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In this colun reference to t usually had tLD the person resy that they usua was dead. In there was a n he nad shcot a no Qiie knew W Well, to compl be noted tiaat police eventuall man responsibic abls to find ths ticulars of th gone into a S naught, been clothed, and t Even threats C when the se threatened the the stranger : gun away and The settlor o at the intruder fatal. Ths prC on the case unt tity of the dead relieved the shooting, selfâ€"defsnce. Th commilted for criminal neg! J. Pagquct firm, died 1925, after paring to which he local shoo reason hat os.ty of tui altd tfi tiie The cessful 0: Timnmiiis had to . | UCii ing ter growli rlong. 11 At the Kiwsanis Ci: ago one tf the special address by Keith St then the daistrict repre Ontario Boys‘ Parliam the pians presented at the parliament in Dec mg on the l'.’D\J:\"‘.‘ \vfl] Ontario. The addross 1 interest to the present. Robert A. La: adian National Purks ( spoke to the cluo, giv] @StUINE diiil Gadisis Cloil â€" al1 piecseéiÂ¥at.il oi cindo Vi of the Wost, A purcHiasect 111 J52%4} CoOf and a few ye: to 8,0089. In i). ber of 1,850 fthe goveiin hera of Nortns‘n MO NDA * WEDNESD A THUR S DA FRIDAYâ€"2 p.m. P 8.15 Senior 1 SATURDA YX â€" key Ver PP AP AL AG IG AF A" A C MA um A C L P P 4 L AP L U Music at the "PAV" by GENE CROCCO and His ORUCHESTRA Gentsâ€"175¢ T wenty YearsAgo Enjoy Dancing Dancing Saturday Evenin g Lhit Mavot Kunrujnilise Advaiicet i jics ovincial police WOTRCU il they found the idenâ€" 1 man. A coroner‘s Jury ttler of blame in the Ar ~that he it in 11 â€"wWho entative in the nt. He outlined the meeting of 1 be x to the Finest Music on the Best Floor in the North. x mucm interâ€" regard to tace lisning buffalo f tne ammals incd 7i6 head had increased the numâ€" order of I _ FPeb. i1st, While preâ€" 1 ~hctel at ile visiting f finding but man who speration t‘ ‘a > rifie take th in rdun ement in he Disâ€" ervative JTunction proving worked i‘s()l was an ho was ng electâ€" quois Moore n the south waS jolice may the the Canâ€" _ also @1 â€" had nerâ€" the y. won ras~â€" i of ime. very of the public library board, Mrs, D. Grimsten was the secretary and liâ€" prarian, and Mr. H. A. Morin the .. casurer of the board. Timmins has always had l0ots of soâ€" ajet.is, clubs and other organizations. Pwenty years ago a ‘"‘Tent" of the Maccabees was organized in Timmins. Ihe head of the first Maccabees Tent nere was J. B Forrester, Twentyâ€"two i1Vve. ind hat ind eal AIMmM of in was a popular teacher on the Separate school staff of the South Porcupine public school.‘" "Mr. and Mrs. J. Easâ€" terbrook left on Saturday for their old home in England. They have made many friends in Timmins who will wish them a pleasant voyage and all happiness and success in the future. Mr. Easterbrook has been the drumâ€" mer in the Timmins‘ Citizens Band, and was very popular with his fellow bandsmen." "Mrs, H. McCulloch reâ€" turned last week from a few months‘ visit to her old home in Scotland. Mr. McCulloch went to Montreal last week to meet the boat on which Mrs. Mcâ€" Culloch was returning." ‘"Mr. J. A. Hough is the new president Oof the Matheson Conservative Association." Among the local and personal items in The Advance twenty years ago were the following:â€"*"Friends in town and district will extend sympathy to Miss Louise Roney in the death of her mother at Pembroke. Miss Roney First Ladyâ€""Oh, where did you get that stunning hat?" second Ladyâ€"*"Shâ€"h. That‘s a milâ€" linery secret!"â€"Sudbury Star. will be an acquisiticn to the football talent of the camp. HMHe comes of a noted football family. His oldest broâ€" ther is playing football with Covenâ€" try, England. Another brother is also well known in football circles, having won many honours at the game,. Mr. Neil Dougall himself, the third of the brothers, has taken a prominent part in fcotball and won a name for himâ€" self in the Old Land." Mr. I. E. Dunn, then sanitary inâ€" spector for Timmins, called attention twenty years ago to an advertisement in a previous issue of The Advance in which the need for pure imilk was emâ€" phasized. Mr. Dunn said that the adâ€" vertisement left the impression that there were epidemics of scarlet fever and measles in town. Mr. Dunn said that this was not the fact, that there was only one case of measles in town and only one house placarded for scarlet fever, and that the general health of the town was very good, as usual. :oming to Porcupine camp where he was with the Hollinger for some years. In 1923 Mr. and Mrs. Johns moved to Detroit, and later to Virginia, Minâ€" nesota, which was the home of Mrs. Johns. While motoring near Virginia they were the victims of an automoâ€" bile accident, Mr. Johns dying instantâ€" ly, and Mrs. Johns passing away later in hospital. Twenty years ago the Caledonian Soâ€" ciety of Timmins ordered emblematic buttons for members of the society. These were handsome tokens of memâ€" bership. They were on display in the window cf J. E. Garret‘s jewelry store and attracted much attention. The Advance twenty years ago said: "Schumacherâ€" will no doubt welcOme Mr. Neil Dougall to that town. Mr. Dougall comes from Wishaw, Scotâ€" land, to make his home in Schumachâ€" er, with his sister, Mrs. Lampkin. He The Advance twenty years ago had the sad duty of recording the death by accident of two former residents of Timmins, Mr. Aand Mrs. Horace Johns. Mr. Johns was an oldâ€"timer of the North, having been employed at the Kerr Mine in Cobalt, and later cmumarter members attended the first meeting. The Advance was interested in the Timmins (Public Library from its inâ€" ception,. Indeed, had done all possible to assist in its formation here. On acâ€" count of this interest, there were freâ€" quent reférences even twenty years ago to the gocd service of the library and the progress being made. Twenty years ago The Advance mentioned that tae Library was doing very well. There was a membership of about 1,000, and tae circulation for January, 1925, was 2 042. J. W. Day, principal of the immins public school, was chairman The Timmins Sportive, Vigor and Educational Club was begun here twenty years ago with R. Pagalari as president, Len Towers as viceâ€"presiâ€" dont, and J, Mustato as secretaryâ€" treasurer, According to the constituâ€" tion of the club its purpOse was "For the systematic training of the moral and intellectual faculties, physical and mental strength, and to be full of mrthn and good humor." A small Punding on Third Avenue was rented Ior gymnasium and club rooms. The viub continued for a time but eventuâ€" ulivy was discontinued. and though medical aid was sumâ€" moned immediately, he passed away in a short time. The local Knights of Columbus did much to help him and notified his familly in Montreal of his serious condition as soon as it was known. Diabetes was given as the cause of death. Ladiesâ€"25¢ _ "Insiofar as I know there has never been a complete failure of potato proâ€" duction in Northern Ontario. The potato growing industry in that exâ€" tensive territory, has of course, in common with other areas, had ups and downs, good years and bad years big yields and again other yields which were not so large. In some cases certain partial failures may have been due, to some extent at least, to carelessness on the part of the growers, and in other cases the causes may have been very largely beyond their control. For exâ€" ample the weather in that vast Northern area, appears to be subject to more sudden and drastic changes than is the case in the older part of the province, and thus I suppose that it was; to be expected that settlers from other parts of the world even inâ€" cluding Old Ontario, had a tendency to put more confidenceée and faith in fine weather expectancy than was on all occasions justified or correct. As a result, it sometimes happened that thousands of bushels of nice quality potatoes would be frozen before they were dug., In other cases thousands of bushels would rot in the ground on acâ€" count of the soil becoming too wet, and finally some would not even be given sufficient protection to save them from damage during the long severe winters after they had been harvested and stored. settlement a number of enthusiastic, efficient and painstaking potato growâ€" ers. These are the men who never lost confidence in the possibility of the production of reasonably large yields of high quality potatoes in every disâ€" trict of the North. It was they who stood ready and willing to try out new and more promising varieties; to adopt improved and recommended methods of production; to take advantage of the latest information and data on discase control, and to use nothing but the best quality of seed that was Oobtainâ€" able. In fact it was they who held the line in potato production when perhaps less courageous souls might have .beâ€" come somewhat discouraged. It was they also who would produce, seâ€" lect, and prepare representative exâ€" hibits for the Canadian National Exhibition, the Gueiph Winter Fair, and in later years the Royal Winter Fair, which would usually give a good account of themselves when the jJudgâ€" ing would be completed and the prizes finally awarded. Time and space will naturally not permit of reference to many of these menâ€" individually, but one cannot refrain from mentioning at least four: namely Mr. Wm. Naismith of Falkenburg, Muskoka district; Mr. John Edmonds of Dorin, Thunder Bay district; Mr. H. T. Kenny of Chariton, Temiskaming district, and Mr. George Elchuk of Murillo, Thunder Bay disâ€" trict. The former two men althougn located many hundred of miles apart were consistent exhibitors at most of the early shows and also equally conâ€" sistent winners of important and coveted prizes, and as a result of this advertising their farms became the source of good quality and clean seed which was distributed from one end of Canada to the other. Both of these men have long since passed to their "In 1934, Mr. H. T. Kenny won the championship on potatoes at the Royai men hnave jlong since passed to their reward, but their influence and effect on the production of high quality potatoes in Northern Ontaric, can never be accurately measured, or fully anpreciated. "Fortunateiy, however, practically every district of Northern Ontario has had, ever since the very early days of settlement a number of enthusiastic. ‘"‘MuskOoka 500; Parry Sound 1,141; Nipissing 1,578; Sudbury 2,721; Maniâ€" toulin Island 371; Algoma 1,085; Thunâ€" der . Bay 2,363; Rainy River 372; Kenora 497; Temiskaming 1,150; and Cochrane 1 988, or a total of 13,766 acres. During the same year the 43 counties of the province had 102,234 acres. This means that Northern Ontario had 11.8 or nearly 12% of the total area of potatoes for the province planted that year. In yield the results are even better still for the average yield per acre in bushels for the 43 counties of Old Ontario was only 104.9, while the average yield per acre for the eleven districts of Northern Onâ€" tario was 133.6. eleven districts had in acres the following areas of potatocs: "The terms, Northern Ontario or New Ontario, are generally considered to include that portion of the province which has been divided into the eleven different large areas, and designated as districts while Southern Ontario or Old Ontario, are names usually asâ€" sociated with that part, which was in the early days surveved and divided into 43 d‘fferent counties. "In this discussion, we are assuming Never Failure of Potato Production in North Ontario There are so many interesting facts in the address that the opening part of it is given herewith for general information :â€" "Progress with Potatoes in Northern Ontario‘ was the title of an address by L. H. Hanlan, M.S.A., Matheson, Agricultural representative for the District of Cochrane South at the Potato section of the Ontario Crop Improvement Association, held at the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, on Monâ€" day of this week. Interesting Address by L. H. Hanlon, of Matheson. History for the province yield the results for the average hels for the‘ 43 THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS ONTARIO ‘"‘Then in 1938, just four years later, this same prize was again brought north by Mr. George Elchuk with his exhibit of the then comparatively new and little known variety of Chippewa. Climate "Actual results Oobtained on average farms over a long period of years from the Severn river to the Manitoba Boundary, and from Sault Ste. Marie to James Bay, as well as a very conâ€" siderable amount of experimental data collected on Experimental and Demon. stration â€" Farms, on Tllustration Stations. and in connection with Pielid Crop Competitions, Boys‘ Potato Club projects, etc., all go to indicate that climatic conditions including length or growing season, possible injury from late spring and early fall frosts; amount of precipitation, etc., fail to present any unsurmountable difficulties in the production of satisfactory yields of good quality potatoes," Greater Toront> is one million; a figâ€" By the middle of 1944, 4,542,000 men were serving in the armed forces of the United Kingdom. Counting the killed, missing, prisoners Of war, and those released on medical or other grsunds, 5,500,000 men had served to that date. Of the 11,200,000 men still in civilian life at the same period, exâ€" cluding those in wholeâ€"time civil deâ€" fense, 1,750,000 were giving part time service in the Home Guard; 1,250,000 to the Civil Defense force; and most of the remainder 48 hcurs per month to FPire Guard duty, Ten millioon men born in the years 1892 to 19826 had reâ€" gistered for military or industrial serâ€" vice. Out sf 16,000,009 women who were between the ages of 14 to 59 in June, 1944; 7,100,000 were in the services or industry, the remaining 8,900,000 were schoolgirls or women with special home responsbiilities, but even of these, nearâ€" ly a million were engaged on part time activities aiding the war effort. Vast Property Damage ; At the outbreak of war there were 13,000,000 hsuses in Britainâ€"a figurs equivalent, roughly, to the entire popuâ€" lation of Canada. Of these, 4,500,000 have been damaged by enemy action; nearly a quarter of a million of them beyond repair. No houses have been built during the five years of war. And during those five years and more, the blackout, evacuation and billeting; the breaking up of family life by the withâ€" drawal of men and women to the serâ€" vices, have all added to the vexations and complications of the housing shortage. Scmehow, the housing probâ€" lem in Canada seems much less acute Winter Fair with his beautiful exhibit of Irish Cobblers. Mobilizing a Nation Here, then, are some Oof the facts and figures. And, since millions are mentioned frequently, we shall use Toronto as a measuring stick and asâ€" sume that the wartime population of ure, perhaps, not far from correct. Greater is one million; a figâ€" (By Percy Ghent) On the third day of September, 1939, wlhien Great Britain declared war on Germany, Winston Churchill made his last speech as a backâ€"bencher in the House of Commens. In it he said, "The wholehearted concurrence of secores of millins of men and women, whose coâ€"operation is indispensable, and whose comradeship and brotherhood are indispensable, is the only sure foundation upon which the trial and tribulation of modern war can be enâ€" dured and surmounted." It is more than five years since he spoke; five years through which the world has groaned under trial and tribulation of the bitterest kind. How much of the grim load has been borne by Britain? How has the comradeship and brothâ€" erhood cf Britons stood the test? Could the fortyâ€"six millions of men, women and children of those islands have done more, sacrificed mcore, for the ideals and the way of life in which they beâ€" lieve? A White Paper issued by the British Government recently gives the answers on 64 pages of tables and graphs; rather, the facts are s> preâ€" sented, so that the reader may answer for himself. (Grim but Glorious White Paper Story of Britain at War, There is growing interest in rural communities in the problem of school lunches. Parents, teachâ€" ers and school authorities, are becomnig increasingâ€" ly aware of the benefits to the ch.ldren of a good nocnday meal. In many scho Is the plan of serâ€" ving one hot dish, prepared at school, to suppleâ€" W. Smaill‘s rink won the McLaughâ€" lin Curling Trophy of the McIntyre Curling Club at the weekâ€"end by deâ€" feating N. Auger‘s rink by a score of 9 to 6. The winning rink consisted W. Small‘s Rink Won McLaughlin Trophy cf W. Small, G. Byers, E. Duxfield and J. Burgoyne. The losers included N. Auger, J. McDonald, W. Mair and W. Davidson. Sixtyâ€"nine rinks compsted for the troohy. Grim, Glorious Record Tcotal casualties of the British armâ€" ca forces in the first five years of war numbered 563,112. Of these 176,081 were killd, 193,788 wounded, 38,275 missing, and 154}968 were prisoners of war. Up to August 31st, of last year, 29,629 seaâ€" men in ships of British registry had been killed by enemy action, unstated thousands injured, and 4,173 made prisâ€" oner. Among the civilians of Britain, from the start of the war to June, 1944, when the fiying bombs began to arâ€" rive, 51,822 persons had been killed in bombing raids, and 62,900 received inâ€" juries severe enough to require their admission to hospitals Robhot bomb casualties have added many thousands to the list. Yet the foregoing facts and figures only touch the high spots of the British White Paper. There is mo space here to tell of the tens of thousands <f munition workers who strove valiantly to build up an ample supply of shells, bombs and bullets, and were then found among the inâ€" vasion forces, using them, but it is a great story, Just another line to tell of a gigantic achievement in the grand little island. During the war over 5,000 naval craft were built in addition to 722 "maj;>r naval vessels."" Grim but glcricus, is the record of Britain at ish merchant fleet lost 158 ships, in 1940 728 were lost, 832 in 1941, 782 in have not yet been published, and likeâ€" 1942, and 361 in 1943. Figures for 1944 ly enough will not arcus2 much exciteâ€" ment when they are, for essentially, the battle is won. Yet historians to come will certainly record that it was in those grim battles against German Uâ€" boats in the storms, the fog, the darkâ€" ness and icy blasts of the North Atlanâ€" tic; against the Uâ€"b>ats and surface raiders that infested the subâ€"Arctic rcute to Russia over the North Sea, that the mightiest blow against Nazi hnopes of world conquest was struck. And those battles were largely fought by men of the breed of Drake and Nelâ€" son; men who went back to the sea again, voyage after voyage, after frightful experiences, knowing that every watery mile awaiting them might be the lurking place of merciâ€" less undersea raiders. Think of itâ€" three thcusand gallant ships of Britain went down in those grim ysars, and rnousands of gallant menâ€"â€"the price of freedom and security. Said Kipling: have strawed our best to the weed‘s unrest To the shark and the sheering gull. lood be the price ¢cf admiralty, Lord ‘God, we ha‘~paid in flul!" I‘ry The Advance Want Advertiseme icans a fact which is so often forgotten â€"Britain is not just undertaking her share in foreign campaigns, but is in the midst of the deadly war zone witl every age from infancy to senility in the long casualty lists, and with irreâ€" placable losses among her naticnal shrines and of gems of architecture. Through it all Britons must work longâ€" er hours on less food, try to keep warm on meagre rations of shoes, clothing, and coal, and keep smiling under backâ€" breaking taxation and a barrage of criticism, sometimes, from abroad. The Price of Admiralty There was a time, not so. many mcnths ag2, when the fate of all demoâ€" cracy depended on the outcome of the Battle of the Atlantic. Because that fight was crowned with a substantial measure of victory, success elsewhere became possible, if not certain. Have you ever seen that dramatiz phase of the war analyzed in cold figures? From September to December, 1939, the Britâ€" by c:mparison. Somehow, too, the enorâ€" mius property damage by . enemy bombing brings home to North Amerâ€" ment teachers or one of the mothers share in its preparation ........ boys as well as girls. Billy, on the right, deals capably with baked potatces which taste pretty go:d on a zero day. The preparaâ€" tion of cream soup, a favourite with the children, calls for help from teacher. 13. ‘Combinesâ€"L. Delmonte (Carroli 13:41. 14. Timminsâ€"Kosick 10 :1"7 15. Timminsâ€"Kosick (Lortis) 16:33. 16. Timminsâ€"T. Delmonte (Kosick, Lortie) 17:16. 17. Timminsâ€"Kosick (Telkkinnem 19 :34. 18. Combinesâ€"Wilkes 19:59. Penalty: Nastasuick. Porcupine Combines: Goal, Vezina; defence, Zeidel, > centre, L Delmonte; wings, Wilkes, McNamara; alternates, Gariepy, Casanato, St. Pierre Mineault, Fox. Davidson, Pirie. Timmins: goal, Bridgman; defence, Lort‘e. Ko‘vick; centre, Gordon; wings Telkkinnen, T. Delmonte: alternates, Aiken , Nastasuick, Deluca, Schwab, Malloy. The Timmins Senior hockey team defeated the Porcupine Combines on Monday night at the McIntyre Arena by â€" a score of 13 to 5. The Timmins defence was too good for the Comâ€" bines to break. Deluca was the beost player on the ice. Wilkes and Nastasuick engaged in a short, â€" twoâ€"round boxing display in the first period, which continued in the penalty box. Timmins Seniors Defeat Porcupine Combines, 13 to 5 My Gal Loves Music FOTOâ€"NITE Penalty 10. Timminsâ€"Gordon 0:lL 11. Timminsâ€"Deluca (Aiken) 7:21, 12. Combinesâ€"Mincault (Casanato) 19 . Penalties: Carroll, Aiken, Nastasuick (major), Wilkes (major). Sccond Period I think I‘m gcing to sn At who?" Atchoo!"â€"Globe and Mail â€"sECOND HIT â€" iob Crosby and Grace McDonald in Today and Tomorrow 2:05. Timminsâ€"Deluca Timminsâ€"Deluca Timminsâ€"Deluca GLORIA JEAN and ALAN CURTIS in Comninesâ€"FOoOx Timminsâ€"Schwal Timminsâ€"Deluca Combinesâ€"Zeidel 16 :50. First Period Timminsâ€"Nastasuick 0:44 Timminsâ€"Nastasuick (Deluc Telkkinnen. Third Period â€"IFOx { â€"Schwab (Deluca) 14 â€"Deluca (Lortiec) 14 3 :41 (Lortie) 10 :10 (Kosick Aikon) Delmont The Noerth lost one of its colorful pioncers ently in the death of Bob Moffat at Chariton. He was a man who was widely known in the early days and he had a habit Of doing very friendly acts whenever he had opporâ€" tunity. This meant that he had lots of friends, yet very little was known of his personal affairs His recent death made this apparent. From inforâ€" ‘ mation given at different times to ‘some of his friends, it appears he was born in Baltimore, Ontario, on Decemâ€" ber 4th, 1856, and consequently at the time of death he was over 87 years of age, He came to Temiskaming in May, 1896, on what he himself termed "a _Grills‘ excursion". He worked at varâ€" lous jobs and gave good service as a land guide operating from the New Liskeard branch of the Crown Lands Dept. ‘"‘That was a 75¢ a day job," he used to say, In 1905 he went to Charlâ€" ton and bought land which he proâ€" ,ceeded to develop as a rival townsite | to the one on the east side of Charlton IFalls. When the T. N. O. came through and wanted land for a staâ€" tion ,etc., there was a typical Moffat disagreement. He wanted to give the land free while the railway thought he should be paid like anyone else. Eventually the dispute was settled by Mr. Moffat taking $250. It was, howâ€" _ever, an odd experience for the T. N. _O. He was a man Oof unusual strength and abounding health, and a great _man on the trail with a pack or along the portages. At one time he owned valuable property in Charlton, but a fire soon came along and left him penâ€" niless, his insurance having lapsed a few days tzefore the fire. Despite a badly crippled hand, he not only carâ€" ried on strenuous hard work, but he had the reputation of being quite a skilled violinist. He said himself, "I never married, and was glad of it, as I have had enough trouble without wife." PALAGE 544 * 4* * *4 t The schoolmaster was lecturing to a class upon the circulation of the blood. "If I stand upon my head," said he, "the blood will run down to my head, will it not?" "Yes, sir," assented the boys. said the master, "why does the bloo I not run into my feet when I stand on my feet?" There was a ‘pause for a few minâ€" utes, when a bright youth replied, "Please, sir, it‘s because your fEet ain‘t empty."â€"North Bay Nugget. "Heavenly Days" "Meet Mr. London" 6 6F TOâ€"DAY ONLY Fibber McGee and Molly Colourful Pioneer of Charlton Passes Aw: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 1945 "Arsenic and Old Lace" "Till We Meet Again" "Dragon Seed" Meet Me Marlene DIETRICH Tuscon â€" Raiders" PLUS COMED Yâ€""OH BABY" With Hugh Herbert Merialâ€""WINSLOW of the COASTGUARD®" (Chapter with Margaret O‘Brien St. Louis Friday and Saturday Bill Elliott HELD OVER Garden of Allah Left of the Line COMING S0O0oNn BY POPULAR EMAND JUDY GAKLAND THE REASON EOOX ® EW s in Technicolor‘! ALSO 11 Chas. BOYER