er Wi eee . ees Rane Oe RES SL ge Re -Haileyburian-Cobalt Post -- tk ESTABLISHED 1904 Vol. 55 -- No. 36 Haileybury, Ont., November 12, 1959 5e: CORN Remembrance Day Service At Haileybury Cenotaph A large crowd attended the Re- membrance Day Service held at the Cenotaph on Wednesday, No- vember 11, at Haileybury. The veterans, Legion, Ladies' Auxiliary, the Militia, Boy Scouts, Cubs, Girl Guides, Brownies met at the Legion Hall and led by four members of the pipe band from New Liskeard, marched to the Cenotaph for the service. Mr. Wm. Inch was in charge, as- sisted by Syd Daley. After the singing of '""O Canada", Reverend R. H. Nixon, pastor of the Anglican Church, addressed the gathering. One verse of "Oh God Our Help In Ages Past'? was sung and the "Last Post" sounded: The following wreaths were plac- ed in memory of those who lost their,lives in past wars. Order in laying of wreaths at the Cenotaph: Province of Ontario, Town of Haileybury, Canadian Legion, Can- adian Legion Women's Auxiliary, Boy Scouts, Cubs, Girl Guides and Brownies, St. Paul's Women's Aux- iliary, Catholic Women's League, St. Andrew's United Church, Hail- eybury Chapter I.0.D.E. Northern Lights Rebecca Lodge, Knights of Columbus, Masonic Order of Hail- eybury, Tri-Town Elks, Haileybury Rotary Club, B.P. of Canada, Tem- _iskaming Construction, Haileybury Hotel, Haileybury Lumber Co., Eatons of Canada, Modern Taxi, Bank of Nova Scotia, Gibson's Hardware. Smallman's Pharmacy, Ontario Hydro, Buster's Lunch, Evelyn Shoppe, Diamond Taxi, De- weys Store, Abraham's Men's & Ladies' Wear, Whitby's. Pharmacy, Armand Fleury, Real's Fina Ser- vice, Leo Deraiche, Mrs. Char- pentier, Neil McIsaac, Haileybury Fuel, Brewers' Retail, Morissette Diamond Drilling, Hughes' Gro- cery, Leckey Machinery, Moris- sette Manufacturing, Davis Gro- cery, L.C.B.0., P. & F. Hardware, Steve's Grocery, Lakeshore Hotel, Renaud's Grocery, Belback Gro- cery, Dobbs Hi-Way B.P. Service, Matabanick Hotel, Strand Theatre, Pioneer Consultants, Haileyburian, Doherty Roadhouse, Haileybury Garage, Dave McLaughlin, lan MacDiarmid, Bell & White Assay, Don Toole White Rose, B-A Ser- vice Station, Sroka's Motor Ser- vice, Broda Jewellery, Mike's Bar- ber Shop, Ideal Dairy, Domestic Food Service, Buck Appliance, Whorley Florist. After the singing of '"The Queen" the parade returned to the Legion Hall for dismissal. Ski Club Grant From Council The Northern Ski Club plans on re-opening this season and are holding a re-organization meeting in the Hotel Haileybury on Thurs- day evening, November 12, at 7:15. They are particularly anxious to have a good attendance of junior skiers and prospective skiers at this meeting: Already, those interested in. pro- moting .the club have contacted the town council and have receiv- ed the promise of a grant towards putting the Chalet and the tow lift in operating order. Will Serve For Armed Two young men who last month | held up Harold McAllister of Nea Liskeard, were sentenced to ten years in penetentiary by Magis- trate E. W. Kenrick, Friday. Alfred Grant Martin, 28, of Hag- ersville, and Leslie Anderson, 25, pleaded guilty to a long list of charges, including armed robbery, ear theft, seizing and confining, breaking, entering and theft, and carrying weapons. Early in October they held up Catholic Women Plan For Regional Meeting A regional meeting of the Cath- olic Women's League will be held in Haileybury on December 1. Mrs. Andrews, the Diocesan President will be the guest speaker. Mrs. L. Prentiss, president of the New Lis- keard C.W.L. announced the- meet- ing to local C.W.L. members at the November 4 meeting held in the parish hall of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church in New Liskeard. As many local league members as possible are being urged to at- tend the regional meeting. They will be contacted by telephone re- garding transportation, A total of 30 members were pre- sent for the regular meeting which was opened with the League Pray- er, led by Mrs. Prentiss. The pres- ident then introduced the guest speaker, Father Kirkland Lake. Father Costello gave a very -in- teresting talk on the Social Con- ference held recently in Sudbury. ) ees members expressed the pe that Father Costello will be "able to return to another meeting in the near future. Due to the poor weather, he was obliged to leave for Kirkland Lake at the conclu- sion of his address. Initial plans were made to hold a penny -sale during February. Conveners were named and plans are in progress for the Knights of Columbus supper which will be held December 10. The CWL is catering for this event. It was decided to purchase a dining room table and chairs for ' the rectory in time for Christmas. Father Murray was presented with a cheque to augment the do- L. Costello" of] nations made by parishioners and he will now be able to have the tile floor laid in the church before Christmas. Father Murray said that he would like to see more social ga- therings held in the parish hall, so it was decided to hold a social evening January 13. Further plans for this will be made at the Dec- ember meeting. The meeting was closed with the League Prayer led by Father Murray, and a very tasty lunch was enjoyed by all. Want University A resolution from the Hailey- bury Council, proposing that Haileybury should be the site of the proposed Northern Uni- versity, has been endorsed by both Bucke Township Council and Cobalt Town Council. The resolution points out that Haileybury already has the nucleus of a university in pro- vincial school of mines, and has ample ground for a uni- versity site. It states that Hail- eybury is in a good geographi- cal location that would be con- venient for most students in the north. Local councils and interested groups are asked to send their endorsements to the North Eastern University Association at North Bay, and the Northern Ontario University Association at Sudbury. 'visions, Ten Years. Robbery Mr. McAllister, his nine-year-old son and five-year-old grandson on a bush road south of Temagami. Af- ter tying them up, they left them in an abandoned car, and headed north in Mr. McAllister's car. This was later recovered in the Wavell area, where provincial po- lice scoured the bush on foot, as well as utilizing aircraft in itheir search for the two men. Although they were sighted once using a} canoe, the men managed to elude the police dragnet. They held up 73-year-old John Prochorenko near Wavell, then forced Prochorenko to accompany them to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Way near Wavell. They forced the Way family, in- cluding five children, the youngest only two weeks old, into the Way car, which they drove to the South River area, where they abandoned their captives. They were even- tually caught by provincial police at Burks Falls on board-a Toronto bound bus. Both were carrying sawn-off guns when hey: were caught. As well as tens years in peniten- tiary for the armed robbery of McAllister, the two were senten- ced to concurrent terms of three years each on two charges of car theft; two years: each on three charges of breaking and entering; five years for the seizing and con- (Continued On Page Eight) + 'November 9, Mastermet Sets Price Negotiations are still going on between the Cobalt council, occu- pants of land in the north end of the town, and Mastermet Mines, the owners of the ground. The council held meetings Fri- day and Sunday to get the tenants to elect a committee that would represent the 57 home owners in- volved. The committee eventually chos- en consisted of Mrs. Ernie Nixon, Jack McGarry, Mrs. Helen Fern- holm, Oscar Robitaille, and Romeo Robitaille. Mastermet Mines have suggested that the council should purchase the occupied lots for $150 each, and $15 for unoccupied lots. It has been suggested that the council would then sell them to the tena its, spreading the cost over several years. However, ing Tuesday night, the tenants told the council that they are not pre- pared to pay more than $100 a lot, and the council agreed to forward this proposal to Mastermet. If no agreement can be reached between the council and Master- met, then it may be necessary to have the entire area surveyed, and the mine might sell the lots on an individual basis to each tenant. Mayor Fulton Purdy warned that in the long run this will_probably be more costly to the tenants. However, some members of coun- -cil felt. that the town should not get into the real estate business and that the negotiations should be left to Mastermet and the tenants. Nomination Day Set By Council It was. announced at the meet- ing of the Town Council held on that. official word had been received from the On- tario Water Resources Commission that final passing of plans for the construction of Haileybury's wat- er reservoir would take place on November 26, 1959, and tenders will be called for soon after that date. It was also announced that nom- inations will be held in the Coun- rcil Chambers on Thursday, No- vember 19, between the hours of 7:30: p.m. and 9 p.m., for the of- fices of Mayor, Councillors 'and vacan¢cies on the Board of Educa- tion. If an election is necessary, De- cember 9 has been set as election day. at the council meet-|- Mining on Lots Neil J. McAulay has been ap- pointed manager of BP Canada Limited's new Northern District, in North Bay. The promotion an- nounced by D. J. Morgan, BP's Ontario Division Manager, will take effect on January 1, 1960. Mr, McAulay, 33, was born and educated in Haileybury, Ont., and started his business career in 1945 as a clerk with a large local oil jobber. He eventually rose to be= come sales manager of the firm. He joined BP Canada Limited in July, 1958, and at the time of his present appointment, he was Haileybury District sales Supers visor. Active in civic affairs, Mr. Mc- Aulay served as a member of the local Council and the Haileybury School Board. He and his wife are the parents of David, 11; Robert, 8, and Brian, 2. Ski Club A dormant ski club has been prodded into life by enthusiasts in Haileybury and Cobalt, and there is a better than even chance that the hill on Cross Lake will again be black with flying figures when the snow flies again. Already officers of the or- ganization have been promised financial support of $400, and much work has been done to put the Chalet and the runways in shape. An appeal has been sent to New Liskeard skiers, asking for their help, and the New Lis- keard Recreation Commission has been given a chance to make a money contribution. We understand that a work party will be at the club this week-end to do more work on the runs. Bucke Township Councillors Reject Ratepayers Petition Bucke township council refused Monday night to permit splitting the public school area into two di- with separate school boards. The council voted unani- mously against the measure, after hearing strong representatives from the southern end of the town- ship, all opposed to the move. For the past couple of months there has been a good deal of fric- tion at school board meetings over the question of transporting pupils to high school. When this was re- solved recently, residents of the north end petitioned the council to permit splitting the school area. They felt that the users of the Moore's Cove school would be hap- pier if they could run their own af- fairs, without the presence of so many watehdogs from North Co- balt attending the meetings. John Mikkola was the chief spokesman for those opposed to the split. He said that it isn't fair to say that there has been friction be- tween the southerners and the north end, but that the friction has existed within the school board it- self. Mr. Mikkola warned that in his opinion, the splitting of the school areas was nothing but the thin end of the wedge. He said that years ago there had been a move for Dy- mond township to take over the north end of Bucke, and that this might easily happen again if the school areas were split. He also said that the~ present trend is towards school consolida- tion, and that creating two school areas would be a retrograde step. Mr. Mikkola also pointed out that under the school act, the creation of another school area has to be done not later than July 1, to take effect in the following year. There- fore the 1960 council would have to authorize the move, which could not take effect until 1961. . The council -voted unanimously against the petition to create an- other school area. no ed Te ,