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d Nes tw On Saturday night. the second smoker of the year will be held. This is also ‘the first of the entertainments planned for the Legion members and visiting friends only, by the new comâ€" mittee. It is said that a special lineâ€" up of local talent has been asked to attend and this, along with the reguâ€" lar favourites, is sure to make for a very . gnjayable evening. The smoker ‘be held in the upstairs hall, but w Â¥iMs depends upon the decorators. If ‘ the work of beautifying the lower room is under way the event will be in the ‘ large hall. In case the work has not yet started, the usual place will be the rendevous. ing it was intendéd T0 nonour J. 1. Mackean with a long service medal for his many years of notable service to the fire brigade. This meeting was held on Monday evening at the Leâ€" gion hall, but instead of the one presâ€" entation, there were two. Jack Macâ€" .Lean was duly honoured and then ocâ€" casion was taken of the fact that it Presentations Made by Timmins Fire Brigade At the recent annt Timmins fire depart: hint thrown out that ing it was intended for to the fire brigade. This meeting was held on Monday evening at the Leâ€" gion hall, but instead of the one presâ€" entation, there were two. Jack Macâ€" Lean was duly honoured and then ocâ€" casion was taken of the fact that it was the T2nd.birthday anniversary of Fire Chief Alex Borland for the boys to express in some measure their deep appreciation of the fire chief, not only as the head of the department but also as a citizen. At Monday evening‘s happy "getâ€"toâ€" gether‘" meeting, as it was called, Mayor J. P. Bartleman and Councillors W. P. McDermott, Karl Eyre and Paul Emile Piche were among the special guests present, while other councillors sent their sincere regrets at their inâ€" ability to be present. . "The Maple Leaft" was sung before the happy gathering sat down to the attractive and bountiful supper proâ€" vided for the occasion. Events This Week at Timmins Legion Club Both volunteer and salaried firemen were present. After the supper had been enjoyed, Alvin Leach, chairman for the evening, called on Fireman W. Aston for a vocal solo. This number was much appreciated, and all joined heartily in singing the chorus. J. D. MacLean Presented with Long Service Medal. Fire Chief Borland Honoured on His Birthday. Councillor Eyre‘s Wish for "Another 72 Years of Life and Service" Echoed by All at Happy Getâ€"Together Meeting. Vol. XXIII. No. 10 Bingo on Friday Evening and Smoker on Saturday. Bill Docton was the next on the proâ€" gramme, and after some humerous reâ€" (Continued on Page Eight) What is considered ‘to be the foreâ€" runner of a series of bingo nights at the Legion hall, will take place toâ€"morâ€" row (Friday). The event is scheduled to commencé at 8.00 p.m.. with the newlyâ€"formed entertainment commitâ€" tee in charge. Legion members ‘and their wives. Ladies‘ Auxiliary members and their husbands are au cordially invited to be present. Tl}e prizes are said to be real ones and worth winâ€" Considerable Increase n Water Consumption Geo. Nippers, the chairman of the entertainment committee, will act as host and all are asked to noteâ€"-]:t' Baturdayâ€" night at 8.30 pm. at the Legion Club. Residents of Timmins used an averâ€" age of 47.1 gallons of water per day during 1937, according to figures reâ€" leased toâ€"day by Town Engineer Jack McLean. Consumption shows a conâ€" siderable increase compared to flures for 1936 when the average consumption per capita was 46.2 gallons per day. Both industrial and domestic conâ€" sumption has shown a considerable inâ€" crease in 1937 compared with the foreâ€" going tweiveâ€"month period. Total conâ€" sumption fog 1937 by both demestic and industria)l umers was 470. 130.040 gallons, compared with 384,034,200 in 1936, an Each Timmins Resident Used 47.1 Gallons per Day Comâ€" pared with 40.4 Gallons in 1936, Report of Town Enâ€" gineer Indicatess Total Consumption Shows Decided Jump. increase of 96,0655,840 gallons. Figures shown for domestic consumpâ€" tinn mclude water used for extinguishâ€" ag Axas, street flushing, private rinks, sewer Bushing, culvert flushing., steam The Pioneer Paper o1 the Porcupine. Established 1912. t annual banquet of the department, there was ut that at an early meetâ€" tended to honour J. D. h a long service medal years medal service Hobby Show Toâ€"night and T oâ€"morrow Event by Boy Scouts and Cubs, Feb. 3rd and 4th, at St. Anthony‘s Church Hall No one interested in boys and their activities should miss the Szout Campâ€" fire and Hobby Show to be presented in the basement of St. Anthony‘s church on Thursday (this evening) and FPriday (toâ€"morrow), Feb. 3rd and 4th. ‘The display will be open for inspection at 7.15, while the concert will start at 8 p.m. sharp. The event is under the auspices of the Timmins Boy Scouts Association, and the several troops of Scouts and Cubs are taking part. The boys will have on display samples of their work in various lires which they have adopied as hobbies. In addition to the displays of the arts and crafts Of the various hokbies, there will be sampies of physical training, first aid and other work taken up by Boy Scouts and their junior brothers, the Cubs. The concert is also expected to be very popular on merit. The entertainment all through should prove both interestâ€" ing and illuminating, and consequently the attendance should be particularly large. All interested will be cordially welcomed, and are sure of a pleasant evening. Note the dates â€" Thursday and Friday, Feb. 3rd and 4th, in the basement of St. Anthony‘s church. Inquest to be Held _ in Ansonville Death Iroquois Falls, Ont., February 1, 1938. (Special to The Advance)â€"Henry Vanasse, about the age of 50, died in ‘the Allies cafe last Sunday night, apâ€" parently from heart failure. Henry Vanasse Died in Alâ€" lies Cafe. Apparently had been Injured. _ The inquest will be held in the Anâ€" sonville town hall on Saturday afterâ€" noon at 2 o‘clock, regarding the death of Mr. Vanasse. Mr. Vanasse was a resident of Anâ€" sonville for some time, and was emâ€" ployed as a painter about Ansonville. No traces could be located as to the whereabouts of eithar his friends or relatives, but it is believed that Mr. Vanasse had originally come from Quebec. His body is being held in the funeral parlors of R. W. Smith for burial on Saturday. The coroner, Mr. W. J. Grummett, arswered a call at 1 o‘clock Monday morning to view the remains of Mr. Vanasse at the Allies cafe. On his arâ€" rival he inspected the deceased, and noting marks of either a fall or skirâ€" mish, he ordered an autopsy and inâ€" quest into the death. The post mortem revealed that the man had died from heart disease. A black eye was evident, together with bruises about the face. used. Since that time much of this waste has been eliminated, by improveâ€" ment in mains and the system genetâ€" ally in keeping with modern waterâ€" works methods. The following are the figures for the gallons (included above). . Per capita consumption per yYeaAr 17,195 gallons. past two years:â€"â€" Domestic annual consumptionâ€"106,â€" 293 gallons per service. Populationâ€"233,399. Yea: 193 Totiai consumptionâ€"384,034,200 galâ€" Per capita consumption per yearâ€" 14,6894%%4 gallons. Published at Timmins, Ont., Canada. Every MONDAY and THURSDA Y Yeat 1937 Total consumptionâ€"470,130,040 â€" galâ€" Industrial consumption â€" 67,916,850 Per capita consumption per dayâ€"40.2 â€"â€" 55,618,290 ;Twémty-sev‘én represen tatives of the two â€"pPresent."â€"= â€"â€"â€"â€". Firemen of the North to lLegwn Honours at A. Pearce Funeral HOld J 01nt Conventlon‘ Funeral Yebtelday of Oldâ€" Event This Year to be Held in September. Decision Made Meeting Called by Fire Marshal at Porquis Junction Yesterday. Representative Gathering Responds. scb d P O L 4 i O o m TIMMINS TWENTYâ€"SEVEN YEARS AGO South Porcupine, Feb. 2.â€"(Special to The Advance)â€"A joint meeting of the two Firemen‘s Associations of the Northâ€"the Temiskaming Firemen‘s Asâ€" sociation and the Cochrane Firemen‘s Associationâ€"met at. Porquis Junction this afternoon in the Agricultural hall. This meeting was called by Fire Marâ€" shal Scott, who was present, for the purpcese of combining the two associaâ€" tions and holding one joint convention cach year instead of two as at present. A resolution was passed for holding a joint convention in Noranda this yearâ€"possibly in Septemberâ€"to last two days. The date will be settled by the Noranda Fire Dept., who will be asâ€" sisted by the two presidents and two secretaries of the different associations if such assistance be asked. Special papers will be given and read at this convention. P«Pâ€"P~P_GP PP PP PP â€"aP DP DP PP D «P P P l P P DP DP PC + * Pâ€"DLâ€"OCâ€"OCâ€"P â€"P â€"4Gâ€"O~â€"O~â€"OCâ€"OLâ€"O P L P PP «> «L â€"4 C â€"<4 A successful and harmonious meeting resulted from the Fire Marshal‘s reâ€" quest. Among those preseni were:â€" W. J. Scott, Fire Marshal, of Toronto;} F. E. Thompson, and J. Gadsby of New Liskeard; P. H. Godda, of Swastika; J. Marcella and J. Mathieson, of Kirkâ€" land Lake; F. H. Wilkes ard Mr. Brown of Iroqucis Falls; M. Smith and W. G. Skinner, of South Porcupine; C. Jucksh and F. Webber, of Schumacher; F. Wilson, of Kapuskasing; Messrs Menier and Belanger, of Ansonville; A. W. Leach and W. Aston, of Timmins; and the president of the Cochrari _ Mrs. Alexander One of the pioneer residents of Timmins, Mrs. Alexander, mother of Mrs. J. A. Howse, has lived in the Porcupine ‘camp since 1911.. On January 4st of this year she observed her 88th birthday. It is not ; so much the length of her life | that is noteworthy as the useâ€" i fulness and the beauty of it. This is a view of Timmins as it appéared from the Hollinger hill in 1911. Contrast it wi Timmins of toâ€"day! In the foreground of the picture appears the lake, now long filled uL;t.;h 'It‘gg space showing near the centre of the photo is Th ird Avenue as it was in 1911.. The station is the long building showing at the left of Third Aven ue. The large building at the right is the Goldâ€" fields hotel. (Advance Engraving Dept.) For over a quarter of a cenâ€" tury she has been active in church work and other helpâ€" ful activities, while her kindâ€" ness, her sympathy, her graâ€" ciousness, have endeared her to wide circles. Mrs, Alexanâ€" der was born in Ayr, Scotland â€"one of the true gentlewomen that make Scotia "loved at home, revered abroad." (Advance Engraving Dept.) TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 1938 S. C. Wheeler Predicts That * Mild Spell â€"Will Last Over Assoziation, Chief Belanger, of Ansonâ€" ville. and Mild With Snow Cloudy Two Fires Reported Since Last Sunday A light snow that commenced at midnight last night showed a depth of 14 inches at eight o‘clock this morning and still continued this afternoon. Temperatures moderated in the last twentyâ€"four hours and the lowest reâ€" cordsd last night was two below zero. The thermometer stood at 13 above at eight o‘clock this morning, "Mostly cloudy and mild, with snow," was the forecast of S. C. Wheelâ€" er at Hollinger Observatory this mornâ€" ing as he preditted the weather for the next few days. Even chimney fires are scarce, it is reported by Chief Borland, of Timâ€" mins Fire Department, and since last Sunday only two alarms have been arswered. Flooring in a house at 104 Wilson avenue that caught fire from overheated pipes Monday afternoon at 4.11, was damaged to the extent of about $10.. The baze was extinguished Maximum and minimum temperaâ€" tures since Sunday areâ€"Monday, 11 above and 22 below; Tuesday, zero and 26 below; Wednesday, 12 above and 24 Fire Department Have Exâ€" ceedingly Quiet Timeâ€"$10 Damage at One Blaze. Coming Weekâ€"end. Funeral Yesterday of Oldâ€" Time Resident of North. â€" The funeral of Archie Pearce, who died suddenly on Monday morning from heart trouble, was held yesterday afterâ€" noon, with service at the Legion hall, Adjutant Cornthwaite conducting the last sad rites. So that their former comrade might be given fitting burial members of the Legion had cleared away the snow on the driveway at the cemetery and on part of the Legion plot and despite the cold and discomâ€" fort dug a grave through the frozen ground. | The funeral was largely attended, there being two busloads of Legion members following the body to its last uty bginte e ie ol en iA h 3. m i on o0 t ty 4 W . P We ied ney ts n outhy N. 4) n P resting place. 'I’here were also many beautiful fioral tributes. The ‘pallâ€" bearers were all Comrades from the Legion, Fred Curtis, just returned from an extended trip, being one of the Legion members carrying the coffin. Comrade Pat Cherry sounded "The Last Post" in honour of the late Archie Pearce, a service that the late Comrade had done for mary who had passed away here. Mr.Joseph Potvin, in Timmins only seven days, died at St Mary‘s hospital on Tuesday, February lst. Mr. Potvin was born at Gatineau Valley, Quebec, and with his family was resident at Tianaga, Ontario. He was fortyâ€"eight years of age. Surviving are his wife and family, Mrs. Potvin and his eldest son arriving in town soon after his death. The funeral took place this Thursday dfrom the Notre Dame des Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, with Rev. Fr. Chapleau conducting the serâ€" vice. The late Archie Pearce was born in Tavisto:k, Devonshire, England, fiftyâ€" seven years ago. and came to Canada in 1903,. being one of the early residents of the North. He enlisted in the 159th Battalion durirng the early days of the wat. + Died Here After Only a Few Days‘ Residence Here Published at Timmins, Ont.. Canada. Every MONDAY and THURSDAY Announcement was made this week that R. L. Lamb, assistant superintenâ€" dent at Porquis Junction has been transferred to a similar position at Enâ€" glehart and S. R. Ryan, assistant superâ€" intendent at Englehart was suc:eeding Mr. Lamb at Porquis Junction. In other words, the two have exchanged positions or locations. Raference is also made to the idea of reâ€"locating the station at Porgquis Juncâ€" tion, so as to better serve the railway‘s needs. On this, however, there is nothâ€" ing definite, the matter simply being considered. Rev. Father Therriault anncunced toâ€" day that a new bell, presented to the parish of St. Anthony‘s by the ladies of the church, will be blessed at a service to be conducted by Bishop Rheaume. of Haileybury, on Sunday,| February 13, The new bell. which is of French design will be installed in the belfry on the day following the blessing. HSuccessful Bridge Party Held by the Eastern Star Street Clearing Costs Soar Following Storms es LZZ P o da se a T P F Ei * w t ks ce ce * 2 Pm ,\a\fl% Ti n uwA U custeprand n sn ig t K h e y 1448 : ‘The members of the Eastern Star held a very successful bridge party in the Masonic hall on Wednesday evening, large number being present for the ocâ€" casion. A very dainty lunch was served and enjoyed by all attending, and prize winners were as follows: Ladies. 1st, Miss O. Ramsay ; 2nd, Miss MacDonald; consolation, Mrs. Wi Greenidge; Gents, ist, Mr. W. H. Pritchard; 2nd, Mx. J Gurnell; consolation, Mr. Fairbrother. The door prige was won by Mrs. Roy Weston. | To Bless ChurchBell February 13 Larry Lamb Transferred to Same Post at Englehart Bishop Rheaume, of Haileyâ€" bury to Offitiate at Service at St. Anthony‘s. Wilson Wecdside, noted lecturer, will deliver an address here on Monday, Feb. 2ist, at 8 p.m. in the United Church, under the ajuspices of the Men‘s Forum. The title of the address is: "Behind the German Front." Figures Issued Toâ€"day by Town Engineer Reveal Recent Blizzards as Expensive Visitors. 150 Men and Thirty Trucks Added to Town Payroll to Assist Works Departâ€" ment Employees. Willson Woodside to be at Men‘s Forum Kenneth Sakos Artist for Concert on Tuesday Gifted Tenor Featured on Programme of Second of This Season‘s Series of Concerts Under the Auspices of the Porcupine Concert Association. Notable Career of Operatic Tenor. Streets in the downtown area have been completely cleared while those farther out have been well piclughed and the snow pushed back to the boulevards. ~At the present time streets and sideâ€" walks in the outlying sections are being given the final touches. While snow reâ€" _moval costs are more or less anticipated ‘the two recent storms set an allâ€"time record. Removal of snow that accumulated to a depth of thirty inches during the blizzard on January 24th and 25th and an additional ten inches that fell in a wild storm last Sunday, has cost the town $5,665, according to figures supâ€" plied by Town Engineer Jack MacLean town $5,665, according to figures supâ€" plied by Town Engineer Jack MacLean toâ€"day. Immediately following the heavy storm, a hurried call was made on the employment office for men. At the peak 150 men were added to the town pay roll with thirty trucks augmenting the town equipment. Only twelve extra men in addition to regular town employees are still engaged. Superstition Night at A.Y.P.A. Meeting The regular meeting of the A. Y. P. A was held in the parish hall last night, a fairly large number of members being present. Reg. Fisher, convener for the evening, gave a short talk on superstiâ€" tion, emphasizing such points as walkâ€" ing under a ladder, the rabbit‘s foot, and "three on a match." Then, as his guest, he introduced Mr. Kostell, who has been teaching the English classes for. New Canadians.. Mr. Kostell spoke Interesting Feature at Club Meeting Last Night. of conditions in Buropean countries, and told of the obstacles met in teachâ€" ing the English language to the stuâ€" dents at the classes. The address was, very interesting and thoroughly enjoyed by the audience. There will be no meeting ofâ€"the A. Y.P A. next Wednesday, February 9th, but on Thursday evening the members of the A. Y. P. A are invited to attend a sleigh ride party to be held by the United Young People‘s Members are to meet at the parish hall at 8 p.m. and it is hoped that a very large crowd will be present to enjoy the event in full Junior C.W.L . to Meet at Church of Nativity Tonight A meeting of the Junior C.W.L. will be held in the basement of the Church of ‘the Nativity this evening (Thursâ€" day) at 8.30. All members are invited to attend Kenneth â€" Sakos, brilliant young operatic tenor, will be the artist at the second concert in the series presented by the Porcupine Concert Association. Mr. Sakos is a Greek. He is desâ€" cended from a family of priests and his family hoped that he, in turn, would find a position as a singer in the village church,. But his love of travel and new countries led him to an operatic career. In 1925 he came to Owada After a short period of study in Kitchener unâ€" der the late J, G. Galloway, Mr. Sakos went to Italy to study languages and complete his mmq therg in 1932 he made his omfi#iéabm in the famed Milan . HC and for three years after was heard in the principal opera after was heard in the principal opera houses of Italy and Greece. He to Canada in 1935, beâ€" ing thade at that time an honorary citizen of his adapted city, Kitchener. He toured with the Sam Carlos Opera Co. for a year and has since sung with the Promenade Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Opera Guild, and toured Eastern United States and Canada as a concert singer. Heisatmntamemberdthe Chicago Civic Opera Co,. Some Toronâ€" to music lovers heard him while visitâ€" ing Chicago and it was they who speâ€" ‘clally urged that he be secured for the Canadian next Tuesday, Feb. 8th, will consist of operatic airs and folk songs. The proâ€" gramme begins at 8.30 p.m. he English classes _ Mr, Kostell spoke...., _ uropean> countries,