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At the weekly luncheon of the Tim- min: Kiwanis at the Empire hotel on Monday. “Rememberance Day” was fit- tingly observed both in the address of the gut 3t speaker Mr. Percy A Boyce. principal o.‘ Schumacher public school 'and in spec: ai guest; of honour for the occasim. There was also a minute‘s silence in honour of the memory of those who had given their lives in ser- vicr- the tribute also being extended to incudc the late Austin Neame. a former member of Timmim Kiwanis, who pas- sd :11 last weal: after a long lie in military and other service; to his fel- low: The guests 0! rumour were introduced by A I“. McDowell. who referred to the sex vice overseas in the, last war giveli by Major R. E. Buell. new 0. O. of the local un.. f the Aizcnq'uim, and Capt. B. J. Bréon another officer of the Alfl'sonquins who is the secretary-man- ager of Timmim Branch No. 88, Cenad‘ inn Legion. i director: Carson taller. 'I‘immlns; and Rich. Ra pa Tammi). President Woodbury called attention to the fact that suitable quarters had 1w: ye: teen secured tor the annual turkey shcotw Bo {Inked any member The Victorian Order of Nurses re- ceived a grant of $1500 to carry out flieh‘ work for the remainder of the year. The piovision with the grant was that the V. O. N. increase the ‘cost per vi it from $1.35 to $2.00 per visit. We want the cooperatmn of the mu‘nicipallbieen- If the {maze-up“ stays-- it will be. necessary to curtail the power requirements all winter. Other : lC-SLS or the day .introduced _‘ by Nick Bascmno, were: mum 5o DeCruyemxere and Frank 1.3mm mm M Ti mmins: Past President Dr. Earl Same: ville. South Porcupine Kiwanis; R. E. Sturgeon. T. C. A. C recreational We have not arrived at any definite cut but it will be known within a couple of days, I believe that it will be about 150/0 less than was consum- ed in October. These restrictions will be impased on everybody. w? hive the past yéar m other aréas. done before we enfotce'pomr restric- tions." ’ Must Honor Our Heroes 1)., Boyce Tells Kiwanis wha knew at promises um might be obtained to contact a member of the ccmar. :tee at once Be repeated the mm": on the committee: Punk Bailey and R P Klan}. Wanna: Chude Dmulniexs. Wu; J. L. Pul- ton. J Human!!! madman A. Now.- an and a cum kt Edouard Bartlett: find the community singing, with "Secretary w; H. Wilson at. flu 9.3m. WtUnless the reduction is reached it be necekary to assist it by means legulatiomz and power shutofls.as We ibelieve that this will be the last year for such curtailments as the new power projects in other areas of Ont- arlo will be in Operation in 1950 and 1951 to augment the power supply. If voluntary restrictions are intro- duced according to last. years scheme window lighting .show lighting. and home lighting wil' be reduced to an absolute minimum. 'nmmlns had no, problem meeting the requirements last year and no reason why it cannot be done. again this year.. The Municipalities will be asked to curtail but as yet I feel they should take steps to reduce power consump- tion voluntarily to avoid such a policy as was introduced last year in South- ern Ontario. Today we have a greater load to car: y ccmmred to last year and it ls actually much higher than we. had an- ticipated a year ago. The condition is such that it i; unwlse to continua without Sime/form'o.‘ conservation in order to haveo a sufllcient supply of water during the lean months of Mar- ch and April. We have already asked the. mines to introduce conservation and a of Mon- day the 'mine; will be on quota. Mr. Rothwell informed the delega- ticn present, “the situation we are facni win) is the :ame as last year. Th. ther storage 39 about. the same with the exception that so far we have not had tT'e rains which came early in Novembr-r last year. Mr. Graham informed the group by means 0 a graph, the water stor- age satuati n in N rthem Ontario The xxyaro-moctrié Power Commu- sicn .9! Ontario. Ttmmms Branch cal- led a meeting (J the Mine Managers and Eiectrical stat! of the mines at 10:80 am. and a meeting of the Town emails and members 0. the Northern Ontam Mining Municipalities Associ- atxn who were. in town to hold a can- cas in we Township of Wh.cney on Wednesdzy“ afternoon. were called to a meeJng at 11:80 am. at the Grill Room -1 the. Empire Hotel. Mr. J. P. Burke lacal manager intro- duced the speakers. Mr. H. R. Graham, regu: l manger of the. H. E. P. C. an] Mr. D. H. Rothwell, Hydro engin- eer from T.ro.1to. Hydro Request Local Power Restrictions The speck] Iowa-wear Mb for perfect Vol. XXXIV' No. 46 V5 0. N. Receive Grant attendance was presented to G. A. Mc Donald, Past Lieutenant-Governor P. T. Moisley doing the honour in this. After a few words 03! honoroua inttr- ‘ actions, the guestspeaker gave graphic description of two soldiers he had en- countered in his serVice in Belgium all who encountered the fellow. The other man the exact opposite. He went out or hls way to do helpful things for the rustle: who came along. He was a friend to all. 'In the ilnale. he gave his ll e at Passchendoele than et- fart to help others. even beyond the strict call or duty. "Reggie Phelps was amen, a real man!" the speaker said. The world ls made up of two kinds of people -â€" ‘the men who help and do thrir- part. and the {ellows who shlrlt -- the gpeaker continued, adding that unless we honoured the heroes. then Remainbemncc- Day had no meaning at all. He concluded hls lnsplrlns addre-e with the text from Matthew 10, 39: “Hr- that undeth his life shall lose ltlhe that loseth hls life for My sake shall "ind it.” ' The guest speaker ‘z‘or the clay was introduced by Past Lieutenant-Gover- nor W. O. mngdon, who referred to the service given overseas in the fir°t world war by Percy Boyce; tut also emph- asized the other service to the com-‘- munity in the work of educatlng the chlldren. during the first world war. The one :hlrked every duty that he coulduand was genuine or vein in iace of hardship or danger. * is sen-centred selfish- ness and cowardice reused the scorn or Local Unions Suggest ‘ 100 p c Compensation Following the council meeting on Tuesday evening in the lobby of the Town Offices 21 special meeting was held with interested groups to pre- sent their briefs to the council re- garding the Workman’s” Compensa- tjon Act. The briefs in turn would be presented to the Northern Ontario Mining Municipalities Association which would be held the following day at the Township of Whitney Mu- nicipal Building. Upon their presen- tation here- the rmendations made at this met-.ing Would be for-- warded to Justice Roach who will be holding a, hearing regarding changes in the Workman's Compensation All representatives requested that there should be 1 % compensation for all workers which they considered only fair and reasonable. Submitting mritfien )brlefs to thd meeting were the Lumber and Sew- mill Workers Union. No. 2995 repre- sented by H. L. Raketti and the Por- cupine Mine Workers Union Local 100. Representing the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union Local 241 was Stanley Kramer who presented verâ€" bal arguments to the council. All representatives expressed their regret that the council had not given them more notice in, order that they could have given a more complete and comprehensive brief to the coun-- oil for the meeting with the Mining Municipalities. According t6 the evidence produced by the palice Main-aux was drunk when he was picked up. - . ' ' DRUNK AND STEALING Amedre Mailloux charged with tha theft of a packsaSk worth $20.00 from Wm. Leblanc plcaded guilty to the charge. Maillout adnl.tted hiding the packsack but lost it and gid not remember where he lost it. Re told the court that he was sure he did not sell it but that it was. lost. Mailloux was :mtenced by the Mag- istrate to 10 days for being drunk and 60 days for stealing to run concurrent- 1y. Pearl Dupras charged with the theft of two table knives from the Royal Lunch pleaded guilty to the charge and said that she had taker. them for a joke. The Magistrate gave. her a severe warning and made her sign a bond for $100 to keep the peace. for a year. REMANDED Zugmunt Tibin of 211 Algonquin Blvd. East was charged for highgrading by tho Ontario Provincial Police when they found gold hearing are in his room last Saturday. The case was remanded until next Tuesday in order b have an assay report ’ to continue with the proceedings. Mr. Kramer stated, “the workers ‘ Police Court STEALS KNIVES 'IV' a? mum than: this 52:: a! thing keeps up.” WM Mr. Bartleman. The clerk was authorized by bho council to have a By- «law prepared 10:- lthe antherlzation of agreement be- tween the Corporation and the North American Life Assurhnce Co. to. pro- vide a much-plan for the Police and I'Ph‘e Defiftment of the Town of Tim-- Between had been received. by the council for the installation of street fights in viz-tons parts of the m. said Am In a flatter to the Council the Public School Board informed them that the 3131:): and the Moneta Schools woutd be available for .the late-election meetings. ,The board requested that fine coupon 'approach the Separate School Bard for the ma of their Schools in the same efl'ort. The town clerk‘ read out two let- ters submitted by representatives at the meeting to show the inadequacy of the compensation for total disa- bility caused. by silicosis. In the one case a Single man was receiving $47.56 per month and unable to work while the second case a married man with three children. received $23.50 This information was taken by the clerk for the council to prepare a brief to present to the Associatioh meeting the following afternonoon. example in the cade of a bushworker. If he were on his".way to work and a. strong wind came up blowing a tree over causing it to fall on him he wound not repeive compensation because it Is an 32:1; of God. I felt that _ no matter {where the man is. if he gets him; .he should receive compensation." .. k \ 3.11 per month. These were cases of com- plete disability. A working man. with any of these ailments‘ should be covered by com- pensation; In the case of- silicosis it is commonly known that it has an effect gt; the heart Yet if a sili- fcotic dies " ‘ the cause of death is ' mean i’ailure the widow of the deceased is not entitled to a pension because the Act does not cover this type of case eveii though silicosis may have been the direct cause of the heart' failure. A member at «Ev-the meeting sug- gested that Mr. Rpach appear in one of the IE) fie rn Municipalities so that ul he co vé'stigate some of these cases first hand ‘ Arthritis. is prevalent among miners and is oftgn caused from old injuries a number of years previous to the attack. " “Have you any figures to compare the number of_ arthritic cases in the mines tb those in other industries," asked Mr. Bartleman. in the North have been unjustly treated by the Act because it does not coverfithe ‘men in this area suf- ficiently.- , What we require is com- pensation' 0n Respiratory Diseases, Arthritis, Athlete’s Foot, Heart Ail- ments and Lumbago. “No. I do. not_ have any figures with me," replied, Mr. Kramer. “Accidents termed as the Act of God, I $11,, ._ should be changed in the 550%” “said Mr Raketti. “For “By x number of requests it looks ‘t‘h‘o we‘need about 15 lights. £6we \ Council Brief ‘1" __ Public Pension Plan TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, lfl-OVEMBER 17th, 1949 . ' "W _ WW2? cw- , Single Copyâ€"Five Cents Smash Ring Of Thieve I Wha “Stole For Fun pensive in England. and at times un- obtainable. 1 saw blaék market ped- dlers openly selling their 11919113 in Oxford 81., London. with one eye Open for the police. At mentégi shilling: and slxpence a pair he was getting away with murder! I looked closely. and flannel very third-rate “seconds." In the stores (when ob- tainable) they sell far twentygflve to thirty shillings a pair. I made sev- eral life-long friends by presenté’ n! my 0er stockingsfi 'Mr. Fred'Remus has reotured to his home in Arnprior after visiting rel- atives and friends in the district. (Continued. from Last Week) I was reading an article by a fam- ous writer this week upon England (he is still there), and his remarks made me remember something I had .‘orgotten to comment on in my ear- lier writing. He says “England is a cold, cold countryâ€"that is, we have .found it so.” It is old not because the out- door temper ture is abnormally low (actually the weather is good for this time of the year), but because thest people don't keep their indoor tem- peratures much above the outdoor. It isn't only that they are short of fuel; they do it anyway.” They polite'iy appeared to believe me. but I am afraid they are still slightly skeptical A y Impressions of a Canadian. Who Recently Returned From England As I found to my cost upon my arrival in England in May. I wore Nylon stockings (than which in cold weather there is nothing colder). and for weeks I bravely went out, facing the spring breezes, returning later chilled to the bone. my nether limbs like icicles, and was actually hours getting warmed up or even thawed out! i My English frienls marvelled at my ck of woollen undergarments. I it ed to explain that we lived in summer all, the time in our house-x, and put on extra clothing whey/we went out!! ‘ Nylon stdckings are the desire of very girl’s heart, Theyfire very ex- At' this week’s meeting of..~:‘the Tim- mins Y"s Men‘s Club the guest speaker was the Rev. C. C. Miller of the Ontario Temperance Federation 'who is at present in the community to assist in organizing the campaign in opposition to the opening of Liquor Lounges here. The speaker was in. troduced by Gower Markle, the Gen- eral Secretary ’of the Porcupine Com- munity YMCA, and thanked by T. E. Hawkins. After his introductory re- marks, Mr. Miller showed a' Film “It’s Brain that Counts.” The Presi- dent Basil Howse then opened the meeting for questions and there was much excellent discussion on both sides of the issue. . m... The Porcupine. Chamber of Com- merce will hold a general meeting tomorrow evening at 8.00 pm. in the council chambers and a full explan- ation o the forthcoming Santa Clause Parade will be tabled at thenmeeting. Where I was visiging, each room had an dectric'fire.) After this fire had been lighted about an hour the zoom temperaturé would be suffi- ciently ‘up’, tr) be bearable. Just' as’ one was feeling normai somebody would Open a door 1 and the chi‘fin’g process would begm all over again. Y’s Men Dlscuss Cocktail Lounges GENERAL MEETING Continued From Last Week ' (Heard many statics ,0! Mr. Chur- Qchm when in mum). Ana whne Ispotewpwpleofallmkaand (Continued 0n Pace 8h) YMCA Helps Santa Claus Parade The YMCA has been asked to _as~ sist the Santa Claus Parade, which, is to be held on S-atqrday, November I went to Westerham, the quaint Kentish village where the Rt Hon. W. 8. Churchill O...M C..,H M..,P Hon. RNA (to give him his full ti le) and Lady Churchill live. I spoke to some of the villagers and learned that Lady Churchill is a very frienlly persqn and does many things for charity. A. garden party (Open to all) had been held at Chartersvl'le (their residence) before I went, so I; missed out on that! Westerbazn has the distinction of being the birthplace of Wolfe. the conqueror of Quebec. Quebec house. where he was born, is one of the chow-places of this old~world vii- 2-3, under the direction of the Por- cupine Chamber of Cornmerqe, by obtaining 150 young men and warmer who are willing to take part in the parade. So far the response has been gratifying, but more teen-age boys are needed. Anyone interested in helping and taking part in the Santa Claus Parade is askel to contact .the YMCA Office at 177 Algonquin B1vd.,. E., or phone 3893. A. Bruce C. Clark _‘ Appointed Principal New Toke St. School I was also in London at the time the art treasures whiCh were buried at Munich during the war were 0n exhibition, and was ~‘ privileged to visit thertu Some ‘ot these pictures- old and valuableâ€"were strikingly beautiful, most of them awe’re of a religious nature. At least I knew that his “Simset, Cannes Harbour” (1922") was a sun- set and nothing else!! He also had “Lake Near Breccles'., “Sunset Roe- hampton,” “The Palladian ”Bridge. Wilton,” “Winter Woodland' m. d ‘ Fontaine de Vancluse” (1948) on ex- hibition. - The Timmins Public School Board at their meeting held on Thursday, November 17th, :apppin‘hd Mr. A. Bruce Clark as principal of the new Toke Street School. The appoint- ment to be effective September 1950. Mr. IClark, at the present time, is the assistant principal of the Birch Sreet School. . as he has no pretensions to being an artist. his acco’mplishments in this direction ranked far higher 13mm many of our sc-called artists-â€"1n my estimation. hibition. . . , Some of his pictures’ have sold for real-1y large 3:11?“ but, of course. his signature on e picture .is worth it! My great desire was to see Mr. Winston Churchill in person. The closest I got to this aspiration was to see his .pictures _in the Royal Aca- demy of Arts in London. I am no art critic. not even attempt to impressions of his here. I know that this hobby has given him many hours of relaxation and pleasure, and I really did think that, Nylons were promised by the gov- ernment by the end of the year. An] I would set down my achievements ig worth it! at the time i Real Lebrun and Frcd Tomlinso fcharged with stealing groceries to the “value «of $250 from the. C. 81. C. Stores ‘Whlch is the property of Jack Cohen. . Detective Sgt. Beacock who‘imest- igated the‘casé told the court" "Rea"! Lc‘arun had been employed by the C. 8.: C. Stores for the past year as a truck driver and had admitted taking $250. of goods .in ease lots,' splitting up the cases and selling the goods to his friends. Lebrun said definately that he would pay up the money with- in the next few days for the goods he had taken.” Chairman of the project, D. We- myss, reported that contracts were coming in in fine style. To date well over fifty -merchants have ' signed contracts with the Club. Articles already received included anything from a ladies’ or gents’ Watex Watch to a voucher on a Ford Car. atcom- plete small orchard and perennial plants for a moderately sized home. an electrol-ux. coal. wood. and many other articles. All proceeds from this project are used for youth work in the Porcu- pine area. Receivers of Stolen ‘ ‘ Goods Get Jail Terms Contracts have already been signed with the Radio Station for Decem- ber '9th. At a regular weekly meeting. the Y's Men reviewed their plans for the second annual Radio Auction. Our radiq advertisement has al- ready started over Station CKGB and the Bid Sheet Committee reported that November 25th was the deadline for articles and advertisemedts. Y;’s Men Make Plans For Second Annual Radio Auction to a voucher on a Ford Car. atcom- plete small orchard and perennial plants for a moderately sized home. an electrol-ux, coal. wood, and many other articles. Our radiq advertisement has al- ready started over Station CKGB and the Bid Sheet Committee reported that November 25th was the deadline for articles and advertisemedts. Last year the Y’s Men's Club soldi‘ well. over $2,000 worth" of merchan- dise in a matter of hours over the radio. of phone calls. at Townships of Teck. Whitney, Tisdale and the Town' of Timmins. municipalities were unable to attend due to the poor road‘ conditions. The Thompson Building was a sign of feverish activity while eight telephones haddled thousands Secretary Pat Murphy and Reeve Victor Evans were appointed: to. draw up the brief and Mr. Mickey McGuire a councillor from Kirkland Lake and Reeve Victor Evans were appointed by the meeting to present the brief to the hearing on the Workman's Compensation Act which will be held in Toronto with Justice Roach p1e- siding. About twenty five members of the Northern Municipalities were present the meeting representing the Other Affnr fha mnnfina {ho (ts-nun n.l_ Mike Bandurka and Louise Cotnamf were chargcd with the receiving of stolen goods coming from the C. C. Storm. - “Fred Tomlinson who is 18 years of age and who is not particularly bright was employed as a chore boy in the basement 0 the StOle arid had the habit of taking the articles to the back of the store picking them up after houis or having them picked up during store. hours. He admitted to taking up to $450. in goods over the past year.” “What _about these peeple who were receiving these goods." asked the Crown Attorney 8. A. Caldbick. o V. Evans and H.McG1iire â€" Will Present Brief “We were able to recover about $490. worth of goods,“ said Sgt. Beacock, “and there was no evidence of anything else being taken.” “We went to Mrs. Cotnam’ 5 home on Birch Street and found a cupboard in the basement which contained gxoc- cries and the accused admitted that they were 'stolen goods We recovered about $450. in goods at this home. In the case of Banduxka who oper- ayes a chip stand who had been re- Little lassie. Catherine Ann Coagiggn, mndw ced the High- lgnfid Fling. tries 48m Highlanders’ bdimét ‘01 Geog-52%;?“ at Hamilton r y.' ’ '. ,7 ‘ _ .. Pipes Skirl ' And Kilt: Whirl-"A15, Rilly 'onccoiving goons from Tomlin-son, we re- 9 covered from him goods amounting to rs $46.50 for which he had paid wbqut. 1. Item percent of the tetal value." - The members of the Northern On- tario Mining Municipalities discuss- ed many of the problems and the iecommendations of the various rep- resentatives regarding the Work- man's Compensation Act. On Tuesday evening the Timmins Town Council held a meeting with interested groups to gather infor- mation to: present to the meeting on the Workman’s Compensation Act. Spokesmen at the local meeting were of the Unions who had considerable dealings in case on compensation. The Mining Municipalities Associ- ation had some of the same recom- mendations on their minutes as far back as 1939 and with the additional recommendations that were submit- ted by the Timmins Council the asso- ciation agreed to draw up a brief and present it to Justice Roach._ After the meeting the group ad- journed to the Airport Hotel where a banquet was held sponsored by the Township of Whitney. “th much did the- C. 81. ‘C. stares say they had lost?” asked the crown. ”6'“: Tn Summing up his men for his clients, Banduxka and Mrs. Cotnam. Mr. Evans requested leniency for both although Mr. Bandurka had 3. prev- Ious record. ‘ - “Receiving stolen goods is more ser- ious. than stealing itself,’ said the! Magistrate. “It encourages people to steal and in this case the receivers are adults and they should be a good influence on younger people not en- courage thom to steal. I’m going to sentence Bandurka to nine months hard labour. “They claim they have about $2,000 in goods over the past year," said the “Mrs. Cotnam is seven months preg- nant and has two Small children to look after and it would hardly be fair to impose a jail sentence on a person in her condition,” 7 said Mr. Evans. In the case of Mrs. Cotnam I realize her condition but this is ‘a_seridw~; crime and cannot go unpunished. ,I’ll send her to, Haileybury for 60 days without hard labour. “In the cae of the. two boys I'll re- mand them until next week , until a further investigation can be made into the circumstances.” Tenders were received from the New 'I‘in Shop and Smith and Elston for the inttallation of P1umbing._Tenders were referred to the. engineer for his inspection before they were- accepted. The Pionaer Pipe of the Porcupim Plumbing Tenders Established 1912