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| ] Page § THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, June 8rd, 104g --AND HOW ALL THE BOYS WANTED TO RESCUE HER By Max Trell The had been brightly a moment before. Then all of a sudden the sky. grew as black as ink. Down came the rain! It pattered on the roof of the house where the children lived. It streamed down the window of the playroom, Outside in the garden it formed ponds and lakes and rivers. sun shining And in the playroom there was the greatest excitement. The tin soldier paced up and down with his musket shoulder, saying: "I've got to get out! I can't stay here and do nothing! ve got to get out at once!" Sat on the Step The China Doll clasped and un- clasped her hands as she sat on the steps of her doll-house. over his Poor Mary-Jane was sitting in the middle of a big puddle, Mr. Punch kept sitting down and jumping up and lighting his pipe and letting it go out. The canary fluttered around his cage in a worried way. The hobby-horse rocked. Even Mrs. Cuckoo Was So ex- cited that she flung open the door of her clock and called out three o'clock instead of two. Mary Jane and The Shower FHCRC Now!" the tin soldier said again. But what could he do? Tin sol- diers can't go marching out of a house rescuing rag-dolls. No one ever heard of such a thing! No One Could Do Anything No one in the playroom*® could do anything. Not the China Doll, nor Mr. Punch, nor the canary, nor the hobby-horse, nor Mrs. Cuckoo, nor Teddy the Stuffed Bear. They thought of asking the cat to go out and drag Mary- Jane out of the puddle before she floated away. But they knew that the cat wouldn't go out in the rain. They would have asked the poodle to go out. But they could not find him to ask, The children were downstairs. But they couldnt talk to the children and make them under- stand. Toys never can. Up to Her Neck gasped. "It's up to her neck! It's --it's--" And at that instant--that very instant--the rain stopped pat- tering on the roof and streaming down the window, It stopped dancing on the ponds and lakes and rivers inn the garden. It just stopped. Then, just as suddenly as it had disappeared, the sun came out again. "The water's going down!" Ted- dy the Stuffed Bear shouted joy- fully. "It's down to her arms It's down to her knees. It's going down--down!" The tin soldier stopped pacing up and down. The China Doll sat still and smiled. Mr. Punch contentedly lit his pipe (and it stayed lit)! The canary stopped fluttering about in- his cage. The hobby-horse stopped rocking. Mrs. Cuckoo gently opened her door and called out the correct time. And in the garden, .be- tween the rose bush and the lilac bush, sat Mary-Jane, bathed in April sunshine. It's past her arms now!" Teddy |] THE OLD HOME TOWN Segind U1. pan Oe By STANLEY T WONDER WHERE SHE I §( couLD BE T-- 40 MINUTES LATE NOW-I DISTINCTLY TOLD HER 1D BE ON THIS GREEN BENCH: + | ONE HUNDRED PER CENT TEAM WORIC -- SO IN) KD FEATURES eTimicATE the Won pir neserves 1 WONDER WHERE 'HE COULD BE 2 40 MINUTES FANE az HOBBY COLUMN By Wm. D. Christianson, Jr. 1948 Canadian Coins Have Secret Marks Up to the present time, British coinage has indicated by the wording on the face that the King was also Emperor of India. With the passing of such status, new dies have been required to give the proper title. This should have been accomplished for all new 1948 coins. However, the need of new: coins has been urg- ent and new ideas for the face sides whith are being prepared in England are not yet ready. and for someone who does nothing but assume one burn after an- other it's an accomplishment to be envied! Perhaps these added charmers were asi for one of the Trying to See And at the window, Teddy the Stuffed Bear, sat with his nose pressed against the window, try- ing to see past the rain on the glass into the garden. "The water is up to her arms id! "And it's rising is what had happened. Mary-Jane, the rag-doll, had been taken outside into the garden by the children. The moment the. rain started coming down, the children ran into the house. They forgot all about poor Mary-Jane, So there she was, sitting on the ground with a rose. bush on ore side and a lilac bush on the other, and a puddle of water all farmers' able CLUB"20" By Marion Languay A definite sign of the fast- approaching summer months was the presence at Club "207Satur- day night of a good Tepresen ta - tion of the aides -- the "farmere t - tes." Many envious glances were around her! directed to The harder the rain fell, the|their al- higher the water rose! ready won- "I've got to do something! | derful tans, BUILI Dundas St. - ' PHONE 76 LUMBER.AN PLANING MILL Special attention for the needs of the man who likes to do his own work Charles F. Doty & Son NIGHTS 670 - DERS' SUPPLIES North of C.N.R. 558-W C- G-S ESTIMATES GENERAL CONTRACTOR Industrial and Residential Building PHONE 190 2 OAKVILLE EGORD ON REQUEST finest gatherings the club has had in some weeks, ~The orchestra till proved to be in the stage of organization, but from the style and arrangements they are ex- perimenting upon, there's little doubt that they will become a splendid group of musicians be- fore long. w The Wednesday meeting of the clubs executive strived to invent some scheme to cover up the ceil- ing of the hall for the approach- ing Flower Formal. What a task! With: fire regulations the chief stumbling block, and the size of the surface to be covered tailing a close second, some ingenious, hitherto unthought of plan was needed. Believe it or not, two such ideas merged to the surface and now it's merely a case of adapting the easiest and most ef- fective plan to settle the problem. We hope that the effect finally iproduced. ori that night, June' 12. will be well worth all"the co- operative: efforts of: the cornittee: hd nelpers. + | "Ehere are only two weeks left to put in a bid for a ringside table for the big dance, so don't delay. The Flower Formal is only the second such affair to be presented by the club, and al- though we do not wish to rest on the laurels received from its pre- decessor, "The Christmas Form- al" its success is some guarantee: that this one will by no means be a disappointment. Safety Week Advice Motorists looking forward to safe and pleasant driving this summer will heed the timely ad- vice from the Ontario Depart- ment of Highways to check the efficiency of their cars. And this is a good month to do it--mow that the wintér's wear and tear is over and before the heavy long-distance travelling begins: It is well to keep in mind the importance of mechanical con- dition of cars in this question of accident prevention. Statistics Great Britain herself and most of the other British possessions. have continued to use the old dies with the: present date being in- serted. Canada alone has not issued coins marked 1948 with this er- roneous inscription. What this country has done is to continue to use the 1947 dies plus a secret mark, This consists of a tiny Maple Leaf placed level with the base of the date and slightly to the right of the figure seven. You will find this little leaf on cop- pers, nickels, dimes and quarters, but no half dollars or silver dol- lars have so far appeared. The pennies are common' now but nickels are scarce so far in this district. Incidentally, the ob- verse has different designers ini- tials on them hecause these are designed in Canada, while the face dies are made in England, Mackenzie King Pictured On Stamps ~It is not customary in this country or that of our neighbor to the 'south to show any living statesman on our stamps. It re- mains for that Central American country, Salvador, to show our own Prime Minister, Mackenzie King, on one of a set in honar of Roosevelt. He is shown seated in' conference" with Roosevelt and Churchill. Since each® stamp' in £his" special gto ir i lian aur Shed i issue, maRe a very showy display in any collection. / =a Lae Canadian collectors. are won- dering if Mackenzie King will give his sanction to a Canadian stamp to match the peace issue from the United States to be is- sued from Niagara Falls this year. We also wonder if the coming election has interfered with this country's issuance of stamps in recognition of Their Majesties' silver wedding jubilee as is being done 'in most of the they | do not give a complete picture. For one thing, it is Gifficult to de= termine from a smashed car just what mechanical defect may have caused the accident. Never- theless, 12 per cent of the con- victions for violation of the Highway Traffic Act last year were for the operation of defec- tive motor vehicles. There are other factors, too, that highlight the car owner's responsibility to keep his machine in good condition. These were aptly summarized by Lt.-Col. W. Arch, Bryce, director of the Uni- versity of Toronto division of public safety, in a radio talk. He explained how a driver, with car that does mot act the way he expects, forces other drivers to take steps to avoid one accident, and how this may easily set up a chain of circumstances result- ing in an accident which might not involve the defective car at all. In this way, Col. Bryce ex- plained, the driver of the gue, tive car takes unfair advantage, of the man Who does look qs his car: Tn addition, tre anver wiy, , defective car, like a foo, player with a defective knce, ps his mind on the defect ag ye, as on the driVIng. He's dip with fear at his elbow ana gy, makes him a menace. 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