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*!Page 8 The Haileyburian BM MMMdddld Last week Northern Telephone Company added another link to . Schumacher exchanges were switched over to modern equipment. Officials of the company, Thursday, December 17, 1959 Yi its enain of dial serviced communities when Timmins and telephone authority and the _ local Chambe1 of Commerce look over a chart which shows the extent of the communication service given by the New Liskeard Company; left to right; R. A. McKelvie, Timmins company manager, V. Flynn, chairman of the Ontario Telephone Authority; D. ._McKelvie, president and general manager of Northern and A. E, Perry, president of Porcupine Chamber of Commerce. New Dial Phone Service For Timmins - Schumacher Months of planning and pre- parations ended last week when Northern Telephone Company junked the manual exchange that has served the mining communi- | ties of Timmins and Schumacher for so many years and cut over to the new dial installations. Speaking at a luncheon to com- memorate the change, D. McKel- vie, president and general man- ager of the company said, "'A dial cutover makes a happy day main- ly because it means better ser- vice. We are happy about Tim- mins because the Timmins ex- change has been overloaded for some time." A telegram from Hon. J... W. Spooner, minister of Lands and Forests, stated the dial system showed the company had 'a con- tinuing faith in the gold mining area." Mr. Spooner described the telephone company as a "child of the north,' and a vital link be- tween communities. Northern Telephone Company was born in New Liskeard at the turn of the century, and its lines of communication stretch from the Northwestern borders of the pro- vince into the farming and mining communities of north - eastern Quebec. Its head offices and heart are still located in New Liskeard where the company had its small beginning. Mayor Leo Del Villano also spoke at the luncheon, and was introduced by Mr. McKelvie, who said, "If I had a bearskin hat I would take it off to Mayor Del Vil- Jano." Said the mayor: 'Northern Telephone has taken a progres- sive step which emphasises that the North is going ahead. We con- gratulate the company, and ap- preciate this improvement." C. C. Farrow, a representative of the English company 'supplying the new equipment flew from En- gland to be on hand for the cut- over. He commented on the hos- pitality of the mining town. "I came here a total stranger, and I will leave feeling almost like a citizen. I have never been to such a place before where I have met such friendly and co-operative people." Timmins manager Rod McKel- vie also. thanked residents for their co-operation, "We will con- tinue to improve on the service" he promised, "and give the best possible to our subscribers." Northern Telephone Company was founded in 1905 to serve New Liskeard and the surrounding com- munities. It started with two op- erators and a total staff of four. At the end of the first year there were two exchanges, one at New Liskeard the other at Cobalt with a ttotal of 125 phones. Today there are 10 exchanges in Quebec and 30 exchanges in On- tario with a total of 47,200 tele- phones now in use. Northern Telephone Company lines serve communities, mines and rural subscribers ail across the north, and the company has pioneered communications in ma- jor mining expansion. The company also has three wholly owned goma Central Telephone Company, Norwesto Communications and La Compagnie de Telephon du Nord. The company is an independent one, and 82 percent-of its capital stock still is held by residents or former residents of the north. From its small start in 1905, the company has expanded until now it has close to 50,000 phones in use, almost 2000 miles of pole lines carrying 90,000 miles of wire, and the annual payroll for its 520 employees is $1,125,000 an- nually. Bible Sociely -- Receives Funds -- Figures released by Mrs. C. E. Peacock, treasurer of the recently formed branch of the Upper Can- ada Bible Society, show that through the' co-operation of the: churches in the town, the donations to ithis Society have been greatly increased. : Members of St. Andrew's United Church donated $45.80, Haileybury Baptist, $20.00 and St. Paul's Ang- lican $14.75, making a total of $80.55. W. T. Joy is president of the local group with Mrs. G. Kranz as secretary. The Weather Week ending December 15, 1959. ; hee Max. Min. Wednesday ........... 32 19 THUUSGR'Y, g.%o. bcc. e coe 25 13 UR ce ae L7...= Ls SMU ees a nie coe: 19 13 RICERCA ho a eek IMOnGay RAR 33s 32 Tuseday 34 28 subsidiaries; Al- Prime Minister Serves Coffee OTTAWA--Prime Minister Dief- enbaker gave the cocktail party of the year here recently. More than 200 Conservative M.P.'s, senators, and members of the press gallery and their wives accepted his invitation to a 6 p.m. reception at his officiel residence overlooking the Ottawa River at 24 Sussex St. They were served coffee. Dry receptions are almost un heard of in official and diplomatic circles here... Mr. and Mrs. Diefenbaker are both abstainers. During the Queen's visit to Montreal they en- tertained 2,000 persons at a buffet supper. They served only orange juice, and Mr. Diefenbaker later told newspapermen he thought it was a good idea and would con- tinue with it. $1 Billion Export The exports of pulp and paper from Canada run to about one bil- lion dollars a year. Rotary Club Ladies Night Wednesday evening 27 'couples were in attendance at the annual Ladies' Night sponsored by the members of the Rotary Club. Ar- rangements for the popular event were in charge of George. Moris- sette, Ken Macdonald and Tom Tulloch. A banquet was held in the Hotel Haileybury and this was fol- lowed by dancing to recorded music. A feature of this week's meeting was the induction of three new members, Rev. C. E. Peacock, Frank Harbison and R. J. Flem- ing. The induction ceremony was conducted by C. F. Tuer. The weekly draw was. won by Jack Lecky. é Mrs. K. Jeffries The death of Mrs. Kathleen Jef- fries occurred suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. G.| Smallman, Saturday -evening, De- cember 12. She was 71 years of age. Mrs. Jeffries, who was born in Scotland, formerly resided 'at Sun- derland, near Whitby, before com- ing to make her home with Mr. and Mrs. Smallman. 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