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Page 6 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, February 2, 1950 ther. = ¢ Shadow Discovery C lites said ae I throw. the ie 0. B. BERGQUIST The Cookee Column [| me mest fer vaio 68 Colborne St. E. WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELERY SILVERWARE Phone 1231 BY MAX TRELL WILLY WENT ALONG TO FIND THE EQUATOR "Let's discover something," Knarf said, waving his arm from one side of the landscape to the other. "That's 'a really wonderful idea!" i his sister Hanid. Directory "T've always wanted to discover somiething especially if it's some- INSURANCE ELECTRICAL T. S. H. GILES INDUSTRIAL Real Estate and Insurance COMMERCIAL 139 Colborne Street Bast DOMESTIC Oakville - - - - Phone 532 ELECTRICAL SERVICE 19 Melinda St. BROWN ELECTRIC Toronto - - - Adelaide 2761 CONTRACTORS Evenings - - - Oakville 712 Gord Brown GENERAL INSURANCE H. S. THORNTON Phone 874 Lakeshore West, Oakville PROFESSIONAL CARSTEN GLAHN Optometrist -- Optician 163 Colborne St. E. Phone 1375 WILLIAM C. MILLIGAN, R.O. Optometrist * Optician 69A Colborne St., Oakville, Ont. (Over the Bank of Commerce) Professional eye examination & prescription services, Office Hours: Tuesday to Sat- urday, 9.80 am. to 5 pm. Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 7.00 to 8.00 pm. Telephone 1507 W. A. CAMPBELL, , V.S. Accredited Veterinarian Hours by Appointment Home Office 29 Herald Ave. Phone 390W Trafalgar Farms Office Phone 1344 OSTEOPATH CARLTON GREEN Osteopath 63 Division Street By Appointment Only. Phone 826 Evenings, Wednesday After- noon, Saturday and Sunday. BARRISTERS ANGUS McMILLAN Barrister -- Solicitor Notary Public Phone 1059 Oakville BILL ANDERSON RADIO - APPLIANCES Sales & Service Phone 521-M Dunn St. North - Oakville L. F. CLEMENT HOME ELECTRIC Commercial Sales & Service Livingston Stoker and Oil Burner Units Service & Installation of all Makes WORK GUARANTEED PHONE 1441 16 THOMAS ST. N. GENERAL ELECTRIC Oil Burners Commercial Refrigeration Sales & Installation A.C. P 94 Maple Ave., . Phone 1544 Oakville REPAIRS To all types of commercial and domestic refrigerators and electric ranges. PARTS & SERVICE GUARANTEED E. W. BURBIDGE 136 Robinson St. Telephone ad or 1112W Oakville PAINTING PAINTING & DECORATING Prompt Service THOMAS H. EASTON Phone: Port Credit 4206 NURSERIES ROBT. NIELSEN NURSERIES Garden Design and Landscape 107 Colborne Street East Contracting e Oakville 532 TREES -- SHRUBS -- ROSES EV ROSS RYRIE We Grow - Design - Plant Barrister - Solicitor Prune - ete. Notarys Public Oakville R.R. 1 61-A Coiborne St. East Phone 1444-W Telephones Office 65: Residence 1487-w ELOOR SERVICE McConachie & Jones BRONTE FLOOR SERVICE D. A. McConachie Richard Jones Barrister - Solicitor Notary Public , 169 COLBORNE ST. Telephone Oakville 1304 JOHN F. ISARD Barrister -- Solicitor Notary Public Successor to W. N. Robinson, K.C. 142 Colborne St. East Phones: Bus. 15 Res. 216 JACK A. SEED Barrister-Solicitor Notary Public 27 Park Avenue Telephone 1237-R FLOOR SANDING & REFINISHING LINOLEUM FLOORS LAID LINO-MASTIC-RUBBER TILE PHONE BRONTE 194 W. H. PARKIN Floor Sanding & Refinishing Phone 1058-W ROOFING' NICHOL'S ROOFING New roofs & Old roofs applied Insul-Bric siding & Asbetos siding Insulation Materials Eaves Troughing Materials supplied & sold Peter P. Nichols New Phone 2544 Burlington Oakville 1445 38 CLARKE AVE., BURLINGTON (Estimat Given) ACCOUNTING C. L. OLIVER and CO. Accounting and Auditing, Business Systems Installed Income Tax Returns BUILDING THOS. SHIELDS "Building Contractor" 81 Colborne St. Oakville L Ontario w Lomas eet Estimates Supplied 'Ham. 7-5452 - Oakville 1268 Phone 698 CHAS. WATT SURVEYING H. D. SEWELL ONTARIO LAND SURVLYOR Oakville - Phone 1297-J i GLAZING, REPAIR WORK All kinds of Carpentry A. S. Wright PHONE 97J Evenings be a Re TE D. G. PENMAN Local Representative J. Cooke Limited CONCRETE BLOCKS Phone 386-J-3 - TURNBULL & HOLDRIDGE Building Contractors Concrete - Masonry Blockwork 1578W - OAKVILLE - 903 TORONTO - PLaza 5491 AUTHORIZED FRIGIDAIRE |. DEALER thing famous like the North Pole or the South Pole. Only," she ad- ded in a sad voice; 'they've al- ready been discovered." Willy Toad said: "Sure, let's go and discover something new. Like the Equator," he said, waving his paw in the geperal direction of the pine trees and the water lily pond "The Equator?" said "Where's the Equator?" "Why," said Willy, trying to sound as if he knew all about it, which of course he didn't; "the Equator is--is. . . Knarf, "I found it," said Willy." it should be. It's always there. Where do you think it is?" he asked. Knarf shook his head. | Willy looked at Hanid. "Do you know where 'the Equator is?" "It's around the middle of the Earth," replied Hanid. "Oh," said Willy. "So there's where it is!" "Hmm," said Willy. "Has any- one ever discovered it? I mean, recently? I mean, since this morning 2" "No one's ever discovered it," said Hanid. "No one's ever seen it. They can't see it." "Why not?" asked Willy, "Because," said Hanid, who had just read about all this in a large book; --"because it's imaginary." Willy looked surprised. He wasn't 'quite sure he knew what imaginary meant. "Imaginary-- oh yes--that's right. I forgot about that," he murmured. "Im- aginary . . . 'mym. Why is it im- aginary?" he finally wanted to know. "The Equator," Hamid said, 'is like a line that divides the Barth into two parts: the North and' the South parts. But it really isn't a line. It isn't anything but moun- tains and 'ocean and islands and houses and fields stretching all around the middle of the Earth. People just imagine it's there. That's why they say the Equator is just imaginary." Willy looked very disappointed to hear about the Equator being. only imaginary. But Knarf said he had a good idea, He said that as long as they all wanted to dis- cover something, they might just as well discover something im- aginary as anything else, "We can just imagine we're discover- ing it," he said. "How do we do that?" inquired It's right where! if BOOK TWO Patsy's Kid Fudgee By HERBERT C. MERRY Shatin 2 "OFF TO THE VETS" . When I came home from Tor- onto, later that day, I found Pat- sy was still hidden away. She | hadn't been out since I left and this was most unusual for her. She was in the cool old library, stretched out under the desk. The chesterfield made a wall across one side and large overstuffed chairs walled in each end. This was her favourite haunt. It was her holy of holies, and there was no plice she'd rather be unless t was under Aunt Till's veran- dah, Yes, she really loved it un- der there, but then Aunt Till found the hidden entrance every so often and filled it in. Patsy had to be very cautious when she visited this secret lair. I got down on my hands®and Jknees and peered into the dark- ness under the desk. I thought she was asleep at first but then I saw her head move ever so lit- tle and her tail went thumpety- thump on the polished hardwood floor. T put my hand in and pat- ted her head and gently pulled the curls on her long silky ears. Her tail continued to thump, just little thumps, because she has only a little short tail. "Well, my little friend" I said to her quietly. "You don't seem to feel any better." She didn't answer me. I knew she must be feeling pretty badly. I felt her nose to see if it were wet and cool which is usually an indication of a well dog. Her nose was dry and quite warm. "Your nose is very hot." I said to her, as I pulled her gently to- wards me so I could see her in the daylight. "On pickled jelly fish!" she said slowly and in her very deep voice. "I know it's hot, it's my nose and why wouldn't it be hot? It's a very hot day. I don't dare go outside, IT might turn to a walk to the middle of the Barth and imagine we see the Equator." "Doesn't sound hard at all" agreed Willy. "Where do you think the middle of the Earth is?" Neither Knarf nor Hanid could say exactly where they thought the middle of the earth might be. So Willy got up and hopped on top of the high white rock a few feet away, and looked all around. "There it is!" he suddenly shout- ed. "I can see it plainly. It's a big line, like & path! Follow me!" Willy hopped down to the pines then around the pond with Knarf and Hanid running excitedly be- hind him. All at once, when he reached the cow pasture on the other side of the pond, he point- ed to a long crooked line going through the grass and up the hill. "That's it! There's the Equator! Look at it go! It's not imaginary at all! You can see it as plain as the nose on my face!" Hanid, thought it was only a cow-path. Knarf was sure he saw a cow walking on it. But nothing Td hate roasted dog, wouldn't you?" I coaxed Patsy to walk slowly roasted dog. to be a out to the kitchen. I got her a dish of milk; but she wouldn't drink it. She just sat and looked very sad and refused to even, take one lick of milk. I was able to, get her to take a little by putting' my finger in it and putting the finger to her mouth. She would lick the milk off my finger. Just then, who should come bounding into: the kitchen like a whirl wind but Taffee. She was holding a brown paper bag in her mouth. The end. of it was torn and a straggly stick of 'celery was dangling 'out, trailing limply. along on the floor. She stopped suddenly when she saw me and dropped the lovely present she was bringing in. "And where did you come by that prize package?" I asked her as she stood and eyed me. "Well, skitapooky, if it's not Old Joe home again," she said in her musical up and down voice. "He's home again, and lookee, lookee! He's trying to push some grog into maw-maw." She came a step nearer and Patsy growled at her. "It's easy to see the old war horse isn't very happy about it," laughed Taffee as he stepped of here, you young rascal and don't be disrespectful to your mother, On your way now!" Taffee' returned to the hall. Patsy stopped growling. From the doorway Taffee looked back "Pm not disrespectful" she giggled, "I love her like an old bone, the stupid old thing." I threw the celery at her and she almost flew out the door and down the garden path to hunt up some new mischief. Turning to Patsy, who sat in a dejected heap near by, IT asked, "Now, was that any way for you to treat your own child--the only one you have left, and you sit and growl at her? Couldnt you be polite for just a minute?" "Why should I be polite?" Pat- sy asked. "Don't see mo reason for being polite--just red tap: and tripe. If you don't feel polis don't be polite--your friends will understand, if they don't, they" not your friends anyway, Tm sick." Here I must let you in on a sec- ret. Of course I wouldn't want Patsy to know I'd told her secret and above all, that wild Taffee shouldn't know. She'd have told it all over town. She really would! Blackie Davis would have known in five minutes and Dr. Redbones two minutes later, for Taffee was an incurable gossip. Patsy was going to have pup- pies. They were due to arrive in about a week, but she didn't seem to be well and now that she had admitted she was sick, I couldn't take a chance any longer. Five minutes later, we were in the car and on the way to the backwards, away from her growl- Vet's, Wi inter Is Haz Minimize the possibilities covered with snow or ice. your car's brakes, wheel and electrical system. Mo Driving ardous | of accident on icy or wet roads. Drive carefully. Put on your chains to increase traction and braking power whenever the roads are Keep your car in safe con- dition. 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