 0.00.00'0 0.0 P ~ TeR PORCUPMNE ADVANCE, TTMMIN3, ONTARIO "Son, why don‘t you play circus? It‘s great fun. First you make a sawâ€" dust ringâ€"" "But where would I get the sawdust, dad?" f Among the locals and personals apâ€" pearinz in The Advance tem years ago were ths following: "Mrs. David Bough, Miss Alice Bough and baby Ronald left ‘this morning for a visit to England." "Mrs. Clare McGowan left on Monday for North Bay to visit her mother, Mrs. B. G. Killoran." "Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Davis and sons, of the Vipond Mine. returned on Saturday last from a three weeks‘ motor trip to Saskaâ€" toon." "Mr. and Mrs. N. Petroski, of Timmins, were the gugs.‘.s last week of Mtr. Petraski‘s sister, Mrs. Burns, of Latchford." "S. L. Green, of Montâ€" real, was in Timmins this week on busâ€" iness in connection with some mining interests in the Porcupne area." "Chas. McCGrath, formerly ofi Timmins, but who has more recently been in charge of a Raptist church not far from Calâ€" gary, is visititrg in itown and being warmly greeted by many old friends grC here. *» "Here‘s the saw. Just cut some of the firewsod into fireplace lengths, And you can have all the sawdust you rake.‘"~â€"â€"North Bay Nugget.. into the Hollinger property, the acâ€" cident resulting in the motor car being badly damaged and the two occupants of the car Mr. R. Lonnegan and Mr. H. Welsh suffering severe injuries. ~The brakeman of the T. N. 0. Mr. Gorâ€" aon Thompson, had five empty freight cars detached from the locomotive and theso empties were being run down the switch. He was at the hand brakes between the first two cars, and from there he was controlling the cars and ready to signal to approaching motor cars. He saw the car dGriven alorg the road {from Schumacher to Timmins ard signalled for it to stop and at the sams time put on the brakes to bring the freight cars to a stop. The motor car was ayproachins sw a good=speed, and came on, ‘and the freight cars and mo*ter car crathed together, the motor car being jammed against a telephonse poie. In the accident the motor car was badly damagzed, and at first those who saw the crash were afraid ‘hat the cecupants of the car would hbe killed or very seriously injured. The cccurrence had been nsted from the Hollinger ofâ€" fice windows and thsir first aid men were very proipptly on the. scgne and were ready with assistance for the ocâ€" curants of the car, who were both inâ€" jured and cut about the face. The two men were taken to the hospital and put under medical treatment. Both men had a narrow eszape from death or very serious injuriss according to the opinion‘oc! thoze who saw the acâ€" cident. Notsd in The Advance of October 5th, 1983, was the fcllowing:â€" "Jack Miner, of Kingsville, Ontario, the famâ€" cus nature lover and earnest lover and earrest advocate of the conservation of bird life and gaime, paid his second visit to Timimns this week, and on Tuesday addressed audiences here on his life and work. This visit of Jack Miner to Timmins was made under the auspices of the Tuxis Boys of the Unitâ€" ‘ed Church. As noted in The Advance last week Jack Mincr is making a tour o‘ the North Land at pressnt advocatâ€" ing greater ‘hought in this country to the conservation of game and telling the story of the Jack Miner sarctuary for birds and the work done there along conservation lines and especially in regard to the wild ducks and geese. His address was given in the United Church, probably two hundred being present. He cutlined the way his study of birds had shown him that migrating birds returned each year, and rememâ€" bered places and psople. He gave illusâ€" trations to prove this, and he was scornâ€" ful of the proverb about the "wise crow and the silly old goose.". He proved the goose to be a very clever old bird, and the crow a murdering nest robber. The two reels of motion pictures and a rumber of slides were shown and ‘these addd to the interest and the informaâ€" tion of the lecture." garden by Mrs. A. G. Carson, on Oct ard, and they were the very bost in quality. Cn Monday afternc>n about 4.30, Cco‘fsober Ind, 1833, thore was an acâ€" cident on the Hollizzer road at the railâ€" way crossirg where the siding runs This faed contains the exact quantities of proteins, minerals ond vitamins a brood sow needs to produce to capacity and have sturdy, uniform young. Formers who make the biggest hog profits know thaot undernourished sows can‘t produce big litters of young. That‘s why more and more breeders are feeding their sows Miracle Brood Sow Ration,. Out of the average litter of eleven pigs 3 die during weaning, and much of this mortality is due to poor feeding of the brood sow. \ \\ \\ )\\ plag" fhixg" phag" VF/(. s 4. s > z> oc _ J PLAYING : CIRCUS "Yes, we have no bananas, but we have some flowers!" was the heading of an article in The Advance {wenty years ago. Reference was made to a walk glonz Hemlock, Tamarack and Maple streets where flowers were blooming and there were fine lawns in October. "Maple street from Third avenue south to the boundary may be described as one fiower garden a‘fter another," said The Advance. R. S. Potter‘s sawmill at Matheson was destroved by fire on Sept. 28th, 1923. The whole season‘s cut was also burned. The loss was a very heavy one, the insurance having expired a week or two before the fire. The Advance twenty years ago had the following paragraph:â€" "Last Friâ€" day the third fire drill this term was held at the Central public school and proved very satisfactory. It was a genâ€" ume test, the alarm being given without any warning to teachers or pupils, and only Principal Day having any idea as to whether it was a real fire or simply a test. The classes all responded in very pleasing way, there being no conâ€" In the monthly medal handicap at the Timmins golf course twenty years ago J. E. Sullivan and C. G. Williams tied, and a play was consequenty necâ€" With the Noble Grand, Mrs. Keene, presiding and a good atiendance presâ€" ent, Gold Nugget Rebekah lodge twenty vears ago observed the anniversary of the order. Twenty years ago The Advance was advising voters to see that their names wera on the voters‘ list so that later on they would not have to object that they had lost their vote. Charles Meyer, for several years chift boss in the mill at the Hollinger, died at Linden, Michigan, some twenty years ago. He was born in Michigan in 173 and had lived most of his life at Linden, though being in Timmins sevâ€" eral years and enojying the regards of all here. The Empire dancing academy was opâ€" ensd in Timmins twenty years ago with Wolnso‘s orchestra in charge. Poys brought the story to town twenâ€" +y years that they had found A dead man in the bush north of the town.. Officer Salley made careful search of the bush but neither he nor the boys could reâ€"discover the dead man. Provincial officer Fred Simpson later joined in the search but was no more successful. Eventually, the boys were credited with having a pipe dream. Twenty years ago Hon. G. Howard Ferguson gave a public statement exâ€" plaining why the T. N. O. Railway had not been extended north of Cochâ€" rane. He thought that in view of the large expenditure by Canfdda for new railways it would be well to wait while befcre undertaking the extension north of Cochrane. It will be noted that this decision did not meet with much general favour, the general clamâ€" our being for the extension of the railâ€" way. Some of the same people v‘ho howled to have the extension now howl because it was built. Such is life. ‘\ Reference was made in The Advance twenty vears ago on the Porcupine fair. The Advance said the weather was good and the fair excellent. ‘The crowd was the biggest at any fair up to that time. A special attraction was ‘the Timmins Citizen‘s Band.. Another special was the remarkable display of The Advance twenty years ago had a lengthy revort of the Northern Ontâ€" ario Associated Boards of Trade meetâ€" ing held at Englehant. John Clarke, of Englehart, was named as the new president of the association. Many subâ€" jects of vital interest to the North were dealt with at the meeting. In the evâ€" ening there was a banquet tendered the visiting delegates by the Englehart board of trade. is ol e c a hes c d c 200. 200002Â¥ o e w uts n d ce d en t Sn ioi 0s on i8 E1tm t itc e C eP T wenty YearsA o From the Porcnplne Advance was a great success. The event was held in the New Empire theatre with Dr. McInnis, the mayor, presiding. Solos by Miss McIntosh, of the public school staff, and A. J. Downie were features of the evening. A Schumacher man was given a three year term by Judge Caron at Cochrane for highgrading twenty years ago.. Hd;x}ers by H. Hatton. The Taylor Hardware and D. Laprairie had very inâ€" teresting exhibits at the fair. The first of the winter season‘s serâ€" ies of band concerts twenty years ago its '09/74//'3 j _its good / Among the local and personal notes in The Advance twenty, years ago were the following: "H. M. Stevens left this week for a holiday visit to the south." "Balmer Neilly, secretary of the Canaâ€" dian Mining Institute, is a visitor to town this week." "Rev. G. R. McVittie, of South Porcupine, conducted the serâ€" vices at the Timmins Baptist Church on Sunday and delighted large audiences with "*his earnest and inspiring adâ€" dresses." "The Harvest Thanksgiving services at St. Matthew‘s church on Sunday were especially pleasing and inspiring and attracted large congregaâ€" tions at all services." "Jack Miller, one of the original owners of the Millerâ€" Middleton claims now forming part of duced. In any event it would appear that the fire drills have attained an efficiency that provides for the safety of all in the school. % fusion or excitement. The whole school was cleared in one minute and fortyâ€" five seconds. When the addition to the school is completed and the use of the other exits are permitted, there is no doubt but that the time for emptyâ€" ing the school will be still furtherâ€"reâ€" INSURANCE IN ALL BRANCHES â€" REAL ESTATE _ * â€"Call and see us regarding New Low Rates on all Automobile Insurance BEFORE 20 PINE STREET NORTH McInnis Block Phone 112 Tim Fire Threatens, Let Us Help You Check Your Fire Insurance. Simmsâ€"Hooker Pickering Reddy says : Protects e Don‘t let the children strain their eyes by studying under a light that is either harsh or dim. Young eyes need a good study lamp that sheds a pleasant light on their books. @ Why be in the dark about taking care of your eyes? It‘s poor econâ€" omy to save on light at the expense of your eyes! Use adequate lightâ€" ing at all times and make sure the light falls on your book or paper without glare or shadow. ®@ Plenty of sewing or knitting to do? Be sure you don‘t strain your eyes under too little light. And avoid waste of light by keeping the bulbs and shades free of dust! "Are you still ‘getting your change in War Savings Stamps‘? You know we still have the Huns and Says REDDY KILOWATT the Hollinger Consolidated, was a vialâ€" tor to Timmins this week. The North owes much to the foresight and faith of men like Mr. Miller for the developâ€" ment and progress of the country, and he is always heartily welcomed here, esâ€" pecially by the oldâ€"timers, all of whom are his personal friends." "E. G. Dick. son is on a visit to Torontp." ‘"D. B. Curtis returned this week to the South after a business visit here." "A. Musâ€" tato has returned home after spending three years in the United States Army at Fort Russell, Wyoming." "Wm. Neâ€" varre, an oldâ€"time resident of the Porâ€" cupine, for the past three years a resiâ€" dent of Detroit, came back to Timmins on Tuesday evening for a few week‘s visit here."" "J. R. Gordon, of Toronâ€" to, was a business visitor here last week." "R, Hawkins, formerly of Timâ€" mins and South Porcupine, where he was a popular member of the express office staffs recently won high honours al. the Ottawa exhibition with his Scotâ€" tish collie, this particular handsome collle winning first prize and a reserve prize in large classes of pedigreed pet stock. South Porcupine 78 BRUCE AVENUE Phone 30 14