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THE HAILEYBURIAN pees o Vol. 44; No. 38 ' : LU = HAILEYBURY, ONTARIO _ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, 1948 _ Subscription Rate: $2.00 per year Aclainaton Ear Mayor Lytle; Nine Candidates for Council Chief Magistrate to Start Third Term in January as Result of Nominations Last Week; Five Present Councillors' in Contest; School Board G Mayor I. A. Lytle was re-elect- ed by acclamation, when munici- pal nominations were held here on 'thursday evening last. Only one other name was suggested for the position ot chief magis~- trate, that of J. Eddie McDon- ough, former town councillor and who was defeated last year by Mayor Lytle by just six votes. Mr. McDonough did not quality for the election. There are nine aspirants for the six council seats, and the election will be held on Monday next, De- cember 6th. ~ Five members of the 1948 council are seeking re- election, while the other four are newcomers to municipal politics. present councillors in the run- ning are: Chas. Camsell, Arthur H. Cooke, R. J. Poppleton, R. T. Trowhill and C. Vachon. The newcomers are: Wes. Ho- sick, J. J Lamothe, John A. Mac- Arthur and J. M. Powelson, in al- phabetical order. Others nomi- nated who failed to qualify were W. J. Lecky, lan D. MacDiarmid and L. McLauchlan, the latter be- ing a former member of council. The public school board, of which there are three members whose terms expire with the cur rent year, will not figure in the voting on Monday. Of five names submitted only the required three filed their qualifications before the closing hour at nine p.m. on Friday. Two of them are present members, T. G. Tulloch and L. V. Bell. They have both served on the board for a number of years. The third member to be elected by acclamation is D. H. Millar, for five years past a member of the town council. It is recalled that Mr. Millar resigned from the school board to contest the elec- tion for councillors at the end of the year 1943. The new aspirants are all pretty well known residents, although they have previously taken no hand in municipal government J. W. Hosick has operated a radio and electric business for a few years. He is treasurer of the Rotary Club. J. J. Lamothe has lived in town for a number of years and is sec.-treas.. of the separate school board. He is a machinist by trade. J. M. Powel- son, a mining engineer, is con- ets Necesssary Number nected with ithe Consolidated Smelters*and has lived in Hailey- bury since the company opened a head office here for its eastern operations some years ago. He is chairman of the Home and School Association Have Four Polling Booths For Election Next Monday Local residents will have four polling booths, in two separate locations when they go to cast their ballots in the municipal el- ection on Monday next. This fol- lows out the procedure of prev- ious, years, the seven polling sub- divisins in the townbeing com- bined into four. There will be two polls in the Legion hall, and the other two in the town office. Residents of sub-divisions Nos. i and 7 and 2 and 3 will vote at ithe Legion hall and those in 4, and 6, at the town office. WORK ON ARMORIES IS DEFERRED; TOWN GETS ARENA THIS WINTER Haileybury will have the use of the Arena at the Armories again this winter, it was stated this week at the town office, satisfactory arrangement having been made with the Department of National Defence. It had been expected that the work of putting in a cement floor, for which ten- ders were asked, would prevent the use of the building for hockey and skating, but the job-has been postponed until next April. While the agreement is only temporary, it is the best that could be arrived at under the circum- stances, municipal officials say, and it is not different from past year when difficulties have arisen. However, it is expected that when the proposed alterations to the building are completed, a permanent arrangement will be effected. There is still time to subscribe to the United Emergency Fund for Britain. In 45 per cent of the land area of Canada, wild life, chiefly furs. is more productive than agricul- ture. J. M. Powelson respectfully solicits your Vote for COUNCILLOR in the Municipal Election -- for December 6th, 1948 Jas. Macfarlane a Resident Here Over Forty Years Died on Monday at Home on Browning Street at 84 Born in Scotland James MacFarlane, who came from his native Scotland to Can- ada in 1907 and to Haileybury the following year, died at his home on Browning street west on Mon, November 29th, at the age of 84. Although in failing health for several months, he had been able to go about the house up to the morning of his death. Mr. MacFarlane was born in Aberdeenshire in 1862 and spent his youth in Lossiemouth, where he was a schoolmate of the late Ramsay Macdonald, first Labor Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was an expert stonemason, a trade that he practiced for many years in and around Haileybury, where there are a good many samples of his skill, among them the house he erected after the hig fire of 1922, a fine sample of the builders' art and a landmark in the western part of the.com- munity. His former home was on Rorke avenue where the McIsaac bus terminal now stands. Mr. MacFarlane was married in 1884 to the former Anne Mc- Gregor of Morayshire, Scotland, who predeceased him in 1946. In 1944 they celebrated the 60th an- niversary of theit wedding at their home here. Mr. MacFarlane spent a year in the Ottawa Valley before he came to Haileybury, attracted by the then new discoveries of silver in Cobalt. For a while he worked in the mines, but soon took up his trade, which he followed up to the time of his retirement a few years ago. In the course of his work he went at one time to Flo- rida to build a stone house for a prominent mining man, and it is recalled that the stone for that building was taken from the Cas- sidy siding, near Cobalt. He was a lover of nature and of the Can- adian North, a Socialist in his his political beliefs and a strong Labor man throughout his life. Surviving Mr| MacFarlane are two daughters and four sons. The daughters are Mrs. Geo. Edie (Margaret) and Mrs. J. Lamont (Frances), both of Calgary, Alta. The sons are William and Archie, Haileybury, and John and James, of Toronto. The funeral was held on Wed- nesday afternoon with the ser- vices at the home and at grave- side in Mount Pleasant Ceme- tery conducted by Rev. W. J. "Bingham of the Baptist Church. Many old friends were present to pay their last respects and extend sympathy to the family. Latest discovery of pitchblende ore has been made 30 miles east of Burk's Falls, and already some 300 claims have been staked and recorded. Mrs. Catherine Stewart, an old resident of Cobalt, who has been at Mrs. H. Burton's home on Blackwall street, died yesterday evening.. She was in her late nineties. The funeral will be held in Cobalt. Sudden Death of Douglas Briden Shock to Family Well Known Mining Man Grew Up in Haileybury; 'Veteran of First War The sudden death of Douglas Moon Briden, on Tuesday after- 'noon in his office at the Upper Canada Mine, came as a great shock to members of the family here and to many friends in this community. Mr. Briden had not been ill, so far as his relatives herg knew, and had heen to lunch as usual that.day. He had just rettirned to the office when he was stricken and, although medi- cal aid was available immediately, he never regained consciousness. Mr. Briden was born in Ottawa 54 years ago and came as a child to Haileybury with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. S. D.| Bri- den in 1897. He grew up here, was educated in the public and high schools, and followed the mining industry for many years past. He had been millsuperin- tendent at the Upper Canada since the first milling operations began there, and previously had been at the Dome and McIntyre in 'Porcupine and at the Lake Shore in Kirkland Lake. At one time he was in charge of opera- tions for the Goodfish in the de- velopment of a property near Goward. His home was at Do- bie, near the mine. Mr. Briden was a veteran of the first world war, in which he served as a pilot in the naval air service, and at one time was a partner in a civilian flying service heré. He was an_ enthusiastic curler, fond of fishing and out- door life and had a summer place on Lake Temagami. A Liberal in polijics, he was president of the Kirkland Lake Liberal Associa- tion for a number of years. He beldnged to the Anglican Church and?tne Masonit Order. Surviving Mr. Briden are his widow, the former Margaret Watson; a daughter, Mrs. (Dr.) Oliver Brett of Regina, Sask., and two sons, Douglas, mill super- intendent at the Kirkland Lake Gold Mines, and Leonard, on a power project. Two brothers, Archie, of Dome Mines, South Porcupine, and Heber, Haileybury town manager, and one sister, Mrs. W. J. Dobbins (Marjorie), also of Haileybury, are the other survivors. The funeral is being held this afternoon, with the service in Kirkland Lake at 1.30, and burial in the family plot in Mount Ple- sant cemetery here, after a short service about 3.30. Week's Weather Week ending Dec. Ist, 1948 Sietxe | sal Mbhvinsdayes=------ 39.0 218 ridayaeee == 42.0 . 35.0 Saturday, --=------ KY AU Sunday - 24.4 20.0 Monday 25.4 13.6 Giuesdaye.=------= 3v.8 15.4 Wednesday ----- 33.8 15.4 Precipitation for week-- 09" Max. wind (1 hr.)- 11 m.p-h. Newspaper Man Running For Mayor at New Liskeard Cecil Bond publisher of The Temiskaming Speaker, is a candi- date for the mayoralty of New Liskeard in the coming municipal election in the neighboring town. He is opposing Mayor J. H. Sum- bler, who is seeking re-election for a third term in the mayor's chair. Mr. Bond has been a member of the town council on different occasions, in fact, is a member of the 1948 board. He takes a keen interest in affairs of his municipality and is president of the Board of Trade. Mr. Sum bler is an old timer in municipal politics and former reeve of Dytind t&wiShip, where he/ser- ved hefore his section was annex- ed to the town of New Liskeard Hold Election in Cobalt, Coleman For Councillors Acclamation for Mayor and Reeve, but Plenty of Other Candidates Both the town of Cobalt and the township of Coleman will hold elections for councillors on Monday next, but in both places the head of the municipality was chosen by acclamation. In Cobalt, Kenneth Buffam, a member of the 1948 council, was elected mayor without opposition when the nominations were held last week, and a similar honor was given Reeve Wm. Martin of Coleman, who had held the past for a number of years past. In Cobalt, there are eight can- didates for the six council seats. They are H. O. Armstrong and Oscar Robitaille, members of the present council, and C. W. Beatty, M. C. Halstead, Major A. R. Her- bert, Paul Hermiston, R. W. Iati- more and Paul Oblin.. There are_nine candidates for the four Coleman seats. The four 1948 councillors are all seeking re-election. They are: A. J. Fra- ser, C. V. J. O'Shaughnessy, Nel- son Pearce and J. H. Sutherland. The other candidates are: Ralph Benner, Dennis Houghton, M. J. Sutherland Arnold Todd and John Underwood. Only 19 shopping days left be- fore Christmas. Hydro men are engaged "this week in replacing the pole line on Main street, which was erected just 25 years ago, ~ Opposition For Reeve of Bucke; Ten tor Council Annexation Plan Brings Extra interest in Muni- cipal Contest Monday : Reeve Harry Groom of Bucke township will have opposition in his bid for re-election on Monday when ratepayers go to the polls to select a council for 1949. The reeve is opposed by Daniel Sulli- van, North Cobalt diamond driller and an old resident of the town- ship. Nominations were held on thursday aitefnoon 'n the town ship office at North Cobalt and the usual keen interest in muni- cipal affairs was evident at the public meeting which followed. There are 10 candidates for the four council seats. Two of them are members of the 1948 council, Albert Groom, brother of Reeve Groom, and T. Duhaime. Others seeking election.are: A. Belanger, North Cobalt taxi operator; Wal- do Brown, farmer; Chester Hop- kins, farmer; Stan McGowan, farmer; Thos Mulholland, labor- er; Olaf Nelson, farmer; Alfred Seed, farmer, and Robert Watson, grocer. The two present council- lors who "are not in the running are C. F. Rice and T. E. Mills. The proposed annexation of northern and western sections of the township to Dymond served to stimulate @he interest in the nominations. At least three of the candidates are residents in the area that would be affected, Hopkins, McGowan and Nelson, all with farms west of Hailey- bury. Mr. Hopkins was one of the prime movers, with Council- lor Rice, of the move for annex- tion during the past summer. A hearing of the application for annexation was held before the Ontario Municipal Board in To- ronto last week, and since then there has been no anouncements as to what-the outcome is likely to be. If the plan is put into ef- fect it is claimed the remainder of the township would find it difficult to carry on a municipal organization. Lowest temperature registered so far this fall was 13.6 degrees or Monday. Although the deadline for Christmas mail for the Old Coun- try has passed, last minute pack- ages will still reach kiddies' stockings if sent by Trans-Cana- da Air Lines air cargo before December 15th. TO THE RATEPAYER: Your support for Councillor at the forthcoming Municipal Election will be greatly appreci- ated. Vote Mon., December 6, 1948 Vote for Equitable Administration VOTE FOR Au contribuable: Votre appui pour conseiller aux prochaines élections municipales sera grandement apprécié. 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