» ~~ Mie Fy & * * Li \eeraty es 3 ESTABLISHED 1904 Vol. 55 -- No. 4 be COPY. Haileybury, Ont., April 2, 1959 Ville Marie School Destroyed by Fire VILLE MARIE Cleaning fluid is blamed for the $250,000 fire that levelled the Home Eco- siomics school here and damaged he Normal School wing of the college. Although the financial loss is severe, the school authorities are thankful that the 130 girls who board there were absent on the Easter vacation and the 22 nuns, members of tthe Grey Sisters es- ecaped without difficulty. The blaze was discovered about 9:30 a.m. Monday, and soon the heavy smoke pillar could be seen as far away as Haileybury. The home economics building of the school was burned to the ground and nothing of the con- tents of the building was saved. It was built in 1908. The Sisters were able to close the fire doors between the two buildings and these for a time confined the fire 'to the older school. But as the fire developed into a raging inferno, it reached the roof and roared into the top storey of the Normal Sehool. Bire Chief Joseph Berube sta- tiéned his pumpers on the dock on Lake Temiskaming, and strung fire hose for four blocks. Helped by fire departments from Guigue and Lorrainville, he was able to control the fire on the roof of the new building, and keep loss there to a minimum. Residents of the town were out Guess What ? "The time has come'"' the Wal- rus said, "to speak of many things, of shops and sails and sealing wax, and cabbages and kings.'"' And the time has also come to start think- ing about when the ice will be all gone from Lake Temiskaming. So start getting your entries in with the date that YOU think the lake will be clear this year and you may win yourself a year's free reading of the Haileyburian. ONLY ONE ENTRY WILL BE ACCEPT- ED FROM A FAMILY and allen- tries must be on a coupon clipped from the Haileyburian. They must be in this office or postmarked no later than April 15 and the decision of Neil Fleming of the Matabanic Hotel regarding the date the lake is clear will be considered final. The contest has been carried on since 1904 and to help you make up your mind regarding the right date we are printing- the record for the past 25 years. Good luck and good guessing! TERE sak 5 oie Sea aie are ter oc ec May 7 TO BAI Means eae ye soe NA a Wa May 5 RRS PS Aes A ge Rea ca ane ah Les May 9 HOS OMe tinrcnc sie ater May 13 LOST ote es. 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The Institue Familiale, where there were 40 students enrolled, housed classrooms, dormitories, kitchen and iaundries.The well- known landmark was a total loss within an hour of the outbreak of the blaze. ; Hiremen say the blaze broke out when naptha was poured too close to ithe heating equipment at the institute. However, several sisters blame the fire on other causes. "We remarked how warm it was all night and wondered what was wrong with the heater," one said. Another sister stated that for the past two months contractors were rewiring the place and showed the reporter loose wires hanging from aé_ wall at the school. She hinted the cause might have been faulty wiring. Sister St. Gatien, superior, was away at the mother thouse of the order at Ottawa yesterday. She was hastily summoned to the scene of the blaze and arrived by car late in the afternoon. Rev. Alfred Audet, principal, had left on a trip to Kirkland Lake an hour and a half before the fire stanted. But Sister Therese Mad- eline, directress, was on the prem- ises at the time. Nuns say the blaze was so sud- en and rapid at the institute they didn't have time to save any- thing at all." The first, second and third stories of the normal school, however, escaped with lit- tle worse than water damage since the flames had leaped from the institute to the fourth floor of the building---and.. .were---successfully held in check there by firemen. Total damage to the normal school has been estimated at $50,000. The schools, set off by themselves, threatened no other buildings. But the mearby care- taker's home, to the north, was ready for evacuation if winds sprang up. Grey Sisters say they do not know yet what arrangements will be made to carry on school when the pupils return 'tthe second week in April. It is believed, however, that temporary quarters will be sought. The pupils come from all over Temiskaming district and 10 are from Rouyn-Noranda. Cobalt Property Coleman Registry Says Member Arnold Peters, federal member for this riding celebrated his re- turn from Ottawa by attempting to light a fire under Cobalt Coun- cil, but members left the special meeting of Council not even slight- ly warmed. Working. hard to block the im- minent eviction of three Cobalt families who own homes, but are not sure about the land their build- ings rest on, Mr. Peters told Coun- cil that there is a discrepancy in survey plans of a section of the town owned by Mastermet Mines. He also told Council that in his search of the Titles at Haileybury, he noted that the Mastermet prop- erty is registered under a Cole- man Township plan, although it is within the corporate limits of the town of Cobalt. Council indicated that they did not wish to interfere in 4 civil action about a matter over which they had no jurisdiction. Winter's Last Kick What (we hope) is winter's last kick hit the area on Wed- nseday night. About six inches of soft snow, caught some municipalites with their plows down and traffic at the best can travel at a snail's pace. , -- Visit Davey Jones reer) A tap on the helmet is the all clear signal for diver Leo Phillion of Cobalt. Phillion, an employee of the Ontario Avdro, and James Dean, also with the Hydro, roamed the depths of Lake Temiskaming in search of Haileybury's water supply intake. The pipe runs along 1,200 feet of the lake bottom and has a seven foot vertical section at the end. The filter on this sec- tion is believed to be either missing or broken. After three days' diving it was decided to wait till the lake clears of ice, then in 50 feet of water, force water through from the pumping station. The men were working Actor, Writer, Producer Adjudicates W. S. Milne, the adjudicator for the Quonta One-Act Play Festival for Quonta to be held in New Liskeard next & - o week has been well known in the theatrical activities for many years. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He graduated in Arts at the Uni- i attaining a) versity of Toronto, M.A. degree in English. He lectured University of Western Ontario for five years and at present, is the head of the English department at Northern Vocational and Collegiate | Institute in Toronto. Mr. Milne likes acting, occasion- ally acts himself, but known as a producer and director. He has produced plays for several | Little Theatre groups in London and Toronto, participating with some success in Dominion Drama Festivals. He has given courses in theatre at Queen's University, has instruct- ed evening classes in Acting, Stage-craft and Play Production at Northern Vocational and Col- legiate Institute for a number of years, has spent several years with professional summer stock in English at the is better, and television work. This coming summer, he will be giving a two-week coursé in make- up for the University of Saskatche- wan Summer School in Qu' Appelle. Mr. Milne is the author of a number of one-act plays, Editor of "Curtain Rising", a school antho- theatre and has done some radio logy of Canadian one-act plays. First 'no below' Since November The last week of March was the first one since last November that no "below zero" temperatures have been recorded, although the average daily mean temperature for the month of 22.8 is only one_ degree higher than the lowest, recorded since 1824. During March of 1858; the average was 33.8. The maximum during the past month-was &5 on the 30th, as com- yared with 52 on the 31st in 1358, and since 1834, with 76 in 1946. : The month'S' minimum temper- ature was 15 degrees~below on the 15th. Last year during the same month, the minimum was 1 on the third, but back in 1900, it dropped to 33.8 below! Week ending March 31, 1959. Max. Min, Wednesday, .2-5 25.5; 44 st PUTS Gp hy. tay eg 33 15 Oni aye Se 30 7 Saturday ese ee rere 35 -- Sundays. eee Bee An 19 Mond aye tere ere 55 25 UCSO AY: ef. ins eee 47 31 Finals Tonight Finals of the Wemen's Inter- town Bonspiel will be piayed at the MHaileybury Curling Club tonight (Thursday). &, Sg era 5a