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WIL i Ls ESTABLISHED 1904 3h sae pan Post Vol. 57 -- No. 31 Haileybury, Orage: Buses; October 5, New Fire Engine For Haileybury Haileybury Fire Department will usher in Fire Prevention Week with a brand new truck, one of the most modern as far as handling ease and equipment in Northern Ontario. Haileybury Council and Fire Chief Ken Watson accepted deliv- ery of the truck from Clarence Connelly of Connelly Motors in New Liskeard, who supplied the General Motors cab and chassis and Cliff Moore representative for Lafrance, who supplied the fire fighting equipment built into the truck. The truck body has eight stor- age equipment compartments with maximum accessibility and a light operated from a master switch in the cab. The water tank has a capacity of 600 gallons, and water delivery from the tank and from hydrants is controlled by Twinflow pumps which will deliver 625 Imperial Gallons per minute at 150 pounds pressure. ; Two hose reels each with a ca- pacity of 200- feet of one inch hose high pressure hose and 400 feet of one inch hose are part of the equipment, plus three extingui- shers. There is also the regular quota of- ladders, axes, crowbars, pike poles for the use of the firemen and extra equipment which in- cludes a portable pump, 600 feet of 245 inch hose, 300 feet of 1% inch hose, a variety of hose noz- zles of modern design. Councillor Jimmy Whelan who sparked the drive for the new equipment expressed his satisfac- tion over the appearance and man- eouverability of the new machine. "It is a beauty," he beamed, "and will add needed strength to our efficient Fire Department."' Mayor Arthur Cooke also ex- pressed his pleasure over the new equipment, "It looks to be every- thing that Connelly Motors and the Lafrance people promised,' he said, "and should provide ex- cellent fire protection for the town for many years to come.' Mayor Cooke also said that the old Ruggles, which was the first motorized fire equipment in North- Fire Prevention « Mayor Arthur A. Cooke of Haileybury has proclaimed the week of October 8-14, as Fire Preyention Week in Hailey- bury. And has recommended that all residents inspect their pro- _perties and remove all condi- tions likely to cause or promote ' the spread of fire. That all public buildings be inspected and provision made for the protection of occupants in case of fire. That Fire Drills be heid for the children in all schools in order that a greater degree of gafety be ensured for them. ern Ontario would be retired. "We are going to save it from the scrap heap,' he promised, "and it will be suitably displayed near the Fire Hall for the pleasure of residents and visitors." The chassis, supplied by Con- nelly Motors is one of the most powerful supplied by General Mo- tors. Salesman Rene Proulx told the Speaker that the motor will handle 500 pounds more than ca- pacity load, and has power steer- ing for easier handling. "It can be swung with one finger,' he said, "and its over engine cab makes it safer for negotiating corners." The Fire Department will have instruction in handling of the equipment by a Lafrance specialist who will be in town for the rest of the week. TB Association The regular meeting of the Temiskaming District Tuber- culosis Association will be held on Tuesday, October 10th at 8 p.m. in the Lakeshore Hotel, Larder Lake, Ontario. Mr. E. J. O'Brien, Executive Director and Mr. W. D. Stewart, presi- dent of the Ontario Tuberculo- sis Association will be guests. This is a public meeting and any person interested in the work of the association is cord- ially invited to attend. Jury Finds Girl's Death Accidental A verdict of accidental death, with no blame attached to anyone, was returned Friday by a coron- er's jury in Haileybury. The jury was enquiring into the death of Lorain Dupuis, six year old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dupuis of Albert street. Lorain died September 21 after being struck by a Northern On- tario Natural Gas truck, driven by Paul Grignon, 24, Haileybury. Grignon said that he was driving at a moderate rate. Suddenly the little girl darted into his path. "'I veered to the left, and applied my brakes,' Grigon said. Police Chief Roy Feeley testi- fied that skid marks extended 39 feet, indicating that the driver was travelling between 15 and 23 m.p.h. A Kirkland Lake salesman, Her- bert Peace, who saw the accident said that Grignon could do nothing to avoid it. 'There were children all over the road and on the side- walk," he said. A pathologist report indicated cerebral hemorrhage, a scull frac- ture and a broken arm as contri- buting to the little girl's death. The jury strongly recommended the extension of about 1,000 feet of sidewalk between the separate school and Albert Street on Rorke Avenue as a means of preventing similar accidents. 1961 Fire Chief Ken Watson receives the keys to the new Haileybury Fire Truck from councillor Jim Whelan, chairman of the Fire committee. Looking un are Cliff Moore, councillor Jim Timmins and Mayor Arthur A. Cooke. Temiskaming Conservatives Chose Convention Delegates The District of Temiskaming will have strong representation at the Progressive-Conservative Conven- tion to be held in Toronto this month to chose a new Ontario leader to replace retiring Premier Leslie Frost. At a special meeting held in the Legion Hall at Englehart, fourteen delegates with an equal number of alternates were chosen to attend the leadership convention which will be staged in Toornto, October 23°-- 20: Among delegates picked by nom- ination were: Charles Bowie, New Liskeard; H. W. Moriarity, Co- balt; G. H. Hutchings, Temamagi; Arthur Burns, Latchford; Ben Krick, Hilliardton; C. J. McAr- thur, Cobalt; G. S. Pacey, Tema- gami; Harold Gilpin, Chamber- lan; Laurent. Belanger, Earlton; Mrs. Margaret Hodgins, Engle- hart; Ian McDairmid, Haileybury; Karl Redden, Englehart; J. V. La- Chapelle, Earlton; and Lorne Pacey, Temagami. Angry Councillor Threatens Rumored as a candidate for mayor this year, Councillor Leo Desjardins of Cobalt has threaten- ed to resign at the next council meeting. At a special meeting Monday Mr. Desjardins warned that as chairman of the Finance Commit- tee he will resign if he doesn't get a full report on the financial posi- tion of each department from Town Clerk Bob Bond. Mr. Desjardins introduced a mo- tion of non-confidence in the clerk, but was voted down by Council- lors R. Tessolini, J. Jones, J, Ro- bitaille and G. St. Hilaire. Mr. Bond said that the council had instructed him to drop every- thing in favor of getting out the assessment: Now, he said, he was being blamed for carrying out the council's instructions. The threat to resign followed an Seeing Canada the Hard Way Michel Elie walked through the Tri-Towns Tuesday. With him was his faithful mare, Nelly, and his dog, Dixie. Dixie has sore feet, and Michel is getting tired. It would be surprising if he wasn't, for he has walked all the way from Winnipeg, and still has to get to Sorel, Quebec. Mr, Elie is 47, and practically all he owns is on Nelly's back. _ But he has a host of adventures in his memory. Once he was a town policeman in 'Sorel, but in 1953 he threw up his ' Job and headed west. "T always wanted to be a cow- boy, and I wasn't getting any younger,"' he said. Out in Saskatchewan, he worked on sheep and cattle ranches, and bought Nelly when she was a foal. But after nearly ten years of cowpoking, he got lonely. for Que- bec again. Last July he waited nearly three week at Winnipeg for a promised ride for Nelly and. himself, but the truck never came. "So we started to walk,'"' he said. : At night they try and find a barn or shed, but they were caught in the floods at Timmins. "I was in my sleeping bag when the rain came down, and every- thing was soaked," he said. Nelly was shod by a retired blacksmith at Long Lac, but now the shoes are wearing thin. "T don't know where I'll find another smith. I hope she doesn't go lame,"' he said. Dixie, the dog, wears shoes on her feet too, tied on with tape. Mr. Elei doesn't know what he will do when he gets to Sorel. "I hope to find a job with horses, but there's not much work for a cowboy in Quebec," he added. ~ to Resign angry disput over the assessor's actions in assessing the Ste. Ther- ese Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Desjardin wanted the Town Clerk and the Assessor 'admon- ished' for their actions. He said that it had never happened before, and certainly there wasn't any need for it this year. Mr. Bond said that he wasn't going to be instructed to break the law. The law, he said, states clearly that church property is ex- empt from taxation, but not pro- perty the church leases or rents. The church is built on land owned by the Mastermet Mining Com- pany. "I am not going to break the law for anyone," Mr. Bond said. He added that other towns had similar problems, and that the town simply made a grant to the church equal to the amount of taxes.' He said that he and the assessor have picked up at least 15 new business assessments which should have been assessed in the past. Councillor R. Tessolini support- ed the Town Clerk. He said that he had complained for years about the way some people escaped business taxes. "But nothing was done."' Mr. Jones also commended the Town Clerk. "He had had to clean up a lot of things,' he said. Mr. Jones said that recently Mr. Bond found that according to records in the town office, his own home was on land owned by the town. Mr. Bond threw a letter of resig- nation on the table, and said that he- wanted a vote of confidence. He got it. 'ber. Those selected as_ alternates were: William Barr and Arnold Meisner Sutherland, - Cobalt; J. Baulins, Earlton; Mel Giles, Elk Lake; W. Spooner, Temagami; Mrs. C. Me- Arthur, Cobalt; Mrs. J. Hutchings, Temagami; and Bert Thib, Joseph ; Clark, Reg Aubert, R. D. Pollock, Mrs. D. Bowen, and Mrs. Karl Redden, all of Englehart. The matter of wages and em- ployment on the bypass was brought up. Phil Hoffman, MPP for the riding said he had check- ed this and he found that out of 50 employees, 35 could be classed as "local labor". He stated that wages were from $1.10 to $1.50 per hour. There was considerable discus- sion as to which candidate should receive the support of the Temis- kaming delegation. Mr. Krick said that a decision regarding this mat- ter should be reached prior to the convention. He said, "there isn't much use in fourteen of us going down there and half of us voting for one man and the other half voting for someone else,' adding, "we might as well stay home." He . suggested that the delegation might be governed by the opinion of Mr. Hotmman, the sitting mem- Mr. Hoffman said that al- ready two of the candidates had expressed the desire to visit the riding and doubtless meetings could be arranged for others. He felt that the delegates should form their own opinions. In discussing financial problems, Charles Bowie, New Liskeard, noted the lack of a finance com- mittee in the association. He de- plored the haphazard manner in which expenses incidental to the operation of the association had been met. Mr. Meisner, a former bank manager, concurred in this. He was appointed treasurer with © authority to name his own com- Elk Lodge Elk Lodge in Haileybury was seriously damaged by fire on Tuesday. No cause of the fire has been determined at the time of going to press. The Haileybury Fire Depart- ment fought the stubborn blaze with their old equipment. The men are not completely ac- quainted with the operations of their modern apparatus. of New Liskeard; J. H.: DASE SS