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ERED] No. 20 n aki avation ill Start amount saved is you are reducing low cost item in sler- Service | There were akville naples of this, such as oors, painted to replace gs 887. going into every pos. th Mr: Smith, the archi- he 'total saving we might 'would be wiped out The members of the board were satisfied, that the plans as they stood the right ones, but Roy Irwin 'and Sydney Fearman ere of 'the opinion that the aged" hospitals of a west- cial government should into against the faint (Continued on Page 4) {ext Month Board of Governors of the the Citing as an ex- Authorized as Second Cl P. 0. Dap, Ottawg 1! Obkyville Fire Brigade Accepts Delivery of New Pumper Fire Chief Fred Shaw explain- ed the many advantages that the fire brigade would derive from the new pumper which the town accepted on Thursday. "We can use it today," he said proudly. "But we couldn't have he Oakville-Trafal Oakville, Ontario, > last night." He explained that the new machine would make it possible for the brigade to fight effectively any fire that might occur. Such had not been the case with the old equipment. He said it was a relief to him to gar Journal Thursday April 8th, 1948 5 cents a copy. $2.00 Per Year in Advance. know that an exposure for a seri- ous loss was no longer there. "With this machine we can han- dle anything that may happen," he said. "There are two hose connections on the right side and a third on the left. With the TOWN AND, AYOR REPOR! Lofquist, Chairman nd Light Commission si will have noticed the of new overhead lights ck on Colborne Street. at we may determine us to hear. and Light commit- eil co-operated with on some months, ago the company survey our d these lights are mendation. We power, as these lights oked i The installation charge. procedure would be e lights with an un- TOWNSHIP THE REEVE REPORTS By W. H. Biggar It has always been the desire of council to protect the interests of our taxpayers, We were there- fore very pleased to receive the petition from the residents of the A New Feature Next week we introduce - "The Hollywood Reporter," which will appear as a regu- Iir feature. The name of a subscriber will be drawn each week and will appear at the end of the column. If. the winner clips their name and presents it to the box office of the Gregory Theatre they will receive two tickets with the of the Jour- west with to the old street cars which were being placed on property adjacent to their fine residences. A condi- tion such as this will not be per- mitted, not only in that locality but anywhere else in' the town- ship. We had sent our buildifig in- spector down there several times | but he had reported that he was unable to get in touch with any one who could answer any of his questions. He finally informed us a few days before council meeting that he felt he was get- ting a run-around and that some. more definite steps would have to be taken, These we' are now. going, to take, as we would have without the petition, but even more 50 now. Bpproximately $7,500, in- fhe lights. But it was owing to the possi- there may be drastic the street, the over- at $2,500 will be e event that council stall the lights. This course, is entirely up lic wants these lights decorative lights that E present. However, the to the public might igh this drawback. | Ice Arena For Oakville . A, Jones, Hamilton, eir meeting Tuesday i MacArthur, president, petition from = the. Legion asking for a de- ve to give |Oakville ind ating fe Legion 0 start | is = as for ed Turner will con- ors this week to se- estimates for the "| Humane Society Shelter I believe that it is most im, t portant that everyone feel sure that when they purchase a piece of property and build on it, spending money to improve it and beautify it, they will have all the protection possible for us to give them. Tt was with this in mind that we formed our planning board, and we expect that the work which it will do will help materially to insure that Trafal- gar township will continue to be a fine place in which to live. Today progress is very rapid, and more and more of the larger holdings in the township are be- ing split up into sub-divisions. The planning board will have a lot to do with these and will help us to make sure that what is ap- proved will be satisfactory for the years to come! Has New Manager As Colonel Seth Peplar is leaving Oakville in the near future, the Humane society has engaged George Wells, Morrison Road, opposite Col- onel Pepler's residence, as shelter keeper. The phone number remains the same, 515. Walter Reeves will act as inspector for the locality. \ nal, Lions Hear Speaker Warn OF Rackets Mr. Haskill, manager Toronto Better Businkss Bureau, was the guest speaker at the Lions club regular meeting on Friday night. He was introduced by Tom Chis- holm and thanked by Don Stey- ens, 'The bureau was formed to pro- tect the public against rackets," the speaker outlining the formation of the bureau, 'Our sole income is from membership © fees. There are six of these in Oakville," He explained that members receive bulletins from the bureau advising them of any new rackets which had started. "These fraudulent schemes for robbing people start in the cities," he explained. "When we Tun them down and the police step in, the people move out toward the smaller centres, Because of your location, Oakville is often next on the list. From here they move on until they finally reach Wind- sor." i Using as an example a patent medicine that claimed to cure all ills, he said the bureau had anal- yzed to find there were no prop- erties of medical value at all, "This is one of the most success- ful ones," he stated. Mr. Haskill gaye it as his opin- ion that one of the most viseious racket groups were those who s0ld brooms and whisks that they represented as having been made by the Institute for the Blind. "They are preying on those who cannot help themselves," he said, "TI warn you that ry article turned out by the Institute bears their label. You should be most not to be taken in by these people." Jack Cornwall, Dr. Alex Camp- bell and Fred Stinson were in-| troduced into the club as new members, pump on this machine we can take our hydrant pressure of 40 pounds and step it up to 120 He said that with such pressure it would require at least two men on each line. "Control (Continued on Page 5) Lithuanians Explai Says Communism Be Outlawed Mrs. Eyre Davis, regent, An- gela Bruce Chapter LO.D.E, in- troduced guest speaker John W. Hamilton at the meeting held in Teen Town Tuesday night. "We parents give great attention to immunizing our children against disease," she stated. "Yet what more terrible disease than com- munism could strike them?" "All of you people here tonight wouldn't think of doing harm to your neighbor," the speaker sald. "You wouldn't think of murder- ing him. You are all so' essen- tially decent you can not con- ceive of anyone acting in .that way. And all of this is a source of weaknes Mr. Hamilton went on to point out that such ideas were in the forefrént of the communist's mind, and that he would commit any act t achieve his ends which were, "The setting up of a state where the prolietariat will rule." Quoting from . Karl Marx's writings of 100 years ago, the speaker pointed out that the com- munist party in Canada today was carrying on many of the theories stated by that writer, Quoting from letters sent by the communist party in Canada to Stalin and other communist lead- ers which revealed it was the avowed hope of the party to see an overthrow of the democratic way of life, and a close link. with Russia established, he said, "Re- volution created by class warfare is their aim, The terrible events in the world today have made us all conscious of the threat to our way of life. One year ago no one would have turned out to hear me speak on this subject. Today I am inundated by requests." Stating that communists draw their ;membership from among those who have been unsuccess- ful in their li pointed out that socialist parties, hungry for , had banded with the com- munist party in other countries and so had won elections, "But the communists always managed to hold the departments of fus- tice, defence and interior, which (Continued on Page 4) 8 pov From Russian Domination .O.D.E. Speaker n Flight Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cepas, with their three daughters, Irene, 19, Margaret, 17, and Joana, 16, are finding a new life in Oakville after escaping from tne horrors they endured in their native land of Lithuania when the Commun- ists took control, They are mak- ing their home with Mr. and Mrs, August Frenzel, Herald Ave, brother-in-law and sister of Mrs. Cepas, Mr. and Mrs. Frenzel came to Canada from Lithuania 18 years ago. The personal history of the Cepal family during the war was one of tragedy, persecution and fear. x At the time of the occupation Mr. Cepas was a prosperous farm- er and owned 50 acres of land near Kaunas, now the capital of Lithuania, This was a large farm for that country. "When the Rus- sian Communists came in 1941 they summarily took my mother, aged 53, and my slater, aged 23, and her three-year-old little son and seven-day-old baby and herd- ed them Into a frelght car and took them to a concentration camp in Siberia," Mrs. Cepas ro- lated, (Her niece acting as In- terprater.) "We heard Indirectly that the baby died and was thrown out of 'the freight car onto the ground. After a train carrying prisoners to Siberia, bodfes of children who had died enroute were often found along the tracks. While in Germany we heard through the Red Cross that my mot slater and her son were still alive In Siberia, When the Russians retreated in 1941 and the Germans took over, life was a little more bearable," Mrs, Cepas stated. "But when the Russians returned in 1044 there was a reign of terror, The least resistance to them would bring death." Mry. Cepus explained that the Russians demanded part of all the land and stock. "We had ito hand over 25 acres of our farm and give a part of our crop from the remaining 25 acres," she sald, "If the land did not produce the required amount we had to pro- cure it some way. When It came to the point that we could not exist on what was left us," Mra. (Continued on Page 7) Adbvertising Oakville Is Planned At a well-attended meeting of. the retail section of the Chamber of Commerce held in the council chambers Thursday night, L. G. Snyder presented the report of the special committee appointed at the previous meeting to in- vestigate the reaction of retail- ers to a "Buy in Oakville cam- paign. The report was most compre- hensive and after discussion the meeting adopted all recommen dations. It was decided to con- duct a campaign to bring to the Public's attention the splendid qualities of Oakville's Shopping section. This is to be done by publicity and the erection of signs at the entrances to the town on both highways calling attention to the services available in the town. The report also advocated a clean-up week for the town to be conducted shortly. The retail committee also forwarded a resol- ution to the chamber executive recommending that a slogan for Oakville be adopted. When this is selected all merchants would display it on letter heads, bills, ete, and it would be used in all publicity. A permanent committee with a member from each type of rotail outlet avas formed. This commit- tee would be available for any quick action which might bo re- quired between meetings of the full committee. Oakville Club Badminton Finals In the finals of the badminton tournament of the Oakville club, held Saturday night, Mrs. D, H. Dixon was winner In the ladies' singles, with Mrs, M. Gray run- ner-up. Bob Snowball was .win= ner in the men's event with David James runner-up, Mra, B, W, Whittington and Miss Nora Cross. ley defeated Mrs, Garth | Mac- donald and Mrs, C. H. Windeler in the ladies' doubles, Bob Snow- ball and David James were win- ners over Tom Calne and Don Brown In the men's doubles, Mrs, H. Dixon and Bob Snowball were victors over Mrs, C, H, Win- deler and Doug Ahern In the mix- ed doubles event, Prizes were presented by Chrly- topher Armstrong, club president, following a supper on Saturday night. Local Plant Votes ULE. - C.I1.O. Union On April 1st, a vote, ordered by the Ontarlo Labor Relations board, took place in the United Carr Fasteners of Canada (go mete container division) at Onje- ville, The result of the vote wns 42 for and 28 against the unlan, (UE-CIO)., Mr. H. Brunskill wis the representative of the OL.R.B, and Mr, Leonard Velleman the representative of the United Elec. trical Radia and Machine Work. ers of America, UE-CIO in Hamilton has the collective bargaining agent for the United Curr Fasten- or Lid. In Hamilton since 1047, and negotiations for the next ngreement for this company are being carried out at present In Hamilton, Mr, Velleman, repré- sentative of the UB-CIO, who signed the rst agreement with the UCF in Hamilton, is new in charge of the Lakeshore aren from New Toronto to Oakville, No old Sheet Cars For Trafalgar Township At thelr regular mecting on Monday, Trafalgar council re; celved a petition from residents west of Bronte on the lakejhors to have something dons to pre- vent the placing of any more old street cars on property adjoining theirs, They also requested' that those already thers be removed. The petition requested council fo restrict the area as far west oa (Continued on Page 4)