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...... t "The furthering of education, espectâ€" "aly for adults" was the theme of the very interesting and informative talk presented on May: 18th, by Miss Helem Carthy, to the memfiers of the WA. of Mountjoy Unitéa Church ?. , The hé”éd-‘ sion was the regular’monvhly meeti.ng: of the Assbciation ... During the ineet~: ing Mrs. W. was appointed ‘deleâ€" gate to. the 'Iforonto conference to. be United Church to be guest speaker at the evening service . . . Miss Daniels also ; gave most mter'=stxng talks â€"at held on:May sgh .*. Also preésented" on the programme were several del’ighttnl musical â€" nuimbers : which . wer greatly enjoyed by the gathering . ? Lfi% was served and a ‘pleasant sociai time' enjoyed. All the United Church Ministers of the Cochrane Presbytery are at preâ€" sent attending a conference ih Toâ€" ronto. .. . The conference opened on Tuesday of this week and exâ€" tends to Friday when it will be brought to a close ... The lay deleâ€" gates from the -Porcupine attending are:â€"Miss Louiza Mayowna and Mr. Herbert Treneer, of the ist. upon complauon the qmlt pmpises attractive qtilt to the Institute, and Last Wedneaday afternoon members | of the Gold Star ‘Women‘s Pasti=. tute meb at" the "home of Mrs. . CC ® ® _ ‘;‘» + i> # l‘ â€" . $ ,",‘ *)3 gift to. one: of the victims of : the reeent m'e . Following the work period, :a deuciws luneh was servâ€" ed by the hostess . . . Mrs. D. Rllies contributed. the upper part of: the: LA AVCILHB s is ;3 _A VE enthusiastic wofl:ers were bus at a quilt ‘which ‘to be given as a -mmacbmnmmynwng coamanmam and ‘best , wishes _ a.reexwqud to ‘Sgt. und' ‘Mrs. GNmAmmmwmmmtefiu Gréek Orthodo® Church last ‘Thursday evening . . . Byt. Arnisara â€" ‘Is ‘the son of Mr. mdursuAn- samntmavameandisam ber of the Canadian Army stationed ,'Hal'!!a:x Thebrldeisthefatmar -‘mxmmmmgmdammu But* this one day I have bundles. (The litle tme you of man v’n’flv‘fl‘ Ne smy 0 Eon ooo < OF WASTE PAPER ARE â€" REQUIRED EVERY MONTH k TO MAKE ESSENTIAL _CONTAINERS FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES H rg Sf ‘Mort..Isnor, Patricia and Vivian Isnor, Doris Isnor, "Isnor :and Scotty The Pirst Timmins Girl Guides are indéed:to be congratulated on the sucâ€" cess of their Saturday afternean tea neld in the basement of the Church of the Nativity . .. The room was very patriotically decorated with red, white and blue streamers, and gave a very gay effect along with the tiny flags gracing the small, prettily set tea tables . During the afternoon there was denghtfu} musical programme presentâ€" ‘ed. 'whicb. included, piano selectiohs, so),os and. recitations . . . A draw was 'he'_lg for. ,g lovely cushzion made by one of the members and was won by S. Platus . . . Other features of the event were the _ homeâ€"bake© ta.hle, nd the sale of aprons and novelties Anf Anniversary Tea Huge Success Large Number Attend to Asâ€" _ War Charities Fund. other booath of candy and novelties was in charge ofi:the Brownies who also made fine sales of their wares during the afternoon. * Kews was received by Mrs. W, E.. fiull 160 Mountjoy North, last week, 1E i will} be of great interest to ‘many. in town . . Mrs. Bull reegivâ€" .. a> eablegram, from her mathér . Mrs. M. E. Ree\m, announcing her sbfe grrival in England . . . Mrs. ‘Reeves, was for four years a war, . guest in Canada, arriving in August * of 1940 andretnrm:)g to Rirmingâ€" ham in May 1944 . . . Mrs. Reeves was 78. years of age 'and is indeed to Yesterday afternoon the I. Q. D. E: beâ€" congratulated on â€"her pluck for taking the long journey back to her homeland under. such handicap . . . The many friends she made while in the Porcupine will be very glad to hear of her successful jour= ney back home. now To DO IT . The young couple left on Friday‘s Northland for a wedding trip to Torâ€" cnto, the bride choosing a dark brown tailored suit and brown aeccessories for travelling. A beige top coat, beige hat and yellow fabric purse completed her ensemible. â€" Miss Edna Walsh, of Toronto, was Eridesmaid, in a tafieta gown in old rose. iA headdress of old rose net and sweetpeas completed her ensemble and ‘she carried a bouquet of Johanna Hll roses. : At the reception at the bride‘s home, Mrs. Goodfellow received in a navy blue crepe dress with white accessories, and‘ m'sg e of sweetpeas. . Mis, Cannell t a‘dress of rose crep with a bridal gown. ° A headdress: of, small'_ white flowers caugh‘t her finger-tip veil and she carried a bouquet of red roses. .. Miss Amy Beckett was maid of honor- m a gown of turquoise chiffon and lact, and a headdress of sweet peas caught her shoulder length turquoise veilling, She carried a bouquet of Johanna Hill Ernie Pitchel was best man, and ushers were Lyle King and Kenny Mcâ€" ushers, pen knives. Given in marriage by her father, the bride was gowned in floorâ€"length white crepe, fashioned with fitted waist and full skirt. Buttons from the waist to the Peter Pan Collar, tiny quilted pockets, and long sleeves campleted the Gifts to the bride‘s attendants includâ€" ed earrings; to the organist, a necklace; to the best man, aftie pin; and to the Evelyn Goodfellow, daughter of Mr. and, Mrs. C. J. Goodfellow, Commercial Ave., and Lance Corporal Donald Canâ€" nell, Canadian Army stationed at Haliâ€" fax. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cannell, Pine St. N. Rev. . J. Bracks:one officiated and the wedding music was played by Miss Jean Archer. Giobe and Mail: Without any known recruiting or coercion the "lost legion" appears to be proceeding from strength to strength. lace table cloth which was drawn f0" [ Here we are with you again with anâ€" close of the tea, other brief survey of the "doings" of ~ Gay Tulipe and mnets ‘of Llack| the Guides and Brownles during the were tastefully arranged throughout the | week, . room, and tea, served from a laceâ€" \ e e covered takble centred with mauve stocks, [ ‘the Pirst South Porcupine Guides and glowing peach tapers, was presided | held a nike on Sauturday to the Pumpâ€" The draw for the. lovely lace tahle cloth was made by Mrs. Dean Kester,_ and winner was Miss Beuty Sta.onmom, John Ave. + Comnvener for the tea, Mrs.. Jamas Keene, assisted by Mrs. W Mackie, Mrs. T. Marriott:and Mrs,. H. TLloyd, are inâ€" deed to be congratulated on the success. of this event held in honour of the 25thâ€" anniversary of the Chapter. Lovely Ceremony Takes Place at Baptist Church Friday. ‘Gummer flowers*tdecorated the Bam; ist Church last Friday afternoon a 2 Wedding Event of Norma Goodfellow and Donald Cannell ever by Mrs. J._P. Bartieman Mrs. D. .Osirosser, Mrs. Ed Robinson and Mrs. E. F. Pritchard. Serving the guests with varieties of sandwiches and cakes ;and cookies were H. Graham, C. Chase and: Mrs. R To.ylm' , the afternoon a denght.ful- musical m'ocramme was presented in which solos were sung hy Mrs, F. Norâ€": man, Miss Morin, and Miss Hargreaves, plano solos presented by Miss Shirley Not a day passes but that some of our friends and customers tell us that they have "better luck" when they use milk in their pet recipes. Milk is perfect for cookâ€" ing. Call us now and our driver will stop at your place tomorrow. The §ist I.O0.D.E. \Company talked about the"conting rally at their meetâ€" ing, also the Girl Guides favourite toâ€" pie, which of course is camp. The Brownies whith recently flew up to the Company worked on‘ the Tenderfoot The Second Timmins Guides held difierent type of meet.ing this week. It was held in a school room so that ‘Captain Cloutier had the use of the blackboards to teach map making. Odette Grat.t.on_paSsed ‘the Morse Code The First Timmins Guides held a tea and sale of home baking~and novelties on Saturday in the Church of Nativity Hall, which was gaily decorated with red, white and ‘blue streamers. The centre table looked lovely with its lace cloth and silver tea services. Pouring tea were Mrs. J. Morris, President of the C.W.L., Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. N. Duâ€" puis and Mrs. Nolan. The Brownies had a candy and nov= elty table, decorated with Brownie mottos. | The Guides and Brownies ofthe 51st and 106th Companies and 46th and 56th Packs held their annual Church Parade on Sunday ‘morning at St. Matthew‘s Church. Rev. A. R. Chidwick give the girls address on the ‘"Red, White and Blue" and what they stand for. , . The 106th Company plan to hold a Badge Night on Thursday, so have been spending all .possible meéting time on the Badges. _ The Guides wish to thank all those who assisted in making the event a success. ‘ The 2nd Timmins Brownies received their six Emblems this week and the whole Pack began a review of the Ten- derfoot Work. Next week we will have a full report of the big rally se untll then Good Guiding. .._ D.R. Written specially f - for the woekly newspopers of Canade (By Jim Greenblat) Three Ordersâ€"inâ€"Council: tabled in the House, to be effective June 1, are significant of the trend towards a maximum of better security for memâ€" On Saturday it was the turn of the Blackbird and Robin Putrols to go hikâ€" ing and needléss to say the ounng was a jolly one.. _ mcceedini in ecarning the Badge are: Naney Cooper, Carmelia Dioguidi, Jacâ€" queline ‘Lamb, ~Jean‘ Burke, Cloria Adarmo, Joyce Jacqueline Beauâ€" chainp, ‘Denise Raci¢ot, Jean FParren and Pat O‘Snaughnessey. The First South Porcupine Guides held a he on Saturday to the Pumpâ€" House. The Guides found that the heat .made them very thirstyâ€"so they practically all arrived with‘ tongues hanging out. Some Guides put the day‘s ocuting to good purpose by passing their Athleétes Badge under Lieutenant A WEEKLY EDITOR LOOKS AT / News bers ofâ€"the Armed Forcesin the early Mm poflod Briefly, increases under "the postâ€"disâ€" cmgc re-eshbmhmentorderformoae t who would ‘Mke â€"to take a course in T vocational training, or continue their education will be: for single men from $44.20 a month to $60, and fopg married men to $80 . from 62.40.â€" There be ie "a / An iIdea which might do much toâ€" wards developing closer unity and c:er«i tainly more â€" understanding between English and French speaking Canadians was proposed in the Senate by Sena-i tor A. David, of Sorel, Quebec. would have prepar ed with all provin« cial government§ consenting and ad-! vising as to content, a text book on Canadian history which would stress equally the history of â€"all ‘sections , of Canada, and emphasize the develop-‘ ment of the nation as a whole. Sounds meaty and a step in the right direction. The five main weapons of wartime economic control are 1, Price Cantrol. 2, Wages and salary control. 3, Heavy Taxation. 4, Increased savings through Victory Loan campaigns, etc. 5, Conâ€" trol over distribution of materials and supplies. EKnock a hole in any one and the whole structure is weakened. Regardless of the little inequalities which crop up, we cannot get away from the fact that there was a 14.6% rise in cost of living before price control, as compared with 3.1% since. fla wonld ‘Hke to take a course in vocational training, or continue their education will be: for single men from $44.20 a month to $60, and foy married men to $80 . from 62.40.â€" There will}l be increases for those waiting returns from small business or farms, and this includes men who are fit and for whom suitable jobs cannot be located or for men temporarily incapacitated. ~Widows of pensioned vets of the First Great ‘WNar can get pension ox allowance if married before May 1| 1944; a disabilâ€" ity pensioner may receive allowance for wife and children if marriage took The Canadian Navy, Army and Air Force with the Department of Pensions and Public Health â€"are pooling: their surgical resources to set up regional treatment centres in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg â€" and «Vancouver ‘in special fields of plastic surgery,‘ neuroâ€"surgery and orthopedic surgery, to which cases from overseas will besentâ€" The men are to be brought whenever possible to centres nearest their homes. As we face a little shorter butter raâ€" tion temporarily, it is interesting to note that the largest quantity of creamâ€" ery butter ever produced in Canada was‘the 1943 output which represents make Jam for the lads over there. This is a generous but quite unnecessary gesâ€" ture were are told. Whether for bombs or for jam, the armed fortes have a priority. In the case of jam, the néeds of the forces have been carefully calcuâ€" lated. Women are urged to preserve all the fresh fruit they can, with the aAmount of sugar it has been possible to put: at. their disposal. Later, when home canned goods give out, jam may be bought with any preserve coupons which are then valid.. ago. It is expected says the Monthly Review of the Wheat Situation, that 1,750,000,000 bushels of Canadian and U.S. wheat will disappear during the present crop year, and that the comâ€" bined carryover of the two countries will show a reduction of 540,000,000 bushels from the total a year earlier. Greater significance ‘attaches to the 1944 wheat harvest in North America than seemed likely eight or ten months an increase of 28 ,000,000 1b. over that of 1942. be bought with any preserve coupons which are then valid.. *# /0 # / @ The Dominion Bureau of Statistics finds in a survey that our farmers will increase their 1944 wheat acreage by four million acres over 1943, aiming at 21,365,800 acres, â€"and most of it in Western Canada. It wil} occur mainly at the expense of oats, barley, flaxseed, and summer fallow. acreage shows down 3% to 14,950,000 awkres, barley down to 7,8724800, acres. Two million ‘acres of filax will‘ show a cut of 30% over 1943 acreage. . Intended _oatsl This Dominion‘s exports for the first months of 1944 reached the reâ€" cord: figure of $1,035 million,~ com«= pared with $788,000,000° for the same; period aâ€" ago. We sent to the United Kingdom 385,000,000 compared: to $136,000,000 in the four_ months of. 1943, which is an outstanding figure showing just what Canadaâ€"is really doâ€" ing in this war. To United States in the perioc went $395,000,000 and to Russia $24,000,000, to India $40,000,000â€" and even to Italy $50,000,000 among others. . % O# _z The Dominion Bureau of Statistics finds in a survey that our farmers will increase their 1944 wheat acreage by four million acres over 1943, aiming at 21,365,800 acres, and most of it in Western Canada. It wil} occur mainly at the expense of oats, barley, flaxseed, The jpoultry business in Canada is a big one, and affects a lot of people. Poultrymen know there is a large quanâ€" tity of dressed poultry in storage toâ€" day, but they will be glad to hear from the Department of Agriculture that 1944 exports to date total nearly five million pounds; that private firms will soon export 1,300,000 lbs. of Grade C Fowl, chicken, turkey, ducks and geese of all grades except "D" to private buâ€" yers in the U.S.A. The Special Proâ€" ducts Roard is exporting 345,000 pounds Housewives need never feel: that by buying jam or any other commodity in retail stores, they are depriving the ‘armed forces. Some women the Conâ€" sumer Branch tells have been suggestâ€" ing they shouldn‘t do any home canâ€" place and children were born before the same date, and there is provision for inecrease toa $30 fraom $15 in pension for a dependent parent. Finance Minister Isley has announcâ€" ed‘ reduction from 5 to 4% per cent. in the interest rate on new loans under. the National Housing Act, to assist prospective home owners building new dwellings. Legislation to be introduced will also provide financing up to the value of $5,000 instead of $4,000 with the time limit for repayment extended from 20 years to 25 or 3G years. This all enâ€" visions, for a lot of people in â€"the hiâ€" ways and biways of Canada, something for postwar consideration. million of dressed chicken,.fowl and turkey are going to the: Britishâ€" Minis« try of Food. But the warning is that its getting more difficult to find a marâ€" ket for birds that are under: nm#hed improperly killed and u:nattmtively It‘s advisable to spread marâ€" ketings by more systematic cullmg of farmer‘s flocks. of dressed poultry to the U.S. from. Briâ€" tish. Colunbia alone. In addition two A person employed in â€" agriculture d _ S PCE uind -'-“â€"vm'-â€" W ow ts â€"m-vâ€"â€" o Sn a ie td l oys o t e o l t 17 1cb "Pepatâ€"Cota‘ i« the regiatered trade mark in Qanada of Pepalâ€"Goln Oompumy aof Canada. Umued Manâ€"power and transportation shortages have changed the banking habits of many city and country residents: : They now use the mail more freely . and ‘come to the Bank lés’s fequenty. Timmins Branch: G. C. CAMPBELL, Manager w1o" ; RE ‘E* cn‘ Banking (by mail saves time, wearâ€"andâ€"tear, tires, and gasoline. It is convenient and simple. Write for foldét, "How to Bank by Mail", . __ Andrew Pavuk Dies from Injuries from Falling Tree aoes not require a permit to accept seaâ€" sonal ‘or temporary em_ployglent out= side an urban municipality for not more than 60 days in any year when such employment does not,, interfere with agricultural production. Adolph Sax, according to a biograâ€" pher, was almost killed a ‘fall down stairs, swallowed a néedl ,"jumped on a redhot stove, drank a, gs_nerous porâ€" tion of vitriol, was poisoned by metal fumes, took arsenic, was floored when a brick bounced off his head and finally was rescued from drowning. All of which may or may not éxplain how he happened to invent the: saxophone. ' North Bay Nugget. Plump. Girlâ€"My mother says I‘m growing beautiful. o _ Brute (regarding her)â€"You mean beautifully.â€" Globe and Mail. , ‘, Oz JUST HORRID! * # * * $ Â¥Iiz%