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The curisoity got the better of us and we dug: mp ‘the fyle of Sept. 26, 191727 yeats ago~«fhe vyear before the end of the last war . Here are some of the prlces noted in J. R. Gordon‘s , 9dvertxsemerp of: that. date .. Choice‘ sugar cured ham, 35¢ per lb chmce' sugar cured bacon, .3b¢ per l_b, prime:f cut steer chuck roasts, thick rib roast, | shoulder steak, prime chuck steak,. and ; fresh lean chopped steak, all wexel gelling at 22¢ per lb; fresh pork and' beef ‘ausage. ~189c pex ib. .>,... 104 the green ‘grotery "dept., fiae | frosh cabbage and turnips were 8lbs. for 25¢; | potatoes, carrots and beets were 7 lbs. : | for 25c¢. There were only six ladies out at the regular Friday competition at the Golf Club last: week . ... Mrs. J. M. Douglas was the, winner of the lowâ€"net score, and ;st A. S.. Porter won the Fogg trophy for putting . . . . Next Friday : will! o‘ the last ‘Friday comâ€" petition for the season. Have you seen the Red Shield disâ€" play in the window at the corner of Pine and Fourth yet? .. . This is someâ€" thing you just shouldn‘t miss. . . . Visitors| are welcome. , . . The local Red Shield Group rank second in Nonthern Ontayio in the number of ~sewn and knitted articles made, and the quality 900800900 0 99 0 4 9 0 9 0 9 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 o v ; A meeting of graduate nurses and all womer who have taken a homeâ€"nursing course, will be,held in the Council Chambers of the MumcipaL, Buuding t on ig h t (Thursday) Sept. 28th at 7.30 . The purpose of this meeting is the organization of the Nursing Reâ€" serve for the community, and is a followâ€"up .of the meeting held last week .‘. . This is another of the wonderful Red. Cross Services. Congratulations and the very best of "Witye$ to Mr. and ‘Myrs. Malcolm Baker who were married recently at Camp Billie Bear, Huntsville . . . The bride is the former Miss Mary Elizabeth Hill, and Malcolm is one of our. own local boys, the son of Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Baker, 165 Spruce North «. . ‘The happy young couple left to travel through Algonquin Park on their honeymoon. . . . Fresh spring lamb, loingy 18¢ per lb., legs, 20c per lb., and front 10c per lb.; beef per lb., chuck and shoulderâ€"roast, 8c, prime rib roast, 16¢c, blade roast, l11c; smoked hams 29¢; mealed back bacon, 32¢; BXC. apples, 10 lbs. for 69c¢.; cooking .onions, 10 lbs. for 25c Silverbrook butter, 2 lbs. for 45¢; Jewel brand shortening, 2 lbs. for 21¢c; P. â€"G.ssoap, 10 bars for 35¢; Aylmer corn, 3 No. 2 tins for 29c. While »going through The Adâ€" vance of ten years ago this week, we spied a couple of prices in the grocery advertisements that took our eye‘®., has been so much ‘talk on the small increase in the ¢ost of wartime living, but there does certainly seem to be quite a"difference in the prices of today and tenâ€"years ago . . . Here are some of the prices we â€"noted E. A. Smith Branch Maraget MUIUAL . ° Birds without song, Skies without sun, Shelves without books, Life without fun, Hands without work, Minds without mirth, Hearts without love; What are they worth? These Mutual Leaders have qualified for Club membership not only through the large volume of protection underwritten, but â€"also through .their personal high standards of confidential servicce to policyholders. The Mutual Life of Canada has released its Honours List, recognizing five members of its Timmins Branch for outstanding service to their communâ€" ities in the Club Year recently closed. They are: Quarter Million Club Leaders‘ Century Club ut work, ut mirth, uit love; ey worth? Mr. W. B. Ross, New Liskeard Messers. E. A. Smith, Branch Manager, N. W. Edwards, Englehart, and E. S. Ansonville and K.â€"F. Neff, Kirkland Lake, W. B. Ross Branch Office â€" 6 Cedar St. N., Timmins, Ont. Ellet A. Smith, Branch Manager i Congratulations and very best wishes to another young couple, Pte. and Mrs. Reginald Lainsbury, who took their wedding vows in St. Matthews Chuch on Monday afternoon ....... The bride is the former Miss Lottie . Margaret sRobmson of New Liskeard â€"....... Reyv. 1'Cannon R S. Cushing, who , performed | the ceremony had ‘christened Reg aâ€" | bout 26 years RBO ... The â€" young ’couple are now honeymoonmg down | South‘....... Reg, another one of our | very popular young local boys, is staâ€" ‘"tioned with the R!C.AS.C. in Halifax. District Rally at Timmins of Young People‘s Union The District Rally of the Young Peoâ€" ple‘s Union was held in the First Uâ€" nited Church, with groups from Schuâ€" macher, South Porcupine, Matheson and Timmins represented. The meeting opened with a singâ€" song conducted by Bruce Boyce and Cathie MaoElwee.. Elsie: ~Clathworthy taught a new song called "Flossy" By special request Rev. Jack Thompson and Sheila Harper sang "Three Blue Figeons." A service of worship was conduccted by Cathie MacElwee and Jack Tom- linson, opening with the! hymn, "Kling Out the The services closed with the .hymn, "In Christ, there is no Fast or West." ings in the North. Cathie MacElwee and Jim McGarry told about the Toronto Conference. Questions were asked and answered. Cathie MacElwee was elected . as Northern viceâ€"president at the Toronto Conference. Mr. Larry Mould was the very inâ€" teresting speaker for the evening. His address. was on his travels andâ€"meetâ€" ings in the North. Gladys Langman:and Elsie Clathâ€" worthy conducted a game in which everyone took part and had a very enjoyable time. Among those present were:â€"Gladys Langman, Cathie MacElwee, Agnes Gledhill, Laura Young, Dorothy Gibson Janet MacMillan, Jean Buck, Uriel MacMillan, Wilhelmina _ MacMillan, Pearl Wallace, Cpl. Dot. Marriott, Mrs. The very bestwishes of all their friends in Timmins are wending their way to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pettefer in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, who were married there on Wednesday Ssept. 20th ... Mary is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. MacLeod, 75 Mountâ€" joy South, and Albert‘s parents live at the Delnite ... The young couple have taken up residence there. *A vote of thanks to Cathie and Jack was moved by Mr. Thompson. and attractiveness of these articles are of the highest. . . . Donations are grateâ€" fully received for Ditty Bags for the Sailors and for Personal Bags for the Civilian Women Bomb Victims. Established 1869 Head Office â€" Waterloo, Ont Mrs., C. E. Holland and Mrs. J. Bodell were hostesses on Saturday night at the home of Mrs. C. E. Holland, 7 Main Avenue, when about 60 friends gathered to honâ€" our Sgt. and Mrs. Ronald Pond, of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, who are spending a furlough With relatives and friends in town,. . . . Dancing, music, and singing were much enâ€" joyed by all until the wee hours of the morning. . .. Ron and Mildred and little daughter, Marlene,, are leaving this weekâ€"end to return to Dattmouth. T HE N. W. Edwards "Dr. Perry Arkyll, of the University of Toronto, spent some time here examining and filling the teeth of the Indians. Like Mr. Cowan he is another genial Scotsman, and we hope he will come back to visit us again. ‘"Another visitor from Toronto was Mr. Beverley Burwell, of Hart House, who spent a few days taking pictures and studying the life of the TIndians. "Another happening of importance was the arrival of the new Church of England Mission boat, which the Dioces;2 of Moosonee has placed in the "Several visitors, Tom Cowan, superâ€" visor for the Hudson‘s Bay Co., spent a few weeks here after the deatth of Mr..Watt, the former manager. The new manager, Mr. Archie Michell, is a young man who hails from London, Eng., and with new ideas and great ability, is a builder and electrician, he will â€" no doubt modernize Rupert‘s House to a large extent. Bay to transport the children back and forth from their homes to the Bishop Horden Memorial School at Moose Factory. We celebrated by having Rev. G. Thompson, who is in charge of the boat, his little ‘boy, Mr. Long, the engineer, and Mr. and Micheil, with their little daughter, Peggy, to dinner at the Mission House. We treated them to fresh trout and whiteâ€" fish and raspberries which the Indians had brought to us that day. + ‘"Corporal Kerr, the efficient R.C.M.P. officer from Moose Factory, was here for a day while on his summer tour of inspection, and Dr. Thomas Orford, Kay Cuff, Mrs. Smith, Mary Harper, Lilly Archer, Helen Rowe, Sheila Harâ€" per, Dorothy Edleston, Betty Williams, Isabel Haystead, Helen Wong, Emily Bustard, Barbara Hayward, Glemys Byron, Betty Killans, Gwen Stickley, Ellen ‘Youlton, Helen Rogers, Reggie McLeod,. Stanley Hobson, Bill McArâ€" thur, A. G. Smith Jack Breckenridge, Jack Tomlinson, Bob Boyce, Rev. Mr. Mustard, Mr. Treneer, Rev. Mr. Gilâ€" mour Smith, June Webber, Mary Jane Eliott, Norma Routcliffe, Victory Beâ€" lidy, Gladys Bustard, Ross Bustard, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wright, Bob Rodes, Larry Mould, Ossie Shannon. Indian Agent, spent a very busy three days checking up on the health of the Indians, and I felt like a druggistâ€"I at Rupert‘s House Another Interesting Letâ€" ter from Rev. David Mitâ€" chell THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO ‘"Born in the Bradfield district of England, in 1906, Miss Andrews came| to Cobalt with her parents in 1914, and j she had been a resident of the North| Country since that time. She atLendud! Cobalt public school, Haileybury high school and the North Bay Normal and.' after graduating from the lastâ€"named institution in 1926, taught school at Highland for a year. Later, she was at Cobalt for ten years, and for the past seven years had been on the stail of the Moneta school at Timmins. | "A good athlete, Miss Andrews playâ€" ed hockey with Cobalt girls‘ teams, and was a tennis and badminton enâ€"| thusiast in both Cobalt and Timmins. During her summer holidays, she had travelled extensively, one year visiting Scotland, and on other occasions takâ€" ing trips to various parts of Canada, the United States and Newfoundland. Surviving are her parents, one broâ€" ther, James Andrews, of and a sister, Mrs. Robert Dodds, also of Chesterville." ) | Te € "_" / Juud® . bpast . on € ‘"With services at the home and at the graveside in Mount Pleasant cemâ€" etery at Haileybury conducted by the Rev. Edward Boyer, rector of Christ Church at Englehart, the funeral was held last Friday from the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Andrews, Nipissing property, Cobalt, of their elder daughâ€" ter. Isabel Helen Andrews, former teacher in Kerns township. Miss Anâ€" drews died on September 13 after havyâ€" ing been seriously ill for nine days. In referring to the recent death. of Miss Isabel Helen Andrews, teacher at Moneta public school for the past sevâ€" en years, The New Liskeard Speaker last week says:â€" had so many prescriptions to fill. "One of the latest visitors at the Mission was Rev,. Redfern Londitt, of Factory WRiver, ninety miles up the coast from here. He and his wife and little daughter were on their way to Moose and their boat called here on the way. He is a native born priest and a graduate of our own Indian boarding schools and of Wycliffe College, Torâ€" onto, He is a native of Fort Albany, where Bishop Renison began his minisâ€" try on James Bay, and where he laboured for fourteen years." Death of Miss I. H. Andrews Teacher at Moneta School RATIONING WAS STARTED BIECAUSE OF SHORTAGE OF SHIPS. IT MUST BE CONTINUED BECAUSE WORLD STOCKS ARE DEFICIENT THIS IS ONE OF A OF ANNOUNCEMENTS GIVING THE FACTS ABOUT THE SUPPLY SITUATIIN OF VAPIOUS WIDELY USED COMMOUDITIES This map shows where United States got thein peace. Our three count portable sugar from thi But supplies have ei mation of the E’hilippinvs. or their | shnrtag«: nf \\ul'l.rt*«'. ‘ Rico, Australia, Trini The war has ln'nu;'h[ F Nations®‘ sugar pool. V ast « indll'rifl' A “Uh”‘ 1J Loo in (tires, etc.) as well as E. .4 the explosive to fill five 16 ie 1 Â¥ ;A l Jortts FOURâ€"FIFTHS QF THE SUGAR CANADA CONSUMES HAS TO BE IMPORTED NOT sweet |S r situation > 8 3‘3 d’ k \ é \ I \ \ + $ ® v"‘ * B fit’ 0_4 ‘h’ C | Bufl dlu-Ankerlte ab(h“”g I‘ dll Stdndfi as Example to Other ] Recent Marriage of Tlmmms! Youns Man at Huntsville AFC th brid Dou WA J the mot Male Milli It}lit h with matchin in thw WE‘RE LIVING ON OUR SUGAR CAP i1 Great Britain ang the in the good old days of e practically all the or sugarâ€"exporting areas. n cut off by enemy oceuâ€" 1t Nt under MI \‘d Fine Exhibits of and Vegetables 11 hi 11 AiA YA AÂ¥AA . ALIMU AÂ¥A4A0, VÂ¥ . ied in white silk moire and veil of white net, /en in marriage by her' rial bouquet completed! ne. Miss Muriel Brook , was dressed in light iloned similarly to the th a similar bouquet. was best man. Afterâ€" e received at the Lodge ir, the bride‘s mother silk with corsage of | eet peas also formed uquet of the groom‘s re turquoise faconne couple left to travel in Park, the 'bride ft wool dress, in deep| the annual Buffaloâ€" ‘air, Mr. Walter Riggs, acted as judge at the s well known for his ill in regard to hortâ€" nthusiastic about this believes it is an exâ€" for other schools and e widely followed. In uffaloâ€"Ankerite Schâ€" mands on ihe United hcen taken for making e of synthetice rubber ; powder. For instance, ures as much sugar as ial Ankerite school the Ankerite Public tember the 8th. The exhibits in roots, , writing, art, cookâ€" knitting, and pets, id splendid. It was by the considerable the exhibits in the at _ mofre (lippin @ROTV Ee fituc.k-pfle but for the last 3 more than has lipoing â€" heavily ava and the reduced l)_v Porto rccents mtrol of the whhch allots ritainmn on a air bour the TINVENTOR â€" UNKNOWN It! is now thought a Frenchman may have invented the flying robot.â€" No one knows who first thought of dropping a paper bag of water from the elevâ€" enth floor of a convention hotel.â€" North Bay Nugget. This school fair stands out as a fine example of what can be done on a much simpler scale than that necessâ€" ary for a more ostentatious fair. But size does not dictate the value of such an exhibition. They all shared in the same requisites of good showmanship, skillful selection, patience, and good exhibits. The thought expressed by those attending was that others should take up this same idea and have simâ€" ilar organizations. The amount of good derived would give impetus to children taking an interest in the growing of foodstuffs, a state which to date has not been too often noticeâ€" able. _ e3 The Ankerite School can be justly proud ‘of : the role it has »assumed in this field, as it happens to be the only educational institution within A large area to have fostered such a horticulâ€" tural display. .Other schools can, with equally good results do likewise:"> afternoon that the quality and quanâ€" tity in each department seemed to be increasing with each fair. The childâ€" ren gave ample .evidence. of securing many of the finer points to make A good showing in any fair. «Moreover, their enthusiasm was shared by their elders. â€"Parents and friends, crowded into the three display rooms, to parâ€" take of their offsprings glory in,. the ribbons offered for‘first, second and third prizes. Even the production of beet sugar in Canada and the United States has been drastically cut by labour shortage. In both countries the °43 sugar beet crop was forty per cent less than in °41. The only country to show an important increase is Cuba, where output had for years been deliberately restricted. But its increase has not been sufficient to offset the losses elsewhereâ€"let alone meet the increased demand. A century ago the whole world didn‘t consume as much sugar as Canada does today. Oue aweet tooth has been acquired in quite recent times, Sugar rates high for its energy value, but starchy food is a good substitute, is produced on an acre of the finest sugar land. This year Caiban sugar alone used for makfing: industrial alt'ntcfl will equal Canada‘s normal sugar imports for more than two years. into "reserve." Viberated nations will have to dip in tom, Extra good crops could improve the situation, but greatly increased supplies are not in sight. If current consumption keeps up, we could be very short of sugar next year. \lv must do the utmost to conserve our supplies, Quality .Guaranteed DQ WE NEED M ORE SUGAR ? The regular weekly meeting of the Anglican Twixters Club was held in St. Matthew‘s Church hall on Monday. Mr. Ray deGruchy, viceâ€"president, was chairman for the evening and Mr. F. Martvn acted as secretary. â€" Rev,., A. R. Chidwick opened the meeting with prayer and business proâ€" ceeded. After the business session, refreshâ€" ments were served and a social hour was enjoyed by all. After reading of the minutes, Miss Audrey Paice, gave the Treasurer‘s reâ€" port and then discussion in regard to the monthly Bulletin took place. Asâ€" sistant editors were appointed to cover the various items of news to be pubâ€" lished in the Bulletin. \\ eekly Meeting of the A’ngludn Twixters‘ Club Third Ave. at Cedar Street TIMMINS JEWELLER â€" _ OPTOMETRIST PAGE FTIVE