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Mrs. Walter Craik and Mrs. Frank Warne entertained at a post nuptial shower on Friday evening at the home of Mrs. J. Tinsley in honour of Mrs. W. Mair, (formerly Miss Beatrice Leck). The evening was spent playing bridge. The prizes were awarded to Miss Cathâ€" erine Duxfield, first; Mrs. N. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. E. Timmerman, of Bydenham, were guests of their niece and nephew, Mrs. Martin and R. Amo, over the weekâ€"end. Mrs. HMHarry Leng, left Friday to spend a week in Toronto with her daughter Miss Marion Leng. ESchumacher, Ont., October 13th, 1937 to The Advance. Shower in Honour of Schumacher Bride Pleasant Event at Schuâ€" macher on Friday. Other Schumacher News. YOUR . orrer no. : _ On¢ magazine from group ## s a ® o"" One magazuf; I?mm gro ubz and this newspaper. This Offer F ully Guar. anteed â€"All Renewals Will Be Extended. OFFER NO. 1 Mr. and Mrs. H. Turcotte were in Sudbury last week, attending the funâ€" eral of Mr. Turcotte‘s mother. The W. A. of the United Church are holding a rummage sale in the church hall on Saturday morning, October the 16th at nine o‘clock. Anyone having anything to donate please leave it at the church Friday, or get in touch with Mrs. J. S. Kitchen, and it will be called for. Mrs. L. Osborne and baby have arâ€" rived home from Stratford. Mrs. Osâ€" borne‘s mother, Mrs. Jones, accomâ€" anied her dalughter home. Mr. and Mrs. T. Clarke and family sent the weekâ€"end visiting in Kirkland Lake. Mrs. A. H. Cooke returned last week from a vacation in Toronto and North Bay. second; and Mrs. E. Sayers, third. Mrs. Mair was then presented with some very nice linen for her new home. Mrs. Mair thanked the girls, who were chiefly members of the C.G.I.T. Group of 1926 and 1927. ( #* Eudbury Star:â€"More than 1000 Brit: ish troops marched around the old city of Jerusalem on Monday, and though the walls did not fall down, the demâ€" onstration was impressive enough to instill fear into the hearts of the Arab terrorists and restore order in the holy city. > 60 k A C CR\ â€"~â€" In the Gadiliac area a contract for the supply of power to the property the Pardora Cadillac Gold Mines, Limited was entered into early in July, and a short feeder to serve that properâ€" ty has been built. A branch transmisâ€" sion line five and oneâ€"half miles long has also been built to supply the proâ€" perty of Quebec Manitou Mines. We are also gratified to report that domestic and commercial consumption of power is continuing to increase as indicated by record activity in the Merâ€" chandise Department, sales of elecâ€" trical appliances having been 34 % higher than in the corresponding period last year. Extension of operations is also quite marked in the district surrounding â€"Norâ€" anda and Rouyn, where a new and more direct feeder has been constructeéd to serve the property of Aldermac ‘Copper Corporation, Limited, which has recentâ€" ly increased its capacity and . power load. Other properties in the vicinity which are enlarging the scope of their operations are Powellâ€"Rouyn / Gold Mines, Limited, and Waite Amulet Mines, Limited. Net Earnings $2,788,837.42 In the Kirkland Lake camp, several properties have materially added to the equipment, thereby increasing the demand for power in that area. These include the Wrightâ€"Hargreaves, Sylvanâ€" ite, Macassa and Morris Kirkland mines. 12 Months Ending Aug Gross Earnings ......... ... Operating and Maint. 12 Months Ending Aug. 31, 1937 Gross Earnings ... .............. $4,833,241.85 Operating and Maint. .....;.... $1,872,437.35 Net Earnings The earnings of the Company con- tinue to show an appreciable increase as will be seen by the following comâ€" parative statement, covering operations for the twelve: months ended August 31st, 1937, and those of the correspond â€" ing period of the previous year: The quarterly report sent out to shareholders with dividend cheques on the preferred shares of the Canada Northern â€"Power Corporation, Limited. shows that the business of the comâ€" pany continues with satisfactory inâ€" crease. The quarterly report, dealing with the three months ending Aug. 31, indicate an appreciable increase in the company‘s business. The report, issued by B. V. Harrison, viceâ€"president and general manager, reads in part as folâ€" lows:â€" i Pleasing Report for Quarter Ending September 30th. and Canada. Letters will go from Windsor to Montreal by Business links that bind the British Empire closer together ill on Increase $2,860,804.50 31, 1936 $4,515,624.66 $1,726,787.24 The Church of the Nativity,the newly built R. C. church in the year 1927, was blessed ten years ago by the Bishop. The annual meeting of the shareholdâ€" ers of the Timmins Curling Club, Limâ€" ited, was held ten years ago at the Curling Rink, with a full quorum of the shareholders and proxies present. Prevous to the election of offieers for the 1927â€"28 season, a discussion on the welfare of the club took place. Ten years ago The Advance carried the following note: "Fire Chief Borland this week passed on to the schools here a large quantity of literature relative to fire prevention. The material was ursed in connection ‘with Fire Prevenâ€" tion Week:observed.g@ll over â€"Canada this week: The youngsters showed:â€"much inâ€" terest in the literature and:instruction given them. by the teachers in the matâ€" ters. The good influence of this teaching .of the youngsters, the necessity for care and attention to prevent fires and thus save loss of property and menace . to life, can not â€"be seasily overestimated: Also, as a feature of the Fire Preâ€" vention Week, Chief Borland last night gave an address to the Boy Scouts on the work that they must do in referâ€" encé to preventing fires. He also menâ€" tioned to them that one of the good ideas that they might do would be to see to it as far as possible that no false alarms were turned in, but that all should coâ€"operate with the authorities in the battle against unnecessary fires. The Fire Chief also interested the boys with his demonstrtion of fireâ€"fighting appliances and equipment." The Ontario Railway and Municipal Board: sat at Timmins ten years ago to hear two appeals in regard to the muniâ€" cipal assessment valuations. One was that of an appeal against the Reed block . assessment ‘of $33,138.00 for buildings and $6,500.00 for land;â€"a total of $39,638.00. The other was an appeal against the assessment ‘of the R. Banâ€" nino property, corner of Pine Street and First avenue, the â€"land being assessed at $2200.00, and buildings at. $14,200.00, a total of $16,400.00. Both assessments were sustained _ At the Conservative convention in Winnipeg, Hon. R. B. Bennett was electâ€" ed ten years ago as permanent leader 2f the Liberalâ€"Conservative party in the Dcominion of â€"Canada on the second ballot, after leading from the start. Hon. R. B. Bennett was Conservative member of the Federal House from Calgary, Alberta, and was the only Conservative member from the praprie provinces in the parliament of Canada at that time. Ten years ago on a Sunday afterncon the corner stone of the fine new addiâ€" tion of the Sisters of Providence hosâ€" pital at Timmins was duly laid by His Lordship Right Reverend Bishop Louis Rheaume. Despite the cold, damp weaâ€" ther, a large concourse of people gaâ€" thered at the hospital for the ceremony. A platform had been erected in front of the building and both this and the building were decorated with British and other flags, and with the flag of the Sacred Heart. The corner stone was filled with coins, medals; pictures cf the Premier of Canada, the Prime Minister of Ontario, Bishop Rheaume, and other notables; a copy ‘he Porâ€" cupine Advance; a historical Peview of" the hospital and the town; and other interesting documents and souvenirs. A couple of sneak thieves made a nice haul ten years ago from the resiâ€" dence of Rev. Fr. Therriault. The sum of about $450.00 was stolen from the house, a pair of Rev. Fr. Therriault‘s trousers being taken away: by the thieves, years ago Mr. F. C. H. Simms the great export market for Fordâ€"of Canada, absorbing thouâ€" of Canadian Ford Vâ€"8‘s annually, and returning millions o P m Lo o o o q Nes + ~ e are « ie # 8 a aAZ 5.5 of dolless to be spent in Canada for labor, materials and services occasionally but now all important letters go by air. Usual postage is f 12 to 15 cents letter. Parcels with up to $40 in postage have been sent by air to Australia by Ford of The will save an additional three or four days on mail deliveries which are already 10 to 20 days faster than reguler mail from the farthest Empire countries. Austraâ€" lia, South Africa, India and other British countries provide the r Ford:of Canada, absorbing thouâ€" planes. mail only years ago Ford of Canada used air #0 o smaller planes to be transferred to the transâ€"Atlantic Less ghan“two Appearing in The Advance ten years ago, in part:â€""Autumn flowers and autumn tones predominated at the wedâ€" dirg of Miss Ruby Alda May Graham. daughter of exâ€"Mayor W. G. Graham and Mrs. Graham, of 18 Russell St., E., Lindsay, and Gordon Stanley Eplett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Eplett, of New Liskeard, Ont., which was solâ€" emnized in St. Paul‘s Anglican church, Russell street, Lindsay, Tuesday, Sept. At a meeting of the Tisdale council ten years ago the grocers and butchers 1t Porcupine~ and*"Sthumacher petitloned the council for a byâ€"law giv.â€" ing a yearâ€"round halfâ€"holiday in Tisâ€" dale for some stores. At Cochrane ten years ago the Grand Jury in making" its presertation to Mr. Justice Fisher who presided at the assizes recommended very strongly the building of a district jail at Cochrane. The recommendation of the jury foiâ€" lowed aâ€" discussion of the procedure of taking prisoners to Haileybury jail to be held until the next court, and the consequent expense and inconvenience entailed by the transfer to and from Haileybury of such prisoners. ~Ten years ago there were only six fire alarms dpring one full week, one of these being false and the other five 10t of a serious nature, not being able to do much damage before the firemen reached the scene. The ‘dance under the auspices of the Timmins Division of the St. John Amâ€" ‘bulance ‘Brigade, which was held on Thursday, Oct.â€" 6th, â€" 1927, in the Hollâ€" inger Recreation hall, was a successful andenjoyable event, about 100 couples being present. The â€"Timmins Knights of Columbus cbserved Columbus Day ten years ago by a very delightful banquet held in the grill room of the Empire hotel. A very attractive bangquet was enjoyed and â€" all <â€"through the â€" evening the seventyâ€"five or more present had a most enjoyable time. A very pretty wedding took place at South Porcupine ten years ago on Ocâ€" tober 12th, when Miss May Angrignon, second daughter of Mrs. J. V. Angrignâ€" on, of Schumacher, and Mr. Arthur Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Williams, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony.: Rev. Fr. Lagrevol, of South Porcupine, was the officiating clergyman. of reaching him. The package from the airship struck the ground near where he was standing, and of course, it was promptly picked up. The package conâ€" tained the key belonging to one of the rooms of the Empire Hotel, Timmins. Capts.C. P. Cardwell and J. S. Allenâ€" by, stationed at Moonbeam, had been visitors to the Empire hotel and had forgotten to return their key when leaving. Ten years ago, in response to reâ€" quests of many radio fans in this disâ€" trict, Station 3 G.G., of Sandy Falls, relayed the word by word reports of each game in the World‘s RBRaseball series. There was very general interest all through this part of the country in the World Series games and because of this the request was made on 3 G. G. for the broadcasting. Ten years ago Mr. L. S. Helperin opened a wholesale fruit, flour and grain business here, his premises being in the Harris Abattoir block, corner Spruce street and Second avenue. In â€"the South Porcupine news ten years ago:â€"‘"There seems to be a real slingâ€"shot epidemic arourd town among the boys, and considerable injury has been done. We understand the police may take a hand in this game if it is not dropped, ang there is danger of both boy and slingâ€"shot being confiscatâ€" ed when he is found using ore where he has not been given the proper perâ€" mission to do so." 24th, 1927, at the hour of three o‘clock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. 0. Gallagher, curate, in the absence of the rector, Rev. C. H. Marsh, who was called to Clarksburg, Ont." and "A social hour was spent ere the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Eplett on their honeyâ€" moon trip to Atlantic City. On their return Mr. and Mrs. Eplett will reside in Timmins." At the regular meeting of the Timâ€" mins town council it was decided ten years ago to award a reward for inâ€" formation about false fire alarms. Sevâ€" eral other matters were also dealt with. 17 Pine St. N. Among the locals in The Advance ten years ago were:â€"‘"Chief of Police L. McLachlan is in the south this week as a witness in a Dominion police case there.‘" "Mrs. A. J. Shragge, returned on Wedresday from a business trip to Ottawa." "Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Cathcart and daughter, Miss Jean, of Hamilton, Ont..â€"are visiting friends in Timmins, this week." ‘"Bornâ€"At Mrs. Parley‘s hospital, Timmins, on Tuesday, Oct. l11th, 1927, to Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Carâ€" riere, Cedar street, southâ€"a son." "Mr. P. Reid, formerly with the MciIntyre Porcupine mines, is now in charge of first aid work at the Wrightâ€"Hargreaves mines, Kirkland Lake." "Messrs. Arch Gillies and C. R. Murdock returned this week from Toronto where they atâ€" tended the special events observed in connection with the hundredth anniâ€" versary of the founding of the univerâ€" sity of Toronto of which they are both graduates.‘" "Major Nealon, Deputy Fire Marshal of Ontario, is in town this week in Connection with the perjury case arising from the enquiry into the Reed block fire this summer. The case éomes up at Cochrane this week." "To facilitate the work of prospectors agfi mining men the Quebec department of Colonization, Mines and, Fisheries has established a new mining recorders ofâ€" fice at Noranda, in addition to the one at Ville Marie." The men from Timmins, South Porâ€" cupine and Schumacher attended ‘a Laymen‘s Barquet in the United church on a Tuesday evening, ten years ago. Mr. E. L. Longmore, mayor of Timmlns presided.