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Hidesâ€"Skinsâ€" Wool The meeting passed on a long list of:applicants seeking membership, conâ€" spicuous on this list was the name of the first lady ever to make application for membership in Branch 88: Pte. Mary Y. Villeneuve, C.W.A.C. It is to be hoped that Pte. Villeneuve is the forerunner of many other membars of her sex, especially so now that talk of a new Legion Hall is in the air, The feminine viswpoint at this stage would be of great assistance. The date for the Vimy night banâ€" quet was set for Saturday, April 7th. The Ladies Auxiliary will attend to the catering. Comrade W. O. Langdon, K. C., brought the meeting to a close with a presentation of his side of the: proâ€" mised. debate on "Shall «this Branch build a new Legion Hall before the war ends?" Speaking for the affirmaâ€" tive Comrade Langdon displayed his At the General Meeting held on Wednesday, Fob. 28th, Comrade Ausâ€" tin Neame, Zone Commander, reported on ‘the Provincial Command Executive meeting held in Toronto on Sunday, February 25th. There was good reâ€" presentation from all <over. the proâ€" vince and a great deal of business was dfsposed of, pertaining to the comâ€" mg f’rovincial Convention, to: be held at Sault Ste. Marie during the first week in June,.â€"There will also be a t_ii_strict meeting at Iroquois Falls ou Sunday, May 20th, for the purpose of electing district and zone commanders for the coming year. 44 $ # #4 .00.00. %$° "% * *. .#, * ..0.0..”. *4 C "0 e p.m. Porc. Skating Club.‘ TUESD A‘ "“h')? w\.\l .nu ukating Ci“b ‘ All Day. 'WEDNE.,DAY-â€" p.m. Pubhc Skatâ€" ing. Evening reserved â€" for «~hockey. THURSDAYâ€"2.%0.p.m. Public Skatâ€" * FRIDAYâ€"2 pm. Public Skating. 8.20 pim. Public Skating. SATURDAY â€" 9.00 p.m. Juvenile Finals Kirkland Lake vs Echumacher Lions. BEFORE ~Music at the "PAV" by GENE CROCCO and His ORCHESTRA RIVERSIDE PAVILION Higheost Prices Paid Ship your lot in cr write for {price list and shipping tags. ‘m. Stone Sons, Limited \ Ingerso l, Ontario. 2,500 to 3,200 square feet ground floor space in central location in Timmins, for use as Public Health Laboratory by Provincial Department of Health. Lease could ‘be arranged for suxtable premises. ~ â€" Enjoy Dancing to‘the Finest Music on the Best Floor in the North. Dancing Saturday Evening Fire Threatens, Let Us Help You Check Your Fire Insurance. Simmsâ€"Hooker Wanted to Rent THE LEGION COLUMN 3 NR C § bf ,»'.‘ «y t )A 4@ 900 1 95 09y 44" men were, I-Iau'ry was responsible tor winning two points. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" iately at least we can make an effort. What better memorial can the Legion offer to the boys when they return than the foundation of a new hall? And the I.-egion should never subâ€" merge its identityâ€"in any, other comâ€" munity undertaking, Let us build as a free body, absolutely on our o‘wn initâ€" iative, with our own money In closing, Comrade Langdof said : "The prime object of the Legion is to act in thc ‘best: interests of the reâ€" turned map Timt is your. ‘sole funcâ€" tion. Yp MU§T provi accommoda- tion for, qur. boys t.hat are on actlw, serviceâ€"-lNOW 13 *4 " 1* $ 7 t AH 4+ .d s <aâ€" > e4% _....-1- @6A M‘v VÂ¥ 0000092 Comrade Sam Caxdbick wm speak for the negative at the next General Meeti Reporting on the 3rd and‘ 4t,h games for the Bm Domn t,rophy ‘Friday e 2i cS 4 L- pared to. safeguard the _ 01 our boys, andâ€"definitelyâ€"you must be preparedto turn the Legion over to | Even | . So ; crowding‘ create constant difficulties. Quite a considerable amount of the prisoner‘s time is consumed in other. es them as..soon as, they are ready ‘to take it.. Your duty ‘will be, to stand by. and assist."" _ ". _ ) 0. 00 [ 1J "The position of ?i‘a;’féh "88:"15' very | sential tasksâ€"laundry, good, financially. We are able to emâ€" bark on this new venture without @ os";/a.re ACUQL,) ULICQLL UIICâ€" lJiv§g l\JiA . LR _ tional services are most welcome. Even here, hunger, cold and ~overâ€" n . mending, houseâ€" keeping, cooking, etc., to say nothing, ‘of course, of the "security" tasks which lay. We are, of course, ‘subfect to priotâ€" j cannot be described. ities, but if we can‘t Build immed< iately at least we can make an effort. What better memorial can the Legion offer to the boys when they return than the foundation .of a new hall? And the Legion . should never subâ€" merge its identityâ€"in any, other comâ€" munity undertaking, Let us build as a free body, absolutely on our own initâ€" iative with our own. money." W â€" In spite of these handicaps, in Stalay ‘383â€"a typical campâ€"2,373 prisoners out of a total population of 4,686 were attending school on ‘October 1, 1943. Classes were being conducted in 84 difâ€" ferent subjects, ranging from accountâ€" ancy and aerial survey to transport finance and welding, from chemistry and horticultufe to motor engineering and applied mathematics. wvu 23rcl ‘Aityâ€"Aits, 911;1 Legion clashed m QU‘IEI‘ and frlqndly game Jack was o « > # 1i 4 2 esA 2 “Looking back to 1918 old members will recall what a mess we were in after demobmzation There was no "orâ€" ganization ready to safegtmrd the inâ€" terests of the mass_ ‘of men being disâ€" charged . .daily. "sifice. then "the‘ Cana* dian I.cglon ‘has: made ‘ strides but it has been a terrible, upâ€" hill struggle., The position that ‘we have gained can vanish ‘gtmost overâ€" night if. the Legiofi is not in a postâ€" tion to take care of" tfihe new veterans, You must be united in pltbose, pre* «/; .. ‘"We. are ,ip the same positlon ‘today. There. is the possibility of ‘a site, a good. site, 'befng gonated. This offer may not. be ppen 8 fgw years from nbw A promise to take . Advantage of this offer. at some: indefinite time in the future is not good enough To obtain this gift of a free site you must build now! The number of applications for membership that were. read out toâ€" night indicates that the need for a new hall is urgent, and our ‘boys will be returning monthly. This rcom holds comparatively few and our potential membership may soon Ttun into thousâ€" ands." hall. Do we need a new Hall in this town of Timmins or :‘do we not? I say yes! School records alone show 750 men and wqme on active sqrvlce, and then. you. have alL. the men who have gone, from ‘the. mines., 'fen years ago we had the oppoxmnity of acquirlng ""' eXiStS" M se y a $ Comrade W. O. Langdon commenced hisâ€"debate with: "You may never see a definite declaration officially ending the war in our lifétime and if you taks the negative you may never build a only‘ three Iepplewhits Even here, hunger, cold and ‘overâ€" crowding ‘create constant difficulties. Quite a considerable amount of the { prisonet s time is consumed in other es fisential tasksâ€"laundry, mending, houseâ€" keeping, cooking, etc., to say nothing, ‘of course, of the "security" tasks which Imps games with the famous P. V. last Friday were hotly contested. Bert Hazlewood and Harold Beard were in great form, not to mention Tom Glaisâ€" ter who came throv{gh with two wins for iP.V. Bert made one point and the single point gained by Imps was made by Paddy McAléavy. Result: P.V. 3 points; Imps 1. Games played by Legâ€" ion and Unite®@ resulted in Legion takâ€" ing 4 points. Jimmy Gordon, being Scotch and taking no chances, carried the Legion board to United‘s home grounds. No faith in the United board? Moose split with Aityâ€"Aitsâ€"2 points each. Jimmy Wakeford took the next game to give Legion 3 points Umted met Imps on the same date. Frank‘s double, twenty took the first game for Imps. Bill MacKay completed the second round. Ken Hulme polished off . the third. Imps took three points United one. Wmte Cross split with Wanderers 2 points each. . ~ One large buildingâ€"unheatedâ€"had been partitioned (with Red Cross boxâ€" wood!) into seven roomsâ€"still fireless, but permitting classes to be hcld from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. These boys live in wooden huts when they are out on "commandos‘"â€"the ’prlson word for "work partxes"â€"-and hunger, cold and overâ€"crowding arg their normal companions. Their gfforts to study under these conditions are supreme testimony to their courgas ‘and strength of character. SE Om ha +A _ "What a wonderful chance you must have had to study! Did you learn any German? What did you do with your time?" to do whatever work is assigned. to them by their captors, provided, only‘ that itis not directly part. of the war. effort. _ Definition of this except.ion. is difficult and can be ‘obt,amed .only: by appeal to the protecting power. Hence Canadian prisonersâ€" â€"ofâ€"war in Germany who are not wounded Or illâ€" and not officers or N. C. O. ‘sâ€"work on farms and roadâ€"building, in fact,orieb and salt mines. | i l ( Their hours of work are long and the work usually very strenuous, SO you would scarcely expect them to spend their few hours of relaxation in serious study. Yet the amazing fact is that these boys do hunger for the chance to spend these few hours studyâ€" ing, and that they welcomed the Canâ€" adian Legion Educational Services alâ€" most as much as any other group of prisoners. Btt it is in the Oflags where officers are confined and in the SLalags where N. C. O.‘s and men not on "commanâ€" dos"â€"are kept, that the Legion educaâ€" tional services are most welcome. But this does not apply at all to prisoners below the rank of commisâ€" sioned or nonâ€"commissioned officers, the group classified in the army as "other ranks", who constitute the main body of the army and, by the same token, the largest group of army pris- oners in Germany. t These are typical questions fired at Canad repatriated prisonersâ€"ofâ€"war, and they. more, illustrate an understandable, but none=® theless erroncous, concept of what life tion . is like in the barbedâ€"Wired compounds | rooqg 1 of German prison camps. fore Y Boredom is the chief complaint of prisonersâ€"ofâ€"war which leads naturally to the conclusion that prisoners have little else to do with their time but to study or play. Under the terms of the. |Geneva. Canvention, other ranks are, required": (By J. E. Thompson) . (Captain J. E. Thompson was woundâ€" ed and captured at Dieppe in August of 1942 and was repatriated to Canâ€" ada last September. He has written three ‘articles, of which this is the second dealing with educational facilâ€" ities available ‘to Canadian .prisoners by the Canadian Legion Educational Services) . More than 50 out of 200 Canadians S _ \,\Q\““ or paSTF } veur tastt En 7% . The targetâ€"sheet is on a wooden frame, and each sheet has 45 targets on It, each target being nearly oneâ€" ThQ9 â€" rifle is an exact replica of a "Leeâ€"Enfield" rifleâ€"used in the Canaâ€" dian army and. weighs the same. It is made of wood, with steel: mechanism. When the trigger is squeezed, two steel darts pop out of the barrel to pierce a paper target, an inch distant from the muzzle. When the bolt is pulâ€" led back, the darts fall back into the half an inch, square. When looking through the sighits, the target to be Ingenious "Swift Training Rifle" at | Timmins High School ‘The Army Cadet Corps at the Timâ€" mins High and Vocational school has acquired a "Swift Training Rifle," for army cadets to shoet. It is also used by the Cadet classes, which every boy in theâ€"school attends. "fired" at looks lik ."‘- gots ;ym n '- : yards aw the ce _ e J _‘m 3 ha"it:uence B C Firstâ€" Peter Tonkin. 19 seconds 18 seconds 37 seconds Secondâ€" Donald Hindson. 20 seconds. 20.3 seconds 40.3 sec. Thirdâ€" Lucien Pare 21.1 seconds 20 seconds 41.1 s°c. Thirdâ€" Sherman Duggan. . 16 sisconds _ 17.1 seconds 38.1 sec. t 'Class "B" Firstâ€" Norman TLillie. * 18 seconds.. 17 secondsâ€" . .35 seconds secondâ€" Elmour Pare. 18 seconds. _ 17.2 seconds 35.2 sec. Thirdâ€" Ted Proulx. 19 seconds. 18.3 seconds 37.3 sec. Class "C" wan 4 Slalom Class "A". Fir.,t Run Second Run > . Total Fh‘st-â€" Sherman ‘Duggan. | 17 "secdonds. 17 seconds _ 34 seconds Secbndâ€"â€" Ross ‘Church. : 22 seconds ° 16% seconds ‘ 38‘% sec. Thlrdâ€"â€"- Lorne Quesnal 24 cPconds 16 seconds 40 seconds (plus one penalty). Firstâ€" David Rose. 15 seconds. 17 seconds ‘*832 seconuds Secondâ€" Edmour Pare. 18 seconds. 21 seconds. 39 seconds Winners of Events at the Weekâ€"end at Porcupine Ski Club ald Hind seconds. Cross Country Clas; "A.‘"‘â€"Ages 16, 17 and 18 yeaxs Distance of trail â€"2% miles. (The time is:the total of two runs over he trail.)â€"Firstâ€"Sam â€" Rao. Time: 16 minutes, 25 seconds. Secondâ€"Shecrâ€" man <~Duggan. Time: 17 minutes, 5 seconds. Thirdâ€"Lorne Quesnel. 20 minutes, 20 setonds. _ Class "C" ageâ€"~ 12 and under. Distancte of trailâ€" 1% fniles.â€" First â€"-Lucien ‘Pare. Time 10 minutes, 55 seconck., Secondâ€"- Lorne ’I‘aylor Time 1i~minutes,‘ 25 séconds; Thirdâ€" Donâ€" W C on § wl o Thirdâ€" Murray Brown. 21 s2conds. 19 seconds 40 seconds ETt En eP m TT ‘Class “B i# Ages ‘13 14 and 15 years. Distance of trailâ€"-â€"l Edmore Pare. Time: 9 minutes Secdndâ€"-â€"-Normari Lillie. Time: 9 mm- utes, 17 seconds. ® ‘Last Sunday afternoon . the boys slalom,â€" downhill and crossâ€"country events were held at the Porcupine Ski Club. A large number of compentors entered. . i: es oi - ts ie s eA more, T think, than any ‘other ‘Single effort on their behalf, with the excepâ€" tion always, of course of Red Cross food parcels. Man must eat even beâ€"| fore he learns. They appreciated the educational services for what they ofâ€" fered in opportunities to improve 4 themselves and prepare for their eventual rehabilitation, but, most of all, perhaps, because they were conâ€" crete evidence that the folks at home understood one of the most critical problems of prison life and provided most practical solution. , In the third and concluding article of this series I will give some examples â€" of individual accomplishments by prls- oners of war in the educational field, and tell how the Canadian Legion, in , particular, has asslsted Canadian pris- onersâ€"ofâ€"war ‘to help. themselves, . _ In crowded Oflags I have seen ofâ€" ficers studying under most difficultâ€" and yet amusingâ€"circumstances. In diningroom about 35 feet wide and 60 feet deep, without partitions of any sort, 12 and 14 classes were conducted at one time, Singly, or in groups of two, three or four, other officers were studying or attending classes on stairâ€" ways in window alcoves, on a plot of ground 20 by 60 feet which formed part of the "outfield" of the softball diamond, in washâ€"room cubbyholes=â€" or flat on their backs in double and tripleâ€"decker wooden beds! ' Yes, these prisoners appreciated the Canadian Legion Educational Bervices w« x4 r C > xla...\- minutes, " 43 over it was because it was necessary â€"because we had to protect our groWâ€" ing tourist industryâ€"and because. wC had many adverse comments from Unâ€" ited States tourists visiting Northern Ontario and it was arising out of this we bought out the Temagami Boat Company. From the American tourist trade comes millions, will come many, millions more of dollars, and we have to protect that existing and potential source of wealth and revenue to the entire north." To care for tourist and other traffic a boat would be placed on Lake Nipisâ€" sing to carry passengers over to the French River area, the speaker stated. "Every dollar of tourist money comâ€" ing into this country is found money," said Colonel Johnson, ‘"and we are tremendously alive to the fact that it brings in millions of dollars to Ontario every year, and will bring in millions more in the years that lie ahead. But Further details of. theâ€"plans ‘of ‘the T. . N. O. Commission to assist the development of the North were given in an address to the Kirklandâ€"Liake Kiâ€" wanis Club .last week,.The «Northern News gives the following summary of theâ€"address:. DerS tO ‘NOLIUIICILIL .. «0 > ; § B t 3223 5tmb "Everyone in the north‘is interested important in the development of the northg‘ Colâ€" , concentrat pnel Johnson said, "ahd I know Kirkâ€" Sistent z01 land Lake is as much interested in : schist ma that as are all the,communities of the COMDa: north. But I think I‘can say I know Apparent! the north fairly well, having travelled t it extensively when I .was in charge | es of recruiting for the entire north. From this immediate vicinity went 3,100 men and women. and .of this number many have paid the supreme sacrifice. Men from the north have bolstered most of Canada‘s famous reâ€" giments, and the men of the Algonâ€" quins have made, and are making for themselves now, a deathless record. It is because of these men, many of whom will return to the north, I know apart from your personal interest, We are all keenly concerned in the develâ€" opment of Northern Ontario. The T. N. O. Railway Commission, headed by Colonel Reynolds, was not interested in statements covering what the commission planned to do, It was interested only in what it was actuâ€" ally accomplishing and doing, Colonel Johnson said. . f Not Competing "‘First of all," the speaker said, "i‘ is not our intention or policy to comâ€" pete with private interests. In the instances where we are forced â€"to take W. ‘W. Johnson, D.S.0; M.C., assistâ€" ant manager of the Temagami Navigaâ€" tion Ltd., addressing the Kiwanis Club on the subject of "Tourist Plans." we must plan and prepare to meet the needs of the tourists if we are to attract them in everâ€"increasing numâ€" bers to Northern Ontario. _ Fourth Prizeâ€" (War Savings Certiâ€" ficates) â€"N _ .. Fonrth Event . First, Prizeâ€"- .(4 Sllver Cake Plaies) â€"E. Young. . * % To Help Tourist ,Trade \| . "We are out to ald Northem Ontzmo in every way we car, but we intend ‘to show what we can â€"do through definite action, not through words,", said Col. Second Prizeâ€" (War Savings Certiâ€" ficates and Stamps) â€"M. Kennedy. Further Details of T. N. 0. Plans for Advance of North Tourist Traffic,; "Agriculâ€" ture, to. Receive Special Assistance. Second Prizeâ€" \(4 Coffee Makers), â€" D. R. Prior. _ ‘ Third Prizcâ€" (4 Glass Water Gets) â€"A. F. McDowell Foufth Prizeâ€" (War Savings Certiâ€" ficates) â€"E. L. Urquhart. Fifth Event First Prizeâ€" (4 Mexican Trays) â€"S. A. Caldbick. Second Prizeâ€" (4 Lord Biltmore Hat)â€" J. T. Gauthier. Third Prizecâ€" (4 Coffee Makers) â€" . E. Knowles. Fourth Prizcâ€" (War Savings Certiâ€" ficates ~â€"â€"O. M. Henderson. Third Event First Prizecâ€" (4 Blankets. â€"V. Mayâ€" hew. Second Prizeâ€" _ (4 Table Lamps) â€"H. ~_First Event First prizeâ€" (4 Cash Vouchers) â€"S. A. Caldbick. . _ Second Prizeâ€" (4 Heatmg Pads}. â€" M. McMillan, Third Prizecâ€" (4 Electric Irons; Chas. Laamanen. . Fourth Prizeâ€" (War Savings Cerâ€" tificates) â€"R. S. Stewart. The Porcupine annual bonspiel conâ€" cluded on Saturday night after one of the most successful and largest sessâ€" ions in its history. Toronto, â€" Marchâ€" 7th:â€"Major faults are the most conspicuous. geological , feature of the Yellowknife area and / they have been classed by Dr. A. W Jolliffe as ranking with the largest known steeply dipping dislocations of the earth‘s crust, The famous West Bay Fault crosses the Giant propertyâ€" for | some 1 1â€"2 miles of it length, said . Dr. A. S. Dadson, geologist for the Froâ€" bisher Exploration Co., at the Prosâ€" pectors‘ and Developers‘ Association convention. / On the Giant, gold occurrences have been found in two different types of structures, shear zones and quartz voins. The shear zones are the more important andâ€" exploration has ~been concentrated on them. They are peFâ€" sistent zones â€"of chloritic and serecitic schist marking early fault movements of| comparatively +minor displacement. Apparently: during some stage of this Colonel Johnson told of improveâ€" ment in the bus service for Iroquois Falls and added ‘it was the commisâ€" sion‘s hope to do many things for the area north of North Bay which would not only benefit the people of that area but would add greatly to local ers had in the way of markets proâ€" vided they had the means to produce the beef and other products that the north needed. revenue. Mr. Freeson thanked Colonel Johnâ€" son for his talk: and said there were few people were not keenly alivo to the vast possibilities of the tourist trade. He suggested that sponsoring of; calf clubs . by the Kiwanis club would ‘prove" an ‘incentive to young farmers to raise better cattle. _ * Mrs. ‘V. Machllan Again President of the PrOSpectors Association River TONITE IS FOTOâ€"NITE this and the boat would be in service ‘ Music for TODAY TOMORROW STARTS SATURDAY Sun. Midnite to Tues. Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Added Featurette in Technicolor Practically Yours Margaret O‘Brien Jose Iturbi Jimmy Durante June Allyson Millions in | Though rock outcrops are numerous and well exposed on the Giant, many | of the critical areas are hidden by a deep cover of clay in valleys and deâ€" pressions bounded by ridges. The chief ‘ of these covered areas is the broad property there are some ten shear flat, Baker Creek Valley. 'Toronto R. Lndmark, Canadjan Army Overseas;, J. Macfarlane, T@ronto; J. McDonough Toronto; G. Meech, Torâ€" onto; M. Mosher, Toronto; A. Mosher, Haileybury; ‘Peter Roche, Toronto; J. P., Norrie, Amos ~@ue.; Joe Rankin, Toronto; Thomas Payne, Edmonton; M. Shunsby, Sesekinika Lake, Ont.; J. Thompson, Tordnto; J. McAvoy, Edâ€" monton; M. Madsen, Toronto; P Roche, Toronto, O, .Johnston, Winnipeg; C. 1‘ Labine, The 1945 executive board consists, of P. Beauchemin, of Val D‘Or; M. J. Boylen, Toronto; W. Cliff, South Porâ€" cupine, G. Calder, Noranda; J. G. Cross. Port Arthur; J. Cryderman, Sudâ€" ' ~ . H. Huestis, New Westminâ€" 'ster. BC A. E. Jerome, Westrge, Ont.; When Diectz was publicity chief of Metroâ€"Goldwynâ€"Mayer he was once bawled out by his boss, Louis B. Mayâ€" er, because he got to his desk too late every morning. "But you seem to forâ€" get, Mr. Mayer," said Deitz, "that I also leave early every afternoon." By the time Mayer figured it out, the crisis was over.â€"Magazine Digest. Mrs. Viola MacMillan, Toronto prosâ€" pector, was reâ€"elected president of the association, Arthur Cockshutt viceâ€" president and George A. MacMillan secretaryâ€"treasurer. within the 3â€"mile length of the zone exposures showing characteristic mineralization. Seven octur at the edge ofâ€" outcrops on valley margins, and three on more or less isolated outcrops in central portions. One carries high gold values, three fair, and the rest erratic to negligible. A feature they have in common is that they dive unâ€" der low ground at both ends, and there is a strongly suggested relationâ€" ship between the strike of the zones and the trend of the valleys. COMING MONDAY TUESDAY PALAGE Yellow Rose of Texas Murder in the Blue Room Starting VAN JOHNSON Between Iwo Women Tiger Shark *4 ’â€"-- 4+ * BORIS KARLOFF in ~Blus Now Playing _ "*HOLLYWOOD .‘ ON DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME Blond Fever Added attractions Comedyâ€""WEDDED BLISS" Serial«â€"Chaptier 7 "Winslow of the Coastguard" i NEWS TOâ€"DAY ONLY _ EDWARD ‘G. ROBINSON in ~"THE WALKING DEAD" Friday and Sat;nrda ROY ROGERS in "FORK WHOM THE BELL TOLLS" Gloria De Haven Marilyn Maxwell Lionel Barrymore Sunday Midnight Double Feature Programme Shows 7.00 and 8.19 Coming Soon of