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Kiwanis Minstrel Show Outstanding Success The Kiwanis minstrel show, presentâ€" ed at the Paalce theater on Tuesday | evening and Wednesday afternoon and evening, proved one bf the biggest dolâ€" Jar‘s worth of entertainment to be enjoyed by buimper houses here for a considerable time,. The palying of the "Dixie Land Band" before the rising of? the curâ€" tain prepared the audience for an evâ€" ening of de‘lig::tful music, with much eccd fun added for full measure. When the curtain rose, the spotâ€" lights were turned on A ChOLIUD UL half a hundred in blackface, with higii hats, spats. canesandresplendent bow ties. The costumes played their part in the undotbted scenic effects, The costumes were.designed by. .. E. B. Weir and Mrs; A. Nean were in charge of Mrs. F. A. Woodâ€" bury. The scenery was the talented work cf Mrs. Malciim MacMillan, of 6chumachier. Mts. J. Bert Sutherland looked after the makeâ€"up and: this was effectively handled. The Kiwanis Minstrels of 1949 was produced and directed by Mrs. C. G. Armitago, Mus. Bac.. who also acted mbly as conductor cor all the muscal e e n oo ol t hemetiivatinel * A h oc *A ... fecl s ustt css numbers. _ The seript was arranged by Brian Shellon. Mrs. J. ‘Wilkins did "er usual gifted work at the piano, while William Rodgers handled the traps. _ A The show was divided into three parts. Act 1 was the minstrel show with all thke happy oldâ€"time features. Brian Shellon was a very effective inâ€" gerlocuto:. and he had four clever endm:n â€" Henry Kelneck, Cecil Linder. F. A. (Bang) Robinson and J. R. Dickenson. The "gags" in this part of the sh:w were handled with proâ€" fessicnal skill, and won enthusiastic approval from the audience. The optning chorus, "O Susannah," set a musical standard, but one that was maintainsd t h ro ug h o u t. thanks to the genius of Mrs. Armitage and the gifted talent in the show. Trers wore old and new favourites in the show. One of the specials was "Short‘nin‘bread." with Master Dennis Newman, a talented sevenâ€"ycarâ€"old, as (Continued on Page Five) Mr. S; B. Newman of North Bay, winner of South Porcfiptic to be presented with his prize. from Mr. J. M. McCurdy, presidengt of the Soutl ed the Legion with a fifty dollar cheque. ° Rotarians Hear About District Of Mountjoy Th> regular weekly meeting of the Rctary Club had Wilf Spocner as their guc t speaker, Mr. Spconer, the secâ€" retatryâ€"{reasurer of the Improvement District of Mountjoy and a member of the. Rotary Ciub was introduced by the president, Wm. Long. T»s speaker explained, "that the Improvement District of Mountjoy was the type of municipality and was cne of twelve such districts in Cntario at the present time. The disâ€" ir cts cou‘d be organized as towns CY villages, which ever was more desirâ€" ab‘e and cuitable for the district as a who‘e. To look after the business cf the district trere is a Board of Trustees which are named by the Lt. Governcr in Council and are called the Boird of Managers, This Board nutcmatically becomes the Public Sshool Board, togetzer with all munâ€" kept up sand are steadily being imâ€" wmmwummm.mud EOE trict there is a Board M. J. Coldwell C.C.F. Party Leader At Palace May 29th Mr. M. J. Coldwell leaderof the C.C.F. Party will arrive in Timmins Saturday May 28th on the afternoon train.. He will address a meetmg at the Palace Theatre at 2:00° pm on Sunday afternoon. will be one of the speakers. Immediately: te}lgfiwing the meeting Mr. Coldwell will" proeeed to Kirkâ€" A e and..will â€"addressâ€"a public. meetmg in that town in the evening. Mr Wm. Grummett K. C., M; L. A., will be on hand for the meeting and @â€" A _man was killed on highway no. !01 ‘in.the town of Matheson early Sunday morning. The badly-mangled body of Louis Friday, indian guide ind trapper of the Temagami District was found lying in the middle of the highway at 2:25 a.m. Sunday by Mr. 1. Kitts resident of Mathsson. . The ‘eadlight; of his car picked up the wutline of the body lying‘ face lown in the highway, opposite the resiâ€" tence of Dr. R. C. Wade,. . Mr. Kitts vyvas returning home from Tlmmins fter attending a meeting of the Kinsâ€" nen. Provincial Police Constable jerry Lynch, head of the Matheson r1o0tified. Investigation revealed the t.rafiic â€"ictim had baen dead for about an‘ :iour before discovery.. An‘ autOopsy Sunday evening by Dr. S. eggett of Iroquois Falls showed that Friday had died almost. in ~tantly € a badlv fractured skull and severs nternal injuries, presumtng that he ad bean struck from %ind + McDougall well known resident of SHatheson. They had both gone tc all the furs trapped together in the UMatheson district a few woeks ago. ‘hey planned to return for the night o the McDougall home. In sumâ€" ning up the case Provincial Constable vanaugh, who is conducting the ;nvestigaticn into tae *fatality said that the body had been struck from ‘ehind and left whore it fell, as thr. ~ody bore no tire marks, and it wa~ elieved no motcrist had accidentlv run over the body after the fatality. t jis believed that Coroner W. L will conduct an inquest‘ ‘ntsrment will take place on Bear Isâ€" ‘and, Temagami. â€" Louis Friday is urvived by his mother, four brothers ind three all restdtnx in the Temagami .district. The victim had that h{iht ret!tnâ€" xd from a trip to Cochrane with Harâ€" R.C.M.P. Pick Up Jewel Robbery: _ Suspect In Halifax * 'detachment was immediately Bob Buall premdent of the Local Liberal Asscciation informed the Adâ€" vance this morning that the Rt. Hon. Louis St.: Laurent would: arrive by motor from Kirkland Lake late in the aiternoon ;of Thursday May 26th. , Mr. St. Laurent will address a pubâ€" lic meeting at the Palace in the evâ€" ening. â€" Irnmedxately following the meeting he will , leave forâ€" Porquis Junction by carand from trnere to Ottawa by plane. It is imperative that Mr. St. Laurent,. be in Ottawa the iollowing day. . It is hoped that the Prime Ministér will he able to make short stops at the various communities on his way from Ki:khnd Lake to Timmins. _ Mr. St. Laurent will be the first of the pohtwal leaders to sp(-‘ak in Txm-_ \Canmâ€". $ â€" 14 Duke Emngtons band® which plays at MciIntyre ‘Arena on Monday,» May 30, has always been jamâ€"packed wit:; great. etax# whose solos magnificently ‘spark .E ton‘s ‘ arrangements. 'I‘he rigingls â€" â€" the nucleus â€" â€" had been Elipgton, §;.nny Grier, Otto Hardwick. Bubber Miley, Trickey Sam Nanton and Freddy Guy. Harry Carney joineo thcon ‘and ‘proceeded t> win all the: polis every year with his baritone sAX T‘n came Johnnyâ€" Hodges of the vevety. sinucus alto sax and Lawrence Brcwn versatile trombonist and the songstryss, Ivie‘ Anderscn. Milzsy diea in 1929. Ivie, Eilington‘s first singer, who came to stay a few weeks, reâ€" mained for tw:lve years before she ‘left for a crack at personal stardom. ‘The more recent stars are Al Sears 0. the spectacuar, â€"dâ€"iving tenor saxoâ€" phonie sclos; Oscar Pettiford,â€" str A m ‘.-‘LL‘:.“_ Soloist in Duke‘s Band Ns his 58th year. ; Ernie Dickson in South Porcupin:. On January 1, 1918 he and F. C. H (Fred) Simms: bqught out the Timâ€" mms insurance business. which ‘Mr. m;m q}_‘, Simm ‘and Hnokkg, .. A Snd of the fi'rs% world 2War: George Drew joined the firm:; â€" In 1941 A W. ‘Pickz2ring bought aut Mr. Drew‘s ‘nterest and the firm became known 1s Simms, Hooker and Pickering. Member of School Board The late Mr. Hooker served on thr Public School Board for many years where he Ca] dbly fulfilled his many Arduous duti He was:a@lso a highâ€" vy valued member of the Masonic Lodge, and he also ‘was a lifelong Liberal. keen sportsman he was an arden‘ ‘ollower of all sports, particularly and baseball, hardly ever missâ€" ‘ng a game. He invariably listenec *"o the Saturday night hockey broadâ€" ."'ast He was the first and onyl president ~f an informal local group know‘ *hroughout the area as the Press Cluk which was comprised of a number o‘ ‘ocal men who gathered at the close f the working day to discuss variou: ports and oplitics. When he â€"beâ€" ‘ame ill severgl months ago the clu‘ ‘Msbanded. ‘ Schumacher Leads Softball League Pallbearers were Jack Walker, Joe Cullivan,; Alvin Urquhart, Jack Easton, "id McCoy and Mr. A. Ethier. At the end: of the first week‘s play ‘chumacher leads the: YMCA Softâ€" *f@lll League with a total of: 6 points‘ *the Wings, Kyotees and Kirby team:; ate tied‘ for second <~place ~but the Wings : and 'Ifiyotges each have one ame to yick‘ up. > The eight teams in the 1oop are giying good perform:â€" ‘nce and @resupervised by members f the Timmins Y¥‘s Men‘s â€" The Leagus is scheduled. to play 8 games Survivors include his mother, Mrs Ienry Hooker of Sheffield, his wife he former Mary Robb, and on‘ laughter, Mafgr}et who graduate‘ sâ€"a nurse from Toronto General Hosâ€" Aital: later thisâ€"~â€"month, and a sister E. <A son, John, pre: leceased him at the age of 7, fourâ€" sen years ago. weekly. Y ~GOSSIP The Hiâ€"‘? and Triâ€"Y clubs seems to‘ b¢ getting muchâ€"closer toâ€"gether lateâ€" ly: recent combined operations include the Fashion Show and the Picnic on May 24. Skyâ€"Hi has the job of checking coats: :or the bg Duke Elling- ton Dancex; ind Star starfinx a softball ‘eagueâ€"â€"there may ‘be others. ° Edmonde Aube was appointed vice p:uidentoth"nmmimumfl soehtim to. fill the vacancy left ‘by ' f';_hvflncewtfiu vas one of 1 an d ‘ most gt 1e district. the" Porcupi ) H ker co a teller on oortdn in °~m e spvtred »anl:f to beco: surance firm h Porcupinsc. "I feel that the, T.C.A.C. should move into the quarters occupied formerly by the, Mine‘s Rescue Staâ€" tion, but ‘the estimates of $860.00 to fix it up is much too high. Could they not trim this down a little? the T.C.A.C. move out, we could offer the Chamber of Commerce the committee rooms," said councillior Bartleman. "I would like to see the TC.A.C. go into the room back of the fire hall, but it should be fixed up properly first," returned Mr. Aube. k. "Couldn‘t the Chamber of Comâ€" merce fix up the Mines Rescue Rooms themselves for a rent free proposition for a few months," added Mayor Eyre. The council decided to defer the matter for another week. The town of Timmins received letter from the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation confirming and: agrseing to the installation of sideâ€" walks on one side of the street only in the wartime housing districts. . "The Central Mortgage and Hqusâ€" ‘ng Copporation will tell us what gide f the street to put the sidewalks," ‘aidâ€" the Mayor," and we should: setâ€". ‘le it once and for all about the byildâ€" ‘ng of the sxdewalks and. recommepd‘ + foot ones at tha \‘We. .shmldm for tenders as soon 15 posszble said Councillor Bartleâ€" nmn. â€"â€" The clerk was instructed to have tha syâ€"laws and the resolutions for . the ~onstruction of sidewalks ready for Lieutenant]Governor Guest of Kiwanis Club Rex Smith, of Rouyn, Lieutenantâ€" Governor of No. 1 Division oi the Ontarioâ€"Quebecâ€"Maritimes District of Kiwanis International, was the speakâ€" er at the weekly luncheon of the Timâ€" mins Kiwanis Club at the Empire hoâ€" tel on Monday, the cccasion being the visit of the Lieutenantâ€"Govâ€" rnor to this: club. he next meeting. The timely topic of his addre:s was: ‘It‘s Great to be a Canadian."~To the question, "What Does it Mean to bo a Canadian?" the speaker said there would be many different answers. Some would reply in terms of good jobs, good food, good living conditions, . or freedom from fear of persecution or doath. But such answers did not tell the whole story. "There is something unique in being a Canadian," t:e speake: held, pointing out that because of its cosmopolitan population Canada was not a nation in the restricted sense of many other nations. Many different naticnalities brougzht their culture to the Canadian way. of jlife. Above all, the speaker maintaine1, there is no greatness and no real hapâ€" piness or progress without high ideals. The great Canadian .statesmen 0. the past based their beliefs on ideals.that they sought to achieve. Among these ideals mght be noted the brotherhocd of man, and the brotherhood :of naâ€" tions. Sta V . Special reference was made by the speaker to the evils of fascism and communism. "It is difficult to underâ€" stand," the speaker said, "how a free ‘citizen of Canada, with a mind,Of. A:.s own and accusfiom:d to psing his mind 1 _ P A M 2 infi wl csn entertain the idea of¢ ¢communi‘sm. with its â€"loss of freedom and its brutal intolerance." Yet in some pt the higher halls of learning was being encouraged. It was the speaker‘s opinion t..at Canada‘s ideals were specially indigated by such instances as the genergus reâ€" spense in money and ald to every difficulty or distress was a happy hampers, summer camps, t..6¢ woOFEp .O crippled children:â€"and other efl(m for the underpflvileged During the course of his the Liexstenantâ€"Governor took to refer to the pamphiets issued month by the Kiwanis Interns lin' ~â€" at the Palace Theatre o amonmnm sang "6. the shew. Wartime Housing Sidewalks *4 AND 7 M“-l-s Fire Department Blow Out Candle Friday the 13th was a busy day for the firemen when they. answered a total of six calls in the hour period. Three of the calls were chimney fires. and one for hot pipes. The other two were of more serious nature when th: department was called to put out a fire at 6 James street which had started between the walls and was caused from a defective chimney. The worst fire of the day was across the second bridge in the Township of Mountjoy where a house was burned to the ground. â€" There ‘were no occupants in the house at the time and the owner of the dwelling is Mr. E. Thiffault. The cause of the fire is unknown at present, but an inâ€" vestigation is being carried out to deâ€" termine the origin. The building was completely covered by insurance. Ray Lobouthilier age 17 was senâ€" tenced by Magistrate Atkinson on Tuesday afternoon to eighteen montas to;' shop breaking Lebouthilier had ‘broken ‘into Colton‘s Second Hand ‘Store, the B.â€"F. Goodrich Stores and: _Silvers Service Station. 6 .John Foxâ€"age 20..was also. sentenced by the magistrate. Fox received two ‘years less one day for conspiracy to commit armed rpbbery. The magâ€" istrate warned Fox that if he keeps3 up this record he‘ll end up m the penitentiary. At 8:50 a.m. Tuesday morning 'ghe firemen extinguished what could have been a very serious fire at the Hydroâ€" Electric Power Warehouse when a fire started near the front door. The damâ€" age was slight when a number of inâ€" sulators and cartons were burned. It is thought that the fire started from a cigarette butt. Fox Receives Two Years Less One Day The amusing call of the week was when the firemen answered a call to 400 Murdock avenue. The firemen on arrival put a ladder up to the second storey window blew ,out the candle and went home. The call was turned in by a person who saw the reflection of tiie candle in the window and thought it was a fire. It was listed in the fire department books as an imaginary fire. The Town Council passed byâ€"law 1126 last night and set the tax rate for the current year. . Many of the Timâ€" mins property holders will be very happy to learn that the rate is down over 4 mills for the Public School Supporter and over 7 mills for the Separate School supporters. The tax levy for the Public School Supporter will be 64.80 mills for 1940 against 68.9 fo r1948 and the Separate School Supporters will be 77.50 mills for 1949 against 85.1 for 1948. The town fathers have been workâ€" ing steadily for the past six weeks to bring down the tax rate and their deliberations were successful in trimâ€" ming down the mill rate to ease the tax burden of the property holders. A big factor to help decrease was the extra grants made by the Porvincial Government in the Fire, Police and Road subsidies. * â€"â€"The tax rate for the Public School Supporters is broken down‘‘in the following items: i 2. General debenture payments 4.53 1. General Purposes 26.96 3. Public School Debentures â€" _ 2.1§ 4. Public School Requisition â€" 16.39 5. High Teck School Debentures 2.40 6. High Teck School Requisition 5.02 7.â€"Local Improvement Debentures .79 8. â€"Public Library _ 1.18 9. Welfare * .56.38 64.80 Separate School Supporters have the same rates with the exception of the Public School Rates. . The Separate Schools Requisition is set at 31.24 mills bringing the total mills rate for the supporters to 77.50 mills,. Victoria Day _ Post Office Hours Tuesday, May 24th, 1949 is Victoria Day, a statuary holiday, and in acâ€" cordanco with â€" instructions reoqived from Ottawa, the service to ‘be given at Timmins Post Office on this holigay will be as follows:> Letter Oarrier Delâ€" ivery, None; Parcel Post Delivery. None Wicket Service 1000 am. to 12 Receipt and despatch oi malls As usua In reply to a letter from the town on a Business License Penalty Caldâ€" bick and Yates, the town solicitors stated that the town had no method in which they could apply a penal.ty for members on a~ Business License. , Single Copyâ€"â€"Five Cents Business Licence Pen‘alty of the Porcupine