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O‘HEARN COMPANY SCHUMACHER HARDWARE AND FURNITURE COMPANY RED INDIAN SERVICE STATION «umm n : P t h P P .“ eges; + #*# *# # w Best Wishes for A Merry Christmas May your heart be as light as the snowâ€" flakes whirling around the roof of your cosy home and as warm and merry as the ruddy glow of the firelight on the hearth. 3, Auite it ite ie steite ate ite ote ate oo ate abe abe ues ate abs abe uale ooo bo ies bo ofe Happy New Year To our friends and patrons in the Porcupine we express the desire that your Christmas will be happy and your New Year profitable. MA (Wervryp Cbristmas and a To All Gid Friends And All New Friends In the North Land EXPLOSIVES DIVISION "WES" BARBER and a Ehe PDorcupine Aopantr Every MONDAY and THURSDAY ublisbed at Timmins, Ont.. Canada, * 4. ® * .0 #. ® #* ***s *# * t# ## *# .' * .0 ## * .00.“. # 0-0' + h Timmins TIMMINS, ONTARIO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23RD, 1940 â€":â€"â€"What Christmas Finds in Timmins â€":â€" What will Christmas see in Timmins this year? Thirty years ago, this was just a partial clearing in ths virgin bush. Here is the record for Christmas, 1940;:â€" Population of Timminsâ€"28,630, the latest official assessment figures. 742 business places. 5100 dwellings. Total assessment, $14,796,387. Taxable assessment, $10,262,124. 46 miles of roads and streets, nearly three miles of them paved. 33.3 miles of sidewalk, of which 30 miles are concrete. 32.40 miles of sewers. 27.1 miles of waterworks mains. 4,500 separate waterworks customers. 600,642,438 gallons of water used, apart from the amount used by the Hollinger and McIntyre Mines. Average daily consumption of waterâ€"46.3 gallons per capita. Timmins prides itself, very rightly, on being a city of homes, as well as a business centre. From the beginning of the town these were always confortable homes here. Even the small homes hurâ€" riedly crected to provide immediate shelter were built so far as possible as real homes. And there has been constant effort for improvement. During the years that the Home Improvement Plan was in force in Canada, Timmins took third place for the amount of home improvement being exceeded only by the two metropolitan centres Toronto and, Montreal. Under the Home Improvement Plan Timmins spent nearly two million dollars for improved homes. This, of course, is apart from the individual outlays not under the Act. Timmins has a city bus service regularly serving all sections of the town. There is reguar bus service to Schumacher, South Porcupint, Dome, and to all the neighbouring mines. Industries: Mining, lumbering, market gardening, etc. Timmins is the home of the famous Hollinger Mine, employing over 3,000 men the year round. McIntyre, Dome, Moneta, Coniauâ€" rum, Pamour, Paymaster, Faymar, Hallnor, Aunor, Preston Past Dome, Buffalo Ankerite, Gillies Lake Porcupine, DeSantis, Brouâ€" lan, Naybob, Delnite, Concordia and other mines in the vicinity employ many hundreds of Timmins men. Tiimmins is the leading town of the great Porcupine area. Last year the Porcupine Camp produced over $40,000,000 in gold. For the first ten months of the year, Porcupine‘s production is offâ€" cially given as $45,364,648. The lumber output of the industry centred in Timmins is nearly a million dollars a year. Farming and market gardening is extending each year. A feaâ€" ture here last year was the farmers market conducted by a group of farmers in premises secured and maintained by themselves. This year the town built a special building to house the market and the market is being carried on under municipal autspices to the advantage of farmers and townspeople alike. The Timmins Horticultural Society‘s annual show is recogâ€" nized as ons of the largest and best in the province. Timmins is 497 miles from Toronto; 259 miles from North Bay On the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, and also on the famous Ferguson Highway open most of the year for traffic. Stores:â€"Most of the business section is of modern fireproo{f construction. Upâ€"toâ€"date stores supply quality and variety of goods equal to most cities. OiTice Buildings:â€"Good accommodation in fireproo{ buildings. Wholesale Houses:â€"Timmins is the distributing centre for an increasingly large area . Large grocery wholesales, hardware wholesales, oil distributors, machinery, meat packers, etc. Communications:â€"Local and long distance telephone service. Telegraph service, Private wires to two brokerage offices, etc. Private radio station. Banks:â€"Five bank branches, housed in permanent buildings, with bank clearings equal to a city of 70,000. Hospital:â€"St. Mary‘s public hospital, 150 beds, Xâ€"ray departâ€" ment unusually well equipped; the largest and most modern hos. pital in the North Land. Lighting:â€"Electric lighting featured here in streets, homes and signs. Police Protection:â€"Able and efficient police force of Police Chicf, Inspector, Court Clerk, Assistant Court Clerk,. Three Serâ€" geants and Sixteen Constables., Fire Protection:â€"The excellence and efficiency of the Timmins Fire Department is widely known. There is a modern fire alarm system, four motor trucks, chemical tanks, rescue apparatus, and an efficient regular and volunteer fireâ€"fighting brigade, both trained in first aid, as well as fireâ€"fighting and rescue work. Education:â€"Timmins is proud of its large and modern public and separate school buildings, one of the most impressive high and vocational schools, with spacious grounds with flowers and shrubs and trees. Business colleges. Public library with large number of volumes kept up to date. Musical:â€"Citizen‘s Band, Lions Boys‘ Band, Gold Belt Band, McIntyre Concert Band, Pipe Band, Schubert Choral Society, Cornish and Welsh Choirs, firstâ€"class orchestras, music studios, dancing classes, etec. The Music Festival held at Timmins this year brought together a notable array of talent, not only from Timmins, but from a wide district including Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, South Porcupine and Schumacher, etc. Still more exâ€" tended plans are being made for the event next year. The National Festival, presenting the music, costumes, customs, ctc., of the many nationalities that have helped to build this part of the North was a notable even in 1939. This year eleven Naâ€" tional Groups entered the Festival. Churches:â€"Irish Roman Catholic, French Roman Catholic, Itaâ€" lian Roman Catholic, United Church, Regular Baptist Church, Finnish United Church, Roumanian Orthodox, Christian Science, Presbyterian, Christian Brethren, Anglican, Greck Orthodox, Salvation Army, etc. Recreation:â€"Four modern talking picture theatres, with anâ€" ather in course of erection; skating arena; curling rink; good athletic fields; golf course; badminton club; dance halls; large and modern and clegantly equipped bowling alleys; poolrooms, clay tennis courts; hockey; soccer, baseball; softball; bowling ; rugby; lawn bowling; motor boating; canoeing; swimming; fishâ€" ing; hunting; ski club. Hotels:â€"Empire Hotel, largest in the North; many other wellâ€" equipped modern hotels. Ont,ario Government Liquor Store. Wince shop. y Climate: --â€"â€"Healt.hy and dry. Good agricultural land in district. Labour:â€"Timmins is well supplied with skilled as well as unâ€" skilled labour. 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