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a | : eg he tae if DNs FEE i ae . noord Sameer pe mane met amaeddaesisiaoenensin "adersaycirene Mek ETS z , TA - HE ESTABLISHED 1904 Haileyburian-Cobalt Vale 56 --_No. 52 TE, Haileybury, Ontario, Thursday, March 2, 1961 Skaters Appearing For Annual Carnival The annual figure skating carni- val, sponsored by the New Lis- keard and Haileybury Figure Skat- ing Club, will be presented at the New Liskeard arena, March 10 an tht For the third year, Mrs. Chris Blair has acted as the professional instructor, and the club's execu- _ tive have paid many tributes to her work. - Mrs. Chris Blair _Skating club; professional During the past few years, Mrs. Blair has trained some of the top figure skaters in the north, includ- ing Marielle Breault and Bonnie . Butler, who won the Northern On- tario Senior Ladies in 1959; and Sharon Pettman and Carolyn Bond = who won theLadies' Novice pair award this year. The show will open with the Hail- eybury Quartet in a fast moving version of "There's No Business Like Show Business". "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" will be featured as one of the themes this year. There will be a_ Wicked Queen, Tiny. e, Woodsmen, Little Chipmunks, Flowers, Rabbits, and: Three Tiny Animals of the. Forest, performed by the pre-schoolers._A Big Bad _Wolf is also to be found. among the "Trees of the Forest", besides some fascinating nursery . charac- ters -- Three Little. Pigs, Old Wo- man in the Shoe, Three. Little Kit- tens, Jack and Jill, Three Blind Mice, Red Riding Hood, Little Boy -. Blue, Little Bo-Peep, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Owl and the ' Pussy Cat,-and Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. Six lovely Cheerleaders will be cheering for the "Champs", who -are Bonnie Binkley, Intermediate Club; Toots Bond, Sharon Pettman, Northern Ontario. Ladies Novice Pair Champions, 1961; Mary Ann Koniewich, Northern Ontario Nov- ice: Liadies Representative. The *'Old Smoothie' -- 68 year old Bud Courchesne of North Bay _|its smooth, high-stepping will be back this year surrounded by a bevy of lovely skaters in formals. The second half of the Carnival will have a Southern fla- vour. There will be Southern Belles, Pretty Maids with Parasols, Three Little Pickaninnys, a River Boat Queen, and a "Top Hat and Cane" routine. Intermingled among the courts will be solos and pairs. The Carnival will also feature "Preci- sion" court. They will be dressed in gold majorette costumes com- plete with high-plumed hats. This highly colourful spectacle will be '| performed on green ice. Tickets for the Figure Skating -|Carnival are available from any member of the Club, and may be turned in for Reserved Seats at the Public Library, March 7, 9, 10th, between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. It is many years since this an- nual event has been anything less than a sell-out, so many persons 'lattend from all across the dis- trict. Likealamb March came in, in Temiska- ming, like the meekest of lambs; and so, according to tradition, we are in for a week or two of bad weather as we slide towards April. Well, this will be no change, and.I doubt if there's anyone in the district who would change our crisp, wintery ap- proach to Spring for the mis- erable, sloppy approach of other climes. New Liskeard Skating Club is deep in rehearsals for the annual skating carnival, and here are a few of the principals who will be taking part.in the annual extravaganza; Mary Prentiss who will appear as the wicked Queen, Susan Grant, as Snow White, Tommy Binkley as Prince Charm- ing, and. six of the seven dwarfs; Louise Lamothe, Sally. Walker, Barbara Farlinger, Carol Murchie, Trudy Grant. and. Babara Murchie. Kiwanis Carnival -- Attracts Big Crowd "COBALT -- Still another -silver strike was made in 1961 in the Co- balt Silver Camp; this time by the youth of the town, who struck for 61 silver dollars given away by the Cobalt Kiwanis Club 'as prizes at the Kiwanis Karnival. Addresses Members of the Rotary Club were given a word picture of a country in strong contrast to their own, when at their meeting this week, they were addressed by Mo- -hammedan Abu Bakiarr, a student at the. Provincial Institute of Min- ing in Haileybury, who comes from Freetown, Sierra Leone, British West Africa. His 'attendance at the Institute is sponsored by the Col- ombo- Plan under the supervision of the External Aid Office, Com- monwealth Technical Assistance, in Ottawa. Mr. Bakaar attended Elementary and Secondary schools in Freetown and has worked with the Geological Survey of Sierra Leone for more than seven years and is experienc- ed in mineral laboratory, office and field work. His work has. en- tailed preparation of thin sections for microscopic work, preparation of maps and-plans, surveying and magnetometer operation. He is in Sierra Leone Student Rotarians his first of two years.of study here and when his studies are completed he will return to Sierra Leone- to work as°a prospector in' the Geo- logical Department. With a background-such as this, his talk on~ his. country, its- re- sources, its potentialities and. gen- enal conditions proved to be a most interesting one. The talk was a par- ticularly timely one as World Un- derstanding Week is coming up and learning first hand of another country's life and conditions tends towards a better understanding and a greater desire for friendship. Last week the Crippled Children's Clinic was held and was quite suc- cessful, Doctors W, ~S. Keith, J. E. Hall] and W. K. Lindsay, all specialists from Toronto and the assisting nurses had an extremely busy day, looking after -81 children who were brought from as far away as Kirkland Lake, Elk Lake The Tri-Towns ~should co- operate in attracting tourists to the area. This was part of the advice given by Guy Moore, speaking to the New Liskeard Chamber of Commerce at a_- banquet held last week. : _Mr. Moore is the Deputy Min- ister of Travel and Publicity for Ontario. . ; _ The Deputy. Minister pointed out that Kenora, a town. of about the same size as the Tri-Towns, would gross more than $1,000,000 this year during the ten week tourist_season. -A recent survey showed that Co-operative Effort Advi For District Municipalities 19,035 cars entered Kenora be- tween July 18 and 23. He said not only the tour- ist. operator benefits, but mer- _chants too. During the survey - it was found that the tourist dollar was split between stores and tourist operators, with the stores getting 60.7 per cent of the dollar. a _ Mr. Moore said that his de- - partment advertises extensive- ly in the United States and 'Canada and last year received more than 300,000 requests for information. - eres a Se tu and Temagami. : He suggested that a wonder- ful opportunity for advertising the Tri-Towns will exist at the new tourist information cen- ter to be opened at Barrie this year. This will be the first in- land tourist bureau to be open- _ed by the government, and will supplement the 15 bureaus maintained at border points. Mr. Moore said that New Lis- keard has shown great fore- sight in- its beach project, and 'urged that the expansion should continue, as it is, and will be- 'come even more of a tourist se attraction. / it nie This annual event held this year on Friday, February 24, again at- tracted-a. large crowd of children and adults for -the- many events which were staged. - The advertising had been handl- ed by the children of the Cobalt elementary schools,..who -prospect- ed for their silver dollars by. enter- ing a poster competition arranged by the Cobalt Kiwanis Club. From the many fine posters sub- mitted for the competition . the judges selected Richard Fildes as the winner in group one composed of Grades 1, 2, ande3, with Keith Barstead second and Neil McKin- non 'third. zi In group number two comprising Grades 4, 5, and 6, Judy Browne was first with Barbara McGugan second and Judy Brunette third. Silver dollars were presented - to the winners at the Karnival. The* fun packed program 'includ- ed costume judging, children's races, inter-school relay" races, pee wee hockey, ladies' broom ball and a door prize. Refreshments were served by (Continued on. Page Five) The Weather Week ending February 28, 1961. Max. Min, Wednesday ....7. 25... 45 29 THUNCM AY: 2 4 that. ee a Peay WIAAY: oc ai Sait 29 18 SEUNUCE YES Oe cade 27 16 Srindanyec wok ea tee ee 33 06 Wonday ses Pee me - 37 27 MeSday stent ee eo oe 43 16 With a maximum température of 53 degrees above zero, on: Febru- ary 8th,..which is five degrees higher than any recorded since 1894, for the month of February, Temiskaming may well become a northern Florida' for the people living in storm-ridden southern On- tario and Quebec. (Chambers of Commerce publicity committees, please note.) Last year the highest tempera- ture recorded during thé same 'month was 34, on ithe fourth, and since 1894, 48 degrees in 1934. The average daily mean tem- perature for the month just passed was 17.4, last year it was 14.6 and since 1894, 12.0. The minimum was 24 below on the first, last year it was 10 be- low on the fifteenth, and since 1894 48 below in 1914. During -the past week, the lowest temperature was six above on Sun- day and the highest, 45 above on Wednesday. r n Quits After 21 Years Cobalt was shocked to-day to hear that Cyril Vezina is quitting as Town Clerk. Mr. Vezina has served the silver _ town for nearly 21 years. He has accepted a position with Widdifield Township, near North Bay, where he will com- mence work April 3. In his letter to the Council, Mr. Vezina said, "It is not with out regret that I have de- cided to tender by resigna- tion as Clerk and Treasurer of the Town of Cobalt, to be effec- tive March 31, 1961, as I have accepted a position elsewhere. "J would like at this time to express my sincere thanks for the co-operation and consider- ation I have received from each and everyone of you, and wish you all the success in your fu- ture enterprises in your differ- ent capacities. Lagausee "I will, of course, miss my. friends and very familiar sur- roundings, that is to be ex- CYRIL VEZINA pected after almost 21 years of service in this office. _ "Please do not hesitate to. call on'me for any service I _ can. possibly render until I am . ready to leave. Thanking you most sincerely for everything-- Cyril Vezina,"'