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WILLIAM TIMES-JOURNAL, SATURDAY, FEB. 3, 1968 Nipigon Figure Skating Club Requests Floor Mats By GLENA CLEARWATER Nipigon Arena Board held a meeting Jan. 31 with Father Meyer presiding. Correspondence was read from the Nipigon Figure Skating Club. They requested matting on the floor of the dressing rooms, but in the meantime rubber was obtained and runways were laid in the halls and dressing rooms. The Board agreed to let Mr. Johnson use the skate sharpener Saturday afternoons while figure skating lessons are being given, provided a small fee is turned in to the Board for each pair sharpened, President of the Coffee House executive, Patrick Lillies was present and made a verbal request for the use of the Coffee House for a band to practice and for use during the week. Since the original agreement was for use on the weekends only with supervision, the Board felt that the executive should make requests to the Board by letter for definite times. The Board agreed that no matter what was going on at the Coffee House, adult supervision must be maintained, and if the band wishes to use it during the week they should pay rent. Letters are to be sent out to organizations using the arena ice requesting that they pay monthly, since the board cannot operate on their credit, and therefore must borrow if no one pays accounts before the end of the season. Mr. Vezina outlined plans for the winter carnival. More information will be announced on the three day affair to be held Feb. 23 to 25. Next meeting of the Board will be Feb. 15. Public skating, which is held on available Sunday afternoons and has drawn between 120 and 170 skaters, will be held again this Sunday and Feb. 11. Lounge Licence Vote is Passed 1 '2 '68 NIPIGON (Special) â€" About 90 per cent of voters in Nipigon cast ballots Wednesday in favor of the sale of liquor under dining room lounge licence for consumption with meals on licenced premises. At press time today, the official count had not been released. It is expected to be near the 90 per cent mark. The turn-out of voters is said to be the highest in many years. Only 60 per cent is needed to pass the issue. Nipigon Cast Ballots Final statistics have been released on the liquor vote taken in Nipigon on Jan. 31. Of the 1,294 voters eligible to cast ballots, 644 turned out, a number never reached previously in a municipal election. On the question of dining room lounges, the vote was 584 for and 47 against. For liquor lounges, the vote was 583 for and 52 against. The vote was paid for by donations from businessmen and interested citizens. One or two premises are prepared to start immediately with plans to serve liquor. RECEIVES MEDALâ€"Mrs. Beatrice Everett is seen with the Centennial medal she received for her services with the local hospital. She has been a resident of Nipigon for 41 years. â€"Photo by Glena Clearwater Nipigon 1 '2 '68 Pioneer Resident Honored By GLENA CLEARWATER Mrs. Beatrice Caroline Everett of Nipigon was the suprised receiver of the centennial medal for Nipigon recently. Mrs. Everett first came to Canada to British Columbia, and later accompanied a family to Nipigon. Being a nurse, she was put to work immediately and has been in constant demand for her services since. When the doctor was away she filled in and for a period of time when Nipigon was without a doctor, she delivered the babies. Mrs. Everett was on the committee that urged the building of a Red Cross Hospital in Nipigon, and was in charge of the Red Cross workroom for three years. The workroom was located in a building that stood where Clarke Motors now stands, and then later in the Finn hall before they purchased the little building now owned by the Baptist Church. She worked on the hospital auxiliary for many years and has always been a member. Now Nipigon is preparing for another new hospital and she is again active on the auxiliary. Mrs. Everett was active in the United Church, Women of the Moose and has served on the school board for three years. EXAMINE COLLECTIONâ€"Buzz Lein and board member Mrs. Maureen Dampier along with pupils from St. Edward's School in Nipigon view artifacts found by Mr. Lein in the area. Mr. Lein outlined history of the continent to the pupils at a special history class recently. â€"Photo by Glena Clearwater Nipigon 7 '2 '68 TJ Buzz Lein Tells History Of Continent to Pupils By Glena Clearwater Pupils of grade seven and eight class at St. Edwards School in Nipigon attended a history class recently â€" after hours. The occasion was a supper in the classroom with invited guests Mrs. Helen Rhodes and Mrs. Maureen Dampier. Also present was guest speak- er Buzz Lein, formerly of Beardmore, who is. well known in the area for his interest in ancient history of the North American continent. The class had been studying about the history of the area and was anxious to get some more knowledge of it. Mr. Lein gave a brief outline on the history of North America dating back to 15,000 years ago. He explained to the class how scientists were able to tell the age of bones found by archeologists. Some bones found by them in southern USA are believed to have come from elephants and camels. About 15,000 years ago the whole area of the Great Lakes down to Chicago area was covered by glaciers, with the climate much cooler and moister than now. Suddenly the climate changed, it became warmer, and the ice began to recede. As it did, it began the formation of the Great Lakes, but not far enough to "unfreeze" Nipi- gon. Then the ice glaciers came down again and stayed until about 8000 B.C. and became the hottest and driest ever. The ice went back leav- ing behind lakes and depressions. Mr. Lein placed a map on the board to show the area and pointed out that the Geraldton area used to be underwater up to 200 feet deep. The water gradually drained down to the Great Lakes watershed bringing the shoreline of Lake Superior close by about 35 miles. Some findings in Northwestern Ontario date back to 1635 B.C. and Mr. Lein impressed upon the pupils the tough life people must have existed under then, when some animals which were even larger than those of their species that live here, had to be killed by bow and arrow. This brought him up to some of the present day findings and he displayed his collection of Indian artifacts that included spear heads, arrow heads and scrapers used for cleaning skins and knives. All were made from agate. Passing around samples, he toured the room answering ques- tions and explaining details about his findings. All pupils showed interest in the unique display and informative talk by Mr. Lein. 8 '2 '68 Mrs. Lempi Sanssi Funeral for Mrs. Lempi Marie Sanssi was held in the Lawrence Funeral home in Nipigon and the Immanuel Lutheran Church recently with Rev. F. Manula officiating. Active pallbearers were A. Ruoho, L. Loik, L. Lespi, E. Ala, V. Silta and E. Maki. Interment was in Cliffside Cemetery in Nipigon. Mrs. Sanssi had lived in Nipigon for 45 years, and was predeceased by her husband in 1949. She is survived by one daughter Helen, Mrs. Frank Wheeler of Nipigon; and two brothers in Finland. Nipigon 8 '2 '68 Rink Scores Eight-ender By GLENA CLEARWATER Nipigon Curling Club was the scene of excitement recently when one of the top teams in the men's league scored an eight-ender. Curling together for the past few years as a firemen's team were Joe Gentile, Dave Banning, Ray Huntus and spare Junior Jalkanen (for R. Laframboise). Unfortunately the team it was scored against also was playing with spares. This was the first eight-ender scored in the Nipigon ring in 15 years, the last being made by William Baker.