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_ THE HAILE B RL N Vol. 48; No. 47 HAILEYBURY. ONTARIO. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29th, 1953 Subscription Rate: $2.00 per year Cobalt-Haileybury Curlers Ready For Roaring 'Spiel Think of Northern Ontario and you think of winter. Think ot winter and you think of ice, And what 1s ice. used tors A great many thugs and perhaps only two to a good Scot, but begin- ning next week-end, there is only one use for it in a true Northern- ers mind and its curling, On friday, bebruary Oth the first rock will slip away from an eager expert hand--a hand that is working for a mind with a vision --the coveted Macdonald Briar Trophy--the pinnacle to every curler, This british Consols dist- rict event will open activities at the Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club, which will continue through Saturday and then be followed by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Bonspiel which goes into_full swing on Monday, the 9th. Preliminaries to the Consols have been under \ Canadian curling centres | past two weeks From [ia'ley bury, rink s skipped by Vachon and Dick Fleming will take to the ice in New Liskeard on Saturday and Sunday, Janu- ary 3lst and February Ist to compete in games against two rinks from Liskeard, two from JVémagami and one irom Belle- 3ritish terre to decide the two top rinks who will represent Zone No. lin the British Consols district event, next week-end Two rinks from fout prising this part ot Ontario will participate. winners, one rink will rep: the T. & N. O. Curling Associa- tion in the Northern Ontario final at Kirkland Lake, one the Northern Ontario Curling Asso- ciation and one the Northwest- ern Ontario Curling Association. And the winners of this will continue on to Sudbury, where for the first time in the history of the Briar, the Dominion finals will be held in Northern Ontario. Eleven rinks from provinces across Canada will meet to sweep their way to victory. Delving back into the history of the roarin' game, we found that one of the most notable de- zones COom- Northern Of tle velopments to take place was the Mmtroduction of curling to Northern Ontario and for this the credit goes to Haileybury. Their first rink was situated where the present building now stands and adjacent to the old skating rink. In 1912, what we know as the market building be- came the home of the curlers. Now, of course, everything is up-to-date in the brandnew Co- balt-Haileybury Curling Club-- product of a combined commun- ity spirit that would be hard_to 'beat anywhere. In 1907, New Liskeard curlers were guests of the Haileybury Club. Shortly afterwards they secured curling accommodation of their own and since that time a friendly rivalry 'has existed between the curlers of the two towns. They participated in the bonspiels of the Northern On- 'tario Curling Association, which included territory from Matta- wa to Sault Ste Marie and inter-town bonspiels were~ held at Haileybury where a four-sheet rink had been erected. In 1931, New Liskeard, through the gén- erosity of Ed Horne, discoverer of Noranda, secured a very fine steel frame, six-sheet rink., Thir- ty-four rinks attended the first New Liskeard bonspiel, and so successful was the event that steps were taken to organize the femiskaming and Northern On- tario Curling Association. This is a very active association with a yearly niembership for bon- spiel purposes averaging --OVCL 1800; now well over 100 rinks have been known to attend the bow&piel. , When you think of curling you think of the curlers who really knew what they were do- ing when they delivered their rock. High on the list of greats from the home club is Emmettt Smith, who skipped rinks to vic- tory in the British Consols on several occasions to qualify for the Briar--in 1927, the &rst year the Briar was held, in 1935 and & 1936. On his original rink were Mel Rob, Dunc Sutherland and Danny Millar. In 1939 Danny Millar represented Northern On- tario, with Lorne Umphrey, W.A Beecroft and Dune Sutherland. the crown of Northern Onta- rio's curling efforts 1s, of course the Dominion Curling Champion- ship of 1950--won by Kirkland Lake's Tom Ramsay rink. There are six major events «in the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario's 23rd annuai bonspiel and they are the Geo. W. Lee tro- phy, the Hill-Clark-Francis tro- phy, the Taylor Hardware, the Lowery trophy, the Imperial Oil and the Dunbar Shield. The grand ageregate winner will receive the Scotch Anthracite Coal tro- phy. A special prize will _be awarded to the non-member rink that wins the most games in the six Association events. Chairman of the bonspiel, Alex Mosher, said this week that the committees are "right on the bit and have everything here and ready but the curlers, whom we will welcome next week-end in any shape or form." Truck and Three Cars Involved in Highway Mix-Up A coal truck driven by Russell Othmer parked on No. 11 high- wayway, three miles south of Cobalt. on Tuesday night at 7 o'clock when the lights failed and from there init was a case of who hit who. Othmer's truck was parked facing north when a taxi driven by A. Charbonneau and proceed- ing south' crashed into the front of the truck and careened over the 30-foot embankment. When Othmer went to assist the taxi driver, andthe car driven by R. McRoberts of Latchford piled in. to 'the back of the truck. Seconds later, another car driven by W. Dobie of North Bay crashed into the McRoberts car. Damage was estimated at $1,000, and ° there were no injuries. Canadians this eleven barrels of oil per person more than twice as much as 1939, year will usethe JUST ASK THE EXPERTS -{Quiz programs, like cross- word puzzles and detective stores, are a popular form of entertainment for a great ma ny people -- especially when the listeners, with their ques tions, can put the experts on the spot and get prizes for doing so. I Ask You", heard happens on "Now That, broadly is what every Thursday on the Trans-Canada network of the CBC, Biting Blizzard Buries District Over Week-End The most severe storm to hit this area since the great snowing under of 1945 struck early Satur- day afternoon and continued un- abated through the night. A fierce, biting wind whistled through every home and when dawn came, citizens found them- selves snugly snowed in and sur- rounded by sweeping drifts.. Taxis and buses had ceased to function by early evening because of iing conditions and zero visi- bility Main street presented its-usual scene of a traffic tie-up as cars failed to make the incline and hacked down tor a second run. Hotels were filled to over- flowing with stranded travellers. At 5.30 p.m. Satuiday, there were nine cars and trucks in the ditch between New Liskeard and Cobalt. In town, drivers parked where they could and left their cars for better or for worse. The town snowplough, manned by Albert Palmer and Joe Levei- Ile, lost no time getting into ac- tion and worked all Saturday night until 2.30 in the morning, fighting the elements. At nine o'clock on Sunday, they were on the job again; working right through until midnight, Monday afternoon they devot- ed to breaking the way into the town dump for Romeo Dupuis and it was a tough job. Drifts were so deep that snow had to be loosened ahead of the snowhoy on the streets before it made an im- The next joh is to get the snow removed from the streets and the worst will be over, According to-Town Fore- man, Ted Manuel "his seven men have done a wonderful joh and we couldn't have-asked for any better," pression. A Canadian Army order. prohi- bits Overseas soliders from mail- ing "motor vehicles, airplanes and motorcycles" back home. The order is not a joke. During Second World War some troops actually attempted to ship ina vehicle to Canada by individual pieces. EATON'S Mr. LOU MARTIN will be in HAILEYBURY Friday, February 6th With a wide selection of Materials and Patterns for Spring! Plan now to attend from the varied assortment of materials and patterns +... skillfully tailored to your individual measure- PT. EATON Cures ments, this event! Choose Blue Line Tea Room Closes As Grocery Exoards Miers Je Bp iB: P-ro-u lx; probably holds the record for the longest stopover between travel- ling connections. In route to Kouyn in 1925, he stopped in Waileybury to catch a plane-- take-off was delayed due to weather conditions. Meantime, Mr. Proulx looked around and thought: "Why go any further " and he didn't, 1925 was a good year--the campaign for a new Hotel had just finished and things generally felt good. "I saw an opportun- ity for a baker to go ahead" said Mr. Proulx and that is exactly what he did. But this baker Knows all about hard work and tlie ups and downs, 'ie started in at once tu build the bakery on the. Lake Shore Road; five years later he built his home there too. Soon he was delivering bread to hungry resi- dents of Haileybury and making daily trips to Cobalt and North Cobalt. In 1937, he began tra- velling to Temagami ~ once a day, supplying that area with 95% of it's daily loaves. - Four good months in the summer with tourist trade at its peak, made the overall profit worth while. Meantime, the Blue Line Tea Room opened in the Hutt build- ing in 1936. Seven years later the building at the corner ot Brea'way and Ferguson was purchased by Mr, Proulx and the centrally located tea room be- came a popular gathering place in the downtown area. In 1947, the bakery was sold to Zanin's, but a year away from baking was not to Mr. Proulx's iiking and "he got itching to get Back to it." Building a good (Continued on Page Four) Calendar of Events Churches: Carrie Gray meeting on Mon- day evening. Women's~Association, United Church, Tuesday exening at the home of Mrs, S. Bond, C.W.L. Meeting on Tuesday evening in the Church. -- Sports: 4 Haileybury Figure Skating Club Tea at Mrs. C, Camsell's home on Saturday, Jan. 31st from 3.30 to 600 pm. Ski Club Dance and Toboggan- ning Jan, 30th at 8.30 p.m. \ Midget Hockey, Wednesday, e vening, Feb. 4th -- Cobalt at Haileybury; Sunday, Feb. 1st-- Exhibition game, Haileybury vs. Matachewan. : British Consols, Friday, Febru- ary 6th, at Co-Hail Rink. : T. & N. O. Bonspiel at Hailey- bury February 9th to 15th. Activities: 4 Girl Guide local Association meeting at Hotel, Thursday, fan. 29th, at 8 o'clock Legion annual meeting--Jan. 29th, at 8 o'clock, : Excellent Reports Heard by Members of United Church Over one hundred members en- joyed the congregational dinner in the United Church on Monday evenitig. Following dinner, members of the congregation reviewed the work of 1952 thro- ough a lengthy series of reports presented by boards and organiz- ations. The minister, Rev. A. T. Denholm, presided. 'The minutes of the last meet- ing in January, 1952, were read by Mr. M. MacDonald,-who was appointed secretary of the meet- ing, e Mrs, W. C. Arnold, superin- tendent of the Sunday School, reported that there were 125 children on ths Sunday School roll. This figure has never been higher. The children are taught by a staff of 18 officers and teach- ers. Mrs. A. H. Cooke reviewed the yearly activities of the Women's Association which included a congregational dinner, Presby- terial meals, a spring tea, rum- mage sale and a bazaar. The association also had joined with other groups to raise funds for the Training School. The afternoon auxiliary of the W.M.S. heard their last report fromMrs| H. Pickard as they are disbanding and joining with the evening auxiliary. Miss Muriel Rice reported a membership of 32 in the Carrie Gray and spoke of the missionary work. "The allocation for Missionar ies and Maintenance will be rais- ed 25% for 1953" said Mr. Run- nalls, and he asked members to give more to meet the challenge. Mr. Denholm gave the annual report of the Session, Mr. H: Brown gives up his office this year; Mr. J. Hughes becomes an honorary elder and Mr. E. Olson andMr. J. D. Rodgers will be the two new elders for 1953. The Board of Stewards' report was given by Judge J. B. Robin- son. He particularly thanked the W.A. for their unstinting efforts in raising the large sum of $500.0C to assist in the decorating of the church. Mrs. P.V. McAulay and Mr. L. Childs retire from the Board this year and Mr. V. F. Daughney and Mr. John Hope will .be the new members. The new chimes conmmittee will have Mr..A.-T.-Denholm, A. W. Sanderson and Mr. T. Beasley for its members. MINISTER APPROVES COUNCIL'S MOVE The Hon. G. H. Dunbar has approved Council's resolution in which they requested re- lease of Departmental juris- Mayor Concerned With Atutude of Bucke i ownsnip A. meeting ot the lemiskaming Health Unit last week in New Liskeard heard Mayor A. H. Cooke register alarm at the atti- tude of the Lownship of Bucke regarding the Health Unit, Mr. Cooke let his opmion be known when it was announced at the meeting. that the contract, be- tween the Unit and the Lown- ship would terminate on June 30th, 1953. lhe kettle began to boil in North Cobalt municipal atfairs in October when the Reeve and a majority of council members de- cided that they were paying too much for not enough service. The Issue was Carried into the muni- cipal elections at the year's end and Chester Hopkins, Bucke's champion tor- the Unit, who be- lieves the people are making a foolish move, went down to as. feat. A plebiscite on the matter resulted in favor of doing away with the Health Unit by a slight majority, Mr. Cooke stated that "any council that would retreat into the dark ages is cause for con- cern.' Haileybury's mayor feels that his town is situated in the centre of the Township of Bucke and that to have them withdraw from such an outstanding service is a potential health menace. "We have full protection for our town", said Mr. Cooke, "but the people of the Township naturally use our restaurants our theatre and so on", Further more, | do not understand how they think they can replace the the service." Mr. Cooke stated that this 1s not the first time that he has been disappointed with the Township's attitude. They have no fire bri- gade and although arrangements have been made with Cobalt to come so far, after that it is in the lap of the Gods. Mr. Cooke ex- plained that if a fire were to break out in the vicinity of Van- nier's store, the surrounding area in Haileybury would be ieft totally unprotected. "This atti- tude", he said, "is just one more indication that they are not very far-sighted." A "dash" is equal in quantity to one-third of a teaspoon-of liquid. Canadians smoked less than 1,100 cigarettes per capita last year; in the same year Ameri- cans -smoked modre than 2,500 cigarettes. The Canadian papermaking in- dustry has developed into four main branches each making a variety of papers under the gen- eral heading of Newsprint, Fine diction. The Ontario Muni- cipal Board is being notified Papers, Wrapping Papers and to this effect. Boards. Ne = aan dndndndndatndn data tna Sa aaa aaaananae ' q F HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ANNUAL : ETING! GENERAL ME ee -------- q HOTEL HAILEYBURY 3 SATURDAY, JANUARY 31st ' 2.30 p.m. All Members Invited } f a So ee pee Oe. Temiskaming Con gD struction Limited MINING P.O, Box 997 ENGINEERS and GENERAL CONTRACTORS CONCRETE WORK Oo Head Office HAILEYBURY, ONT. PLANTS .. Phone 517