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Porcupine Advance, 19 Oct 1944, 1, p. 6

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,mv.fv.. en Oddfeliows Hall (where Woolworth’ aAre now located) twenty years amo. 19 new ~members were accepted. It was the Sth yenr for the sootety. D. Markie was Feâ€"Cledted president W. D. Watt was reâ€"elected \’rlce-pi‘esid”en% P. Larâ€" mer was elected secretary, and Mrs. W. D. Watt, treasurer, Messrs. Sellars and Gray, standard bearers, and Messrsl Bennett, Jonnson and Small, officfat pipers. The executive committee, elect-‘ ed by acclamation, were: A. Roberts, Geo Ritchie, W. Forrester, J. Nicholson, ago. There wree 40 members in. the contest, Dr. H. H. Moore was the wim= ner of the dolf Club trophy. Mrs. A. 6. Porter won the ladies cnummmhip event. The Cnledontan Bociety of Tmns had the largest attendance of any:anâ€" Barrister, Solicitor, Rte. Bank of Commetceé Building Barristers, ‘Solicitors, Etce. MASSEY BLOCK and South Porcupine PROFESSIONAL CARDS â€"14â€"40 G. N. ROSS _ CmaARTrRAED Acoomm do mb Am | LwWenlty. years Week ‘The Advahnce received a further | Netter reghrding the post office service hete. It Breaks no new ground and j breaks no hew heads, and space is not . AVailable for its publication this week. Â¥t 16 Written in the form of postry, and becatuse it is too long and fiot quite lpoeueel enough; it is omitted for the tile being. The Advance, however, will hold it as a threat against all conâ€" : cerned. If the post office service is not | ved ~and kept improved, the aoe'cm efi on may be published at | ghy time. vare!" Twenty years ago in Bchumacher' ‘they held a formal opening of a. new public. school, just completed. Mr. C. ~V. Gaiagher Reeve of Tisdale, was the guést of Honour, and gave a very optimistic address. Messrs Shewan and ‘Sullivan "of the school board, also , spoke The Colombo orchestra of Timâ€" | ! minsg furnished the musiejfor the dance | Wwhich followed. A very delicious lunch was served during the intermission. The South Porc upine® correspondent of: The Advance twenty years ago was veiry wrathy over the miserable conâ€" dition of the road between »Timmins ‘and South Porcupine. The Dept. of Northetn Development took cognizance . of ~â€"the reference and promised im« tprovement o hss Phone 1365 Third Avenue _ £ Graduate of the Famous Horologh:al Institute of Switzerland iÂ¥ ‘Toronto and evening,) as Mr the â€"Wintter settled© before he T € 1 t )artrldge fonâ€" days, Oct. 15th twenty â€" years H. L. Traver, Leonard and Ada; Sunday School Teachers of St. Matâ€" thew‘s Church; Mr. and Mrs. Baker and Beryl; Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Carson and Bunny; Mr. and Mrs. R. Wilson and family; Mr. and Mrs. G. H. F. Adams; Mrs. E. Tilley; Dr. Smith, Bea, Annie, «ffilda and Gwen; Moth@:, Doris and Cyril. Mtr. and Mrs Harry Sopha and family; | Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Prichard7 Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Fuhr; Mr. and Mrs. Treveâ€" than and Basil: Mrs Clarke, Meta, and Dick:; the Wales family; Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Taylor and family; G. A. Macdonâ€" ald and Grace; the Families, Albort Kendall and Lorne Lemieux; the Ladies, Guild of St. Matthew‘s Church; the.46th Brownies and the5ist Brownâ€" ies; the Guiders and the Girl Guides; Officers and Members of Stiver Lodge No. 486, Cobalt; Golden Beaver Lodg»s A. F. and A. M.; the Hollinger Storeâ€" house staff; Mrs. Webb and Madze, Grace and Harvey; Mr. and Mrs. Burt and family; First Timmins Cubs; St Matthews A. Y. P. A.; Mr. and Mrs. Farrer The Shewan Family, Mr anda Mrs. W. H. Pritchard; Mrs. Brand and Carl and Florence Briggs:; Mr. and | "Mzs Fred Simms; Mr. and Mrs. H. M. i BStickley. and family; Mr. and: Mrs.| Severt; Mr. and Mrs. Flowers; Mrs. | Taylor and Sid; The Bowie famxly | Harry, Violet and Geraldine; Mr. and Mrs. A. Booker; Mr. and Mrs Harry Lloyd and family; Mr. and Mrs. Harnden and family; Miss Doreen Wharton: Mrs." C. Hitch, Ivy and Steve; Mr. T. E. Thomas and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Maxwell Mr. and Mrs W. Blakeman and Ifumly, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cadman and the Girls; 'Mr and Mrs E. H. Hill and family; â€" _ Among the local and personal items ~ in The Advance twenty years ago, were the following: â€" "Bornâ€"in Timmins, Ont., on Friday, Oct. 10th, 1924, to Mr. and Mrs. P. J. O‘Neillâ€"a son." "Dr. _ A.â€" 8. . Porter left on Monday on a business trip to Poassan and Elk Lake." j "Mrs. H. Traver and son returned yesterday from a visit to North Bay, Toronto and other points south." "An official statement informs the world that there is one illicit still for every 580 people in the Ukraine, Russia. Five hundred local Ukrainians are talking about going home to get theirs.‘" "Miss i Iylah Stevens returned home last night ~after spending the summer with her. uncle, Mr. C. L. Breamer, at Seattle, Washington. She was met by friends at Porquis Junction and they motored home from there." "The express limits for free delivery have been extended recéntly in Haileybury. How ‘about Timmins?" "All will be pleased to know that Mr.‘J. T. Easton continues to make excellent progress to recovery." ‘"‘The marriage took place on Saturday last of Mr. Arthur Shaw and Miss Leona LaCasse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N.~LaCasse, of Timmins. Rev. PFr. Therriault officiated at the ceremony. The sincere good wishes from hosts of friends in the town and district." Mr.â€"_Fredâ€" Read,, whoâ€"died morning, October 1st, at his home at 36 Sixth Avenue, the funsral services being held at St. Mathew‘s Anglican Church on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 4th. Among the floral tributes were flowers from the tollowing «= There were many beautiful floral tributes ~to ‘ths memory of . the late Many Beautiful Tributes at Funeral of Mr. F. Read The Advance twenty years ago reâ€" corded the death of Mr. J. H. Millbury, ‘a miner at the Vipond Mine, from ‘ injuries received whilé at work. It was not known définitely just what the cause of the accident was, but it was thought that he had drilled into a missed hole. He was terribly injured, particularly about the face and head, by the explosion. He was a native of Nova Stotix, and was 32 years of, age. A widow and two children survive. â€" basilor memngms A mow and two. children survive. The remairis were taken to Goldboro, N.S., for interment.| ‘The Misses Nevada and Fern Mcâ€" Carthy were hostesses twenty years ago at a miscellansous â€"shower . in honour of Miss Marion Urquhart. The shower was held at the home of Mrs. J. J. McCarthy, 16 Elm South. | Y+! Recent letters published in The 24 Advance from Rev: David Mitchell, S mow in charge of th> Church of Engâ€" land sion _ at Ruperts House, 'James Bay area, but formerly of Timmins and Schumacher where he was in charge as Captain of the !Church Army, have been followed in Sâ€"‘each case by enquiries from friends Sâ€"|here as to his postal address. In Y+lanswer to such enquiries, the address Rev. David Mitchell, St. Petér‘s Church of England Mission, Rupert‘s ! House, James Bay, via Moosones, Ont. a id | Y Association of Timmins; Bob and Li Marriott; Mrs. H. Phelps, Hull, Que.; Freda Campbell, Montreal; Lillian Thomas, Toronto; Bessie Montgomery, Toranto,; Jack Webb, Penfield Ridge, N. B.; Francis Joy, and family, St. Catherines. Last week anothsr very interesting letter was received from Rev. Mr. .| Last Thursday‘s regular meeting of .: the First United Church W. M. S. was Another Interesting Letter From Rev. Pavid Mitcheil Observed 276th Anniversary of Rupert‘s House f dAddky _ "The Church in Malaya and the f;gr prom. Dutch East Indies,‘" was the subject competition. of a very interesting address by Misé ~Indians have Mayowna. She told something of the| winter hunting geography, the natural resources, t.he' seems Aquite . c history, the races and the religions of Hudson Bay C these countries which are so much in Michell, is back the forefront of the news toâ€"day. ang t sat in wit told of our servicemen, after being to a fourâ€"hand adrift in boats for days, finally coming| think you wou upon some of these islands of the ) am thinking th Indies, not knowing what to. exPECt: | crib tournamer and suddenly finding friendly hands this winter. .. . reaching out â€" amazed to find native 246th anniversa Christians here, and at Java a church Rupert‘s House four hundred years old. Jt is someâ€" i the first Comps thing to our credit that, with all the men adventure 2xploiters and all those who ha_.y"_e gOl’le in the ship "No: to those islands uf rich resources for , trading post, c selfish reasons, there have been others, _ _ _ _ _ who went for what they could give 50000 153030030 45 4 rather than what they could get. 2 The worship service was under the leadership of Mrs. A. A. Rose. Ap this was the Autumn Thankoffering meeting, the theme was "‘Thanksgivâ€" ing," a message well brought,invoking aâ€"spirit of true thankfulness. Arrangements were completed for the sending of Christmas boxes toâ€" a number of Czechâ€"Slovakian boys servâ€" ing with the R. A. F. in England. was appointed to the office, to serve for the balance of the year. | The Pre:sident, Mrs. Harnden, was in the chair for the business part of the mecting. She spoke of â€" theâ€" regret at the removal to Toronto. of the Secretary, Mrs. Franks, a valuedâ€"memâ€" of the organization. Mrs. H. L. Traver Tea ‘was served gnd a delightful scocial time followed. the gift, a token of appreciation of the devoted service rendered to their church and community. .Completely taken by surprise, to the delight of thcse â€" preosent, the recipients made gracious reply. Mrs, Arthur Jackson in making the presentation expressed the warm feelâ€" ix_xgs and good will which accompanied for specially honouring the Minister and his wife, Rev. W. M. Mustard and Mrs, Mustard, who were presented with crystal bowl as a memento of their twentieth" wedding anniversary. Honoured by W.M.S. received a few more mails and each of their leadér, Princse Rubert, the one has brought copies of The Porcuâ€"‘ King‘s nephew, who became the first pine Advance, which have beer very ‘welcome quests at the Mission House . and beliéve me, we cértainly appreciate reading them . . . . . . . ‘During my stay in the Porcupine I got to know so many psople, and it is mteresting to follow their activities O¢tober 2nd, but it soon tflspfleared and we look for morse: gfoot weather*, this month. . . . . The iMNorthern Lights‘ as recorded in the pages of your papen .. . I was very sorry to see that Bev. ‘Kitchen, of Schumacher, had been | | head of, the Hudson‘s Bay mm which was founded two years later. Thus it is ons of the oldest plaiges in Canada, and it may have béen visited even before that, by the: exploter, . We Had Our first Henry Hudson. . chowfall of the senson on Monday, are very nice sometimes, and they killed. He was a fine young fellow, shine in a sort of "hato" shape right and it seems like just yesterday that | over our church 7 I saw him go away in his R. C. A. F. uniform. . the activities aroundâ€" St. Mathew‘s Church, and:of what the local comâ€" . ; I always look for items of | l pany of the Algonquin Regt. is doing j Head Office of Hoyle Mme Co. at Halleybury â€"-â€"â€"‘â€" Gaiumet Island, will be handleéd from Haileybury. The company, in which ‘Ventifrésâ€" Limited is heavily interested through its various associated comâ€" pantes, it a comparatively new organâ€" isation But its interests are widespread over the mining arens of the North ‘Country, . IRA mbmhmz the <head office in HIeym Mr: â€" Cunninghamâ€"<Dunlop the location was chosen because 08 its faciifitics eohvenience to the majority of the secstions where the inâ€" terests lie. The size of the staff reâ€" ‘quired is not definitely known yet but it has béen found advisable to secure another cotiple of rootms in the hotel Building, which are now being prepared for use.". â€"-.â€"---'_â€"â€"â€"_‘-‘-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"__....______,_____ Mitchell, re«ainig (in part) as follows:â€" _ "Smce writing to you last we have received a few more mails and each one has brought copies of The Porcuâ€" pine Advance, which have beer very Wwelcome quests at the Mission House . and beliéve me, we cértainly appreciate reading them . . . . . . . In referring to the transfer of the head office of the Hoyle Mining Co. to Haileybury, The H-aileyb\fi*lhh last week says:â€"â€" in honour of the King, Charles 11, and naming the river and bay in honouÂ¥ operation of :the Néw Calumét Miné, on Calumet Island, will be handled from Haileybury. The company, in which Ventifrésâ€" Limited is heavily interested through its various associated comâ€" pantes, it a comparatively new organâ€" isation But its interests are widespread over the mining arens of the North work and the

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