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THE HAILEYBURIAN Vol. 43; No. 3 HAILEYBURY, ONTARIO THURSDAY, APRIL 3rd, 1947 Gets Nine Months in Reformatory on Shooting Count Turned Gun on Himself and Lost Eyesight After Enemy is Wounded William Steinfield, blind from a self-inflicted wound and accused of the attempted murder of Ken- neth O'Donaghue at Kirkland Lake, was sentenced to nine months in prison, when he ap- peared before Judge J. B. Robin- son after electing speedy trial. The charge was heard by His Honor on Saturday last. A second charge of shooting Sergeant Gor- don Smith of the Kirkland Lake police force was dismissed. The charges were laid follow- ing a fracas in Kirkland Lake on January 16 last, and the interven- ing time has been spent by the accused in the district jail and partly in Misericordia hospital, where he was treated for injuries to his eyes, alleged to have been caused when he turned the gun on himself after- wounding O'Donaghue, alleged to be inti- mate with the accused's wife. Steinfield was defended by Ed. Pearlmen, and there was a long list of witnesses including O'Don- aghue, and several police officers from Kirkland Lake. The whole sordid story was told in court, and in its course Mr. Pearlman brought out a possibility that the shot, which had pierced Seret. Smith's tunic, might not have been fired by the accused. The prisoner is at present to- tally blind, but it was intimated that there is a possibility of his sight being at least partially re- stored, and in imposing sentence Judge Robinson told him that after the nine-month term, in a reformatory rather than the peni- tentiary, a further six-month in- determinate would be imposed if the extra time was required for treatment. "The blindness with which you are now handicapped," His Honor said, "is a punishment beyond anything this could could impose. It is something between you and your Maker and should serve asa deterrent to others." ~ Production of gold from On- tario's mines during February was valued at $5,304,922, from 606.790 tons milled, according to a bulletin from the Department of Mines. BABY FALLS INTO TUB OF HOT WATER AND IS FATALLY SCALDED Dennis Stewart, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Les. Stewart of New Liskeard, died in the Red Cross hospital early Tuesday morning as a result of burns re- ceived when he. fell into a tub of boiling water. Mrs. Stewart had been wash- ing Monday morning and had placed the water on the floor. The baby accidentally tumbled in. Dr D. R. Fleming, who first attended the child, when the family coul not get in touch with Dr. J. C McCullough, their regular doctor said that the child had fallen backward into the pan of water. He was badly scalded on the back and about the abdomen. The baby was taken to the hos- pital where it died about three o'clock that day. The funeral services were held on Wednes- day afternon. SNOWBOUND RESIDENTS AT FOUNTAIN FALLS GET SUPPLIES BY AIR Isolated from the outside world since the big "snowstorm last week, employees at the Hy- dro power plant at Fountain Falls have been living on short rations. All roads are blocked and no one has been able to get out for fresh supplies. To relieve the situation, food was flown in on Tuesday morning to the stranded employees and families. The Gillies Lumber Co plane landed at Pine Lake, about two miles from the plant, with food for them. The snowbound people who will look to the air for provisions un- til the road is opened are Mr. and Mrs. George Piche, Mr. and Mrs. Messenger, Mr. and Mrs. Hether- ington and Messrs. Nadeau, Peck- over and McSweeney. Municipal Clerks. Will Attend' Schoo! in June A school of instruction for clerks of municipalities in North- ern Ontario is to be run at Kirk- land Lake in June, according to word brought back from Torontc by Mayor J H. Sumbler of New Liskeard, who was given the in- formation by Hon. George Dun- bar, minister of municipal affairs The date has not yet been set, but clerks of all municipalities north of North Bay will be eligible to attend. Spring Meeting Here Next Month Temiskaming Educational Association Executive Discusses Activities Plans for the spring meeting of the Temiskaming Educational As- sociation, to be held in Hailey- bury on Friday, May 16th, were discussed by the executive of that body at a meeting held on Mon- day evening in the office of In- spector J. L. Runnalls. The Association's president, J T. Parker of Matachewan, was in the district headquarters on jury duty that day and took advantage of the occasion to discuss plans with other members of the exec- utive. He was accompanied from the mining town by J. Lemoine principal of public school there and others at the meeting were Inspector Runnalls, Eric Smith the secretary, Miss E. Herod and L. Wilson of New Liskeard and J. T. Leishman and T. G. Tulloch of the local public school board. The special speaker for: the May session will be Inspector J. W. Trussler of North Bay, and secondary school principals and teachers, together with represen- tatives of their boards, are to be invited. There will be short talks on a few practical subjects in connection with school manage- ment, the treatment of school floors, improvement of play- grounds and school libraries be- ing suggested as suitable subjects. A feature of the meeting will be the association's annual bird- house £ontest, when pupils of the various schools in the district will send in their entries. Mr. H. G. Pickard of Haileybury is to be asked to-act as judge of this con- test and the prize will be an up- to-date bird book, presented by the association Parker. The meeting will\be held in the hasement of the United Church. it is expected, and there will be a short musical program included. Refreshments will be provided at the close. The association is again pre- senting scholarships to the lead- ing entrance pupils in graded and ungraded schools, three prizes in each class, the awards to be made durine the summer holidays. It is expected that the annual meet- ing, held in the autumn, will be in Cobalt this year. president, Mr. NOTICE! _ Dife to the loss of 2 transformers in the Haileybury Substation, we must ask your indulgence re poor Service, until we can get these repaired or replaced. In the meantime we would ask your co-operation in the Saving of Power especially between 11 and 12 noon and 5.30 to 6.30 p.m. when the load is usually heaviest. HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO _ Plan Program For Cold Breakfasts Order of the Day When Power Fails Two Transformers at Sub- Station Out of Commis- ~ sion; Town in Darkness A good many Haileybury peo- ple ate cold breakfasts on Tues- day morning, when they awoke to find that there was no electric power in their homes. Two transformers in the - sub- station of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission, on Rorke avenue north, had gone out of business at 11.15 the previous night and the community was without service throughout Tues- day forenoon. tiydro men worked all night in an'*sndeavor to replace one of the transformers, bringing a substi- tute from New Liskeard, and even now the repair job is not complete and the Commission has asked all local residents to be as sparing as possible in the use of current until the transformers are either repaired or replaced. This afplies particularly to the periods from 11 a.m. to noon and _ from 5.30 to 6.30 p.m., when the load is usually heaviest. The entire conimunity was af- fected by the shortage and there were various makeshifts resorte/ to by householders who have no coal or wood stoves. 'n some casés they were invited tu meals at he homes of neighbors whe had stuck to their mote old-fash- ined but entirely reliab'e cooking raures; in othrs they s:mply ate cole food. One of the vdd occu rere es Was noted by the writer when he noticed a man armed wtih a blow iorch, who said he bad used the apparatus to warm the baby's hottle. : 'Itiose who use oil burners in their heating systems suftered a4 bit ing the night, but fortyn- ateiy' the' weather warmed "up pretty well during Tuesday fore- noon. Bart Sulphur was the hero of the night, when he worked with his bulldozer for many hours get- ting the streets blocked by last n week's storm, opened up to aliow Hydro men to get their appara- tus to the sub-station. Rorke avenue in that section was one thoroughfare that hadn't yet been opened to that time. On the whole, however, there was no serious suffering and the inconvenience was endured with a certain amount of good humor. "Tt was just one of those things that happen in the best regulated communities" appeared to be the favorite way of regarding the occurrence. USED VARIED METHODS TO BRING SICK MAN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL An airplane, a toboggan and a horse and sleigh were the varied methods of transportation used to take a sick man from Elk Lake to the Haileybury hospital last Thursday, following the road- blocking storm. ; Glenn Simms' super - cruiser plane was used for the first part of the journey when Dave Bush caretaker at an Elk Lake mine was fotind ifl and it was decided to take him to the hospital for treatment. The Elk Lake pilot flew the man to Haileybury, a toboggan was used to take him from the plane to the Matabanick Hotel, where a horse and sleigh was ready to take him through the snow-packed streets here to New Liskeard Constable New Chief at Matachewar Constable Leo Paradis, who has been employed as a policeman in New Liskeard 'since October 1945, left at the first of the week to take over a new post as chief of police in Matachewan. His resignation was accepted by the council at its regular meeting on Monday night. So far his succes- sor has not been appointed but advertisements inviting applica- cations for the position in New Liskeard to Teplace Constable Paradis are to be published by the council. With the removal of controls on ice cream production, the S. D. Eplett factory at New Liskeard is on a full time production, and turned out 3,000 bricks Tuesday. ARGENTITE LANDMARK DESTROYED BY FIRE DURING BIG STORM The home ot Mr. and Mrs. Da- mase Plante, in the Argentite townsite, near North Cobait, was totally destroyed by fire during the height of the storm last week The frame building caught fire, it was believed, from an overheated stovepipe and little could be done in the way of fighting the flames due to the lack of water and the difficulty of getting around in the storm. With the aid of neigh- bors, the family saved a few things from the home, but the ioss was a heavy one. The house was a landmark of the community. It was the only building left when the big fire of October 4, 1922, swept through the district, destroying the great- er part of North Cobalt. Mr. and Mrs. Plante were taken to the home of their son, L. Plante, who lives nearby and who is employed as a driver for the Ideal Dairy. cea' for Support for Children's Aid Society At the Rotary Club luncheon on Monday, Miss Margery Young superintendent of the Aid Society, and Judge B. Robinson, chairman of the ] cal committs (= ™ 4 a trong : f he d sistant Halete ee " ee n Monday, April 14,. Miss Young outlined the work of the Society in the district and Judge Robin- con told the Rotarians that pro- tection had been provided last vear for 12 families in town, ;and for six in the adjacent area, "in- cluding North Cobalt. The Soci- ety saves the municipality ap proximately $275 per year for each child in its care without the necessity of wardship. Miss Young said that 37 wards of the Society were being cared for in foster homes in Haileyhbury and Moore's"Sove, of whom 35 were a SP alto Gave : sketch px dtection work that is being done in connection with the Juvenile Court. o strikes by 15,187 coal iners in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick accounted for 4 per 1+ of 1 1. 4 mndus- i-I-disnntes in Canada during Debruary. Subscription Rate: $2.00 per yea: Only Civil Cases Heard at Assizes; Chietiy Divorces Juries Dismissed After Opening on Monday and Session Ends Wednesday There were no criminal cases to be heard at the Spring Assizes oi the Supreme Court of Ontario, which opened on Monday in Haileybury court house, with Mr. Justice Wilson presiding, and al- though there was a long list of civil actions, the sitting was nota long one, the docket being com- pleted yesterday. Thee were two civil jury cases on the list for the opening and 17 non-jury actions. A large per- centage were divorce petitions and, with one exception, they originated at points outside of this part of the district. The ex- ception was a suit brought by Pores A. Hurteau of Haileybury against his wife and Eric Puhak- kas, and coupled with the. suit for divorce was a claim for dam- ages of $10,000. The damage claim was not proceeded with by the court. Both grand and petit juries had been summoned, but their duties were all completed on Monday and they were dismissed. Several solicitors. were in town from Kirkland Lake in the interests of clients, among them Dalton Dean and Ed. Pearlman, both former acting Crown Attorneys; L. A. Lillico and Geo. Mitchell, K.C. The court opened at 1 p.m. on Monday, continued throughout Tuesday and concluded witha short session yesterday morning. In the majority of the divorce ac- tions decrees nisi were granted the petitioners. Week's Weather Week ending Avril 2nd, 1947 \ Max. Min. 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