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THE OQAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, June 3rd, 194g The Oakville- Trafalear Journal Published Every Thursday Morning in Oakville, Ont, by Qakyille - Trafalgar Publishers, Ltd. Colborne St, B. (Next Post Office) S, Casey Wood, Jr. Managing Editor Vincent H. Barrey Advertising Manager Phone 1208 PORT PROTECTION Some time ago council authorized the purchase and erection of several life-saving standards equip- ped with life rings and poles, to be located at various. danger spots. One of the locations selected was the harbor piers. Had this equipment been available on Saturday, we are informed, a man's life would have been saved. It is tragic that this equipment was not yet in place and it is to be hoped there will be no more unnecessary delay in providing such equipment. But provision for life-saving should go farther than this, The week-end preceding some children got into difficulties when their rafts were blown off shore. The fire department have a row boat on one of the trucks, and three firemen manned the boat to go to the rescue. Owing to the pressure of the wind they found it difficult to make any progress toward shore after they had picked up the young girl. A private citizen came to their assistance in a power boat, towing the row boat and rafts to shore. Oakville is a harbor town, from which many small pleasure craft® venture into the lake on week-ends. Should one of these boats get into difficulties off shore in bad weather a row boat from a fire truck: although manned by willing men whe would risk their ~ own lives to save others, would not be a satisfactory answer. Next time there may not be a private citizen available with a power-boat. The town needs a sturdy, seaworthy power craft with a dependable engine and crew always available to perform rescue work off shore. There are many hazards encountered afloat, of which fire is possibly the most dreaded. Not so many years ago we stood on the shore of Centre Island watching a power-craft burning about three miles off shore. It is impossible to convey with words the feeling of impotence which came with the knowledge that a canoe, our only means of reaching the vessel in distress, was too slow to be of any use. - But the thun- der of the engine of the life-saving craft of the Toron- to patrol as it cleared the eastern gap and.settled down for the rescue run brought immediate relief to the crowd gathered on the shore." There were two men on the burning hoat who were forced to cling to floor- boards they threw overboard until they were almost exhausted before rescue reached them. A similar situation might occur off Oakville harbor any day. We should be fully prepared. QUADRUPLED INCOME One of Ontario's largest industries received an unexpected shot in the arm last week at the hands of the U.S. Government. With the the passage of a new law, touring U.S. citizens will be permitted to import, on their return, duty free, $400 worth of pur- chases instead of the $100 permitted formerly. As the majority of our U.S. guests spend more than the required 12 days in Ontario, our merchants stand a good chance of quadrupling their income from tourists this summer. It will also be a nice lift for our vital store of U.S. funds. HERE'S WHERE YOU GET 'EMI If the right words come too HARD-- You'll find em on a KEENAN CARD. " KEENAN'S Smoke & Gift Shop Phone 1103-W Oakville POLLING PLACE FOR JUNE 7th ELECTION SUB-DIVISION NO. 1: That part of Oakville on the Westerly side of Navy St. and the Sixteen Mile Creek, south of Rebecca St., including the southerly side of Rebecca St. Vote at the Home of R. C. Dando, Jr., 11 Burnett Street SUB-DIVISION NO. 2: That part of Oakville on the Westerly side of Navy St. and the Sixteen Mile Creek, north of Rebecca St., including the northerly side of Rebecca St. Vote at the Home of O. Shanks, 51 Kerr Street, N. SUB-DIVISION NO. 3: That part of Oakville lying east of Navy St. and south of Colborne St. Vote at the Home of Mrs. Wm. Lawrence, 9 Dunn Street South SUB-DIVISION NO. 4: - That part of Oakville north of Colborne St., east of Navy St. and the Sixteen Mile Creek, south of Lawson St., and Galt Ave. Vote at the Home of Mrs. Jarvis Hunt, 169 Colborne St. E. SUB-DIVISION NO. 5: That part. of Oakville north of Lawson St. and Galt Avenue and east of the Sixteen' Mile Creek. Vote at the Home of J. W. Eakins, 24 Inglehart Ave. Vote F. Murray Deans Issued by the Halton Liberal Association. Tealalgar Tales. By Bessie Calros DUNKIRK The sun is setting on the Brit- ish Empire. India, Pakistan and Burma are no longer the white man's burden beauty will ever again lure Tom- my Atkins back to Mandalay. Russia and the United States hold all the chips and at any moment may - call the hand. Even in Canada we are apt to think of the King's representative as merely a figurehead who does! and says the right thing at the right time, and no slow-eyed either one Yet it is just eight years ago that Viscount Alexander of Tunis stood alond on the battle-scarred beaches of Dunkirk . . . Ambassa- dor of Britain's Crown and type of all her Bight years passed and no St, George in shin- ing armour has appeared to kill race. have the dragon "Poverty" and add a touch of glamour to the British Isles. Bight years of queues and drabness, of brussel sprouts and boiled fish, of shoddy clothes and unpainted homes. poorly dressed plain women and pretty things "for export only." But eight years is not eternity, Eight years of and I for one have faith in the future of British ideals regard- less of what happens to the British Empire. The following is what I con- sider the finest tribute ever paid to what some have scornfully re- ferred to as a decadent race, It appeared in the editorial of the New York Times the morning after Dunkirk. . . . "So long as the English tongue survives, the word Dunkirk spoken with reverence. For in that har- bour, in such a hell as never blaz- ed on earth before, at the end of will be beaten but unconquered, in shin- ing splendour, she faced the ene- my. "They sent away the wounded first. Men died so that 'others could escape, It was not so sim- ple a thing as courage, which the Nazis had in plenty. It was not so simple a thing as discipline, which can be hammered into men by a drill sergeant. It was not the result of careful planning, for there could have been little. It was the common man of the free countries, rising in all his glory out of mill, office, factory, mine, farm and ship, applying to war the lessons learned when he went down the shaft to bring out trap- ped comrades, when he hurled the lifeboat through the surf, when he endured poverty and hard work for his children's sake. "This thing in the souls of free men Hitler cannot command, or attain or conquer. He has crush- ed it, where he could, from Ger- man hearts. "It is the great tradition of de- mocracy. It is the future. It is victory." - The spirit which called forth these words lives on today, and will always survive. Too soon we tend to forget the greatness of the past, and with this lack of remembrance comes the feeling that greatness will not again be achieved. I do not subscribe to this belief. . , . England will al- ways be a force to be reckoned with, despite what any govern- ment may do with the Empire which was once hers. A slogan adopted hy the Amer- icans is, "Remember Pearl Har- bour." We would be wise to adopt a similar slogan to remind ourselves that the English spirit does not vanish no matter what the hammer of fate may attempt. "Remember Dunkirk" and take courage. Joins Journal Staff 'We are pleased to announce that Miss Nancy Lightbourn has joined the staff of THE JOURNAL for the summer months. In addition to gen- eral reporting, she will spe- cialize in local features with the woman's angle. She would appreciate hearing from MUSIC ALBUM By Irven Fell One of the brightest spots on the community musical is the continuance of musical in- struction in our high school. I say continhiance because for many years public school students were given instruction, prepared for festivals, and then when they left public school and want to high school it was discontinued, except when the students them- selves decided to give a musical number at commencement exer- cises. In the April issue of the Diapasion, a musical journal de- voted to organists and choir di- rectors, it gives results of a sur- vey recently undertaken in the United States, which could easily apply in Canada. The survey reflected the mus- ical status of over 4,500 families and over 15,000 individuals in 74 cities, towns and rural areas. It covered many different aspects of music, but one notable feature was that 85 per cent of all fami- lies were of the opinion that class instruction in musical instru- ments should he offered in the schools in the same way as cook- ing and physical education, paid out of tax-supported school funds. The survey covered a lot of ground and produced some 'sur- prises--for me, at any rate. There is no doubt that there are, the world over, many cases of genii * mever attaining the heights because of the lack of funds. True, they = say that where there is a will there is a way, but sometimes the way means sacrifices to others than themselves, which are too great horizon | regular curriculum of our sec- ondary schools in the same way as other subjects would certain- ly tend to equalize chances of all getting enough instruction to help ay their' way whilst taking ad. vanced study. Musical instruction in the schools as we now have it will undoubtedly improve the chances of "music in the community" get- ting better support. It is helping to produce poten- tial members of a choral club, learning to memorize, learning to discipline and to co-operate, all essential matters. Reading of music can be learn- ed sufficiently well through perience to qualify for member- ship in choirs and choral groups. Many times I have heard the ex- cuse for not joining a choir, "I'd like to join, but I can't read mu- sic." This from people with ex- cellent voices, less for community because of the inability to read. ex- but rendered use- I say to these people that they should get in their church choirs, they'll catch on with the support of those around them, and a pa- tient choir leader. UNSAFE MOTOR VEHICLES When you're out in your car you probably have some Pretty strong oopinions to EXDress about the way other people drive, You might be even more agitateq i you knew how many of those cars you meet are mechanicaily unsafe. One out of three of 3. 000,000 cars and trucks stooppey for traffic violations in a recent year-long/survey in the U.S, ang Canada were defective in paris affecting safe operation, yng, does' this mean? Simply this the best driver in the worla can bring death or serious ihjury to himself and others--if he driveg an unsaafe car. The Ontario De- partment of Highways urges yo, to have your own car checked now and regularly--especially brakes lights, tires and windshield wiper. Don't let your car be that one- out-of-three! < ------ STAMPS Old Canadian Preferred Collections and Accumulation BOUGHT Send description to BOX 500 Oakville-Trafalgar Journal PUBLIC MEETING -- at the -- MUNICIPAL RINK Saturday June 5th - OAKVILLE a lost battle, the rags and blem- [parents who, although willing, ishes that have hidden the soul|are not able to have their children of democracy fell away. There, |advance. to make as the price of advance- ment. Many philanthropists in recent years are using their mon- ey to create scholarships to as- sist those of deserving talent, Even this only touches the fringe hecause even though a deserving student wins a scholarship, there is still the matter of living, usu- ally in a city away from home. I believe there are thousands of at 8:30 p.m. SPEAKERS--. J. Robinette, K.C., of Toronto. Dr. F. M. Deans, Liberal Candidate. -- EVERYBODY WELCOME - - vote DEANS ror HALTON "Ro have! music' included) inthe Issued by Halton Liberal Association tt 1 six days of turmoil--that was election week in Upper Canada! Voters formed in long queues to mount the "'hustings" (a rough wooden platform) +. declaring aloud for all to hear; "I vote for John Smith." Often groups of hard-fisted toughs stood by, armed with cudgels to be used on those who voted the "wrong way.t But men who kept true democracy as their objective finally won the right of a secret ballot--the right to vote as y0# wish without fear of. intjmidation:-- | When YOU cast your secret ballot at every election--municipal provigil, federal--you exercise a duty and privilege planned, worked and Sought for by Sour: protects the future of your children. To fail in this duty is 10 be less PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP BY. 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