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Haileyburian-Cobalt | ESTABLISHED 1904 "Vol, 57 ---- No, 42 Haileybury, Ontario, Thursday, December 21, 1961 New Chairman Dr. H. A. Dunning of Cobait was elected chairman of the Misericordia Hospital's Medical Staff at a recent staff meet- ing. Dr. J. A. H. Joyal of Haileybury was elected vice- chairman. Dr. W. Houghtling was elected secretary. Coroner's Jury Rules Mine Death Accidental A--coroner's jury Saturday re- turned a verdict. of accidental death following an inquest into the December 8 death of Stanley Kerr of North Bay. A Temagami Mine employee, Mr. Kerr died of -in- juries: suffered in a 60-foot fall down an underground working. 'There were no eyewitnesses to the accident, but.mine officials and employees, who reconstructed the scene, said Mr. Kerr had ap- parently moved a ladder from a Safe to an unsafe position. The shift allowed him to fall 60 feet down a shaft into a muck pile. Along with its decision, the five- men jury also put forward the fol- lowing recommendations: Ladders should be so -- placed that they are not only safe, but also will not induce workmen to move them to an unsafe position to facilitate work. No workman should he allowed to.move a ladder without the con- sent of a shift boss, Crown Attorney E. A. Tilley, QC, of North Bay, assisted Coron-|_ er, D. H. A.. Dunning of Cobalt. Members of the jury included: foreman Peter Andoni, Lorne in, Arnold Todd put up a sign stating that it pays to be insured. a This heavily laden tractor-trailer managed to drive between the building at the Jeft and the hydro pole early one morning recently, but couldn't avoid side-swiping the Canadian Legion building and Todd's Ingmrance office. Orangeville, escaped injury, but there was substantial damage to the truck and the fu The driver, G. C. Allen of ilding. With the front of his office caved a4) Graduation Graduation Exercises will take place in the Haileybury High School tonight, Thursday, when the Valedictorian will be Rheal St. Cyr. Proficiency and other awards will be presented, including Athletic trophies. Magistrate E. W. Kenrick + will address the graduates and the student body. A complete account will be Pacey, Douglas Garret, Jack Gup-j| _- _py and Edward Whitehouse. carried in next week's paper. Road Association Want 65 mph Limit Mietorists accustomed to ex- céeding the present speed limit on highway 11 by five miles an hour or so, may find their speed- ing legal. The Number 11 North- ern Route Association is pressing for an'increasé in the speed limit from 60 to 65 mph. The association was formed. at. Kapuskasing on November 25, and is dedicated to promoting tourism and business along Number 11 highway from North Bay to Nipi- gon. The tequest for the increased speed limit was based largely on the good condition of the highway, limited amount of traffic, and the very long distances between points as the traveller gets further west towards Nipigon. ; The main purpose of the assoc- iation, according to chairman George Knowles of Kapuskasing is to promote Highway 11 as the Northern route, rather than High- way 17. No 11, he said could be considered the shorter and faster route, cutting five hours of the trip from. North Bay to Nipigon. Secretary - Treasurer G. F. Heathcote of Kapuskasing poin- ed out to the executive that four of the five regional tourist councils living along Highway 11 had. sign- ified their intentions of supporting the Northern Route Association and that the James Bay Frontier Tourist Association had already pledged $500 for this purpose. It is hoped the annual budget of the association will be in excess of $2,000. Most of the publicity, "it was pointed out, would be directed to the areas outside the association boundaries so as to attract the tourists into the Highway 11 reg- ions. Promotions discussed at the Temagami Family Loses Trailer In Blaze Mr, and Mrs. Jules Roberge were left homeless and destitute Sunday when fire swept through their house trailer two miles south of Temagami. Two daughters also Jost alr. theit" 'belongings: "Damage was estimated ut $5,000. The -unit was unoccupied at the time. ~ : The blaze was. spotted by a neighbour, Bert King. The Roberge couple were summoned from church and arrived in time to see Ontario Department of Lands and Forests and volunteer firemen tow- ing the burning trailer away from| the nearby home of James Kitts. A Johns-Manville truck: driver, Mr. Roberge and his family will reside. temporarily. with relatives in Kirkland Lake. The fire is be- lieved to have started from an oil heater explosion. Cantata The Thornloe-Milberta Choir, under the direction of Robert Peebles has had a full season this Christmastime, giving per- formances all across the dis- trict. The twenty - six member group have presented their popular Christmas Cantata at Haileybury Hospital, Northdale Manor, and Thornloe United Church. Future engagements will take them to Elk Lake on Friday, meeting included a special North- (Continued on Page Hight) Milberta on Sunday and. Engle- hart on December 29. ~ Changing 'business _ Haileyburian is Zag: This week's issue of the Hailey- burian will mark. ,the ~demise of Temiskaming's oldest newspaper. For the past few years the issue of the HaileyBuffan fbetween Christ- mas. and New# Year's has been combined «with The Speak#r. On January 4th The aly, bur, fan yw Temiska: 3 masthead will read" Perffiskaming Speaker . with" . The 'Haileyburian and: Cobalt Concentrates". : The decision - to: giispend publi- cation has not been ah easy one. For business reasons ithe decision was not hard to make, but for sen- timental reasons the decision was difficult. There is 'something in the demise of a newspaper that tugs on the heart 'strings just the same as the loss of a close friend. conditions- have been the prime motive behind the decision to suspend publica- tion and combine it with The Speaker. Our decision has been just about as hard to make as that of many of the readers -- to re- new the Haileyburian or sub- scribe to The Speaker, and loy- alty to the home town paper has sometimes over .ruled .common- sense and many have bought both papers, Subscribers to the Haileyburian will receive The Speaker until their subscription expires. Those who subscribe to both papers will find that we have extended the unexpired portion of their Hailey- burian subscription to their Speak- er subscription. There is one difference, how- ever, The Speaker is a member of Audit Bureau of Circulations and subscriptions are only carried for ucke Township Taxpayers to Join Haileybury ? Mad at the taxes they are hav- ing to pay to Bucke township, some residents of the north end of Bucke are talking about having the area taken over by New Lis- keard or Haileybury. At Moore's Cove recently a pro- test meeting was held, with north- end taxpayers agreeing that the present assessment policy is impos- ing an unfair burden on the area. Taxpayers at the meeting com- plained that as a result of the re- assessment, they are now paying two, three, and even four times as much in taxes as they used to. Businessmen complained tha they were being taxed out of ex- istence, and couldn't even sell their businesses as. prospective buyers are scared away by the assess- ment. Some advocated appealing to the municipal board in Toronto to see if the area could be taken over by New Liskeard or Haileybury. ~ Other complaints included the assessing of land in the north end along the highway at $4.00 a foot, compared with $2.50 for land in North Cobalt. The Bucke township court of revision currently struggling Lee a eee list of appeals. Chairman John Mikkola felt the assessment. was based supposedly on '"'value" and therefore strongly believed the matter of an equalized assessment depends on-a true ap- praisal of the value of buildings and lands. Reeve Harry Groom said the Trans - Canada Pipeline, the Wabi Iron Works, the. Ontario Hydro and to a lesser extent the Northern Telephone Company by having 'fix- ed assessments' and in one case winning a tax rebate, were not helping the tax requirements which had to be met by the rest of ratepayers. Ratepayers felt that if they -were-assessed each year the government authorities re- sponsible for. revising the rates of the pipeline' and the hydro should be prevailed upon to do so in the case of these entities as well." Strong criticism was expressed by ratepayers last night of Mr. Ship's 'assessment and the feeling they would like to have the figure down to its one-time happy stand- ing. Just how this is to be done no- body knew. €rrating is. "Then '{papers with pos a short period beyond expiry date. If subscriptions are not re they are automatically removed '> from the mailing list.. Ia these days of high production « costs a mnewspapér + cannot cerry subscription arrears no mat- tex how good a subscriber' S credit « eekly 1 pees 'only supposed = im: il paid in ad. vance papers. © = 3 The. Haileyburian' office' in "thes Bank of Nova Scotia building will! be closed at the end of D : but residents of Haileybury desir- ing to contact the newspaper for:: items of interest or advertising: will still be able to do so by dialing», Zenith 64000 without icharge: With the one newspaper servings the southern part of the Districty of Temiskaming, every effort will!" be made to bring the residents. of(: the area an even better coverage. Latchford Elects Mayor Percy Bates, In an election which saw 160} voters. of the Town of Latchford! cast their ballots on Monday, Per- . cy Bates, a member of the Coun-.. cil for the past several years, | emerged the victor in the contest! for Mayor, with 89 votes against) Pat O'Shaughnessy, also-.a former - Council member, .who pallet 65%. votes. In the race for the six seats on:- the Council; Elmer McRoberts, long time 'Councillor, headed the poll with 116 votes. Stanley Bates, ° a newcomer to the municipal scene » made a fine run to finish second) with 112 votes. Cecil Inglis, who thas been a "Councillor for -many years, polled 106 votes, and W. E. "Dinny'"' Harrison came back into municipal life after an ab- sence of a year with 102 votes. An- gus Lingenfelter with 72 and Lomer Legault with 69 will complete the Council. Ronald Ranger finished out of the running with 62 votes; Harold McDermid, for many years a Hydro Commissioner, will again assume office with 91 votes over Louis Lingenfelter, a new man, who polled 66. Mrs. Della Manary, Wilbert An- derson and Lawrence Anderson were elected to the Public School: Board by acclamation. jj Se SSS Sse OS Si roe