Timmins Newspaper Index

Porcupine Advance, 12 Feb 1948, 1, p. 3

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| l\ iting relatives, and on Phone 104 . MAY YOUR WEEK OF P. se # ut ; eS *) A e d "At. q P * d wh + * «is w8 i# * se ve » + k. w . 7 «4 8 us #® t CA _. i ks t 5 p > o# + K+ s |I ( } W ( lv ‘ s $% A ® .‘ y t Estabhshed 1912 .o f »‘:'°: GENERAL INSU RANCE is one of Ca a’s Malfil‘.;. . It has played a Iarge rek m the developâ€" 21 Pine St. N. Timmins Bride At Cochane: Is Feted by Friends A lovely shower was held on Friday evening at the home of Mrs. J. W. Palmer, 371 Fourth street. â€"Guest of honor was Mrs. Russell Baldwin, who was married recently in St. Matthew‘s Proâ€"Cathedral, ‘by ‘Rev. A R. Chidâ€" wick of Timmins. . . _ Hostesses for the occasion were Mrs Palmer and Miss Ruth Lapenskie. A ‘gainty lunch was: ‘served‘to the guests after the ‘bride had thanked her many fr.ends for the beautiful gifts they gave <her. . OLDEST â€"CURLER: ‘The oldest active cusler at the TNO Bonspliel is <R. B. McGill of Cochrane a youngster ~of a mere 82 years who was prepared to enter a rink till the last minute, then. decided against it. Instead, Mr. McGill gime down from Cochrane to witness the play of the rink of his <to o _ 291 Â¥ 2 Ca® PmR hon, H. E. McGill. Mr. McGill a retired hardware man, is an acâ€" tive. member of the Cochrane Curling Club.. Two weeks ago he participated in the bonsplel at Kap for the Stevens trophy. Mr. McGill looks almost a score of years younger than his age. TO THE STABILITY {OLD Is TODAY ONE OF CANADA‘$ MeINTYRE EMPLOYEES Charkie Boosted The Game Dome Mine GaveIt A Try "It was a tough px\.position to sell at first," Charlie reminisces, "but the management decided to give. us the benefit of the doubt and go ancead with the construction. They requested that we line up at least 60 members for the first year and although there was merely‘ a handful of experienced curâ€" lers in cur community, more than 70 turned out." Actually, Charlie says, there were onâ€" ly five men at Dome at the time who had ever tossed a rock before. § "We made five of them skips and picked more ‘skips from the promâ€" ising beginners. â€"As proof, that outr judgement was correct, almost 100 per cent of them are still skips today," he stated. So lively was interest in the game that the: two orig:nal ice surfaces at Dome were overcrowded during: the first year and the mine built two ad- ditional surfaces in 1935. _ . There are now 100 members of the men‘s club at Dome and 44 members of the ladies‘ club. Charlie Kelmsâ€" . _skips promâ€" at our .00 per tOday," ‘ game ces at ig: the wo adâ€" of the iembers Kelmsâ€" The members at Dome are particâ€" ularly proud of the ability of Art Throopâ€" their iceâ€"maker. Club members regard him as the best iceâ€"maker in the coun» try and h‘s services have‘ frequently been loaned to other clubs. â€" Art Throop is a former professional hockey player with the old Ottawa Wanderers: and also played for Hailleybury in the, old days of hockey in the North. Elar comment on jthe Aceâ€"makimg abilityâ€" Mr. Throop, ‘see another story in this issue in which members of a rink from Utica, N. Y., say what they think about it. ARE DOING THEIR PART S t 5+ BIG FUEET OF v-'-,vâ€"â€"-â€"- OFFERS ‘BOTHâ€"DURING THE BIG SPIEC . _ AND THE ENTIRE SEASON. ‘$ VITAL CONTRLâ€" WORLD TRADE. â€"â€"That‘s What SAFE, COURTEOUS DRIVERS! _

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