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From time to time you have been hearing of the Local Health Unit, As inost of yvou know,;, the .Porcupine Health Unit is composed of a staff of fourteen, ; offers to the community, service in all matters relating to the health ‘of our citizens. This service includes the following phases cof a generalized Public ' Health program â€" prenatal, motaer and inant, preschool, school, adu]t.‘ togethre w‘th the program for the ecmtrol of tuberculosis, veneral disâ€" ease, and acute communicable diseases It was decided that Councillor Doran, and Mr. Charron, should get together and decide what immediate steps should be taken. Foods ‘that provide proper nutrition are one of the main safeguards against poor health. One of the fields covered by the L. H. U. is to establish the type of food most beneficial to the people living here in the Pcorcuping. In order to do this it is essential that they be given the opportunity to study the food that â€"mow provides the staple diet of this district. A Nutrition Survey is to be held this month here in Timmins when it is proâ€" posed to contact one hundred families ard so find out how well or how inâ€" adequate tae diet is, and it will also act as a basis for correcting any disâ€" order that may exist. After Cyr had made.a similas stateâ€" ment Crown Attorney Caldbick, K.C., commented: "It is almost :inpssible to believe that ‘two men could 5o on working within 10 feet of where the fires were found and smell smoke". "Lighting fires in a mins is very dangerous," said the magistrate in summing up the case, "There is n> evidence, however, to prove tha‘t the fires were set intentionally and I am Councillor Roberts stated that while it was in the interests of the town to control building, it was also necessary that no opportunity for furthering the industrial progréess of the tewn should be missed tarough lack of a properly crganized Industrial Committee. The charge of setting fires underâ€" ground in The Paymaster Gold Mine, was dismissed by Magistrate S. Atâ€" kinson, in Tisdale Police Court. The two men who were absolved from all blame, both live in Timmins. They are Louis St. Cyr, 28 Bannorman‘aveâ€" nue, and Heantal Rocho::, 98 Wilson avenue. f on the witness stand Teyry O‘Conâ€" nor. of Timmins, informed tas court that he discovered two fires withia a few feet of where two men had eaton their lunch. He further stated that he and two witnesses saw the lunch pails belonging to Cyr an(! Roshon, beside the fires. When asked by the magistrate if he had seen the fires, Rochon replicd ; "No, I did not start the firrs." Plan Nutrition Survey Here "Should we not wait until the Town planning has been completed", questâ€" ioned Councillor Bartleman. He was then informed by the Town Clerk taat representative of the Town Planâ€" ning Board would be in Timinins someâ€" time between ie 15th 25th May, to iook over and visit the town, a letter was aiso read to this effect. Anyone knowing the . whereasouts of Gaston Badin, former band leader and exâ€"overseas veteran should comâ€" municate with the Chief of Police in Timmins.. Badin, whose father died in France n 1942, leaving an estate. is believed to be living in Timmins. Fires Not Intentional Miners Absolvedof Blame ‘"We have a gcod town", said Mr. Charron, "lJet us help taose physically fit to do the job, let us do something worth while and not lose opportunity for our young, we must build up indusâ€" try and offer employment to those unsuited for work in the mines." Councillor Doran replied, "On Friday, the Board of Trade are going to appoint a paid Secretary to work between the Town, Selection Board, and Board of Trade, this will enable a clearer picâ€" ture to be on hand at all times of any available premises or sites", This request was made foJowing is fallure to locate suitable in Timmins for the firm of McKinnon Industries Ltd., St. Catherines, Ont. This firm would have employed some 7% females and a few men in the asâ€" sembly of francticaal electric motors. Farlier, a request had been made by a firm which would have employed approximately 950, had suitabls premises been available. At the regular week!y meeting of the Town Council, which was presided over by Councliinc Walliam Roberts, on Wednesday afternoon, May l4th, it was Euggested by Mr. Charron that an Industrial Committee saould be set up in order to keep a complete record of all available business premises, and £o be able to dcsal quickly with any enquiries that may be made. Opportunity to Bring in Light Industry Lost MISSING the ~benefit of the _given adequate power to examine the problem of allowing refugees and imâ€" |migrants © into this country. The President of the Coâ€"operative Unicn of Canada, and Manager of Coâ€" operative Life Insurance, Mr, Ralph Staples, is to visit Timmins on Friday, May 16th, when he will deliver a lecâ€" ture at Harmcnuy Hall. Any plan designed to recruit bush workers from the ranks of Europe‘s displaced pmisons Will be bitterly cpposed bv the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, the President Jack Quinn and Secretary Bruce Magnuson, made this clear. On Thursday last the members met at the home of Mrs. Grant on Strachan avenue and presented ‘her with a blanâ€" ket and cup and saucer as a parting gift. 1 AHM | At this gathering, a presentation was also made to Mrs. McLellan of Powell avenue who, with her husband is leayâ€" ing...this..week..to..take.â€"up.. residence. near Perth ~The presentajtion to Mrs. McLellan took the form of a purse and cup and saucer. The sympathy of the bushmen goes cut to ~fellow workers <in distress throughout th» world but the Canadian bush worker is not going to tolerate the introduction of ‘caeap‘ labor, or ‘vellow dog‘ contracts. The suggestion that twenty thousand such persons being brought to work in the bush is not only fantastlc, they claim, but could only mean the replacement of those employed. The Union proposes that a National Advisory Board be established on which organized labor employers and that such a Board be When Gerald Pigeau of Mountjoy Township was questioned by Provinâ€" clal Police, after having been found in a hen house belongings to H. Laâ€" lande of 33 Oak St., Mountjoy, he stated that he was going to make bouillon. In his evidence Mr. Lalanda stated that his wife heard a noise in the hen house, and on investigating found Pigâ€" eau sitting in a corner, and on the floor two dead chickens and another on the ground just outside,. Pigesu was sentenced to three monmnths hard labor, and will have pleuty ¢f time to think of the meal he liad hoped to have. Mr. and Mrs. K. Delong left on Tuesâ€" day for Niagara Falls whore they will make their home. Three Months® > Hard Labour Bush Workers _ O.{)pose Immigration an Mrs. Delong has been a faithful workâ€" er in the United Churck since the family moved ‘here and has also been a imember of the "Friendship Clrcle" of tae Church. The former head of Timmins Police Depar‘men commences ais new duties on Friday May the 16th. After revicwing 24 applications, for the position of Chief of Police, Mountâ€" joy Board of trustees, unanimously decided that Mr. Gagnon was the best qualified to fill the position, at a salary ranging up to $2,400 a year. Presentations To Funeral services are to be held on Friday May 16th, at Notre Dame ac Loudreés Church. Interment will take place in Timmins Cemetery. No date has.vet been set for the inquest. Mining Inspector, E. B. Weir, has inspected the scene of the tragedy and his report will be made known. A 44 year old miner, Alderic Roy, of 27 Way avenue., was killed at the McIntyre Porcuping Mines, by a pliece of "loose" which pinned him against the wall of a stope, on the morning of Tuesday, May 13th. The deceased had made his home in Timmins for the past 25 years, and was born at Otter Lake, Quebec. He is survived by three children, Victor 17; Real 14; Rosemary 7 and his widow the former Georgina Lajevinesse. Leo. H. Gagnon Mcintyre Miner Father of Three crushed by Fall. Coâ€"op Lecture Departing â€" Friends l in 'l'tmml%w iz Mountjoy Chief en Light is so important in cur ‘daily lives that w2â€"are paralyzed when a power breakdown occurs Even a blown fuse stops all activity until cartdles are lit and the ‘fuse replaced. Yet not many of us truly realize that the blind are always in the dark. Some months ago two blind men wers weaving in ‘an exhibit by disabled workers in Toronto. ' Passersby paused to admire their skill incredulously. Then a fuset blew and| the lights in that part of the building: went out. The seeing workers all stopâ€" pedâ€"but~.tae..blind..men..went.on,..Only. then was it brought home to the onâ€" lockers what working in the dark meant. , . Fullâ€"time employment is the symbol of independance to everyone. Many blind workers, like this man on a sandâ€" blasting machine, proved ‘their effiâ€" ciency in war plants. Now new jobs have been found for taem in peaceâ€" tim> industry by The Canadian Naâ€" tional Institute for the Blind. Your support is needed to carry on the work of training and placement Give all you can to train blind workers for emâ€" ployment: â€" and independence, Through Ahe *raining which the Institute offers to those who have lost their sight, the ways of living and moving and working in the dark can be learned. The senses must be reoricnted. The emphasis caanges from wsight to touch and hearing. Four senses must do the work of five, Men and women who cannot see must lsarn to listen more attentively and to interpret what they hear. Through handicrafts their fingers becocme more sensitive, more adept at recogninzing chjzcts. More important than physical adjustment to lack of sight is its acceptance by the mind and spirit. Only a blind person can lead one wao has newly sightless to a construgtive mental attitude towards his handicap. Developement Of Services wWhen a case of blindness is reported, the local Field Secretary pays a VviSit to the newly blinded person and by Because all our activities are planâ€" ned with the presumption that we can a different technique must be apâ€" plied: to the mechanics of daily living when a person cannot see, And it is not something that the average per con can work out for himself. That is why the work of The Canâ€" adian National Institute for the blind is important. For nearly thirty years the C: N. I. B. has been studying the best way to solve the pproblems ofthe blind. Its services have been designed by men without sight themselves to light :â€"a papth or cthers through a «darkened world. Research to improve tae preâ€" sent service is continually going on. Why Most C. N. I. B. Employees Are Blind Light In Darkness (Continued On Page Eight) TIMMINS, ONTARIO,.THURSDAY MAY 15th, 1947 and postillion riders dressed in brilâ€" liant red coats, marked t.ae anniversary combined welcome. It is just ten years since the coronation of George VI. . A family reâ€"union was held at Buckâ€" ingham Palace and was attended by al! close members of the king‘s faniily. _ Thousands ¢cf chceering Loridoners and visitors from all parts f the world lined the Cavitals streets to welcome home the King and Queen after their three months visit to South Africa. _â€"_All the glamour of preâ€"war days, gaudy carriag:s, the Windsor Greys, The King Returns Aftex law books and solicitors‘ letters had been read, reâ€"read, and disâ€" cussed,: the School Board left the meéting on the most friendly terms with the Council, and though hot words had been used, the difficulty of granting funds under the heading ‘contingency‘ seemed to have been settled The Council resumed its debate, and the Town Clerk introduced the phrase "pay as you go" which was immediately taken up by the Acting Mayor, Councillior William Roberts, and added to by Councilior William Doran. who stated: "By issuing debentures you will increase the cost of a $12,000 piece of land â€"to approximately $17,000, addmo over the ten year periog a further debt of $5,000 to the future taxpayers of Timmins." “That. 18 the legal proâ€" cedure, and this Council has no authority to make a ‘decision that is not governed by law," stated: Cou.lclllor J. E. H. Chateauvert. es o hn / A e > i s gUVU CU y £ CA VV , N M Nt M _: NP Ti i t Nee T t ts NP t it t t o s oi o n o i $ ns i lt C C ts In an attempt to stop the verbal battle Councillor Doran sdg.gested that they already had the opinion of three solicitors,. who disagreed and: suggested that a call be put through to the Mumclpal Board in Toronto, and to accept their rule. He was ignored. » Councillor: Del Villano joined the Councillor in _his attempt tp bring peace to the meeting by stating "I am not well versed on what this is about, but as a tax payer, and an average wage earner, I want my 1947 taxes Lo be 7 U t ab onl . * Ey «.. : o Ne‘ : Ne l M : y cCn h e NV 1 MnR oi Mss 0e y c 0000 1 ud ul in ie it PW 5 C o w e c n 200 TV as low as possible. The School Board has already mcreased ovex the 1948 estimates by $54,000 for 1947, and that does not seem fair.to me," Qogmcillor Bartleman again took up the whip. "The tax payers are lookhg for a reâ€" duction this year, and everything possible should be done to meet this reâ€" quest.,and the law says we should obtain the $12,000, by. debenture, and if the School Board enters into any justifiable expenses during the year, which are not covered in their estimates, then they must declare a deficit, that is proper gevernmental procedure." 2 | "A further® thirty‘ thinutes of heated, discussion took place, duriixg which the two leaders, Councillors® Roberts: and Bartleman lost complete. control. It was then decided to adjourn the debate and to reopen it on Thursday NÂ¥ M U““ buctrorih.d ty d Oe POV C EDs P NTE an item for: $5,600 which was termed contmgeacxes by the Board They were also not satisfied with the inclusion of $12,000 under curtrent expendiâ€" tures which has been used in the purchase of laxnd to meet: futurerequireâ€" At the Tuesday meeting the School Board explained that until, the situation regarding school teachers ‘ was cleaxed the Board ‘itself ‘could not itemize the sum requested. It is proposed to open kindergartens .and to employ four new teachers to relieve the school principals so that they .can devote more of their time to do genexal supervislonl when teachers can be found, Councillor Bartleman immediately took the stand that this was illegal and declared:â€" that the Board had already earmarked more thdn 39.900 for teachers salaries in the budget. This put the ‘fat mto the fire l Le e t PPE T T3 The chauman of the School BOard Mr. Hardy, quickly retaliated, "We are of, the opinrion that we are a separate body and accountable only to the people Is there any question reoardmg our handling of school mnds?" ‘That is a mistake," Councillor Bartleman heatedly rephed "in your 18947 budget you wished the rate payers to pay you $12,000 for a ‘building lot and take it out of currexnt expenses, this is illegal. That sum is for caflltal expenditure and to cover it debentures must be issued. There is no question regarding the estimate or the handling of school.â€"funds, but one o! prOper procedure and legal standmg : y The second debate on the 1947 budget for the Town of Timmins. ended with a lively exchange of words, tempers began to run nigh and. instead. of being Councillimen one could have expected to be told that. a rabble. had been let loose in the Town Hall. The language used by the Councillors was cerâ€" tainly not of the bar xoom type but was not language suited for a Council meceting.:~ hoi Wt inb uin j i 4 ie rexi ageeb hy w 55. Een ,.;»,,.w,-.,,.,., ‘The battle of words commenced duuag the second debate .on, Qst,imates for 1947 as submitted by the Public School Board, and following the meetlng of that Board with the Council Members. The cpposing factors were led by the Acting Mayor, William Roberts, and Councillor J. P. Bartleman. At.Monday‘s=sessien Couneillorsâ€"Bartleman, Chateauvert and Del Villano refused to accept without further ‘e)gpl_anation Town Budget Debate Adjourned for Second Time After Stormy Session between Roberts and Bartleman, "May Or May Not Beé Spent". Makes Councillors See Red. . _ Britain Leads Shipbuilding ‘the world tJtal (excluding Dangig, Germany, Japan, Po‘land, Russia). Of Britain‘s Itading competitors, U. 8. A., ‘has droppedâ€" to third place with apâ€" proximately 215,000 tons, SBweden and France leading foreign yards with apâ€" ‘proximately ©244,000 and 233,000 tons ‘shipyards in Great Britain and Ireland ars now building more than 2,000,000 tons of merchant vessels acâ€" cording to Lloyd‘s Rezister of Shipping. This figure, the highest reached since Marc.:, 1922, is equivilent to §4.8% of respectively. Find Service Clubs Good Field in North For Real Democracy At the wéekly luncheon of the Tiimâ€" mins Kiwanis on Monday at the Hmpire hotél, the meimbersand guests had the pleasure and inspiration of an address by Greg. Evans, District Deputy Govâ€" ernor of the Lions clubs His subject, In his opening remarks, the guest gpeaker made humorous reference.. to his old province of New Brunswick, whica was also the homeland of presâ€" idefit"Q.. R. Kennie. He suggested that MA totally ignoring cloth which has been by aspecmm}cmhpd renâ€" dered 100%> mothproof. ;And, by~meansâ€" of an amplifier it will be: possible to actually hear these little grubs at work. hutoatied o. . andivaftndicns mm ue e 0|« "Service Olubs and the Oommunlty was aandled in very effective way. He stressed the value of service clubs to the community and emphasized the need for each member of each service club to extend theâ€"influence and the ideals of service clubs for the benefit of the community and the country. Mr. R. J.; Ennis, president and manaâ€" ger, of the McIntyre "Porcupine Mines, was guest speaker on the opening day of the International Circulation Manâ€" agers, convention held in Timmins this week. He chose for his address, ‘Tae Gold Mining Industry‘, and his speech was well received. The Managing Editor, of the Toronto Glicbe and Mail emphasised that what the public wanted in a mewspaper was more news and less aavertising. If tae present trend â€" continued, our papers would laose their indentity, and become nothing more than advertising sheets. The convention was opsmed on Tuesâ€" day morning by Ivan W. Saunders of the Sherbrooke, Quebec, Daily Record, and a speech. responding. to an address by Louis Colvey of the Montreal Gaâ€" zette was given by Jack Marks, managâ€" ing editor of the Timmins Dailly Préss. Other speeches were made by Shiel Dunsker, Cincinnati, Ohio, who claimed that if the world wisaed to save itsel{ from a Third World War, full freeâ€" dom must be acOOrded the press of all nations, and R. H Thomson, préesideni of the Thomson Pubmhing Company, in which he told. the delegates that the newspaper â€"of tomorrow would be transmftthd by photographâ€" the Pre mt’s hanie town was the only :"u ipped, uncharted, unorganâ€" ized,> unexplored area in the whole British Empire." The guest. speaker made reférence to the early days in Canada, when the population was largely centred in rural areas, and when taere were regulatr gatherings for tae discussion of affairs and the exchange of ideas. These meetings in the general store, or other centres, did not confine membership to any one race or creed or class. Comâ€" mon sense and interest in the comâ€" munity were the qualifications necesâ€" sary to be heard at these "cracker barrel" conferences, as they were someâ€" times called. ‘_Ig,sn,ead people had gotten. sink@y 3 l@ iwjoining the club or asSociation, that‘ was closely connected with ‘them in politics, busâ€" iness, profession, or religion Doctors lawyers, business men, and others had their own associations, and while they all served worthy ends they had their limitations. sion of this sq_ In the Textile szction at Earls Court, London of the British Industries Pair, whigh. opened on â€"May, 5th; there is a "‘moth circus", 'I‘bem live grubs can be Mayor Brunette and Greg Evans left Timmlns on Wednesday, May 14th, to atteand the Liberal Party Convention, being held in Toronto. An attendance of 900 delegates is expected. Toâ€"day, however, there was a tenâ€" dency .to avoid, argument and discusâ€" Service élubs, the speaker continued, brought all Clas and creeds and races togeth@rtin Tone . ‘ bond â€" the desire to seérve tae community and the public ineterest. There were no barâ€" ically repr . The â€" Liberal â€"Association corve:ntion, which will feature the election of~ a provincial party leader and the enâ€" dorsation of a new party . plat{orm will be the first fullâ€" flfidged one to be Membership Not Confined To Class or Creed held since 1943. Nine Months Sentence For $400.00 Theft Delegates Attending Liberal Convention Managers Hold Convention Here HEARING IS BELIEVING 4 Kiwanian P. T. Moisley announced that reserved seat tickets for the big Garden Bros. Circus on June 16th, 17t.2 and 18th, would go on sale, at tae McIntyre Arena at Schumacher, Molsley ~Ball‘s, Timmins3, and Grant Byerly‘s, South Porcupine, on Monday, June 9th. part played by service clubs in the life of the community, in educational, culâ€" tural, athletic and other lines, the guest speaker pointed out that, while each member gained benefit in tae way of associations with others and in the new friendships formed and welded, the community was still more the gainâ€"« er. Kiwanian F. A. Woodbury, reportâ€" mg for (the Attendance committee, announced that Monday, June 16th (the first day of the Garden Bros. Circus) would be "Hundred. per cent Attendance" meeting of Timmins Kiâ€" wanis, The Attendance committee would have charge of the luncheon programme that day, and a specdially interesting. meeting was promised, but tae members in general were asked to see that the attendance that day was the full 100 per cent. On the night of April 21st, Secora met Huggard and McFaddon in a beer parlor and carelessly flashed a wallet containing $400. At closing time he invited his ‘friends‘ to go with him to hig room and drink wine. He had in possession on‘ly 42 cents. It was Huggard, who had pae previous conviction, that he was the father of" 8 children all of whom had been placed ‘in thecareofum CAS. while he was in the services. riers for age, extraction, creed or class, In service clubs, They were cosmopolâ€" itan in membership and wide in outâ€" look. They were working together for the common good. "Service clubs have won the support and approval cof the public, and we should, as members, do all we can to merit that support," the speaker said. Members of service clubs soon learned the value of coâ€"operation in work for the public weal, and also the spirit of tclerance was an essential feature of the service club idea. He urged that all members of service clubs strive to spread this idea of service for the public, and the spirit of tolerance and goodfellowship, not only by increasing membership in service clubs, but also by spreading the good doctrines that were the basis of the service club idea. The guest speaker thought there was a particularly good field for the service club ideals in this Nortr Land, with its cosmopolitan population. "Here we can put democracy into real action," he said ... Community..singing .. led . byâ€" Kiâ€" wanian Nick Basciano, with Secretary W.‘H. Wilson at the piano, and the prizeâ€"winning table for the day renderâ€" ing a quartette. This quartette did much better than the usual impromtu singers, two of them being professionâ€" als now, Kiwanian A. W. Pickering having been at ithe winning table three weeks in succession, and Kiwanian Art Moran two weeks, For the beneit of any local Kiwanians who may ‘be at North Bay, President O.â€"R. Kennie announced that, effectâ€" ive May 26th, the time of meetings of the North Bay Kiwanis club would be changed to t.ae noon hour on Mondays, at the Empire hotel, North Bay. In concluding his address, Mr. Evans urged all service clubs to ‘do all in their power to prevent race, creed or class discrimination. Kiwanian F. A. Woodbury introduced the guest speaker. Kiwanian G. N. Ross expressed the thanks of the club for the valuable and timely address, and President O. R. Kennie added his perâ€" sonal thanks to the speaker, not forâ€" getting to "put in a plug" for the atâ€" tractive .province cf Newâ€" Brunswick. guests for the day, These were. Greg Half an hour later Secord recovered from what he claimed to ‘be assault and was able to show a black eye, his wallet was missing. Investigation by the police‘ showed that Huggard and McFaddon had been on a grand sprec and warrants ‘were issued for their arrest. McFaddon was arrested as he was about to leave town and had i: his possession $55.00 plus one half of a $20 bill. Huggard picked up near Kiwanlan Bob Harvey introduced the T. Evans, D. D. G., Lions, Timmins, J. D. Cameron, St. James Kiwanis Club, Winnipeg, Man.. Mr. Cameron being in (Timmins to attend tae convention here of the Circulation Managers‘ Asâ€" sociation, ias circulation . manager of The Winnipeg Free Press; Alan A Burâ€" ton, Val d‘Or, Que.; James D. Warnock, and G. B. Lowe, Toronto. In Police Court on Tuesday, Regâ€" inald Huggard and Walter McFzrddo2r, both transclents, were each sentenced to nine months, by Magistrate Atkinâ€" son, for theft, from the person of Pierre Secord, 69, 5th Ave., Timmins. Briefly touching on the important Single Copyâ€"Five Cents