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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1938-06-16, Page 3Thursday, June 16th, 1938 WEEKLY EDITORS OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC AT NEW HOME <3 WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES ■•A- Here I George McCullagh,President and j ies are shown above, in front of the | tion of the magnificent new building, (Cut courtesy Globe and Mail) Toronto last I of the gathering was a visit to the I home of the Globe and Mail. jig highlights | William H. Wright Building, new' they were guests at luncheon of C. | Publisher. The editors and their lad-| Wright Building prior to their inspcc- CONVENTION TRIP TO NORTHERN ONTARIO AN EDUCATION Railways, Northern Towns and Mail & Globe, All Assist in Making Our Trip Enjoyable Owing to lack of time and space we omitted giving an extensive re­ sume of out conveniton and trip in last week’s issue, so let us start from the opening of convention. Over a hundred members of the Ontario and Quebec Weekly News­ paper Association met in the Royal York Hotel in Toronto on Thursday * morning and after listening to one of the most interesting discussions in years, adjourned at noon to allow those present to visit the Wright Building, the new home of the Globe and Mail. Upon our arrival there a group picture was taken which is re­ produced at the top of the page. We were then split into groups and tak­ en on a tour of inspection 6f the building. We have heard a great- deal about the Wright Building, but words fail us in describing this magnificent structure with its marble halls, glass brick walls, spacious editorial rooms and richly decorated office. Mr. McCuullagh Has a Greeting for Everyone. We were ushered into the luxur­ ious office of Mr. McCullagh, who greeted each one with some rememb­ rance of an incident or some ac­ quaintance in their own particular town. His pleasing personality put everyone at ease, and instantly made a hit with the weekly publishers. . The party were then taken to the modern and -up-to-date cafeteria where we were his guests at lunch­ eon. Following this we continued our tour of inspection to the mechanical department, and left to resume our convention with not a little envy of this perfect newspaper establishment. Ledve for the North With expectation we boarded the special coaches on the C. N. R.’s crack train “The Northland” on which * we were to live for the next three days. This being our first trip to the North, our ideas were due for a rad­ ical change, for instead of the barren wilderness we had pictured, we pass­ ed in many places good farming com­ munities and heavy wooded lands, and saw little of the rock we. had ex­ pected. f, Timmins and Its Hospitality Shortly after nine o’clock Friday morning we arrived in Timmins and were met by cars to take us to the Hollinger Mines, where we were suit- ’ ably dressed in a rubber coat, rubber boots, and' helmet, and attached $o our belts was a small battery to op­ erate the electric headlight attached to our helmet. We were then trans­ ported by trolley to the head of a shaft from where we were quickly lowered to the 3,800 foot .level, near- * ly three-quarters Of a mile. The trip down took only between two and three i|iinutes including A stop half way, to relieve the pressure on our ears. While we travelled down ex­ tremely fast, there was none of that funny feeling that is generally ex­ perienced on an brdihary elevator. On this level was housed a 1,000- fiorsepower motor which operated the hoist in which all were interested watching the operator manipulate the controls by watching a clock-like dial. We Were taken through Several of the drifts where men Were at work PICOBAC ■■■■ PIPE ■■TOBACCO JBHH FOR A MILD. COOL SMOKE loading the ore on little trains to be taken to the surface for crushing and refining. , Arriving back at the surface we were taken to the Empire Hotel where a buffet Juncheon was served through the courtesy of Geo. Lake, publisher of The Porcupine Advance. After the luncheon we had the pleas­ ure of attending in a body the offic­ ial opening of Timmins’ new $112,000 Town Hall, at which Hon. Paul Le- duc, Minister of Mines, and who ac- (1) Mr. A. E. Dobbie, of Smiths Falls, tell Mr. Geo. McCullagh a new one. (2) Pseudo miners! They are newspaper publishers during the oth­ companied’us on our trip, addressed the gathering and announced the building officially opened. During the afternoon a sight-seeing ■tour was provided and visits made to several other mines of the district. In the evening the Town Council and Board of Trade were hosts to a sumptuous banquet at ' the Empire Hotel. Several addresses were enjoy­ ed which gave us a fresh .insight into northern conditions. The chief prob­ lem of Timmins is its unemployed, over 2,000 being on relief due to the great influx of young men looking for jobs that even with peak production they cannot find. This also is true of Kirkland Lake. On Ta Kirkland Lake Our train left Timmins early Satur­ day morning arriving at Swastika about ten o’clock where large busses met the train and took us to Kirk­ land Lake. We were taken to the up- to-date office of The Northern News, Where we spent a most enjoyable time, looking over the modern equip­ ment and layout. It was fortunate for Charlie Tresidder and his staff that it wasn’t press day, for with questions being answered by his very obliging boys, little work would have been ac­ complished. By this time it was pouring rain but this failed to dampen the enthus­ iasm. After a banquet in the Curling Club at which more speeches of an informative nature were enjoyed, the’ party split, the ladies being enter­ tained at the-theatre and half of the men taken to the Lake Shore Mines [ and the other half to Wright-Har-| er 364 days of the year. (3) Typical gold field equipment and construc­ tion. (4) The opening ceremony at the new Timmins Municipal Building. greaves. It was our pleasure to be taken to Lake Shore, where we were conducted through the refinery and each operation was explained, we al­ so were taken to the assay office and shown the* procedure used in deter­ mining the amount of gold in the ore. We were also shown through the im­ mense lumber yards and saw mill and the intricacies of the various hoists were explained. The single cable on a hoist is 1M inches in diameter and about a mile long, weighing four tons, the cage weighs six tons and six tons of ore is brought up at one time. Following our tour we all assemb­ led at the Chauteau of Harry Oakes where Mr. E. W. Todd and other mining executives were hosts at a brief reception before we hurriedly left for the train to commence our homeward journey. Notorious Car five Of the five coaches comprising our party No. 5 was the most lively, and if there Were any on the train did not know we were there I would like to meet them. Especially should they* remember the parade about 2 a.m. Saturday morning, Our Appreciation The publishers of the Advance- Times express their appreciation for the hospitality and courtesies enjoy­ ed at the Mail & Globe, Timmins and Kirkland Lake, also for the privileges, attentions and courtesies received from the railways, who made our nev­ er to be forgotten trip possible, and would particularly mention A. C. Mc­ Neil, District Passenger Agent, C, N. R.; S. F. Baker, Travelling Passenger (5) The Hon. Paul Leduc, Minister W. N. A. delegates en route to enjoy of Mines, who accompanied the dele- a little “Northern Hospitality.” gates. (6) A view from the highest j point on the Hollinger Mine. (7) C. | Agent, C.N.R., and C. O. Baker, of the T. & N. O. Railway, who render­ ed personal service on the trip, and to the Steward and his helpers for the courteous service. To Jerry, our long-suffering and good natured port­ er of Car 5, we are indeed grateful, and using his own words “he sure can take it.” It was also a pleasure to have with us *.Hon. Paul. Leduc, Minister of Mines in the Ontario Government, H. V. Ferguson of the Globe and Mail, and E. J. Blandford of Montreal, to whom we are indebted for the four- column cut appearing on this page. PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS By Harry J. Boyle RAMBLING RECOLLECTIONS You know there’s nothing to beat a Sunday afternoon in the Lazy Meadows neighborhood. There is some strange atmosphere that seems to come down over the farm that makes it just about the finest place in the world, • One thing sure, the wife will have’ soemthing extra by way of a treat for the Sunday dinner. Maybe it’s an extra fine piece of ham that she has roasted, with baked potatoes and new carrots . . . and it’s a funny thing but a fellow seems th have a better ap­ petite. True it is that you haven’t any work to do, but there’s a whole afternoon of solid leisure stretching ahead. I can well remember the first sum­ mer that the wife and I were here at Lazy Meadows together. Sunday din­ ner was a spread, and I would don an apron and hustle her along with drying the dishes, Then she'd go Up and getrher big sun hat, and I’d slip a pouchful of tobacco in my pocket, light up my pipe arfd we’d be off for a tour of inspection of the hundred acres. Back down the laneway that on week-days was merely a convenient way of getting back to the Back Fif­ ty, but on Sunday afternoon, it was a glamorous roadway. First of all a stop just behind the barn to examine the garden and the potatoes, and it would make a warm sort of glow ill around a fellow's heart, to see Mrs. Phil looking in such a prideful way at the garden she had helped to make. Then strolling back and stopping to look over all the fields, and spend­ ing a lialf hour in the south pasture looking for wild strawberries. A lit­ tle toil in putting the rails back up where the horses had been pushing them off the fence. A dilly-dallying around to get a cold drink of spring water. A warm day, a pleasant companion and a fellow grew expansive, Not the sort of talk that’s handed out to girls before you are married, but a gentle unfolding of plans. Then watching as pretty features register agreement or disagreement. The excursion always landed up at the back of the farm along the river bank. There was a pleasure in sitting there quietly listening to the wind as it rustled the tops of the big trees, and the water as it lapped over the stones, and the shouts from the boys who were all enjoying swimming in the deep “hole” just around the bend in the river. Somehow or other a‘ fellow’s hand would just .stray over and pick up a dantier one. There was a quiet sort of companionship, in the surroundings . . . and both of us would go along dreaming dreams. And then look up at last sort of smiling, when even our dreams stirred up something that was humorous. And darkness would be coming sifting down over the countryside, be­ fore we even thought of going back up to the house. Then at last, the flies would get so bad that the real­ ities brought us back to our senses and we would link our arms togeth­ er and go back up the laneway to the house. But the feeling of the afternoon would linger on. Even after the ev­ ening chores were done, the dishes redded up and we were just sitting looking out the screen door, where the outside blackness hemmed in the light, the Sunday afternoon atmos­ phere would linger on. There was and always has been to me, here on the farm, a pleasure in Sunday afternoon. Certainly, if there can be such a thing as the hand of the All-Powerful One in our world’s affairs, it is reflected in giving us here at Lazy Meadows, one complete­ ly restful day. APPETITEJTEASERS By Betty Barclay Two dishes with unusual appetite appeal are Tarte aux Oignons and Spinach a la Touraine, Both show TAe lonj Life Lamps HYDRO LAMPS -- w < t af Six lampe 1® guaranteed Wingham Utilities Commission Phone 156. Ar/J*V *4 Lampe the French knack of achieving par­ ticularly delicious results with every­ day foods. In both, one of the sec­ rets of success is the use of a small amount of sugar to restore the nat­ ural garden flavor of the vegetables and to blend the flavors of the other seasoners. . , Tarte aux Oignons Slice thin four large onions. Put in a quart of cold, salted water. Add a teaspoon of sugar and bring to a boil on a quick fire. Cook a -few minutes. Add the onions to a quarter of at- pound of butter that has been melted! in a saucepan, and cook until they are lightly browned. Add three slices of bacon that have been cut into small­ pieces and cooked in butter. Let the- mixture cool until it is just warm,. Add three eggs beaten lightly with- four tablespoons of cream. Fill tart shells with the mixture, pour melted butter over them, and bake until set. Spinach a la Touraine Put a speck of washed spinach in a saucepan with one and a half cups ot water and one teaspoon of sugar. Cook for twenty minutes. Drain and press through a colander. Mix in­ three-quarters teaspoon salt, one- quarter teaspoon paprika, and two tablespoons butter. Heat again and then press firimly into a bowl to mold. Turn the spinach out upside down on a platter, garnish with slices of lemon and hard-boiled egg, and. serve immediately. 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