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Fire Wood in any to suit, from 14 inches to wg. â€" Dry and green reaâ€" sonazble. Order yoinow beâ€" fore the rush. ~383 H. CH Phone 347. â€" 30 C Big Bargains Days at P. A1 39 FOURT OPPOSITE RL For the best in Fritic etc., and for Ice Crhe In Toys, Fancy Goy, as we are going oulit Pleasure Ice C 000000008000 AUDITOR AND [TANT Frank Y Systems installed Statements prepar Books kept for mnot reâ€" quiring full time er. BOX 147, SCHUI ONT. ley Arlour mm in s. ere. y, etc., lines. ionery; NEW MACHINE FOR SHARPENâ€" ING SKATES Does Good Work and does it quickly. Pays highest prices for secondâ€"hand furniture. Sells new and secondâ€"hand Furniture at cheap prices. Boots and Shoes and Rubbers reâ€" paired in firstâ€"class style. _ Best Boots and Shoes and Rubbers Sold at the lowest prices. It will pay you to try us once, you‘ll come again. 60 Fourth Avenue Corner Balsam SHOE REPAIR SHOP Max Greenberg BUYS AND SELLS FURNITURE Now open for business. Firstâ€"class rooms, and steam heated All upâ€"toâ€"date conveniences. ~ Reading and Sitting Rooms. Sample Room for Travellers, Best dining room in town. Meals at all hours. MONETA P.O. Box 3, Timmins. 46 BALSAM ST. hegan: °Cl though after those two radio it," I had a still radio Contributions ma; The Hospital for Cattege street, Tor claim on human‘sy than the appeal of child ?" The usual appeal made at this seaâ€" son of the year for the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, should have special resporse this year. No work should be given more _ generous thought and support at this time of the year than the noble work of the Hospital for Sick Children. The need is impressed by a letter sent out hy Mr. H. H. Williams, Chairman. His letter says:â€"*‘*There were 6,346 little ones treated in our cots, and the staff of the Outâ€"Patient Dept. gave 58,660 treatments We had a daily average of 253 inâ€"patients and 192 daily visits at the Out!Patient Dept. (IPruly, a big year‘s work. WThe total cost for maintenance account was $318,017 The average amount peceived per patient was $2.00, including the Govâ€" ernment Grant. The actual average cost per patient per day was $3.45, which certainly speaks loudly to the business man. There are great many who are interested in the work the Hospital is accomplishing; who are touched with the thought of little suffering children, _ dependent on others for the return of health and strength, but all they could spare is the loose change in their pocket. However, as the Scotch say: ‘‘Mony mickles mak‘ a muckle;‘‘ a very acâ€" ceptable help in our work of curing little ones.‘ The Christmas season is partiou]ar- ly a time for the little ones. It is : specially fitting season to make a conâ€" tribution to the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. There are few better ways to invest a $2, $ or $10 bill or a cheque for a larger amount. L P t 2t C > l Class _((C.)â€"Helen Luchan,. Pearl ‘McLean, Elmer_ Nikula, Gertrude Smith Rosa Wonug, Arthur Simons, Jennie Smith. OvVER 6,300 TREATED AT HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN Class (B.)â€"Ethel MceKinnon, Gerâ€" ald (MeDonald, Billy Hartley, Allan Tario, Steve ‘Rubeck, (Russell Farr, Katie Krancovitch. Junior _ Primerâ€"Mary Hickey, Mary~ Kucherman, Florence Dillan, Fred Villeneuve. Room I.â€"Miss Margaret McKay, Teacher. Room «»Iâ€"Primaryâ€"Class _ (A)â€"â€" Faney Bobinski, Francesco Setacco, Lucien Re‘ce, Quinto Flora, Walter Barron, Rosie Holgouvitch, Hazel Gilâ€" bert, GHady Gannon. Junior Firstâ€"Mary Hogolvich, Lie Kucherman, Silvester Tominck, Daisy Miller, Margaret Miller, Elia Juliani, Demmetro Tomiuck, Basil (MeDonald, Madeliene MeKinrtnon, Annie Kranceâ€" vich, Wanda Smith, Arthur Adamâ€" son. senior _ Primerâ€"Ernest _ Brown, Annie Rubeck, Gunta Baldovin, Elsie Robar, (Marjorie Sampson, Amibrose Beaudin, ‘Wilfred Prest, Roy Hazelâ€" wood, Violet Innes, Jr. Second Classâ€"Quinta Baldovin, Doris Bowden, Ruth |Lark, Billy Mecâ€" Kay, Winnie McLean, George Leck, Clifford Jucksch, Fred Gilbert, Willa Robar, Dorothy Dawson, Nick â€" Osâ€" tonich, Harvey Laine and Robert Carlyle, equal, Mary Walko, Stella Dennison, Leonard Briden. Sr. First Classâ€"Annie Oklick, Jimâ€" mie Heath, Bertha Bonnell. Room II.â€"Miss Olive White, Teacher The following is the Honour Roll for the month of December for Schuâ€" macher Public School,â€"names in order of merit :â€" j Room V.â€"John A. Bush, Principal Senior: Fourth Classâ€"Nellie Corâ€" nell, Maisie Muskett, Frank Gerâ€" ovich, Valetta ‘Cousineau, Myrtle Ritchie, May Angrignon, Willie Mair, Helen Lark, Douglas Craig, Kenneth iuady, Catherine wrentz. Senior Third Classâ€"Edward Dorfâ€" man, ‘Mamie Grentz, Sadie Aids, Francis Gilbert, Zora Sechen, George Tennyson, Kenneth Hope. Room IV.â€"Clarice Sullivan, Teacher Jr. IIT.â€"Chrissie Murphy, Nellie Ansara, (Marguerite MeKay, Mary Jacksic, Grant Barron, Jennie Leod, Barbara MeGarry, Beatrice Leck, Evelyn Leck, Dorothy Heath, Geo. Proux, Annetta Proux, Roy Hamilton, Perey Aide. Sr. II.â€"Maurilio Zuliania, Edith Williams, Fannie Finkleman, Gilbert Miller, Albert Hope, Terrence Sampâ€" son, Perey Archambault. Room III.â€"Victoria Malkin, Teacher Tadio PUBLIG oGAOOL HONOUR ROL Report of Standing of Pupils for the Month of December. Names in Order of Merit. *I thought so, too, but two radio engineers ‘fixed ue for a darger amount. may be addressed to for Sick ©Children, 67 Toronto, Ont. ‘*‘What in sympathy is stronger sick or suffering vou had The next meeting of the Club, (Dec.â€"26th) and the ‘first meeting of 1924 (Jan. 2nd), will ‘be the usual cards and dancinge. The Hall was decorated with A.8.D. pennants, at one end a large banner bearing the slogan ‘*Always Someâ€" thing Doing‘‘ and at the other end another with ‘! A.8.:D.‘" (Music for the evening was provided hy Wolno‘s Orchestra. ‘‘Men‘s Night,"‘ last Wednesday evening at the regular weekly meetâ€" ing and dance of the ASD. Club, was one of the most successful nights yet held by the AS.D. Club. A good programme of dances with three solos and a lunch was provided by the Club executive for the evening‘s enâ€" tertainment. The first solo by Mr. W. Ramsay made a decided hit, cornet solo. by (Mr. F. ‘Wolno and a whistling solo by Mr. Wm. Andrews were both very much appreciated hy the large number of members presâ€" ent. Among the dances, in addition to the usual ones, there was a paul Jones, a Gentlemen‘s Tag, and an Oldâ€"time _ square _ dance. (Messrs. Rrchardson, Belanger, Kennedy and Rodger acting as masters of cereâ€" monies for the Square Danece. Mr. Wm. Mackie acted as chairman for the evening. ‘MEN‘S NIGHT‘ AT A.S.D. CLUB ONE OF MOST sUCCESSFUL YET gress on the ‘building and construcâ€" tion is being pushed ahead in comâ€" mendable way. South Poreupine does not intend to be behind in the matter of educational facilities, and next year will see it with a very creditable High School building. 3 ( The contract for the construction of the new High Sehool at South Porâ€" cupine has been formally awarded to Cassidy, Craik and Farley, of Saskaâ€" toon and Timmins. The contract price is $65,000,.00. . Work is now in proâ€" on the building and construcâ€" wWCORK ON sSOUTH PORCUPINE }IGH SCHOOL IN PROGRESS Last Thursday Mr. W. Shillington, of Cobalt, took a live caterpillar into The Northern News office. He oxâ€" plained to the Northern News that he had found Mr. Caterpillar crawling around near . the office, apparently oblivious of the fact that this is supâ€" posed to be winter time. In view of the comparative cost of living in the North (Land, the same rates at least should be paid mothers here as is paid in the cities of the southern part of the Province. _ It would ‘be interesting indeed ito learn on what of fact or theory the Mothers‘ Allowanee Commission â€" fiâ€" gures out the monetary requirements as less in the North than in the South â€"**Something worth while for some ‘‘noise‘‘ to be made in connection with the allowanees from the ‘Mothâ€" ers‘ Allowance Board is the fact that mothers in Temiskaming Distriet reâ€" ceive their allowances on a basis of $10.00 per month LBEBSS than what mothers residing in receive. The Temiskaming Board have asked on two occeasions, one of which was a meeting at which the Chairman, Rev. Peter Bryee was present, that the alâ€" lowances in this district ‘be raised to the same as the cities, hbut up to the present time no action has been taken upon this."" OTHERS‘ ALLOWANCE LESS IN NORTH THAN IN CITIES. In a letter to the press correcting what he felt to be an unfair presentaâ€" tion of the case of a West Cobalt moather whose Mothers‘ Allowanee money had lbeen stopped so far as her handling of it is concerned, Mr. R. 8. Taylor, of Cobalt, takes oceasion to point out the unfairness and injustice of the rates of Mothers‘ Allowanees made in the North. Mr. Tavlor savs: Timmins Branch _ â€" â€" south Poreupime Branch Ready Money The possession of a certain amount of ready money is an invaluable aid to a farmer in meeting emergencies as they arise. You can soon possess suffiâ€" cient ready money for unâ€" expected needs by opening a Savings Account at this Bank and adding to it regularly. Realize ‘that doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man‘s life.â€"Sir Philip Sidney. There has been considerable disâ€" cussion of a local item in last week‘s Advance regarding the winter of 1912 The Advance mentioned the statement of one oldâ€"timer who claimed to have been on a canoe trip in this country around the 1912 Christmas season. The Advance took no responsibility in the matter, simply quoting the oldâ€" timer‘s story for what it might be worth and letting it go at that. Many hereabouts, however, are _far from letting the story pass. They state that the oldâ€"timer was lbadly mixed in his years, and that 1912 ‘was a partiâ€" eularly cold, hard, winter. They say he must have meant some other year. Perhaps he meant 1812. ‘One oldâ€"timâ€" er, in any case, has written The Adâ€" vance as follows :â€" ‘*‘A local item in the last issue of The Advance stated that an oldâ€"timer said that the winter of 1912 was as mild as this season to date, and that in 1912 he paddled up the Mattagami River around Christmastime. I wish to state that this oldâ€"timer must have gotten his years mixed up, as my exâ€" perience of 1912 was that it may be termed the coldest and stormiest winâ€" ter that I have segen, the thermometer dropping down 34 ‘below every mornâ€" ing for three weeks lbefore Christmas, and the week between Christmas and New Year it was below 57 ‘below. T am speaking as a real oldâ€"timer of the North Land and not only of the Porâ€" cupine."‘ So that‘s ‘that. It looks ‘as if would ‘be hot for anyone who says was not cold in 1912. . . HIS OLDâ€"TIMER SAYS THAT 1912 WAsg A COLD WINTER. D. Sutherland, Manager â€" F. R. Way, Manager y o