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Porcupine Advance, 11 May 1936, 1, p. 1

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Concluding one of t} to the Porcupine, Dt braith and Mr. Hi Workmen‘s Compensa Timmins on Friday t ronto, from where the usual report on the c Regular Session Here of Compensation Board It was not a special request of the council, of ber of the medical prof« out to The Advance, |sut part of the regular act Board in tracing down as complaints from patient cians concerning men wh under the jurisdiction 0o mentâ€"operated _ industri authorities. Large Number of Cases Heard and Reviewed. _ Some Cases Examined Before. Some Reasons Given Why Some Cases are Not Passed. Report on Cases Here to be Released in Couple of Weeks. BP BPA A AA LAAA L L â€"Aâ€"IA A P â€"st Many of the local doctors arrangements to have patien to the Board representatives : dition to that an organized local men, who had been info recent council meeting of the regular visit of the Board, hand. Many of them were old chronic cases, examined at previous times by the board. Some undoubtedly had silicosis before they came North; some had apâ€" parently contracted the disease while not working in the mining industries. Cases have been found here where men working on dusty farms have shown first stages of the lung disease. Granite workers, sand blowers and other skilled workers who have come from the south have had indications of the disease on arrival here, it is stated. Recognition of the discase is in itse‘f a specialized branch of the medical profession, particularly when tuberâ€" culosis is present.. The medical profesâ€" Children‘s Aid to Hold Drive for Funds in June The Pioncer Paper of the Porcupine Established 1912 s s The directors of ths rane Children‘s Aid S day evening and deal portant matters. The Mrs. H. W. Darling and Mrs. I. K. Pierce to Direct Memâ€" bership Campaign Next Month. Question of Adding ing One of the impo: dealt with at the : financing the worl hold a membershij 10th, l1th and 12t W. Darling and M given the directio and as both these 1 successful experietr pigns, the 1936 dr the CA.S. may be cessful. The question ol quest for a paid other field worke staff was left for a committee con porte, Mrs. Eyre, Carson, the supe Mrs. Darlin of the society board. Boys Warned Not to Ride Freight Trams The Porgq train made Saturday a. DCys nangl car. Whilt through ti Hollinger : ed precarik they woule out of t railwavm Reali that x lads in verely dent. The gangerous | had placed was left to Should boy trains in the brought to po stated. Paren Paid S.tcnog'n:zml-icr and Other Field Workers Left to the Committee. perate vre, wWwa sSome Examined Before 111 } stated. the discase is in its inch of the cularly when tube The medical profé T1 YÂ¥1 enden electée: 1Di BC JY ‘ted a director vacaney on the added to ths msideration 0o 11 Y OHL mem 1 issue their nsuranct D1 Ons , ~!S.J.A.B. Sponsoring «/ Concert on May 27th 11 N iinpaign aq muct ar camâ€" that ol clded to on June Mrs. H. i in adâ€" roup of ied at a ereiy P of the t comf PV )PpoSC re C meml a t o be the left OnNn ade sion generally appears to 1201 tlnhat Uhte silicosis problem is being handled fairly so far as the Board is concerned. Others have made charges that the Board atâ€" tempts to escape its responsibility but to date little substantial evidence has been submitted to prove the case. The report of the three members of the Board who were here last week will be released from Toronto within two weeks, it is expected. Proposed Expenditures of Town Council to be Before Board Meeting Here Toâ€" morrow. Municipal Board to Sit Here on Tuesday Timmins Glee Club to Preâ€" sent Programme at Unitâ€" ed Church for Benefit of Brigacde Work. Announcement is made this week of a grand concert to be sponsored by the St. John Ambulance Brigade, Timmins Division, No. 47. in the United Church, Timmins, on Wednssday evening, May 27th, commencing at 8.15 p.m. The programme for the occasion will >e presented by the Timmins Glee Club, under the direction of Mrs. A. J. Wiikins, LR.A.M. Previous events here by the Timmins Glee Club are surety that the concert on May 27th will be a pleasant occasion for all who love good music and happy entertainment. Tickets are now on sale at various stores in town, or may be secureg from members of the Timmins Glee Club. reneral warning and to pass it along their sons. Youngsters seem to get the urge at ibout this time of year to "rids the ‘ods." Often the practice ends only @ifter an injury or death. Published at Timmins, Ont, Canade, Every MONDAY and THURSDAT seem to get the urge at ne of year to "rids the the practice ends only ‘vÂ¥ or death. to feel that the All Timmins Scouts May Attend Camp This Year opportunity of attending camp this summer, it was decided at a meeting of the Local Association on â€" Thursday night at the town hall. Groups may have camps of their own, but the asâ€" sociation has agresd to provide a joint camp for those groups that would not otherwise be able to have one. A well attended meeting found enâ€" thusiasm for Scouting in Timmins beâ€" coming stronger all the time. Joint meetings of Scouts of all local groups Arrangements to This End Made at Meeting of Scout Asâ€" sociation Last Week. Enthusiasm for Scouting Increasâ€" ing in Timmins These Days. Fifteen Drunks on List of Court Cases Three Charges of Vagrancy One of Common Assault Two of Fighting on Street Several Remands. ness, For the Tuesday court there will be 15 drunks to appear, unless some further charges add to the number. Two local men will be charged with fighting on street following a fracas at the weekâ€"end. There are three vagâ€" rants to appear, all three of them being accused of begging on street. There is cne charge of common assautl, while a charge of defective lights, one of havâ€" ing defective brakes, and one of leftâ€" hand parking will represent the traffic law enforcement side. The provincial police have one man supposed to be a mental case for court examination. Proâ€" bably the most important case for the court, apart from the remands, is one where a chareg of permitting drunkenâ€" ness is preferred. The several cases reâ€" manded from last week will likely be dealt with at toâ€"morrow‘s court. There is special intersst in some of The chief feature of the cases at poâ€" lice court this week wiii be the numâ€" ber of charzges of common drunkenâ€" There is special it the cases on remand Help Crippled Children to Health and Strength Kiwanis Club Planning to Assist in Having Deformities Corrected and Injured Children Helped. If You Know of Children Needing This Help Send in Names to Kiâ€" wanis Club. formed ilmbs resuiting irom INnIiaAIitii¢ paralysis, spinal curvature, severe bow legs, tubercular bones or joints, disâ€" eased bones, and contractures resultâ€" ing from burns. There are many other deform‘ties of this kind that will be exâ€" amined at the clinic to be held here on May 18th, and which will be under Dr. A. W. Farmer of the Sick Children‘s hospital. Toronto. No treatment will be undertaken before consultation with the family physician. The clinic is for examination only. is club irm pa ‘ormed Timmins Boy Scouts will all have the | are to be held on at least one Saturd nsS A VC Moisley or J. R. Walker of the s club will be glad to hear from any child in need of treatment. are more needy children in suffering from deformities of _and ancther than the casual would believe, the Kiwanis ‘arning while making a survey kiddies who haven‘t a fair n this world. Already a large f cases have been reported but »ved there must be many more e been overlooked. Kiwanians ask is that you tell ut a needy child you know who ailment similar to any of the : congenital deformities such feet. hare lip, dislocated hips, y. wry neck, paralysed or deâ€" imbs resulting from infantile TIMMINS, ONTARIO, MONDAY, MAY 11TH, 19836 each month during the summer, it was decided. A recommendation from the Scouters Club that a Scouter be appointed to take the place temporarily of E. B. Rowe, district Scoutmaster who is at present convalescing, was approved by the meeting. Geo. Lake, president of tion, was in the chair for and A. Wright was acting place of T. A. MacDonald Following an almost uninterrupted rise from a low of 34 cents to a high a couple of days ago of $4.95, McLeodâ€" Cockshutt stock began to weaken on toâ€"day‘s market. McLeodâ€"Cockshutt Stock Taking Big Drop on Market Morning quotations showed it selling at $4.70 to $4.80. Near the close of tradâ€" ing toâ€"day, heavy selling forced the stock down to $3.90. According to information in a deâ€" spattch from Cobalt last week, Edwin Atchison, resident of the Cobalt camp since its early days and who in 17 years has a record of never having missed a meeting of the Cobalt Counâ€" cil of the Knights of ‘Columbus, was guest of honour at a social gathering in St. Patrick‘s Presbytery, Cobalt, tenâ€" dered him on the eve of his departure to engage in business for himself in Val d‘Or. On behalf of his fellowâ€" Knights, Mr. Atchison was presented with a substantial cheque, A. P. Lanâ€" dry making the presentation, while the Catholic Women‘s League presented. through Mrs. Martin Rody, an electric clock to Mrs. Atchison, with Mrs,. Joâ€" seph Gorman reading the address. Never Missed a Meeting for Over Seventeen Years Smoking in Bed May Have Started Fire When a car was struck at the corner of Holling@r avenue and Rea street on Eaturday afternoon, it was tilted over on such an angle that gasoline flowed from the tank. Occupants got out to examine the car and one of th>m dropped a lighted match on the gasoâ€" lineâ€"soaked ground. The fire that reâ€" sulted looked threatening but no damâ€" age was done. Emoking in bed is believed to have be n the cause of a fire yesterday at the Maple Leaf hotel when $35 damage was done to the contents of a room there. Firemen put out the blaze with chemical. A chimney fire yesterday at 162 Balâ€" sam street north did $10 damage while one at 55 Third avenue on Friday was out before there was any l0ss. Brigade Put Out Blaze in S hort Order. Another Fire was in Tilted Autoâ€" mobile. president of the associaâ€"~ the evening secretary in «t t eP P AP L P L ALP P L _AAA L P CAAA LA LA â€"ALâ€"Aâ€"AL mt P Report About Jack Dempsey Being Here Rumour on Saturday had it that Jack | Dempsey was coming North with a | group of New York mining men but a checkâ€"up here this weekâ€"end brandâ€"| ed the statement false at least so far| as Timmins was concerned. He may have been with the directors of the] Glenora mine in the Kirkland Lake area who arrived there Saturday afterâ€" noon but railwaymen doubted this very much. If the former heavyweight| champion did travel on Saturday‘s train. he paseqd unrecognized by conâ€". ductors and trainmen alike. Rumor Reported Famous Fighter was Here Saturâ€" day but has Not Yet Arâ€" rived. The only private car to a@arrive in Timmins during the weekâ€"end was one in which Jules Timmins and the direcâ€" torsâ€"of. Hollinger Consolidated They will remain here uptil Tuesday ncon. The eyeâ€"test car of the T. N. O. is spotted in the yards just now and will remain here until all railway emâ€" ployees have taken the "sense‘"‘ tests. The railway gives all employcees examâ€" ination in the senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell regular inâ€" tervals. Unsettled and Cool for Next Few Days The next two or three days in the North will be somewhat like toâ€"day, the weatherman predicted this mornâ€" ing. Unsettled, dull, a little cool, and inclined to be showery, the weather will be just about seasonable. Weather Likely to be Showâ€" ery in Next Few Ddyb, | Says Weatherman. { Although â€" Thursday‘s _ temperature here was high for this time of year, no one suffered from the heat as was reâ€" ported from Southern Ontario where the mercury soared to 90 drgrecs. No records were broken in Timmins for on May 5th, 1930 a high of 82 degrees was registered. Other May highs have been: May 2nd, 1934, 78; May 4th, 1934, 77; May 6th, 1931, 75; May 4th, 1930, 74. The past six days have brought nearâ€" ly half an inch of rainfall which did a considerable amount of good in cleanâ€" ing up the town as well as melting smow in the bush. Yesterday‘s heavy showers brought the largest part of the moisture when .37 imches of rain fell. The marriage of Anne. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Cojocar, of Timâ€" mins, to Leo Henry Gagnon, som of Mr. and Mrs, Philip Gagnon, was solemnized at the Church of the Natiâ€" vity on Saturday morning at five o‘clock, Father O‘Gorman officiating. Marriage Saturday of Sergt. L. Gagnon sdJiemmZzed CNAurCch of Uiek NaLllâ€" vity on Saturday morning at five o‘clock, Father O‘Gorman officiating.| Witnesses at the ceremony were Ro-‘ meo Boisonnault and Miss Lena Syl}â€" vester. Mr. angq Mrs. Gagnon will return this | evening from a trip to Kirkland Lake | and will take up their residence at 113 Eim street, north. He is the sergeant on the Timmins police force, Olympic committee lith Olymp‘s game Count De Bailletâ€" L4 called "Father of the pics." He is a Belg as he arrived in Ame where he went to bids for the 1940 ; will not be scelected erlin meet. Quiet Wedding at Church of of the Nativity at Early Hour on Saturday Mornâ€" ing. Published at Timminsas, Ont., Canada, Eveey MONDAY und THURSDAY Porcupine‘s Newest Big Mill Ready to Produce The 5300â€"ton mill at Pamour will beâ€" gin turning over within a few days now, The Advance learned this motnâ€" ing. It may be within the wiek and it may not be until the beginning of next week that all the odds and ends of inâ€" stallation of the big unit are comâ€" pleted. Six Nominations for Queen of the Carnival C. W. L. Committees Elected for the Y ea The C. W. L. held= their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 6th, with the new executive presiding. The purpose of the meeting being chiefly to appoint the standing comâ€" mittees for the coming year, namely: Membershipâ€"Mrs. H. Egan Social Welfareâ€"Mrs. F. Carriere. Educationâ€"Mrs. P. J. Murray Travellers‘ Aidâ€"Mrs. A. Dorschener Magazineâ€"Mrs. Carlin Entertainmentâ€"Mrs. J. Subert Pressâ€"Mrs. A. Moran Delegates were appointed for the anâ€" nual Diocesan convention to be held in Cobalt, and it was also decided to ‘send~a" detegate to the National Conâ€" vention in Regina. Deputy Chief Dropped From Police Force Here Delegates Appointed for the Annual Diocesan Convenâ€" tion of C.W.L., to be held at Cobalt. The semiâ€"annual rummage sale will be held on Saturday, May 16th in the basement of the Church of the Nativity at 8 a.m.: convener, Mrs. Dorschener. There will ‘be a bridge party on ooo Sm mm Thursday, May 28th, in the same place. Another Hdppy Smoker at convened by Mrs. Dorschener and Mrs.! o | Legion on Saturday Night An interesting item was a short talk by Miss Roberts, of the Progressive Club of Timmins, stressing the need of a community recreation and educational club. A representative was invited to attend the general meeting in the town hall to further study the subject. Bornâ€"to Mr. and M Browne, 2 Smith street, pine, at St. Mary‘s hospit: son. The infant died "ive Young Ladies of Schumacher and One from Timmins Accept Nomination to Contest Honours in the Big Carâ€" nival to be Held by Schumacher Lions This Summer. Aiter three protracted meetings of the members of council last week sitâ€" ting as a committee of the wholse in private session, and after all sorts of ‘rushing Plant Test Proves Entirely Satisfactory. Ore Immediately Available to Run Mill at 500â€"Tons Capaâ€" city. Opens New Horizon at East End of Camp. No Appointment Made in Place of Retired Officer. Same Excuse Given for Change as in 1934 when Nearly Whole Police Force was Changed. The crushing plant h l’v P P P P DP â€"A P P L PA â€"AP PP P o"oomo.i to Mr. and Mrs. A. Gordon 2 Smith street, South Porcuâ€" t. Mary‘s hospital, on May 6th The infant died a day later. ilready been tested and has been entirely satisfacâ€" tory, it was stated and work on the mill has gone ahead on schedule. With plenty of good grade ore availâ€" able now, the milling unit will be startâ€" ed in at the full 500 tons per day, and will increase the gold output Porcupine a considerable amoun Five young ladies of Schumacher and ons from Timmins have accepted their friends‘ nominations to contest the honour of being Queen of the Carnival in Schumacher on June 23rd when the Schumacher Lions Club will present the Queen with a diamond ring and the two ladiesâ€"inâ€"waiting with wrist watches. gera and Lillian Hancock are the Schumacher representatives, while Leona McNeil carries the honours for Timmins. wWithin the next two weeks the standâ€" ing of the contestants will be anâ€" nounced. Votes may be given contesâ€" tants through buying tickets for the Misses Alma Turcott, Caroline Balâ€" vovin, Olzga Dmyterko, Alexandria Buâ€" carnival from any one of the ladies or their helpers. The death occurred yesterday afterâ€" noon of Tony Matymitz, 42 yvears of age,. who had been ill for some time. He is survived lby his wife and four children, living at 204 Spruce street north. The funeral service is to be held at the Labour Temple at four o‘clock on Wednesday afternoon. Another of the series of enjoyable Smokers that have been so pleasant and successful undet the auspices of the Timmins lbranch of the Canadian Leâ€" gion will be held on Saturday evening, The programme for the evening will be under the direction of Comrade Tommy Death of Tony Matymitz After HMiness of Some Time Parsons, so the Legion members are expecting another "extra special," and in view of the success of previous events over which Comrade Parsons has had direction they are likely to have their anticipation fully realized. | The monthly meeting of the Porcuâ€" pine chapter of the RN.AQO. will be held at St. Mary‘s hospital on Tuesâ€" day evening, May 12th, at eight o‘clock, Dr. Russell will address the meeting. All members are requested to attend, stories were current as to changes to b made in the police force, announce ment was made on Friday by Mayo ment was made 1 rPrIGA@AYV DV MaAYOT Bartleman that the matter had been settled and that Deputy Chief Salley was dropped from the police service, the deputy chief being the only man to lose his place. The reason given by the mayor for the charge was inefficienâ€" cy." In view of the excellent record of the police force here in recint times the public will find it difficult to acâ€" cept this reason. It will be recalled that a former chief of police here, Chief Rich, gave the samae reason for the disâ€" charge of practically a whole efficient police force, Chicf Rich being the faâ€" veurite choice of Councillor Bartleman, as he then was. Mayor Bartleman apâ€" parently has led the battle for the disâ€" missal of the deputy chief just as he led in the dismissals in 1934. It is unâ€" gerstood that this year effort was made to secure the dismisasl of other memâ€" bers of the force, but that council voted this down. Purther than the announceâ€" ment by Mayor Bartleman as to the ment by Mayor Bart dismissal of the deput lic have been given n the question. There ha reports and rumours, town. The facts of brought out in due c Dr. Russell to Address Registered Nurses Here 2 Sections 12 Pages | stt it P P PPAAA 0 tons per day, an gold output of th force, announceâ€" Friday by Mayor matter had been . the pubâ€" mation on i countless er, around stt will be r memâ€" ‘11 voted nounceâ€" to the

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