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€ \ SO Haileyburian-Cobalt Post ESTABLISHED 1904 Vale so---- Now! 7 Haileybury, Ont., July 2, 1959 5c COPY Cobalt Council Hears Petition Provincial Police To Retain Cobalt--Residents of this town do not want council ito replace the Ontario Provincial Police with a y Di unicipa police force, about 650 Signed a petition condemning the ~ plan, and a-score attended a special meeting of council on Monday, to enlarge on the brief, Council had previously decided | - to make the change as an economy measure, as part of the overall plan to curb the increasing tax levy in the silvertown. They plan- ned to replace the three-man OPP force with a two-man town staff. John Hunt, former councillor, was spokesman for the group, and prefaced his remarks by saying that those who signed the petition bore council no illwill. "But they do have long memor- ies," the said, "and all recall that in the seven years before the OPP came here, Cobalt had seven dif- ferent chiefis-of-police." "The people also remember a number of unsavory incidents dur- ing tthe before OPP days,' he con- tinued, "'such as tthe time when ~ one chief held council at the point vof a gun, and then relinquished it tto offer a drink to the Haileybury officer who came to arrest him, and the other town policeman who couldn't understand why his cruis- er couldn't be driven up a stream on the outskirts of town." "They remember these things," he said, 'and they don't want those days to return." Mr. Hunt also told council that he had probed into the efficiency of the town operated police depart- ment in Mattawa, and quoted from a conversation he had with Salem Turcotte, mayor of that town. "Mr. Turcotte said that Mattawa had changed from OPP to town po- lice five years ago," recounted Mr. Hunt, "and had lived tto regret the change." "The cost of running the town force: was close to $17,000, seven or more had started and quit dur- ing that time, one officer quit last week and the chief resigned last night." "The mayor also said," continued Mr. Hunt, "thait they had consid- erable trouble with rookie police- men arresting people improperly, and the town might have been sued on several occasions. He re- Fire Alarm Haileybury firemen answered a "false alarm" call across the tracks on Sunday evening. When they arrived there was no sign of fire or 'smoke anywhere. Monday morning a call to 'the home of George Kranz was an- sswered to extinguish a blaze caused by fat from 'a roast in the oven. : No serious damage resulted. marked, as well, that it is hard to get good men, although there-are plenty of applications. In brief, the petition to council stated: We (the petitioners) appre- ciate the town's financial position .. . but those of us who want to go on. living here do not want to see it become a less desirable place in which to live. The experience of other councils who had an endless succession of municipal police chiefs .. . and if the OPP is removed we can expect the same old story of open boot- legging, petty graft and second rate police work. Several other ratepayers added their pleas for the retaining of tihe OPP, and a 'general discussion was held. Mayor Fulton Purdy told the ratepayers that although the peti- tion had no legal status, council would give it every consideration it rated as an expression of the wishes of tihe townspeople. Council further undertook to de- fer action on ithe change, 'and will explore the possibility of obtaining permission from the Provincial Po- lice - Commission* 'to reduce the force to two men. Councillor Mathews defended the change as 'an economy measure, "We are trying to save money for the town,"' he pointed out, and the money we could save on the change is 'important to our econo- my. But the opposition to 'the change is so strong, that it might be better to take a vote on the matter before any change is made."' Fly Bitten Fugitives Surrender » Road blocks strung across the district by Ontario Provincial Po- lice last week-end quickened local interest in the manhunt for per- sons wanted for questioning on the death of two Huntsville men. On Monday, a badly fly bitten and half starved couple were ar- rested in Elk Lake by Constable William Adair of Elk Lake and Cpl. Tim Armstrong of Englehart, after a stolen boat was located on the Montreal River near Elk Lake. Marvin McKee, 19, and Annie Young, 17, told police that they had lived the past five days on a small bag of oatmeal and some coffee. The people were taken to Huntsville by Inspector David Adair. On Tuesday McKee and a 16- year-old were charged with the murder of two men, and Annie Young is being held as a material witness. : The dead men are francis Gros- so and Bruce Spiers, Huntsville taxi drivers, who have been miss- ing since June 17, when they both left Huntsville to pick up a fare. Their bodies were found in the dense bush near Huntsville, the searchers thought that Grosso had died instantly and that Spiers had tried to get away. It was reported that both men had been shot with a .22 rifle. The men's pockets had been turned inside out and it is thought that about $150 was taken from them. Inspector Adair said that rob- bery was a possible motive for the crime. The cab, stripped of its roof light was seen near where the bodies were found on the day fol- lowing fhe .disappearance of the two men. . aileybury Golfer n Ontario Finals -- For some years the Haileybury Golf Club' has been paying. spe- cial attention to young golfers, and the results of the training and practice time are beginning to show. Last week-end five youngsters 'played in the Northern Ontario Golf .Association tournament at Timmins, and three landed in the top brackets: Murray. Black, a _ 14-year-old shotmaker from the District Town Club weathered the 72 hole grind, and ended in first place in the ™ t yd class "B" group for players 14-15 years of age. He shot a 328, and topped the runner by three strokes. He will represent Northern Ontario in the All-Ontario finals to be held on the Islington course on July 10. Paul Hough and John Horn- castle played well in the "C'"' grouping and placed fourth and fifth, just a few strokes off the pace. : Dave McVeigh and Andy Stothart also showed well in their division, although they did not get into the money. to Police Health Conference CHILD HEALTH CONFER- ENCE as. conducted by the Timiskaming Health Unit will continue as scheduled during the summer months. TheSe clinics are held in the follow- ing centres on day listed be- low. Haileybury - Tuesdays. Cobalt - Ist and 3rd Thurs- days ' North Cobalt - 2nd Tuesday of each month. D. H. Millar The death of Mr. D. H. Millar, well-known throughout the north, occurred suddenly at his home on Lake Shore Road, Haileybury, on Sunday evening, June 28. Funeral services were held Wed- nesday afternoon from St. An- drew's United Church. Ist and 3rd Miss Antoine Larocque, a school teacher at the Holy Cross Separate School in Haileybury won all the honours 'at the Dairy Princess Contest held at the New Liskeard Beach last Fri. night. She was one of seven contestants who displayed their dairying skill to a crowd of two hundred and. fifty. interested spectators _ attending the show. Haileybury Teacher New Dairy Princess Bright-eyed brunette, Antoinette Larocque, an attractive, modest, 20-year-old, Haileybury. teacher captured all honours for the covet- ed "Dairy Princess' crown at the New Liskeard Beach last Friday night. Seven district girls competed for the laurels and a chance to repre- sent Temiskaming in the Canadian National Exhibition Dairy Queen Cobalt Lions Club Marks 8th Year The Cobalt Lions Club celebrated their Sixth Anniversary last Mon- day; evening at the Cobalt Com- munity Hall as close to one hund- red;memibers and guests gathered for .a buffet supper=and dance. An address of. welcome was giy- en 'by the President Pat Slaght, followed by the singing of "O Can- ada', the Lions Code of Ethics read by Bob Sopha and Grace by Charter President Ken Buffam. Before sitting down at the tables in the main auditorium the mem- bers and guests filed into the lounge room and served themsel- ves at the attractive buffet pre- pared and set up by the Chef from the Hotel Haileybury, Harry Field- ing.. Throughout the meal a sing- song was led by Denis Larabie, Hubert Audette and Ernie Thib- eault with Ford Chapman accom- panying at the piano. The head table was introduced by John Damiani and an oral roll call fol- lowed. with other members and guests: introducing - themselves. Past President Hubert Audette proposed a toast to the Queen. A toast to the ladies was proposed by Lloyd Humphreys and this was responded to by Mrs. Ken Buffam. President-elect -Ernie Thibeault introduced the guest speaker, Mr. A. Secor,..a representative of the Postal Department from North Bay | who gave a short talk on the his- tory of mailing procedures in this country since the early days when postage was paid by the person re- ceiving the letter up to the present day and he spoke of the new build- ings provided across Canada and particularly in this area and new equipment to facilitate the han- dling of mail. Mr. Secor also out- lined the many services which the post office provide for the public. His speech was followed by a very interesting coloured film which gave his audience some idea of just how the millions of letters, parcels, etc., received daily are handled in some of the larger cen- tres. On behalf of the club, Bob Sopha thanked the speaker and presented him with a small gift of appreciation. Greetings were extended to the Cobalt Lions Club by District Gov- (Continued on page seven) Contest held August 26th in Tor- onto. . The girls were ail given special coaching for the affair; Mrs. Queenie Douglas instructed in public speaking, use of micro- phone, grooming and stage man- ers; John Butler gave instruction on milking techniques; Bill Derry briefed the girls on the dairy in- dustry. a From the beginning the organiz- ing committee agreed that the tests should be a duplicate of the finals at the Canadian National Exhibition, so that the winner would be well trained for that competition. The smoothly run affair was ar- ranged by a committee headed by Herb McLean, who was appointed district convener and which in- cluded Charles Tucker, chairman, and Doug Gardner, Garnet Mills, secretary-treasurer, R. McKnight, and Hartly Houston, who have been working hard this season in pre- paration for the. contest so that the best possible candidate could be drawn from Temiskaming to give this area a good chance of bringing back the Dairy Queen hongurs to Temiskaming. The setting for the occasion was directly in front of the grandstand at the beach in New Liskeard, a platform and loud speaker system was prepared for the _ public speaking, and a tent was erected to house the cattle for the milking contest. Dairy cows were donated by C. Tucker and Roy Peters. The one hundred dollar top prize was carried off by Miss Larocque, as winner she will compete for the "Dairy Queen"" title in Toronto on August 26. The winning contestant at the Exhibition will go on an ex- pense paid tour of the British Isles. Shirley Brownlee, second-place - winner, Lisette Roy, Ruth Tucker, (Continued on page seven)