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PAGE 20 TERRACE BAY NEWS OCTOBER 24, I973 Rossport Town Topics - cont'd from page I6 ... Mr. and Mrs. Jack Campbell and son from Thunder Bay spent the weekend here. Visitors to Thunder Bay were Mr. and Mrs. R. Kenney, Miss Lorraine Seppala, Floyde Har- den, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gerow and family. Mr. and Mrs. Waugh and children of Thunder- Bay visited Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rouble this week. ~ Miss Shirley Bouchard of Thunder Bay and A. Gagnon of Marathon were weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Bouchard. Olav Sundland of Thunder Bay was a business visitor here on the weekend. Mrs. Ronald Lanigan is home from Nipigon Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Mac Hubelit and daughter Maxine spent the weekend with relatives in Wawa, Ont. Maxine has obtained employment in Wawa. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Legault attended the wedding of their nephew at the Lakehead on the weekend. CHURCH MEETING: Mrs. Ray Kenney hosted the St. Berchman's Altar Society members Thursday for the month- ly meeting. Two bingos were planned for to take place on November 5th and 26th. The fall draw of a mohey jar will take place at the bingo on November 26th. Mrs. Gerow reported the sale of tickets to date. It was noted that the new electric organ at the church has been paid in full. Letters were vead and the minutes and financ- ial statement approved. The hose, sprinklers and law mower have been stored for the winter. Mrs. Schelling invited the members to her home for the Novem- ber meeting. The meeting opened and closed with the reg- ular prayers led by president, Mrs. E. Gerow. ROAD COMMISSION ANNUAL MEETING: The Annual Meeting of the Local Roads Commission Board was held Thursday evening in the School hall with eleven ratepayers pre- sent. Ray Kenney chaired the meeting. Secretary- Treasurer, Mrs. K. Paulmert read the minutes and financial statement and correspondence. A discussion followed regarding entrance to properties off the lane adjoining Boone street., Also if entrance could be made to these off Main Street as these properties are fronted on an embankment and the lots begin 83 feet from the center of the highway. If this lane is not available for delivery of mail, fuel oil or ambulance service, it would be very inconvenient for the property owners concerned. 3 Assistant to District Municipal Engineér, Lesly Milkes was present to offer any assist=- ance to the functioning of the Local Roads Commission Board. Mrs. Paulmert resigned as secretary-treas- urer as of January 1974. The following rate- payers were elected to the local board - R.T. Kenney, Herbert Legault and Romeo Bouchard. The chairman will be appointed at the Jan- uary meeting as well as a secretary-treasurer hired. Mrs. Ronald Lanigan glancing through some old News Chronicle papers of September I946 and Eaton Catalogues of the 1930s found in the attic of a house that they bought at the West end of the village near Sheehan's Bay. When remodelling the building her husband found that many of the walls had been covered with old newspapers. One paper "The Star" of 1898 was quite interesting. One news item described a big day in Quebec during the celebration of St. Jean Baptiste Day - had sales quoted at 25 cents for a package of tea, arm chairs at 79 and 90 cents each. The cat- alogues had overcoats at $9.95; waterpails at 71¢; Chiffon and Silk Crepe dresses at $4.95 to $6.95 each while men's grey flannel trous- ers were listed at $I.95 a pair. Other treas- urers of the attic were ladies high button shoes with spool heels and pointy toes, a lar- ge picture of a bewhiskered gentleman in an oval frame, articles which appeared to be made from casings of army shells, old seed books, the Pic Doc Savage, Hockey book, Liber=- ty, Look, books and a Winnipeg companies Novelty Catalogue. im a EC Sp ah Lb