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{ 4 ts = me . ; 4 ~ ESTABLISHED 1904 WT PS ] LT -F\ 6 NL NASTY. > a * Arete SENT NID ed Von os.--- Novos Haileybury,, Ont., Oct. 22, 1959 _ Haileybury Council Hears Delegations By-laws authorizing an additional 'ant for road expenditures and upZarding the closing of a portion of Probyn Street between Lake Shore Road and Lake Temiskam- ing were passed at the October meeting of -Haileybury . Town Council, Monday night, with May- or A. H. Cooke, Councillors Whe- lan, Camsell, O'Grady, Fleming and Arnold and Clerk Haskett in attendance. Several one-man _ delegations were -also present. Mr. Moore spoke to Council regarding the dis- posal of part of his lot. Walter Stewart requested a permit to re- pair his garage on the corner of Rorke and Main, recently damag- ed by -fire. Considerable discus- sion ensued regarding this, with the clerk reading a report made on the building by the Sutcliffe Com- pany. Fire Chief Ken Watson, who was present, stated that he would not approve it to be used as a paintshop again without a new heating system. Mr. Stewart planned to spend . approximately $1,000--on repairs but Council members felt that it would cost much smore to recon- struct the building properly. Mr. Stewart was asked to submit plans and specifications to Council be- fore a decision could be made re- garding a perm%. Members of Council also agreed to look the building over in company with Mr. Stewart on Tuesday morning. Norman Abraham brought in- formation accquired at tthe Re-]. creation Convention held in Hail- eybury last Saturday, dealing par- ticularly with the procedure to be followed in order to ascertain whether or not the town needs or wants a recreation centre. After some discussion Council decided to put the matter before the voters in the form of a question on the ballots at the coming municipal "The Weather Week ending October 20, 1959. Max. Min Wednesday \.......5%... 37 30 PhUrsa gy = 54. ah ee 39 sil Mridayaecs. en see 50 28 DS ALLER AV dues ney ere Al 34 DUNAAv ie sAaecky kee Betty A aie) 30 WONGAY cance ar ee ee 38 19 AD UYO~ 6 ated us Aalst mete 35 31 election being held on December ue Representing the Confederation Life Assurance Company, James Watson, William Ross and Percy Lemon presented a brief regarding a pension plan for town employ- ees. It was decided that this was a matter for the consideration of the 1960 Council. A letter from R. Gauvreau re purchase of a lot to give him ac- cess to a lot he now owns, was re- ferred to the property committee. The offer of Frank Herbertson to purchase a lot on Probyn and Rorke for $200.00 was accepted. A lengthy discussion followed the reading of a letter from the Sep- arate School Board, asking that the town assume part of the ex- pense of a catch basin that they had put in on town property, near the new school. Council finally de- cided to write the architect who had drawn up the plans for the school, asking him why the catch basin had not been put in the prop- er position in the first place. CIMM Meets Gues: speaner at the Octo- ber - meeting of the Cobalt Branch of the Canadian In- stitute of Mining and. Metal- lurgy will be S. C. Yule, gen- eral superintendent of Kerr- Addison, who will give an il- lustrated talk on 'Hydraulic Backfiring at the Kerr-Addison Gold Mines." : The meeting will be held in the Haileybury Legion Hall, October 23, at 8 p.m. Allan Lowe, 27, of Trobridge St. Meaford and passenger Colin Bucanan of Mount Forest nar- rowly escaped death Friday when their tractor trailer loaded with heavy poles went out of control on Highway 65 two miles east of New Liskeard. The vehicle left the road and travelled down an embankment towards a small creek, The cab jack-knifed shortly before the load of long, heavy timber slid forward off the front of the trailer. ment of the OPP investigated. Constable Roy Feeley of the Haileybury Detach- Northern Recreation Groups At Convention in Haileybury Delegates who attended the sev- enth annual conference of the Nor- thern Ontario Recreation Associa- tion held in Haileybury last week, pronounced it '"'one of the best yet." Lay. and professional recreation workers started to arrive in Hail- eybury on Friday afternoon, in Hon. Kelso Roberts At Cobalt Graduation A vivid picture of the world the young people of today can expect to see, was painted Friday night -| by Ontario Attorney General Kelso Roberts: Mr. Roberts was speak- ing to the graduates at the Cobalt high school's commencement ex- ercises. Mr. Roberts said that it is prac- tically impossible for aman of his age to visualize the future. He re- Nerman Abrahams, who was pinch-hitting for Chick Gro- zelle as chairman of the Northern Ontario- Recreation Association ' convention held in Haileybury last weekend, received high praise for his handling of the difficult assignment. He is shown here with his wife, relaxing near the end of the two day meeting. called that when he first went -to Cobalt, where he practised for some six years, the town was just about to celebrate its 21st birth- day. In those days, he said, hand- steeling contests were the vogue, but today machines have replaced the hand steelers, just as horses on the farms have been replaced by tractors. j In medicine, Mr. Roberts said that skills are developing so fast that the time may come ~ when none of the ills that affect man- kind today will. exist. He warned however that in the atomic era, high radiation, high tensien and high speeds may: well - replace some of the old killers. He prophesied tkat-space- travel will be a reality within the lifetime of the graduates, 4nd that global télevision and mail carrying™ sat- ellites are within the foreseeable future. : He said that in the United States recently he heard'. scientists. dis- cussing the possibility of deliber- ately breeding a race of supermen if present studies in genetics con- tinue to advance. He said that this might prove to have serious. con- sequences for other nations if any one country succeeded in such a project. t The attorney general said that exploding world populations would} force changes in eating habits and; bring immense problems. 'The age of the gourmet is fast reced- ing," he said. Meat may virtually disappear he said, to be replaced with synthetic 'sources of protein. All this may come about in a world at peace, but atomic war could wipe out not only nations, but destroy the world. But Mr. (Continued On Page Twelve) time for registration, and to attend the reception arranged for that evening. Also on Friday there was' a meeting of the Northern Ontario and the Ontario-Quebec Broomball Association. The convention swung into action on Saturday morning with an of- ficial greeting from Mayor Arthur Cooke of Haileybury. Mayor Cooke rated high in importance the work being done across the province by recreation workers. Headquarters for the convention was in the Haileybury Hotel, where manager Jim Timmins and his staff made the guests welcome. Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club made its attractive clubhouse available to the delegates, and the general sessions and evening ban- quet were held there. The theme of the convention was "Here's How" and a panel of ex- perts presented papers dealing with general problems of all Rec- reation groups. C. A. Weir, advisor to the Com- munity Programs Branch of the Department of Education discus- sed the pitfalls and probléms fac- ing any community planning a Community Centre, -and showed how these could be properly dealt with. (Continued On Page Twelve) Immunization Dr. E. R. Harris, Medical Officer of Health, Timiskam- ing Health Unit will conduct an Immunization Clinic as fol- lows: . Friday, Uctober 23, 1959, The Community Hall, Cobalt, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. This is the se- cond clinic in a series of three clinics to be held which pro- vide immunization against Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus (Lockjaw), Smallpox and Poliomyelitis. G. L. Cassidy Heads Teachers' Federation The first annual meeting of the newly formed District 29 of the Secondary School Teachers Fed- eration was held in Haileybury, Oct. 17 with sixty-eight' teachers in attendance. This district covers the area from Hearst to Mattawa, Sturgeon Falls and South River. The meeting was chaired by C. J. Fitzgerald of Kirkland Lake, with the greater part of the dis- cussion periods being taken up with the subject of professional development. Plans - were _ dis- cussed and it is hoped that next year when the meeting ig held in Kirkland Lake, that a one day ed- ucational conference with subject workshop on all high school sub- jects may be followed by the bus- iness meeting the following day. The. development of professional qualifications was stressed as the prime aim for the coming year. The guest speaker was J. H. Mitchell, assistant secretary of the Provincial executive, who spoke on the contrast between con- ditions in 1919 when the Federa- tion was first formed, and those confronting teachers now, particu- larly in nature of tenure, obser- vance of contracts, 'the teacher as a citizen and as 'a person. He also stressed the obligation teachers have to their own Federation and to the public they serve, adding that there must be co-operative effort in order to carry out their duties effectively. G. L; Cassidy of Haileybury was elected as president for the com- ing year with A. Barsevich of Tim- ~ mins as first vice-president. A. Lecuyer of North Bay was named second vice-president, Miss Jean McGill of Haileybury, secretary, 'Reg. Proctor of North Bay, public relations officer, and J. Coghlan, also of North Bay, salary co-ordin: ator. : The delegates enjoyed a banquet at the United church hall at the conclusion of the meeting, when the local Board of Education was represented by T. G. Tulloch, the town by Dr. W. C. Arnold and the Ministerial Association by Rev. C. E. Peacock.