Porcupine Advance, 12 Sep 1938, 1, p. 1

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The fire brizade had a call from Box 12 at 4.45 pm. on Saturday, there beâ€" ing a fire under the grand stand at the ball grounds. The blaze was eviâ€" dently due to a cigarette dropped down between the seats. The blaze was put out by the use of chemical. The underwriters‘ inspector gave the only otherâ€"eallâ€"smeeFmirsday last. At 745 â€"pm. on Saturday the briâ€" gade had a call to the corner of Birch and Fifth, but it was only some rubbish burning. Mayor of Timmins on Association Board Mayor J. P. Bartleman was one of the ffiftcen directors chosenm at the convention last week at Niagara Falls, Ont., of the Ontario Mayors‘ Associaâ€" tion. The octher fourteen were:â€"A. S. MclLeese, Oshawa; Ralph Day, Toronto; H. Talbot, Leaside; F. Pelling, Sarnia; Allan Stewart, Owen Sound; R. Waterâ€" ous, Brantford; J. L. Moran, Sicux Lookout; C. D. Hanniwell, Niazara Falls; E. D. Dickinson, Wallaceburg; E. 5. Wigle, Windsor; J. J. Bradiey, Smith‘s Falls; M. Booth, Cobourg; J. Bone, Belleville; J. W. Kilbride, Strathâ€" Toy. Lionel J. Bishop, of the Provincial Fire Marshall‘s office, is making an extensive lecture tour of the North, speaking on fire protection and fire prevention. He will speak at Timmins High and Vocational School on Wedâ€" nesday and Thursday mornings, comâ€" mencing at 845. He was at the Kiwanis Club here today and will be the speakâ€" er at the Lions Club on Thursday eveâ€" ning. Mr. Bishop is also one of the PField Commissioners of the Boy Scouts of Ontario and will meet as many Scoutâ€" ers as possible in the North to discuss problems and to talk Fireman‘s Padg> work and coâ€"operation with local fire departments. At Timmins he will give an evening for Scoutingz. The officers elected at the closing session on Friday were:â€"President, Mayor R. K. Serviss, Galt; viceâ€"presiâ€" dents, Mayors H. R. Cory, Trenton; W. Morrison, Hamilton; George Gordon, Kitchener; secretary., Stanley Lewis, Ottawa. Lionel J. Bishop to Address Meeting Here At the closing session of the Ontario : at home. Mrs. Ramsay concluded with Mayors‘ Association it was also deâ€" an earnest plea for more prayer, serâ€" cided that the next meeting of the|vice and givings. As a closing hymtr organization will be held at Chatham, l Mrs. P. A. Carson sang, "Go Labor On Ontario Fire at Ball Park Caused by Cigarette Blaze Under Grand Stand Extinguished by Chemiâ€" cals. Says Cochrane District To Have Jail of Its Own Named as One of the Direcâ€" tors of Ontario Mayors‘ Association. Cochrane, Sept. 12.â€"(Special to The Advance)â€"Reports from Halleybury that accommodation at the district jail there is so seriously overtaxed at presâ€" ent that there are almost four times as many inmates as there are cells proâ€" vided, has revived rumors in this secâ€" tion that the provincial authorities will consider again the passibility of erectâ€" ing a similar prisom for the District of Cochrane, at present without a separate institution of this nature. Representative of Provincial Fire Marshal‘s Department on Tour of North. At High School Wednesday and Thursday Mornings. Also at Kiwanis Club and Lions Club. Also to Visit Scouts in North. Frobably Located in Iroquois Falls District. Haileybury Jail Reported as Greatly Overcrowded, Chiefly With Prisoners from Timmins, Porcupine and Other Cochâ€" rane Centres. HIT This project has received consideraâ€" tion in the past, but no action has followed from Queen‘s Park, and prisonâ€" ers sentenced to jail terms from points in this district, including the Porcuâ€" pine camp, Iroquois Falls area and the territory west to Hearst, are taken to Haillebury. They comprise a good proâ€" portion of the men held in the district Jail there, coming as they do from the jurisdiction ¢f both Magistrate Atkinâ€" son and Magistrate Tucker. Information from Hailebury indicated that at the end of last week there were 1 Section 8 Pages Wins Bain Scholarship This year‘s study book, ‘"The World in Canada," by Rev. J. I. McKay, of the Church of all Nations, Toronto, will be introduced at the October meetâ€" ing by Mrs. Mustard. The president, Mrs. Ramsay, made an impressive appeal for members and workers. She spoke of missionary efâ€" fort, according to the New Testament, as the highest type of Christian serâ€" viceâ€"lzss of self and more of others. She pictured the needs of todayâ€"conâ€" ditions which cause war and which make people red. Anyone not believing in foreizn missions can find lots to do at home. Mrs. Ramsay concluded with an earnest plea for more prayer, serâ€" vice and givings. As a closing hymn The opening fall meseting of the W.M.S. Auxiliary of the United Church was held on Thursday afternoon, with Mrs.â€"A.â€"Ramsay as presidingzg officer. Miss Susie Smyth, missionaryâ€"atâ€"large for this district, gave a talk on her summer‘s work and play, telling of the Religious Education Conference which she attended in Columbus, Ohio, and the church vocation school which she conducted in the Nellie Lake and Cochâ€" rane district, and of the Canadian Girls In Training camps. The attendance at Camp Waskesieu on Nighthawk Lake was the largest since its openingâ€"fortyâ€"five girls from all over the district, with a staff of nine. She spoke of the joy and comâ€" fort this wet summer of the new fireâ€" place donated by women of the Cochâ€" rane Presbytery. Spend and Be Spent 119 prisoners in the jail, which is equipped with 32 cells The number included eight on remand, but as these all went back on Friday afternoon on being given 30â€"day terms, there was no change in the figures, Two more accused persons were committed to jail at Cobalt the following morning. Most of the men are held for short terms, which means they serve out their time in Hailebury, and providinz accommoâ€" dation for them is taxing to its utmost Announcement was made last week that Ross Service had won the Bain scholarship valued at $400. This schoâ€" larship is awarded to the student to attend Toronto University in Applied Science and Engineering who had atâ€" tained, the highest standing for Norâ€" thern Ontario. This is the third scholarship won this year by Ross Service, He won the $50 scholarship given by the Timmins Golâ€" den Chapter of the Daughters of the Empire for the student going to Uniâ€" versity or Normal having the highest standing in seven Upper School papers. He also won the Simpson scholarship given to student of Timmins High and Vocational School having the highest standing in nine Upper School papers. the resources of the availlable accomâ€" modation. In the event that a separate provinâ€" cial jail is erected for the Cochrane district, one report is that it will be located in the Iroquois Falls section. The court house for Cochrane ‘district is in town here, but as most of the prisoners who normally would be sentâ€" enced to jail terms in this area would come from Tinunins and other southâ€" ern parts of the country, a site near the paper mill town would be more conventient for the authorities, it is carvendged. Fall Opening Meet W.M.S. Auxiliary Miss Susie Smythe Reviews Summer‘s Work. Ross Service Has Distincâ€" tion of Winning Third Scholarship This Year. Published at Timmins, Ont., Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY Ehe PQorcupine Aopancse Miss Maric Rochefort attended her sister as bridesmaid, charmingly attired in a gown of navy blue tulle not over taffeta, with white applique at the hemâ€" line and white appliqued bolero jacket. The gown was fashioned with a shirred bodice and full flared skirt, and she wore a matching turban with a shoulder len:th veil. She carried tea roses, pink roses and maidenâ€"hair fern. Mr. Omer Girard, attended the groom as best man. Following the ceremony, a buffet lunch was served at the home of the bride‘s parents, 68 Fifth avenue, where the bride‘s mother received the guests, becomingly attired in a streetâ€"length dress of navy blue sheer, with white accessories and a corsage of red roses. She was assisted by Mrs. LaSalle, moâ€" ther of the groom, who chose for the ccecasion a burgundy knitted suit, with matching accessories. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown made on fitted lines, with a fiitted jacket, bottoned to the waist at the front, and wih long leg 0‘ mutton sleeves. From the jacket fell a fioorâ€"length train of iceâ€"blue satin, beautifully fashioned with the gown. She wore a halo hat of matching maâ€" terial and colour, bearing a waist length white tulle veil and carried an arm bouâ€" quet of pink roses and lilyâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"valley Lovely in a gown of iceâ€"blue bridal satin, Georgina daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Edmond Rocehefort, became the bride of Mr. Edward LaSalle, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. LaSalle, of 9 Birch st, north, in a ceremony performed by Rev. Fr. R. LaSalle, of Haileybury, brother of the Greom, at the St. Anthony‘s Roâ€" man Cathalic Church this (Monday) morning at 9 o‘clock. Many friends were present at the church, which was fittingly decorated for the occasion with mixed flowers and lighted tapers. The bride and groom left on the early afternoon train for Ottawa, Sudbury and other points, the bride choosing for travel a brown suit, with creamâ€"colour ed fox neckâ€"piece and cream accessorâ€" ies On their return they will take up residence in Timmins. Mr. Len Godin, who has for the past three years been a member of the Wemâ€" bley Monarchs in England and other noted nockey teams on the Continâ€" ent, arrived here on Sunday to spend During the ceremony Mrs. A. Pelleâ€" tier, Mrs. Stone and Mr. Lucien Filion sang "Ave Marie" and other suitable wedding selections, and the church organist played wedding music. Outâ€"ofâ€"town guests at the wedding were: Mrs. J. Roberge, sister of the groom, of Noranda; Mr. and Mrs. J. DeHaitre, sister of the groom, of Hearst; Rev, Fr. LaSalle, brother of the groom, of Haileybury and Mr. F. Rochefort, grandfather of the bride, of Storeville. Wedding This Morning at St. Anthony‘s Church Prior to the wedding the bride was entertained at several showers beins the recipient of many beautiful and useful gifts. a few weeks at the home of his parâ€" ents, before returning to Montreal where he will probably play hockey this winter. Mr. Godin was accomâ€" panied from England by his brother. Mr. Lorenzo Godin, who has spent an extenmded vacation in Enzland and on the continent. LEN GODIN RETURN® FROM HOCKEY WAR® IN ENGLAND Miss Georgina Rochefort and Mr. Edward LaSalle United in Marriage with Brother of Groom Officiating. Event at Home of Bride‘s Parents After the Ceremony. Work is progressing on the highway between South Porâ€" cupine and Schumacher. Last weekâ€"end the work o| laying the cement was completed from near where the road turns into the Coniaurum to the weigh scales at South Porcupine. With good weather it should not take TIMMINS, ONTARIO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 1938 So rapidly did the flames spread that Veilletb2, his wife and child, were forcâ€" ed to escape in night attire. The father was only able to grab his trousâ€" ers as he awakened his family and rushed them outdoors to safety. Inâ€" surance of $350 was carried on the houss and $150 on the contents, the building being a complete loss. Firemen were called to the scene but by the time that Veillstte located a telephone to summon aid the house was a roaring inferno. When the departâ€" ment arrived the last remains of the building were extinguished with the bocster pump. The closest hydrant was cleven hundred feet away. Schubert Choral Starts Rehearsals on Wednesday All past members and all others inâ€" terested in choral music are cordially invited to attend the rehearsal at the Central public school on Wednesday evening, Sept. 14th, commencing at 7.30 p.m. The date was originally set for ’I‘uesdaflf, but on account of the visit here of the Jubilee Singers this week, the rehearsal has been changed to Wedâ€" nesday night. Small Frame House Ravaged by Fire An cverhmated stove is thougsht to have been the cause of a fire that desâ€" troyed a small house at three o‘clock last Friday morning occupied by Ben Veillatte, 126 Ann avenue. The buildâ€" ing, ten by fourteen feset in dimension, was owned by Oliver Castonguay, was owned by Oliver fatherâ€"inâ€"law of Veillette Family of Ben Veillette, Ann Avenue, Escape to Safety in Night Attire. Wins Third Scholarship ROSS SERVICE who had already been announced as the winner of the LO.D.E. scholarâ€" ship and the Simpson scholarship, added to his notable scholastic honâ€" ours last week, when announcement was made that he had won the Bain scholarship valued at $400. + Photo by A. Tomkinson, Royal Studio. Advance Engraving. long to finish the highway between Schumacher and South Porcupine and in a few weeks the highway should be open from Timmins to South Porcupine. The picture shows a stretch of the new highway on the Rae Hill. Advance Photo and Engraving) On their previous visits here the Virginia Jubilee Singers were brought to Timmins under the auspices of the Timmins United Church Choir. Music lovers in the tewn and «district will be pleased to know that the United Church Choir has again succeeded in securing a visit from the Virginia Jubiâ€" lee Singers. This programme will be presented in the auditorium of the Timmins United Church this (Monday) evening, commencing at 8 p.m. Then alzain, tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 8 p.m., they will again appear at the church auditorium for a second conâ€" cert, Also tomorrow ©«Tuesday) at 4.15 p.m. there will ‘be a special children‘s matinee. The Virgin‘a Jubilee Sinzers have an interrational reputation as a group of Ssuthern musicians whose programmes are always fiull of talent and charm. They have been for years on the conâ€" cert staze and on the radio, and their suecess has been phenomenal. These talented singers need no special inâ€" treduction, however, to Timmins, havâ€" ing visited here on two previous ocâ€" casicns. On those occasions the proâ€" grams given here _ captured the hearts of all music lovers. The Virginia Jubiâ€" lee Singers are generous in the numâ€" ber and the variety of selections on their programmes, and also with their encores, but on their previous appearâ€" ances here the only fault that was foundâ€"that could be found ‘with their programmes was that they were not long enough, even when carried along to a comparatively late ‘hour. Time passes very quickly with a prognamme of the Virginia Jubilee Singers. A. E. Boyd, 42, former Timmins salesâ€" man, was arrested in Kirkland Lake last week and returned here on Friday to face two charges of uttering bad cheques. He will appear in police court here toâ€"morrow before Magistrate Atâ€" kinson. Brought Back Here on Cheque Charges A. E. Boyd Arrested in Kirkâ€" land Lake Last Week for Timmins Police. Tickets for the concert may be seâ€" cured from any member of the Timâ€" mins United Church Choir. Third Visit Here of the Jubilee Singers A Balsam street man was arrested on a charge of indecent assault but was immediately released on $200 property bail to appear Tuesday. Two Men Arrested in Liquor Raids Delightful Musical Event Toâ€"Night and Toâ€"Morrow Frank Bellow, Golden City, was arâ€" rested early Sunday morning in a raid by Provincial police and charged with keeping liquor for sale. According to police a cache was discovered outside the building containing 134 pints of beer and five bottles of liquor. On Sunday night a second raid was made ‘at the residence of Joseph Meâ€" bilon, Ogden township. He is charged with having liquor in a place/other than his own private residence. Frank Bellow, Golden City, and Joe Mebilon, Ogden Township, Face Charges. Published at Timmins, Ont., Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY Mr. W. M. Whyte, noted for his prominence in the work of the Oddâ€" fellows in the North, is to ke the guest of honour at a social evening to be held by the Timmins Icdge of the 1.0.0.F. in their hall on Spruce street, tomorrow (Tuesday) evening. The event will commence at 8 p.m. and will follow the lines of the similar happy occasion last year. Bro. Whyte ("Dad" to the Oddfellows) will celebrate his 86th birthday on Wednesday of this week, and his brother Oddfellows are honouring the occasion the night beâ€" fore, believing that this is awbout the only way and the only time they have been able to "get ahead" of Dad. Last year‘s birthday party was a very happy event not only for Dad Whyte but for all the other Oddfellows and others present, and this year‘s social evening promises to outdo even the notable happy time of last year when "Dad" and the boys foregathered to talk about old days, plan for the future and to wish each other the very best in the world. Weather Will Be Fair, Cool Mr. and Mrs. R. Roach and family left on Saturday for Toronto, where Mr. Roach has bought one of the Caraâ€" han Drug Stores near the Maple Lea{ Gardens. ‘Dick" as he is known to host of friends in Timmins and district was one of the druggists here in the early days of the town, being with the Frank Burke Drug Stores some twenty years ago. For a few years he went south, returning to Timmins some three years ago. He and his family have wide circles of friends inâ€"town who will folâ€" low them with best wishes. To Hold Social Evening in Honour of W. M. Whyte Over 500 at Big Party in the Croatian Hall Child Seriously Hurt In Accident Saturday Prince Arthur of Connaught, son of the Duke of Connaught died yesterday He had been ill for some time. Royal Celebration of Marâ€" riage of Young Lady Reâ€" cently Threatened with Deportation. There were over 500 attended the large party given in the Croatian hall, Schumacher, on Sunday night in honâ€" our of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Oreskovic, whose recent romantic marriaze creatâ€" ed so much intreest. Mrs. Oreskovic, whose maiden name was Anka Oresâ€" kovic, though her family and her husâ€" band‘s were not related, was recently held for deportation because she reâ€" fused to marry another man who was registered as having deposited a bond at Ottawa for her entry to this counâ€" try. Dean Kester secqured a stay in the deportation order and went to Otâ€" tawa where he was able to show the authcrities that the young lady was going to marry another man whom she loved and that accordingly her entry was not illegal. Jimmy Leppan, 56 Wilson Avenue, Aged 2%, Struck by Car While Playing in Family Yard. Suffers Brain Concusâ€" sion and Broken Ribs. Other Arrests Made During the Weekâ€"end. The weather has been fair for the most part during the past few days, but showers on Sunday accounted for .06 of Dick Roach Takes Over Drug Store in Toronto With west to northwest winds, the weather will be fair and somewhat cooler tonight and Tuesday, according to the forecast received from Hollinger oObservatory today. an inch. Maximum and minimuim temperatures since last Wednesday are: Thursday, 57 above and 30 above; PFriâ€" day, 62 above and 32 above; Saturday, 70 above and 40 above; Sunday, 66 above and 45 above; lowest last night, 60 above; eight o‘clock this morning, 62 above. Mr. Mark Oreskovic also went to Oâ€" | tawa and told the authorities that if the young lady were deported he would follow her to Croatia to marry her. The authorities relented in the matter West to Northâ€"west Winds Included in Forecast for Toâ€"day and Tuesday. Tomorrow‘s police court sessions will probably set a record for the number of cases listed, fortyâ€"five having been summoned for overtime parking alone. The remainder of the docket will also be heavy, several important cases hayâ€" ing been adjourned from last week and placed on the peremptory list, among them being the charge against Charles Lamothe, of South Porcupine, in conâ€" nection with the $41,000 gold roabbery from Dome Mines last June. The Underwriters‘ inspector came to town on Saturd2z2y and at 5.10 p.m. Saturday made a call from Box 64, in High School district, The firemen were on the scene in two minutes and had the water on in three minutes, which is specially speedy work. This morning the fire department had twelve streams going for the inspector, and he inspectâ€" ed the present equipment as well as studying the men and service given. Toâ€"day he is testing hydrants. The inâ€" spector is evidently well pleased with the present equipment and the work of the brigade, and the results of the tests show he has cause to be. Norman Simpson, 15 Spruce street, south, was arrested during a raid by ‘Timmins police at 2.15 a.m. Sunday, and is charged with keeping liquor for sale. One man was charged with indecent exposure, four drunks and five speeders making up the balance of the weekâ€" end arrests. Jimmy Leppan, 2%4â€"yearâ€"old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leppan, 56 Wilâ€" son avenue, is in St. Mary‘s Hospital today suffering from several broken ribs and concussion of the brain as the result of an unusual accident Saturday afternoon. According to information gained by police, the little boy was struck by a car driven by George Veino, 18, of 110 Avenue Road, which a few seconds beâ€" fore had collided with a car on Wilâ€" son avenue, driven by John McCarty, 168 Elm south. The vehicle, driven by Veino, mounted the sidewalk and crossâ€" ing the Leppan lot, struck the little boy who was playing in the yard. The car contin‘ued and finally came to rest afâ€" ter hitting a verandah. Damage to the car was estimated at $150. Police have laid a charge of reckless driving against Veino, who will appear in polâ€" ico court tomorrow. and the couple were duly married, reâ€" turning last week to Schumacher. Their friends honoured them last night with one of the largest and happiest parties ever held in the district. There was one of those sumptuous supper such as the Croatians know how to prepare, and a pleasant evening was spent in extending best wishes to bride and groom. Court Docket is Heavy Good Showing Made by Fire Dept. Here Inspector Visits Timmins and Firemen Make Very Prompt Response to Calls. Hitler Addressing His Followers Toâ€"day "ortyâ€"Five Summonses Isâ€" sued for Overtime Parkâ€" ing Breaches Alone. Single Copy Five Cents The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine. Established 1912. WRITTEN â€"AT 3 P.M

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