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THE OAKVI| | LLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL |The Editor, The Journal, Oakyil | Dear Sir; I have had the enclo: | correspondence [concerning the jand I believe it with the commuter hould be publ umn, Yours very sincerely, C. R. Slipp. Dec. 8, 1947, éneral Passenger Agent, nadlan National Railw Montreal, Que. ear Sir: the Oakv on D ointed up |of last. In addition ticular reference is mado to § est final paragraph of the editorial of ouneil tor protest Hr Be ai peop adjacent to their west of town. Un-|" 2 3 and Toronto. he area is unrestricted | the last subu muting service between 3 , a her intended business. | his. is not an adequate service b the residential nature |" ps long ago to protect brook area is protected, |; etter etwveen Oakville and the City o Toronto. industrial activity in Should be started which fl property owners who Yours truly, C. R. Slipp. planning commission| pe. 17 1847. d that it should be Mr C. R. Slipp, Suite 80: ps which are necessary | Street, Toronto 1, On dly, but the Chamber lakville having a Recrea- > ng ~~" General Passenger Agent, Toronto new commission might (and who is in charge of the Oak. ville-Toronto territory. Mr. Gadsby will communicate with you at an early date. Yours very truly, H. J. Nevin, General Passenger Agent. 8, 320 Bay to Dec. 8 to which was attached copy .__|Canadian National Railways, themselves as being| senger Traffic Department, Toron. of Oakville in order| ha Dec. 24, 1947. Mr. C. ffuter picture may Dear Sir: Mr, Nevin forwarded Real |your communication to me and the itaker has offered matter conplained of regarding type en any who may be [of equipment operated on commu- i (ters' train between Toronto and E Dresent details ane a e mayor has issued Masse, general superintendent of 3 him if they wish |transportation, and he has re Vi rt a will [to the effect that the safety factor w % in view of the fact that these are| Sma ter to notify the over the very best type of roadbed, 50 that they can have |double-tracked, and equipped with automatic block signals. { ritative speakers. | C.N.R. in your Letters to the Editor Col- |in Oakville require adequate com- Oakville As you may know, ban train leaving for thholding a permit to Toronto in the morning is at 7:40 and many commuters feel that ny mea As one who is desirous of a bet- ter commuting service, it is sug- gested that your department look Dear Mr. Slipp: Your letter of Letters to the Editor { Oakville, Dec, 29, 1947. With the desire of Oakville loz|for more comfortable coache: edinot suf protect all of our trains, |felt that passengers pa |x hould have the | type equipment. | In view of the present not possible to replace coaches at present operat under these circumstances we do not feel that anything can Wishes of Oakville residents coaches sufficient commut: able between Oakville and to warrant any addition service. le Yours ve Oakville, Dec. 17, 1947. Dear Sir: We have read y and also your editorial on plorable conditions of the f|that complaints may be re and suggestions offered, and with this in mind that we are offer ing our criticisms and ass fares for longer trips lindire benefit of better of modern coach equipment, y trul, R. C. Gadsby, General Passenger Agent. The Editor, The Journal, Oakville, Ont. terest the comments and criticisms | voiced by Councilman John N. Milne [fi g a survey of commuters soy, |eo00000000000 0000000005 THURSDAY, JAN, 5, Trafalgar Tales By Bessie Cairns residents type but, unfortunately, we have icient steel coaches; not to (Lost in Mukden onditioned coaches S, tof Mukden and it is|pew ng full ther is once again in cf way, shortage tis wooden ing, and or languishing in International affairs be done for steel |1939! Toronto SU ti al train {tlend y, prise then to arrive at with in: [za the de- Been ; oe |door, into which was dropped cardboard flag cording to your passport. gistered it 1s] fro, The present gas-lighted i ir [Canadian National Railways, Cen.|coaches are dangerous both from znd beautify their Cena i rr yr er: a: standpoint of fire and ellison: coroner's jury would be o| consolation in finding th after an accident had entailet of life, Du duce the winter months the spain of the Oakville-Trafalgar Journal|Coaches are heated to a degree that least deserves a of Oakville, Ont, Dec. 4 {ssue. js |Quite often becomes insufferable, eing referred to Mr. R. C. Gadsby, |21d no one seems to be matic mail was to ce wooden of little) pack being worth two finesses, is fact | "mMhe consul had d a 1088 | back of his card 1 consular cold drink." consul was too busy looki; the Strange how a city in Nor- Manchuria could have, in an been responsible for nadian husbands and sons fight- ing on the beaches of Normandy in prisoner-of-war camps in Hong Kong. Yet experts claim, that, if the Japanese had been stopped at Mukden's gates in 1981 Mussolini [Wouldn't have rayaged Ethiopia in I am attaching a copy (toward even partially meeting the|1936, or Hitler attacked Poland in ille-Trafalgar Journal : {of Oakville, Ontario, issue of Dec. Me and the to the front in existence (page, I would direct your attention |to the editorial on page two. Par- the This is a tale of Mukden and It is also felt that there Is not What it did to me. Before leaving tion traffic avail. |Keijo, Korea, for Mukden in the summer of 1936, I was warned by ends that I was heading for the rld's last Acre, Imagine my sur- a modern station and be driven to an equally modern hotel. Though I knew you could book either Oriental or Oc- cidental type of rooms, actually the; only apparent difference between amato Hotel and say the King ward Hotel was the fact that room was not only numbered, also had a little slot on the | lowing years, . each door, ac- Immediately on arrival I hied to e American Consulate, as, I was the bearer of a safe-hand package m the consul in Keljo to the consul in Mukden. Though diplo- immune nsorship, it didn't work out that way. The Japs holding to the same theory as bridge players--one written on the "This will intro- e the bearer, who is acting as courier-- she at The ng after - In the Woman's World | Modern Lassies Scorn [=i Leap Year Advantages "What, take a chan she said, "Don't be he'd say yes" So we beg to report tha | | yeurs Leap Year hasst hy thing to Oakville and it gor A survey of the past Leap Years pear likely that it will in 5) reveals that in Oakville at least ; fo come. Maybe thera wy. present-day gitls don't seem to pay| We didn't give up without a siight|thing about olden times ry much attention to the advantages | fight, of course, the advantage given to (hy. | which are supposed to belong to| "But with the New Look to con|in Leap Year a worthwms them in Leap Year. Of course,|tend with, don't you think some [We 'weren't around then} there's a possibility that many a new dress was bought so a fright- ened bachelor could keep his free- dom, For that is the penalty which must be paid when a Sadie Hay- Kins-minded gal goes after a lad this year. But a more reasonable girls might ask some of tHe boys," don't know. explanation is that local girls spurn the old-time advantages--or just plain don't need them. In 1936 there were 39 marriages n town--in 1934 there were 51. 'That gives a good indication that there was no rush to make Leap Year mean something that time. But wait, it's the same story in i explaining ap, | ce li, silly, needed to sort to Leap Year to got a husband. y A FULL LINE OF Fresh Meats ... Fresh Dresse, Poultry . .. Streetsville Butte; | Here we go then with the figures for the other years--up to but not including 1948. ... Eggs... Fresh Fish Daily | In 1940 there were 48 marriages, | but 1942 knocked that figure into a a cocked hat with 60! Then 40 couples | made up the vital statistics for I 1984, only to lose out to 55 in 1046, OAKVILLE FISH & POULTR Frantically clinging to our thought that Leap Year should -- WE DELIVER -- PHONE 30 niean something pretty important to the ladles, we asked a friend of ours who makes wonderful charts based on past performance of the stock market if he could make a forecast for us for 1048. The expert tried to find some relationship be- tween the figures of the different or to have the time to rectify this on, The present trains, situati; and No. 79, are too cumbers commuting as we at Oak at each stop. Many passeng obliged to drop thie or fo from the coaches to the unlit right- of-way consisting of large Pas-| Many people who now use other {mean of transportation woul |nity of travelling by tr | equipment | schedule more flexible. n Sunny , Lorne Parl and Oakville in the ev: ening. plied morning a train leaving Oakville a surpassed the |little later would, we believe, ac- ould not appear to be very serious|commodate a great many people. At the present time we are not high-speed trains and operate the highest fare and receivin poorest service, and this greatly improve conditions. Yours truly, ly avail themselves of the opportu-|yo, was modern and the J. W. Woodcock, R. B. White. stranded bl had lost a passport--another ers are {happened to me! ur feet Mukdens -- the modern rocks, section, and the ancient, d glad-|Chinese cit; ur first visit to China, if the would you choose? hired a droshka, 1 pony carts, within In the lcrowded narrow streets. . . . Yes, itjone by the arm and in as simple | tales of my child-|English as possible explained my| GLITTERING ! ! hood. I was as pop-eyed as a kid i ple. lat the circus. paying| About five-oclock, realizing I was g thelquite a distance from the hotel, I would|told 'the driver to head back. It was only then I realized he knew no English. Try as I would couldn't get anything through his The railway company sympathizes | & fine thing and that thick skull. We were at a busy in- nted to the railway gonditions which Mr. ited out were not as i Over 700 New Year's Day callers, fd which the letters |, Quer 700 Hew Toor Oakville, paid their respects to the Lieutenant- Governor, the Hon. Ray Lawson, Jat his annual New Year's levee in 'Toronto. . The army has added another rink to the number in town. A large ice surface, floodlighted, has been made available to the public on the grounds of Ortona Barracks and is receiving a great deal of use from the small-fry and grown-ups in the district. This contribution to the com- munity is one of which the army may be justly proud as anything which helps to make the creek and marsh not necessary for skating is a fine thing. . se fith us and in their| that while they eommuter trains from discussing | because théy have ansport Commis: e, the board will parties concerned. A meeting of the White-Oaks Chapter, IODE will be held Thur: day, Jan. 8 at the home of Mrs. H, C. H. Hindmarsh, Lake Shore Highway West. S may be correct. the Federal Parlia- in rates was before Mr, and Mrs. Tom Lindsay: en- tertained friends on New Year's Eve. The Oakville "Philatelic Society will meet at the home of Bill Shearsgon Jan. 15, and a talk on "Stamps of Canada!' will be given, further discuss the ave had the oppor- district 'qf hearing The Mother's Union held their annual Christmas party at Jude's parish hall on Friday, Jan.| 2. There was a large and enthus- iastic attendance who saw three very nice pictures and joined in singing carols. Then presents were given to all the children from a gaily decorated Christmas tree and a delightful tea was served by members, the crosiing signal passing minute 1 justifies us in ailway's attitude, the a and engineer, 3 which is jtected I nding an Ose of the matter. Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Cluff, former- ly of Oakville, now of Hamilton, spent New Year's Eve in town visiting their old friends. © ee i fis fiat it was the railway ignal to the board. It in the power of the hd longer wishes to con- Jigich it appealed. But it WEN dra the appeal of tle ENR, The president's tea at the Oak- ville Club on Sunday was well at- tended by members. vile 0 as who read Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Crawford, Morrison Rd, entertained at a din- ner party on Sunday night, guests being: Mr. and Mrs. R. MacMurdo, Mr. and Mrs. R. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Britton, all of Torento, and assisted by provincial president, tossing | Commander Evans of Toronto, was J used the crossing ic Mer Vans OF Ton as w (9 the trains were [of Branch 114, Canadian Legion, on the 3h Line so "4% Jan. 2 at Legion Hall idens have been | Mr. and Mrs, Willard Fish of Newmarket were Christmas guests mbered that the |"jiietiet wer the former's par- passes through sie MI. and Mrs, Roy Fish, Tra- algar. VE i rsvilleany pecause of a . . and Mrs. Charles Birge en- ed prior to the New Year's 3 ine Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watson of dy involving | gy ta. | aio. In mos Sle Zone Commander McCartney, - People and Events - their leader, Mrs. ices during the season. Mrs. Douglas Howard and Leslie Siegrist in serving dogs, Hot chocolate and cake. Dentke Peter prizes. Spencer with of the Oakville Club was a success. Members danced to chestra and enjoyed Supper midnight. * Miss Mary Mason of the ni staff of the Oakville Tem] she has successfully passe nurses for Ontario. The Douglas Ahearns an Allan Reads banded togethel held open 18 recipe exactly, and always use measurements. The junior choir of St. John's United Church was entertained at a skating party at the Oakville Arena on Tuesday afternoon by . T. Denike in appreciation of their splendid serv- After skating the party returned to Lusk Hall where Mrs, Denike was assisted by Mrs. Hunter-Reid, President, women's association, and presented Judy Low and attendance The annual New Year's Eve party Hospital, received notice from the registrar of nurses for Ontario that recent examinations for registered house at the Ahearn's for friends on New Year's Eve. ~The amateur cook should follow a accurate tersection and not only were there plenty of droshkas and rickshaws, but also a policeman on point duty. I paid off my man and took refuge in the arms of the law. Well, not exactly of course, but to ask if he would get me driver and direct him to the Yamato Hotel. My answer no. English. The crowded streets were still fascinating so I set out on foot. At every shop display- ing a sign in English, such as Dun- lop Tires or Singer Sewing Mach- ines, I:entered hopefully, with a plaintive, "Do you speak any English? Yamato Hotel, please." Always I was surrounded by a happy, seemingly obliging, crowd of clerks and onlookers . . . but NO BNGLISH. In the course of my wanderings I had gathered a considerable num- ber of beggars, by Mrs. hot . Mrs, great an or- after paration I turned to them and [mimicked Gat-and-sleep, with chop: sticks and head-on-hands gestures. Finally a light came into the eye: of the most disagreeable looking o ursing|my retinue porary living by horrible growth on his leg. I hired another droshka and let this beggar ride with the driver. t was getting dark, the noise of hawkers had been replaced by queer oriental music. T felt terribly: frightened and alone. But when- ever my courage failed I reenacted my sleep-and-eat motions for the beggar and took heart when he repeated them after me. We finally a narrow that it was with difficulty our cart managed to go through. In front of a large dirty structure, at the beggars command, the driver stopped, and I was ushered out. Where was I? Your guess is as good as mine; it may have been a Chinese Inn. I had no intention of finding out. (ANNA FROM HEAVEN! Three Japanese officers heading in my direction. They would see I was white and in trouble and the only hotel catering to foreigners was the Yamato, run by fellow country- men. Like a drowning man grasp- d the d the r and @ had No. 76 inadvertently taken a snapshot in some fof restricted territory and was pre- ville are sently in a Japanese jall--another sually delayed each evening owinglhad run afoul of Chinese bandits, to the lack of unloading platforms." I smugly decided nothing ever There were at that time three Japanese town, the American and European walled If you were paying which one of the and headed for We feel that the present train (the walled city. Once should be split into two sections, gates, all my dreams of China came the first section stopping only at|true. The hawkers, the street bar- i Clarkson bers, the orlental costumes, thei its was an impassive smile--he knew tourists usually. eing their best bet. In sheer des- years we gave him and sadly told us that it was impossible. He had a lot of intricate sounding words in his explanation most of which we didn't understand--as was probably intended, for we then ldoked at what the stock market should have done according to his charts, and found it hadn't evidently read the charts for in most cases it had gone In the opposite direction -- and we came sadly away with no idea of vhat difect 1948 would have on mar- riages in Oakville. hen we did what we should have done in the first place. We asked a girl's opinion and she sald, "You're wasting your time, There never was an Oakville girl who THEATRE -- OAKVILLE RI. - SAT. -- JAN. 9-1( AY !! @ ng a straw I grabbed the nearest iciment and asked his help, h a gesture I could scarcely. credit, he brushed my. hand roughly. from his sleeve and continued on his way with his companions . . they never even looked back. I returned to the droshka, dis- missed my useless guide and car- ried on. By this time the wailing, of Chinese beggars and the weird music of the streets had nothing on me! More hours of driving and finally i TAURANT, I stopped the driver and entered . . . again the impassive faces GLAMOROUS | | DANNY KAYE in "THE KID FROM BROOKLYN' In Technicolor ADDED ENJOYMENT BUGS BUNNY CARTOON AND NEWS| MON. - TUES. - WED., JAN. 12-13-14 TWO WONDERFUL FILMS ON ONE WONDERFUL PROGRAM! --- The Screen's Greatest Saga of the Skies u speak lish? Yamato Hotel, pleas as usual. "Yes, Missee, can do" Nelson Eddy's voice never sounded half so lovely. He came out with me and gave directions. With faith renew- ed I climbed in again and within | an hour was safely back in my room. any En eI said I had learned my lesson and never left a hotel in the Orient 4 tarring again without a slip of paper bear- -- Willi ing its name in Chinese and Japan- Anne Baxfer William OF Holden. -- Sonny Tufts -- Wm. Bendix -- Sterling NOO N 44 Hayden--Howard Da Silva. Don't miss the Angela Bruce Chapters Annual Winter Frolic to be held in Teen Town, Saturday, Jan. 24. Dance to the music of Lorne Williams' orchestra. Tickets on sale now by members of the Chapter at $1.25 per per- son, proceeds for the Chapter' charity work. BARRY FITZGERALD in "EASY COME, EASY GO' with § DIANA LYNN SONNY TUFTS | RUN AHEAD OF THE CROWDS] E Sil MOTORISTS! Drive in and right to stop in {Eve p I? at high speed. arty at the Oakville Club. 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