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Wek 4 ee . Hatleyburian-Cobalt Post -- @ hay iquor Licence Board was held re- ( ( evening when Brown took toe ESTABLISHED 1904 age L Vol: 255° --= Nor 40 Haileybury, Ont., December 10, 1959 5c COPY Ontario Northland Railway Bids For Liquor Licence A special meeting of the Ontario ently in Kirkland Lake to deal with an Ontario Northland Railway application for a licence to serve liquor on its trains. The board reserved judgment on the application, but railway of- ficials are confident that approval] will be given. This would allow the sale and consumption of liquor on lounge, dining and restaurant cars, and the consumption of it on sleeping cars. The privilege was granted ear- lier this year to the CNR and CPR. Official announcement on the ONR request will be made from Toronto, possibly after a full LLB meeting. Special meeting was called to hear the ONR application, pre- sented by W. G. Perry, Q.C, of North Bay. It was followed by the "regular annual meeting of Region 14. The more than 130 hotel owners in Northern Ontario made appli- cation at this for renewal of their licences. Approval of all was ex- pected. Most renewal applications were made in writing, but owners whom inspectors had caught in any in- fraction of Ontario liquor laws had to appear personally. Twenty-four thus appeared -- in- cluding two from Timmins, four from Kapuskasing, and six from Kirkland Lake. Infractions were described by board members. as not serious. North Bay Spiel North Bay rinks won two of three events in the men's open- ing 'spiel in the Gateway town last week-end, but a Hailey- bury quartette grabbed top honors with a win in the main event. | * Connie Vachon skipped the Haileybury rink to victory, keeping the Bay curlers from sweeping through all events. He was well supported by vice-skip Ron Morissette, se- cond Bill Grozelle and lead Jack Murphy. No -refusal- to renew was ex- pected, although, here too judg- ment was reserved pending an- nouncement from Toronto. Two Canadian Legion branches were represented personally. One of their problems is explanation in the event that membership goes down and consumption stays con- stant. Board members were vice-chair- man W. T. Nugent and J. M. Gil- bertson from the central board, and Bruce Williams, QC, local re- gistrar. Theory behind the selling of li- quor on ,trains? Mr. Williams de- scribed it: "The idea is to discourage people from bringing bottles onto the trains. A lot do this, keep taking nips, get a little spiflicated, and make nusiances of 'tthemselves." The opening of liquor bottles by train passengers is -- and would remain -- illegal. Blue Monday For Motorists Motorists had a "Blue Monday"' this week as far as slippery roads were concerned. A Continental trailer tractor slid on the Main street hill and ended up with the cab peering in S. G. Smallman's back door while the trailer remain- ed on the road. However, W. Cav- anagh's truck straightened it out and sent it on it's way again. While this was going on a car was stuck on the other side of the road, in a snow bank, other cars were creeping along or spinning merrily in one place. Who said they liked a_ good old-fashioned winter? Haileybury |.0.D.E. -- Holds Christmas Tea decorated the centre of each small table where the guests were serv- ed by Mrs. J. Shouldice, Mrs. C. Grozelle, Mrs. D. Pelangio, Mrs: T. Parry, Mrs. W. Gibson, Mrs. The Christmas theme was in ev- idence in the decorations at the annual Christmas tea sponsored by the-Haileybury Chapter of the 1.0.D.E., held in the Legion Hall, December 2. The tea was under the conven- ership of Mrs. C: Lowery. The guests were welcomed at the door by the regent, Mrs. G. L. Cassidy. Mrs. D. G. Hogan and Mrs. J. E. Dunn presided at the beautiful- ly prepared tea table. Laid with a cloth of Christmas red, it was centred with an arrangement of white Shasta daisies and sprays of holly and tall white tapers in sil- ver candelabra. A spray of pine with cones, tied with a red bow, Last Period Rally -- Falls Short of Tie lrish Outl New Liskeard Cubs passed up the chance to pull even with the league-leading Holy Name Irish in last Friday's Kirkland and Dis- trict juvenile fixture at the Mem- orial Arena, and needed a jast in- ning spurt to save them from a complete shellacking. The final score was 10-7. The Cubs looked to be out for a Glashan's pass and caught the wide side of the net for a counter 15 seconds after the first face-off. But for the rest of the period and all of the second it was all Holy Name, with the Irish out-footing the Cubs on all sections of the ice. Jelly had a bad night in the nets, and it is reported that Coach Don Shepherdson plans to tie him to the post. Four shots flipped past his short side, when he moved away on angle shots. But this is only the second de- feat the Cubs have suffered this season, and their fans saw what they could do in a whirlwind third period when they swept in for six goals and looked as if they might (Continued on page three) | council ast Cubs Ben Budgeon Wins Haiieybury Vote Haileybury had an election after all, and Ben Budgeon got the nod from the electors for the one seat at stake. Mayor Art Cooke and five councillors had received an acclamation, butt Councillor Jack O'Grady dropped out at the last moment, causing another nomination meeting. Those who were acclaimed were Dr. W. C. Arnold, Neil Fleming, Charles Camsell, J. Whelan and J. Timmins. Three men ran for the single seat: Ben Budgeon, Ken Buffam and Ray de Souza. Mr. Budgeon won 162 votes, trailed by Buffam with 91 and de Souza with 71. The vote on the question of building a community center went to the nays, with 212 voting no, and 120 yes. ; R. J. Bryson and Mrs. J. Brum- ell. Mrs. H. Jensen and Mrs. G. Harrison were in charge of the kitchen. 7 Mrs. C. F. Tuer, Mrs. J. Gilkes and Mrs. G. Pratt were selling the many articles at the regular pro- duce table. An auction sale of special Christmas baking was con- vened by Mrs. Neil MclIsaac. Mrs. W. Cooper was in charge of the turkey draw. Mrs. Ingles of Latchford was the holder of the winning ticket. Cobalt Town Council Snubs Board Member Threats to close the Cobalt High School were heard again Tuesday night -at the last regular Council meeting of the year. The proposal to close the school was made again when the Council had to appoint a member of the board to replace Mrs. T. Duncan: "We should reconmimend that the school. closes next year," Council- Mayor Objects Mayor Fulton Purdy of Co- balt stated last night that he will fight any move to close the Cobalt High School. "It is unfortunate that reports gave the impression that the Coun- cil is in favor of closing the school,"' he said. "Certain members of the Council may have been in fa- vor and expressed such views, but as they are not going to be on next year's council, I didn't .bother to argue with them."' Mr. Purdy said that he re- gretted that the publicity might give a wrong impression. "Tf the High School is ever closed, it should only be if the three' towns get together and try and build something bigger and better, such as a collegiate and vocational institute. But I am opposed to just shipping our youngsters out to just an- other school."' "TI want to make it clear that I am opposed to closing the school and that any remarks attributed to one or two coun- cillors should not be supposed to represent the views of the majority of the 1959 Council, and I am certain that they will not represent the views of the 1960 Council,' he added. lor P. Cain said. Mr. Cain wanted Jack Mathews on the board, but he didn't want to serve. Both men refused to run this year. "Mrs. Duncan would like to serve again,' Mr. St. Hilaire re- peated. Mr. Cain waved his hands in the air. "'Cobalt should amalgamate with Coleman," he said. There was no _ discussion vf whether Mrs. Duncan had done a good job. The council decided to appoint Dr. L. McGarry to the board in her place. Mrs. Duncan commented yester- day that while she was disappoint- ed in the Council's decision, she felt that the Council was showing an extraordinary lack of faith in the town. "Apparently they have no use for a board member who wants to keep the school open and do a good job. What they don't seem to realize is that so many pupils come from out of town to Cobalt High School, that the cost of run- ning the school is substantially re- duced to Cobalt. It we close the school and send the students out of town, it will cost Cobalt every bit as much or more."' Mrs. Duncan said that she and her husband have operated a business in Cobalt since 1922. ""'We pay taxes on a house, three lots and a warehouse, and we're not always complaining about taxes and trying to close the town up. I suppose anything I say will sound like sour grapes, but I-wish the Council would try to build the town up, instead of tearing it down," she added. Ken Buffam, former mayor and councillor, who is a member of the school board; Said that he was sorry to hear that Mrs. Duncan will not be on the board. "She did a good job," he said. An Observer at the United Nations Federal Member for Temiskaming I accepted the assignment as political observer for the last quarter of the fourteenth session of the United Nations General As- sembly with considerable reluc- tance. However, after being here for three weéks I find that I have learned a great deal which I am sure will be of value to my consti- tuents and will enable me to take a more active part in the delib- erations on external affairs. I was very impressed by. both the United Nations and the City of New York. The buildings of the United Nations themselves are re- markable structures, having been designed by architects from var- ious parts of the world. The build- ings give an immediate impression of a new and modern world yet to come. i There have been many advan- tages in being a political observer rather than a delegate. An observ- er, unlike a delegate, roams at will from one committee to another and is able, in this manner, to learn what is going on in each of the six committees. = I was particularly interested, as I am sure the people of Northern Ontario are, in the deliberations to eliminate the testing of atomic weapons. I was particularly interested in this because of our concern about the uranium industry of Northern Ontario and the bleak future which it appears to hold for Canadian miners, and was particularly im- pressed with the presentation made by the Swedish delegate who point- ed out that halting of nuclear weapons tests was only a small By Arnold Peters part of the problem and that in the near future much greater dan- ger than that of radiation from fallout was apt to take place due to the widespread use of atomic en- ergy for peaceful purposes. The Swedish delegate is a highly qualified technician and scientist and he pointed out some of. the problems that were already de- veloping not only from Strontium 90, but also from Strontium 87 and 89, neither of which I had ever heard of before. I spoke to many delegates from various countries concerning the hazards tthat will be connected with industrial uses of atomic en- ergy and found that many of them are very concerned that the con- centration that has been placed on banning the bomb will have elim- inated steps that must of necessity be taken to ascertain the allied problems of mining atomic mater- ials and uses to which these ma- terials will be put in industry. While it is true that I have not spent enough time considering the subjects under discussion at the United Nations, I did come to the conclusion that Canada does not play the impartial and moral role that I expected she did. It may be true ithat we have been conditioned over the years to think- ing that Canada stood as a leader in the role of a moral and stabil- izing third party bloc and we never, in fact, were in that role. It would seem to me tthat we are in company with the many small countries who are not involved, and who have never been involved, in matters of colonialism and dom- ination of other countries and that we could supply leadership to many of the small countries who, like us, only desire the world to be a better place in which to live. While it is not wise to make a generalization that the United Na- tions should do this or that, the United Nations does provide an op- portunity for all countries ito dis- cuss their problems and to bring to the public attention to their expressed views. I have been very impressed by the way countries, in discussing problems very close and very dear to them, have exercised restraint and shown considerable statesman- ship. ! In my short stay at the United Nations many new and interesting problems have been brought to my attention. I am continually amazed at the fact that the problems of Timis- kaming find counter-parts in the problems of Australia, South Am- erica and many other countries. They, too, markets, need for increased trade and, surprisingly enough, from a high cost of living. There is a great similarity be- tween the problems of farmers and miners in our country and those engaged in the same type of industry throughout the world. -I believe that my stay at the United Nations will make me bet- ter able to arrive at solutions to problems facing the Canadian people. suffer from lack of oa; * } 1 ' +.