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James Geils Pioneer Mourned By Porcupine In the death of James Geils on Sunâ€" gay morning: of this week,: Timmin: and the Porcupine loses another of its auseful and helpful pioneers. His musâ€" ictal talent. alway so generously given was of special value in.the early days when the people of the Porcupine Camp had to provide their own enâ€" Aertainment and foster their own culâ€" Aure. the communities here, and in the adâ€" jeining lumber camps in the district. In these trips he faced all the inconâ€" veniences and discomforts that go with pioneering. but he gave a needâ€" ed and satisfactory service that was _ The late James Geils was born in| |;r advantage. _ nshire, Scotland, sixtyâ€"five! o was one of the small comparny o and came to Canada as @¢nf enthusiasts who organized the presâ€" 8 an, residing first at Collingâ€" | ont: Timmins Citizens‘ Band some wood, where he was soon wellâ€"kn0Wn | gwoerityâ€"five years ago. He played in and popular as am expert tailor, and | the band for several years, and for A r of unusual talent. other yYears was one of the capable From Collingwood he went to COâ€"| executive who built the standing of and there, again, "Geils th€ the pang * * whig Tailor® and "Geils the Singer" were! ty Geils: was choirmaster at the phrases that won respect and POPUâ€", Byrnes> Presbyterian Church‘ at "its While in Cochrane he magde freâ€" quent trips into the new Porcupine gold mining camp, taking_ord_ers in Although Mr. Geils had been in poor health in recent. years, and had planned to enter the hospital on Sunâ€" day for an operation. his death was unexpected and came. as a decided shock to all the wide. cireles who knew him. Early on Sunday mornâ€" ing. he passed quiétly away. F. Oliver, Doug Scanlan Empire Theater Tonight The rising beat of tne Liberal warâ€" cqrums can be now heard above the hubâ€"bub of the electiongering. Last to really get organ zed the Liberals have been chowing an amazing amount of ; st:amâ€"â€"something which was enâ€" tirely unexpected by the other parties and the citizens. ‘~But it makes the clection more in feresting that way. _ Liberal leader, Farquhar Qiver hes not only surâ€" rised his buackers but also those who @d never seen him before or heard 3 name. â€" The last of a long line of peakets to tell cf their party‘s virâ€" ues, Mr. Oliver will appear in the gimphe Theatre tonight to expain the pcSition ¢f ‘his party in the Torthcomâ€" 1w and to make whatever caanpaign prom ses may be deemed necessary.. His meteorc rise to the leadership of the Liberal Party is not so amafing to those who know the mat‘s backzround. ‘Raised on a farm 100 miles from Torâ€" o'n\t.o at Princeville, Olivor‘s education ended at 13 when he returned to the frurm during the dfirst world war and helped with the heavy farm work. He never returned to formal education but was ~tremendously interested in deâ€" bat ng â€" and at the age of 22 was elecâ€" téd to the Legislature to be the youngâ€" est momber ever to sit as a member in any Canadian parliament. Yol. XXXIII No. 21 "A bigger majority than ever," was the prediction of "Ted" Jolliffe and William J. Grummett ;t the CCF Rally last Sunday evening. Here are shown Mr. E. B. Jolliffe, centre, hat in hand, left, Paul Lair‘scher Chairman of the Subscription Committee, Mr. William J. Grummett, candidate for South Cochranse, Mr. Jolâ€" liffe, Len A. Bradley, president of the Timmins CCF Club, and Leo P. Lalonde, Councillor or the Northern Ridings. The meeting was well attended and the speakers given a big hand. Advance Photo Dorglas Scanlan, Kirkland Lake, who was elected at the Liberal n:mination eccnvention May 5th in Matheson, w.ll se"in town the rest of the week. He arrived Tuesday morning after stumpâ€" irg the south part of ‘he riding. â€"Gregory T. Evar®, prosident of the South Cochrane L beral Association will _At North Bay in 1913 he married Miss Margaret Forgie, of Wingham, and in 1915 came to this camp where he established a tailoring business that has carried on through the years and grown with the growth of the town. While Mr. Geils was in much deâ€" mand in recent years for his musical talent, it was in the earlier days of the Portcupine Camp that he gave his most valuable services. There was a time when no event seemed complete without solos by James Geils.\ 7 humbers "Scots Wha Hae," “’he March of the Cameron Men," and â€"a "Hundred Pipers," his rich, powerful tuneful voite was heard to particyâ€" lar advantage. A man of well over loo pounds in «1tze, Mr. Oliver doesn‘t move fast nor ever seem in a hurry. Some of his friends have been as unkind as to say that he is lazy, but Mr. Oliver has consistently chown them to e wrong. During the present campa‘ign he reâ€" organized an almost dead party and sreathed life into a defunct party maâ€" whine. . Today, wellâ€"oiled from backers who trust the Oliver twist, the party l‘ oks like it mayv survive the electicn opening in 1917, and for several years after, and he also, later, assisted in training and leading the choir at St. Anthony‘s. also a hard worker as he has siwwn in this election. When a cabinet minister, and a workâ€" ‘~3 farmer, he and David Croll, then C..iar0 Minister of Labor, were the on y members to speak on behalf of a collective bargaining bill: ~Undeéer his intiwuence the full ccst of highways was assumed by.t h> prevince, automcile licersis were drastically â€"reducedâ€"and alighway costs were met by a tax cn gavpline (to the benelit of the farmers who don‘t get the use‘from the‘r cars that the city dwellers do).. As Minâ€" .ster of We‘{fare he was respons.ble for a $3 o‘d age penvion when, as he says "$3 meant=something.*"* 5 He organized a number of musical groups hereâ€" during the early days. one of these being the Caledonian Choir, of which, with full reason, he was iparticularly proud. The quarâ€" Continued on Page 6 ts bercine the opposition at least. If the turnover shouid come no one would be more surprised than Mr. Oliver alâ€" though he would We able to take it in his ample <tride. appreciated Publiahed in Timmina. (Int.. Canada EVERYâ€" FHURSDAY * Graduating "in (April with a B:A degree and a diploma in divinity, he was licensed to preach the gospel, and on May 1st was ordained at Knox Presbyterian Church. Three days later he was married. Mrs. Powel! who is taking her second year iuternâ€" ship at Toronto, will come to Timâ€" mins June Ist. rcadside stand in Schumacher just aâ€" cross the road from the bus station The whole event came off with disâ€" patch â€"and the, town was blanketed with. leaflets and organizers. The labor task force made a clean sweep and tackled every miner in the Cisâ€" trict. The reception they received was encouraging. A tenâ€"point program of action was drawn up by organiiers Leo Buck Behie and Ralph Carlin along with the stewards‘ group ‘of ‘the Organizing C:mmittee.. The members of LCcal 241 have been doing some name callâ€" ing and saying that the Organizing Committee is nothing but a company union. â€" The statement issued by "Buck". Behie wouldn‘t indicate any such affiliation. The program outlined is as follows: 1. A decent wage increase to hbe negotiated between the Timmins Mine Workers Organizing Committee and the companies. 2. Union security. 3. A joint committee â€"to set up bonus rights. s 4. «Two Weeks holidays with pay after three years service. 5. Six statutory holidays wilh pay and double time for working. 6. Clothing to be supplied by the A graduate of Knox College, Uniâ€" versity of Toronto, the Reverend D# ald Powell looks forward eagerlyv to his work in Timmins. On Saturday at â€"the U of T Alumni meetingy Mr Powell met many people and saic that he was most eager to get out into the surrounding district to look it over. A pleasant vcwKg iman. â€" Mr.Powell graduated from Knox College in Ar ril, and hopes that he will stay for 2 long time. Last Tuesday was a gala day for the _ newlyâ€"formed â€" Timminsâ€" Mine Workors .Organizing Committee. Not only did they distribute pamphlets to 2.300 miners between five and six qo‘clock in the morning but they also signed up men right and left at a Rev. Donald Powell New McKay Pastor The <~Reverend Donaid H. Powell, B.A., arrived in Timmins Jlast Friday to take over his duties as . the McKay Presbyterian Church. He succeeds Dr. William Paterson who is retiring. Reverend Mr. Powell served in the RCAF and then in the Army. In the summers between 1943 and 1947 in clusive he had summer parsonages at Peterborough, â€" Huntsville, â€" Brantfard and Stratford. Organizing Committee Makes Ciean Sweep In Membership Drive With nine others who graduvated from Knox, Rev. Powell was appointâ€" ed by the General Board of Missions to a ministry. The others are servâ€" ing in Presbyterian churches f{rom one ocean to the other. Mr. Powell is living now with Mr. and Mrs, Fred G, Summers at 168 Maple Street, South, but expects .tc have a home of his own as soon as his wife joins him.. Once settled, he will continue his studies for his BD. d>â€" gree. TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 27th, 1948 JOLLIFFE DISOWNS ANY COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNISTS Mervyn Hutson Faces Trial On Axe Murder Charge At Fall Assizes Mervyrf Hutson, 23, charged with the hatchet saving cof his widowed mother, Mrs. Lucy Victoria IHutson, was committed for trial at the Fa‘l Assizes. The dark skinned, slignt young war veteran appeared before Magistrate S. Atkinson in the Timâ€" mins Magistrate‘s court in answer to the arraigrment. â€" He appeared dsâ€" jected but showed no signs of nervâ€" ousness or of deep remorse. down during the questioning and burst into sobs, Telling of how he had c: me home last Thursday and found Mrs. Hutson at the foot of the cellar stairs in a rool of blood. Jackson said that he had struggled with Merâ€" vyn uor ns ses‘cn.of the hatchet which the v;ung man was still carrying in hischard when th> b:araer arrived. As the witnesses recounted what he had done, Mervyn, didn‘t look up or show any signs of emotion. Stoicâ€" ally he answered, "No Sir" when the magistrate asked him if he had anyâ€" thing to say about the charge. The chief witness, Isaac Jackson, a boarder at the Hutson home, broke "Cutside of his drinking he was as lovely#Â¥a boy as you could wish to find," Mr. Jackson, stated between sobs. And in addition to the tenâ€"point program is included a clause which calls for the payment by the company o{[ transportation costs to and from the minas. It also urges workers to make use of the democraticallyâ€"controlled coâ€"operative stores and people‘s credit banks and ‘to do everything to enâ€" courage these organizations. Dr. H. L. Minthorn, town coroner, Dr. R. P. Smith. Det.â€"Sgt. EFrnest Gagâ€" non, Constable Marcel Perreault, Sgt. William â€"Thompson and Constable Max Thomas a‘l save testimony. Bertha Beadman of 79 Way Avenue, right across the street from the Hutâ€" son home recounted her experience on entering the house with Mr. Jackâ€" son after being called by him. Mr. Jackson stated that there ha: (Continued on Page Five) 10. Appoint safety committee of workers and management Lo incet monthly and discuss safety problems in the mines. This final point, it was polinierd (ut by "Buck" Behie, was drawn up in connection with the support of co operatives sponsored by the Canadian Congress of Labor. When membership reaches the obâ€" jective set by the Organizing Comâ€" mittee they will then apply for 2 charter from the Canadian Congres® of Labor. "When we get the miners organized into a powerful union force we‘ll go right after our rightfui benâ€" efits. This morning "Buck" was most cheerful of the outcome. "Everyâ€" thing looks fine. The bovs are signâ€" ing up as fast as we can get to theim. It won‘t take us any 12 years to orâ€" ganize like Local 241." company at cost price. 7. Insurance and sickness benefit policies paid for by the company and administered by the union. 8. A disa‘ility fund for Uisabled workers not covered by compensation. 9. Adequate retirement pensions for workers after 15 years service. MERVYN HUTSON ‘"‘Mr. Drew,"‘ said Mr. Grummett, "knew that he couldn‘t interest the people in such small matters as butâ€" ter prices and old age pensions and other â€"important matters. Consequentâ€" ly he had to dazzle the people of this province with something and he pickâ€" ‘ed Hydro." The 600 million dollars involved had their desired effect and Mr. Drew was relieved of the emâ€" barrasoment of explaining what he had done in the past. More than 1000 cager CCFers crowdâ€" ed into the Palace Theatre last Sunâ€" day to hear E. B. Jollife Ontario Leader: of the OOF party andâ€" high priest of the Cooperative Commonâ€" wealth Federation movement. The theatre was already packed when Jolliffe arrived with William Grummett CCF house leader in the last Legitlature and member for Coâ€" chrane South. Mr. Joliffe was tired and showed the strain of travel. He had been holding meetings from the Manitcba border to the far north and in the Gonservative® South.. He had just finished a speech in Kirkland Lake before coming to Timmin:®. Len Rradley, president of the T mmins CCF Club was chairman and first inâ€" troduced Mr. Grummett. "No one knows why the election was called," Mr. Grummett began, "But I believe that it was because the government stock was going down and they wanted to try an election before it was too late." ‘"‘The workers would have been much more interested in milk prices and the little things which hit their pockets," said Mr. Grummett amid applause. "Only three of the 22 points of 1943 have been carried through to any fullilment. Saskatchewan‘s Record Good Since CCFers Took Over Helm Do Same For Ontarioâ€"E. B. J. "Mr. Drew now promises hospitals and a university to the North but D. Walter Riddell was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. Gillies at a «mall dinner party in the curling lounge of the Mclintyre Arena iast Saturday evening before the meeting of the University of Toronto Left to right, Mrs. M. M. Mustard, Miss Norma Advance Photo Alumni Association. Routliffec, Mrs. R. J. Renison, and Mrs, Gillies. Dr. Riddell stressed the need for realizing how the Russians were laking the various countries they wanted in Europe â€" "psychological aggression," he termed it. Here are shown left to right, Bishop Renâ€" ison, Dr. Walter Riddell, Mr. A. Gillies and Mr. John Beattic, U of T. Alumni Hears Dr. Riddell Published in Timmins, Ont.. Canada EVERY THURSPAY Mr. Grummett said that labor should be given a code like that given labor in Saskatchewan. He said the labor code set forth by the Drew government was one which had been discarded by Humphrey Mitchell. how much will they carry through when Drew has already refused to aid the existing hospitals. These are just campaign promises and mean nothâ€" ing to Mr. Drew and his party. "Our councillors in the North have worked chard for the municipalities and are still unable to get taxation from the mines. We intend to do something about the taxation rights of <the Mining Municipalities. We will â€"seek a more squitable form of taxation. "‘The 100 thousand dollars a year for ten years to Sudbury is nothing but a bribe, and the people of Sudâ€" bury will not be bought." He said. ‘"In my five yvears in the House. I have urged that new roads be built in the North. A road from Sudbury might open ‘up what might prove to be the best area of the North country. "The Drew government continually said that they didn‘t have the money to put into roads for the North ded spite the fact that they continually spent money wildly on super highâ€" ways in the Scuth:>: The Montreal highway is double lane, a new double lane highway is to be built to Barrie and another double lane don‘t want a double lane highway in the North," declared Mr. Grummett, He said the Matachewan â€" Swastika | highway, one of his projects, had been | pooh poohed in the house as the govâ€" I ertnment said, "Where will the money | come from?" I "we just want a singleâ€"lane highw with a good surface." Some of that. $25,000,000 surplu )i "Another thing which has been neâ€" glected is the franchise. If young men ,‘ of 18 are old enough to fly huge bomâ€" lbers and drop death on the enemy then they are old enough to vote," P 1 said Mr. Grummett. "We of the CCF intend to change this." Mr. Grummett stated that 22 Bills had been drafted by the CCF during last Legislature and every one of them had been turned down on the grounds that they had been poorly drafted. "‘They. didn‘t receive> any consideration," he said, "Although fiese bills had been drafted by govâ€" ermnment experts." "A Civil Rights bill will be passed as soon as we take over," said Mr. Grummetlt. "President Truman of the United States thought that it was important that legislation be made to make the people cease their discrimâ€" ination yet Mr. Drew said that such a bill couldn‘t be passed, and that civil rights were up to the individual. The bill was voted down by the whole Conservative government." could have been used for roads and they still would have had plenty over to impress the people. They just wouldn‘t do anything about Northern roads." CA â€"ballot {orâ€" the> CCPâ€"meansâ€"#n ballot for the Common Man, and not for the vested interests of the proâ€" vince," said Mr. Grummett. "Elect the People‘s party." Mr. Grummét walked back to his chair on the stage amid the pounding applause of his supporters. "A great injustice has been done uor old age pensioners," sgaid Mr. Jolâ€" liffe. "They had been led to believe Khat they would receive the much needed $40 a month from the governâ€" ment but of the 72,000 pensions in the province only 1965 are getting the $10 bonus from the Ontario Governâ€" ment. The others are getting $30 a month and less â€" how can they ‘surâ€" vive?" 4 He told of a pensioner who was 90 years of age and living on the $30 pension. But this man had an excep: tional constitution and had at ons time fought John L. Sullivan 15 rounds and had been an outstanding athlete. "It is only if you go 15 round: with John L. Sullivan that Mr. Leo Lalonde then spoke on beâ€" half of the financial side of party work. ‘"We need $2000 for this camâ€" paign. We feel that we must keep this a people‘s party and the financing must come from the people. If we pay the fiddley we can call the tune." "I know that it is pretty tough to pay to vote, when we are used to beâ€" ing paid to vote." Mr. Lalonde addâ€" ed. "Our platform was not hastily conâ€" structed from the planks of other parties," said Mr. Jolliffe" but »was built last Octoberslong before we even suspected that Drew would spring an eclection on us. "We will have one of the biggest majorities ever recorded in Ontario," he said Shaking his clenched fist, "‘The CCF has done such marvelous work in Saskatchewa»y» that they will once again be returned on June 24th. in the Jlast Federal election 19 out of 21 ridings voted CCF. ~The reason they will be returned is because they clared. athlete. "It is only if you go 15 round: with John L. Sullivan that you could live on the present penâ€" sion, and few of us could do that." Said Mr. Jolliffe amid roars of laughâ€" Mr. Jolliffe looking grayer than he has for some time, stepped up to the microphone. Single Copyâ€"Five Cents pay