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Urbam Aubry. 9 Prope’rty chairman Les Bailey, vice chairman, Leo Del Villano. _ _ s ‘ Welfare chairman, Leo Del Villano, vice chalrman Les Bailey _ Despite the fact that Mr. Del Villano was; ~ '*of the two members of council who served on the 1947 counci,l he was «again. given what is consigered the junior post. among.. the ‘ommittees. Mr. Del Villano told the Advance that he had been _ notified that a meeting would take place, but that due to the @ fact he is a government employee he was unable to attend at â€" that time of day. â€"~ Last year discussion of committee appointments took place Mc sls ie 0P ns es vip o w« i ‘ 18 years were on his father‘s tnm He was a bushâ€"whacker when â€" he came to Ontario. He operated a | business nd. is now district manâ€" â€" ager for a brewery company. â€" _ His introduction to the m ning inâ€" dm was on the business end of a “nmck stick" shovelling broken ore tmmnn\mderxrounddmt into an ore . Car, . Whfle concorting with notables anging from the late Duke of Kent to rbara Ann Scott, world‘s figure ska« y pr.ncess, Mr. Brunette often shows riends a picture of himself at the Holâ€" ._,'mmmflngamrueneck reater and needing a shave. <4 M Lieut.â€"Governor Ray mwm ot Ontnrio visited Timmins last fall, I | ‘~ in public and with all members of council present. ‘oronto Star Says ,‘,ne tte Ma)’ Be M ‘ Rarly in October, when exâ€"mayor J. Emile Brunette announced his mten-1 tion of retiring from municipal poliâ€". tics, the Porcupine Advance ran a headâ€" line story that the mayor had no inâ€" ‘tention of retiring permanently from politics and that he was eyveing Parâ€" Hament Hill with a view to becoming the first Member of Parliament for the newly created riding of Timmins. â€" This view is confirmed inz@>story which appeared last week in *he Torâ€" Q ito Daily Star, under the Caption, "TOMAYQR,MAYBE M P NEXT". The Star story folâ€" Timmins, Dec. 29â€"J. Emile Brunette, square â€" Jawed â€" Frenchâ€"Irishâ€"Canadian mayor of Timmins, attended his last -oouncn meeting yesterday. He estimâ€" ated it was his 625th meeting s‘nce he went into municipal affairs as a counâ€" elllor 12 years ago. The years from 1939 to 1947 saw May- or Brune‘te "out Timmins on the map" with his blunt colorful personality while dnfng with Ontario and Canadian mayors at conventions. Son of a Queâ€" bec habitant, his new goal is a seat in the House of Commons as Liberal memâ€" ber for the newly created riding of _‘ After private discussion behind closed doors Monday morgirht: ’-',I';f"’ggcouncillor Leo ‘Del Villano absent, the five members of the Slate for 1948 decided who would run the town affairs. Thelr committee appeâ€"ntments were announced and paséed at council‘s inaugural meeting which took place later in the morning in public.. *J Appointments â€" ‘ * Heading the town‘s committees this year will be: Public Works: chairman, Philip Fay; vice chairman, Barâ€" ney Quinn. _ _ w e o is o 4n ... ue m n i in nkfl:”mfl‘fi Dh“li"\ Finance: Fay. . Name any job in Northern Ontario i, Fred Quesnel. Fire aml Light: chairman, Fred Qu.esnel vice chairman Pubiic Relations : chairman, Urbain Aubry; vice chairâ€" Property Les Bailey +« Chairman, Barney Quinn; vicé chairman, Ph‘lip in 1943 and ‘Province Doesn‘t T ake $1 Insurance With New Licences South End Trucker | Escapes From Wreck: Paul Lamothe, 21 vearâ€"old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lamothe, Tisdale avenue, South Porcupine, was reported out of danger today after his escape from death last Monday afternoon when the converted army vehicle he was driving struck a freight train at the Dome level crossing. After delivering a load of mine timâ€" bers to Dome, Lamothe‘s vehicle apâ€" proached the level crosisng too late for the driver to bring the heavy truck to a halt. After skidding almost five hundred feet, the truck struck the moving cars of the train and was hurled into the railway right of way, a twisâ€" ted mass of wreckage. _ The driver ms extricated from the wreck by miners who happened to be passing. He was rushed to Porcuâ€" pine General Hosp tal, where Xâ€"rays showed that he had received no serâ€" ious injuries. Motorists who applied for new licences th‘s year in Timmins found that the cost of their liâ€" cence plates and permits to drive had not been increased, despite the fact that the province‘s new compulsory insurance inaugurated last Summerâ€" called for every moâ€" torist to be taxed $1. #jmumnce covers the payâ€" ment 0f judgements for damages which are uncollectable after auto acC‘dents. It was thought that the nrov‘ince would demand <the $1 ner motorist required to finâ€" ance the scheme when the 1948 licences and permits were issued. it of northern Ontario comes to thers won‘t be a bench far enough back to keep him quite when Fire and Light Fred Quesnel Published in Timmins. Ont., Canada * EVERY THURSDAY Stay North, Mr. Miner! Jobs In South Ontario: â€" Far From Plentiful The International Union .of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers will bring all possible pressure to bear to see that the bus fares outlined in the « tranâ€" sportation | bylaw. passed recently by the ‘retiring 1947 Timmins town tounâ€" cil are eniforced, Ray Lacha.nce, interâ€" national representative, said this week. new fares are just and equitâ€" ‘able," Mr. Lachance said, "The union is certainly interested in seeing. that they are enforced and that they are not changed through some technicality or other." He said that the matter had been under discussion among miners at all mines within the three mile radius in which fares are regulated and that at a union meeting Monday at Conâ€" iarum, union leaders were asked to see that the fares were enforced. "We went to town hall and askâ€" ed that they te put into effect at once," Mr. Lachance said, "We were told by. town officials that the interpretation of: the bylaw was by no means clear and that. the matter would be settled at next meeting of council on Monday.‘ A sescond union official intimated Few, if any,; jobs are available in the manufacturing towns and cities of Ssouthern Ontario, according to that _ delégation would at the next meeting of council, a bulletin, issued this week by theâ€" Department of Labor. After noting the recent trend of workers migkaâ€" ting to southern towns for employ- ment, the bulletin: says: "The reduct‘ons in bus fares are Of: vital imvoortance to the workingman of the Porcupine. This is a matter which concerns every marn who carries a lunch pail in Timmins," this offic al said. No Date Set For Inquest Into Police Cell Hanging No definite date has teen set for the inquest Into the death of Charlies Edâ€" ward Gibbons, Aunor m‘ner who was found hanged last week in a cell in the Timmins police station; Coroner HL. Minthorn said today. Specimens of the dead man‘s blcod were sent to Toronto for laboratOry examination: The inquest will take place after the report on the blood samples is received here. At Wednesday‘s meeting of the Timâ€" mins Adult Education Group executive Mrs. E. Murphy, convener, reported that the C‘asses in weaving at Timmins would start on February course will be a sixâ€"wWeek one, with experienceed: and fully competent inâ€" structors.. Fuli equipment for _?he a very wide field for profitable work hy t stt is lt s id course w:ll be brought here, including big looms and fifty draft patterns.. Classes in Weaving Works Philip Fay TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8th, 1948 Chain .. . Letters : Reappear h hoh 'â€"â€"â€" E€ounds like foolproof scheme and there are already several hundred peoâ€" | ple in Timmins who fervently hope it is. One letterâ€"buyer interviewed by the Advance said that his name had moved forward five places on the list within 12 hours. , The chain letter scheme was brought into Timmins by a local salesman who bought a letter in La.chute @Quebec. ‘His home town looking like an exceedâ€" ingly green ; and fertile paqure for this l sort of scheme, the salesman lost no ; time in gett ng things underway here. | Here is the way the letter: reads: Note ‘that the word "mnemo" and not _| "chain lebte is used : "Guaranteed"’ . "Build yomself a nest egg with the Now yvou make two copies of the letâ€" ter, scratch. out the name of the perâ€"< son at the top and add your own, name at the battom., You ‘sell. these two etters ‘to" othér. persons. Result: you obtain your $4 investment. back «at once. And you see‘ personally that the narties to whom you have sold the two letters fulfill their obligation by mailing: in .your presence $2 to the person at the top of the list. Two .Dollar Club!" "If you properly follow instructions this cheaterâ€"proof memo will build you and your friends sizeable nest egg in a very short time. This is foolâ€" proof if everyone follows: the instrucâ€" tions and abides willingly by the rules." Charges Against Drivers Headline Court Docket Then the rules as aforementioned are outlined. Criving cates again featured the weekly docket of Timmins police court. Charges of: careless driving against two mdtorists were. dismissed while a third driver was convicted ofâ€" this ofâ€" fence. A fourth driver was Lound guilty of being drunk while in charge To Commence Feb. 9 in this hecme art. the work, can give a long list of t‘cles much in demand that can made by those taking the course. There are already seven who have gefinitely signed up for the course, but there is room for others, though it should be mmzmbered that the number is limited. Any person interesced in is limited. Any.. person interesced in learning wea should. get ln at once with Murphy, 1(0 Hemâ€" CidniaÂ¥+ P cem!ortabhquurtershav beense‘- m:«mmmmmn 16 Maple M[Smnh_.‘ Mrs. Murphy, who has her. own Wel{fare Leo Del Villano â€" _ Jehn Clark, newlyâ€"installed Interâ€" vey Murphy, regicnal director of the naticnal President cf the Mine, Mill union in British Columbia; and repâ€" and Smelter Workers Union (CIOâ€"CCL) | resentatives of the major gold minetrs will be the main spesker at a publ:‘c| local union in Northern Ontario and meeting and ra‘lly to be sponsored this Quebec Ivan Vachon, president of Sunday afternoon by Timmins Mine ) local 241 w111 chair the public meeting M ing ‘Mill Workers Locai 241, unjon officials announced today.. . Clark,.a. former smelter wotker from Great Falls, Monâ€". tana, will be in Timm.ns to paxticipate in the sessicns of the union‘s Canaâ€" dian Wage Policy Committee which opens its first 1948 meeting here Saztur- day mornmg Clark, and other. spealggxa, w.ll _ disâ€" cuss the union‘s Canadian wage : policy and review the progress of the Mingeâ€" Mill camnaign for higher wages and new contracts in other sections of the Canadian metal industry. Also scheâ€" i duled to address the meeting are Mine~â€" Mineâ€"Mill Chieftain Visits Here Sunday Mill Vice President . Reid Robinspn; the vnicn in British VVG Hobert Carlin, MLA for Sudbury Dls- trict: and union Board Member;, Harâ€" Heavy Damage in Schumacher Hotel Fire; Chief Injured, New Truck Proves Worth _ i* ‘The new Bickle Seagrave pumper aCâ€" quired . at New Year‘s the Schumacher fire department made it‘s debut as a piece of worâ€" kimg equpment last night a t 1145 p.m. when Schumacher firemen rushed to the Recreat on hotel to quell a baze which was gaining considerable headway. ; Five hotel rooms were damaged and loss is estimated t> ue between $3000 and $4000. The fire broke out as the result of a cigarette burning in a chesterfield in a room on the second floor. n Fire Chief Charlie Jucksch received a severe cut to the hand when an upâ€" hoh wohctts c c ofh cmd U e TTR wo o ce â€"â€" inachesterfieldmaroomonthedw‘tnsmewaratammbewan second floor. j It. is a "triple conbinaflon Fire Chief Charlie Jucksch received | affair, cons!sunz of a pump, a hose a severe cut to the hand when an upâ€" bodyand stairs window blew out as he waBs menewpnmmwmthmweoow- mounting a ladder to the flames. Glass ons of water per minute. "It carries 1, !ranthebmkeawindowscatm'eda-Mfwmz%imhhwandaazfoot bout the chief and struck hig hand. ~ ladder.. . PROVES ITS WORTH: Pictured above is the new Goo-gallon-per-mlnu.de pumper which was, received . by Schumacher Fire Department at. New Years. Beside is is the smaller fire truck which has been in use in the town for a number of years.. The new pumper , formerly equipment used by the RCAF at a Saskatâ€" chewan airport, was put to good use last night when fire broke out in the Rechon hotel. Advance Photo Public Relations Urbain Aubry Among the members of the union‘s top Canadian wage pol-cy body who may also briefly address the Sunday meeting are Néls Thibault, president of the Sudbury Local 598 (the largest sinâ€" gleâ€"local union in the Mineâ€"Mill inâ€" ternational), and James McFarlane, an official of the MMSW local at Kimâ€" berley, B.C. _ \The Saturday. .m meeting of the w pocy" Broup was called by Ynfterna.tid%n%} The mpeting will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Empire Theater, union officials here announced. Miner‘s families and friends "and all other Porcupine resâ€" idents interested in the welfare of the miznexs and the community" are. inâ€" vited to attend, Lccal 241 president Vachonâ€"told. the: Advance.. policy group was Caled by Urflon officers / ‘to plan, our. 1948 wage campaign throughout the Dominion and to coordinate our entire organizâ€" ation in supuoort of the gold miners‘ demands for a sugctantial wage inâ€" crease,"‘ a local International Union staff representative stated. In the officlal ‘call for the meeting, issued by. Mine â€".Mill â€" Intemational headquarters. particular emphasis was given to the. importance of the wage campaign in ‘the gold industry, ‘"‘Naâ€" tional planning and coordination of bargain.ng in the gold industry, as }1 as in the rest of the jurisdiction of‘ "olr union in Canada is more imâ€" portant now than ever," the call deâ€" clared. * A reception party in honor oef Mr. Clark has also been planned by local unionists as bart of their weekend ‘as. hosts to the outâ€"ofâ€"town representatives and officials. The reâ€" ception will take place at the Timmins Union Hall Saturday evening at 8. Firemenm had two hoses playing on the fire within two and one halH{ minâ€" utes after the alarm was received. The blaze wa squ ckly brought under Last night‘s fire was the most serâ€" jous che in Schumacher in more than a vear. ‘Fire lcsses during all of 1947 were practically negligible. a‘r force The new Bickle Seagrave pumper which has been added to the Schuâ€" Finance Barney. Quinn department is a pliece of exâ€" is ‘¥%: Sigg}g;‘gflpy' Increase â€" ; C Oug,» p Curtaile The acute Shortage of electric powâ€" er‘:in* North‘ Ontério will likely: eliâ€" *minate 'axiy;’fifiéswllity of expanding the output of gol@g,mines in the Porâ€" ~ctpine . camp . till_after : the Spring breakâ€"up, the ~Advance= learned this week. Local mines have been planâ€" ning methods of increasing output' in order to take advantage of the subâ€" sidy for additional production rec«â€" ently announced by Ottawa. ds % "We are operating at absolute capâ€" acity", a spokesman of the Hydro Electric Power Commission told the Advance. "Unless there is an unâ€" seasonable thaw to provide more water the mines probably. be effected." . The pulp and paper industry in the North â€" at Kapuskasing, Iroquois Falilis and Smooth Rock Falls â€" has already been forced to cut producâ€" tion due to the critical shortage of water to drive the turbines of power plants. "Everything depends on the weaâ€" ther," the Hydro representative said. "If there is a thaw on a wideâ€"spread basis we will be able to generate more powr. Otherwise there is nothing ‘we can do.‘" A graphic illustration of what has happened to electric power producâ€" tion in North Ontario is gained from the Hydro‘s report for November which was published this week. Actual loads for North Ontario properties for a maximum 20â€"minute peak were 193,487 kilowatts, an inâ€" crease of eight percent over the ume month a year ago. : Meanwfule, the total power â€" h‘eiiér-- ated and purchased. was 193,39'1 or LESS than the loads demanded. : ge of_ water erated and" p from . 214,794 ‘kilowatts: in the same month in the previous year. Or in other words, actual power production in, the North dropped by 10 percent, while demands increased 8 percent. Hence the predicament in which Northern Ontario . industry finds itself today.â€" i eA M . o. Chief Lepic Warns Drivers Chief Albert Lepic reâ€"iterated h‘s warning this week that local motor. ists must take added> precau‘tlons «due to t.he slippery conditions of the town theets. The chief pointed as anâ€"exâ€" ample to the accident at the : level crossing at Dome mine in ‘which the truck driven by Paul Lamothe was wrecked and the driver injured. "This truck skidded a distance of 500 feet," the chief said. ‘"‘This should be amnle evidence to all drivers that extra care must be taken. due to the eendition of the roads.‘" ‘"We are m‘ghty pleased to get the | new pumper‘, Fire Chief Jusksch told the Advance. , ‘"Itproved its value last night." PR e At the same time, due to the short» Schumacher fire brigade consists of 24 volunteer members. Deputy Chief ‘"Mac‘ MacMillan. In the eyes of Schumacher résidents it is something of an honor to belong to the fire brigade and there is a long waiting list of apâ€" plicants for membership. :4( mt Ww o $y % n .-vâ€" m w8 0 hss . oi Schumacher is adequately provided w th facilities to fight fires in any part of town. There are 38 stret hyâ€" drants and water pressure varies betâ€" ween 90 and 100 pounds, a high stanâ€" dard. There are sixteen alarm boxes in town. . Moreover, although volunâ€" teers, three firemen M in. ma m of the fire hall rem any : Volunmeer mpom b calls is qm cellent,. ‘with a ym-mflnd verage 6 20 firemen appearing when alm fl’l given "*