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x* THNRSDAY, JULY 31st, 1947 â€"Mom’”””‘ooo" «it With the decontrol by the government, the control of prices has passed from Ottawa to the women of this country. Daily theyâ€"purchase nearlyâ€"eighty percentâ€"of.â€"the goods that are sold. They have to decide what is in keeping with their budget and they must receive full value for every dollar they spend, otherwise their home would quickly become bankrupt. Their task is not just one of filling a larder, but of seeing that it contains the proper foods to promote good health. Seldom do any of them have a reserve fund, but must produce these all important necessities no matter what changes may Ooccur. A wise housewife really dictates to both the retailer and the wholesaler what prices are affixed to their goods, for by, failâ€" ing to purchase any given brand they are soon able to force the seller to meet what they condiser a fair and just pricte. They do not shout about the part they are playing, but quietly fight to keep the cost ofâ€"living within their budget. Think of the form‘dable task that faces our housewives today. Recently the government made rapid and unexpected changes in the control of prices, with the resultant sudden inâ€" crease in cost of these commodities. Did our housewives wilt, or strike under this sudden change in the value of the purchasing power of their housekeeping allowance? No! They had mouths to feed, clothes to buy and rents to pay with their controlled income against this sudden upward swing, but they met it and their famxlles were not demed the necessmes of life. Wt . o Sm C oob . The average man pays scant heed to the cost of groceries, childrens clothes and the thousand and one other things that concern the mother. He feels he has fulfilled his duty when on pay day he turns over to his wife, or mother a fair share of his earnings. His duty is done, but her task has only begun. To be tied each day to the treadmill of monoteny, to fight each day the temptation to become dispirited, and give up â€" and to win that fight â€" is an achievement that can only be descibed by the one word "heroism". It involves conquering a sort of cowardice that is inherent in (111 of us, and is always ready to get the upper hand. BP ALAAL O L A _A CC â€"A L * In time of war man rises to heights of courage which norâ€" mally lies dormant. Every day we read of men who give their lives freely that 6thers might live, or through devotion to duty sacrifice a long life for a short but active one, in the interests of their fellow beings. Men who fight fire and water when these elements get out of hand display their courage to the world. Such actions speak volumes for the fundamental noâ€" bility of human nature that in time of crisis, local or national, their is @always abundant evidence of real courage. The poets and the great writers, both past and present, have sung and written of heroes and heroines, but there is within: our midst heroines of whom little is sung or written, but who can only be spoken of as such, because of the courage they daiy display, not in time of crisis, but as a matter of course. These heroines are the women of th‘s, or any other comâ€" munity.. Your wife, or your mother. It is our women who in time of war maintained our homes and fought quietly, but effectively, the black markets that tried to spring up, and if they had succeeded, would have destroyed our whole war time economy. It is a type of courage that gets little, or no recogâ€" nition, for it is nonâ€"spectacular. It is the ordinary grit, that keeps women facing up to the dull round of duty patiently, uncomplainingly, day after day: always at the post of duty; always on time; always workingâ€"even though strength and spirit may be weak â€" so that those in the background, deâ€" pendents even more helpess, shall not suffer or go without necessities. It is women who decide what brand of clothing becomes popular, for in most cases they have to study the wear and the tear, for replacements are not always easy on a limited income. Why is it therefore, when we must confess that the home budget, which is the most stringent budget and is capably handled by our women, that we find few women in public ofâ€" fice holding positions that definitely effect our community or national economy? Women by their courage have earned their voice in the community, and no community programme is complete unless they are called upon to strengthen it by their wisdom â€"and their ability to meet the circumstances no mattexs how trying they might be. Whatever is done, or being done, their efforts can not be belittled. They know, and they are the only ones who reaily know, what it is to fight to maintain a budget. They know what such a victory really costs, and any man has only to look at his own home, consider what he allows toâ€" wards its upkeep, then ask himself â€" could he accomplish so much on so little? Indian tribes every spring used to dip all children above the age of two years in the icy waters of the rivers, this had a double purpose: first it hardened the children so that they were able to face up to the severe winters that our northern climes subjected them to, and secondly it taught them to be fearless of water. Courage was the main measure of an Indian‘s worth within his tribe. It is attribtte that all men admire and wish to possess. Canada $2.00 Per Year PHONE 26 THIMMINXS, ONTARIO “bm Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; (Ontarioâ€"Quebec Newspaper Association Published Every Thursday by MERTOK W,. LAKE, Publisher THE OLD HOME TOWN Timmins, Ontario, Thuraday, July 31st, 1947 Ehe Borcupine Adbance Bubscription Rates mazo-mflwmwsq-mmm 7. 25 TOM PROUDFEOOT, Editor United States: $3.00 Per Year Hog Marketings Continue To Rise Some observers claim, wiuh a note of surprise, that the Canadians are reluctant to discuss world affairs exâ€" cept in a de.ached way; that we hesâ€" itate to admit that our interests are iInevitably bound up with the peace and prosperity otf the rest ot tne world. Iif theie is any basis for tnis claim Oobserver believes that it is only an outward appearance. Under the surtace we i.na a very reai apâ€" preciation of our siake in wor.a peace and ol our tes wich ureas Briiain and United states. mor lius leason vnere is littie paaeuce smnown ti1use who unfa@airiy criicize eicher ol wnese great natons tor reasons, Determned w be Canadian One thing tnat aoes , in imis obesrâ€" ver‘s opinion, stand out is thas Canâ€" adians are aimost a unit in insisting that Canada wili buld and retain her own cisianclive cumture and personality. We may now yee see cieariy hnow we Canl puay out iuil part wita the other Dloauuils yYeb iectGain OUr WaYy Cf lite but we are aetirmumned to tfumid tug wWay. vanadians will refuse i0 be Cverwneimeu uy Lne sise auu greane.s Otlhier iNowhnere nas ts been more apparent than in this year‘s session Of parlament, and Communism Wlhiie suciaiists make a great ouiâ€" cry about "purging" their ranks of cumnmUunislts uictle is a growing 1celing among the politically mindea in the Capital that, despite differences in emperament and outlook, the end of thnese two ideologies must be the same. ‘Those who have always contended this are now poinitng to the movement of Great Britain‘s socialist government toward compulsory direction of labour in peace time. While compulsory laâ€" bour has not yet been put into force there is a general feeling that "Socialâ€" ism" cannot be establisned without it. lin wew of this it is becoming more and more difficuit to find peopie who will argue very confidently tor »democratic‘ socialism. 1t is apparent that socialâ€" ism and free enierprise â€" the right of ie to seek his own way of â€" cannot work together. Farmers in New Zealand There was a time when Canadian socialists pointed to New Zealand as a sociahst "Utopia". The position parâ€" ticularly of the farmers there now serves as a strong argument against socialism,. Prices of farm machinery and equ.pment averages 25% higher than in Canada while government fixâ€" ed pricesâ€"on farm products is much lower. Whea.t. in Canada bx'mgs our farmers..aninitial â€" payment of $1.55 with participation certificates that ofâ€" fer hope of furher payments, In New Zealand the farmer gets a frnal payâ€" ment of les than $1.20. Nations Business It is noted that one of he serious impediments to world trade at the present worldâ€"trade conference at Genâ€" eva was the insistence of New Zeaâ€" land on retaining the right to use imâ€" port quotas at any time she felt these were necessary to bolster her "planâ€" ned economy". Socialist or Communist "planned economes"‘ threaten to wreck the peace and prosperity of the world. The Last Session In retrospect, the proceedings of the session of parliament which ended this month stand out as one of aâ€" chievement which rivals any postâ€" war session. The fact that three hunâ€" dred bills were passed and given royal assent shows the extent to which the work of our parliament touches every phase of cur daily lives. Increased old age pensions paid to an number of Canadians and pensions to the blind at 21 were among the imâ€" portant acts passed. These increases are made pending the full social seâ€" curity program which is still awaiting the agreement of the governments of @uebec and Ontario. When this is obâ€" tained old age pensions will start at 64 and the "means test" will be abâ€" olished at age 70. This increase is entirely due to heaâ€" vier marketings n Eastern Canada, said L W. Pearsall, Meat Board manâ€" ager. Ontarlo marketings totalling what is believed to be an allâ€"time high for June of 176,478 represented 52.5 per cent of total marktings for the Dominion. These Ontario June marâ€" ketings were 3986 per eent higher than in June of the record year, 1944. There is much interest here in the poll taken in the United States recently by a popular magazine. It indicated that 68 %5 of the people expressed themâ€" selves in favour of government legâ€" islaw on to provide free doctor and hospital care. _When asked if they would agree to a 6% deduction from their wages to finance such a plan only 16% said yes. Has marketings continue to rise. In the month of June this year hog marâ€" ketings through inspected packing plants totalled 336,034, an increase of 15.4 per cent over June, 1946. Marketâ€" ings for May were 8.2 per cent higher than in May, 1946 Marke‘tngs in the provincee of Queâ€" bec rose 86.7 per cent above those of June, 18946. Increase in the Maritime Provinces was 328 per cent. With the members of Canada‘s Parâ€" liament back in their constituencies and the mnisters of the government visiting the wide areas of our land, palitical comment in the capital city is at a minimum. ihe peace ‘est ot tnae sis for tmnis ves that it ance. Under ry reai apâ€" wor.a peace Briiain and THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTIMMINS, ONTARIO The pioneers took the disaster in their stride. First, they set about the work of looking after the homeless people. Next, search and rescue parties were organized and at work to seek the safety of others in‘ the district,. These things being attended to, the pioneers bravely assumed the task of rebuilding the community.. For months, the pioneers lived in tents, while the work of rebuilding was carâ€" uping One of the first buildings completed was the McDougall block, in which was located Mrs. MacDougall‘s ladies‘ and childrens‘ wear store. Another early store was the Cattarello gengral store. Anâ€" other of the busy stores was that of Chas, A. See, whose éign read "Pills and Things." The Nipissing Stores, with W. Dailzeil (now of Timmins) as manager, was near the big store of Milton Carr, who Previous to the 1911 forest fire that ravaged more thaan 700 square miles, the town of South Porcupine had grown into the leadâ€" ing community of the new gold area. The fire on July llth.]Qll, however, practically wiped South Porcupine from the map. Most of the people in the little town escaped with no more than the clothes in which they stood. And some of them did not have much in the way of Mothing, the weather having been unusuallyâ€"warm for some days previous to the fire. To see all their effort and enterprise wiped out in a few hours would have disheartened a less gallant people, but the people of South Porcupine were â€" and are â€" a difficult group to discourage. In the files of the Porcupine Advance for 1912, there are many evidences of the success with which South Porcupine was reâ€"builf in late 1911 and early 1912, ns The hotels included the King George, owned by Cliff Moore; the Kingston hotel, Crawford street; and the Hotel Connaught, with D. A. Frood'as manager. The Hotel was described as "Beautifully situated, overlooking Porcupine Lake and South Porcupine. Fitted up with all modern conveniences. Two minuteq from T.* N. O. station." The Kingston hotel was moved to Timmins several yearo ago, and for a number years served ~the peopel as ‘"‘The Queens Hotel," at the southâ€"west corner of Third avenue and Balsam street, ried on In February, 1912, South Porcupine had a.town that gave every reason for just pride. There were big hotels, stores, theatres, homes, cafes, banks, and all the other conveniences and services The new South Porcupine had full reason to be proud of th'_e big buildings in the main section of the rebuilt town. The picture shown above depicts, from left to right: The block erected by Mrs. J. A. MacDougall; the Bank of Toronto building . the King George hotel; and the Milton Carr block, The other tv:m picturea are photographic views of the rebuilt and reâ€"established South Poreâ€" South Porcupine showed that it had not only faith in the fuâ€" ture of the camp, but also the energy, the talent and the courage to build bigger and better than ever. In 1912 there. were four banks in South Porcupine â€" The Tlidd rs Bank, the Bank of Toronto, the Bank of Ottawa and the Banic of Commerce, though the first two were the only ones di[,mfied enougA to advertise in the newspaper that year. specxahzed in hardware in a Dig wWway. J. C,. WNCN@ADD CO, WETE among the pioneers in furniture and undertakmg Another in the usually associated with towns of modern type in hardware in a big way. J. C. McNabb Co. were alins io ate ate ains ts abe ateabe abea c dz e ate o a ie a a io ote ate ohe Tn The Davs Tben The Porcupine Doung A GREATER SOUTH PORCUPINE AFTER THE 1911 FIRE Another In This Series hy . A, Macdonald â€"â€" Next Week ++ View of South Porcupine from Connaught Hill in 1912 south Porcupine in 1911, looking toward the Lake Business Centre of South Porcupine in 191 Bx . A. Macdonald Another store with an impressive name was the "Common wealth Store", and there was also an "Elite Store" on Bruce avenue featuring ladies‘ and children‘s wear. Oldâ€"timers would think it unforgivable to omit mention of "Big Mary Van Geer" and her store. She was an agreeable and goodâ€" natured lady, who stood 5 feet, 10 inches in height, and was powerâ€" fully built. In those days (indeed, for many years after) copp(frs. were scarcely considered legal tender in the Porcupine, but this good lady carried the idea still farther. She never had change less than a guarter. This meant that even a newspaper cost 25¢ at this store where books and magazines and sundries were sold, unless the buyer had a five cent piece. Outside this slight oddity no possible fault could be found with the lady, who was always courteous and qu_i‘et;._.;But the obstrepterous fellow who thought he could cut up in‘ that store had another guess coming â€" when he woke up. One story told is about a big fellow who had considerable skill and talent in the art of selfâ€"defense. He laughed when the lady advised him to leave the store, He was still laughing at the end of the two minâ€" utes she allotted him to depart, She knocked him down, threw him bodily out of the store, and down a drop of some feet from the sideâ€" walk to the hard road,. He could not remember how it happened â€"â€" after he woke up. y hardware and supplies line was Northern Canada Supply Co., of which the late Mr. W. Deacon was manager. The "Progressive Store" was conducted in the rebuilt town by Sky Brothers. Others in business or the professions in 1912 in South Poreu pine included: Charles V. Gallagher, land surveyor; A. S. Fuller broker; Code and Code, mining engineers; Homer L. Gibson, asses sment work. grapher ‘"‘ice cream, confectionery, fresh fruit, flowers and wreaths." ya H. N. Joy, Bruce Avenue, advertised "Groceries, vegetables Hardware and Supplies." Knight Brothers and McKinnon (head office, Cobalt) had branches at South Porcupine, Porcupine and Schumacher. The Union Coal Co. (W. H. Phillips) provided fuel for the win ter months and ice for the hot weather. General stores were conducted by Reamsbottom Edwards (Joe McDiarmid, general manager), Sylvester Kennedy, D. Fried man and others., Piano forte lessons could be secured from Mrs. Lindsay Mor ton, Bruce avenue, while dancing lessons were offered at Wilson‘ hall, by O. E. Bashaw. yers at South Porcupine in 1912 And, of course, South Porcupine in 1912 had a live newspaper The Poreupine Advance, Cook Mitchell, and Gordon Gauthier were among the lawâ€" There were two theatres â€" the Rex and the Majestic. Miss K. Wincent offered efficient service as public "‘The Palm Garden," opposite the Kingston hotel, advertised There were several good Chiness Cafes y umm mm y ce ap t m y PAGE SEVEN