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Page 2 The Haileyburian ' Thursday, April 9, 1959 _ THE HAILEYBURIAN and COBALT Published by Temiskaming Printing Co, Ltd. New Liskeard, Ont. snOST: Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Issued every Thursday, from The Haileyburian Office, Broad- way Street, Haileybury, Ontario. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office, Department, Ottawa. . In Canada -- $2.50 per year "in advance. In United States -- $3.50 per year in. advance. T See by THE PAPERS MONTREAL -- Mr. Justice Charles-Edouard Ferland has rul- ed that a woman who swerved her car to miss a dog and ended up in a ditch showed "'very heavy neg- ligence."' He ordered Mr. and Mrs. Na- poleon Taillon of suburban Outre- mont Friday to pay $17,902 to. their niece, Marie McGraw, 36, who was injured when the~Taillon auto hit the ditch. "The act of the defendant in swerving in such a way as to land in the ditch in order to avoid the dog shows very heavy negligence,"' said Mr. Justice Ferland. GUELPH -- John Brown Friday was sentenced to 30 days in jail be- cause he couldn't pay a $50 fine for driving an unsafe auto which he hadn't the money to fix. Police said the ear had a loose steering, bald tires, no emergency brake, a foot brake that was "just there", a transmission stuck in low gear, no door handles, no window glass and no stop lights. TORONTO -- A political argu- ment in a taxi cab got so heated that the cabby ordered Arthur Reaume, Liberal member of the Ontario legislature for Essex North out of the car. Mr. Reaume, former Windsor mayor, had ordered the eab to take him from Queen's Park to the Royal York Hotel. When the taxi pulled up, Mr. Reaume was chatting with Ontario CCF Leader, Donald MacDonald. After Mr. Reaume entered the taxi, the driver began talking poli- tics. The cab soon stopped and the driver said heatedly: "You'd bet- ter get out of this cab, buddy." Mr. Reaume insisted that he should be driven to his destination and an argument ensued. A pass- ing motorcycle policeman stopped and asked what the trouble was. "He called me a pink-eyed So- cialist," the cabby said. "I did not," Mr. Reaume retort- ed, "I said that it would be a bad day for Canada if the pink-eyed Socialist ever took over." The. policeman thought it over and then told the driver: 'I think you'd better take the gentleman where he's going." : The remainder of the trip was completed.in silence. Mr. Reaume gave the driver a 80-cent tip along with the 70-cent fare. GUELPH -- A traditional April Fool joke got out of hand and backfired on students at the On- tario Agricultural College. 'Each year, pranksters perform the monumental task of making off with 800 aluminum serving trays from the OAC dining hall' as an April 1 joke. But not this year -- the trays Stayed missing from Wednesday to Thursday night, when univer- Sity authorities issued an ultima- tum. No trays by 9 a.m. no lunch. The trays were not returned and the dining hall was locked. 'The situation touched off a horn- blaring auto calvacade of 200 stu- dents through downtown Guelph. -Piacards proclaimed: 'We want food." "OAC officials remained firm._ "The 800 trays somehow turned up in the locked dining hall Fri- day night and peace returned. CARTHAGE, Mo -- Police Chief Bill Lloyd said he wasn't disturbed when he saw someone drive assist- ant chief Leland Boatwright's car é away from the department parking lot recently. The chief thought Boatwright's son had come to pick up the car. Then, Boatwright re- ported that his car had been stol- en. And, he sheepishly admitted, he had left the keys in the car. PUEBLO, Colo. -- Police were called in when Union bus station employees noticed blood oozing from a suitcase. Sgts. H. L. Nielson and Raymond Marshall found the suitcase contained frozen 'T-bone steaks that were beginning to thaw. The'd been sent from Grand Val- ley, Colo., to a Pueblo family. HAMILTON -- Sgt. Len Wheeler thought at first it was an April Fool's joke. When he left the police depart- ment's dinner dance Tuesday night, he found his car wouldn't move although the engine ran just fine. 5 After examining. the vehicle Wednesday, he turned in a theft report. Somebody had stolen his drive shaft. BRADFORD -- There's no doubt about it -- a hockey team is no bet- ter than its goalie. Bond Head Wreckers were lead- ing Newmarket Slessor Motors 4-2 half-way through the second period of the second game of the best-of- three final for the Bradford and District Hockey League Champion- ship. Defenceman Don Thoms, given a minor penalty, protested and was given a game misconduct. New- market goalie Joe Burke protested -- in fact walked off in protest. There was no other goalie. Newmarket put on six attackers and, before the game ended, man- aged to score two more goals. However, Wreckers won the game and the championship -- they scored 13 times on the empty net. NAIROBI, Kenya -- Drivers in a motor race through East Africa ran into a number of obstacles Sun- day -- live ones. R. J. Roy hit a lion on the main road near. Nairobi. Airport. His bumper and radiator grill were badly damaged. Roy said he did not think the lion' would die from its injuries. Edward Harrison struck a leop- ard in Tanganyika, smashing the car radiator and headlights. Jim Heather-Hayes said he nar- rowly missed an elephant that loomed up in the Nairobi-Mom- basa road. soa The drivers are participating in the East African Coronation Sa- fari Motor Rally. The course ex- tends through Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika. BROMLEY, England -- Visitors to hospitals in this Kent town are to be banned from smoking. "The smoke is making the patients cough at nights, keeping the others awake," says a spokesman. One of the strongest performers among the junior coppers in re- cent sessions has been Temagami Mining Co., whose discovery of sensational high grade copper de- posits astounded the mining world a couple of years ago. Behind the current strength in the stock are the results being obtained on the newly opened 850-foot level, 300 feet below previous workings. Arthur Currie, 31, of Coady Ave., a school teacher, yesterday be- came the first motorist in Metro Toronto to have his license sus- pended under Ontario's demerit point system. Currie pleaded guilty before Ma- gistrate Prentice of driving whiie his ability was impaired and was fined $75 or 15 days in jail. He was arrested early Thursday when a policeman stopped a car on Les- lie St. Haileybury Personals Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Levelly the past week- end were their sons Bud and Jack and his wife, North Bay, and Mr. and Mrs: Len Mallison, Elk Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hughes have returned after spending a holiday at Niagara Falls, visiting rela- tives. 'Mrs. J. S. Weir has returned after spending the Easter holidays in Florida. Dale Welsh of Virginiatown was a visitor this week with his aunt, Mrs. P. Bonin and Mr. Bonin. Mrs. H. L. R. Slaght has return- ed to Haileybury after spending the winter months in California. Mrs. D. H. Millar left Wednes- day by plane for Ottawa to visit her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Miller, Mr. Miller and her new grandson, Daniel Stewart Miller, who has the distinction of being the first grand- son in the Millar family. : Mrs. Hector Villeneuve, Mrs. Margaret Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson were in Toronto re- cently visiting Mr.. Hector Villen- euve, who is a patient in the Prin- cess Margaret Hospital there. Mr. Villeneuve has now been transfer- red to the Toronto General Hos- pital, where he is-still under going treatment and is reported as doing well. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Belland have been Mr. and Mrs. A. Belland and daughter Leslie of Bracebridge and Mr. and Mrs. Stubbs of Tgronto. Mr. and Mrs. Armand Phillion of Port Credit were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Phillion. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Brown of North Bay, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. Philbert and Mr. and Mrs. P. Mar- iette last week. Recent visitors Mrs. with Mr. and Leo Phillion,were Mr. and Conviction under this charge draws the full 12 points and calls for a three-month suspension per- iod. 'OTTAWA -- The last of Ottawa's street cars -will go out of service May 1, George Brady, general manager. of the Ottawa Transpor- tation Commission, announced to- day. Buses will replace 44 trams on the last two remaining street car routes. Two other street car routes were taken over by buses two months ago. oce Murray McKinnon Your Mutual Life Representative 72 Nickel -- Cobalt Dial 4519 Mrs. William Watt, who were on their way to Ottawa, and Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Dowe and daughter Kathy, all of South Porcupine. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stewart re- turned last week after spending the winter months in Southern On- tario. They were with their son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. Streight of Oakville until Feb- ruary, going then to North Bay, where they: visited another daugh- ter, Mrs. D. Bramer, and Mr. Bramer, and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Gordon Stewart. The final part of their holiday was spent in Tim- mins, at the home of a third daugh- ter, Mrs. Roy Cannell and Mr. Can- nell, who drove them home last week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thompson have returned from a month's holi- days in Florida. Before flying to Tampa, they attended -the Pros- pectors and Developers Convention in Toronto, going then by plane to Florida. They spent three weeks at Longboat Key, having wonder- ful weather all the time with the exception of two or three rainy days. The temperature of the water averaged seventy-one degrees. There are many places of inter- est at Longboat Key and Sarasota, including the Ringland Circus and the circus museum, where antiqu- ated articles of entertainment housed over one hundred autos, dating back to the first ones man- ufactured. Other buildings are fill- ed with antiques of every descrip- tion. The area is a well-known art centre, stressing painting, cera- mics, lapidary and shell work. The Thompsons were very much im- pressed with the extensive collec- tions of shells on display. Another point of interest was a glass blower's plant, where one could see this ancient craft dem- onstrated. were displayed. Another museum y Coming Events The W.A. of St. Paul's Anglican church are holding a Garden' Party and Bake Sale on Satur. day, June 20. 5 A preliminary meeting for young peoples groups 'will be held at St. Paul's Anglican Parish Hall on Sunday, April 19 at 8:30 p.m. Young married couples a young people who are interes ed in forming such a group are welcome to attend. 5 The Thirty-third Annual meeting of Temiskaming Presbyterial Women's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada will be held in Swastika United Church, Thursday, April 23rd, 1959, with registration at 10 a.m. Tre guest speaker' will be Rev. John Lougheed, pastor of Trinity United Church, Kirk- land Lake, who has recently returned from India. A cordial. invitation is extended to all ladies interested in the broad work of this organization to at- tend, ' B) Cancer of the skin is the com- monest form 'of cancer in men. If treated early it can nearly always be cured. "We Serve the North" P. O. 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