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Thursday, Dec. 30th 1926 I solicit your business on a basis, first, of the knowledge which many of you have of my business record; second on the reputation our firm has acquired for fair dealing with its clients; and finally because we can give you a service which I feel sure will compare favourably with any you have been able to secure anywhere. Each member of our organizaâ€" tion, in Toronto as well as in the North, is anxious to serve you. I am sure they can do so satisfactorily. Service in the Timmins office will begin on Monday, Janâ€" uary 3rd. In Kirkland Lake and in Cobalt on or about Janâ€" uary 10th. Temporary premises will be occupied in Cobalt and Kirkland Lake until such time as new buildings which and Kirkland Lake until such time as new building which will be under construction very soon after this announceâ€" ment appears, are completed. I believe we will be in a position, with our offices located in the three principal mining districts of the N orth, to render a real service to you. While I cannot promise my personal attention to your orders or your requests for information. I can assure you that "H. L. G." will be sitting at the other end of the wire, ready to adjust, in absolute fairness, any complaints which can possibly arise. Each one of our manaâ€" gers will be so instructed. The growth of our organization, I fully understand, has been due partly to the experience I was able to gain in the North, partly to a sincere desire to be of service, partly to the fact that we have been able to render a service, and finally to the splendidly capable and loyal staff I have been fortunate enough to be able to recruit. For, after all, once a business gets beyond the oneâ€"man stage, responsibilities must, of necessity, be delegated to some one else. It is something of a far ery from the little office I opened in Timmins almost twelve years agoâ€"with only myself as proprietor and staffâ€"to the organization of which I have the privilege of being the head toâ€"day. And this is not saidâ€"I believe my North Country friends will understandâ€"with any intention of being egotistical. Quite the contrary, as a matter of fact. Although cireumstances have prevented me from spendâ€" ing very much time in the North during the last ten years, I shall always look back on the ten previous years I did spend there with a great deal of pleasure. They represented some of the most eventful years of my life. Frlendshlpg formed during that time have proven lasting and sincere, while the knowledge of North Country conditions I was able to obtain during that sojourn has been of very great value to me, In the opening of branch offices in Cobalt, Kirkland Lake and Timmins, connected with Toronto by direct leased wire, an ambition which I have cherished for years is being realâ€" lized. â€" It seems to me like coming back home again. An Announcement To My North Country Friends Homer L. Gibson Sincerely, THE, PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Among the attractive Christmas cards received was one by Mr. J. Harry Smith, Press Representative of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is an artistically designed card, bearing a picture in colours of a locomotive under. steam. The card bears the message:â€"‘ * May your Christmas Run be a continuous Joy Ride, and your journey through the coming year be cheerful and prosperous.‘‘ Five residents of Cochrane, whose rames have not been given out, were arrested this week and are being held for further investigation. It is said that a large quantity of goods, some supposed to be part of the merchanâ€" dise stolen recently from the Cochrane store of Perkus Co., has been reâ€" ecovered, and the arrests are in this connection, and the arrests are in this connection. â€" Provinceial Officers Page, of Cvehrane, and Craik, of South Poreupine, made the arrests and are carrying on the investigzgation which is expected to be more or less sensaâ€" tional when it is made public. The Haileyburian last week says: t*The shareholders of the Haileybury Curling Club Limited received a Christmas box this wegk in the form of 6% on each share of stoek subscribed for. This is the first dividend to be paid by the club since the erection of the new building following the fire of 1922, and came at a particularly hapâ€" py time."‘ Merchants generally report last week as an unusually good businmess week, even for this time of the year. Some found it like the weekâ€"beforeâ€" Christmas in years gone by when speâ€" cially good business was done in the few days just before Christmas. In any event this yvear‘s Christmas week about made a new record for business and sales. Bornâ€"In Timmins, Ont., on Wedâ€" nesday, Dec. 22nd, 1926, to Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Hun'tâ€"â€"a dauo'htor (stillâ€" born). The March Gold Mines last week shipped its first gold bullion, the value of the shipment being underâ€" stood to be around ten thousand dolâ€" lars. Owing to the holiday season, there will be no band concert on Sunday evening next. The next bard concert will be on Sunday evening, Jan. 9th, 1927, after the church services. A bean supper, euchre and dance, is to be held for the Ladies of the Orient, Tribesmen and Sheiks, in the I.0.0.F. hall on New Year’s Eve., Dec. 31st, commencing at 8.30 p.m. . The Salvation Army band and carol singers visited different parts of the town on Christmas Eve., furnishâ€" ing pleasing Christmas musie for the occasion. The annual dog races at Cochrane will be held on _New Year‘s Day as rsual, and willl be over the same course ~as in past wyears, around Commando Lake. Miss M. A. MceDermott, of Sturâ€" geon Falls, Ont., is visiting her sisâ€" ter, Nurse MceDermott, and Mrs. D. D. An editorial note in The GHohbe on Saturday last said:â€"‘"The winner of the Timmins whiskerino contest looks like a character in grand opera.‘"‘ There was a specially good crowd at the Goldfields on Christmas Night, and the show also a specially good one. Jan. 16th Mr: s «.. (CH.~ * The Advance staff, is spending the Christâ€" mas holidays at Silver Centre and Ottawa. Mr. L. S. Newton, now at Rouyn, is home for the Christmas holidays and is being warmly weleomed back to the old town by hosts of friends here. The next band concert will be held in the Goldfields iTheatreafter the church services on Sunday evening, Mr. Lloyd Harris spent Clhristmas at Haileybury, returning to Timmins on Monday night. Mrs. A. Audet and daughter passed Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Rochefort, and other friends. Miss Beatrice McCracken is home from Queen‘s University for the Christmas vacation. Mr. W. Blais, town clerk, of Rouyn, Que., spent â€" Christmas with friends in Timmins. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Wolno left last week to spend the Christmas holidays at Mrs. Wolno‘s home in Montreal. py‘‘ in the new year for Timmins for 10927,"‘ Mr. Waiter Eeclestone left last week to spend Christmas at his home in Bracebridge. Mr. H. E. Montgomery, town elerk and treasurer, spent Christmas at his home in Hailevybury. 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Attractive music was furnished for the occasion by the Strollers‘ orchesâ€" tra, and dancing was much enjoyed until the early morning hours. Among the guests were:â€"Misses A. LaSalle, A. Roberge, M. Bouchard, A. Guilbeault, B. Courtemanche, I. Millette, E. Poitras, B. Pigeau, S. Delgaudice, M. Delgaudice, Miss Poirier and Miss Brown, and Messrs L. Gratton, G. Charlebois, R. Courteâ€" manche, R. iCharlebois, E. LaSalle, G. Martin, 0. Cote, J. P. Bouchard, P. Piche, L. Maltais, L. Lamothe, E. Ayotte, R. Giguere, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Hammond, and many others. 0.0000000000000.‘-0000000000000000..0-.'0’.0.“ 0"‘0‘0‘0:0:0‘0‘0’030000000000000000000 00000000000_00000000000'00'00000"0:0000‘0000‘0'00’00 0000.00 6 000 00” \ FEVENT IN HONOUR OF MISS CHARLOTTE DUFRESNE Mr. B. E. Martin, now office manâ€" ager of the Spruce Falls Pulp Paâ€" per Co., was in town for Christmas and on Tuesday left again for Kapusâ€" kasing /o reside, being accompanied by Mrs. Martin and family. Mr. Martin and family have been esteemâ€" ed residents of Timmins since the earâ€" ly days and all will regret their reâ€" moval while wishing them the very best in their new home. Tuesday morning a number of the membhers of the local Kiwanis Club, of which Mr. paig a n bee; due to. T sto1 put sect mal A due C:an Martin has been a valued member, t‘;fit were at the station to see them off and ( Nov to wish them the best of luck. | ners At the annual meeting of the Sudâ€" bury Board of Health recently it was ruled that in futures, garbage collecâ€" tors must preserve all empty bottles, so that the town may get the benefits from the proceeds of the sale of these. Sudbury will no doubt be able to knock off two or five mills from the tax rate next year with the amount secured from the sale of soldiers.‘"" Bernard Clive, aged 23, attempted to hold up and rob Joseph Vanier, a batber, at North Bay on Monday night. Mr. Vanier put up a battle and succeeded, with the aid of some passersby, in holding Clive until the police arrived. _ Tuesday Clive was sentenced: to five years in the peniâ€" tentiary. Mrs. J. Ash announces the engageâ€" ment of her daughter, Miss Violet MeCallum, 17 Tisdale avenue, Timâ€" mins, to Mr. Mudoiph Taylor, of St. Dennis, Cornwall, the wedding to take place early in the spring. I am a candidate for the 1927 Council of the Town of Timmins, and ask your vote .and supâ€" port, promising if elected to give my best to further the interests of the town. \‘l ."' To the Electors of Tih{mins:â€" To the Electors of Timmins:= Having been urged to be a candidate for the Council for 1927, I ask your vote and support. â€"In case I am elected J will devote my time and effort to work for the best interests of the town. Wishing all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. I am, If elected, I will do my best for the inâ€" terests of the Town and all the people living within its borders. Having allowed my name to standâ€" for Councillor for the coming year, I hereby solicit your support. To the Electors of the Town of #,. _% + #,. .*, #%,. .@ t 228 228228228 s we oo #. * P.“.“. @ aa*. “.“.“.“.”.”'“.“ *# * “.00. #4 *# # * * # * * % #% # * * *# ## # #© Yours Respectfully, Mr C. R. Murdock left on Tuesday to take Mrs. Murdock to the Homeâ€" wood Sanitarium at Guelph for speâ€" cial treatment. _ Mrs. Murdock, who has been ili for some time, has not been improving as rapidly as desired, and it is hoped that the specialists at the Guelph sanitarium will be able to assist to more speedy recovery. All will sincerely wish Mrs. Murdock: early andâ€"complete réturn to h* and to Timmins. The name selected was Self Made Pipe, which also embodies the princiâ€" pe, j e p pal letters, SMP., used by this firm. This firm invented a splendid nek{ stovepipe which is extremely easy to put in and has three locks in each section which prevent it bulging and make it very rigid. A name was wanted for this proâ€" duct and a contest was held among Canadian hardware merchants. Conâ€" test ran from April 24th and ended November 30th, and the lucky winâ€" ners of the prize money were: 1. â€"G.M. Farrow, câ€"o G. A. Garâ€" 4.â€"Walter Klinck, Hardware Merâ€" chant, Elmira, Ont. 2â€"W. R. Findlay, â€"DTravelling Salesman for Northern Canada Supâ€" ply Co., Cobalt Ont. 3.â€"Laz. L. Brissette, câ€"o J. 0. Paâ€" quette Hardware, 790 St. Catharine .Streot Bast, Montreal, P.Q. diner Ltd., Sarnia, Ont 2â€"W. Findla One of the most interesting camâ€" paigns ever held in Canada to select a name for a new product has just been completed by Sheet Metal Proâ€" ducts Co., of Canada, Ltd., in Toronâ€" to. COBALT MAN WINS PRIZE FOR NAMING PRODUCT TY ARBOUR Formerly a Hamilton and Edmonâ€" ton player, who is now putting up a good game at left wing for the Deâ€" troit Cougars. ART. 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