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-Haileyburian-Coba ESTABLISHED 1904 2 a J 5 . Vol. 57 -- No. 40 Haileybury, Ontario, Thursday, December 7, 1961 oc: COPY Harry Groom Victor In three-way Race Harry Groom, Bucke Township's turbulent reeve is still top man in the township and was returned winner in ithe three-way race for office, defeating candidates Ches- Be ter Hopkins and Leo Desraiche. d % 'More than 60 per cent of the ae voters turned out on polling day , and gave Reeve Groom a com- fortable margin over his closest i REEVE HARRY GROOM opponent. Reeve Groom counted 260° votes; Councillor Hopkins 185 and Leo Desraiche, 148. The council race had five en- tries and Oliver Shaver headed the polls with 343 votes, the three other successful candidates were Peter Carter, Raoul Larocque and l Arnold Olson. Joseph Watson was defeated. The vote for school board pro- vided an upset when Tom Willis, chairman of the board was not re- elected. The successful candidates were John Brown, William McAn- ual and George Sorenson. Helping Santa Constable Joe Sexton, chief heiper fer Santa Claus in the Elk Lake area, is making his annual appeal to residents of the Tri-Town area. wf _y you have toys, games, skates, toboggans or sleighs which you would like to give to some needy youngster, drop them off at the New Liskeard Police Office on Wellington 8t. SEC er Many fathers attended the annual PTA meeting. at 'Holy Cross and Gilbert Rouse, of the Separate School board, take time out for right, tea convenor. Mrs. Jane Houle, school in a cup of tea. Attending them Harley oars Tet Simdag. * mBcter Ben Bourget, SSS ee left, are Mrs. Claire Belbeck, and White Moose Is Cast-ouf GOGAMA -- A white moose, be- sides being a rarity, seems also to be an outcast from its brethren because of its unnatural colour- ation. When the crew of Lands and For- ests. aircraft OCY spotted three moose in a marsh -- a white cow moose and a bull and cow of natur- al colouration -- they noted that as the three moved into the bush the white cow approached the other cow which stood on her hind legs and: struck out at her white sister with her front feet, driving her away. _ New Democratic Party ~Founds Riding Assn. TemisSkaming New Democratic 'Party Riding Association held its founding convention at the Kirk- Jand Lake YWCA Hall, Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. C. C. (Doc) Ames, Chairman of the New Party Co-ordinating conducted the elec- tion of officers, which were as i llows. : > President, Ken Valentine, Cobalt, = -Ont.; First Vice-President, Hugh - Anderson, 115 Carter Ave., Kirk- land Lake, Ont.; Second Vice- President, Clayton Johnston, Eng- lehart, Ont.;) Regional Vice-Presi- dents, Tritown Region, Tom Arm- strong, New Liskeard; Englehart Region, Sam Mills, Englehart; Kirkland Lake Region, Don Hop- kins, Chaput Hughes; Secretary- Treasurer, William Lansdell, Swas- tika; Provincial Councillor, Mrs. Mina Wright, Swastika; Riding Organizers, Vern Grant, Kirkland Lake; Ralph Dye, Kirkland Lake; Membership Secretary, Mrs. May Cameron, Chaput Hughes; Exec- utive Members at Large, Gordon |e Cooper, Larder Lake; Mrs. Nora . Perry, North Cobalt; Art Ship, Rx ie Thornloe; Rev. Wipprecht; Cobalt; Mrs. Pat Dye, Kirkland Lake; Mr. Hwen Pirie, Larder Lake; Mr. Jack Murnaghan, Chaput Hughes. Arnold Peters, M.P., is ex-officio members of the executive. Murdo Martin, M.P., gave a short talk on the Tommy Douglas' meeting in Timmins, and the rapid growth of the New Democratic 'Party support in the Timmins, Cochrane and Hearst areas. Arnold Peters, M.P., stated that the only way that the mining centres in the North can hope to get secondary industries so badly needed is when we elect a govern- ment that will do the necessary planning. Neither the Liberals nor Conservatives have the desire or intention, only the New Democrat- ic Party is pledged to bring in- dustry to the North and see that people of Canada have a portable pension plan. He urged everyone to get out and build a stronger and bigger membership. "Never in ow history have we more sup- port and a better opportunity," a Haileybury Arthur H. Cooke was returned as mayor of Haileybury for his tenth term when the ballots were ponent, Ken Buffam. Total votes counted Monday evening, with a majority of 43 votes over his op- polled for Mr. Cooke were 391, for Mr. Buffam, 348. - All members of the 1961 coun- cil were returned; with Maurice Findlay taking the place of Mr. Buffam, who is a member of the 1961 council. 4 Dr. W. C. Arnold headed the poll for councillors, with 511 votes. He was followed by James Whel- an with 448; Mervin Lavigne, 411; James Timmins, 381; Ben Bud- geon, 375; Maurice Findlay, 372. MAYOR ARTHUR COOKE Defeated candidates included Charles Camsell, 351; M. Deraiche, 280; Ray de Souza, 94. Elected to the Board of Educa- tion were Lorne Umphrey, 251; David MicLaughlin, 217; Mrs. Aud- rey Bond, 212; C: E. Grozelle, 176; also running were Bud Brooks, 163; Arthur Cooke Wins Mayoralty A total of approximately 73 per cent of the eligible voters polled their votes. One Act Opera On November 23rd, 1961, the members of Jeunesses Music- ales de Canada had the pleas- ure to see "Le Magicien", a one-act opera which J.M.C. commissioned from the Cana- dian composer Jean Vallerand. The second opera, "L'Enfant Prodigue"', composed by De- bussy in 1884, had three voices and piano. Three characters were involved: a baritone, a tenor and a soprano. Miss Colombe Pelletier ac- companied both operas at the piano. Jeunesses Musicales will soon have the opportunity to hear another outstanding con- cert, Reeve Martin Loses Coleman Reeveship Reeve William Martin, who headed Coleman Township council 'for 19 consecutive years was de- feated on Monday by Councillor Douglas McLeod who broke Reeve Martin's string with a comfortable 174 --51 margin. Slightly under 50 per cent of the township's 419 electors turned out to vote for the offices of reeve and council. Eight men sought election to the four-seat council and the voters _ gave Laurel Birtch top spot with -- a scant two vote margin over Tom Mulholland. Carlo Chitaroni and Leonard Bigelow were also suc~ cessful. r Defeated for council posts were J. N. Cram, John Larabie, BE. C. Revoir and George Marcotte. Reeve Martin has made many friends throughout the district dur- ing his long years of service to his favorite township, and is 'sorry to see his terms of office termin- ated. 'because of illness. With the mayor's post decided by acclamation which was given to Mayor Lowrey Taylor at the nom- ination meeting, there was little in- terest in the New Liskeard election and less than 30 per cent of the electors cast their votes. Of the town's 2,387 voters, a scant 742 turned out to elect six members of council from the seven candi- dates on the ballot. Councillor Jack Lacarte headed the polls this year, and the three members of council standing for re-election, Eric Campsall, Don that order. Wew faces to be seen on the 1962 Lorne Wiseman, 147; G. P. Tho- concluded Mr. Peters. day, 129; Allan Green, 95. council are Henry Sullivan and E. White and Pat Birnie Jom in: Weak Vote in Liskeard With No Issue Tested The losing candi- "Se : M. Macdconné:.- date was Jack Caje#well. The nominees for the Board of Education also received an acclam- ation and at the beginning of the new year Tom Gilboe, F. M. Johnson and James Roberts will re-occupy their seats and Allan Wright will fill the vacancy. Two members of this years coun- cil did not seek re-election, Wilfred Ryan, who was chairman of the water and sanitation committee and Walter Knight, head of the ' Protection to Person committee. The polls closed at the appointed time and results of the election were vosted a little more than one hour later. rigs | } \ IO et } Post © pt PR OB PS Neg OPP nh ang tt ih de din eee wv Oe eae ~ lng