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‘TIMMINS, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€"Quebec | ‘Newspuper Association . Published Every Thursday by LIMIT To this basic pension provincial scvernments may add supplemental payments"on ton of the 25 per cent they must pay under th> act. Pensionâ€" ers may also get out and work if they wish to live decently and may earn not more than enough to bring ‘:ncome up to $50 pner month. If they <xceed that the Dominion scales down the $30 in proporticn. | ARTICLE NO 23. Amendments to the Old Age Pension Act finally passed the House on July 1, 1947. Aft:r many days of sharp deâ€" bate ‘during which the measure was criti¢‘zed by the entire opposition and many leading government supporters, only ‘one change was forc:d, namely, that pensicons for the blind will comâ€" mence at ago 21, instead of age 40. BASIC PENSION The new reguiations now provide pensions for ths aged and blind at $30 per month to which the Dominion contributes‘ 75 per cent. This applies to the blind gnd to psople 70 years and over who. must ‘submit to the means t:st. That is to say, a corps of ~government â€"employees will visit the aged to learn their private reâ€" sources. Their $30 p:nsion will be scaled down accordingly. Time For Decision : TOTAL COVERED feeffan The amendment adds 60,000 aged Wha! peaple to those presently qualfi:d luck Not only this week but for the next 52 weeks let us reâ€" solve to pay heed to the warnings which have been sounded. It was said during the war that fire was a major, weapon. It can be a major weapon during peace time as well. hHKow can this country maintain its economical footing if our cit‘zens by their carelessness,.negligence and indirference Continue tnis orgy of buring up the countrys resources to the tune of $50,000,uU0 a year? khow can we hope to alleviate the hous. ing shortage when we have over 40,000 fires a year in our nomes? Serious as the food situation is, we are aggravating it by fires which destroy elevators, warehouses and barns. Remembering therefore that eternal vigilance is the price of safety let us apply the simple principles of fire prevention in our daily routine so that we may safeguard our lives and proâ€" perty from destruction by fire. / Whnat can be done â€"to correct this condition? In the Unâ€" ted States, the situation had become so bad that President Truman called a conference on Fire Prevention in Washington last May. t was hoped that by this means fire losses in the States might be reduced on a comparable basis to traffic fatâ€" alities foliowing a conference on the traffic situation in 1946, Apparently it was felt that the keystone to success in the matâ€" ter of fireâ€"prevention as in many other fields of public enâ€" deavour was publicity. Consequently we are going to hear much concerning the prevention of fires this week. To many of us the heedings wiil appear repetitious. How often have we been told to be careful in our smoking hanits? How many times have we been cautioned about the necessity to keep neating appliances in good condition and at a sate distance from compustible material? ‘Can we count the numbéer of times we have been warned against the use of gasoline for cleaning clothes in the home or kerosene for lignting or acâ€" celerating fires? How about that old bugâ€"bear "accumulaâ€" tion of rubbish"? Do we continue to build in spite of other people‘s experiences with construction of that type? As an evilence that we still carry on ‘"in the old good way" we may fefer to the fact that there were 55,400 reported fires in Canada last year Why do we have such a Week? The main purpose is unâ€" doubtedly to call attention to the devastating toll of life and property taken by fire each*year and to urge that every preâ€" caution be taken to reduce tne tremendous losses sufferea by this country and our neighbouring country to the south. It is with a great deal of consternavion that we note that 408 lives were lost and property damage amounting to nearly $49,500,000 was occasioned by fire in Canada in 1946. This compared wih 391 lives lost and $42,000,000 property damage in 1945, These figures and many otners which may be found in the Statistical Report Oof Fire Losses tell us that we are making progress in reverse im so far as fire prevention is conâ€" cerned. y Canada $2.00 Per Year. By Gceorge W. Yames The Canadianâ€" Statesman, Bowmanville, Ont. "LET‘S ROLC UP OUR SLEEVES" > Subscription Rates: fig% Nearly two months have passed since the "* GOP took ovir, fclowing il.s famous victory, and knows aged â€"Wwhat is holding up_ its bezinner‘s for pensions bringing the tota} up to 275,000 all tcld. It is conceded that thcusands are too greatly nandicapped ‘"to earn extra funds, h:nce if any proâ€" vinces declined supplemntal payments it appears many will have to exis}, or starve on a bars> $30 per month. At th> moment six prov.nces have voted cash supplements. PUBLIC CONCERN In order that the public may estiâ€" mate fairly the effect cof this legislaâ€" tion on aged and hand:capped citiâ€" zens a genâ€"ral review of current living costs together with the original stateâ€" ment of government policy, as well as points raissd in debate, will be s:t down before w conclude the ccnâ€" sideration of this particular ques.ion. Few matters are of mor: concern than treatment accordsd helpless citizens. COMPLACEMENT PRIDE the debate, Hon. Paul Marâ€" tin said: "I am proud to have brought forward such a cocmmendabls> measure on the part of the government; w2 have raised the level of pensions for the aged.‘" But h> also affirmed: "An old age pension was never intended to cover the complete cost of liv‘ng; ‘t is only a maintenance grant." + _\ ANOTHER MATTER R:plying to a ques.icn by a member of the opposition as to what an aged or handicapped indiv.dual was going to do who has no other msans of livelihood, the «Minister said: "That is another matter" How this matter is viewed ‘by resborisibl> â€"msmbers .n all parts of the Houss will be told in the nex} article... . 2. United States; $3.00 Per The ccuncillors wer:: C. B. Duke, D. Jacokbs, Ed. McCoy, A. R. Globe, ,J. â€" D. Vailliantcourt and J. P. McLaughlin. In August, Chas. Piercé, merchant and lumberman, was clected by acclamation to take the ssat vacans by the resignat.on of Councillor Jacobs. Appar:ntly, the new municipality hadn‘t even the to support them, for in the minutes of a ccuncil meeting held on Jun> 24th, 1912, there appears a mo.lion, moved by Councillors Glob® and McCoy, that the clerk ordersd to "prccure" a Bible. ‘"Procure"‘ (not purchase) was the word used, suggestâ€" ing that the n:w town hoped to supâ€" ply som>»> ne‘as other than by purâ€" chase. It is not known whether that Bible was "procured" as a straight gif:, or a loan, cr cn the deferred payâ€" mont plan, but th:re is tradit.on that a quart r century afterwards that ‘solfâ€"same Bible was the one in use in ‘he Timmins police court. At the inaugural meeting of the council, C. H. D. Brcoks was appointed town clerk; Jos. Ryan, chief of polics; Dr. H. L. Minthorn, Medical Health Officer; and the féllowing were named as chairmen of the four committees formed to‘ handl2s council businéss: C. _B. Duke, chairman of Fire and Light Committee; A. R. Globe, Public Works; J. P,. MclLaughlin, Finance; E. McCoy, Miscllanzsous. Certainly that first counc.l faced a mighty task. They had sverything to do, and practically nothing to do it wih. Six yzars later, cne of that first council said: "We had to start from scratch, and then keep on aâ€" scra‘iching." The whols organization of a town had to b2 created, public works and services had to be built up, and from practically ncth:ng had to be creatsd a going concern. The chief resources in view were the faith and the talent of the mavor and council, end the coâ€"oneration of the min> and the townspecpl:. Fortunately, the fai.h and talent and coâ€"opz2ration were streng enough to surmount all diffiâ€" culties. The cuestions discussed at that f:rst m:sting gf Timmins town council evi~ d nce the nroblems that had to be : faced Ev: ry‘hing menticned seemed to be nsc'ssary imnperative, unavoidable. All se med to call for immed:ate acâ€" tion, and all seemed to call up the particular problem of finances. Stumpâ€" ing the strsets, waterworks, Lshing, banking, purchase of some sort of However, ‘<the 1912 with it," and no 0 in any way as a double+?#sinted enc payving of *axes cn The byâ€"laws p council of Timmn terest, and. will k fireYfighting <quipment subsequent arlicle. _ _The first mayor and council for Timmins were elected by acclamat.on, and this plan was continued for seyv.ral years, the costi and trouble of elections being avoided, while the reâ€" cord shows that the new town was served so well that it is difficult to se> how mors formal electicns could have improved the quality of councils. The first regular mgeting of the Town Council was held on January 8th, 1912, with the mayor, W. H. Wilson, in the chair. Mos: of the citizens cf th.s town are proud of Timmins, and are inâ€" ciuinea to look upon is as a "lirst" simong towns. That is as it should be. 1t is all right, and fair,, io th.nk of as the biggest and best town in ue North. It is probably tha b.st and b.gg:is. town in Ontario, and, possibly, in Canada. As a matter of 1act, it is bagger and better than many of ine smamer cities. But, in th.nking of is as one of the "First" towns, it is well to rem.mber that there are scme ways in which it cannct claim to be "first." The capt.on written by the photographer cn the accompanyâ€" ing photograph emphasizes this point. "Far;, of, Timm.ns, nsar Porcupine City," were the descripiive words used by the phctcgrapher, suggesting that tw might have heard of Timmins, while all would know about Porcupine City, the first town in the Porcupine Gold Mining Camp. The photographer was try.ng to b haloful, though deâ€" scribing T.mmins as "near Porcupine City (Gclden City, today)" sounds odd at present. However, municipal pride would not have bsen soothed had the caption read, as it might wll have done, ‘"near South Porcupine," for Scuth Porcup.ne was an impcrtant cen.rs months before Timmins develâ€" cpsd. As noted in Article No. 18 in this s.r.es, the lots in Timmins townsite went on sale. to the public September 4th, 1911, the original tcwnsite being a part of the Townshin of Tisdale. Later in the year, s.xtyâ€".ight property owners in Timmins townsite petitioned the govirnment for incorporaticn of th> community as a town. The pesition was granted on D:csomber lst, 1911, the incorporation to be effective cn January 1lst, 1912. Timmins In Its Early Days By G. A. mins were not so numerous as they are today, and consequently they wer» of special inierest and importance, This birth, however, was nct the first for Timmins, a daughtsr being born to Mr. and Mrs. John Piter Kyllonen, on July 2nd, 1912. At the August mesting of council, Clerk W.lson reportsd the birth of a son (John Peter) â€"to Fr:derick and Malina Gauthier, on August 1s:, 1912, a.m. Births in the new town of Timâ€" ‘In the minutes of early metings of council, it was ev.dent that fire proâ€" lection was not neglected. thhugh it was the lats Dr. McInnis, as cha.rman of the Fire and Lisht Commitice in later yzars who fought so bravely and so well to establish a firstâ€"class fire brigade with sufficient equ.pmnt to meet th> nesds. As early as 1912, howâ€" ever, council planned the purchase of a fire engine and . a fir2 halil, w.th sleeping quarters for th> ,firemen. Probably, what will intersst the preâ€" sen: ratepayers oi T:mm.ms in regard to the first council of the town is the tax rate struck for the town. No other council tver struck so low a rate sincs. The first tax rale was only 20 mlis. There was another feature about that tax rate that set it apart from more modcrn The rate was payabl: Nov. lIst, wi.h a discount of 5 cent. if paid by that da‘e, but with an added penalty of 5 nergent. !f nc paid ty due dats. It is ne diess to say that Councillor Barileman was not a ratznay:r of Timmns at that C. H. D. Brooks, the first town clerk, resigned from that offics, being sucâ€" ceedsd on July 19th, 1912, by Thcmas M. Wilson.. «t .2 tfi i bca dn ie O ut â€" Nee sn isw c ht i 8 «td c t‘ms, or he ceriainly would hd\(.‘ ca'l d a‘itention to the illegality of doubling d:scoun; and p nalty in that fashign. However, ';he 1912 councit "got away with it," and no one to suffe: in any wav as a consoequenee of tha‘s double+jcinted encourarg iment. to the paying of taxes cn time. The by-iaws pass*d" by "th> firs; council of Timmns sre of sp:ci2l inâ€" Aerest, and. will be ref@red :o in a Another resignat on about the same time was that of Firs Chief McKay. As a matter of fac‘, the prcblems that szemsd th> leass serious were th> cnes that proved the most trouble. For exampls there was the matter of situmping the strsets, or, mors cura.ely, th> upâ€"stumping, or daeâ€" stuwmp:‘ng of the str.es. At early sesâ€" s‘ons cf the first council that quesâ€" tion of stumping, or deâ€"stumping. or unâ€"stumping, was always stckinz up, like the stumps themsilves. Even when half the vear nad passed, ccuncil was still worrying about stumps on streets ‘"in the heart of the town,." as councillors it Alsc, a resolution in the matter added: "And that par.iss havins mounds of sand on the streets b» asked to remove sams as soon as possible." It was actually 1917 beâ€" for> all the streets in town wore freed from stumps, the lass stumps taken cut bringing grateful nraise from the late Chisf Borland, who d‘sliked anyâ€" thing liable to hamver his fire laddics in their rush to firss. proteciion appeared the most pressing for the moment. Counciliors Duks, Globe and McLaughlin were appointed a comimitte: to repor, immediately on stumping the strests, watirwerks, and lighting for the town. Before 1912 had travelled far on its was evidence that th» 1917 council was do.ng ihings and getting things done. Progr.ss was beâ€" ing made in provid ng services for the tcwn. Arrang:iments was made with the Poreupin2 Power Light Co. for lizghting town streets. Work on th>: waterworks system was underway, and the police foree was growing, as shown by cne resoluiion passed by the counâ€" cil to the eff:.ct that the voli¢e conâ€" stable be authorized to act as ch‘ef of police in the absencs of Chief Ryan, and that said acting chi f inspeet and tost installation of waterworks pipes. Early .n the year, the Imperial Bank was designated as the financial instiâ€" tu.ion to handle th> municipal acâ€" count. One of th:first byâ€"laws passed by the council was one author‘zing th» borrowing up to $5,000(0 from the bank. Thére. may have be:n no conâ€" nect.on b.tween thsâ€"two matters, but anyway right afiscr the passing of that byâ€"law it was decided a thrgeâ€"cel} jail and quarters for the ch.ef of were absolut ly necessary. It will rous> nostalgic memorles to recall that this desired building was <«stimated to cost no more than $1,800.00â€"the presentâ€" day price for a woodsh:d.. * fls ; _ Th rel.urn to Canada last week of our Minister of National Defence,‘ Hon. Brioke Clax .on, from a British Emâ€" pi‘re Confersnce held in Australia to discuss the Japanese peace treaty has slimulat:d ronewed discussion on our intcrest in ths far East and in the Japanese p:ace treaty. A, the opening of the conference Mr. Claxton ow lined Canada‘s inttrâ€" ests. The frst was that the psac: trea.y â€"with Japan must gubrantce seâ€" curity against aggression; never again must our west coast f:el tha threa, or fact of danger‘from Japanese miliâ€" was the reoly. "I fel} liks> a new man wlhien I woke up!" ‘*‘Thezecforce, mcdora‘e psople, dare to daslare it is you who are in the right, but your timidlty, permits the fanatics to exhals their vemcn. Have the courage to clos> theiy beaks. Put into it (nsistence, a resolute vcice and cold determination." At a c.ub in Hollywocd a author was intreduced to a f:ilm The wriler‘s frst mceture nad just been shown, and h> immed‘ately a ked the cri‘ic for his opinion of it. "It was very refreshing,""‘ retunesd thsâ€"crite. *Vervy refreshing." ~"SBay, that‘s swell," beamed the zruthor. "D‘d vou r.:ally find it so refreshing?"‘ â€" "Seme are fsarful before the size of the task. Unfortunates! Do they not se> that we have made progress? Th> number of fanatics has grecwn smaller and is diminishing unceqsing- ly, They cery louder, to create the beâ€" lief that they are num‘rous, but these crics must leave modera‘te people unâ€" moved. We shall attain the goal, our Canada unit:d in mutual respect, in mutual affection, in cord.al relations, in firm kindliness. Five Injured In Headâ€"On Collision An accident ccurred at 9 c‘clock on Friday even ng on the "back road" when two cars mt in a headâ€"on colâ€" sision, resuit ng in five teenâ€"agers being s nt to S. Mary‘s Hospital, Timminsg. Four of them weres detained, and sall are reporied to be rapidly reâ€" ccvering from their narrow escap». m ns . and Douglas MacDonald and Eqassar Montizgny of Schumacher. The seriously injured was Douglas MacPDonald, who suffered a Afracturcd jJaw and sevéere head cuts,. Ancther incident that is creating intsrest is the .seizur> machinery from a long established local industry in the city of Saskatoon to satisfy a claim from the "board of labcur relaâ€" ions" for $1004. The "board" levied the fine on account of th»> company‘s refusal to r2â€"employ five dismissed men. The "khoard" said they were disâ€" miss:d fcr union activity wh.ch the local eccmpany U nied. The Saskaâ€" tchewan C. C. F. government a law preventing any appeal from the decisions of the "board." On Canada‘s Many Races "Preiudice‘s Final Refuge?e" A ‘quotation. "It is this dsn of prejudice which must b> cleaned out;, then purified by. fire so that (t shall no lenger exud> psisonous gas. Those injured wers: Colleen Cooke, 16. Way Avenuse,. Willictta Tallon, 13 Way Avenu®, Frank Perello, of Timâ€" Fricnds of labkour whoâ€"are oppon<nts of sccialism wer> quick to note thati. while ths> C. C. F. points to Saskaâ€" (chewan labour legislation as a model for the world, they had no faith in it when a strike occurrcd. They immsâ€" diately want~d to nass responâ€" s‘bilities to the federal government. Labourc and Industry Labcur _ matters in Saskaichewan,. whers a social‘ss (C. C. FP.) government is n power. are being watched wih interest by okstrvers in the nation‘s capital s Next in iimportance is Canada‘s inâ€" terest: in trads. Canada has a long FacLl‘c coast line and is now the third larg st trading mat.on in the world. For this +<ason the establishment of political and economic stability in the far Eazs is a matter of vital conâ€" corn l0 us: a mfitter affecting our prosperity, our standard of living. Isolation Out of Date Cne of the poaints made by Oour M.mister of Nat.onal Defences in Ausâ€" tralia was that "isolation is ‘out of date." Thz same point was stressed in diffsrent words by our Minis.er of Ext inal Affairs, Hon. S. St, Laurent, last weck in his first address to the United Nat.ons assembly in New York Whils no ons in Canada oppeses this v.ew onenly, there ar> many dangerous forces in our country which still beâ€" lieve in isolation. Not long 2azo0o the leader of Canada‘s socialist parly (thse C. "wished ther> was an qccan s:parating â€" this country from the Un‘ted Statts."â€" Many leaders of the same narty advocats linking our eccâ€" nemy with that cf Great Brita‘n. veonting war. In su‘te of many diffiâ€" cullies and d scouragements thsy beâ€" lisve that we must pEersist in our effrs for world. association ofâ€"all nations of good will and refuse to b2 in/jo any smaller group. Any Icss ambitious attitude is a defeatist one that would lead to depression and war. ¢r fact of dang tary. expansion Realstic Oksâ€"rvers here d:spreca. any move to isolat» Canada from asâ€" scciaticn with the other nc:tions of the wor.d by <t3o0 close asscciation with any cone country or grcup.‘ Canada‘s intsresis li> in world trade and the frigndly world associations that proâ€" trade by fost:ring peacse and pre.â€" It is not to be expected that the citizens of this communâ€" ity should sit back and allow our Mayor and Council to push through measures that are not in the interests of our town, but we do maintain that these men;, likeâ€"oher public men, are all too often held up to ridicule by others who should know better! y ; It would seem. to us that the abuse that was heaped upon the candidates in our last Municipal Election has only been exceeded by the abuse heaped upon the victors‘ SINCE that election. The right to criticize and voice opinions is still with us. We are not worthy of;citizenship unless we do have.op‘ nions and are prepared to exercise that privilege. But the belowâ€" theâ€"belt attacks that are made on men in public life are def. xmtely unfair and are simply contributions to the.intoler. ances and ‘njustices that are so rampant today. The Golden Rule has an application here! All too skilful is the attempt being made to undermine Canâ€" adians‘ faith in their public men. . It is an insidious moveâ€" ment to weaken the structure of our society, a movement that must be resisted by every believer in true democracy, There are many countries in the world today where intolâ€" erence and dictatorship holds.sway, where the freedom of the press is a thing of the past, where freedom of speecth is unknown, where men are told where they shall work, when they shall work, the kind and the amount of food that will be dropped on their dinner plate, but we Canadians have not showed any willingness for such regiméentation. We still beâ€" lieve ‘n freedom of speech, not only for ncisy minorities but ALSO for those who represent the majority .of our citizens. There are at least two methods that can be used to ShOW‘ disapproval of Council‘s action. One is by means of the bal- lotâ€"box which, thank God, is still free in our country, and the other is by strong representation to the Council through the Press or by attendance at Council meetings.â€" Both are digniâ€" fied approaches, both of them are effective and should be used when necessary. But.there is no excuse whatever for the la,mpoonmgaof our public men. We have been "*shocked, time after time, ab the â€" °curr110us dttacks that have been made on these 1epresent- atives of the people, attacks that come mostly from > szrw.ll selifâ€"opinionated groups who, by their actions, seek to ‘desâ€" troy everything that is fine, and clean, and decent. L4 Ned e in hy 1 o a ie in Piginatciant stt L Bs hoii There have been many fine leaders who have been comâ€" pelled to withdraw from public life, not because of a lack of moral courage, but rather because they were unwilling to inâ€" volve their families in the mudâ€"slinging that seems to be the delight of those whose persbn’al'lack of ability precludes them from any such position of leadership. Each of them has fought for or against every measure that has been introduced in Council during the year. . They have individually been outspoken in placing their views before the public. Is this a nealthy or an unhealthy sign.‘? No doubt, individually and collectively, they have made misâ€" takes, but as was mentioned in last week‘s. column are, they expected to. get a hit every time they come to bat? If so, no candidate should receive any votes at our next election! We hold no particular brief for either the Mayor or any of our Councillors but we do feel that there must come about in our community a greater recognition of the fact that these men were placed in office by the will of the people ‘and,\ as such, are entltled to speak, to the best of their ablhty, for the people they represent. It is well to remember that the few paltry dollars that conâ€" stitutes remuneration does not go much farther than cover the expenses entallqd It is obvious then that the desire to serve must be the predommatmg motive. We suggest that these men. are simcere, that each vote cast is cast in the belief that it will protect or further. adâ€" vance our way of living. Should there be no differences of on the part of our Council? Surely our whole ci. vic progress depends upon the ability of our Mayor and our Councillors to timnk for themselves and to vote accordingly! Perhaps this, at first glance, would seem to be ratber (isâ€" couraging to those who aspire to office, to those younger peoâ€" ple who are ambitious t make something of their liÂ¥es, or to those who have a desire to serve their community, but we are quite convined that such persons are better fitted to enâ€" ter public life if they have that knowledge PRIOR to the exâ€" periences that are bound to follow their acceptance of leaderâ€" ship in any field of iendeavuor. C We still believe, however, that if one is prepared to pay the price, there is nothing that can bring greater rewards than will the knowledge of service done in the cause of humanity. To most leaders, such a reward far outweighs the disadvanâ€" tages that come from being in the public eye. Hence, we still have leaders, we always will have leaders. True, many wouldâ€" be leaders fall by the wayside, unable any longer to pay the price, but there are those who have steeled themselves to lead DESPITE the attitudes of those in whose cause they laâ€" bour. One of the greatest sacrifices a person can make is to beâ€" â€" come a leader in any community, whether it be in the field of industry, politics, civics, welfare, or rel‘gion!| It is indisputable that the selection or election of a man to a position of leadership is the signal for an outpouring sof abuse and vituperation on the part of certain segments either of the community or the organization which he represents. Timmins is no exception to : this rule! Let‘s take this municipal council of ours as an example! In so doing, it might be wise to emphasize that we have no axe to grind and that we are not personally acquainted with the Mayor or any of our six Councillors! No one, by even the wildest stretch of immagination, could accuse them of being "yesâ€"men"â€"â€"the Council meetings th‘s year have proven the rugged individualism of each repâ€" resentative Nor would it be a healthy state of c1v1c affairs if our Councillors were guilty of such a sin. Even without a personal knowledge of these men, we would venture to say that the Mayor, and all six Councillors are actively engaged in public life because of a sincere deâ€" sire to serve the community. ‘ Each of them placed his sepâ€" arate qualifications before the citizens of our community during the la§t election. Fach of them was given a vote of confidence by‘the electors at that election and, asâ€"a result, are the men in whose hands we have placed the onerous duâ€" ties of finance and civic improvyment.