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Porcupine Advance, 31 Jul 1939, 1, p. 1

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o1 On€e Police Raiding Squad RovesTown at Weekâ€"end Huge Docket for Tuesday Asked for hi address after being picked up by poce, one alleged drunk said, "Box Car bartments," yere busy from Friâ€" y They pald official visits to many supected blind pigs, and combed the strtets for drunks and men carrying liquor Megally. On Friday mjny drunks were arrestâ€" ed and some of 08e arested were charged with flleea possession. Vagâ€" rants and suspicdous characters were brought in. Among those vagrancy was Couture has a cord covering â€" Alfred Chartraid, 1858 Spruce street, south, has been :sharged with keeping for sale. He alo faces a charge of illegal possession Found in the same house, Norman Smpson faces a charge of illegal possesion of liquor. Police raided the estabishment at about four o‘clock yesterday morning. At least a dozn persons are in jail facing charges if being drunk. One man faces a chaze of his third offense for drunkenness Annual Competition for Best Gardens in Timmins and District Twentyâ€"five Persons in Jail Charged with V aried Offenses From Keepingz For Sale to Being Drunk in Public Place, Many Others Released on Bail. Magistrate Atkinson Faces Larset Docket This Year Toâ€"morrow. from drut sale. Horticuléural Society This Year as Usual Offering Prizes For Best Gardens in Timmins, Schumacher, Gold Centre and Buffiloâ€"Ankerite. Vol. XX1IVv. RECORD POLICE This year, as in past seasons, the annual garden competition is being sponsored by the Timmins Horticulâ€" tural Society. This year there are a large number of good gardens in town and district, though weather conditions and dust have not helped much. There are special prizes for Hollinger Townsite gardens onlyâ€"the first three donated by the Hollinger Mine, the fourth by Consumers‘ Coâ€"operative, the fifth by H. Downing and the sixth by Canadian Industries Limited. Gardens 30 Feet and Under First prizecâ€"donated by Ideal Hardâ€" N""""‘o‘ se 4h M sSecondâ€"â€"by RBeattie BroSs. Thirdâ€"by C I. L. Coâ€" Bnfl'ab-Ankerlte Home Gardens Best 1A gardensâ€"First prize, cup donated WR P. Kinkel; second, $3 by Buftalo keite Mine; third, $2 by BuffTaloâ€"Mikasite: fourth, donated by Provincial pole were busy also Secondâ€"by Robt. Simpson Co. Thirdâ€"by Swift Canadian Co# Fourthâ€"by Goldfiekds Drugs. Fifthâ€"by C. I. L. Co. Gardens 30 to 60 Feet Hollinger gardens excluded. First prizeâ€"by C. A. Remus. Secondâ€"â€"by Northern Power Co. ‘Thirdâ€"by Canada Packers. Fourth â€"United Cigar Stores. Gardens over 60 Feet First Prizcâ€"by Marshail â€" Ecclestone prize prize C@iambl Plower o# iong those picked.up on charges of incy was Wild ‘West" Couture. ure has a long and extensive reâ€" covering a variety of offenses, st night at 940 pm. a raiding i paid a visit to the home of ‘clo Cuzzilla 48 Fourth avenue. morning Cuzllla faces two charges f keeping liqzor for sale, the other rmitting drunkenness. ze by R. J. Ennis; second ze Grocers. }feet and overâ€"first prize . J. Ennis; second, by kenoss to keeping liquor for gardenâ€"first prize Aby R. P. Kinkel; secondâ€" Buffaloâ€"Ankerite; fourth Liquor Control Act a, 60 Two People Injured When Car Driven by J. H. Karti Crashes Into P a r k e d Truck Early on Sunday. a result of their efforts, E. Dupont, of Night Hawk Centre, is facing a charge of kesping liquor for sale. Magistrate Atkinson will preside in police court tomorrow. He returned from his holidays this week. He will face one of the largest dockets seen in Timmins in many a court day. Numâ€" ber of cases should top seventy by conâ€" siderable, Charge Follows Accident Eino Pietila,, 219 Birch St., who was with him in the car, received an inâ€" jured shoulder and lower right arm. Miss Dorothy Noonan, 44 Second aveâ€" nue, another passenger, was badly cut about the face. She was taken to St. Mary‘s Hospital for treatment., J. H. Karr, of 5 Kitby avenue, is charged with dangerous driving followâ€" ing an accident near the corner of First avenue and Birch street at 445 a.m. on Sunday morning. He will appear before Magistratse Atkinson in police court tomorrow morning. Karr is alleged to have made a wide turn at the corner and crashed into truck which was parked at the side of the road. Probe Death At Lavigne Wedding Party The death last week of Clifford Meâ€" nord, 23 of Caldwell Township, is beâ€" ing probed by North Bay Provincial police. Death came as the result of bleeding, caused by Menard apparently deliberately smashing his arm through a Ccar windshield. 1.30 a.m. We out of the h where the cel liberately ram the windshield above the elb Falls he died | hours later. Published at Timmins, Ont.., Canada. Jeanne P i P BPA BA P AL A L PA AP P P P C : l PA sn Every MONDAY and THURSDAY InCcl ccurred at Lavigne at a the double wedding of to Marshall Harboure Leonie to Lucien Vinâ€" nat shortly before iy Menard walked of Wilfred Poitras, on took place, deâ€" his elbow through car and cut a vein iushed to Sturgeon in the hospital four Take Lamothe and Serdar to Face Grading Count Charles Lamothe of South Porcupiné, and Mark Serdar, of Schumatcher, were picked up by Provincial police here toâ€" day and taken to Haileybury to meet Toronto police. Lamothe and Serdar were appreâ€" hended in connection with high grade gsold charges. Provincial Constables Russell Johnson and George White acâ€" companied the two Timmins men to Haileybury. o It is understood that the two Porcuâ€" pine men are wanted by Toronto police on charges of high grading. Charges were laid in Toronto and the men will be taken back there to face them by Toronto police. Provincial Police Take Laâ€" mothe and Serdar to Hailâ€" eybury to Meet Toronto Police. Source of Smoke Between Third Avenue Stores Soon Traced. Air Vent Mixed With Chimney There were only two weekâ€"end fire calls. On Friday at 6.45 p.m. smoke was seen between the Goldfield‘s Drug Store and Eaton‘s Groceteria on Third Avenue. Firemen laid line of hose but the, source of the smoke was soon seen to be a stove in the basement. Smoke from the stove was escaping through a ventilator instead of the chimney. TQe trouble was soon rectified. The backâ€"fire from a truck in _ the garage of J. B. Leblanc caused a fire at 123 Wilson Avenue late on Thursday. .\Damage to the truck wis estimated at $25. % Mcintyre Field Day to be Held on Monday, August 7 Athletiec â€" Events, Sports, Novelties, to Feature Oc¢â€" casion. The sixth annual McIntyre Field Day will be held on civic holiday (for both Timmins and Tisdale) Monday, August Ith. The programme this year promises much entertainment for all, and especiâ€" ally for the youngsters Some of the items may be mentioned here:â€"Kiddies races, tugâ€"ofâ€"war, swimming, logâ€"burâ€" ling, clowns, cowboys, dancing girls, games of fun and skill, "Togo in his Slide of Death," riflle shooting, bootall. bicycle relay race, baseball, band conâ€" cert, folk dances, field and track events, canoe and portage race. The baseball number will attract general interest. The match will be between Copper Cliff and McIntyre and a snappy game is exâ€" pected. Another special feature in the sports line is the football game in the morning. After the day‘s events there will be dancing in the arena, The sixth will be held Timmins ar TIMMINS, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JULY 3 WEDDING EVENT AT CHURCH OF NATIVITY ACTIVITY Vocational School at Golden City Two Weeks‘ Course Startâ€" ing Toâ€"day. There is to be a vocational school neld at Golden City (Porcupine). The course will be carried on for two weeks, starting toâ€"day, Monday, July, 3lst,. Mr. Joseph Clark, the student minister, will conduct the school, assisted by help from Southern Ontario. Monday, August 7th to be Civic Holiday Timmins and Tisdale Monday, August. 7th, has been forâ€" mally declared as civic holiday for the town of Timmins. The township Of Tisdale has also proclaimed the same civic holiday.. Other towns in the North are also using this as civic holiâ€" day until it is likely that the first Monday in August will come to be generally observed in the North as civic holiday. This date all through Ontario is finding popularity as aA civic holiday. Monthly (General Meeting of the Legion This Evening of the Timmins Branch C dian Legion will be held i hall this (Monday) eveni As there are a number of special interest and impo before this meeting a larg is snecially desired. As noted in Thursday‘s issue of The Advance, the monthly generg_l meeting tA 23 roclamations Issued by Timmins and Tisdale Councils. ranch of the Canaâ€" s held in the Legion ) evening, July 31st. mber of questions. of dA imneortance to be No Inquest to be Held in Death of Mrs. Luhtala Had Been Ill for Some Days Before Death. SoutH Porcupine, July 31, (Special to The Advance)â€"It has been decided that a jury inquest is not necessary in the death of Mrs. Helma Luhtala, of Porcupine, who died last Friday at the Porcupine General hospital. She had been ill for some days before her death and some days ago severed the artery in one of her wrists. She was taken to the hospital and for a time it was thought that she would recover, but she passed away on Friday despite all that surgical and medical skill could do. She is survived by her husand and three children. She was 54 years of age at the time of death. The body is at Hunkin‘s Funeral Parlours, and the funeral will take place toâ€"morrow afâ€" ternoon at two o‘clock. Council, Lions F ormally Open Playgrounds One of the attractive weddiugs this season was the marriage at the Church of the Nativity on Saturday morning of Mr. Kendall Leahy and Miss Helen Cole. In the Picture from left to right, Mr. and Mrs. Leahy, Miss Bessie Blackburn, of Rouyn, the bridesmaid, and Mr. Robt. Marshall, the groomsman. Four children‘s playgrounds which went into operation some time ago were officially opened following the meeting of the Lions Club on Thursday evening. Present were members of the club and members of the Town council. Equipment for the playgrounds was donated by the Timmins Lions Club. The Hollinger Mine donated the use of two of the properties, Leo Mascioli, one, and the Town, one. The Town proâ€" vided supervisors for the four grounds. The Mayor and members of Council were invited to the supper in conjunctâ€" tion with the Lions‘ weekly meeting. Present were Mayor Bartleman and Councillors Spooner, Gauthier, Warren and Armstrong. Following the supper, club members‘ and members of Council embarked upâ€" on a tour of the grounds. First one! visited was at Moneta. There President | of the Lions Club, Willam King, forâ€" mally turned over the equipment to the | Mayor, who received it and thanked the club on behalf of the Town. Speeches were very short and inforâ€" mal and made in a drizzling rain, which continued threughout the tour of the other three playgrounds. l The playground near the north end of Cameron Street was visited and there Lions had the opportunity of taking pictures of William Wren and Councillior Armstrong, one on each end of a teeterâ€"totter board. Despite the rain there were large numbers of children making use of the equipment at all four playgrounds. The playground in the Hollinger townsite was next visited and then the one adjacent to Birch Street School. resentation of Equipment Made by William King, President, to Mayor Barâ€" tleman. Publiashed at Timminas, Ont., Canada. Every MONDAY and THURSDAY Big Programme for the Prospectors‘ Association Notable Event at McIntyre Arena, Mcintyre Park, Timâ€" mins, South Porcupine. Items in observance of Thirtâ€" ieth Anniversary of Discovery of Gold in Porcupine. Expect Thunder Storm s Toâ€"day Will be Warm and Cloudy With Thunderâ€" storms in Next Few Days The rolling of thunder, so often heard already this year, may again be exâ€" pected late today or during the next few days, said Sydney Wheeler, Holâ€" linger weather observer, this morning. Mr. Wheeler said that today would be cloudy and warm. It rained on Thursday evening to a depth of .14 inches. Maximum and minimum temperaâ€" tures have n as follows: Thursday, 79 and 61; Friday, 68 and 56; Saturday, 73 and 47; Sunday, 80 and M. Last night‘s minimum was 58 and at eight o‘clock this morning the temperature was 60. Twenty From Here Form Part of Class of Seventyâ€" Five. Held at North Bay Timmins Knights Receive Fourth Degree on Sunday Twenty members of the Timmins Council of the Knights of Columbus took their fourth degree in a class held in North Bay on Sunday. The class numbered about seventyâ€"five. Candidates for the degree were preâ€" sent from Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Sudbury and other points throughout the North. The degree was admimstered by a team under the supervision of Philip Phelan, of Ottawa, State Deputy. Moving Central School Fence to the Street Line Town workmen are busy at present moving back the iron fence along the grounds on Fourth avenue to the street line. The work is being done at the request of the public school board who are planning improvements to the grounds and desired to have the fence in its proper place before the work was done Kiwanis Stag Barbecue at Buffaloâ€"Ankerite to be Novel Event Buffalo and Alberta steer to be Roasted Whole on Big Outdoor Cooking Fire. Games, Swimming, Refreshâ€" ments, Everything for a Happy Time, Proceeds for Work for Underprivileged. elebration Aug. 5 to 12 Saturday, August 5thâ€"Registration and banquet at Empire Hotel. in the Porcupine camp of the thirtieth anniversary of the discovery of gold in the Porcupine, The event â€" from August 5th to 12th inclusiveâ€"is under the auspices of the Porcupine Prosâ€" pectors‘ Association. Items on the proâ€" eramme include:â€" Sunday, August vice at Cenotaph fire. hf Monday, August 7thâ€"McIntyre Pield Dayâ€"baseall; and Lion‘s Dance at Mcâ€" Intyre Arena in eveningâ€"Dance Monâ€" day at Palais Royale. Tuesday, August 8th â€" Prospectors‘ Field Day at McIntyre Park. Wednesday, August 9thâ€"Picnic and Barbecue .at Buffaloâ€"Ankerite Park Dance in evening at Riverside, with floor show and bathing beauty contest. Thursday, August 10thâ€"Water Carâ€" nival at Riverside, Friday, August 11thâ€"Miners‘ Day at Ssouth Porcupine Park. Saturday, August 12thâ€"Openâ€"grand finale, Tommy Church Nominated on Labourâ€"Farmer Ticket Kirkland Lake, July 31istâ€"Councilior Tommy Church was the unanimous choice of the Labourâ€"Farmer convenâ€" tion held here last week to select a canâ€" didate to contest the constituency in the Dominion election expected this year, or when it comes. One of the speakers was another member of ‘the Kirkland Lake township council, Sandy Cowan, who contrasted the free conâ€" vention with other party conventions he had attended in the North, Rev. Gilmour Smith Inducted at Timmins United Church The Rev. E. Gilmour Smith, formerly of Cobalt United Church, was inducted as assistant to the Rev. W. M. Mustard of the Timmins United Church on Friâ€" day evening. Many members of the congregation were present at the inducâ€" tion ceremony, which was conducted by the Rev. W. M. Mustard, president of the Cochrane Presbytery. An unusually interesting programme as been announced for the celebration i the Porcupine camp of the thirtieth nniversary of the discovery of gold 1 the Porcupine,. The event â€" from Mr. Mustard has left to spend the summer holiday at his summer ‘home at Flower, and during his absence, the Rev. E. Gilmour Smith will conduct regular service at the Timmins United Church. Everyone who buys a ticket for the Kiwanis Stag Barbecue at the Buffaloâ€" Ankerite park on the afternoon and evening of Wednesday next week, Aug. 9th, will be specially privileged, and at the same time will be giving material help to the underprivileged, The Stag Barbecue is a unique event for this country, and it promises to be one of the most enjoyable events ever held here. There will be games of skill, borseshoes, and other amusements, as well as swimming, aquatic contests and events, and many novelties, A special feature will be the feasting, carcasses of buffalo and Alberta red steer being roasted on an immense spit on the grounds in regular Barbecue fashion. And there will be all the trimmings to go with it, The fun will begin at 3 o‘clock and continue as long as desired, The entire proceeds will go to the Kiâ€" wanis fund for underprivileged boysâ€" boys‘ camp, hospital and medical treatâ€" ment for needy children, milk for unâ€" dernourished boys and girls. The mayor and council of Timmins, the reeve and council of Tisdale and Whitney townâ€" ships and Mr. Jos. A. Bradette, M.P., are among those who are expected to be present for the occasion, as well as several thousand others, There will be ample bus accomodaâ€" tion to and from the Barbecue, a+**» nominal fee of 25 cents for tr "trip. | s There will be am odation for the Single Copy Five Cents The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine. Established 1912 6th, Memorial Serâ€" for victims of 1911 ‘"‘""Tlsdale ‘tANK C,. EVANS, Treasurer,

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