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Canada $2.00 Per Year United States: $3.00 Per Year Authorized as second class matter by the Post Office Department, Ottaws There are as many as 12 waiting to read certain best sellers in the Public Library. It is sometimes necessary to wait two or three months, which does not matter much; it will not harm anyone to wait. But, sometimes, particularly sevenâ€"day books, are kept two or three weeks. The fine is three cents a day, twentyâ€"one cen‘ts a week, which also is not much. In New York city the fine for parking used to be $2.00. No one paid attention. It was increased to $4.00. No one paid attention. It was increased to $15.00. Almost everyone pays attention. And the city makes money. George Jonescu, of Tirimins is one of the 13 chosen from the province to visit England,. thanks to the goodness of Mr. W. Garfield Weston. Congratulations to George. Inevitably he will have a good, interesting time, most worthwhile and broadeniug; and he himself will be a good representative of Northern Ontario. May every good wish attend him. Mountjoy suffers polluted water and an almost complete absence of taps, baths and civilized exqrement disposal. Th Lh NJ Ki I Ks C _ MBA : Jod id y _ hb NY t ds Ne : Nee : 4 BAE L c OME t n Lt c c esn D 0 c in 0 s d o c CCR When Bishop Renison goes up North amongst the Indians, they say to him that they look upon the Porcupine as "wondâ€" rous civilization." The fact that Mountjoy citizens are comâ€" pelled to haul water by bucket, from river to kitchen, polluted water at that, would seem to harken to Indian ways rather than to civilization. Dr.G. B. Lane says that the most effective means of comâ€" batting venereal disease, for instance, is to trace "contacts," of cases, to go back, to get at the source, kill the diyiease at the source. So that is what, in the case of venereal disease, the Porcupine Health Unit does. On March 11 the Health Unit will undertake to immunize children, six months and over, for diptheria, lockjaw, smallâ€" pox, and cough. Good. That is going after the source. Indeed it is. But surely water is a source, an importâ€" ant source, with regard to discase. We are made of water largely (80 percent). Next to air, water is our most vital nourâ€" ishment. i There is another important matter concerning the water of Mountijoy. It is not unlikely that one afternoon nex? month a house â€" one mile from the river â€" could take fire, and spread next door and so on. If excited by a good s*trong wind a fire could pretty well gut the township. What could the fire department do, a mile from the river, without a hydrant? Hence it would seem in order for the Goverment to go after this water setâ€"up in Mountjioy. Mountjoy is a township. It does not run itself. The provincial government runs it. And the Government has done a good deal. During the last two or three years schools have been built, and roads constructed â€"â€" but no sewage system. _ And maybg thét, too, is a reason why St. Mary‘s Hospit overcrowded? _ There is great talk in the Porcupine about more roads, bet ter highways, airports, transâ€"Canada, main line, anti cock tails, antiâ€"TB. ... The great North marches on .. .. a 1 _ Meanwhile Mountjoy citizens are compelled to fetch pol luted water in buckets â€" and drink it. In the new Hollinger dry there are two boards upon the office wall. The boards are white, enscribed in black, as folâ€" lows: "Mine Rescue Timer Squad" â€" the following men are available in case of accident: truck can be quickly called: Cotnam, 11 Borden, 1193â€"J. ... And on the other board: "Rescue Teams: the following trained men: Adamson, W : 333â€"B. " These indicate efficient preparedness on the part of the mme ; Grim reminders, too. And if, say, ten or twenty men ‘were caught' in a dlsaster at Hollinger or any mine, where could that number be hospitalâ€" ized and treated in a hurry? The new Hollinger dry is an outstanding job in design and arrangement. That this was done by the company‘s own men, without the services of an architect, is surprising, and merits commendation. The new lockers, the main feature, perhaps, so simple and 5o efficient, embody a brilliant idea, which will add immesurâ€" ably to the comfort of every miner. Whoever iconceived the idea of those "dropâ€"lockers" deserves much credit. And the street clothes lockers, 1,750 of them in one room is an unusual feature, possibly unique in the realm of mine drys. And the whole place is as clean as a hospital. Certainly there must be some architecturally inclined draughtsmen in the D.O. The drawing of the dry, printed in the "Hollinger Miner," is no mechanical drawing. It is an arâ€" chitectural drawing, embellished with trees and shrubs that have since been planted. The interior of the dry. nhowever, seems rather bare. There is not a touch of color anywhere. There are no pictuires of hockey teams or oldâ€"timers or chamption drillers on the walls. Why not hang, for instance a picture of that real oldâ€"timer of Hollinger, Mr. Pritchard, Master mechanic, who retired a couple of years ago? Even in the bus waiting room there is nothing pleasant to look at. The attendance of the Retail Sales Course given by L. G. Masson, managingâ€"secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, is tabulated below: October 11 Introduction _ 167 QOctober 18 Approach 183 October 25 Discussion reprice, desire, etc. 162 November 1 Inducing decision sug. selling 121 November 8 90 November 15 Demonstration 99 November 22 63 November 29 Trading up Objections 67 January 31 Inducing Decision sug. selling 21 February 7 Price 30 February 14 Customer (Type) 31 February 21 Customer (Type) continued 22 February 28 The Telephone â€"â€" Ardour is a treacherous thing. Beware. It wants to move mountains. It wants to push and drive and accomplish a great merchandising .And one undertaking: Ine baies COurSse. Masson has been plugging along, for the sake of merchants, to awindling numbers of their staffs. Is it not advantageous? Is it not advantageous for salesâ€" people to learn to talk without that insidious insistence, to cope with cranks, demonstrate nicely, «"sell" over the teleâ€" phone? Why does the T. Eaton Co., for insitance, make it comâ€" pulsory for clerks to attend a course, and finish it, before ever approachning a customer? Here we have a man in the Porcupine offering the same training at one hour a week. He can‘t be expected to whip up all the enthusiasm throughout the season. Surely there are more merchants who might appreciate the effort â€" on their behalf. * The two remaining classes, held in the town hall on Tuesday evenings, are as follows: March 7 â€" Round Table Discussion. March 14 â€" Test: Ability to Sell. PHONE 26 TIMMINS, ONTARIO Members Canadfin Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€"Quebec Newspaper Association Published every Thursday by Merton W. Lake Subscription Rates: Tbe Borcupine Adbance Timmins To Trafalgar Square Where Could They Be Taken? Indian Measures Linger Masson Makes It Easy Thursday, March 2nd 1950 ‘New Hollinger Dry Easy Money Introduction _ 167 Approach 183 Discussion reprice, desire, etc. 162 Inducing decision sug. selling 121 90 Demonstration 99 63 Trading up Objections 67 Inducing Decision sug. selling 21 Price 30 Customer (Type) 31 Customer (Type) continued 929 0.000000. 0000000000..000.. .. 0..0.0'.00.0..0.0..‘0. fl:’:’t .0.0'00'00.00..’0..00...080000:0‘03.‘0% Usually. â€" ratepayers‘ associations are famous for the fact that they show intense activity and enthusiasm just. before a municipal election, but immediately after they fade away, ?. 4 By G. A. Macdonald .“.“" o. 0. .0. o. .0. .0. _0 .0 _* # ‘o(.n‘oo.np.u‘u.n.«.oo.u‘u:n}o:“:u:oo:oozu’ «:00:00:“:“:“:ocnxum‘:of.“:wxn}{n}o’o{ufn’n’n’u}u’ou}o}o{oo Soote Epetpotec? ‘at t * 2 NO. 137â€"A Friendly Rat â€" epayers‘ Association and remai::n in the dim background until the approach of the next elecâ€" tion, or even further than that. In the rare cases where a show of interest continues after the election, it is usually due to some special illâ€" will against the sitting council. to make a business of differing from other places, and the case of rateâ€" payers‘ associations was no exception to this dule. The Timmins Rateâ€" payers‘. Associstion, formed in the latter part of 1918, continued its reâ€" gular meetings and its activity in municipal affairs well along into the year 1919. It is true that the originzl Timmins Ratepayers‘ Association did not last at anything like full strength through the year. As Councillor Len. Newâ€" ton phrased it Ratepayers‘ associaâ€" tions are like old soldiers: they never die: they simply fade away. The asâ€" sociation here faded away, and the fadingâ€"away was speeded up by one of the members of the executive. Walkâ€"Out Over Sidewalks This particular member stood up in one of the meetings in the middle of the year, and after a flare of illuminating words, threw this bombâ€" But Timmins Is Different * In the early days, Timmins seemed The Porcupine Advance requested me to write a sermon for publication, and S0, in view of the present season, I thought it would be well to say a iew words about Lent. The Fathers of the church, particularly St. Gregory used to call the first day of Lent "Caput Jejunii" which is the beginâ€" ning of fasting. And Ash Wednesday is so named because, a very long time ago, Lent began on a, Wednesday and on that day the Church blessed the ashes, and sprinkled them on the heads of the faithful and clergy. Lent used to begin on a Wednesday. This was not always sO. In some places Lent extended to seven, eight and nine weeks. But during the ninth century, when the Greeks upbraided the Romans for not fasting for 40 days, the Church extended the duration of Lent four days. ““““ 1[ n Ebe Eags '(L'(Ilben The porcupme Tias Noung 4 35. Centuries ago, Ash Wednesday nad always symbolized deep mourning and grief, as when, Jeremy for instance, advised the inhabitants of Jerusalem to withdraw from the fury of Nebâ€" vchadnezzar, and to sprinkle themselves with ashes. Also, the inhabitants of Niniva evaded divine revenge by, wearing hairâ€" cloth, a means of torture, and by dropping ashes on their heads. ns s 2 ce se t ces 4 E2o2 M w e M M in 40 ow A A N CA NASL Hence it came about that the Chrisitian Church considered it proper to inaugurate "ash Wednesday," indicative of humiâ€" lity and penitance, to remind us that we are composed of dust, and will return to dust. And in the early centuries the church introduced the custom of sprinkling sinners with ashes, to provoke thoughts about death, which they deserved, on acâ€" count of ‘their sins; and, each year, on the first day of Lent, the Bishop and clergy sprinkled ashes upon those who had been condemned to public penitance. . A What is left of this ancient custom, you may ask? All that is left is the sprinkling of ashes upon the faithful, and saying, as God said to the first of all sinners: "Remember, dust thou art, and to dust thou wilt return." And now ,may I say a few words about Lenxt â€" the principal fast of Christians. This fast was undergone by the apostles, Tertullien records in the second century, and thenceforth it has been propagated by others. And in the diocese of Timmins the following obligations apply: € i § 1. Every day of Lent, Sundays excepted, is a day of fasting. 2. Emberâ€"days are also days of fast and of abstinence. _ 3. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (excepting Saturday ember days) meat may be eaten a‘t the main daily meal; and those not obliged to fast may eat at all meals. 4. Meat and fish may be eaten during the same meal, on days of fasting when meat is allowed. P n e t t d d t i . cA Ne e ““JU h i2 20. .h c 5. The mam dally meal may be had st noontime or in the evening. 4 a i u. td Ns B2 l a e C U“.-.o. Abstinence and fasting, according to the law, ends at 12.00 noon on Holy Saturday. 7. Food which is permitted on fasting days may be eaten at breakfast. _ Th _ th 2 A. ts ts dh t don ioh d 8. The law of fasting applies to those between the ages of 21 to 60. The law of abstinence applies to the faithful and to all those over seven years of age; or, to those who have reachâ€" ed the age of reason. _ 1% Cns s hustincavd CE Oe on 0t sc 3 m h tss Let us, then, partake in the spirit. of the Church, ‘during this Holy Year, in order that our sacrifices and prayers will bring about real peace. For the basis of real security does not depend on the atomic bomb, nor does it depend on the goodâ€" will of diplomats. It depends upon that elderly Man â€" with arms extended in Rome â€" who prays and cries for us all. deal in one wild burst of enthusiasm â€" and then alas, Is it not advantageous? Is it not advantageous for salesâ€" people to learn to talk without that insidious insistence, to cope with cranks, demonstrate nicely, «"sell" over the teleâ€" phone? Why does the T. Eaton Co., for instance, make it comâ€" pulsory for clerks to attend a course, and finish it, before ever approachning a customer? Here we have a man in the Porcupine offering the same training at one hour a week. He can‘t be expected to whip up all the enthusiasm throughout the season. Surely there are more merchants who might appreciate the effort â€" on their behalf. * often, it wilts and dies Be it the acquisition of French, for instance, skill in paintâ€" ing, or pushing through som‘ e long, worthy plan for farming, there are always aspirants, enthusiastic at the outset, but who have not got the gumption to stick it out, to hang on and finâ€" ish it, get it done, completed, a victory, however small. " P en o e . es y h ts c uns We oo t ahJ 4 4 W s B\nv ts .. tx Ppertatineds .shor The Chamber of Commerce, before its first anniversary, has instigated and already achieved a number of victories of imâ€" mesurable advantage to the Porcupine, towards farming, roads merchandising .And one undertaking: The Sales Course. Mr. Masson has been plugging along, for the sake of merchants, to awindling numbers of their staffs. Te\ 0 ol 0C THE FORCUPINE ADvANCE, ONTAKIOQ Lent By REV. 5. E. THERIAULT shell into the gathering: "I joined this outfit to help work for the interest of all the ratepayers of the town. For z2 few months I thought we were dcing a lot of good. Now, however, it seems to me that the association had degenerated into a gang interestâ€" ed only in getting sidewalks built in front of the properties of some of the members. Some of them have even been dropped out as soon as they get their sidewalk. Now, I‘m ready zind willing to go without a sidewalk until the rest of the town has decent roads, waterworks and cewers. It isn‘t a sidewalk I want. Sidewalks are often too narrow for the most of us What we want is good, wide rogds. Then we could get home all right at night. This associaâ€" tion months ago decided to ask counâ€" cil to sidetrack the sidewalks until there were good roads and other things, but the officers seem to still be after the sidewalks. I‘m sick of it. I‘m through." And that gentleman wilked right out of the town hall and never attendâ€" ed another meeting of the ratepayers. Brand New President But in the meantime that original ratepayers‘ sssociation, was of much value to Timmins. The mayor and ccuncillors of the town found the regular meetings of the association an ideal place to gather ideas about the needs, views and stews of the citizens. Immediately after the election for the 1919 town council board, the asâ€" sociation had to replace two of the executive officers, W. DeFeu and L. S. Newton having been elected as councillors, and the constitution of the association forbidding members of the town council obard to sit on the executive of the zsssociation. There were three nominations to replace Councillor W. DeFeu as preâ€" sident. J. K. Moore and D. Laprairie withdrew in favour of J. P. Bartleâ€" man, the latter thus being elected by acclamation. For Councillor Iifewâ€" ton‘s place on the executive, J. K. Moore and D. Laprairie were nomiâ€" nated. A ballot being taken, J. K. Moore won by the scant margin of one vote. Tom King said: "Say, Dave, if you‘d been sensible and voted for yourself, it would have been a tie." To Sidetrack Sidewalks In those days, the town hsd no sewerage system, and only a restrictâ€" ed waterworks system . There were no streets at all. Indeed, only the oldâ€"time polite flattery allowed reâ€" ference to the trails as "roads." There were some strips of sidewalk up on what was then called "Snob Hill," and there were a few stretches of walk in the business area, but in the most of the rest of the town the citizens had to walk as best they might at the side of the place where, eventually, a street might be: "Do you know," he zassked, "that some of the residents of this town have to carry their grocgries home on their backs like prospectors, and plough through mud to their knees on account of the bad roads?" The Asscriation Agreed The great majority agreed with Ratepayer McQuarrie. He said after the meeting that the only one‘s who did not agree were the lads who hoped to get sidewalks in front of their property that year. In any event, the association,, without any voiced dissent, passed z resolution asking the council to give first conâ€" sideration to rozds, waterworks exâ€" The sidewalk question czme up at a meeting of the Timmins Ratepayers‘ Association in February, 1919. Counâ€" cillor A. Brazeau had suggested to council that it might be a good idea to advertise asking all who wished sidewalks on their streets to send the necessary petitions into council at once. This stirred Hee. McQuarric into graphic eloquence. He made it plain that the town could not afford both sidewalks and better roads all in the one year. and that, while people could get along a while longer without sidewalks, it was a shame and a disâ€" grace not to provide better roads. The call that wakes a Somewhere in Canada ... someone in distress, perhaps a little child . . . is calling to you for help . . . through your Red Cross. Answer generously, from your heart! Give to aid in the What you give w maintain ted Cro post Hospitals. im :\ Your gift is nef s upport Red Veterans‘ Services. neverâ€"ending work you count on the Red Cross to do. This year, the need is urgent for $5,000,000. Only you can give your, share. Give from your heart . . . * * in e 20 ns rte EpeQpctacSaatontacQente c olecie s tensions and sewers, even if sidewalks had to be deferred for a year or two. Born Thirty Years Too Soon Many toâ€"day take pride in the Porâ€" cupine Health Unit. ‘"That‘s a modâ€" n plan," they say. Well. oldâ€"timers thought out the idea thirtyâ€"odd years ago. At that February meeting of the Timmins â€" Ratepayers‘ Association â€"a resolution was passed asking Counâ€" cillor DeFeu to call to the attention of council the question of the town of Timmins and the township of Tisdale uniting to secure the services of a firstâ€"class expert to look after the sanitary condition of dairies, foodstuffs and the general, heal‘h of the two municipalities. Keepirng An Eye on Council . It is interesting to recall the fact that the Timmnis Ratepayers® Assoâ€" ciation of 1919 delegated one or two of its members to attend each and every meeting of the town council. These delegates were expected. to subâ€" mit as full a report as possible ‘of the proceedings of council. Usually, the report was neither very full nor very informative. Sometimes there was no report at all. The average report of this kind was noy more than @n impromptu address by the deleâ€" gcote. But that February meeting had a real report that won the applause of all. % Hec. McQuarrie had been the memâ€" ber delegated to cover the first council mseeting in February. When he was zsked if he had any report to make, he did not reply at once. Inâ€" stead he walked from his seat at the rear of the hall. He halted before the president. "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen," he szid, "I have a full and absoluteâ€" ly accurate report of that meeting. I listened to every longâ€"winded word at that meeting, and I kept my weather eye on everything â€" and everybody. There isn‘t a single point that hasn‘t been covered in this reâ€" port, and ‘it‘s all feir, square and above board. Anyone who says this report isn‘t full enough isn‘t at all accurate, and anyone who says it isn‘t accurate must be full enough." A Good Report, by Hec! He threw down on the table before the president a large envelope apparâ€" ently enclosing a voluminous docuâ€" ment. Then he returned to his seat, wearing the ‘amous MceQuarrie smile. President Bartleman opened the enâ€" velope to withdraw the enclosed document. When he had the report pertly withdrawn, the president frowned. For a second or two, it was feared that he was about to use biblical words out of context. That would have hzave been very unusual for J. P. , and it didn‘t happen that time. Instead, he chuckled. "Thanks, again, Hece!"‘ he said. "It is firstâ€"class report!" . That report was simply a copy of the week‘s issue of The Porcupine Advance, with the report of the council meeting on the front page, marked round by Hec with pen and ink. More than 1000 children with speech defects have been assisted by the Montreal Speech Therspy Clinic, sponsored by Red Cross J‘uniors. Canadian Bank Of Commerce Pine Street North. Timmins Phone 119 and give all you can‘! t WORK OF MERCY NEVER ENDS ... THURSDAY, MARCH, 2ud, 1950 To The Advance: ill , % I heve verified the article on the histories of the parishes of St. Antoine and Notreâ€"Dame de Lourdes. It is absolutely correct. To The Advance: Sir, Congratulations to Miss Charron on her interesting column "Jasons." I think it is very demoâ€" cratic of you to have that bit of French in your paper. We certainly appreciate it and I hope you will continue it indinitely Migs Charron is doing a very good job of writing up the articles. R. MATHIEU Timmins, February 7. 1950. 21 Way Avoeonue, Timmins. Cy Bus Letters to ‘the Editor PBRONE 324 $6.10 $11.00 UNION BUS TERMINAL NORTH BAY Clean Rooms The King Edward Hote! Cor. sSpruce St. and Third Ave. Day or Week _* m TRIPS EACH WAY EVERY DAY ‘ ; LEAVE NORTH BAY 9.40 a.M. 4.25 P.M. Very Reasonable Rates Quilet Atmosphere MRS. ALICE GAUTHIER PHONE 101â€"2â€"3 Standard Time 11.45 P.M. BVY TMMINS i"‘ RETURN