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--__ 4 LI 1, No. 39 ting in special session on TiiliRdey night, council expressed Mflmous agreement with re- B88 plans presented by mem. erflor the Osakville-Trafalgar Be 1 board. Council agreed 5 Blibmit to town voters, at the callie possible moment, the fs request for the issuance 00,000 in municipal deben- to aid in financing the pro- fihen 1 first came to Oakville, were a long way from peak Mction, building was at a Motil. Things are much dif- it now, and this district can't Bi ony longer to do without etely adequate hospital fa- declared BEd. Barring- Oakville Chamber of Com- B president, speaking in sup- lof the proposed plans to a $390,000 building. "We ave plans covering a mod- up-to-date hospital, plans | are fully endorsed by our 8a1 fraternity, which finds Increasing difficulty in secur- lingMpatient accommodation in [T6x@nto and Hamilton hospitals." "hile the estimated cost may like a lot of money, I feel |{iBOR with the co-operation of fils and town and township plus sizeable govern. iy R grants, we can put it over," Barringham went on. "Let's ke this a personal matter, pot ready to help." Einally intended to be a 28- Authorized as Second Class Mail Pl Ottaw: The Oakville-Trafalgar Journal Oakville, Ontario, Thursday, August 19, 1948 5 cents a copy. $2.00 Per Year in Advance. Town Council trav: Hospital Plan, Agrees To Early Debenture Plebiscite bed unit, costing about $10,000 per bed, the hospital, in the re- vised plan, would have 50 beds installed at approximately $6,000 per bed, Board Chairman James Dunwoody told council. "In fin- ancing the project, we would have $100,000 in provincial and federal grants to begin with, plus some $40,000 already in the treasury," he explained. "If Oakville and Trafalgar raised $100,000 and $50,000, respectively, in deben- tures, we feel that the remainder can be raised by popular subscrip- tion. And we are assured that at least $50,000 of this remainder can be secured from a special names list. So sure are certain gentlemen of this latter fact, they have agreed fo put up that sum starts, provided fo the debenture proposal, in order that work may. proceed as quickly as posssible "Council feels that this matter must go to the people," pointed out Mayor C. V. Hillmer, "Who would pay for a vote?" "Two or three members of the board stand ready to bear that expense, which would be about $400," replied Mr. Dunwoody. "If arrangements can be expedited by council, I am sure we could get started on the building by Oc- tober at the latest, and be ready for occupancy by summer or au- tumn of 1949." Pointing to the fact that esti- (Continued on Page 2) arns Against Polio Hallowiny the recording of the ase of poliomyelitis in the fy, Halton health unit this issued a list of preventative fires which it advises dis- mothers to adhere to case reported, that of a BE nine residing near Norval, Blopea three days after she left for a visit to Toronto. confined to the Hospital Bick Children, where it is | no paralysis has devel- lic officials say that, un- ses appear within the next jeeks, it is unlikely an epi- will develop here this They do expect a few cases levelop, however, and there- tress the following warn- Do not use unsafe milk or 2. Do not let children in polluted water. 3. If are cases in your commun- eep children away from , swimming pools, movies lic gatherings. 4. Kill flies, it food from flies, eliminate Beding places, 5. Pay more on to sanitation and cen- cleanliness. 6. Children [ not be allowed to become fired. 7. Wash all fruit fegetables which are to be raw. 8. If your child has explained illness, call .your an at once. 9. Do not be- panicky, only a very few suffer from paralysis. 10. i wish further information, it your physician, your pub- alth nurse, or your county Bumper Apple Cor Forecast By Growers Trafalgar and Clarkson fruit growers agreed this week that disposal of this year's apple crop may constitute a knotty problem. However, they also feel the out- look is hardly as gloomy as that pictured in recent bulletins of the federal department of agricul ture. In estimating the current Cana- dian crop at 17,000,000 bari recently, the department noted a jump of 2,000,000 barrels. So, with domestic consumption listed at 8,500,000 barrels, and Britain showing little interest in the 1948 offering, a big job of selling was forecast for this autumn. "I don't see why Ontario, with a big consumer population, shouldn't manage satisfactorily," stated Harry Ryrie, who report- ed crop prospects as excellent, where his large orchards are con- cerned. "Actually, Nova Scotia and British Columbia may suffer more than Ontario growers. The crop down east is reported light, @ while increased freight rates and rising production costs will hit B.C. producers, who last (Emin on Page 8) IN CAMERA The private meeting of the high school area board on Tuesday night was concerning the plans for the new high school, chair- man George Atkins stated. "We decided to call for more detailed information," he said. "The meet- ing was a private one as the board was meeting in committee." To Play Again epting floodlight baseball enthusiasm which indi- 8 bright future for the night here, the largest baseball lin town history poured into park Tuesday night to firis Speyer's ever-improving ome within an ace of g the highly touted House id semi-pro club. fing their best game of the the Oaks twice came from | before bowing 10-9 to the 8d gentry from across the The locals quickly ac- Bed themselves to the visit- ghting equipment, display- lelding, hitting and hurling s which won them high dation from the David's er. "No fooling, that's the b we've met on our Cana- pur," that worthy told Don ks Extend Bewhiskered Beauties, Wednesday Night Davis. Nearly every member of the Oak squad played at least part of the game, all showing to ad- vantage, with Carter, Leslie, Doug Wilson and the mound staff meriting special mention The so-called bearded beauties played a smart brand of ball, al- though their smooth-faced twirl- er and only slightly shortstop seemed to lack the cour- age of their publicity agent's con- vietions. Clowning of baseline coaches made a big hit with the whom crowd, the majority of stayed to the final put-out in the 11th inning. While gate receipts have yet to be toted up, the executives of the ball club were highly gratified at the support accorded their first floodlight venture. Residents Petition Twp. Council For Road Improvements At regular council meeting on Tuesday night, the Trafalgar council unanimously decided to submit a money bylaw for a $50, 000 debenture issue to the voters. The debenture issue will cover funds requested by the hospital board as the township share to- ward the building of the Memor- ial hospital. The motion also con- tained the endorsation of council of the plans presented on behalf of the board by Arnold Banfield and James Dunwoody. The deci- sion of council to submit the by- law to the people paralleled a like decision of the Oakville coun- cil, with the difference that the township vote will be taken at the time of the regular municipal elections in December. The hos- pital board had requested coun- cil for a vote as soon as possible as the board was anxious to start work this fall. "If we can get the foundations dug, the walls up and the roof on, we can carry on during the winter and have the hospital ready for occupancy by next year," spokesman Arnold Ban- field pointed out. "I need hardly stress the point that the cost figure of $390,000 may well be higher if we do not take advant- age of the firm bid we have at this time." After all members of council had expressed their approval of the need for a hospital to serve the district, Councillor R. C. A. Cumberland presented a motion embodying the request of the board. He was unable to secure a seconder for the motion, as the remajnder of council felt a suffi- cient vote would not turn out for an early plebiscite. Deputy-reeve W. S. Hall ex- pressed fear that a small vote would be the result. "I want to see this voted on by enough peo- ple so that it will be representa- tive--pass or not," he said. Reeve W. H. Biggar expressed his personal whole-hearted ap- proval of the hospital board's plans, but expressed the feeling of council that the vote should be held at the regular time. Speaking concerning the hos- pital, Dr. J. M. Mather, director of Halton county health unit, said, "It is a strange thing, but few people seem to be born or die in Halton county. This is because half the births and deaths occur outside the county, in Toronto or Hamilton." Pointing out the in- dustrial trend toward decentral- ization, he said the same thing applied to hospitals, "This hos- pital, and others like it, are valuable to assist the general to look after 90 per cent of the practitioners of the community illnesses of the community," he said. "I have no hesitation in heartily endorsing the hospital. It will be of the greatest value for no essential feature has been neglected." Mervin Smith, president of Oak- ville Gardens Community club, presented a petition on behalf of residents on the 6th line to have council do something about the condition of the road. He point- ed out it was one of the heaviest travelled roads, and that a larger proportion of money resulting from the gasoline tax should therefore be spent on it. He re- quested council to limit the speed on the road for safety, and sug- gested that pavement would, in the end, prove to be the cheapest method. Council instructed the clerk to investigate if a bylaw was neces- sary to cover the speed restrie- tion, and if s0, to have it drawn s0 council could give it first and second reading. Council also tated they would consult with Roy Smith, county engineer, as to the best and cheapest method of stabilizing and img g the INCORRECT LABEL An over-developed yen for "collecting" on the part of male members of the collegi- ate colony was reported to be the sudden disappearance of the Humane Society shelter sign on Mor- rison Rd. last week. After loss of the sign was report- ed to police, it was discover- ed tacked above the door of the girls' dormitory at the Clarkson farm service camp. No charges have been laid-- discounting, of course, those being bitterly levelled at the perpetrators by residents of the dormitory in question. responsible for CONGRATULATIONS On Thursday the Golden Hour Book Shop moves from its small premises on Thomas Street to a large store on the main street. We should like to offer our con- gratulations and best wishes to Miss Helen Cain and Miss Agnes Forster on the success which has made this move possible. Readers of The Journal will remember that when we started publishing, the Golden Hour Book Shop as- sisted us by taking classified ad- vertisements, subscriptions and copy until we secured our present. We have always been very appreciitive of main street premises. this assistance, and should like to take this opportunity to express it. Oaks Meet Tillsonburg In In Next - Playoff Round nl Legion Hold Holds Successful Carnival Gross receipts exceeded $800 as more than 2,000 fun seekers en- joyed the varied program plan- ned by the Canadian Legion Post for Bronte's street carnival Sat- urday night. It--was the first event of its kind to be sponsored by the newly formed branch, which will devote all proceeds to its building fund. Controller John Innes, of Tor- onto, conducted the drawing for lucky tickets, major 'prizes being won by C. R. Brush, Freeman; Roy Johnson and Roy McKay, Bronte; and E. F. Flannagan and G. Gilroy, of Oakville. A spe- cial raffle for a blanket was won by 6-year-old Robert Lyle. Special feature of the carnival was the parade of Earlscourt Le- gion Pipe band, which music throughout the The usual rides were acclaimed by the kiddies, while bingo and other pastimes claimed the atten- tion of older folk. Robert How- arth headed the committee in charge of arrangements, which also included George McLeod, Grant Bray, Bob Mason and Alva provided evening. Elliott. An active ladies' group assisted, comprising Mrs. Grant M. Rawli MacDonald, M German, Mrs. W. Gilliam, Paul Gilliam, Mrs. G. and Mrs. Gordon Mrs. McLeod MacDonald. Local Lion Treks To Equator, Helps Build Mammoth Refinery When James Sherry, prominent American engineer, left Venezu- ela a few weeks back to enjoy a well-earned holiday, he had al- ready included Oakville in his holiday itinerary. And when, brown and breezy as a native of his temporarily adopted South American republic, he hit town several days ago, he was welcom- ed with open arms by fellow mem- bers of the Oakville Lions club. Genial Jim, who was quick to associate himself with the local organization a few years ago when he was a consultant in the building of the huge B.A. Oil re- finery at Clarkson, is still a mem- ber at large, and follows club ac- tivities closely from his equatorial post. His interest is heightened by the fact that, during his stay here, he married Mildred Ward, a Clarkson girl. Incidentally, the Sherrys are The Journal's most distant regular subscribers. Jim's tales of his present activi- ties made interesting listening for his old Oakville who tended, however, to become slight- ly incredulous over the immensity of the project now claiming his attention. Always the ofl man, he is employed by the British- owned Shell Oil Co, helping to construct the world's largest re- finery at Las Piendras, Venezu- ela, where the second largest pro- ducing ofl fields in the unive are located. "You think the finery is a mammoth set-up?" he queried, when ralsed eyebrows of The Journal representative in- terrupted his enthusiastic flow of comment concerning the job in hand. "Well, it is, But If you can pleture a plant between 50 and 100 times as large, yow'll get a fair idea of what this new Shell refinery will be when it's finished. Why, man, it will cost upwards of $200,000,0001" Even the Rockefellers don't re- gard that kind of money lightly. Oddly enough, it is young Nelson Rockefeller, grandson of the fabu- lous John D., who is largely ri sponsible for Jim's present local The Rockefeller-sponsored Inter- national Basic Economy Corp, has made great strides In adjusting the unbalanced economy of South American a chiefly Brazil and e In the latte cronie: Clarkson re- road. It was not practical to pave the road, they felt, as the area was not yet sufficiently built up to stand the local Improvement coat. country, U.S. and British in eats simply moved in, helped them- selves to crude, shipped it out for processing, Now, following LB. E.C/s prodding, the Venezuelan government has ruled that 50 per cent of all crude must be proce ed before shipment. This legisla- tion precipitated a rush to install cracking plants, and Sherry was on his way to South America with the first engineering contingent " = Although a ragged fielding dis- in the first two innings threatened to give Georgetown a start toward its first win of the series, the Oaks tightened their defensive armour from that point on to coast to an easy 11-8 vie- tory in sweeping the Halton In- termediate "B" playoffs three straight last Saturday. The lo- cals will now meet Tilsonburg in the next round of the O.AB.A. playdowns, although club officials announced yesterday that club will not be ready to meet the Oaks before Aug. 28th. Early nervousness of Bob Hoop- er, youthful first sacker, touched off a which permitted the visitors to mark up single colnters in both first and second innings without register- ing a hit. Hooper was quick to redeem himself, comb- ing Babe Herrington's deliveries for four lusty safeties in five trips to the plate to lead all Oaks hitters. Another indication that Bud Corbett's work in minor circles is beginning to pay off was seen in the performance of Pollock, another Juvenile graduate, Pinch-hitting for ter in the seventh, the youngster rapped a sharp hit to right to score Paul Gillam, and went on to play a neat brand of. ball at second base, series of miscues however, Ken "Big Brother" Mark Pallack contributed another four-hit hurl. ing masterpiece as his mates ham- mered out 16 singles to leave no doubt as to their superiority over the Georgetown squad. Refusing to let fielding bobbles bother him, Mark bore down through- out, blanking the opposition from the second to the ninth, when a questionable umplre's decision ruf- (Continued on Page 7) Arrange Industrial Fair Radio Program Although the new plant will not "Our first task" he told The|be in operation by fair time, the Journal, "was to provide housing |J. R. Kendall Leather Co, victims for our skilled personnel, During |of the recent disastrous five, are the past two years, we've built|carrying on with plans to exhibit 1,500 homes, paved streets, put up stores and a theatre, laid out. a golf course. We have a town that is a self-sufficient unit, pare this with the Clarkson pro- ject, where 50 homes were built, and yowll see I'm not exaggerat- ing when I tell what a gigantic set-up it will be! Com- "It was a big job from the be- ginning," he want on, "We had a bare, coastal plain, with mes- quite, cactus, and sagebrush the only vegetation. worked in 90-degree temperatures the year round, starting at about 530 a.m. and knocking off shortly after noon, when the sand just plain catches fire in the afternoon aun A prevailing breeze makes it pleasant enough, although prickly heat has the English and Ame fcan populace dabbig on hu dreds of pounds of talcum cach year. We only really suffer, how= ever, when the breeze drops." he native Venezuelan Is a pleasant If slightly indolent chap, Jim finds, He has already bene- (Continued on Page 8) at the annual Chairman Don ed this week, Industrial Fale, MacRae announces Mr. MacRae aldo re arrangements have been complot- ed to stage a brond- casts from Victoria arena ug the falr progress Complete details of radio program formuta will be released next week, he stated, Quell Heater Blaze In Sportsman's Home Using gos Trafalgar enled that series of musk, firemen Monday morning entered the smoke-filled cellar of the Harry Ofddings residence, to ex- tingulsh with fog spray a blaze which had licked through o first floor partition, Fire Chief George Wright sald the fire was caused by an overheated Jacket heater, insulation flaming up to catch the ceiling, Damage wus negligible, It was one of the shortest runs in brigade history, the residence being situated only two doors from the fire hall, Meat Lover Foregoes Juicy Steaks, Happy Host Wears Relieved Smile There's no bounty offered for capture of one of Onkville's st residents, but it 1s doub ful If it will ever be claimed, bi cause the young chap in question has become much too popul during the few short days he's lived In that time, he hos visited vernl homes, met the town officials, even had a drink fn the Legion club--although he stuck to pop. At mny rate, the police aren't doing anything nbout him for the present, although one member of the 18 Keeping him under constant surveil The newcomer, actually, has no He's a 25-pound, perky erry pau force nee eriminal record months-old, abbed in a blue of Swastika, last week-end, by Howie Gill and Jim Devenish, But the bounty part is very much on the | the boys say. "There seems to have been a big Increase In the bear popula tion in the northern counties, and several municipalities are offs Ing big bounties" Jim told The Journal, The cub, although playful, has alrendy learned how to employ the bear version of an uppercut, His captors keep him on a long chain, had to improvise a cage from an apple barrel £5 bring him home, "He'll ent almost anything," anid Jim, "which 1s lucky, in view of the present steak situation." Howie and Jim plan to keep him around for i few weeks, just for the fun of it. After that, his fate in uncertain, although they hope some 200 may taks un fancy to him.