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Old Town Fathers Cracked Down On Bareskin Bathers ' i Back in the days when Oakville was a busy port, the bcach near the harbor on Monday mornings "was crow ded with sailors' wives 'Stoing their washing in the lake. U ath in g -- presumably without bathing suits-- was a problem with ."Which the town council attempted ·JP cope by passing the follow ing ~i>y-law: " Whereas, the Inhabitants have ^suffered much annoyance from persons Bathing in Public Places, -and in view o f Private Dwellings jand it is necessary to prevent ^same, " Be it therefore enacted . . . that . . . Bathing in Public Places ;ts hereby prohibited, and also in tyiew o f Private Dwellings during daylight." -- There was a penalty fo r viola tion of the by-law of not less than five shillings or m ore than 20, with the alternative o f im prison m e n t with hard labor for a period jio t exceeding eight days. The byit?w was repealed in 1876 by an oth er one which prohibited bathing in the creek at any time, but al low ed it in the lake between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. It specified, how ever, that bathers were not to approach the harbor any -nearer than opposite Thomas Street on the east and Chisholm Street on the west. Public Subscription Footed Bills For First Sidewalks The first sidewalks in Oakville w ere laid on Colborne Street in 1849. They were made of planks, and w ere paid fo r by public subs cription. N ext year a sidewalk was laid on the east side o f Navy Street from C olborne Street to the pier, Trafalgar having levied a special assessment on Oakville pro perty to raise the nceessary £50. In 1855 plant sidewalks were laid to Tem perance Hall, the Roman Catholic and Presbyterian Churches, the schoolhouse, and across the bridge to the top of the bank on the west side. A plank walk up Dundas Street to the rail way station was built in 1864, at a cost o f $713.80. Statute labor was used to main tain the streets between 1850 and 1857, but the sidewalks w ere main tained by individual expense, or by assessment on the properties which benefitted from them. Col borne Street was either deep in mud or. thick with dust for the greater part o f the year. In 1861 it was gravelled, which im proved the situation as far as mud was concerned. But the dust problem proved a bit m ore difficult. F or a while the cost of sprinkling the street was born by the merchants, whose businesses were adversely affected by the clouds of dust. In 1890 the town bought a water-cart, and the town streets were sprink led each night. THE JOURNAL, Oakville-Trafalgar, Centennial Issue, June 77, 1957 He Beats Driving Too Close Charge The unusual charge of travelling too close behind the car ahead brought Charles Benz, of 51 St. Augustine Drive, a dismissal by Magistrate Kenneth M. Langdon last W ednesday, when the court ruled, there is no evidence to show how far he was behind the car ahead. The Benz truck was in collision Author of the English national anthem was Dr. Henry Carey, who was born in London about 1696. with one driven by D erek de W oll, W illow dale, after de W o ll's car stopped on Colborne Street. The pavement was said to be wet at the time. A Complete Investment Service C anada Drops P lan To W elcome 7,000 North Africans Immigration authorities have dropped plans to set up Canadian Immigration offices in North A frica where Algerian rebels are continuing their revolt against France. A three-man Canadian fact-find ing mission was sent last fall from Paris to M orocco and Tunisia, two newly-independent North African countries, form erly French protec torates, which Canada form ally re cognized last June 19. However, the French politely asked that Canada not establish im migration offices in the two countries, nor in Algeria which is part of France. The Canadian governm ent went along with the French view that maintenance o f the French popu lation would be a stabilizing fac tor. The newly-independent na tions would need the commercial, political and technical knowledge and abilities of their French resi dents. In 1956, only 3,106 French im migrants entered Canada com pared to 51,319 British, 29,806 Ita lian, 26,457 German, 9,777 A m eri can and 7,956 Dutch. BONDS -- STOCKS On AH Exchanges · -- Member-- Investment D ealtr's Association o f Canada RAMSAY DRUGS PRESCRIPTIONS VI 5-1628 MACRAE AND COMPANY 80 King St. W., Toronto PHONE EM. 4-3374 ITTEMTION All ix-Sorvif« Wftoers and Mm are Invited to parade with A dventurer P lans Voyage In Ketch VANCOUVER, (C P ) -- A fair haired six - foot adventurer, Len Vdn Egmond, is preparing to sail in a 24-foot ketch to out-of-the-way places and a voyage that may cover 25,000 miles in fou r years. The form er Oakalla prison guard and m erchant seaman w ill embark about mid-July in the $2,000 sail boat Idler, equipped with a sixhorsepower auxiliary engine for emergencies. He has had the idea since child hood when he used to sit near his hom e in Holland? study passing ships and yearn for the day when he could man a vessel of his own. He w ill go down the coast to Panama, then westward to the Galapagos islands, jum ping - o ff point fo r a 3,200-mile hop to the Marquesas. BRANCH 114 CAKAMAN LEGION B.E.S.L. at the unveiling of the THOSE WERE GOOD OLD DAYS ! A flashback to the oft mention ed " era of m ore gracious living" was recently provided mem bers of the St. John's W om en's Auxiliary, when Mrs. John Som erville and Mrs. George Fish appeared in form al raiment of yesteryear. Both rem em ber when such finery was the vogue, and thoroughly enjoyed giving their W .A. associates a re miniscent pre-Centennial glimpse of a living, turn-of-the-century tin type. NIGHT&DAY S E R V IC E is one o f the reasons " Service by O ak v ille M otors" guaran tees the fin est, and most courteou s au tom otive facilities available anyw here. Addition to the War Memorial in ST. GEORGE'S SQUARE on S IM M Y , JUNE 30th, 1957 PARADE WILL FALL W V m m O LM ST. SOUTH FOR O ur serv ice departm ent is co n veniently located in the heart o f O akville-- Open 'til 1 a.m. H E R T Z R E N T A CAR LICINSII^ B y The H our, Day or L on ger Gas, Oil, Insurance FR E E , $100 D ed u ctib le TELEVISION SERVICE VI. 4-9687 CALL A N Y T IM E at 1 :4& p.m. 2 4 -H R . E M E R G E N C Y T O W I N G S E R V IC E One wreafeh only ki memory of ail the fallen comrades wMl b* PETE McKENNA 4 8 7 8 th LIN E 10 Y E A R S ' E X PER IEN C E SE R V IC IN G SETS IN T H IS A R E A . Oakville Motors Ltd R e y n o ld s St. at C o lb o r n e M e rcu ry -- L in c o ln -- M e te o r V I 4-3273 deposited by the Pre«d«nt of Brancfc 114 DRSftg-- REfiETS and MEDALS J f Call VI 5 -0 6 2 1 ---1 5 0 Colborne St. E. O PPO SITE C EN TU RY TH E A T R E OAKVILLE OAKVILLE DAIRY CO-OP LTD SALUTES he TOWN of OAKVILLE It is a pleasure for all of us at Oakville Dairy to extend our hearty congratulations on the 100th anniversary of Oakville. We are not able to claim a centenary yet in our busi ness, but we have spent over half those years serving the people of this area. It has been our aim to always maintain the highest standards for all our dairy products, and in the y e a r s ahead, continue to strive to give our customers the efficient courteous attention to which they have become accus tomed. Oakville Dairy Co oo Ltd. 35 Colborne E .... VI. 4-3941