Timmins Newspaper Index

Porcupine Advance, 19 Jul 1928, 2, p. 6

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For Sure Results Try Our Want Ad. Column EAAAAM- PAIGE mm 3, f! ‘A -avâ€""vâ€"-v~w .""Z‘ pnooucr 09 GENERAL morons ox? “CANADA. Lmrmo DTiQJB a 614â€"- With 4 Speeds forward! you to experience personally the unusual performance of this moderately prlced car. 9 game %3 LL: NE of the great reasons for Oldsmobile’s tremendous success in every section of the country is its ability to take all roads as they come and to deliver the same fine, satis- fying performance, hour after hour and month after month. Steep hills, rough roads, loose gravel, difiicult detoursâ€"they’re all a part of the day’s work to this new Oldsmobile. A great new 55-h.p. engine provides power for any need and speed to meet any emergency. A new-type cylinder head of General Motors’ Research design gives the pep and snap of high-compression performance without the use of special fuels. Fine materials and sturdy construction throughout impart the stamina and brute force usually found only in much larger cars. And fine-car designâ€"evidenced in such details as four Lovejoy hydraulic shock absorbers and deep-cushioned, form-fitting seatsâ€"as- sures complete riding comfort under all conâ€" ditions. Marshall-Ecclestdne, Ltd. Come take a drive. Give the Fine Car of Low Price your own road tests. See why thousands of Oldsmobile owners are saying “All roads look alike to me”. 0.14-7-2ac General Motors’ own deferred payment plan . . GMAC . . aflords you the simplest and most economical way 0/ buying your Oldsmobile on time. AT FACTORY, OSHAWA, ONTARIO Government Taxes and Spare Tire Extra. 2-Door Sedan $1165 Timmins, Ont. Fourth Avenue, Timmins Porcupine Garage Fixe (has-sis â€"â€" sizes and eights â€"- prices langing fiom $1145 to $3540. Illustrated is Model 614, 4- passenger Coupe, with 4« speed t1ansmissi0n.All prices f. 0. b. \Vindsor, taxes paid. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. R. Eddy left on Sun- day for a holiday trip to Toronto. Mrs. B. L. Longmore and son, Al- len, are visiting in the South. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Thompson, of Hamilton, 0nt., were visitors to Timmins last. .week. Mr. Arthur Sauve, of Pharmacy, is spendmg a l the south. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. week for a vacatlon Mr. and Mrs. WV. Nicholson and son, Peter, are on a holiday visit to the South. Mr. and Mrs. James Toronto, were Timmins week. Porcupine Fair at Golden City is to he held this year on Wednesday, Sept. 12th. ‘ Mrs. Johnson and sons, Dale and Dalton Johnson, motored to Tim- mins last week from Cobalt. Mr. D. Johnston and family, of Matheson, have left on :a motor trip to Nova Scotia. The next Hugular meeting of the Timmins tmxn council is scheduled for Monday, July 23rd, at 4 p.111. Miss Evelyn Ferris, 01? keard, is \‘iSlting‘ relatlve: in Tunmins and Cochrm After seven months as chief of police at Sudsbury, Chief John Brown has resigned to return to the Provin- cial police force. Mrs. Parliament, of Huntsville, and son, Hart, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Urquhart this week. Mr. B. L. Bro’xxnsen, of New York, was a Timmins Visitor last week in confiection with some mining 1nt01 ests in the district. Mrs. John Dexter and son, Clifford, who \\ ere the guests of Mrs. Dexter ’5 daughter, Mrs. S. H. Pirie, returned last “00k to her home at Sih er Centre Mr. and Mrs. Traver and son have left on a motor trip. to Toronto, Mon- treal and other centres. They will be away two weeks or more. A. Parcher, of Cobalt, is gaining re- nown as a bear hunter. He has bag- ged five this season, two of them 'beâ€" ing lbig‘ fellows. “Butch” Maedonald, formerly a well- known Timmins resident, is back in town again, and expects to spend the greater part of the summer here. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE. Tlmmggfigggréggo _ ......‘.__. -â€" Timmins and Disgpifit Nofis erris, of New Lis- relatlves and friends L‘ochrane. S. Drew left last in the South. Cowley, of visitors last- "I L .Sauve 3 holiday in “Kirkland Lake, having reverted to standard time, after a week's exper- ience of davlight saving, must be re- garded as a. consenative mining town,” says The Toronto Mail and Empire last week. Tho/Cdbalt Northern News last week says :-â€"“Mrs. \Vm. Phillips and daughter, Peggy, of ijmins are visâ€" iting Mrs. Phillips’ mother, Mrs. L. McLapghlin. ’ ’ Mr A. F. Cook, who was on a holi- day trip in the south, recuperating after an operation for appendicitis performed about the middle of June, returned to 'l‘ini-mins on Sunday night, having fully recovered . There were 2222 births in Kirkland Lake during: tlm month of June. There were six marriages and three deaths in the month. The births were 5t)-50 in regard to sex, there being 11 boys and 11 girls lborn in Kirkland. In a list of the commanding officers at. mmp at L‘ollingwood last week The (‘ollingwood Enterprise gives “Lt-C01. MaeLaud, l\'I.P., Algonquin Rifles.” Under such a name old- timers will scareer recognize the popular Lieut.-C01. Mac Lang, M.P. The New Liske'ard ‘Speaker last week .saysz-“Mr. Henry Barr, chief clerk of the freight department of the T. NxO. R~., at Timmi_ns, is holi- daying art the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Barr.” The annual picnic of the Central Temiskaming (listxict I. 0. 0. F. will he held this Veai at Enqlehait on AuO‘. l5tl1.PreviouslV this picnic was held at. No“ Liskeaul beach but Englehart and Kirkland Lake ()ddfellows found it difficult to attend. McIntyre Porcupine is understood to be interesting- itself in Kirkland Lake East. Queen Lebel is said to be held on a 30-day option, while nego- tiations are also reported to be un- der way for an option on the Moffat- Hall property. In View of the fact that North Bay will likely have its new arena, with seating capacity of 5,000, ready for the hockey season this year, plans are now under way in that city to organize an intermediate hockey team. They claim to have the mater- ial for a specially good team. There is a mile of bad road report- ed at Ramore, motorists saying that at this point all cars have to be towed. The. Northern DeveIOp'ment Dept. men are at work on the strip of road and also have facilities for towing cars through at. this point. While unpacking .a crate of bana- nas at Carson’s grocery at Hailey"- bury some days ago, Mr. Warren Peterson found a taruntula spider, about 31/2 inches long and 21/2 inches wide. This is said to be the first taruntula to be captured alive in Hailey bur) . A petition has been largely signed in Sudbury, and forwarded to the proper authorities, recommending the appointment has been largely signed Sudbury lbarrister, .as police-magis- trate for the town of Sudbury, to take the place of, Magistrate Brodie who has been transferred to Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Urquhart and baby daughter, Lois, returned on Sunday night from a. holiday trip in the south. Mr. Urquhart reported the roads good. Out of 2,000 miles of road travelled, the infamous half mile below Ramore was the only stretch he had (litliculty in negoti- ating. The Haileyburian last week says: “Mr. and Mrs. R. LeHeup spent the week-end in Haileybury, the guests of Mr. and |Mrs. F. Fitzgerald. Mr. and Mrs. LeHeup are on their way south to spend some time in Cana- dian and U.S. cities. They have been visitng their daughter, Mrs. H. G. Kennedy, at Bestel, for the past three weeks. DON’T FORGET THE ROTTEN STRIP 01" ROAD NEAR RAMORE In the ofiicial bulletin issued last week by the} department at Toronto, the following references are made to Northern roads:â€" Severn to North Bay, 139 miles from Severn to Bracebridge is under construction, and while the centre has a good surface, the widened portions have not yet consolidated and motor- ists should be careful when turning out. The remainder of the road is in fairly good condition. North Bay to {'ochi'ane, 260.5 miles: North Bay to Charlton, generally in good condition, but occasional rough spots will he encountered between Temagami and Cobalt. Charlton to Swastika, in fair condition. Swastika to Cochrane, in good condition .Tra- ffic must take a detour, which is in good condition, two miles south of Monteith. London, England, Punch :- Mr George Bernard Shaw has seen am heard himself on the “Movietone,” and is believed to have been favour ably impressed. FATHER OP BARNEY AND TOM DURACK PASSES AWAY Old-time residehts of the town will recall Messrs Tom and Barney Dur- ack, who worked on the T. NO. some years ago, making their home. in Timmins. In a recent issue. The Coh- den Sun tells uf the death of the fath- er of the Durack brothers, as fol- lows:â€" “The death occurred at his home in Osceola on Sunday, July 1st, of Tim- othy Duraek, a highly respected citi- zen of Bromley township and one who had reached the advanced age of eighty-nine. years. The late Mr. Dur- ack had been ailing about four months ! and his ailment was due to his advanc- 1 ed age. During the past eleven years he had been blind. Deceased was born in County Clare, Ireland, in the year 1839 and when a young boy of five years of age he came to 'Canada with his parents. They settled in Stafford township and were among the first pioneers of that district. From the dense forest they built for themselves a comfortable home and cultivated a prosperous” farm where they successâ€" fully arried on farming until 1908 when Mr. Durack retired from active life and moved to Osceola. Fifty- tive years ago the late Mr. Durack married Christena O'Reilly of Glen- garry township who survives him. Be- ,sides the aged wife he is also surâ€" fvived by a family of seven sons and ;one daughterâ€"Con at. Osceola, John, iMichael, Frank and Mrs. F. Mulligan =at Calgary; James at Cochrane; Thomas at Smiths Falls; and Barney at North Bay. Five years ago Mr. and Mrs. Durack celebrated their golden wedding anniversary when the family were all at home. The funeral was held on Tues-day morning to St. Pius’ Church, ,Osceola, where Mass was sung by Rev. Father Dooner. The l,pall-bearens were Messrs. Frank Briseoe, M. M. :S'heedy, Jos. Burke, M. h’lulligan, Thos. Sammon and B. 0'- Reilly. Many beautiful floral offer- ings covered the casket and there were also many spiritual offerings received. . ‘ , . Vancouver > / Both Directions Daily From PORQUIS J UN CTIONâ€"Westbound 6.31 pm. From PORQUIS J UNCTIONâ€"Eastbound 1.05 pm. North Bay Connection South, 10.45 pm. For information as to the schedules, fares, reserva- tions, etc., apply to Canadian National Agents 4 T. N. 0. Agents “Oh, look at that tree: *bend‘?” Asked the fair young famiier friend. “If you wvre as full 1 “Of very green apples as is tree, “You’d hafta bend over, too!” quoth 110. fi NESBITT. THOIVISOTJ 8 COREPANY Our industries have been created by men of foresight and Royal Bank Building. Montreal Quebec Ottawa Ha Winnipeg Saskatoon '. Look Ahead! The opportunities of T.) are in the making To-du'; We {mile your {mu full as full ~Exchange why does it thing could of {l that ‘JITEu Here is one way to test your 10) 81“ to your job: Suppose vour boss was. out of town and the team was playing at homeâ€"would 3le work? Ideas are like . homey-not much good unless you can harness them up and put them to work. ' Shaft 41/2 by 81/2 feet in the clear. Commencing at about 65 feet depth. Sinking ad- ditional 100 feet. Porcupine Mining Division. Good transportation. Power. timber and tools furnished by us. Reply Canada Night Hawk Mines Limited Connaught Station, Ont. $1.00 any place in Timmins $2.00 to South Porcupine Just Phone I I WATCH FOR THE CHECKER TAXI Shaft Sinking Tenders Wanted 3Z-Third Avenue, Timmins’ “ Free Taxis To-morrow " Hamilton’s One Doiiar Checker Taxi All Steel Coaches F. P. Nelson District Passenger Agent, North Bay. 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