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Porcupine Advance, 24 Jun 1948, 1, p. 5

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As one example of what faced the Committee was one home in which two couples were allocated, then one couple cancelled, so another couple were added in their place. Then the wife of the other delegate could not attend so that léeft one couple and one stag, then the zecond couple heard that friends of theirs were attending and requesed accomodation close to their friends so we transferred the one. couple to another home and the remaining stag to a second â€" home. This left that home without delegates so we allocated to that home four stags from Montreal, then three weeks later the Committee received notifiâ€" cation that the Montreal delegation of four stags had cancelled. While all homes have not been subâ€" . D; ject to Changes like this there has been ativ a tremendous amount of clerical work" end. Having. one: special spcomodation billet in which a large number of stags had been allocated the Committee withdrew four from there and trans- ferred them to this home and at the date: of this article it appears that this home will be having four deleâ€" gates stayiné there. the Dflrfit Secretary â€" at Toronto malled names of the delegates as reâ€" ceived by him and these were allocâ€" ated to hotels and homes, then as happens at all Conventions, changes, alterations and additions were recordâ€" ed as pres:ure of business, sickness and other events prevented delegates from attending. advertm were placed in the newspapers gml,over the radio to enâ€" kure that sufficient homes were regisâ€" Lered for the unknown number of delâ€" You‘re c_‘odially_ invited to visit our showroom . ... to seefor yourself the car. all Canada is hailing as the stand:â€"out "Car of the Year‘". It‘s the new Ford: "Fortyâ€"Niner" ... . and‘ xt's completely new from â€" the : ground ge‘an and see it. . ' wWELCOME LiONs _AND .. VISITORS ... sgi g $ recordâ€" ickness legates® ed the which en one couple en the not nd one «. Jn 2t an an »B ie s un e stt f s Lk tiks) a $ta EC ‘«l f + [ | 15 t 185 § *, ‘-In .dminghomomnthuwe Mnotmfliflrhomu‘thmwu PAY ; umwmhbmwm we alm vure not aware advised where owners went to special trouble Jn prenrafionp. fingally as one of the .mny eo:mnunlcatim rectived two or three times a week I would like to â€"quoteâ€"a wire received this morning using. fictitious names: "Cancel Dep. uty Governor Bill Smith, Mount Forâ€" est substitute Mr. ~and Mrs. John Dow for Mr..and Mrs. Geo Wilson, Thornâ€" hill{ STOP Dundas Club‘ Lion: Wilson will have wife.along also son desire double and single adjoining rooms STOP Please wire return it Windsor homeâ€"reservations to remain or can squeeze into. hotel STOP Cancel . Bill Brown Ottawa‘"‘. _ _ For last® minute the Committee hope to keep a few homes in reserve but I will stress that by. .Sunday June 27th there may still be cancellation and additions and it is this that governs the work of. the. Convention commlttee Da,vid Weir of Matheson visited relâ€" atives in Kirkland Lake over the weekâ€" hy To) w D _ CÂ¥ *Â¥ r4*~" *‘ This is the first convention of its kind ever . to be held in the . North country. More than 800 guests will arrive in town Sunday afternoon and 200 members from the local clubs of South Porcupine,â€" Schumacher and Timmins will also attend the opening exercises. It will be the convention of District A Lions International and» will include representauves from clubs in Ontario and Quebec. There will also be some visitors from the States. Two senior officials will be Roy Keaton of Texas representing the International preSIdent Fredâ€"Smith of l Oaliffomig), and International ~Vizeâ€" ; President Walter Fisher of Queenston, Ontario, who in 1950 will be the secâ€" [ [ ond Canadian to hold office as Inter- E|] national â€"President. _‘For last© minute (regfstrations the Committee hope to keep a few homes in reserve but I will stress that by Sunday. June 2Â¥7th there may still be cancellation and additions and it is this that governs the work of. the Convention committee. .The committee desires to express their appreciation of the coâ€"operation afforded: by the home owners and want them to know that the Commitâ€" tee have done all they possibly could to use‘the homes, no priorities or disâ€" criminations.: were : used ‘ except by dates.and had the full number of delâ€" egates expected been â€"registered ‘we certainly would have used all the homes offered.: 4 On Wednesday evening the District Governor‘s banquet will be held falâ€" lowed by entertainment and dancing. In between the major activities of the day there will be golfing, swimming Park where whole sheep and half an ox will be barbecued over an open fire. In the evening there will be dancing at the Riverside Pavilion. . The addresses of welcome will open ‘the â€" meeting. General . Chairman Stanley G. Fowler will make the opâ€" ening address and will introduce the Tions International â€" officers. Tha Mayor of Timmins, Reeve of Tisdale, the three club presidents of Timmins, South Porcupine and Schumacher and the committee chairmen, (25 of them) will present short speeches of welcome to the visitors. w Following the speeches there will be a‘short necrology service for those Lions who have died during the past year. A presentation of flags cereâ€" mony for the 22 countries in which Eionism operates will follow. Recâ€" ently Lions International opened clubs in Sweden and Switzerland early in 1948. Other clubs are expected to open soon in other parts of Europe. A concert will end the proceedings. â€" On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesâ€" day business: sessions will be held. Lions International parade will be held. So far 31 floats have been enâ€" tered in the parade which will be plenty long.: In the evening there will be the_ International Banquet and Dance â€" Tuesday aternoon there will be a huge picnic at the Buffalo Ankerite The opening ceremonies of the conâ€" vention will take place at the McInâ€" Lyreâ€" Arena at 8 p.m. Sunday June 27th and as many ‘other service clubs and other organizations ‘as possible 'qre being invited to attend up to the seating capacity of the Ar ena. A special booth will be set up by the Porcupine Health Unit so that visiting Lions may have their chest Xâ€"rayed while they are here. This will be set up under the supervision ‘of ‘ Dr. Lane superintendent of the ’Porcupine Health Unit. The convention couldn‘t have been ‘attempted in the first place except for the fine building of the Mcintyre Ax- ~ewmd- through of Mr.â€" / _ ‘As the trains arrive with the deleâ€" gates on Sunday many of the people will be looking over our town. The Lions Club have an advertisement this week bringing attention to the cleanâ€" up week this week. Be sure and tidy up the front yard and don‘t leave junâ€" ior‘s bike on the roadway where it can be run over. R. J. Innis, General Manager of the McIntyre Mines. â€" The community spirit that has been shown in this venture will long be remembered by the members of the Lions Club. Lions Arrive Sunday Contirued from Page 1 and didn‘t think ‘that it was someone else‘s show. On . Monday _ afternoon the huge The ‘pounding of hammers and the slap of paintâ€"brushes add to the busâ€" tling sceneâ€"at the New Legion Hall which is to be completed by July 1st. Here is shown Carpenier Tremblay of Timmins as he carefully fits a hinge to one of the many doors of the hall. § | l If statesmen with bulging brows and intelligence to burn can‘t solve these problems sufficiently â€"well then why yap at laboring men? It all boils down to the fact that labor and management have to get along as best they can with each other. That does not mean that labor should demand everything because they certainly . do not do everything. And it | doesn‘t The trouble was, the labor men and the red men were fighting a common rnemy. It was much the same posiâ€" tion in which the allies found themâ€" selves in the‘last war when they jumpâ€" ed into bed with the Russians in order to stave off Hitler‘s hordes.. We didn‘t think that the Russians would treat us so badly when the shooting was over. But we had been warned enough of their character and theâ€" way they had treated others. in variou: : provision. And then the their pckey little offices. Cluctered : omim Q_AM who had in little grouns on the station piatform | a ‘news photographer dufluthaymmuumaumsmge the Communist picketing of the "Iron new town. Most cf them were new Curtain" at the Roxy Theatre, popped editors orf‘papers which had been in out of the wedge jumped to the plat. famil‘es for generations The war form, gathered the pennies and trieda ‘had played havoc with the old editcrs sized tow‘ns to. hand them to Cugran‘ It looked tor a moment like a riot might start. Curran closed the meetâ€" ing. "Thus, savs Riesel," n similar ways, in other ports, Communists will try to stampede other union rallies into voting for strikes on other ships. If they fail, they‘ll try to provoke wildâ€" cat walkouts. Then, a lot more than Ltheir politics wil be red when the honest seamen go to work." and they were quietly passing on the mtntk-. of editorshin to the younger men with much: trevidation and doubts. Among the editors of varied sizes and ages were a few women editors of varicus beauty but of the same age. The yvour; editos in the crowd had {heir eyes ‘po‘inted all one way when Blonde Barbara Avelsworth nassed by. has been gradually working int.o her father‘s editorial chair ever since the cld boy found that Barbara !}ad some ‘editorial knowleage under And so it goes, the whoe nasty busâ€" iness. Businessmen in their simple way don‘t understandâ€" why labor has been so lenient to the reds in the past Surely, burbles the businessman, they could ‘have seen which way the red men were leading them. â€"It for a moment like a riot might start. Curran closed the meetâ€" ing. "Thus, savs Riesel," n similar ways, in other ports, Communists will try to stampede other union rallies into _ o f-*'lclal Opemn! Of The es ie CA NADIAN LEGION MEMORIAL | *ALL PLAN ATTEND OUR BIG . ; . . 2.30 P.M.. LEGION INTERBRANCH SPORTS _ HOLLINGER PARK f 1.30 P.M. TRACK AND FIELD MEET â€"HOLâ€" LINGER BALL PARK 2.30 P.M. T.B.%. BAJSEBALL â€" HOLLINGER , Ku'kland Lake vs Hollmger 2e Afternoon â€" 1.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. _ BEANERY HOT DoGS ICE CREAM Softball â€"â€" tug of war â€" darts, etc 0 w jme < i M + O this was their annual flight from n little grouns on the station pliatform ey loked about them at this strange town.â€" Most cf them were new editors of papers which had been in familles for generations The war had played havoc with the old editcrs and they were quietly passing on the mantls of editorshin to the ycounger men with much: trevidation and doubts. Among the editors of varied sizes and ages wefre a few women editors of varicus beauty but of the same age. The vour; editos in the crowd had £ io * fls oo WQ fdt B =J 4 1. _Â¥ jar %'; h ; ficod of editorials explaining the m of sceimi. Work ‘where the Red Crom o and Quebec. . This @ll\to the good for in oontact with other us in the North. The more pubkicity ations, it is essential that each knoy we get and the more constructive ediâ€" of the others work, their actual plac torials . that are written, the better in the home and how each can bey chance We have of putting across our help the other. . In this way they caf story. ‘The weekly editors are the w ' ‘cn a more helpful and . m o lie ones who can do just that.. Their ediâ€" undars . y 16 *A C 9e torials are reéad with greater care.and @ince the beginning of 1948, close tt criticism than those in the da‘ly press seven hundred families have Tecelived and the editor‘‘is not so restricted in Homemake o. : ; subjects or by sacred cows. . e 2e t § o1 00(0000 0) Merton Lake, Publisher of the . ~â€" Miss AFa McChesney left \MDW pine Advance acted as host to the day for Atlantic City, U. S. A., afte visiting editors,:â€"and accompanied them spending the vast month at the homi Reeve Stan Gard.rer, Township of Wh tney introduced the guest speaker ‘Reeve Vic Evans who sooke on the second dlargest industry ¢of the district lumbering.. He. urged the editors to promote the preservation of our forâ€" ests and natural wealth and power. PFollowing the luncheon the editors ci‘imbed into busses and went on a surâ€" face tour of the mines. Through the Hollinger property, the McIntyre, Conâ€" Buses met the par‘y at the station and carried them on a short tour of T mmins and vicinity and dropped them at the Community Centre for luncheon. Tha lunchon was sponsored by the townships of Whitney, Tsdale, Mountjoy ard Timmins. : Mayor Karl Evre again welcomed the weekly editors to Timmins and acâ€" ted as chairman at the head table, inâ€" troducing them in his own inimitable mean that management should try to slice the turkey too thin. If manageâ€" ment manages properly and workers wark properly, there will be no cause for comment from anyone. since the cld boy found that Barbara had some ‘editorial knowleage under ‘he pretty blonde tresses. . Buses met the par‘y at the station and carried them on a short tour of T mmins and vicinity and dropped them at the Community Centre for luncheon. Tha lunchon was anangarai hu thao taammnmcohina aAaf UThi‘tkmn as? «Jcurnalâ€"â€"Argus Mr. Eli Grose, who has worked for three generations of edâ€" tors on that paper. HKe started to work for the grandfather and now works for the grandson. son also wiirks as a printer in the organtzatio [ The present editor of the paper Joh: Eedy is a nephew of Mrs. Arch Gillies of Timmins. § d of Assoâ€" the men‘ Weekly Newspaper their annual convention held in 1: to Roval York Hotel. The ed tors the were from ontario and Queber weekly on hand after ON‘THE OCCASION OF THE . 00 P.M. BALL PARK 9.00. A.M. 11.00 A.M. _ Morning â€" 900 a.m. to 12.30 . p.m. Among the visiting editors: was the production manager of the St. Mary‘s Cor. Spruce 8t. and Third Ave. 314 _ Clean Rooms * TRACK AND FIELD MEET â€" HOLLINGER PARK new M.emoi'ial Hall, Algonq‘un Bliyd. E. A’DDRESS oF WELCOME . MAYOR K. EÂ¥RE â€" Introduction of visiting . > *4 o. Presentation of Past Presidents Medals . Presentation of "Royal Canadian Bumane Aasoclatmn award. Address by President W C Shields D.F.C. Branch 88, Timmins. Dedication ceremony by Father O’Gorman and Rev W.~M.: Mustard. MEMORIAL MARCH â€" From Cedar: Street: Hall: to Grand opening of Memorial Hall. Evening â€" Hotel their tour cof the town and the Day or Week Very Rumnbb Rateo Quilet Atmosphere Children‘s Rides *)/ of sctiBl Work where the Red Oroms. Homuhnw goas into the home \th ¢: ji.; McChesney left dtyi tlantic City, U. 8. A., mxui spendlng the vast month at the home . of her: ts, Mr. and Mrs. Maitland Mcchesn â€"~ 20 Hart street. t N P n o0 i t t C# _ PW J Dr. Chase‘s Ointment. 2512.p D? } *mglon er. You‘ll find quick ; relief for painfual les when you use Dr, ~Chase‘s: antise c ‘Ointment., Prowu y telwf for over 50 years, Phone 2923R

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