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Porcupine Advance, 10 Apr 1947, 1, p. 1

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Modesty And Charm Are Exemplified By Barbara Ann Scott If the marks of a truly great champâ€" lon are the sbility to wear the golden mantle of fame with modesty, sweetâ€" ness and a kindliness unsurpassed, coupled with the ability to stand up under jong arduous hours of physical and. mental strain, still smiling sweetly, then lovely Barbara Ann Scott, is a champion and bred without having to prove it. Tue:day evening the little Ottawa girl who became the first woman to win the coveted Lou Marsh trophy for being Canada‘s outstanding gift to the world of sports and the first perâ€" son from the western hemisphere even to win a wofld‘s skating champioxship sat in the comfortably furnished quarâ€" ters of the skating instructors‘ office and cheerily chatted with us. : Frocked in a beautiful skating cosâ€" tume of muted blue wool with a Swiss bonnet on her fair head, she was the most adorable, unaffected and charmâ€" ing celebrity it was ever our good forâ€" tune to see, "Barbara Ann" we queried, "tell us aâ€" bout your wonderful experience, your trip and what to you was the most pxciting occurrence in your life?" And Barbara Ann, whose life story reads like a. fairy tale, with eyes aglow told us "the winning of the world‘s champâ€" jonship." The next, we prompted, and the reply was "I really don‘t know, so many wonderful things have happenâ€" ed it would be difficult to say because everyone has been so kind and everyâ€" thing so interesting". Maybe it was the civic reception she received upon arriyal in her home city and again it could have been when she won the North American skating title a year ago, though, she wondered then, if maybe it wasn‘t Schumacher and the Porcupine Skating Club, but one thing certain she is glad to headline the ninth annual carnivel now in progress at McIntyre Arena, happy at meeting the many friends she made during her stay here last Summer and thrilled that her dreams have become realities. Speaking ‘of her travels that took her and her mother through Switzerâ€" land, Sweden, Czechoâ€"Slovakia, France anrd England Barbara Ann said she found.the...different...countries, .. very interesting but several were in a most pathetic state. Britain she found hungry and cold due to the absence of food and cogl supplies, but the people (Continued on Page Five) ment while it stages and be : spread. At F three. cures, C vancement the fore it is subj "Pirst is Xâ€"F *â€"»Ray treatme More U.S. Citizens Died In 1 Year From Cancer Than Killed In 4% Years Of War _ Over 175,000 persons died from canâ€" cer in the United States last year, more than the American armed forces lost in the four and a half years war between Pearl Harbor and the end of the war with Japan, a film on cancer shown at the Y‘s Mens Club revealed. And every year over 14,000 Canadians die from cancer. Dr. G. C. Armitage, president of the Porcupine Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society, gave an enlightening address on the start, spread, cure and prevention of cancer prior to the showâ€" ing of the film. "The cause of cancer is still unâ€" known," the Doctor said. "The start is usually apparent by unusual lumps i1 various parts of the body which are quite noticeable if external and by impediments in the functions of the body‘s organs if internal. There is never any pain suffered in the early stages. is really outlaw or unruly cells that do not function in a normal manner, thus causing a growth in the part of the body in whith it occurs. "While cancer is not contagious it will spread to different parts of the hody in which it occurs. Therein lies the danger. "It spreads through two different channels. The bloodâ€"stream, and the lymphatic circulation, "The cure for cancer lies in treatâ€" ment while it is still in the early stages and before it has begun to spread. At present there are only three cures, depending on the adâ€" vancement the disease has reached beâ€" fore it ‘is subjected to treatinent. "Pirst is Xâ€"Ray therapy, a powerful *Xâ€"Ray treatment that attempts to kill the cancer by its powerful therapeuic is done by putting radium close to the cancer in the effort to kill the bacteria of the growth. "Third, and the only sure treatment, is surgery. Which entails cutting out the minutest particle of the cancer so it won‘t grow again. "Naturaliy," the Doctor said, "if the canser has spread to several parts (Continued from Page Eight) Timmins Is Expensive Shouting, stepâ€"dancing and whistlâ€" ing at the girls on Timmins streets proved an expensive pastime for Owen Waterfield. Magistrate Atkinson . tu_xed Whistling At Girls In "Second is radium treatment, which (By LILLIAN O‘DONNELL) him $10.00 and costs for his efforts. Research Director Speaker At Local Mining Meeting _ The Porcupine Brench of the Canâ€" adian Institute of Mining and Metalâ€" lurgy will hold their meeting on Thursday, April 10th, at 8.00 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Mclntyre Comâ€" munity Building. Guest speaker will be vr. O. W. Fllis, Director of the Department of and Metallurgy, Ontario Research Foundation, Toronto. Hig zddress will be ‘"Trouble Shooting and Its Relation to Research", and should prove interesting. Fay â€"Remains Chairman Public Relations Despite Requests Merchants Assn. â€" Council unanimodusly agreed that it would not ask councillor Philip Fay to resign as chairman of the public relations committee as requested by a letter from the Timimins Merchants Associaticn. Commenting on the request Mayor Brunette said, ‘"We‘re not sure that all the merchants are in agreement with this request, »d if the Merchants As« sociation were determined to have counâ€" cillor Fay removed as chairman of the public relations committee taney should have sont representatives to the counâ€" cil meceting to present their case." "We all make mistakes, depending on curâ€"point cf â€"view,"~counciliorChateauâ€" vert said. "And, in this case, I believe both sides may be partly in the wrong and that we should give consideraâ€" i tion to both parties by hearing their grievances. I think weée should refer this to another meeting." In defending his alleged attack on the Merchants Association, councillor Fay said, "Perhaps my English may have been bad in expressing myself at the meronants meeting, but I don‘t intend toâ€" apologize for anything_ I said. However, I believe the various groups in town should be organized, get together and settle any disagreeâ€" ments. And I think that any who is interested should support the Board of Trade." Councillor Bartleman said, "I think we would be ill advised to take another group‘s advice as to who we should appcint as chairmen of ourâ€"committees, Probably we‘d have a dozen people wanting me taken off as chairman of committees." 7 \_The Algonquin Regiment will hold | their second Reâ€"union on July 19th and 20th of this year during which | they will reâ€"dedicate Algonquin Bouleâ€" vard to their fallen comrades. . Special guests invited to attead will ‘ be Governorâ€"General Alexander, the Mimstex of National Defence. Premier 'Dlew and the‘ pnovineial Minister of | Highways. However, most of the councillors were of the opinion that the matter should be dealt with councillor Fay stating that he would much prefer that it be settled at once. The trouble began when Councillor Fay was invited to attend a meeting of the Merchants Association a couple of weeks ago, and according to the members of the Association, he failed to answer their questions, satisafactâ€" orily and later attacked tlhem as a body. They stated that the chairman of public relations is really a liason officer between different organizations and should promote goodwill, which, they said, councillor Fay did not do. Govâ€"Gen. Alexander Invited To Attend Algonguin Reâ€"Union On Saturday, July 19, ‘Aigorquin Boulevard will be reâ€"dedicated at 2 o‘clock, with a street dance in the evening. b Sunday, July 20, the Algonquin Regâ€" iment will parade and hold a memorial service. Civic Group Insuranse Plan Is Found HMegal The preseant Group Insurance Plan for civic employees, which wes institâ€" uted in 1945, has been found to be illegal, council were notified by Caldâ€" bick and Yates, town solicitors. â€" Under the Municipality Act there is no plan possible for the municipality to pay a share of the premâ€" iums which they have been doing since At the rete per thousand according to age, the employee has veen paying 70 cents ner month and the municipal- ity 94 cents. According to the solicitors the oaly solution open is for the town to raise the salaries of the town employees enough (94¢c) to make up for the town‘s contribution to the insurance, and then deduct it from the employecs‘ salary along with the 70 cents. However, legally, the town could not collect the 94 cents from the employ- Published in Timminhs. Ont EVERY THURsSDAY Town Expropriates Land For Sewer Right.ofâ€"way The town of ‘Timmins will exproâ€" priate sufficient land from Bartleman and McLaughlin for the right of way for the town sewers which nave been passing through their proâ€" perty for the past ten years. The land will be paid for out of current revenue. | j This culminates a lawsulit against the town by Bannino snd Bartleman last year who stated that if the sewers which ‘passed through their land was not removed by February 15, 1947, suit against the town would be taken. However, as Mr. Bartleman was member of council in February 1947 it was impossible to enter into negSoâ€" tiations to purchase the land. Therveâ€" upon Bannino and Bartleman agreed to ‘defer their suit until Novem ber, 1947. But as Mr. Bartleman would still be a member of council in Novâ€" ember it â€"was agrced to have the matâ€" ter settled immediately. death of the Most Rev. Derwyn Trevor Owen, 71, primate of the Church of England in Canada, yho died in Toronto General hosvital Wednesday afternoon after suffering a heart, attack at his office in the morning. He was elected primate of the Churca of England in Canada on Sept. 19, 1934, at the age of 58. Cluims that sewers backiny up nad flooded their basements and ruined pexsonal effects were received by counâ€" cil from J. G. Chalmers who repreâ€" sented five residents of Rea St No. th. _ $ Li wb at hh t sad ‘The mattex was referred to the town solicitors for mvestigatxon and set: le- mext. I_lcsembling a scene from a musical â€" extravagan:a the costumes and dance routines in this scene add 2 colourful nMe to a very succoss{nl carâ€" nlval Left to right :; â€" Olga Bernyk, Mary Kirkland, Joyâ€" ce Kosinski, Betty Wallis, Shirley Lowe, Dorts Stanuts, Margo xmaand Audrey Jen--__ kin, Betie Jane Rose, Mfldl'd'_ Verbik, Ann: Mangotich. : Much regret was expressed of the BARBARA ANN SCOTT. Canada‘s loveliest as well as the world‘s queen of the silver blades.. Recentâ€" ly returned from skating triumphs at Davos, Switzerland, Prague, France and England Miss Scott, highâ€" lighted the Ninth Annual Skating Carnival of Porcupine Club which played to a capacity house. last night, Positive proof of her popularity with figure skating fans of the district and all other citizens as well, was furrished by the rapidity which all tickets for all performances ofâ€"the carnival were sold out. sYE ANGLICAN CHURCH PRIMATE PASSES TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 10th, 1947 Mayoer and Premier Drew Confer on New Mines Tax Plan Mayor J. Emile Brunette and townâ€" clerk Vic Salomaa will leave April 14 for Toronto to atte°1d special conference with Premier George Drew and several government department heads conâ€" ‘cerning the proposed amended mines taxation plan for ’I‘immins ' This is culmination of a series. of conferences which began last October betwceen the Ontario Premier and the Timmins Mayorâ€"and town clerk on a better share of the mines tax for Timmins. At a conference in February Premâ€" ier Drew promised Mayor Brunette that he was‘ intending to jntroducje legislation that would give Timmifts A larger share of the mines tax stating that if Timmins was not satisfied with the amendments made to send repreâ€" sentatives to Toronto ‘between. parliaâ€" mentary sessions to discuss their probâ€" lem personally. Mayor Brunette and Mr. Salomaa went down to Toronto as arranged on April 1st, but unfortunately unexpectâ€" edâ€" business prevented Premier Drew from discussing the problems. This trip. it is hoped that a more satisfactory solution of theâ€"mines tax â€" which has been a bone of contenâ€" tion to Timmins for over 30 years‘ â€" can be decided on that will ease the burdens of Timmins‘ taxpayers. Mayâ€" or Brunette says the Ontario Premier seems anxious that a satisfactory aâ€" greement is reached and is optimistic about the outcome of the confereâ€"ace. "All that stands between 100 lowâ€" xental. houses being built in Timmlns this summer is sufficient lots â€" with 10‘ foct frontage on which toâ€" build them," said Mayor Brunette after a cnoference with C. G. Hoose, housing ‘expert from Wartime Housing Limâ€" ited, who will build the houses, The houses, including the lots will costs approximately $5,000. Rents will be $27 for a fourâ€"room house;; $32.50 for fiveâ€"rooms; and $35 for a sixâ€" room. house. The hosuses will be without basements. LIEUT. COLONEL R. T. SPOONER, principal of the Salvation Army Training College of Toronto,.who will be in charge of a special service to be held in the Salvation Army Hall, 12 Birch street south on Friday, April 11th,. Colonel Spooner has given 34 years service as an officer of the Salvation Army, and in 1915 orâ€" ganized the Life Saving Scouts in affiliation wit1 the Boy Scout, Asâ€" sociation, of which he is a member of the Dominion and provincial councils. _ Headlining Barbara Ann Scott of the Minto Club,, Ottawa, lady chamâ€" pilon of Canada 1944â€"45â€"46, Lady Champion of North America 1945â€"47, Lady Champion of Europe 1947 and Lady Champion of tae World 1947, the Porcupine Skating Club Ninth Annual Carnival presented a breathâ€" taking extravaganza of beautiful cosâ€" tumes, unbelievable settings, graceful performers and emphasized a perfecâ€" tion and precision of performance to a greater degree than has been acâ€" complished by local artists before. Annual Skating * Carnival Is Galaxy Of Color and Perfection â€" Produced under the capable direcâ€" tion of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Batchelor, the splendid progress achieved by members of the Club without trainâ€" ing benefits‘ for the last several years are due to their interest. .Themselves, masters of the difficult art, they have been most successful in conveying the tremendous knowledge they acquired of the fundamentals needed to achieve perfection in the difficult sport. With almost every member taking part in ithe colorful display of artisâ€" try and talent, the carnival ran the gamut of emotions from ‘brilliant and beautiful group, pair and solo fanâ€" vasies to amusing skit presentations. Highlighting the performance were the numbers splendidly executed by Barbara Ann Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Batchelor and Miss Erica Batâ€" chelor, Gold Medalist. Published in Timm Musical background for the skating was wonderfully executed by the Porâ€" cupine Skating Club Orchestra under the skilful baton of Lieut. J. W. S. Lomas. Orchestra members were. seated in the middle of a semiâ€"oircular shell from which fell in graceful folds blue drapgeries trimmed with gold. Selections from the "Desert Song" opened the â€"program, then the lights were dimmed and when they flashed on again a veritable galaxy of color met , the gaze of the audience and probably one Oof tine most charming portions of this year‘s production was the fairy tale of Snow White and "he" Seven Dwarfs. Here one found a fairyland garden with the younger members.of.. the . club .taking...characâ€" ter parts of butterflies, birds, dwarfs, page boys and little folk from the animal. kingdom. i large cast, Medalist as Snow White, Neil Pooley as the Prince, Kathleen Hill as the‘ ‘Tore, Belty" Supported by â€" j Brica . Batchelor, . Gold JUALlL VIUVIAUUUVUC, CA , hold, Jacqueline Litle, Judy I Beulah Lest, Margaret McGee, bara McLaren, Elin McMillan, NV McMurray, Jcan McPhate, Carol. Isobel Mair, Diane Monaghan, Af Morrison, Mary Nelson, Dorothy cock, Jooanne Platus, Dayrel ] Carole Price, Gail Russell, Ann ner, Barbara Scott, Hinda Lea S Doris Solomen, Anite _ S Elizabeth Swanson. Pat Toml Linda ‘Urquhart, Vivian Videto, othy Wallingford, â€"Margaret Wa (Continued On Page Eight) Barbara Ann Greeted By Many Admirers Barbara . Ann _ Scott, greatest and best and champion of all she surveys in the world of the silver blades arâ€" rived in Schumacher Monday evening with the shine and glory of all fairyâ€" land in her wide greyâ€"blue eyes. An â€" ecstatically admiring crowd composed of Mayor J. Emile Brunette, Timmins, Reeve Victor Evans of the Township of Tisdale and other digâ€" nitaries, the directors, professional: and members of the Porcupine Skatâ€" ing Club, representatives from the Provincial and Tisdale Poiice Force and hundreds of citizens, surged and eddied about her from the moment she emerged from the special car atâ€" tached to the regular train. Smartly clad in a checked. suit. white blouse, pearls at her slender throat, a white straw hat with turned up brim and open crown, black platâ€" formâ€"type sling pumps and a silver tipped beaver coat with full melow sleeves, she looked fresh, crisp, triumâ€" phant and happy. As she reached the platform she and her mother were presented with huge bouquets of golden yellow daffodils and crimson tulips, Mildred Verbik, Schumacher, and Helen Channen, Timmins, making the presentations on behalf of the Porcupine Skating Club where she will make five appearances and headline the ninth annual carniâ€" val now being held and where she By (By LILLIAN O‘DONNELL) attended . Summer â€" skating sessions es during July and August. | in Timmins, Ont., EVERY THURSDAY cham.|Aants, Jimmie McGee, Aunisman., ant Lady Shirley Monagaan as the witch all skated and played their parts with 945â€"47, |perfect ease and precision. Erica Batâ€" 7 and |chelor, English songbird, was vocal« | 1947,|ist and the supporting cast included : Nintn | Dwarfsâ€"Doug Jones, John Hamilton, mreath. | Gary Jacobs, Jimmy Hamilton, Peter Queen, Betty Bugtra and Lafontaine as Ladiesâ€"inWaiting, Don Paul and Graham Cooke as attendâ€" ants, Jimmie McGee, huntsman. and Shirley Monagaan as the witch all skated and played their parts with perfect ease and precision. Erica Batâ€" chelor, English songbird, was vocal« ist and the supporting cast included: Dwarfsâ€"Doug Jones, John Hamilton, Gary Jacobs, Jimmy Hamilton, Peter Nelson, Billy Adams, Jackie Belec. Skunksâ€"Joan Shippam, Anne Verbik, Gay McAdam, Arleen Dick, Betty Anâ€" derson, Pat Sherbin, Dorothy Anderâ€"« son, Nilma â€" Flora. Butterfliesâ€"Pat Thompson, June Brown, Arlene Kenâ€" nedy, Beth Craik, Pat Mulligan, Toby Pozer, Barbara Ann Brown, Emma Gasparetta, Marilyn Hayes. P ag e Boysâ€"Gail Bahm, Roberta Adamson, Margaret McGee, Joan Ellacott, Donna Marie Cunningham. Birds â€" Helen Adamo, Kathleen Adams, Jean Anâ€" derson, Mary Antolich, Elspeth Atkinâ€" son, Babcock, Patricia Baderâ€" ski, Donna Baevaler, Pat Bates, Marâ€" garet Bekke, Donna Bint, Betty Birse, Marie Braney, Carolyn Brown, Joan Brown, Carol Buchmann, Sally Burkâ€" ‘holder, Nancy Butler, Maxine Colquâ€" houn, Sandra Colquhoun, Betty Campâ€" bell, Barbara Caswell, Ida Cicci, Molly Cooper, Fay Cousineau, Joan Cowden, Muriel Cowden, Elaine Craig, Cathâ€" erine Craik, Sylvia Cybulski, Doris Deâ€" lisle, Helen Delong, Doris Dixon, Betty Ann Dolan, Joan Ericson, Mary Fée, Heather Florence, Connie Fournier, Pat Fownier, Ann Gentile, Alice Grist, Shirley Hannigan, Margaret Harris, Carroll Harvey, Maureen Hazelwood, Kathleen Aspinall, Carlo Isnor, Carâ€" olyn Chinn, Barbara . Hilts, Lillian Horning, . Sandra Jackson, Deling Jones, Karen Jones, Donna Kean, Margo â€"Knowles, Marline Krupka, Barbara Kyle, Winnifred Lacy, Janet Laronde, Joan Laviolette, Karen. Leidâ€" hold, Jacqueline Litle, Judy Little, Beulah Lest, Margaret McGee, Barâ€" bara McLaren, Elin McMillan, Myrna McMurray, Jean McPhate, Carol. Mair, Isobel Mair, Diane Monaghan, Audrey Morrison, Mary Nelson, Dorothy Péa=~ . cock, Jooanne Platus, Dayrel Price. Carole Price, Gail Russell, Ann Rosâ€" ner, Barbara Scott, Hinda Lea Shine- hoft, Doris Solomen Axuta fiad ‘Trore," lElizabeth Swanson. Pat Tomlinson. Linda ‘Urquhart, Vivian Videto, Dorâ€" othy Wallingford, ~Margaret Waddell, It was reallyâ€"a joyful return, someâ€" thing that an 18 year old blonde girl, with a faint: tan acquired under Swiss skies, wide greyâ€"blue eyes and a dim#« pled smile might have dreamed about. While municipal officials, club directâ€" ors and friends basked in her shadow, diminutive Barbara Ann, all starryâ€" eyed and smiling just said "Gee its great to come back here again, you don‘t know how I‘ve looked forward to this moment." After being smothered in welcomixng speeches and‘ friendly handshakes the crowds swept from the station platâ€" form and roads to make an impromptu parade, chanting all the while, "welâ€" come Barbara Ann and congratulaâ€" tions", and Barbara Ann grinned her infectious and ecstatic grin and blinkâ€" ed her laughing eyes and thrilled the crowd and did exactly what any nice young girl would do and said, "thank you, thank you sq much." She‘dida‘t do any of the things that might, perâ€" haps, have been expected of an 18 year old renowned personage, such things as being and acting high hat or ; archly surprised â€" she was just wholly and genuinely glad and humanly adâ€" mitted it at the reception accorded her. Single Copyâ€"Five Cents After awhile â€" the crowd slowly beâ€" gan to disperse â€" and Barbara Ann was whisked away to rest for awhile before dinner, following whichy she donned her silver blades and flashed like a bird on the wing across the gleaming ice surface and into reâ€" heaursal for the part she now is playing in the carnival. Not quite three months ago, Barbara Ann â€"â€" everyone calls her hy both names â€" slipped quietly away from Canada‘s Capital to seek the highest hoxmors that the world holds for a figure skater. She was then the holdâ€" er of the North American Champlonâ€" ship, and no other holder of the that title from Canada had ever combined it with the world‘s greatest honor. A mere six weeks later, the little Otâ€" tawa girl had swept Europe‘s skating critics off their feet with her grace, precision and sparkling displays of enâ€" thusidsm hitherto unseen and unkown at Davos and Stockholim. By doing so, she became the world‘s champion figâ€" city, she sgain competed against some of the world‘s greatest and retained the © North â€" American Mm crown. and Margaret i 4

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