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Porcupine Advance, 28 Mar 1946, 1, p. 8

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The following merchants and indiâ€" viduals gave freely toward the prizes and the Ladies Club wish particularly to thank them:â€" Pamour, and Preston In addition to these, others who hepled with the ice, markings, ctc., are thanked, and the sponsors of the bonâ€" splel want particularly to mention the Dome Curling Club, which lent brooms, scoreboards, rocks, and equipment for "rings" for the event. _Mr,y and Mrs. F. E. Cooper and Mrs. Ewingâ€"and Ken Myers deserve, and get, the thanks of all the curlers for their efforts. The Mixed bonspiel which finished at the arena on Sunday night proved to be a wonderful success, thanks to the labours of scme of the members of both men‘s and ladies‘ clubs. Many Contribute To Make Mixed Bonspiel Marked Success received frqgn the Rev. Fathers, kind friends and nelghbours during our reâ€" cent bereavement in the loss ‘of our beloved husband, brother and uncle. Mrs. Pete Bardessono Charles and Marjoric Ba"dessono Adelyne Bardessono Mary and John Scavarda and Arch.Gillies,B.A.Scâ€",0.L.S. rece 33 Fourth Ave.‘ Phone 362 We wish zfib extend our heartfklt thanks apcfi’;,gfifi eciation for the mesâ€" sages of sympfthy, mass ‘cards, beautiâ€" fu) floral'oflerings and acts of kindness P.O. Box 1591 . Swiss Watchmaker Graduate of the Famous Horologhal Institute of Switzerland Mrs. William Morgan of 144 Main t., South Porcupine, wishes to thank her neighbouts and friends for the many kindnesses shown her, during the period spent in hospital, and since her return home. RICHARDSâ€"A ‘loving tribute to the memory of Thomas Host Richards, who passed on, March 31ist, 1941. f Smiling and happy, always content, . Loved and respected wherever he went, Thoughtful of others, gentle and kind, A beautiful memory, he left behind. â€" Wife Ruth and son Bill. : â€"â€"13P advertisemen sult of copy not oarcfully. legibly AH Classified Advertising amust be Je A WORD PER INSERTION : (minimum 256) â€" 1%6e A WORD PER INSEIRTION IF CHARGED (Minimum 35+) G. N. ROSS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 60 THIRD AVENUE Phone 640 Family Johnny, Dorothy and Joe Lee Mascioli Emmett and Peter Stark and Families. Ex CARD OF THANKS Ontario Land Surveyor sources are wholly at adverâ€" Phone 26 PROFESSIONAL CARDS ion of Thanks Tirmmins, Ont. |I can‘t remember. I can‘t rememb4:‘ | les, I can‘t remember faces, and I $ the otherâ€"thingâ€"1s." _ The funéeral may take place on Friday but arrangements are not yet completed. She leaves seven children the oldest 19 years old the the youngest six years. A son, Buddy, died about a year ago. Her parenis at Stratford survive her, also three sistersâ€"Hilda (Mrs. Henry), Ina (Mrs. Bert Wight) and Elsie (Mrs. Lloyd Walker) and two brothers â€" Dick of South Porcuâ€" pine and Frank of Golden City.. She was formerly Ivy Parsons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Parsons, of Stratford, formerly of the Dome, and lived for some years on a farm at the Redstone. The death occurred on Wednesday morning in St. Mary‘s hospital of Mrs. Alfred Young, aged 38, of Lyle St. Whitney. Mrs. Alfred Young Dies In Hospital _ Curling at the arena will be conâ€" tinued now for the whole of next week for those of the local clubs who. wish to play, ' Third Event: 1, Henry Miller, Mrs. P. White, Gordon Browne, Mrs E. Grant;. 2, W. J. Jones, Mrs. W. J. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Hogg; 3, J. Costello, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dudkin, Miss B. Rayâ€". ner; 4, H Jones, Mrs. H. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. O. Proulx. . Fourth Event: 1, Dr. R. P. Smith, Dr.â€"L. Hudson, Mrs. L. Cameron; 2, B. Longworth, Mrs. B Longworth, Dan Hughes, Mrs. A. Tomkinson; 3, M. Shaw, Mrs. M. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilder; 4, G. ‘Countryman, Mrs. G. Countryman, Mr and Mrs. J. White. NOTARY PUBLIC 2% 3rd Ave.,Timmins â€" Phone ulo $. A. Caldbick, K. C. C. W. Yates, B. A. BARRISTERS SOLICITORS FTC. Second Event: 1, B. Sturgeon, Mrs. J. Novakuske, H. Hudson, Mrs. H. Hudson; 2, NC. Laamanen, Mr. and Mrs FErnie Young, Mrs. W. Farren; 3, P. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hughes Mrs. Charles Hamilton; 4, F. Benoit, Mrs. O‘Shaughnessy, Mr. Bartâ€" man, Mrs. H. Wright. . BARRISTERSâ€"ATâ€"LAW Solicitors, Commissioners | Notaries Public W. 0. Langdon K. C., T. R. Langdon TIMMINS | sO. PORCUPINE Prize wining rinks and personnel are_ as follows:â€" First Evant:1, J. Cook, Mrs. J. Cook, . White, Mrs. Engley; 2, Johnny Moore, Mrs..J. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond; . 3, Ken Myers, Mrs. Ewing, Art Ewing, â€"4, Hugh Richmond, Mrs. Turner. Mr and Mrs. James Fell. Porcupine Hardware, Purdon and Laâ€" flamme, Bucbvetsky‘s, Clark‘s men‘s Wear,â€"â€"Beamish â€" Stores, Sutherland‘s Drug Store, Timmins, Jen Lang Shop, George Tnylor Hardware, Schumacher Hardware, FPrunkin‘s Store, Myles Jewelery Btore, McWilliam‘s Drug Store, Nell‘s Shoe Bhop, Shell Service Station and Dailton‘s. | Prizes awarded were particularly nice including sets of dishes, smoking stands, hampers, tables, ottomans, cash vouchers, war savings certificates, table centres, pnyrex bowls and fountain pens. Fast Dome Mines, W, R. Lowrey and SBons, District Services, Bill Moskal, Airport Hotel, Dominion Stores, Anâ€" derson‘s Grocery, Empress Hotel, Timâ€" Drew Block Ph. Off. 223 Res. 492 BARRISTER and SOLICITOR Frank H. Bailey, D. IE;‘ Cglt;ggklin Monthly Deposits provide for repayment. â€"= Low Rates â€" Life Insurance arranged and paid for by the Bank covers all loans in good standing. SOUTH PORCUPINE Drawing â€" Room 28 Goldfields Block . 110 Bruce Ave. and Cross, Uly‘s, SR , Twentyâ€"five years in Oddfellowship was recognized at the Timmins Lodge LO.O0.F. No. 459 ten years ago when Ernest Thompson was presented with a veterans: medal W.M. White made the presentation. ' While whole families considered moving out of the north the story was tracked down and it was found to be nothing more than a rumor spread, "just for fun" by one person whose friend gave birth to a son. The local board of health started another of their frequent campaigns to avoid smallpox ten years ago. Dr. H. H. Moore, M.O.H., pointed out that The word flashed around Timmins like wildfire ten years ago that quaâ€" druplets had been born in town. After spending solid bour on disâ€" cussion, ten years ago, Timmins town council passed a resolution to make a donation to the building fund of St. Mary‘s Hosvital of an amount equal to one mill on the tax rate, but not before the town had conferred with the mine operators. P. H. Laporte was the mover, and Dr. E.AF Day seconder, of the proposition that caused more talk in Timmins in that year than any other event. talik in â€"Timmins in thar . Saar }:fi"" The instalation of fire alarms s at. ;’11;{ oi?mez?imitns h that year_than South Porcupine and Schumacher y would cost $12,000 it was learned at One of the first helicopters evor, 2 meeting of the council of the townâ€". seen in the Northland was seen fiying SDiP Of Tisdale ten years ago this over the district ten years ago this' week. week. â€" ® . , Before imposing the fines the magisâ€" trate said, "he seems very unlucky with his collections." Youth Gets Three Months Henri Pelletier, 19â€"yearâ€"old Timmins youth, of 173 Algonquin Blvd. Bast, was sentenced to three months followâ€" The Crown Attorney then introduced the fact that permits found must be returned to a vendor within twenty- focur hours. Both Jolicoeur and his housekeeper stated that anything found in rooms following the departure of the tenants was taken and kept in the office. During the hearing, Jolicoeur‘s own permit was produced and in evidence put forward it was found that the perâ€" mit bore no mark of the ‘bottle being purchased near the date. The man himself was vague in his explanation of the buying date. : A third bottle was found on a table in the room at the time of. the policé visit. The bottle was partly empty and two men and a woman were in the room ‘at the time seated about the table with their coats on.. None of them were drinking at the: time and said they were just visiting. = Explanation for the preésence of the permits was that they had been picked up by the housekeper following the checking. out ‘of guests and had been placed in Jolicoeur‘s room, which also served as theâ€"office of the house; ' All this added up to fines totalling $400 plus costs, His rooming house at 28 Second Ave., was declared a pflbllc place for a year. Jolicoeur maintained that the two bottles of liquor found in his room at the time of the police visit had been left there by a roomer who had left for Schreiber early the same day, The permits had all been found under, cloth on a sewing machine in the room. never feel well 'Bowever, found that Dr. s Nerve F. soon gave me new. and enm md A.kforflnbam . omy size . Highlighting .Tuesdey‘s . twoâ€"hour court session on Tuesday afternoon, was the case of Albert Jolicoeur, roomâ€" ing house operator, who faced charges of illegal porsession of liquor on a perâ€" mit other than his own, the ‘illegal possessicn of two beer permits and the possession of a liquor permit. "I Know Just TEN YEARS AGO Taxes For Hospital False Alarm THROUGH THE YEARS C;"“' iIng the charges of theft of a car and urt joyriding on Mar. 20. DOéket Pelletiér had been seen by Constable ‘ Rivet going up Cedar St. ‘The conâ€" .. twoâ€"hour stable followed and. saw the accused faeâ€"| . _ SPORTS 1. â€" We" On Mar. 23, 1916, the Cochrane had Wrench Canadian Hockey team wes girls| trimmed 6â€"1 by the Timmins Canaâ€" ey t or votes.; diens. The reason for the defeat was r, felt that the thought to lie in the fact that Joe rankness it deserved and that he was| Cochrane‘s greatest rooters, had moved only satisfied with the evidence pr2â€"|to Timmins and therefore would not After his return from the Red Lake rush in 1926, Joe Rutherford of South Porcupine found the roof of his shack leaking like a . sieve. Joe, never one to do things by halves, picked up his blankets and moved out into the great open spaces to sleep beneath the stars. Blacksmith Murder Mystery The murder of Henry Jones, Porquis Junction blacksmith, remained unâ€" solved in 1926 as one man was acquitâ€" ted of crime in a preliminary hearâ€" ing before Magistrate Atkinson, A. C. Brown defended the accused and it was through his rugged crossâ€"examinaâ€" tion that much of the evidence at the inquest was broken down. The accused man was held after the hearing on a charge of theft of $200 from a North Bay woman. It was stated that he admitted stealing the money but held that Jones was alive and well" when The Irish concert put on by the Roman ‘Qatholic church in the New Empire theatre in 1926 was most sucâ€" cessful.. With Father Therriault as chairman, . and Jas. Gells and Jas. Cowan, a large numbér of musical selections were enjoyed. Among those taking part were Mrs. Jos. Therriault, A. J. Downey, Patrick Cherry, Marâ€" garet Easton, Helen Chisholim, H. McCullah, Jas: Geils, W. Ramsay, Mrs. C. Wilkins, J. T. Hefferman, Jos. Everard, Betty Jaterson,â€"W. R. Dodge, and R. Johnston. South Porcupine went down with a 6â€"3 defeat before West Toronto Redâ€" men ten years ago in the first game of the Ontario Junior Champlonships, seated around the case of beer beâ€" hind Korman‘s Dairy.. _ Two other boys were fined :lo and costs for consuming beer wnen under 21 years of age. everyone owed it to themselves to be vaccinated. Youth Steals Beer Albert Giroux, 16 years old, 80 Com- mercial Ave., was placed on a $100 bond to keep the peace for one year and was told to make restitution for some of the beer consumed from a case stolen from the Brewer‘s Warehouse on Mar. 20. Following the theft, Giroux and Â¥von Poulin, 16 years old, of 225 Algonquin Bivd. and Ovila Carriere of 66â€"A Mountjoy St. South, were found get into car opposite 11 Cedar St. !North. He started the car and had gone about twenty feet before being stopped. â€" He could not. produce a licâ€" ense, and did not know the name of the ownér of the car, Roland Legault. f Roland Legault, owner of the car stated he had left his car in front of his home.: He did not know Pelletier. â€" Amult Cluu'xe Dismissed The charge of â€" assault against Charles Howle, rasiding at the I"em; Cottage wps dismissed. . Howle was alleged to . have thrown his wife down a flight of ‘stairs, following a scuffie; causmz her to break her: arm.. T‘le pair had been separatedâ€"since. Howie‘ £] réturn {from overseas in â€"Decemberâ€"and Howie apparently wanted nothing to do with: his wife. On previous occasions when his wire had come to his rooms, he informed her that unless she stayed away he: would seek police action. On the night of the assaqult he had being going to the phone. at the end of the hall to call the police and this wife had. attacked him from behind. In his effort to pus‘i her away from his back she stumbled: and fell to the foot oz the stairs, Constableâ€"Craig had arrived at this time and when an attéempt was made to: arrest Pelletier he resisted and beâ€" gan fighting. He was finally overâ€" powered and brought to the station. ing the henring of evidence surround Giroux said he had been with Charges Dismissed Moving Made Easy Fire Alarm Costs Irish Concert Timekeepers were A. R. Globe ‘Auer, and N. J. Everard. On Mar. 23, 1916, there was a large crowd at t‘ie Haileybury rin‘k to see the hcckey match between the ladies of Timmins and the ladies of Haileyâ€" bury. The result was 4â€"2 in favor of Mrs. Prank Evans who was to play goal for Thnmins was taken il} on the way down to Halleybury and Miss Breâ€" wer of Cobalt substituted in her posiâ€" The lineâ€"up for Timmins was: goal, Miss Brewer, point, Mrs, M. Hambly, cover, Eva Powers, Left wing, Grace Blanchette, right wing, Jessie Alexanâ€" _ _In the drawing for place, Joe Brisâ€" son got number one, P. McDonough second to start. A. H. Sanction started last, Joe Brisson was the winner Wwith his time at 1 hr., 32 mins. 37 secs, Len Newton was second with 2 mins 14 secs, longer than Brisson. The next team was ten minutes behind Newton‘s: the following is the order of the teams according to times made: â€" Brisson, Newton, Blanchette, Bisâ€" santhal, Wallingford, T. Durak, Sancâ€" tion, H. Darling, McDonough, The latter was disqualified as he lost one of hisâ€" dogs on the course. bury. The result w the Haileybury girls The first Porcupine dog race was held on Saturday, Mar. 25, 1916, and the whole of the district turned out for the event, The weather was of the spring typeâ€"with the course being heavy and poor going, _â€"The full course covered â€" thirteen miles, extending from the Imperial Bank corner and out along the Moneta road, up around the Crown and Vipond Mines, along the road to the Dome from Dome to South Porcupine and back to Timmins on the main road through Schumacher. The fourth fiery cross of the Klu Klux Klan burned in Timmins twenty years ago this week. According to Frumour at the time, a cross had to be burned at the four sides of a town before the organization wase complete.. At this last burning the fire departâ€" ment was summoned and a large numâ€" ber of citizens turned out to see the affair. A $15 fine was also imposed â€" on Aime Mousseau for speeding and a similiar charge against Leslie King was adâ€" journed for one week. Charges of illegal parking and other traffic infracâ€" tions resulted in three persons being fined $1 and costs and one reâ€"issue of a summons. Failure to produce a driver‘s license drew one person a fine of $1 and costs. Fines of $10 and costs were levied on two persons operating rooming houses without licenses, Fourteen Drunks Heaviest fine imposed for drunkenâ€" ness was that against William Asselin Oof no fixed address who pleaded guilty to second offence drunkenness and current at the time to the effect tha the case would be appealed. Traffic Charges . A charge of cAreless driving against Gaston Dupont of 52â€"B Wilson Ave., resulted in his being assessed $25 and costs. The charge was" laid following an accident in which Dupont was at fauit through his failure to come to a full stop at a stop street. tharged~jointly with alleged illegal possession of one liquor permit and three beer permits Their arrest folâ€" lowedâ€"a raid on their.room at 1.30 a.m. on March 24. The liquor permit was made cut in the name of Ernest Lindâ€" say and the beer permits in the names of =â€"P. Barrette, Joseph Joly and Leo Russey. The Crown Attorney then asked that restitution be made, and the Magisâ€" trate told Giroux he must pay for the beer out of his own pocket Youths Fined * â€".Douglas Wallace, 19 years old, of 120 Eim St. South, and Aftnold Claude Lavigne, 20 years old, of 14 McLeod St. were assessed $5 and costs following their being involved in a slight scuffie near the Esquire Grill during the week, Too Many Permits Roland Boileau, 2i years old, of 22 Second Ave., and Gertrude Belley, 21 years old, of 22 Second Ave., were remanded one week on $500 cash bail and $1000 property bail. They are you do it again if I let you go," asked the magistrate. Fourth Fiery Cross ml:ovonuutdatewho (Giroux) that he got a case ct . â€" _ gOUTR PoRcupn every " baturday" "Girour‘ "hed Tlxeftlthe‘Dty’ M' aners.l -â€".‘-‘." ““‘ Eoi a inss i e l ts 2 in s im s e THIRTY YEARS AGO First Dog Race Ladies Hockey Present were Messrs. Gordon Browne, Cliff Myles, Ossie Bowes, Otto Eckel, Gordon Mitchell, Moody Miller, Emerâ€" son Bowes; George Helmer. ' He is leaving Senneâ€"Terre to take cver duties in the postâ€"office at a place about a hundred miles from Port Arthur, and left South Porcupine on Monday for this town. He was preâ€" sented on Friday with a Ronson lighter as a parting gift. | , j : A ‘stag‘ party in honour of Mr, Josâ€" eph Courchesne who visited his family this weekend from Senneâ€"Terre was held .on Friday evening at. the home of Mr. and Mrs George Heln';er Joseph Courcheshne Is Guest Of Honor This AWAS: . . ianemell gest.ure 'Irom former members of a social â€"clubs to which Mr. Courchesne belonged while in South Poreupine, Preliminary hearing was given beâ€" fore he was committed for trial. The girl gave evidence as to the alleged incident,, which ‘took place on the Aunor Mine property. Bail was setâ€"at $500 cash or $1,000 property. was assessed $50 and costs or one month,. Thirteen other persons charged with drunkenness paid fines of $10 and Vack Culver,. accused of, indecent assault by Lois Wojciechowski, when asked by his worship how he wished to be tried, answered through his counâ€" sel Gregory Evans, that he wished to be tried by a higher court. Leduc was sentenced to sixâ€" monthsâ€" in â€" jail. , 2. Et 112 . . 4 A He had worked at the Dome for: four years, was â€" married,;, with two children. He had been convicted once before of stealing money out ‘of lock-1 ers and had served 6 months for the offence. In reply to the counsel, the: magisâ€" trate said that it ‘did not matter if anything were actually stolen or not; attempting to steal: was a, crime. Leduc, on the stand, had a plausâ€" ible story concerning his action.. The pants, he said, were his, or he thought they were the new ones he had bought earlier in the week. He was looking to see if his name was on the waistband, he stated. + Joseph Leduc, on â€"a charge â€"of atâ€" tempted theft, pleaded not gullty through his counsel, Gregory Evans. G. Draper, who is in charg of the "dry" at the Dome Mine testified that on Mar. 16, when he was on duty, he saw Leduc come in to the dry from the shower. and as he was longer than usual, he went to look and found the man with his hand in the pocket of a pair of pants from another locker than his own. , He notified Mr. Wilson. and went back to work,. Mr. Wilson went to investigate and found the pants halfâ€" way out. of the locker. j and liquor illegally, and beer was SsSOUTH PORCUPINE " An, estimated 125 people were presâ€" ent at one of a series of Saturday. night sociais: sponsered by Local 241 of International Union of Mine Mill ax;d Smeliter Workers here in Timmins. _ . Music for the evening was supplied by Peter Boychuck and his orchestra. ~Sg*%® "A GA . JSAAA VJ_ AV_ VillkliAl â€" + Cribbage was the form of entertalfi ment <with prizes going to Mrs. G“\l gain and Mrs. Lang, Fred Fedor ah Weston Murray. Elwood Gagain â€" alqo won consolation. 1 A: group gift was presented duri the évening by their. little nelice Je and a delightful lunch, feaâ€" turing a specially decorated anniver- sary cake, was served. ~_Mr. Pierce thanked. the group fes}â€" Ingly. for their kind, gesture , of: the Boyces in giving thé!r ‘home io party. j i Celebrateée ‘l‘liirteenth Wedding Dité" ding anniversary on Saturday. Thi? ten guests were invited to a very A lightful party at their home. is a : _ im pig to wap tnfho forty friends and . happin 0s 02 Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Whyte of Fernâ€"Ave., celébrated their 13th we their nelighbours was prese form of a purse of money. and Mrs. Gyril Pierre, who ‘UNION HOLDS SOCIAL Two. Matinees Every] Saturday_at 1. and 3 BJ â€" "THE BLONDE STAYED : * Andy Clyde Comedy .. Friday and Stlll_‘day x Bob. Livingston Smiley Brunette:;%} "Confidential Age-nt’f "The Black Doll" . “LA‘RAMIE ; « 18 wa TRAL _: +3 PLUS _ oN THE SAME PROGRAI it TODAY ONLY! soOUTH . PORCUPINE mark

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