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The Advance, No. 4, February 1950.
Editor: Ted McCall
Typist: Marg Johnston
News Editor: Marg Bourke
Multigraphing: Gina d'Andrea
Staff Artist: Lou McCall
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Page Two
Editorial
Hospital in New Subdivision Discussed by Trustees
Police Report
Towns Within Hydro Quota
Names mentioned: Doctor Pollock, Veeder Slater, J. Andrews, E. Denrick, Percy Brown, William
Poslusznyj, Omer McKee, Guy Primeau, Albert Couture.
Page Three
The 1950 T.&.N.O. Bonspiel
The Funny Side?
Jeffery Hardware 1/2-page advertisement
Names mentioned: Steve Stratford, Fred Rasmussen, Jake Gardiner, Dr. Doug Pollock.
Page Four
Outdoors: Getting Lost Ain't No Fun
Fowl, Fin and Fur Facts
(No names mentioned)
Page Five
The Canadian Legion
Legion Ladies' Auxilliary
Blasting
Mann Brothers Shell Station advertisement
Names mentioned: Louis Biczo, Mrs. Evelyn Hardy of Timmins.
Page Six
Social News
Births
Towns in Winter (poem)
Names mentioned: Mrs. M. Potvin, Jacqueline Potvin, Mrs. B. Bourne, Mrs. George Durham,
Mrs. W. Downey, Mrs. A. Glendening, Mrs. W. Weber, Mrs. N. Stewart, Mrs. R. Herman, Mrs. R.
Moline, Mrs. M. Stubbs, Johnny Jewell, Sharon Turner, Loreen Cameron, Jimmy Turner, Betty Lou
Bell, Joanne Eagle, Leona Collison, Peter Garvin, Barry Pollock, Miss Enid Durham, Mr. & Mrs.
Gramoli, Mr. & Mrs. Bob Beggs, Helen L. Oram.
Page Seven
Bridge Club News
About Town
Nora's 1/2-page advertisement
Names mentioned: Mr. & Mrs. Wood, Mr. & Mrs. Weiler, Mr. & Mrs. Slater,
Mr. & Mrs. Wilkinson, Mr. & Mrs. Hele, Mr. & Mrs. Cleland, Mr. & Mrs. Belanger,
Mr. & Mrs. McPherson, Mr. & Mrs. Campbell, Mr. & Mrs. Colleaux, Mr. & Mrs. Stewart,
Mr. & Mrs. Kenrick, Mr. & Mrs. Cox, Mr. & Mrs. Brewer, Mrs. Jim Keeley, Mrs.
Terry Porter, Mr. & Mrs. G. Wickham, Bruce Jeffrey, Alex Levine, Dr. G. Hagerman,
G. W. Fish, Mr. & Mrs. Otto Bjarnason, J. Gallagher, Mr. & Mrs. J. Ramsell, Dave Wood,
Sid Teal, Mr. & Mrs. Joe Teal, Miss Jane Wickham, J. E. Crozier, Mrs. Mark Murphy, Mr.
Jim Cameron, Miss Joyce Brewer, Miss Connie Getchell of Kirkland Lake, Enid Durham, Dr. & Mrs. Doug
Pollock.
Page Eight
Kearns News
Have You Ever Wondered?
Names mentioned: Rev. E. C. Grey, Rocooli Devvone, Carmine Cessario, Ralph Puglisse,
Bill Donnon, Jacqueline Monette, Pat McGrath, Lorna Brown, Marion Stos, Dorrine Laporte, Mrs.
Reid McPhail, Rena Gervais, Frances Sampson, Carlina Francour, Beverly Jeffrey, Mrs. Anna
Carlson, Mrs. Earl Robinson, Medric Guerin, Harry Byzick, Mrs. A. C. Forrest, Mrs. K. Steingart,
Mr. & Mrs. Rocheleau, Mr. & Mrs. W. Jolivette, Mr. & Mrs. G. Batise, Mr. & Mrs. D.
Breen, Mr. & Mrs. Harkins, Mrs. Bound, Mrs. Tansie, Mrs. Dobie, Mrs. Forrest, Mrs. Grace,
Mrs. Dannon, Mrs. Ross, Mr. & Mrs. M. D. Calder, Kit Dobie, George & Bobby Hammond,
Brian McEwen, Benjy Brown, Jimmy McCrae, Artie Brown, Donnie Draper, Jimmy Pearson, Billy
Fulkerson.
Page Nine
Constable Transferred
McGarry Gets Benefit of St. John's Ambulance Course
"FIDO" Helps Air Travel
Kearns Supply Co. 1/2-page advertisement
Names mentioned: Constable Westlake, Constable Joe Shilliday.
Page Ten
Ladies' Curling Notes
Men's Curling Notes
McGarry Transport advertisement
Names mentioned: Annabelle Slater, Sally Campbell, Lottie Storie, Jessie Brown, Ann
Cameron, Mabel Soucier, Nellie MacAuley, Florence Cameron, Bea Eagle, Win North, Louise Ross,
Win Ramsell, Rita Brewer, Ann Gardiner, Miss M. Madden, Mrs. J. Ramsell, Mrs. R. S. Ross, Mrs.
C. Dorzinsky, Mrs. C. Austin, Mrs. Benoit, Mrs. Moran, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Kingyens, Jim Gallagher,
Messrs. Thomas, Stevens, MacDonald, Steve Stratford, Messrs. Taylor, Dorzinsky, Stoughten.
Page Eleven
Basketball Notes
McGarry Juvenile Sports Association News
Interdepartmental Hockey
Brooks Insurance Agency advertisement
Names mentioned: Referee Darragh, Bob Jeffery.
Page Twelve
Weiler's Clothing full page advertisement.
Page Thirteen
Bob Jeffery Returns With Bride
Capacity Crowd Attends K.A.E.A. Annual Dance
Testing The Mine Ropes
Simpson's advertisement
Names mentioned: Mr. & Mrs. Bob Jeffery, Joan Noreen Murray, Robert Moore Jeffery, Mr.
& Mrs. Stephen E. Jeffery, Miss Olga Yakichuck of Sudbury, Mr. Edward Morgan of Toronto, Miss
Annie May Payne, Louis Biczo, Mrs. E. Robinson, Mr. G. W. Fish, Mrs. W. Robinson.
Page Fourteen
Field Commissioner Visits V'Town
Lions Plan Oyster Stag
Gadgets For The Dentist
Names mentioned: G. W. Fish, Jim Darragh, Mrs. W. G. Cutler, Jim Young, Mrs. J. Eagle,
J. H. Young, Rev. E. C. Grey, Rev. Father Kinlough, Rev. George Soutar, Mr. J. Darragh, Mary E. Phillips,
R. McLernon, Edward Olson, Glen Bromley, A. Belanger, Buelah Latimer, Margaret Johnston, Mrs. G. Hele,
Mrs. P. Woodrow, Mrs. J. Cox, Mrs. Ken North, Gordon Ringler, Victor Garden, Sam McKay, Magnus Johnston,
Bolton Folby, Ted McCall.
Page Fifteen
Young V'Town Dances
Ladies Bowling
Levine's Men's Wear 1/2-page advertisement
Names mentioned: Miss Kay Creighton, Miss Gail Miller, L. Storie, A. Roach.
Page Sixteen
Stop The Press News
Classifed Ad
North Star 1/3-page advertisement
Locke Hardware, 1/2-page advertisement
(No names mentioned)
Page Seventeen
Fashions
Classified
Young V'Town Dances, continued
Names mentioned: Miss Marion Kelly, Mrs. Ann Cameron.
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