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S L ESTABLISHED 1904 laileyburian-Cobalt Vol. 57 -- No. 36 Haileybury, Ontario, Thursday, November 9, 1961 Election Ta As Polling With district elections just a month away, electors are begin- ning to ask questions of possible candidates. Mayor Fulton Purdy has stated that he will not be running for of- fice again, and Councillor Fern Desjardines said that it is not like- ly that he will be running for the Mayor's seat. "But I reserve the right to change my mind,"' he said. Councillor Desjardines has een chairman of the finance commit- tee and is a likely contender if there is a race. - In Haileybury Mayor ~ Arthur Cooke has indicated that he in- tends to seek re-election. He will be asking the electors to give their approval for the 10th time. -He will be asking for a man- date on a record of progress which includes the paving of streets and the upgrading of all town services. In New Liskeard, Mayor Lowrey Taylor has given no indication that he will not be running for re-elec- tion this year, but he is off on a short hunting trip and will not be available for comment until next week, Dr. Hector Joyal Receives Honor Dr, Hector Joyal of Haileybury was signally honored when he re- ceived a decoration from His Ex- cellency, Mgr. Sebastiano Baggio, Apostolic Delegate to Canada. The decoration was conferred on October 29th in Timmins, and was "that of Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, accorded to him by Pope John XX, Dr, Joyal was congratulated by many officials of the Church as well as his friends, for his excel- lent example in both community and religious life. Arriving in Haileybury in 1913, Dr. Joyal was the only French Canadian doctor in the area un- til 1950, and has rendered many services, not only as a doctor, but "as a citizen, in municipal and school affairs. In. Timmins to attend the cere- mony of conferring the Decoration were his wife, four sons, Dr. Paul Joyal of Haileybury, Dr. John Joyal of Montreal, Lucien of Dor- val, and Marcel of Ottawa, all ac- companied by their wives; his daughter, Therese, of Haileybury, and his only sister, Mrs. Rose Donge of Winnipeg. Date Nears k Audible | Tire Blow-ouf Wrecks Truck A gravel loaded truck was com- pletely destroyed, but the driver escaped without injury in a freak accident on Highway il near Mill Creek last Friday afternoon. A dump truck, loaded with five tons of gravel blew its front right tire and ran out of control on the shoulder of: the road, scraping guardrails along a 30 foot drop in- to the creek. The truck, owned by Duncan So- pha of Cobalt is a total loss, but driver George C. Kennedy escaped without injury. Summary Justice In Haileybury court last Fri- day, Magistrate E. W. Kenrick fined a Cobalt youth $50 on a charge of causing a disturb- ance. OPP Constable Pat Shannon was in the Cobait fire hall watching the pressure gauges with Fire Chief Harry Cooper when they dropped sharply. He scoured the town and found the young man near the flowing hydrant with a pipe wrench in his hand. Magistrate Kenrick called it an expensive prank as he le. vied the fine and $13 in costs. The Fire Department also theught the lad was lucky he didn't burst a watermain, it would have cost him a lot more. Former Resident Passes Exams E. Ralph Erickson, M.D., has passed the American Board of Pathology examinations in Clinical Pathology and Pathologic Anatomy held recently in Seattle, Washing- ton. These examinations are open on- ly to those physicians who have completed the prescribed four to five year course in the practice of Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Erick- son, a son of Mrs. Mary Erickson, attended. school in Haileybury. He is an Assistant Pathologist at Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsbungh, and Clinical Instructor in the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. After being thrown through the windshield 35S of her small car, Mrs. Earl Covey of North Bay PR as died in hospital at Haileybury Sunday evening. Above, OPP Constable Ab. Blair checks the condition of the stricken woman while waiting for an ambulance. Former Resident of Cobalt Victim of Auto Accident A North Bay woman, Mrs. A. E. Covey, died in Misericordia Hospi- tal last Sunday, succumbing to in- juries received when the car she was Qriving went out of control and rolled over. Friends of the family said they had learned since the accident that Mrs. Covey had remarked to her husband that something appeared to be wrong with the steering of the car as they drove south, about five miles south of Cobalt on High- way ll. The car began to swing from side to side, and it is thought that the vehicle may have struck a large boulder. Mrs. Covey was thrown through the rear window of the car onto the pavement. Mrs. Covey's husband Earle was tossed into the rear seat of the car and knocked unconscious for a time. He -later recovered and crawled from the wreck to find his wife, badly hurt, lying on the road. The driver of an ONR bus which arrived shortly after, summoned the police, who called Dr. H. A. Dunning of Cobalt and an ambuL Mastermet Property Puzzle Involves Court of Appeal | Cobalt Court of Appeal-handied close to 50 appeals brought by ratepayers against 1962 assess- ments, and close to half of these are from tenants owning 'homes on Mastermet Mines property. Those on Mastermet think that their assessments should come from Coleman Township since searches made at the Land Titles Offices in Haileybury indicate they are in that township. John McGarry, a former Coun- cillor represented 21 Mastermet tenants and appealed their taxes on the grounds that the assessment should come from Coleman. Mastermet President Hugh Suth- erland also appealed his assess- ment on the property, but the Court upheld the assessment and refused his appeal. John Hunt, Chairman of the Court toid Mastermet tenants that ZA they should consider their. position if their appeal was granted, "The! town of Cobalt could not be ex- pected to provide you with ser- vices you now enjoy unless you are paying taxes to the corporation," he said. He detailed sewers, water, police, fire protection and - gar- bage collection. 5 The Court ruled to reject thes appeals until the town has secur- ed proper maps from the Depart- ment of Municipal Affairs in To- ronto which will show the true boundries of Cobalt. - - Cobalt is probably the only town in Canada taxing a church. The reason for this is that tax exemp- tions may only, be made when, lands and buildings are owned by a religious organization. The land on which the church sits is owned 'by Mastermet. which closed in the summer. of 1959 won an appeal for a reduc- tion in the $7,500 assessment. The Court cut it to $5,000 in hope that it would encourage the company to start business again. Manager Robert Ashford told the Court that his company plan- ned to wreck the bulding, but ef- forts of Mayor Purdy and himself had caused a halt in the proceed- ings. ; : Chairman John Hunt said that there was no real way on which the .Court could arrive at a just and equitable assessment in Cobalt and strongly hinted that the Court will recommend that a complete 'reassessment be made according to the government. recommended manual. ; Also sitting on the Court are: ~The owners of Classic Theatre R. L. O'Gorman, Des Horan, Paul ance. Mrs. Covey was the former Mary Elizabeth Coxton of Cobalt, she is survived by her husband, a daugh- ter, Mrs. Clara Bradford of Cow- ansville; a brother Matt Coxton of Cobalt, a sister Mrs. Govan Blake of New Liskeard and another sister Clara who lives in western Canada. Myr. Covey has worked for the ONR since 1923. He worked as an operator at various points until he was appointed agent at Por- quois. In 1952 he became agent at Kirkland Lake and was there un- til he moved to North Bay to take over as agent there. There is no evidence that any other car was involved in the acci- dent, which is being investigated by Corporal-Sid Daley assisted by - Constable Ab Blair. Although the date has not yet been set, there. will be an inquest . at Latchford conducted by Dr. W. C. Arnold, coroner. in tt a Canvass for Retarded © Falls Short of Need While complete results are not available on the Tri Town and Dis- "trict ARC campaign for funds ap- peal, pending the completion of the business district canvass, some $2,100 has been realized. This is far short of the objective of $4,000, al- though it is hoped that next two weeks will see a considerable in- crease. . Broken down 'into communities |. -New Liskeard's door to door can: vass realized , $821.70, Cobalt $237, North Cobalt $82.65 and Haileybury 1$245.25. : The latter amount received -an increase to $545.25. with the gener. ous contribution received from ~a business concern in that town. Returns from Englehart are re- ported in the vicinity of $300 and New Liskeard Lions contribution of $172.30 brings the total to date slightly over the $2,100 mark. The -campaign objective which was $4,000 had half of the amount earmarked for transportation and operating costs of the school, with the balance to cover instruction costs. ~ pers ¢ , The balance of the Association's revenue in the coming year was slated to go into a capital fund had the campaign objective been realiz- ed. - : * : Any persons outside the areas canvassed who may wish to con- tribute may do so by mailing their 'donation -to the Campaign chair- man Mrs. W. Pape in New Lis- keard, and anyone in the commun- ities canvassed who were not vi- sited, but who wish to contribute may call Midway 7-5663 and an or- ganization member will call. Haileybury Hill Scene of Accident Transport Drivers who travel - down the Main Street hill in Hail- . eybury are looking forward with . understood eagerness for -the open- ing of the Tri-Town bypass. The steep hill and its right-angle turn - at the bottom is still claiming its quota of victims. Last Friday morning a north bound tractor, towing a big stone- crusher clipped a hydro pole a few feet away from the stores and snapped it off about six feet from the ground. ~The conveyor of the crusher, projecting over the cab of - the tractor caught the pole as driver Conrad Desjardines had to swing his transport wide around the dif- ficult turn. The pole remained sus- | pended from the wires. Police Chief Roy Feeley said that Desjardins was making the turn very slowly, and that no ped- estrians were endangered. No charges will be laid. A Hydro crew replaced the pole in record time, and their was no interruption of power because of ~~ } 'the accident. '