During his first year â€"on courr(M, Oounolllor Gladstone said that his efâ€" Mtodowhathefelttobemsdnty had roused accusations of "meddling" and. “publlcity seeking". ‘His only pur. pose, however, had been to serve the public and to work for the welfare of the people, espectally the children. He Mtwhehadspecilcalltoadopt this attitude as chairman of the Welâ€" fare Committee of Council. ‘He inâ€" tnnded'booonï¬nmwimthenmegood purposes in view and he thanked the mieecMmdothasformeenoour- :mmuthutmhe ml@‘ltd' tentions to him in reference to inâ€" surmeeocmmhs!ons that might be col. lected ‘by him. He said that he stood on his record, evidently meaning by tmstï¬athemmmmnowmeune Vhehadm while on the school board"‘ â€" ‘the same line followed by OOuncmora Epooner and CHladstone â€" of not rccepting these commissions while in public office.. "You may rest assured," said: Councilior" Bonhomme, '“t.ha.tlwm:lomybeatojustilytlm confidence shown inmebymy election past year Councillor Gladstone had been .succeseful in his undertakings inbheeouncilandhadbeenavahnble In introducing Councilior Gladstone, Kiwanian Eyre said that during the *h'om the Royal Air Force the Rfl.AF and the Cadets. Secretary W. H. Wilson made effecâ€" tiv#,: and witty introductipn of the ests at the head table, having a brief but djstinctive word or two for each them Aiter.the pleasing menu provided with good service by the Empine Hotel had been enjoyed the: indmdual introâ€" duction of the members ot the 1944 town council was turned over to Kiwan. ian Karl Eyre who made a happy and effective success of this piece of work. He started with the newest member of council â€"and followed through to the Acting Mayor. ’Bonhomme was a well, known business man said Kiwanian Eyre, and he had show ability and :ptfhâ€" le service in other lines of community work, and though new to the council board would no doubt soon be a valuâ€" able mmnber of that body. He would in all probability this year be chairman of the Fire and Light commitee. f In respomnnc E€ouncilior Bonhomme ‘that he had not expected to be e@uponlsï¬rstonthelistashe had ‘been the last councilior elected. He referred to headlines in a local . President Jack Beattie was in the ,:, s WVe welcome to the guests, “Ymg it was a pleasure and a privilâ€" ege to have the members of council and Kiwanis Club a j Civic Day, the ww# the Kiwanis act. as hOB†fo the memâ€" bers of the town i ooo On Monday the councilibr Members of Town Council 1 Off cwls Guests of the Annual "Civic‘"‘ Meeting Interesting and Enjoyable. Adâ€" dresm of Much Interest Given by Members of Council. -.Other Guests Included Member of R.A.F., Members of R.C.AF, and Cadet Instructors. @, Mï¬lï¬n‘present asatn on KI- The telephone is {frequently considerâ€" tNsune of Exchange ed as a business barometer indicating Timmins and the .condition of business. For Schumacher ,example a couple of years ago the numâ€" '-Kirkland Lake ‘ber of telephones discontinued at Kirkâ€" Swastika dland Lake was quoted as evidence of Noranda Rouyn the way Kirkland Lake had been hit.| New Liskeard TMummflmmï¬ï¬‚mMMMmmwSmummme epbone Company, suggests Amos -.-Jmmwummmmmmnnwwmw the above theory as at Dec. 3lst, 1942, ‘ Kapuskasing â€" Kirkland Lake had 173 more phones Oobdt mmummawumWWMy"‘ Englehart ' ’rnrningto'l‘lmnnm,tmstownex- Larder Lake change . (which tncmdes Sctmmachm) Hearst 346 173 _ 204 7O 87 61 *LfSQLï¬Ã©ï¬gï¬gï¬ in their wild dash the animals went _one on. each side of a standing car and the reins catching in the top of the car the horses ‘were brought to aâ€"stop with little: damage The chief loss was the dropping from the sleigh of a safety gasiplineâ€"can worth fourteen or fifteen dollars, whichâ€"someone has apparently carried off. This can should be reâ€" turned at once. to the police station so that it can be returned to its owner. Some of the firemen attempted to halt: the runaway team but there was not. time, enough for this, so for the mo-= ment the firemen can not offer as part of: their regular service the stoppmg. of runaway teams. Timmins and Schumacher Exchange has 348 More; South Poronpme has 87 More:~Kirkland Lake and Swastika Add 173. ~Figures Indicate Increase in Business, - Runaway Team Escapes Doing Serious Damage t North Has 1107 More â€" Telephones Than There Were at Dec. 31st, 1942 .. There was some excitement yesterâ€" day just before five o‘clock in the afterâ€" noon when a runaway team made a desperate dash along Fourth avenue. The horses belonged to a Mountjoy farâ€" mer and were standing in front of a serâ€" vice station when the blowing of a whisâ€" tle startled them and they tore off, the driver being thrown to the ground and losing the reins. The animals had four or five narrow escapes from striking â€"cars on the highway where serious damâ€" age would have been done. Eventually ary 22nd, 32 and 8; Sunday, January 23rd, 16 and 5; Monday, January 24th, 30 and 8: Tuesday, January 25th, 36 and 30; Wednesday, January 26th, 42 and 30. 'Wéather Forecast by the Hollinger Weather Burâ€" ecalu. 7 Toâ€"day will be mostly cloudy but gradually clearing to ‘fair and colder says Mr. Wheeler of the Homnger Weaâ€" ther Observatory, and it will be cloudy over the weekâ€"end with some light snow. At eight o‘clock this morning, the thermometer stood at 30 degrees. Rainfall for the week was one half inch, and snowfall for the week was eight inches. * Maximum and minimum temperaâ€" tures for the week were: Thursday, January 20th, 27 and 10; Friday, Janâ€" uary 2lst, 29 and 24; Saturday, Januâ€" asses Standing â€" CA Fractions of Inches. wn exâ€"| Larder Lal racher) | Hearst. toâ€"day | Duparquet ® larm immn Rev. Canon Cushing sucteeded Rev. Mr., Paterson as rector: of St. Matâ€" thew‘s Church. The Advance of Aug. 15th, 1017, had the following reference to the appointment of Rev, Mr. Cushâ€" ing:â€" "At the congregational mesting of St. Matthew‘s Church, held on â€"Monâ€" day evening. Rev. Richard S, Cushing, B.A., of Winnipeg, was chosen as the new rector of St Matthew‘s. He is expectedâ€" to take up his new duties on Sunday, Aug. 26th.. Rev. Mr. Cushing has given nine years of faithful and effective Church service in the Diocese Theâ€" congregation at St. Matthew‘s on Sunday evening heard the anâ€" nouncement with much regret, though pleased that Canon Cushing will comnmâ€" tinue as a.citizen of Timmins where he has spent the grea.ter fpant of. #7 years. â€" After Nearly 27 Years of Service Here:â€"Rector of St. Matâ€" At the regular evening service at St. Matthew‘s Anglican Church, Timmins, on Sundagay last Rev. Canon R. S. Cushâ€" ing announced his resignation as rector of the church and his acceptance of the position of General Missionary for the Diocese of Moosonee. Rev. Canon Cushing will continue to reside in Tim. mins. His suctessor as rector of St. Matthew‘s has not yet been announced. Rev Canon Cushmg to be General Misstona ‘ Diocese of Moosonee se uts ce Te C T2 L P Nes 5 B c t Ti io 52 7.3 dpaln Missionary for the Diocese of Bonds of friendship uniting Canada and China were tightened Monday afternoon at the Longue Pointe Ordnance Depot, Montreal when this <6â€"pounder. Antiâ€"Tank gun, a gift of the employees of the Inâ€" spection Board, United Kingdom and Canada was presented to Hon. Dr. Lin Shih Shun, Chinese Minâ€" ister to Canada, by Brigadier G. B. Howard, Ottawa, Controllerâ€"General of the Board, Shown, here, left to right, are Lt.â€"Col, T. S. Ho. Chinese Ordnance During the time he has served here both the church and rectory have been extended and improved, and Rev. Mr. Cushing found time for other activiâ€" tiesâ€"of value.â€"to the community.‘A musâ€" ician. of outstanding â€"talent, he gave freely of ‘his gifts as a . planist and choir leader and was also interested in many lines. outside the church. For many yedrs in the early days of the town Rev. Mr. Cushing was a member of the executive of the Timmins Footâ€" ball Club when that organization was one of the most important sports orâ€" ganlzat.mns in town. .. Lawn bowling was another recreation in which Rev. Mr. Cushing‘s interest was of material help. Rev. Mr. Cushing also organized and directed for many years the first Boy Ecout trcop in Timmins An arâ€" dent lover of flowers, he was also a helpful supporter of the Timmins Hor. ticultural Society in its early days. He was prominent in the establishment and extension of the Timmins public . lbâ€" rary and was chairman of the library ,boardtm' a number ofyearp H.isac-: tive interest in Children‘s Aid Bocleby work for many years will not be forâ€" gotten, nor will his interest and effort in a number of other community serâ€" of Rupert‘s Land, and he comes to Timâ€" mins with the highést recommendations from the. highest church officials He was admltbed to the priesthood in 1909. He holds a B.A. degree from the Uniâ€" versity of Manitoba ‘and a L. Th. deâ€" gree from St. John s College, Winnipeg. He is a married man in the prime of life and from the good words spoken of him by those who know ‘him, he will give earnest and able service ln the ‘field here.". y onee. expert; Dr. Yui Ming, Director of: Chinese Ministry of Information in Ca,nadc;\Maj â€"Gen..Chiang of the Chinese Army; Col. L. Patrick, Officer commandâ€" ing Longue. Pointe Depot; S. Kirby, Otâ€" tawa,. Assistant Director of Inspection, Gunsâ€"and Carriages, Brig. Howard, Dr, Liu,. Lt.â€"Col. 8. English, Montreal,; Administrative Officer of the Board, and Maj. Gen. E. J. Renaud, C.B.E‘., Officer Commanding Military District, No. 4. Mrs. Jack Gannon, Second Ave., and Miss ‘Vioiet McKinley, of the Public School staff, received the sad news toâ€" day .â€"(Wednesday) that their brother, Pilot Officer Curtis McKinley, R.C.A.F.. wasi killed ovierseas. Pilot Officer Mcâ€" Kinley‘s< mother, Mrs. John Perry, reâ€" sides at Cobalt, _ . the esteem in which the Canon is held throughout the diocese and the long and faithful service he has given to the parish and the Church, ‘ Pilot Officer McKinley Reported Killed Overseas . On Sunday next, Major Alfred Dixon, newly appointed Divisional Commander ofâ€"the Northern Ontario Division of The Salvation Army, will visit Timmins, Major Dixon : succeeds . . Raymer who has »been transferred to Edmonton, Alberta. . Major.‘Dixon was inducted into ofâ€" fice in Orillia, two weeks Hgo, by Lit. Colonel F‘. Ham the Field Secretary of The Salvation ‘Army for:â€"Canada. Ma. jor Dixon comes to this Division from the"Peterborough Corps, where he has been in charge. Major Dixon is an outstanding epeakâ€" er and Bible teacher, and will be in charge of: the services in the local Salâ€" vazion Army corps this coming weekâ€" end: $ Malor Alfred Dixon Widely â€"Known as Gifted Speaker. ~During the twenty years of existence the Timmins Kiwanis Club has been New Divisional Commander of S. A. To be Here Sunday Local Service Club has Given T wenty Years:of Good Serâ€" ~ _ to the:Community. Timmins Kiwanis to Celebrate 20th _ Anniversary of Clubâ€" of very decided service to the comâ€" munity. In addition to its ready and generous support of all town activities and interest the TimminsKiwanis Club has instituted a number of original plans for the we‘Zare and advancement and has sponsored number of acâ€" tivities that have been of outstanding value. The Kiwanis here will be able to celebrate their twenty years in Timâ€" mins with the knowledge that it has been twenty years of ‘successful effort for Timmins a,nd its peOple the presentation of the club charter, at the regular luncheon at the Empire hobel on :Monday. Jan. 31st at 12.15 p.m. (Canadian Army Photo) Burke, B. McPhail, A Mason, U. Leyinâ€" | W, Jacob, J. F. Gatthier, J. . W. Lieberâ€" son, H. â€"MeoCarthy, G. Strickland, Jack man, Roy Stoddart, Frank Morin, Harâ€" Beattie Jr.. W. A. Jenkin, Allan Bell, old Jones,J. Montgomery, Rose Morris, A.BradettzHMcKinnon.AlbertTrefl Harris J. Laurence, 8. C. Kean, M. J. mEArnottHelenLakeDl!Bumett. Finn, Austin A. Dundas, Roy Wilson, W.â€"E. Clark, Joyce Service, Geo. Cantâ€" _ pasil Edwards, Val. Kitchen, Mrs. J. well, Allan Fish, Gordon Pooley, Mrs.‘ vnmmmaoummmce H. Beard, John Bodell!, Wm. Cadeau, Jmmmmcm.h J. Beard,‘G. W..Henning, ‘Wim. O%bey, ‘Awteney, Mrs. Jane ‘Royce, ‘Mrs:. m- C. L. Huggins, Ed. Moore, Cyril R. Donald Mrs.. Ruby Starby,. R. N. Mthm B. .A.. ‘Nilseon,/ Miry â€" es ‘# E. Osborne, Harry Poole, A. McInnis,. Mrs. Osborne, Irving Frager, L. Armour,‘ J. A. McDonall, E. N. ‘Ward, Tom Allen, Hugh McLachlan, Jas. Tanny, H.. P.‘ J. M. Douglas, Alex Taylor, John Kirkland, N. McAlpine, Karl Deyarâ€". mond, Jack Jose, Wim. MclLean, George Allison, J. McDougall, J. Ormshor, L. Bailley, Nels Fors,~F. McWhinnie, C. Bavage, John Shaw, Kathleen McKay, A. State, John Morris, Jas. McFadden,‘ Moody Miller, Leo Iliberg, H. J. Mcâ€" Garry, Wm. Wallace, Wm. Hocking, R.â€" Dewar; Misses â€" F. Farr, Ursulak, Pmat Swaint, Curtis, Cadman, Elliot, ~Blais, Richer, Milette, Falconer, Bonrne CGHAlâ€" lespie. V The following are some particulars of the clinic here:â€" Nurses who assisted at the Blood Donors‘ Clinic, Jan. 23 and 24:â€" Mesâ€" dames A. D.â€"Campbell, S. L. Honey, W. D. Robson, J. E. Barry, A. F. Newâ€" man, C.Irvine, J. Dalton Jr., H. Jones, W. L. Briden,â€"C. Thomson, C. Abrams, Over 220 Registered for Blood Donors‘ Clinic Here on January 23rd and 24th Many Doctors and Nurses _ t on mt o0 t mrad Give Assistance at Red Crbss Blood Donors‘ Clinic Held Here This Weoek. List Now Being Prepared of Donors for the Next Blood Clinic. munitions.. All should coâ€"operate as fully as possible in the collection. The Boy Scouts again will do the collecting. Be ready for them on Saturday. Alexander Craig: > Dies at :His Home in Lanark ‘that troops: of the Allied Fifth Army Saturday of this week, Jan. ~20th, ‘ are slowly ¢rushing the Nazi forces out there will be another collection of waste : of their Oentral Italy sitrongholds now fats from 9 to 12 noon. There is still that the Gérmans have been weakened great need for fats in the making of 'by withdrawals to meet the invasion ary 20th, at his home, at the age of seventy years. The late Mr. Easton, known to many in the Porcupine having visited here on several occasions, died after quite a lengthy illness It was with regert word was received. here last week "of the death of Mr. A feature of the evening services at Mackay Presbyterian "Church next Sunday will be the singing of the Corâ€" nish Men‘s Choir of more than twenty voices. They will lead in the congregâ€" ational community hymnâ€"sing, and will render several individual and group Cornish Choir at Mackay Presbyterian Church on Sunday Collection Waste Fats Saturday Be Ready With All You Can Scrape Up This Week. Ten Divisions Routed in : gress Being Made by Bombingâ€" Planes Raid | He is survived by one brother, John ty T " " Argentine‘s rupture with the Axis is being ‘closely watched in Spain Arâ€" ‘gentine . lma ‘been: eonadered n out- ‘standing friend .of Spain. forces in Jugoslavia are driving «fercely on by iBerlin‘s anâ€" nouncement that an Allied invasion is planned across the Adriatic. Marshal Tito‘s partiéans have been pushed back a little in Eastem Bosnia. Alied t o bombing planes have hit â€"nine. Japa‘hese vessels in a raid on Rabaul‘s hdrbow area. Roaring in at mastâ€"head height, the Allied airmen dropped torpadoes that: sank five Japâ€"~ aroge carao shlps and a tanker and hit another anker and two cargo ships so \that the three enemy ships dropped torpedoes that ariese: cargo stupu and : another: tanker ‘seriously thlt the: thr were bemd. Argentine‘s rupture being ‘closely: watched The. funeral was held on January 22nd from his home in Lanark. F.â€"Bagston,‘ Maple St., and two. daugh~â€" (Mrs. D. T. MacEiwee) and Alma (Mrs. W. G. MacElwee), both of Timmins, and a son, Trooper Herâ€" bert EFaston, now serving in Italy. â€" south of R;ome After crossing the Raâ€" pido river, Fifth army units have moved up to within a half mile of Cassino Heavy artillery and heavy tanks are moving ashore in large numbers as steady stream of Allied reinforcements pours into the| beachheads south of area. The Russians are closâ€" mt in on the German forces southwest of Leningrad. In twelve days 55,000 Nazis have been killed, six thousand prisoners taken, and ten divisions routâ€" ed in the ares within a hundred miles of Leningrad, according to announceâ€" ment from Close to Leningrad some forty thousand have been killed. Despatches fom Moscow suggest a reular @Maughter of the Nazis in the Tho Plonï¬or Psptr wmw 1912 dred Miles, : Proâ€" â€" in Italy. Allied comes announcement