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i *k Tebbitt, Janeâ€"Dramatized ballads: The Saucy Sailor. Wheeler and Deuchen â€" Curtain Calls for Franz Schubert: Curtain Calls for Joseph Haydn and Sebastian A number of books ori mu,;i_c. exâ€" clusively for children, now in the Public Library. are the folowing: The town loader hauled a record amount of snow during the winter. There was a little fuss about one or two parts of the town but in all and throughout heavy falls, streets were well cleared. Garbage trucks and workers waste little time, if any. During the spring snow melting in the gutters was hastened by means of huge graders (it seems but yesterday). The snow all gone, gangs of 15 and 20 men swept sand and dirt into piles to be carted away. The streets are well kept. Nice going. * in im uen o oo on es We iA 3 Spring cleanâ€"up is a program for removal of fire hazards which have accumulated during the winter. It is a version of traditional spring cleaning with emphasis on fire safety. Your Fire Department recommendations include getting rid of old newspapers, magazines, discarded boxes and "wornâ€"out furniâ€" ture; cleaning heating plants and chimneys; reâ€"coveringâ€" flammable roofing with fireâ€"resisting material; cleaning and repairing electrical euipment such as fuse boxes and motors: replacing frayed electrical copds, using only nonâ€"flammable cleaning fluids, and constant care with matches and smoking matérials. â€" s . _ Those recommendation seem simple, and they are, Fire Chief Stanley says, adding elimination of common, easily reâ€" cognizable fire hazards would nrevent nine nf oavary tawm Pil.a. ercon Pn rretative When Viscount Alexander speaks in the mess of the Canaâ€" dian Grenadier Guards, he begins "Fellow officers. . . ." When he addresses an Irish association he says, "We Irish. . ." Today in the McIntyre arena, should he speak before an audience of men, he is likely to open, as the Prince of Wales used to do; "Fellow countrymen!" k Hence we have here a representative of the Crown, a fine geritleman, a great soldier, one who dons hip boots and inâ€" spects a flood, offers expert advice as, of course, an outstanding military stragetist can ; one who can cope with such awkward Americans as Mr. McCormack; one who is so popularâ€"a source of gréat solidarty from coast to coast. Let us fervently hope he will be appointed for a second term. CAE 0 This doesn‘t mean much. But in most of us prejudice has taken root from some similar setback. Hence the old colonel barked and boomed against the British, in a great many ways, to his two million in Chicago, and tht is in circulation, which means about ten million readers,â€" all lapping up Bert‘s wrath against the British. Now, as aforementioned, not long ago, this powerful pubâ€" lisher went on a fishing jaunt in Quebec with Governor G#nâ€" eral Alexander who, we can be sure, the finest gentleman in the land, would supply just the balm required. 2 c + Canada $2.00 Per Year United States: $3.00 Per Year Authorized as second class matter by the Post Office Department, Ottaws "T OB CR d «ts B «l A bZ LA A A C Why? Well, when Bert â€" Lt. Col. W. B. McCormack, if you please â€" travelled to England with a daughter or two, who, he decided should be presertted to their Majesties in Buckingham Palace. Furported}y his daughters were refused. i un c d 1 10 M °C NePVA â€" MA J AAl YÂ¥ 6i 1 * ing over Winnipeg dykes in hip boots. Last weekend he fished up here. Not long ago he went fishing in Quebec with Bert Mzâ€" Cormick. And it so happens that Bert has a paper in Chicagoâ€" in fact he owns it â€" which circulates around two million and is or was violently antiâ€"British (The Tribune). Â¥TTL _A Viscount Alexander arrived last night. Tfie third Governor General â€" Devonshire: Byng: Bessborough â€"to grace th> Porcupine. May he and Lady Alexander enjoy it. No doubt they will, particularly after Rarchâ€"collared, ambassadorial Oftawa. Here indeed is open rugged Canada. And we welcome them warmly. Music For Children A good crowd, music and fun. A trust for all partaking â€" nearly 1,300. Would the Y‘s Men please step up and take a bow. They indeed know how to make money in a proper, wholssome manner, Truckers and bepoppers and jitterâ€"bugs at times all stood transfixed, rooted, popâ€"eyed and dumb â€" before the antics and artistry presented. And during these spells the odd Romeo was naturaliy induced to take some advantagse of subdued lighting. Bix hundred and fortyâ€"oné girls dressed up in their best, light, pretty dresses, some of them more gone than gown, reâ€" lished the McIntyre on Friday evening to the strains of Johuny Long and his crack young musicians. Nearly 1,300 people in all. No monkey business. Even the cafeteria is carefully operated by means of lock and key and burly doormen who allow in just so many at a time. ' ___ Give till it hurts, suggests Scotty Wilson with regard to the flood fund, which would certainly seem to be most advisâ€" able. ° j yc o Cock out V“U‘lJ «s Ne iizable fire hazards would prevent nifie' E)f -e-very ten fires suggest cleaning up to send the fire loss down. TflflllNSaJON’!'ABIO Members Canadian Weekly Newmper Association; Ontu Newspaper Association= Published every Thutsday by Merton W. Lake Subscription Rates: Men And Machines Sweep Clean His Excellency gets around. The .3% BONDS rlated Jyne Ist and November 15th, 1935 due June Ist, 1955 â€" ,_; > ; have been called for payment June 1st, 1950 These bonds should'be posented promptly for payment ‘on or scon after June lst, 1950, becauso after that date _they will no longer earn interest. Long May It Be Preserved CGOVERNME] OF CANAD Truckers Struck Dumb .. Thurstay, May 25th, 1950 Clean Up Till It Hurts (Contributed) Trease, Geoffrey-â€"-Trumpets in the West. Borne, Kitty â€" She Shall Have Music (Musical Honours). Bishep, C. H.â€"Blue Spring Farm. Colmont, Marie â€" The Winter Nightingale. Bach; Curtain Calls for Wolfgang Mozart. other day he was slitherâ€" Sporks Bros. Circus came here on Saturday, August 2nd, 1919. From here it went to Huntsville as its next place of call. The long, special train bearing the circus reached here at half past nine ‘‘Yes, sir, we‘ve had lots of circuses here, particularly around election time!" F *A e It was patiently pointed out to the oldâ€"timer that Bert Dewar had been travelling vnth a vaudevxlle group, and not a circus. The old txmer cons;de a minute, and then he and emphatically: 27. . . oib "Bért Dewar nazmed that place after ‘his performing white rats," the oldâ€" timer claimed, adding that Bert Dewar and his rodents came to South Porcupine with a circus. About the be’é’ t he could do was to refer to the White Rat Amusement Housg at South Porcupine. nite. ‘"Why, we have hzad several circuses here," the oldâ€"timer said, anxious, as usual for the glory of the Camp. But when he was pressed for names and dates, and particylars. the‘ oldâ€" timer was unucually, Hazy and indefiâ€" oldâ€"time gestion. When ‘The Porcupine Advance reâ€" ferred to Sparks Bros. as the first to bring .a circus to Timmins, one the waterworks and . sewerage ‘sysâ€" tems, the first churches, the estabâ€" ~lishment of a first â€" class fire deâ€" pantmen#, the organizrtxon of the first town band, the visxt here of the Prince of Wales, or some other simiâ€" lar, achievement, as the highlights , in the history of the town. â€" QOthers might stress matters relating to health mecsures, or transportation, or communication, as worthy of the designation of events. And, of _course, in this sportsâ€" loving dlstrnct there will be hocts of good people who would consider certain hockey, baseâ€" ball and football matches as the real events of the years. In 1917, Fire Chief Alex. Borlan hailed the fact that the last stump had been taken out _ of Timmins streets as a note. worthy event. He knew it was eventâ€" ful because it meant that hereafter the fire trucks could travel in greater safety to equipment and men. s First Circus an Event While there will be differâ€" ences of opinion in the matter, there is liitle doubt but that a popular vote of oldâ€"timers would acclaim the first circus to visit Timmins as one of the events to be remembered. Surely, hundreds of the children here in 1919 now grown to manhood and woman. hood, not to mention their fathers, mce‘hers, uncles, grandfathers, cousins and Dutch uncles, would vote the visit. here of the Sparks Bros. Circus as a genuine event. Previous to 1919, the Porcuvine ‘Camp did not enjoy the visit of a real circeus; Mz ny here felt that Timmins youngsters were being deprived of one of their British birthrights. ‘There was always symâ€" pathy here when some child was discovered in some remote district and it wes found that the youngster had never seen a train, an automoâ€" bile or a street It seemed to even more sympathy to saay: ‘"‘Why the poof youngster has never even seen a circus parade!" After the Vaudsvillians In the early days many travelling shows the Porcupine, some even using the word, "Circus." in their ilitles, but the Sparks Bros. Circeus ~was the first visitor here vrorthy of the name. ‘l n The Daps The lporcupme UTis Doung It is Iargely 2 matter of . opimon as to which are the important events in the life of a town. In Timmins, many would class the building of the first school here, the completion of 2 By G. A. Macdonald MW@:*MMMMMW%%:“K@“:M NecSucSactfecfacSaatactactantects ce o * * ""a"*"s""""s‘ "o""0o 0 s‘ n‘ o‘ * s e‘ e‘ "o e No. 148 â€" When The Circus Came To Town #s timer indignantly denied the sugâ€" Entertainment All Day considered that: for Here, at Canadian Industries Limited, Chemistry . moves steadily forward .. . improving the present, creating for the future, giving new meaning to the Câ€"Iâ€"L Oval and its accompanying phrase, ""‘Serving Canadians Through Chemistry." ‘l CANADIAN â€" INDUSTRIES LIMITED~»â€"MONTREAE Every day, in every way, textiles get better and better, In every yard of textiles you wear or use around the home, there is an unseen agent . . . Chemistry . . ; that makes it serve you better. Gay colours for dresses and drapes, fire retardants for curtains and hangings, water repellents for outdoor garments, bleaches and cleaning solvents, all are ‘typical of the wvital part Chemistry plays in / the fabrics in your home. ' your. clothes get better every day said, firmly music might make even a wild animal still wilder. As for humans here, they took it all in their stride. The youngsters took much fun from the "Rube Band." They said it was a "dilly," â€"which was 1919 slang for the "cat‘s whiskers" of 1929. Promise of .the Parade Taking it all together, the parade gave gresat promise for the cireus CA 129 SV Â¥ EC W o , Later at nigh!, a good crowd, but smaller than in the morning, enjoyed the reâ€"loading which was done with the same efficiency and despatch that marked.the morning performance. The Parade At twelve o‘ciock noon that memâ€" orable Saturdsy, there was the big cireus parade, handled with the same skill and artistry that marked the previous work. There is no quesâ€" tion but tht youngsters and others do delight in a cireus parade. The fact that it is a free number does not detract a bit from its pleasure. At the same time, it is the fzct that to see the parade does make all childâ€" ren, irrespective of age, anxious to see the circus itself. Accordingly, from all standpoints the parzde seems well worth while, and there is rsason for regret that the tendency should be to discontinue it. Old â€" timers do appear to have the advantage over the new generation in being able to boast that they have seen circus _ _ parcdes like those of Sparks Bros. Three Lively Bands The first cireus parade in Timmins was probably the largest and best ever seen here. Four large elephants cnd one smaller one were outstanding in‘ th parade. "Big Mary," the largest of the elephants. was bigger than the famous "Jumbo," though Mary was ctill growing. Czmels were also featured in the line of March. The array of handsome horses, partiâ€" cularly the sttractive white Arabians, anc the groups of jet black ponies attracted attention. even away from _ some of the charming riders. The long line of cage after ecge of wild animals was impressive, while hosts of clowns * kept everything lively along the line of march. Loyal people were aso pleased with the profusion~ of British flags in the parade. Then, almost a parade in itself, was the lagre.group of mount. ~ed cowboys and cowgirls in picâ€" iurerque costumes. Music for the parade was furnished by three bands and a big steam organ zt the rear of the parade makâ€" ing loud but tuneful noise. One of the bands was composed exclusively of coloured gentlemen who seemed so proud of their gaudy uniforms and so happy in playing that the watchâ€" ing crowds doubly enjoyed the lively music. Th immense amount of work necesâ€" sary in unloading was zsccomplished with a quietness, smoothness and effiâ€" ciency that might well be recalled in later years when watching the famed precision squeds of the Air Force and First â€"of all, there was the free enâ€" tertamment of watching the unloadâ€" jng Many in the crowds watching the unloading would almost as soon have missed the circus itself as for. feited the chance to see the unloadâ€" ing. in the morning, the circus thus proâ€" viding a continuous full day of enâ€" tertainment being free. The Charms of Music porsessed of it. It is of great value in undersianding the aspirationsâ€" not only of my raceâ€"but also of the French race whose contribution has Why does The Advance publish French? I don‘t read it. If I want to read French I buy a French newsâ€" paper. To The Advance: Sir, 215 Victoria Street, Toronto 15.5.50. We hope that the wire was received in time for ‘the purpose for which you required it. Gouzenko‘s "This Was My Choice," we now publish under the title “The Iron Curtain.‘" THE IRON CURTAIN To The Advance: Sir, The only criticism heard at the time was the municipg¢lity of charges. There seemed a special extra fee for everything. At the time The Advance pointed out that to take in all the features of the show would cost a total of $3.25, which was considerable money for those days. Everyone here was impressed by the fact that all the Sparks Bros. em=â€" ployees seemed quiet, respectable and orderly. There were no complaints of shortâ€"changing; gambling or roughâ€" ness of any kind. of the trained seals. Some of the tight wire and acrobatic work was also worthy of special mention, while the displays of horsemanship delightâ€" ed all. One specialty is not likely to be forgotten, as it has been used by every circus coming ‘here since. This was the stunt of the clown <cpparently being drawn along by a goose. As the clown passes, it is easy to note that the goose is not drawing the cart at all, but the clown is the real motive power himself. Audience Much Touched At the time the population of Timâ€" mins did not exceed 5,000, so it is easy to understand that The Porcuâ€" pine Advance was right in saying that literally hundreds of people came in here from Schumacher, South Porcupine, Connaught, Matheson, Iroâ€" quois Falls, Cochrane and intervening points, for the occasion. Elephants Play Football Sparks Bros. Circus had all the happy standard features of a good cirecus, with some original touches. Among the latter, will be rememberâ€" ec the football match played by the clephants, and the remarkable tricks With all good wishes The circus was held on the old athletic field, corner of Pine and Cedar Ctreets and Second Avenue. Over four thousand people attended the afternoon show, and there were even more at the evening perforâ€" mance. itkelf, ‘and the performances fully justified the promise. Letters to the Editor WHY FRENCH? Raihcoats, windbreakers, snowsuits have "Zelan" water repellents applied at the mill. Your laundr{ or dryâ€"cleaner uses Câ€"Iâ€"L Water Repellent W. '-‘s-‘ % % * " $* » C#¢" } k * * PA gt ! # « # F .- s ** % te4‘# .? ®#" . w9 ko 4 wh 4 l # #e t’d «~ d *4 coLlour Colourful dj bring beaut; DENT SONS, (Canada) Limited Raincoats, windbreakers, "Zelan" water repellents mill. Your laundry or d CIâ€"L Water Repel{ent W WATER PROTECTION T tnssOe br.." .-‘Q?.‘u "”' ‘"Canada â€"got nothing out of the viar? Britain got nothing? If Britain had not stood, for whole year, alone, again:t Hitler, while the U.S. was getting readyâ€"and, incidentally, getâ€" ting very richâ€"Britain would need NOTE:â€"Mr. Pouliot (L) said in effect in the House, "We should not have gone to war; we would today be much better off if we had reâ€" mained nutral. Look at Southern Ireland. She remained neutral: Sze how well off she is now!" Hence The Advance sent Mr Pouliot the following: House of Common:, Otts 10.5.50 Many thanks for your kind letter of recent date and the article. ~ Opinions are free. I am still of the opinion that Canada got nothing out of either one of the two wars, and that the counâ€" tries which did not take any part in them are in a much better position than we are now. I mentioned Fire because that country is so near the United Kingdom. . Most of the difficulties that we had in Canada between the two wars anc since the last one were precisely due to those two wars we fought to defend our way of life, and the cost of the last war has been ten times more than that of the first one. o. F. POULIOT, M.P. is TE MP ADVISEES ‘BEâ€"NEUTRAL‘ To The Advance, Sir, small weekly, prints a Frenca column. One reader writes that this evinces a â€"democratic spirit. We agree. And we are sorry that Mr. "F.G." does not agree. â€"Ed. The Montreal Daily Star., a_ l;xg daily, prints a‘French â€"column by the Abbe Arthur Maheux. The Advancse, The better English-Canadiéx{"i{ni- versities, McGill and Western, conâ€" duct greast summer schools in French. Christopher Morley, the renowned Americsn author (C‘Kitty Foyle"), and Rhodes scholar, once told this writer, in Quebec. that he bought the Montreal ‘"La Presse," for one reason only: to read "Le Courrier d‘Odette." _ Mr: A. A. Rose, principal of T.H. V.S., confirms that that school conâ€" cucts two evening French classes. be.. ginners and advanced to be continued next fall. P. O. Parfitt, one adult student, a Hollinger engineer, attendâ€" ed the classes, and thereby delivered a speech not long ago in French at the club. "The acquisition of French (on the part of an Englishâ€"speaking Canaâ€" dian) is a concrete step towards unity." Leo Lalonde, Timmins. meant so much to the building of our country. I wish I could. express myâ€" self in French. Although‘ I underâ€" stand it, Mr. Speaker, I am afraid that if I tried to speak it, the house would need a translator to translate my translation." (J. G. Diefenbaker, P.C.), congratulating a new member, Mr. Major (L), upon his maiden and bilingual speech, House of Commons, 9,.4.50). 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Mr. Fulton: You will see the conâ€" nection if you just wait. Mr. Abbott: I was just wondering what was before the house. __Mr. Abbott: What are we debating here, Mr. Speaker? â€" Mr. Drew: We are not debating anything, Mr. Speaker. We are disâ€" cussing an important occasion which does not call for trite remarks of the kind just made. "But it must be remembered that €outhern Ireland. Eire, was neutral throughoutout. The Irish ports, greatâ€" ly needed by the British Navv were denied her. And anyâ€"aviator forced to land in Southern Ireland, wis inâ€" terned." (Rev.. W. S. Whitcombe, M.A., Toronto). S "Having said this, let us also say, that no one zsppreciates the generoâ€" sity of the U.S. more than the British, The British and U.S., we feel, are really one family, and we are sure they will understand and work to. gether. 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