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Ian Oliver Publisher Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager Ian Oliver Publisher The Oakville Beaver, published every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, at 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, is one of the Metroland Printing, Publishing Distributing Ltd. group of suburban newspapers which includes: Ajaxâ€"Pickering News Advertiser, Barrie Advance, Brampton Guardian, Burlington Post, Collingwood Robert Glasbey Advertising DireCtOT Connection, Etobicoke Guardian, Geow’e(own Independent/ Acton Free Press, Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager Kingston This Week, Lindsay This Week, Markham Economist and Sun, Stoutfille/Uxbridge Tribune, Miton Canadian Champion, Mississauga News, Newmarketâ€"Aurora Eraâ€"Banner, North York Mirror, Oakville Beaver, Orillia Today, Oshawa/Whitby This Week, Peterborough This Week, Richmond HiV Thornhil/Vaughan Liberal, Scarborough Mirror. All material published in the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Any reproduction in whole or in part of this material is strictly forbidden without the consent of the publisher. Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of the advertising space cccupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for sig nature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to categorize and reject advertising. In the event of typographical error, advertising goods or services at the wront r services may not be sold. Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time. pilloried by the Canadian gun lobby for his sweeping gun control proposals. Given the very generous timeâ€"frames involved for mandatory registration of firearms, we really can‘t see any reason why gun owners are complaining. From a strictly analytical standpoint, registering guns makes good sense. These same owners of firearms, most of whom are rural Canada residents, use their weapons for hunting as they were intended. And they don‘t think twice about paying licensing fees for hunting and fishing, so why are they so hot about these new controls? What’s all the fuss about? Justice Minister Allan Rock is again being o+ es And this is only one aspect of Rock‘s wideâ€"ranging control program. He would also end sales of 21 types of militaryâ€"type weapons like the famed AKâ€" 47 assault rifle. There is no defendable reason why anyone in this country, except the military and lawâ€"enforcement agencies should have such weapons. His move to have a fourâ€"year jail term as mandatory punishment for those committing crimes with firearms is long overdue. Weapons offenses are now often plea bargained away in such cases. in e mc e Un ues o Nee n c Canadians who now own handguns for use at a gun club will be allowed to retain their weapons as will collectors of handguns, so they are protected. Further, Rock‘s move to restrict ammunition sales to those over 18 only makes sense and even that could be amended to have all those buying ammuâ€" nition to show their gun registration permit.at time of sale. es aque 2l ie Ilunte;;:mlls;lll%;allgwed to Hunt, skeet shooters will still be allowed to fire at clay pigeons yet still the gun lobby continues its illogical protests and for once, the majority of Canadians appear to back the government. Protests unfounded to try and get warring factions in the former Yugoslavia, back to the bargaining table. It may be the last chance at peace for residents of that onceâ€"proud country. But both sides don‘t want anything to do with him. ‘The Bosnian Serbs won‘t even talk Boutrosâ€"Ghali and the Muslim faction just ignored him. Not much hope when this is the prevailing attitude. o e cE United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutrosâ€"Ghali is in Sarajevo PCO Bm To Ssn hi P on ce uons 9 2 P So as the Secretary General leaves the country, the fact is that ho Canadians are being held prisoner by the Bosnian Serbs. Forget all that nice diplomatic jargon in this case; our ‘peaceâ€"keepers‘ are not being ‘detained" they‘re prisoners. For their part, the Bosnian Serbs say they won‘t release the ‘detainees‘ unless the same number of UN troops replace them as hostages. % 1404 A c d o d 1cA ns ie on ic c On Monday tvhe Serbs threatened to shell the Canadian camp in the town of Visoko, near Sarajevo. Up to 10 rockets landed in the camp on Sunday and the troops are literally prisoners, barricading themselves in basements at night to sleep. n . 22 S 21 h n d nB e The entire Bosnian conflict is a complete noâ€"win situation and if nothing comes of this latest attempt to breathe a little bit of sanity into this conflict, it‘s time for Canadian personnel to come home. S es ds L . an c nc t c e uons In total there are 38,000 UN troops in the area and it might take five months to get them home. As it stands now, the war means more will die and as the UN has shown, all the best intentions mean nothing when the main players become intractable on any points leading to peace. e y . y oi g e on hn indA EP EC 2 ie n 0 Nes C un ) C300 A fair compromise wa brese;xtled earlier this ye21r but it has been rejected and so the conflict will rage until both sides tire of the fight. It‘s a human tragedy that seems to defy solution. Do you think the electorate at large should elect the Halton Regional Chairman instead of councillors as is now the case? Yes: 6 No: 0 PHONE Time to leave 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 Do you support the plan of Justice Minister Allan Rock to have all firearms in Canada registered? Cast your ballot by calling 845â€"5585, box 5008 to vote. _ _Callers have until 12 noon Thursday to register their vote. _ Results of the poll will be published in the next Friday edition of the Oakville Beaver. s a skunk in Mayor Lachlan McArthur‘s cellar an mergency? If under the Mayor‘s bed, yes; but in the cellar, even if the striped one is bowling over and smashing preâ€" serve jars, no. es s 2 V w sE Something smelled rotten in former mayor‘s basement That was the decision of Shelterkeeper Al MacNab at 2:30 a.m. last Thursday, when, during a preâ€"dawn conversation with Constable Alfred Hooks at the shelâ€" ter, he told the police officer if the chief magistrate had a skunk below ground, it could wait until morning to be trapped. At 2:47 a.m. the same day he still hadn‘t changed his mind, despite an urgent call from the Mayor‘s wife, who had roused the Humane Society ambulance operaâ€" tor from his second slumber of the night. After dawn, Thursday, he took along a trap when he called at the Mayor‘s Burnett Street home, and was surâ€" prised to find "an awful mess" of broken preserve jars in the cellar. But what puzzled the shelterkeeper was the fact that the "skunk" had made its way to the preâ€" serves shelve by climbing first onto an oil can and then an upturned orange crate. â€" The Oakville Record Star, Dec. 2, 1954 30 years ago "Absolutely ridiculous," was the general reaction of leading Oakville Masons questioned in regard to the suggestion, made in Ottawa by a representative of the National States Rights party of Birmingham, Alabama, that the Masonic Order is backed by Communist influâ€" ences is the farthest thing from masonry," said William Anderson Jr., Worshipful Master of the Oakville Masonic Lodge. "The suggestion is almost too silly to warrant a reply. These people just want something to pick on. In our lodges we always sing ‘God Save the Queen‘ at the end of our meetings. The charge that we are backed by Communism is malicious. It is an attempt to blacken the Masonic Order," he said. A post office review board in Ottawa yesterday studying the validity of a mail ban on an American racist newspaper heard a suggestion that Communist influences are behind the Masons. â€"The Daily Journal Record, Nov. 26, 1964 Alook back at the events that made headiines in Oakvile. 40 years ago 20 years ago Merchants along Kerr Street were a little surprised this summer when they noticed their mailman had pierced ears and was wearing gold earrings. However, after a closer â€" and longer â€" look they decided that a lady letter carrier had a right to wear earâ€" rings. It was not the first doubleâ€"take Jennifer Trott has encountered and may not be the last. _ Oakville‘s first régular female letter carrier slipped onto the scene very quietly and most people still don‘t know she is here. In the era of Women‘s Lib, female letter carriers have come late on the Oakville scene, but postmaster Jack Lindsay maintains there was no discrimination. Jennifef wasn‘t on the march for Women‘s Lib, either. "We had lived in Bramalea and I was a legal secreâ€" tary when my husband, who is a teacher, got a job at Oakville Trafalgar High School," she explains. "So I started looking for a job in Oakville. I walked along the streets inquiring at various places and the post office was one of them." â€" Oakville Journal Record, Nov. 27, 1974 0 years ago Oakville residents may see electricallyâ€"powered commuter trains elevated 30 feet off the ground travelâ€" ing along Trafalgar Road by the year 2004. RaR: The future northern rapid transit system â€" with four of the proposed routes using Trafalgar Road â€" was unveiled by GOâ€"ALRT (Advanced Light Rapid Transit) representatives at Thursday‘s town council meeting as part of an overall system built from Pickering to Oakville. "Nobody has said a word about this," said Ward 3 councillor Paul Farley later, one of the local politicians who expressed surprise at the announcement of the Trafalgar Road routes. xC h eb Three other routes along the Queen Elizabeth Way and branching north of the highway were proposed. â€""I don‘t think much of it at all," said Farley. "I don‘t care how quiet they (trains) are, they will look like hell." Taken from the archives of the Oakville Beaver including stoâ€" ries from The Oakville Recordâ€"Star, The Oakville Trafalgar Journal, the Oakville Journal Record and the Oakville Beaver. â€" Oakville Beaver, Nov. 28, 1984