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The Oakville- vol. 1. No. 26. Oakville Mourns Passing of Mayor Alfred E. Whitak Authorized as Second i 7541s Second Class Mail pt, Ottawa ---- Trafalgar Journal Oakville, Ontario, Thursday, May 20th, 1948 The cortege of Mayor Alfred Whitaker's funeral on the way from St. Jude's Anglican pa representatives of township members of the Oakville Lions club. fg the premises of William Whitaker, Sr., the late mayor's place of business. corner from Thomas Street onto Colborne Street. the late mayor was a member from the age of 16. Among those walking in the and county councils, The funeral was led by the O 5 cents a copy. $2.00 Per Year in Advance, er, Notables March in Funeral Cortege 05 church to the cemetery The hearse is just turning the akville Citizens' band, of which procession were town officials, members of the Masonic Order, ex-mayors, the Fire Brigade; and Council Revises Parking By-law And Authorizes Parking Meters On Friday night council gave second reading to a by-law to cover installation of parking meters and to a revised traffic by-law. 2 Reeve P. W. Chambres was ap- pointed _ acting-mayor- until= the nomination and election of a new mayor. Acting-Mayor Chambres pressed concern over the 'condi- tion of the signs at the entrances to towm "They are not ade- quate at all? he said. "Most towns have a sign of sufficient prominence to insure that people entering the town' know they, should slow down to 30 miles per hour. Our signs are not accomp- { lishing this" It was decided that new signs would be erected as soon as possible, and that the sign on Colborne Street at the | castern limits of the the town would be moved farther out if the township's consent could be R, CA. Cumberland, { township councillor, told council he felt sure that {Trafalgar coun- cil would unanimously consent to this change. Clerk Clarence Byers explained to council that the by-law he had prepared to authorize a nomina- tion meeting for the vacant post of mayor would have to be amended if any member of coun- cil intended to step up from his position of councillor. The by-law was given first and second reading as mo councillor expressed such intention. A mo- tion for the suspension of the rule of seven so that the by-law could receive a third reading was not passed when Councillor" J. M. Black handed in his resignation. } A revised by-law will be intro- duced at next council meeting to cover the two vacancies. "Mr. Reeve, I want to make it clear ex- der your leadership," Mr. Black said. As the township of Trafalgar had requested that the Planning Memorial Dedicated The Community Hall at Paler- mo was filled to capacity on Sun- day afternoon for a memorial de- dication"service in honor of those in the community who paid the supreme sacrifice during the sec- ond war. The service was in charge of Reverend Simon Ed- wards, Bronte, and Canon D. Rus- sell Smith. The bronze placque bearing the names of Flt.-Sgt. Bruce Fox, Captain Charles Revaz and Ser- geant Clayton Veitenheimer, was unveiled by Donald Wood, Paler- mo, and the honor voll bearing the names of 75 men from the com- munity who were on active serv- ice, was unveiled by Murray Rog- ers of Merton. The dedication was conducted by Colonel the Reverend C. K. Nicoll. Follow- ing the service the Last Post and Reveille were sounded by William Burke of Palermo. Cadet Inspection Major-General Chris Vokes, general officer commanding Cen- tral Command, took the salute as the Appleby College Cadet Corps, smartly uniformed in black, red and gold, marched past ceremonial inspection Friday afternoon. Lieutenant J. G. W. Haynes, district cadet services, was the inspecting officer. Head- master J, A, M. Bell and Captain P. B. Collie, chief cadet instruc- tor, and Sergeant-Major Sam Clark, assistant instructor; wel- comed the inspecting party. There were brilliant demon- strations by the bugle band, smart execution of company drill and exhibition of battle drill--flank- ing movement--by No. 1 platoon under the command of Cadet-Lieu- tenant J. P. McCarter; Bren gun demonstration -- stripping and assembling--by No. 2 platoon, commanded by Cadet-Lieutenant Donald B. Green; a demonstration of signalling by No. 3 platoon, manded by Cadet-L in Board consist of six in- stead of nine, three from the town and three from the township, the following appointments were made: One year terms, J. N. Milne and R. C. A. Cumberland; two year terms, Frank Milligan and Daniel Wilson; three year terms, Donald MacRae and J. S. Armstrong, These appointments are subject to approval by town- ship council and by the planning department, Council accepted the offer of Howard Binns, manager of the Gregory theatre, for a special sclection of pictures to be shown at the theatre during safety week, (Continued on page 10) F. W. Beasley. The precision squad was led by Cadet-Captain A. G. Cameron, The cubs, led by David Hardwick, recited the cub pledge and gave the cub yell. Major-General Vokes presented a cup to Lieutenant Donald Green, commander of the win- ning platoon. In complimenting the cadets on their excellent per- formance, he stated, "You have given a very fine display of mili- tary exercises and you may be justly proud of yourselves. You are much better than last year, and I thought you were Very good then," he added. ANOTHER NEW FEATURE We are pleased to present another comic strip with this issue. So many requests for another strip have been received that we are glad to be able to meet this demand. While prim- arily of interést to our younger readers, we believe all ages will enjoy the adventures of Willee Dee. School For D.P's. Night classes in English and Canadian citizenship will be con- ducted in the high school two nights a week for displaced per- sons now residing in Oakville. This decision was made by the Oakville-Trafalgar high school area board at a meeting held on Tuesday night. H. N. Reid, Na- tional Employment Service, De- partment of Labor, explained to the board that these classes will be principally for girls being brought to Oakville as domestics. He told the board that at present there were about six of these girls in Oakville and it was an- ticipated that before the summer was over there would be approxi- mately two dozen come to Oak- ville. Chimney Worker Plunges to Death Fred Bethley, 38, Gerrard St. Bast, Toronto, was instantly kill ed while being hoisted up the smokestack under construction at the Ferro Enamel (Canada) Ltd. plant on Sunday afternoon. Ac- cording to Chief John Derry, Wm. Bryson, Long Branch, was the engineer of the hoist that was operated by a gasoline engine, outside of the stack. James Way- ner, Oakville, was the signaller. Chief Derry explained that the cause of the accident is as yet undetermined as the cable was not broken, - i J. R. Black Will Run For Mayor If Nominated "If I should be nominated for the vacancy of mayor, I will accept the nomination," stated J. R. Black on Tues- day. Councillor Black re- signed his seat on council at Inst week's council meeting. Community Fireworks Display At Clarkson Two years ago the Clarkson Community Centre undertook to provide an annual fireworks dis- play for the children of the com- munity on the 24th of May. This year the display will be held on the Glenleven Golf course, locat- ed between Clarkson and Lorne Park on the Lakeshore highway. It will: start at 9 pm. and the public is cordially welcome. Over $125 worth of "exhibition type" fireworks, which are not available to the general public, will be set off under supervision which insures the safety of all spectators. The idea of the display is to provide children with a better show than they could have with the few doNars most people can afford fo spend on fireworks for their chilgren. The attendance which the display draws has grown each year and is an indica- tion of the popularity with chil- dren and adults of the plan. Local Studen By Irven Fell Last week in Milton the annual Halton County Musical Festival, in which secondary and public school choirs, soloists, trios, boys' choirs and duets competed, was held. The contribution made by Oakville schools is so creditable-- I should say Oakville and district --that special mention and thanks are due to those who worked so diligently to train the various competitors. There are many ways of giving service to the community in Which one lives. The cultivation of music is one, not only from the standpoint of the millions of dollars raised in- Canada and other countries for worthwhile purposes, but from a standpoint of the fact that music belongs to everybody. It would be very difficult to find anyone who is not stirred by music of some kind. That is a story by itself and can be taken up again. Getting back to Halton festival, let us take the high school competitors first. Under Mr. Hugh Brearly, the school entered a 60-voice choir to sing "The Maypole Dance" in three parts, soprano, alto and bass. There were three entrants in this class, which means that there were 180 voices in the coun- ty singing. That the competition was keen is evident by the fact that between the first two choirs I am told that one point separat- ed them. But another thing to bear in mind is that Mr. Brearly told his choir that one point makes a difference in competition work and he trained them with that in mind. I did not hear these choirs, but I think it would be a good idea to have the oppor- tunity to hear our school choir sing the festival number, also the other competitors, The good that this training does for young people could not be covered here, 50 it is no use starting, George Butterworth got a first t Songsters Win Honors In Festival Mr. Brearly, as was the double trio for girls, consisting of Ruth' Thornton, Ann Stansbury, Ann McCausland, Norma Warburton, Patricia and Joan Burton, which came first in its class of seven entries. The other high school Winners were Carmen Cantelon, who came first in the unchanged boys' voice class, and Charles Watt, who came second in the same class. Altogether the high school had six entries and scamp- ered off with four firsts and two seconds, which is an amazing feat. Miss Thelma Skoog and her Central school 45-voice choir. got Second out of six entries. The difference in points was three, The writer heard these choirs sing and it was a revelation that children so young could sing three-part harmony with, such a degree of perfection. Judgment is based on articulation, pitch, interpretation, leads: or attacks among other things. Some of them suffered just a little from flat singing and some got slightly out of control, here and there, but on the whole the performances were excellent. At the conclusion of the 45-voice choir competition the adjudicator had the combined choirs sing the number. That was 270 voices singing in three parts, and whether you are interested in choral work or not, you could not help but be thrilled with the performance. A feature of this was the way the six combined choirs, which had never rehearsed before as a unit, stayed so well together under a strange leader. That, of course] is where learning to co-operate comes in, Miss Skoog is not a newcomer to school competitions. She has lead choirs to place first more than once and has a splendid record in compe titions, Richard Boyd came second in the boys under 11 years of age class. Ronnie Jones sang in this prize for his Schubert's "Litany" and David' Pawson got second in the same class, again coached by class with a cold, and got favor- able. comment from the adjudi- (Continued on page 10) THE MAYOR REPORTS By Coun. R. F. Hunter In spite of the fact that each year new safety features have been added to motor vehicles and decided improvements made in highway construction -- accidents have been steadily on the increase. The man behind the wheel plays the significant part. However, annual accident statistics indicate very definitely that something can be done, For the last few years we have been able to point with pride to the fine records made by some of our cities and towns in reducing accidents. These outstanding records did not just happen, In every instance there was a planned program, Police, traffic engineers, highway engineers, educators and citizens, just like you and me, worked to- ward a common goal--accident re- duction. The town of Oakville, by pro- claiming the week of May 31st to June 5th, Safety Week, have started the first phase of its own program, Memorial Garden Dedicated on Sunday Afternoon _ Judge Edgerton Lovering planting the Magnolia tree while Reverend Bruce Hall reads the dedi- cation service when the new Memorial Garden was dedicated at Munn's United church on Sunday The Garden was to the Glory of God and the memd%y of Herbert 8. Lovering, beloved minister of the Trafalgar Pastoral Charge from 1924-1946. The tulip beds and the magnolia tree are the central features of a beautiful garden on which there Is still some work to do. congregation participated in the service. Rev. J. B. Moore, Rev. N, J. Truax and Rev. Archer Wallace and members of the JOURNAL PHOTO BY MCKIIA TOWN AND TOWNSHIP "HE REEVE REPORTS By Coun, R. C. A. Cumberland As stated previously, the towns ship building by-law was enacted for the protection of the ratepay- ers generally, Flexibility in its administration has been neces- sary due to the shortage of house Ing and building materials, per- mitting a dwelling to be used on a temporary basis which did not strictly conform to the present by-law, "This concession 1s being danger. ously abused, and steps are be- ing taken to enforce the build- ing by-law. I would suggest, therefore, that any person bufld- ing of remodelling obtain inform- ation regarding building permits from the township office at Tra- falgar, or be subject to the pen- alty provided. There is a substantial opinion that the building by-law should be amended to Include more con- trol on the size of the dwelling Which {a being built or remodelled for human occupation, This is complex matter, as a restriction of this type would, if not care- fully considered, place hardship on the person whose resources are limited. A suggestion has been made that the minimum size of a dwelling should consist of * 750 square feet of liveable floor space, Your council in investigating this matter, and a recommenda. tion will be brought down at the next. meeting, Silvert's Take Oakville By Close 2-1 Score The Oakville Juveniles were nosed out by a 2-1 decision on Friday evening by Sllverts, a Juvenile "A" team from New Tor- onto, Another game has been ar- ranged for Thursday, May 20th, at 645 pm. at Victorin Park, and this time the Lebos, a team from the same league as Silvert's, will be the opposition,