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pie ESTABLISHED 1904 -Haileyburian-Cobalt P ' j : ' Vols 55 -- No: 12 Haileybury, Ont., May 28, 1959 5c: GORY Haileybury Golf Club Members Open Season Saturday May 30 On Saturday, Haileybury Golf Club start the season with a tourn- ament in the afternoon, a banquet A"®>d dance in the evening. \{ "This will be a real chance for members to get together", said club president John Knox, "and we expect a record entry for the afternoon play and for the social evening." Mr. Knox told the Speaker that plans are already complete for one of tthe best seasons enjoyed by the club. "Our hope is that many more persons in ithe district will be attracted to the club, and that by the end of June there will be a waiting list for membership." The game of golf made its first appearance in Haileybury in 1921 when the Haileybury Golf Club Storekeeper Holds Thieves at Gunpoint "A Thornle storekeeper held three thieves at gun point ear- ly Monday while his wife tele- phoned for help. Provincial police who raced from Hail- eybury to George Cooper's store 12 miles north of New Liskeard found Mr. Cooper holding three young Toronto men at the. point of his rifle. Cooper told the police he in- vestigated a noise at the rear of the service station and gen- eral store and caught the three men in the act of driving away. They are alleged to have stol- en gas from Mr. Cooper's farm tractor. He ordered them out of the car, and covered them with his gun until police ar- rived. The three men are lodged in jail at Haileybury facing theft charges. All from Toron- to, they are identified as Gord- on Reid, 25, and John and William Ringo, aged 16 and 17 respectively. Police also alleged that the men stole some battery cables from a garage in Latchford and a quantity of air hose from a garage in New Liskeard. The air hose was apparently used for siphoning gas. OPP Const. D. Shannon and L, Fowler of the Haileybury OPP detach- ment are investigating. Limited was incorporated and the present course, then known as Foster's Farm, was purchased. The venture was an immediate success; stock at $100.00 per. share was taken up by the residents of Hail- eybury and Cobalt but only two residents of New Liskeard partici- pated. The original Board of Di- rectors _were: Judge Hayward, president; G. A. Bagshaw, R. T. Shillington; W. H. Wright, (all of Haileybury); R. B. Waatson; J. C. Dickenson; (both of Cobalt); and P. J. Knox of New Liskeard. Ed- win Kearney Was the first Secre- tary-Treasurer. While a number of the original charter members are still residing locally, none is an active member to-day. Golf Club situate nearest at the time to Haileybury were at Huntsville and 'Renfrew. Within a few years clubs were formed at North Bay, Timmins and Iro- quois Falls. Eventually the North- ern Ontario Golf Association was formed with 'the first tournament in 1926 when Haileybury was the host club. Local members were unsuccessful - in » winning _ this Championship until Harry Kemp proved the winner in 1958. The ladies formed their Northern On- tario Golf Association in the fol- lowing year when again Hailey- bury was the host club for the first tournament, which appropri- ately was won by Mrs. Edith Mc- Cuaig; other local ladies who have won the Championship over the years are Mrs. Noanie Dean, Mrs. Grace McDonough and Mrs. Flora McFarlane. Percy Hitchen was engaged as the first professional and remained with the club until 1932: he was subsequently re-engaged ajiiter the War. The success of the lady mem- bers was in no small measure due to his ability as ia teacher, and ex- hortations 'to "keep your rear in'. Having to convert fields into fairways and greens, the policy of the early Boards of Directors was to spend money on the course, which gradually emerged as a course second to none with the kaleidescopic view of the water and islands, under 'the care of James Homewood who stayed as greenskeeper for nearly thirty years. The present club house was built in 1927, and was promptly in constant use by members and their guests. The club has been (Continued On Page 2) Political Candidates Cover The Campaign Last week The Speaker carried a news story of activities and say- ings of the three candidates in the provincial election, It was the in- tent that each candidate would be given 'some space, but the plan was. slightly fudged by .a-typo-|. graphical error. We doubt if the writer will be forgiven for saying "the CCF can- didate is against political patron- age, LOCAL MARKETS FOR FARMERS, NEW INDUSTRY AND A PLAN FOR THE ECON- OMIC GROWTH OF NORTHERN ONTARIO. What we meant to write, of course, is that the CCF candidate is opposed to political patronage, and in favour of local markets for farmers, in favor of new industry Diamond Drilling Rig ~ Interests CIMmembers Mining men, their wives and oth- er persons took a peek behind a curtain last Friday evening and saw how one of the biggest drilling companies in Canada keeps its equipment in trim for its impor- tant job. CLAN. Morissette Diamond Drilling Oi 'ompany went out to give an in- teresting display for members of C.I.M. in town for the annual la- * dies' night, and was aided by Mor- issette Manufacturing and Sales Limited. In the drilling company offices a comprehensive display of diamond studded bits were on display, with an officer on hand to explain their uses. = In the machine shop below the offices, visitors also saw miles of drill rod, tidily racked, and dozens of+diesel motors being overhauled. to keep 200 drillers busy in the field. The shop foreman also explained that the company redesigned some of the power equipment to adapt stock models for their particular uses.» - At the Manufacturing and Sales! plant, George Morissette displayed | many of the articles manufactured there for the trade, and visitors saw the big lathes turning out fa- miliar pieces of equipment. But the big thrill for most was when company president N. Moris- sette led the visitors into the yard to see a diamond drill in operation. This was no scaled down model, but a full sized operation, and Mario Gauthier and Henri Ethier on the drill team drove the dia- mond bit close to 200 feet under- ground, Experts on hand to examine the ore agreed that it would not assay very high in any type of mineral. Mr. Morissette told the visitors that the drill would be left in posi- tion so that students at the mining Riding As Hits Stride and a plan for the economic growth of Northern Ontario. We are sincerely sorry for the mistake, and hope that the correc- tion gives a truer picture of Mr. Johnston's platform. Still on the: hustings this week Mr. Johnston spoke at Matachewan on Monday and charged the Con- servative government with being "Fat and lazy", and while he did not tag A: R. Herbert with the same label, did say that Mr. Her- bert had sadly neglected district problems. At Elk Lake on Tuesday, Mr. Johnston promised to work for bet- ter education for the youth of the riding. Harvey Plaunt has-also been ac- tive throughout the district, and (Continued on page Twelve) LAP LAPRAIRIE guest speaker at banquet JACK FREY President of Cobalt C.1.M. Cobalt Branch CIMM Holds Annual Party The Cobalt Branch of the Cana- dian Institute of Mining held its annual dinner and dance last week in the Haileybury Curling Rink and close to 200 members and their wives were in attendance. Members who arrived in the af- ternoon attended an "'Open House at Morissette Diamond Drilling and Morissette Manufacturing & Sales Limited, and -after a tour of the plant, saw a drill in operation on company grounds. Following a reception, members sat down to a banquet, and were welcomed by President Jack Frey. >Guest speaker Lap Laprairie en- tertained members and their guests with a wealth of stories and remin- iscences from the time the mining camps were young. "President Frey commented brief- ly on progress made during the year and thanked the many In- dustrial donors who had contrib- uted to make the evening a suc- cess. He mentioned Cobalt Foundry, Agnico Mines, George Taylor Hard- ware, Haileybury Lumber, Mc- Isaac Transport, Northern Canada Supply, J. Koza Limited, Wabi Iron Works, Atlas Copeo and Siscoe Metals, and said that their gener- ous contributions had helped make the evening a social and financial ieee Premier Frost A. R. Bob Herbert is bring- ing the Conservative party's biggest gun into action as the election campaign enters- its final week. ; Priemer Leslie Frost will be in the riding next Tuesday, and will speak on behalf of Mr. Herbert at the Palace Theatre in Englehart, commencing at 1:15 in the afternoon. Conservation Car At Haileybury The Ontario Forestry Associa= tion car visited the Haileybury Public School and the Haileybury Separate School on the morning of May 26, to bring a message of conservation and fire prevention to the pupils. A short lecture was given by Jim Malcolmson, followed by an interesting film, "'In Partner- ship With Nature". The conserva- tion car travelled on in the after- noon to New Liskeard to visit the New Liskeard Public School. school could see one of the most important operations in mining. _ Haileybury Golf Course is one of the most picturesque in Ontario, and one of the most sport- ing in the north. A view from the first tee shows Lake Temiskaming in the background. ost