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Watch Repalrs _ IQ@UICK SERVICE E. ~-;. ARANTEED | _ _ SATISFACTION ; | Passi Watch Repair | 18 Balsam St., North . long lapse Nursing Reserve Mrs. G. R. Gibson gave a report on the Nursing Reserve and Home Nursâ€" ing section. She noted that this secâ€" fion had recently been renamed, "The Volunteer Nursing Service". There had been one refresher course held for those who attended last years classes; qut of 47 eligible only 17 attended. _ There had also been a course in home nursing for 23 women, none of whom joined the Reserve. She stated %hat women wished to take the nursing courses but were not anxious to join the Reserve. ‘opf the Canadian Red Cross Society _visited the Porcupine district, spending ‘Four days here, speaking to many ;roups of people. Sqâ€"Ldr. Harston emâ€" ‘phasized the value of peace time work the country and outlined the varâ€" 3Jous . fields of endeavour in which the Red Cross should work. Finances Good 'I’he treasurer, Mr. Fuke, reported a balance in the bank of $8,292.85 at the Qnd of 11 months operations. He statâ€" ed that after December the books would be audited and the audit stateâ€" ment published. « In November, Sqâ€"Ld. E. Harston, the Field Secretary of the Ontario Division Â¥ Wmmm wmmm ammwwmmmm Mewmmmmmm in TPB Esfifge;? l WMMMMhm“m The women‘s war work committee had been disbanded in the spring when the work of this committee had ended. A new service, the Homemaker‘s Serâ€" vice had been organized in <the early Read the Busmess Dlrectory“weekly to find out where to get what you want. This feature page of The Advance : ==is the handy way to find service and merchandise of all kinds, 174 Cedar St., North Timmins flflflflflfl y 9 mg s Herman‘s GSZ> DRY CLEANING © CLEANING e PRESSING e STORAGE for Pickâ€"up hone 524 Mrs. W.J. McCoy reported on the Womens War Work committee. From Januatry until March when the work rooms colosed, 804 articles of civilian clothing and 526 knitted garments were shipped. During the war years from 1939 until 1946 a total of 191,237 artiâ€" cles were made and shipped from Timâ€" mins. ‘This total can be broken down into: k § 31,644 knitted articles. 135,618 hospital and surgical supplies 23,177 civilian.â€"clothing, blankets quilts branch of the Canadian Red .Cross Boâ€" ciety. _Mrs. W. R. Nankervis, the supâ€" ervisor, and two homemakers went to Toronto in SBeptember for a two week training course. From this beginning we now have six homemakers working. ~~Mr. J.. E. H. Chateauvert reported upon the disposal of equipment. stated that most 0f the war brides were Settling into their new surroundings very well. cA few were desirous of goâ€" and afghans. 798 comfort bags and slippers. Nursing Peopie see very little damage, but you are confronted with wrecked buildings and gaps at every turn in the heart of Liverpool. In the area from Lord Street: southward, entire <blocks have been obltierated, leaving a wide open space of two or three hundred acres. Along the tenâ€"mile line of docks and in Bootle there is everyâ€" where. Scores of ships were sunk at the wharves and in the river, at least one of which still ‘blocks the ferry traffic opposite the Pier Head. This was â€"evidently a very large vessel for the place where it lies is indicatd by a gmall lightship, marked "Wreck‘" and The devastation of downtown sections of the city is indescribable. You can walk from Leicester Square to the foot ‘of Fleet Etreet in London and The changes I found in Liverpool which impressed and saddened me most were not those wrought by the slow hand of time, but those inflicted by the sudden onslaught of war. Judging by what I saw of the results of bombing in London, I would not hesitate in sayâ€" ing that the City of Liverpool suffered far greater concentrated damage than the Metropolis. icfi se 0 2 t stt Alss t c Ee 5 Oe lngs in md around ecotland .Ro.d leaving the new apartment buildings untouched. As part of its slum clearance scheme the City of Liverpool built thousands of modern dwellings on the outaitirts, covering large areas of the jormer countryside, including the â€"estates of Lord Derby and Lord Sefton. Most of thaon nawur MdMormmMlinmwsa sameae â€" olaur iere Imay bDe litiie Oor m MRAL@TIN poted slums these â€" changes, as in the case of remote rural dtmte:wme “m:m W':; An interesting musical program is mfl:hm\?emchmugmzm the Sootland Road district, which promised at the Timmins High and | an utter stranger was r I in °P or ; j y mmmmmmmw‘gn : .muon:lm:;hoolto':held:“the Rip Van Winkle feeling is still more Attempts have since m made to school a um at pm ay emphasized in retuurning to A reA clean up these December 13th. and progressive city like LiverpOOl, jarge apartment blooks were erected. The program will consist of Christâ€" which has in the meantime extended It would seem that the German mas carols and songs, ancient and moâ€" its borders and covered with streets nombers were bent on finishing the dern. There will be selections of uniâ€" of houses what one rememboers @8 jop of clearing these slums for: they Shs outlying countryside. demolished ‘street after street of dwell. 8P" S*0n@s, part songs, songs with desâ€" The changes I found in LiverpOO! ings in and around Scotland Road, CANt, solos, boy‘s chorus, girl‘s chorus, which impressed and saddened me most jeaving the new anartment buildines and a variety of orchestral arrangeâ€" : 2 Ni among one‘s own and kin. This many years by T. P. O‘Connor. I P. Rip Van Winkle feeling is still more Attempts have since been made to emphasized in retuurning to A reA clean up these stum nreas and several and progressive city like LiverpoOl, jarge apartment blooks were erected. which has in the meantime extended 1t would seem that the German its borders and covered with streets hAmhere wars hant an Anishing the long lapse of years is always more or the Merssyside. less a sad experience, for even though Thirtyâ€"five v one‘s native place after a tioned in a general way as a faid on As part of its slum clearance scheme the City of Liverpool built thousands of modern dwellings on the outaiirts, covering large areas of the jormer countryside, including the â€"estates of Lord Derby and Lord Safton. Most of these new dwellings are ocouplef ‘by clean working class people, ‘but some of the older ones that I inspected ‘h@ve deteriorated into semiâ€"slums. I was told that in some insthnoces where people were removed from the downtown slums into modern houses, the tenants used the baths for strange purposes. Fish hawkers are said to have kept their donkeys in the ‘back, gardens and barrows on the front. lawns. The city authorities, however, soon put a stop to such malpractices. 66 Second Ave. Ph. 2060 Your Photegraph Thirty«â€"five years ago Liverpool was _ _ STORAGE Don‘t Make A Move . .. without consultmg us! We make moving pleasant and simple, with expert service. Phone 510 83 Third Ave. Night Phone 1733 United Movers W«a-:u.-f-f.nm-:w.«.n:wxw».»w MOTORS WASHER Renaired and 4 #4 %4, @ @ *4 .* e The second half of the program will follow the story of Christmas through the old Testament prophecies of the Messigah‘s coming, to the manger scene and the shepherds and wisemen, with appropriate music for each part. The school orchestra and chorus‘s will ‘be under the direction and conâ€" ducted ‘by Edouard Bartlett. RR. 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