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â€" _ ~NoL.XXV. No.8D . Monteith, an organization committee was appointed to get things under way. Appointed to the organization comâ€" mittee were, J. A. Bradette, MP., W. O. Langdon, Arch Gillies, Mrs. Norman H. Russel!l and Walter Greaves. William Roberts, Councilior, and Mr. Bradette were chosen joint chalrmen of the meeting. manding Auxiliary Services, Military | District Number 2, and Ooionel Campâ€"| It had been decided, said Mr. Braâ€" dette, to form a committee for the fedâ€" eral riding of Coehrane. The central district committee would be in Timmins and there would be subâ€"committees in Troquois Falils, Cochrane and in the large area of Hearst. Speaking briefly, Mr. Bradette relatâ€" ed the success of Red Cross campaigns in this area as an indication that this work of taking care of soldiérs‘ familâ€" les and rehabilitation of soldiers themâ€" selves would be carried out with equal fervour. ' . A psychiatrist in private life, Colonel Chisholm addressed the meeting on the broad aspects of the proposed : work. Every day, he said, we were coming across the sad aftermath of the iast warâ€"â€"men hurt not only physically but emotionally and spirituallyâ€"men who had had their confidence shaken and never got it back.: It was trie, Colonel Chrisholm said, that proper care was not taken of these men after the last war. ‘They *were dumped back in civil Hfe" and many of them ~were notâ€"equipped: wmm fierce competition. 1 It would be greatly to the‘ advantage of all Canada that such a oondmon be not repeated this time. I A lot had been learned of this busiâ€" ness of morale, the specialist said. In a war men carried a great load of fear. If they were camnnc other © mental loads such as a worry about their own future or condition of their families The Cochrane District Citizens‘ Comâ€" mittee came into being on Friday night at a meeting of citizens held in the town hall. At that meeting followlng addresses by Colonel Chisholim and they were not as. SoIdi1cls, Wicy were not as safe inagnuch as they were susceptible to shellâ€"shock and were more apt to break under strain. ; mental hygiene opened up in the mili tary, said Colonel Chisholm. There was a need to bolster the soldier‘s seâ€" curity and assurance that his family was being well looked after so that he could give his full emotional time to the army and so help win the war and not Would Take Care of Soldiers‘ Families and See After the Reâ€"establishment of Soldiérs Returning from the War. Cochrane District Citizens‘ Committee Formed Here. . Ask Health Officials to Take All Precautions â€" In Typhoid Fever Cases The Board of Health and the cal Officer of Health was uted by thm town council on Friday ‘to‘tm all posâ€" sible precautions to preve H - cases of typhoid fever now in 'nmmm: from infecting others. ' First death from the fever !mh“ not by any ed : of an epidemic in 'rmms on Wednesday wien Collette Rorhop, sixâ€"yearâ€"old dtuthhr of Mr. and “fl« Rochon, of 99 Commercial Avenm. Council Discusses Matter of Fourteen Timmins Cases at Meeting on Friday. Say. Source of Contagion in Twelve of Fourteen Cases Traced to Outside Town. Not Timmins Water or Milk Which Causes Them. James Mechan, Sanitary Inspec told members of the town OOM m Friday that the source of contaglon in twelve of the fourteen cases had been traced to qutside of Timmins. He said further, that it was not Timmins vqt 'erormnkt.hstwurespomtbhtm' prevalenége ‘of the disease. One qf unable® to find the source ot (Continued on Page Two) field for : they Later wa Thls Year es o 6 00 _.exoept that the -patients Tho have al- ready contracted the fever arerecoverâ€" ing, the doctor said. No New Cases of Typhoid Fever M.O.H. Reports â€"In a report to the council on Friday the Sanitary Inspector, James Meehan, that there had been fourteen cases bf typhoid in Timmins and that twelve of them had been traced to sources outâ€" side the.municipality. First snowlfall this year . was several days later than in 1939, weatherman Bydney Wheeler said today. Pirst snowfall of any account was on Saturâ€" day. It began to snow at cight o‘clock on \ Saturday moming and finished 2 2s %I 21 _ 2. t ie 4 T ue about 8 pm. the follqwing night. In that time it snowed to depth of three inches. ‘There has been one death from the fever since cases sta.rted ‘vo Appear about three weeks ago. That was of a sixâ€"yearâ€"old girl who was believed to have contracted the disease by drinkâ€" Several Days Later Than in 1939 Weatherman Says Today. Today will be fair and cool. It will remain cool for a couple of days. Temperatures, maximum and miniâ€" mum, since Thursday have been as folâ€" jows: Thursday, maximum â€"37, miniâ€" mum 19; Friday, 34 and 20; Saturda.y, 30 and 24; Sunday, 28 and 18. At eight o‘clock this morning it was 22 degrees. Believes Local Condition to be Well Under CGControl ing water from a long unused well in the Temagamiâ€"Reserve, while. motoring through there with her parents.. Mrs. Carson Millar was a visitor last week to relatives and friends a Kapusâ€" "Something should be done to proâ€" tect the townspeople," said the Mayor on Friday at the meeting of: council. _ "What this town apparently needs is an isolation hospital," said Miss Terry. She also wanted to know wheâ€" ther the. cases. in the hospital were belng isolat.afd. Gnuncillor Eyre volunteered the inâ€" formation that a smaill but well eqtipâ€" ition ho would cost in the _ ‘"It‘ woul !;oszood matter to take up at the meeting of the Association nhoutajolmhocpital." Questioned later, Dr. Molnnis, M.O. R.,uldthateveryprecaunonmbe- ing taken to isolate the Jour or five mmmmww Other cases mmtrutedintbeirhomes.he Druclnnlasddthattbmhadm »o new cases for several days. mgt x+ *A * #Ke sw ; are quite satisfied that it is not fourteen girl I ~water outside of town." Today. Clwc ‘Dear Sir:â€"In view ol the alarming. and: somewhat . misleading. propaghnda] seen ~recently in‘ the : Emmrdlnq the. typhoid fever situation, that has developed in Timmins I wish to makei the following official statement, but before doing. so.I . desire to point ont:1 that the statements made by the Press as to the whole affair being clothed in‘ is absolutely â€" unfounded ° as bvidenoed ‘by the contradiction { tween t.he press news items glven ou hnd the editorial page. As a matter of fact no intent has been entert.ained regarding secrecy efther by myself or the Board of Health as evidenced by the willingness to give the press, repreâ€" sentatives all the available information we were able to obtain from time to ‘tima regarding the cases which: have developed here. It would | appear therefore, that the editor had gone into To the Editor of _ The Advan(:e, Timmins Official Statement by Medical Officer of Health on Typhoid Cases No Epidemic in Town, States Dr. Meinnis. ~Out of Fourâ€" teen Cases, Ten. Have Been Proven to Have Been Conâ€" tracted Out of Town.. All â€"Possible Precautions Taken. side this municipality as far as Oour spresex}‘t. investigation has revealed, the others may have been contracted by contaminated sewage possibly. by ‘carrier and every ‘endeavour‘ is being made to find the source if possible. ‘This sometimes is very difficult and ‘reautres time and a great deal of inâ€" a seance and conjured from his vivid imagination. weird scenes Of: disasber and before he had thoroughly awakenâ€" edâ€" rushed "to â€" theâ€" press "roon and> set these out in flaming lines with perhaps the idea that he had. unearthed some~ thing startling and dreadfiul. . facts are that there have been 14. cases of typhoid and paraâ€"typhoid réported during the past four months, 10 of which have been contracted Outâ€" vesvtt;@fipn to ascertain the source. However,. myself and the sanitary inâ€" spector in coâ€"operation with the. phyâ€" sicians of the town, are doing everyâ€" ing ipossible to ascertain the source, which after all is the important. part about any infection or contagious diâ€" sease, but the statements to this effect should be as positive 0S possible before given out to the public. Fortunately most of the cases that have developed have been of a mild type and from the number so far coptract.ed cannot: be aases this year Nas D°CH JiIVAUVELE bII0MS in the previous two or three years, proâ€" bably because of the large number . of residents that have â€" been praveumg about on . visits and vacations and stopping at different watering places and camps, or have been berrying in the MMtheson district where there has been a small epidemic during the past As conclusive evidence of this I may TIMMINS "CAPTAIN OF THE GUARDS" ENTERTAINS Timmins, Oct 2Lst 1940 family previously. had typhoid and of > .. *|there was no known or suspected typâ€" I‘immins hoid *carrier. The ‘obvious conclusion * odaar at tha a1s | thereéfore is that the infection was conâ€" Single Copyâ€"Five Cents Bay district for several days prevlous to their iliness, during which period they used water from an old well> for domestic purposes. It was also. disâ€" covered in their residence that the sewer was blocked and the tonet was not worklng prope;ly for a short period during\ the summer. They complained â€"to the property owner but he did noâ€" ‘thing about it for a time. No report ‘was made to our sanitary officer reâ€" garding the mat.ter This accurrence may. have had a possible bearing on the source of infection although the former source is more likely. It was found in one other: case who \ently had not been out of town for several montba and where only one member of the family contracted typâ€" hoid, that this family were using water from an inside pump without the knowledge . of . theâ€"sanitary â€" inspecbOr, and before he was able to obtain samâ€" ‘ples of water from this pump it had been closed wp and sewer connections made. This patient has now fully reâ€" covered and thére is no further indiâ€" cations of any other member contractâ€" ing the disease.> Other. cases gave a history of drinking . raw water â€" from the Mattagami river and this, no doubt s q @20 # 0_ * _3 _ ~ L5 maa sa ho was the source of their infection in the absence of any other undisccoverâ€" able cause. ‘ ‘ We have one typhoid carrier in Timâ€" mins who is under continuous observaâ€" tion. This man is a responsible person (Continued on Page Two) Summary of Council Meeting warded to other municipalities â€"and to government officials. MOH. to take, precautions against spreadâ€" of typhoid fever Find Cornwall <pinâ€"ball maâ€" chine byâ€"law upheld by Gourt of Appeals . Will get copy to put it in force here. Drop . matter Of auxiliary. to fire department in Timmins Refuse request of Public Cemeâ€" tery Board for additional grant Consider petition for lane at southern end of ball park proâ€" Consider suggestion that wives ‘ while on . this trip. : Another iBoard of Health and . Last week Joe Talbot, of Noranda, was sentenced to two years in the penâ€" itentiary ifor buying goods trom boys who:had apparenfly stoleh therd cquraging the practice of some men to buy stolen goods Srom boys when there is doubt as to the right of the lads to sell. Years ago Timmins had a case of this kind, where it was shown by the police that a man dealing in second- hand goods was encouraging boys to steal through his plan of puying stolen goods. Magistrate Aftkinson, like the magistrate at Noranda, took a very serâ€" ious view of the case, Previously there hadâ€"been a large number of cases of boys making a regular business of stealâ€" ing anything they could pick up.. The magistrate‘s decision here in sending the man to penitentiary changed all that. â€" The boys quit stealingâ€"because they could not dispose of the stolen ‘ceedingwestonuainandtheamd ‘car, driven by Alcide Daigensault, 16 Rue St. Anwne,SherbrookeQuem1 in the middle of the intersection when th:impact occurred. ' ' At 820 pm. on Friday at the corner of Seventh avenue and Balsam street ‘cars driven by Herman Carmeron, 164 mmmil. ‘ At 946 p.. m.onthesameevenmc ‘there was an accident on Pine street Four Minor Motor Accidents Happen‘ Over the Weekâ€"end There were four motor accidents on Friday and Saturday, all of them minâ€" or. In no one of them was any perâ€" on injured. Damage to automobiles amounted to considerable however, At 10.50 p. m., on Saturday two cars met 50 feet west of the centre of the Mattagami bridge. One driven ‘by Gerald Belanger, 33 of 8 Balsam street south was being driven W. on the bridge and the other, driven by Albert Marâ€" tin, 20, of 158 Cedar street, 'nm’th was being driven east onâ€" the : At 345 p. m. ontthesamedayat the intersection of Main avepue and 'Wllcox street, there was a minor acâ€" cident. One car, driven by Laurent |Mor1n. 17 Mountjoy street was proâ€" No One Injured in Car ~Crashes Friday and Satâ€" urday Nights. From left to right are Major Blais, attached to the headquarters staff,; First Canadian . Division; Anthony Eden, British â€" Secretary for War; Captain Charlebois, now a Staff ~Captain First Canadian Division headquarters; the . late Hon. Norman Rogers, who before his death in an geroplane crash in Canada was Minister of: National Defence, and Hon. Vincent . Massey, High Commissioner for ‘Canada . to Great Britain. â€"Following his caplaincy of the guard from the Royal 22nd Regiâ€" ment, Quebec, which took duties at Buckingham Palace some months ago, Captain Jerry Charleâ€" bois, of Timmins, entertained at a dinner in London. Some of his guests are shown in the above picâ€" *\»‘ s..,u L s Pens alty fdr Buymg C Goods Stolen by Boys Restaurant Owner Moved From Jail to St. Mary‘s Heaps Chaos Along 550 Mile Front From North Italy to City of Berlin Charge Young Man â€" With Being Drunk in Charge of Carâ€" _ John McLelland, 26, of 59 Balsam street north, was arrested on a charge of being intoxicated while in charge of an automcwile by policemen at 10.15 p.m. on Saturday night. , Police said today that McLelland was sitting behind the wheel of a car when picked up. Two women were picked up in a lane by . Each of them had four pints of beer with her. They both were with illegal> possession. The women were Sennie Junnila, 62% Maple street north and Hilda Mittinâ€" nen, 76 Fifth avenue. fi‘ifi'fi’ W‘a".'s "'arms’flé’cffby one of the- bamfis, ‘brought in and locked up for failing. to comply with an order deâ€" manding his appearance in division court. Shortly after he. wWas . bmusht in he became ill and after. a doctor was consulted he recommendédi rémov- al to St. Mary‘s Hospital, .. u. : Â¥ ‘ rat Bombers Sweep Across Channel at Ten Minute Intervals in Most Savage of British Attacks.> Germans Admit Destruction in Berlin in Angry Communique. _ At Midâ€" night Bombardment Under Way Five Hours. _ Sugar Bowl restaurant : was removed from the jail to the hospital on Saturâ€" day night after he suffered a severe Pair of Women Picked up in %ane With Eight Pints of eer. Suffered Heart: Attack in Jail After Arrest b y Bailiff. ~ **""}*"""*~ ds ‘-‘1-?- Tt sc 4) Attracts Many Heéreâ€"" ‘ Saturday of each week is the busiest of the three days, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday when the Timmins marâ€" ket is open. On that dayeaohboothm the marketâ€"place is filled and the farâ€" mers bring more produce to be sold, than on any other day of the week. . Prices on Saturday were as follows: Meats: Tâ€"bone steak, 30c per lb., round steak 25¢ per rib roast,~ 180 per 30c ‘per lb.; cauliflower bc a head,â€"to 10c per head, small potatoes, 10c per 6â€"qt. basket, large potatoes, 35¢ per l1qt basket; summer savory, sage dill and parsley, 5e a bunch; spinach 10c a Ib. broccoli, 10c a lb.; green cabbage, 5c to 10¢ a head; Savoy cabbage, 2 heads for 15c and single heads at 10c and 15¢; carrots, 15¢c a basket (small) and #5¢ Military Wedding at Schumacher on Saturday Evening Miss Agnes Christian Robâ€" ertson and Sergt.â€"Major Godfroy Married. Oct., Zist. Special to The Advance. x: A military wedding was held day evening, October 19th, at 8 o‘clock at the home of+ Mr.and Mrs. George daughter, Agnes Christian Robertson became the bride of William Alexander Godfroy. The bride was attended by Mise Marguerite Smith and Mr. Francis Gilbert was groomsman. The Rev. F. given in marriage by her father, WAS|formerly a Cub Leader). Green crepe with matching accessories.| Caty, Basil Karofelis Fotoff, owner of the basket (large). :.. bombers, sweeping across. the m:nsha:nnmllastnlgmgtbenmm- ute intervals heaped destruction on 550â€"mile front from Berlin to the industrial section of Northern. Italy. This was the most savage of British attacks on the Naziâ€"held French coast and on Germany proper. A â€" German communique today 15- sued by angry Nazis, charged the Britâ€" ish planes bombed two hospitals in a Berlin raid and admitted that high exâ€" plosive bombs hit four sections of the city. Their revenge would be a thouâ€" sandfold, Nazis said. They formerly. charged that the British were institutâ€" ing a campaign of terror against Berlin civilians. . Tons of bombs crashed earthward at the rate of 100 minute and spread path of fierce, fiery destruction after a duel of unprecedented intensity beâ€" tween British and CGerman long range guns pointed at each other across the ardment had been under way for five hours and seemed to increase in fury with flight after flight of British planâ€" es taking off: in an almost unbroken droning are above the channel. The roar of bursting bombs and Nazi antiâ€"aircraft fire was almost constant with reverberations breaking dishes in houses along the English coast. London and Liverpool were attacked by. invading bombers at. midâ€"morning today and bombers were seen over other sections of Englandâ€"through low clouds. It was the Nazi overnight onslaught. Officers Installed at the Rebekah and 1.O.0.F. Lodge o % "mpeting of the Gola Nugget RbbekAh Lodge was held on Thursday evening, and after the .general business routibe, a jJoint instalâ€" lation of officers for the Rebekah and GQadféllows‘ Lodges was held. ;;oquom Falls, acted. as for"‘the Rebekahs, NY MIlk, District Deputy of Bthumacher, installâ€" ef. mg%;i"qie OW‘ axecutive. Mrs. Jas. eene then presented a sketch, and refreshments were served to members of both lodges. Wedding at Ramore of Popular Timmins Couple on Saturday Anâ€"attractive wedding was solemnâ€" ized in the St. Lawrence Roman Cathâ€" olic Church at Ramore on Baturday morning, October 10th, at.10 o‘clock when Miss Madeline Caty, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Caty of Montreal, became~ the bride of Mr. Eimer Wheeler, ‘eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. Wheeler, of Timmins. ‘The mar:riage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Fr. Leduc. (HMven in marriage by her brother Mr. John Caty, of Holtyre, the bride was lovely in a streetâ€"length dress of air« force blue crepe, a amall hat to match, with shoulder length veil, and ‘white calla lilles, and was attended by Miss Mary Paul Caty. Mr, Murray Btewart of Holtyre. at~ anddurlngtheservioethemeoeofflw Rev. Fir. Leduc sang ‘"Because", a.nd“l Come to Thee‘", !bnowmxtheoemmonyarecepuon was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ‘John Caty, where a large nuunber of 1fi1enddmthmd to extend> their best wishes to Mr. andwa Wheeler. Durâ€" i ¢ ; } E i 2 assisted by initimate friends of the 'm Miss Jeanne Plout!e, of Timâ€" At midnight the British acrial bombâ€" t