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me ESTABLISHED 1904 ye eee We eh RE ee ea ae ee ae Sos 9s. (7. i Haileyburian-Cobalt Post Wel 57 ----No-6 Haileybury, Ontario, Thursday, April 13, 1961 5c. CORY -- Bribery Charged In Bucke ~ McGowan Seeks An Enquiry. Did Reeve Harry Groom offer a town councillor $100 to help get his wife the appointment as Bucke's assessor? Councillor Arnold Olson claims that Mr. Groom tried to bribe him and Bucke's usually warm. political pot is now boiling over. Charges, counter-charges, table ¢humping and fist shaking livened up the meeting Monday night, when Mr. Olson dropped his bri- bery bombshell. Stan McGowan triggered the ex- plosion when he asked Mr. Olson the question. "Did Harry Groom offer you .° $100?" "T never did, never,' Mr. Groom roared, pounding the table. "You came to my place and ask- ed me if I thought it was a. good _idea to put Maude (Mrs. Groom) "in as assessor,' Mr. Olson. said. "As a last resort, oniy as a last resort,' Mr. Groom replied. Mr. Olson alleged that Mr. Groom had told him that he was going to ask Ollie Shaver. and Peter Carter for their support. But both Councillors Shaver and Carter denied being approached by Mr. Groom. Mr. McGowan currently carry- fng the banner asking for an in- vestigation into. the township: which was first picked up by Coun- cillor Chester Hopkins, and then dropped. Mr. Hopkins had promised an investigation into allegations that someone offered to support Mr. McGowan's application as asses- sor, in return for a fee of $1,000 for doing the books. He also first reported that someone had tried to bribe Mr. Olson. Mr. Hopkins raised the investi- gation issue after Mr. McGowan had been appointed assessor at a Friday meeting, but he dropped it when Mr. McGowan was fired on the subsequent Monday, and Arthur Ship appointed in his place. Mr. McGowan claimed that the council-had used a Kirkland Lake paper to cover up its activities, and make it appear that he had been fired for improper conduct. "You are a trained propagan- dist," he said to Reeve Groom. "Are you a Communist?" "T don't have to answer that," the Reeve replied. "Are you a card carrying Com- munist?"' -INo ems NOt Mr. Groom bitterly denied that re had ever offered to support McGowan's application as ~asses- sor, in return for a fee of $1,000 for keeping the books. He said that McGowan went to his house some time ago and ad- mitted that he lacked the qualifi- cations required, and Mr. Groom had suggested that possibly Mrs. Groom might help him out with) § the book work. The Reeve denied the charge made by Leo DeRaiche that, in fact, Mr. Groom had written out an application for Mr. McGowan. "You're crazy," the Reeve said. "Tll bet you fifty bucks I can go home and get it,' Mr. De- Raiche said. Mr. Hopkins said that he had first given out the story of an in- vestigation, but later he was afraid that he might be held responsible for the cost of an investigation. He added that as Mr. McGowan didn't want his wife to testify that (Continued on Page Hight) Cobalt Seeking NO ALL. Franchise! | : Red Wings and Black Hawks be- ware, Cobalt may yet ice an en- try in the NHL. Cobalt council has now set town clerk Bob Bond to work, searching for the town's mis- sing franchise to enter its hockey team in the big league. At the Cobalt council meeting Tuesday. night, Councillor James Jones said that old-timers had told him -that way back around 1911, Cobalt had its own team in the newly born NHL, and Cobalt team (believed to be called the Wan- derers) once played against NOEs treal Canadiennes. The Weather Week ending April 11, 1961. Max. Min Wednesday uct): abe. 48 34 Anursday, wee Mee ee 43 29 Myridaysed, 2..He enter 40 24 DALUNGAY © sh .ncts eeteer. ot 37 18 Sunday. eee wee eee 46 20 WOndays: sc72 ss seme 45 33 Muesdavaw, Goce es 51 31 Need Storag ~ For District Walter Scott, New Liskeard area farmer was nominated as a direc- tor of the Temiskaming Potato Growers' Association at a meet- ing held in hte Heaslip Hall on Wednesday evening,, April 5, with about forty persons attending. A motion was approved to levy a small tax of 25 cents per acre on potato_growers with a minimum of $1 being paid by each grower. This is to help pay expenses in- curred by the Association, such as affiliation dues, hall rentals, post- age, stationery and books. The members also voiced a wil- lingness to join the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association if a motion to this effect is passed by the Ontario Potato Growers' Association. Guest speaker, Professor R: G. Rowberry of the Ontario Agricul- tural College, Guelph, spoke on potato varieties commenting on their cooking qualities, their gen- éral appearance, their resistance to scab and blight, their keeping qualities and solids content, and their growing habits. He was assisted in his talk by a display of twelve varieties of po- tatoes, prepared by George Ed- - wards. George had grown these in & vad va e Facilities Potatoes his Regional Test Plots. Professor Rowberry answered many questions which-were asked by members and visitors present. Another guest speaker, Larry Argue, Specialist in the Field of Potato Storages from the Vineland Experimental Station, spoke on potato storage of a type which would be suitable to the Northern Growers. Proper storage is necessary to assure a good quality potato at all times to supply the consumer demand. Care should be taken to have adequate ventilation, and plenty of insulation is needed to help keep potatoes at a uniform temperature and humidity during all seasons. He stressed the importance of handling potatoes with as much care as.you would handle eggs. This careful handling must be car- ried out in the field, in transporta- tion, in the potato bins, and stor- ages, in stores and even by the consumer. He concluded by giving cost es- timates of certain types and sizes of recommended potato storages. A social time was enjoyed at the close of the meeting. -| will also receive a grant from the r. Jones said that the old-timers Reena that it was a franchise good for 99 years, which gave Co- balt permission to enter a team in the NHL at any time it wanted to. Mr. Bond said that if the fran- chise were still legal, someone might be willing to pay half a mil- lion for it. "Half a million, no taxes for three years," exulted one council- jor. The council agreed that if Mr. Bond has any time to spare, he can devote it to searching through the ancient files in' search of the mis- sing franchise. Dealing with other matters, the council passed a by-law setting up the new Cobalt public library. This will replace the former Cobalt Li- brary Association. The town will have to make a grant of about. $1,050 each year, and the library province. : Although this will mean more money spent by the town, it may, in the long run, prove to be an economy measure, as a fully equip- ped library may cut requisitions from the public and high schools for their own references libraries. The council also accepted the resignation of Councillor William Tresidder, and accepted his ap- plication as tax collector and as- sessor. The town will now extend an in- vitation to George St. Hilaire, who ran seventh in the last election. _ If he refuses, then they have to in- vite Jack McGarry, and after him, Wilfred Moriarity, to fill the va- cancy. The town offered its old thaw- ing machine to Coleman township for $200. Council also repealed recent legis- lation making a number of changes in the Cobalt Community Center Board. CONTROL ROOM of the Sir Adam Beck-Niagara Generat- ing Station No. 2 holds the interest of four finalists in the second- ary school sectién of the Ontario Public speaking Contest. They made the day-long trip to Niagara Falls-as guests of Ontario Hydro, which co-sponsored the final competition held April 5 in Toronto with the Ontario School Trustees' and Ratepayers' Association. From left: Erika Teicht, Dundalk; Carolyn Pile, Barrie, who. won second prize in the prepared speech section; Har- riet Conroy, Latechford; and Frank White, Ontario Hydro. -- Ont. Hydro Photo Englehart Rink Wins in Ladies Intertown Spiel Mrs. R. Williams of Englehart skipped her rink to victory in the first event of the Inter-town. After the finals of the Inter-town were completed on Wednesday, April 5, Mrs. Williams of Engle- hart and her rink of vice, D. Suth- erland, second, K. Williams, and lead, G. Farmer, had won the first prize in the first event. She defeated Lila Dixon of the Cobalt- Haileybury Club in a close game which was not decided until the 10th end. Lila had with her Rita Sweeney, E. Whitby and lead M. Wigley. The third prize went to Maud Cragg with Gwen Horncastle Eva Finlay, and Mabel Grozelle. Mrs. Cragg won in a well contest- ed game from Mary Brotherhood playing from the New Liskeard Club. With Mary were Elinor Dob- son, Hazel Eastman and Marlene Ross. : The second event, a hard fought battle all the way through, went to a local rink skipped by H. Welch, with vice, L. Shouldice, second, I. Conti, and lead J. Dak- Cobalt's Town Clerk Has Wide Experience A one-time banker, who served in Cobalt, Noranda, Virginiatown and Englehart with the Imperial Bank started his duties as town clerk for Cobalt on, April 1. Robert H. Bond was first in Co- balt in 1938. He will replace the former town clerk Cyril Vezina who resigned from his post a short time ago. Mr. Bond first became interest- ed in municipal work when he was stationed as a bonus engineer at the Upper Canada mine in Dobie. In 1946 he took over as clerk- treasurer for the Improvement District of Gauthier, at which time he was also secretary-treasurer for King Kirkland School Board. and assessor for the Improvement Dis- trict of McGarry. In 1955 he went to Manitouwadge as clerk-treasurer for the improve- ment district which preceeded the setting up of Elliot Lake as a town- site. A year later he went to the Dis- trict of Cardiff and stayed there until the district was split into Cardiff and Bancroft districts. In 1958 Mr. Bond came north again to serve as clerk-treasurer at Geralton, from there he went to Dome to work as an assessor. = ins. Mrs. Welch won from J. Wil- kinson of New Liskeard with her rink of M. McKnight, D. Williams and §. Ervine. Third prize was taken by Ness McAuley who won over the Gauvreau rink from Tem- agami. The personnel of Ness Mc- Auley's rink were Rita Dinesen, Sophie Bosch and Pat Sparling, leading. Mrs. Gauvreau had in her foursome, to cop the fourth prize, J. Spear, V. Higgins, and -- M. Gerbal. There were only two prizes in the third event and Jean St. Louis of the local club won from Flora McFarlane, also of the Haileybury Club, in an interesting and well played game. Jean was ably sup- ported by Jean Peckover as vice, May Renaud, second, and Bet Van Noort leading. A. Bouley, M. Mac- Donald and F. MclIllwaine were the rest of the McFarlane crew. Fourth event was won by one of our most able curlers, Tess Austin. She was. held up all the way by H. Mallet, R. Spencer and M. Cavanaugh to defeat E. Pol- lock of the New Liskeard Club, who won second prize. Miss Pol- lock had N. Ross, G. Binkley and F. Semple with 'her. The intertown was a most suc- cessful event this year, and a most enjoyable one. The weather is wonderful for curling at this time of year and we all get to curl against different rinks than we do in our usual season's curling. We are guaranteed a minimum of four games and the curling is highly competitive. We hope to have many more rinks both from the New Liskeard clubs and from more outlying clubs next year, as this particular bonspiel is becom- ing increasingly well known and more popular. With the final games played in both the men's and ladies' sections of the Inter-town Bonspiels, curling activities in the Tri-Towns are finished for another year. 1 > arama