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he Oakville - Trafalgar Journal Entered, 2nd Class Mail, Ottawa Oakville, Ontario, Thursday, February 23, 1950 18 Pages 5 cents a copy, $2.00 Per Year in Advance hy shortly have a revival ed during Monday night Suggests Considering ssion faces the necessity of rs on poles on Randall, Du D i ngli their h | Scher | 13 be given to putting lin hong fllould 'get awe fflese streets." [rees, Taxes, Thoroughfares {{notty Council Problems Oakville's own parody lyrics of the famed melody, frees", varied versions of which ranked high on town tuncil's hit parade for several tortuous weeks last autumn, Reeve Howard Litchfield indi- Reeve Litchfield told council the public utilities com- mounting service requirements. "On Dundas, it might ily be that half the trees would be trimmed down to ht," he declared. "I think that consideration y from any wholesale butchery of trees on meeting. Underground Lines installing larger cross mem- ndas and Reynolds Sts., due es underground, as I feel we public * utilties soMillaling the matter to council's at- fltion because they don't want off the trees, either," mented Mayor J, R. Black. IT understand it costs about times as much to put lines erground, but IT think it would well to have the streets and walks committee confer with commission in an effort to a solution," suggested Coun. R.. Freeman. Mislaid Legislation iscussion of the building by- . presently being streamlined Coun. Jim Cooke's committee, ught to light the fact that town has been using even BGre obsolete legislation for sev- years than council realized. Saturday = night, Fire ef Fred Shaw discovered a ding by-law dated 1935 among brigade records filed by the ae Chief Hillmer," disclosed Bolin. Cooke. "We have been us- a bylaw passed in 1921--for long, I don't know." He suggested that many fea- es of the 1935 bylaw be in- iiporated in the new legislation. was decided that, to be effect- the new bylaw should include 8hing boundaries, and that coun- bill should meet with the planning ba igton Here First Reception Oddfellows and Rebekahs and their friends from Oakville, Tor- onto, Hamilton, Welland, Dundas and other places in this section of the province will gather at the Legion Hall Monday evening for the first Grand Master's recept- ion ever to' be held in" Oakville: Grand Master of Ontario, 1.O.O.F. is Reginald Thrush of Chapleau. A banquet will be followed by a program of speeches and musical numbers, and the evening will conclude with a dance. (Continued on Page 7) BY MIKE DYER Oakville-Trafalgar ral group ever to enter the Toronto Kiwanis music festival ts Alma Mater "right proud" sday, winning second and d awards in the two classes fitered, om the time, the glee club ded the bus here until the dicator's judgement was pro- bnced, the boys and girls were alery happy group. Just outside onto, they began to practice Ri ie tt Baton auditorium contestants in a Miked voice group, they were Wl prepared for their two num- , "Beautiful Saviour" and erry June" Both were sung perfect unison, the club pre- ting an impressive picture in @lor and sound. hdjudicator Dr. Russell Green Birmingham, England, scored h number for an 84 of a pos- ile 100 points, giving OTHS a point total to place gecond to Slincoe BH. S. with 170. Paris was d with 167. These scores show close it was. Dr, Green, dur- his witty and human critic- "188, mentioned that the Oakville LSifeers had "atmosphere, good Wthm and pitch, and offered ir music with confidence." Hugh Brearley, the con- DTHS Chorus Captures 8 Kiwanis Choral Awards spare time to bettering -the glee club, should receive an oversize bunch of orchids for his untiring efforts, while the entire club rates a big round of applause, If you havent heard this group yet, be sure to attend the high school Drama-Choral Nights at Victor- ia hall tonight and Friday. Lakies Ready For Final Group playoff Although the opposition won't be determined until late Wednes- day evening, several hours after the Journal's deadline, Oakville Lakeshores will open their OH. A. intermediate "A" group final series at Milton arena Friday night. And the Lakies are strong- ly favoured to progress into the provincial p g of whether Milton or Brampton win th semi-final series. "If Milton wins, as we expect they should on the season's play, it will be their home game Fri- day," stated Jimmy Steed, Lake- shores' busy manager. "If Bramp- ton pulls another surprise like thelr 3-2 win last Friday, and takes the series, it will be our home game. Future home games for Lakeshores will be played in Georgetown, however." or of the chorus, app a Bhty pleased man as he step- 8 up to receive the second place ue. Windosr, Stouffville and ston also competed in this s the evening competition, the lib sounded equally fine. Their s, "Old Man River" and y Dol Love You?" were pre- ted in practically flawless , gaining them 78 and 79 Bits. This 157 total placed them to Simcoe, with 162, and iffville, with 158. So once In Adjudicator Dr. Green had cult time in distributing Brearley, who gave all his James gg off the loop records, which at- tested a discouraging lack of suc- cess against Milton on the part of the local club. "That was many weeks back," he sald "We've copped ten straight of late, and we're in tip top shape for the finals. The boys are flying, and Bert Peer figures they are a lot etter club than he had at this time last year. Myself, I feel we have a championship team." "We hope to attract bumper crowds for the playoffs, as it has been an expensive season playing and practicing away from home," Citizenship Award The annual Civic Night banq- uet of the Lions Club of Oak- ville will be held in Victoria Hall on Thursday evening, March 2, Highlight of the event each year is the award of mer- it presentation to a citizen deemed by the club to have made an outstanding contribu- tion to community life and ac- While secrecy always surrounds the name of the per- son thus honored until the pre- sentation is actually made, the committee in charge has an- nounced it feels, the current selection more than maintains the high standard for notable community service set in form- Sm May Consider New Twp. Arena Petition Possibility that a new petition might be circulated, asking for an arena debenture vote in Tra- falgar, was suggested by Ross Blaikie, chairman of the special appeals section of the Oakville and district community centre arena committee, who addressed a special meeting in Bronte last any action with regard to the ranged by the Bronte village commission, was attended by representatives of several organ- izations, 'including the fire brig- ade, community club, and the Canadian Legion auxiliary. Commission Chairman Alfred Jennings agreed the commission would arrange a larger meeting during early March to further discuss the plans Mr. Blaikie out- lined on behalf of his committee. "T feel a larger representation of Bronte people should hear these proposals before any definite 'plan~to assist-the- project can be formulated," he stated. E. J. "Mike" Cudmore, who at- tended the meeting, voiced the opinion that Bronte and district residents would support circula- tion of another petition. "T know the last one was turned down by council, but I feel this would pro- vide the least expensive, easiest way. Td certainly support it and I think the majority of residents in the Bronte area would," he told' the Journal. EE Orchids For Eddie Town foreman Eddie Fitzsim- mons and his capable crew re- ceived many a verbal pat on the back during Monday night's' council session. "I drove 200 miles on Tuesday, and the only place I found the snow cleared enough for steady going was right here at home.§I think Ed. deserves a lot of commenda- tion," declared Deputy-reeve Lauder. "Pm glad others feel the same Black. "If youd around with the foreman on the plow in that blizzard, you'd realize what a chore it was. Man, that was really some- thing?" TO DISOUSS ASSESSMENT A general meeting of Oakville business men will be held early in March to discuss the matter of local business assessments, under the amended act, with the town assessor. Decision to hold this meeting was made by the direc- tors of the Oakville-Trafalgar FESTIVAL tors at the annual Kiwanis Musical festival, these smiling keen to repeat this outstanding feat. Trained I the youngsters are, left to right: FRONT RO ley Brown, John Robertson, Gordon Carr; 2ND. ROW Andrew Gunyon, Michael Dorfman, Russell Vreeland; : UNDISMAYED AT THE PROSPECT of facing critical though were eagerly awaiting the event when this picture was taken. Last chorus won both major awards for private school choirs, and these cheerful lads are Leslie R. Bott, a master at the college, : Jamie Gairdner, William RD. John Fawcett, Lionel Dorfman, Frank Baillie, Douglas Terryber Yates, Harold- Davies, Frank Pierce, Stuart Soanes,~-Michael Da FAVOURITES DEFEND LAURELS 3 \ \ kindly adjudica~ Appleby College choristers year, Appleby David Webb, Brad- Horan, John King, ROW: Joe Tomlinson, BACK ROW: Fred s, lan Duke. Bronte H.&S. Assn. Marks Founders' Day, Outlines Hope Report Founders' Day was celebrated by Bronte Home and School As- sociation Tuesday evening, One pleasing feature of the celebra- tion was a birthday cake with three candles. Mrs. W. Gilliam, past president of the association, lit one candle on behalf of the Federation of Home and School Associations; C. Rayburn, anoth- er present, lit a candle for the Home and School Council; and R. A. Hopkins, principal of Bronte public school, lit one on behalf of the school. The Hope report on teaching was outlined by Mr. Hopkins and K. Shier, and a general discus- sion followed. A song by Wm. Milligan was much appreciated and refreshments were served. Flooded Ditch Traps Dog Owner While trying to rescue her fortunately came along and help- Dachshund Terry, from a hole [ed Mrs. Campbell to safety. full of water in the ditch on the Sth Line, late Friday afternoon, near her home, Mrs Jim Camp- paign yet staged in Canada, the brick-steel-and-mortar drive unteered opinion, the newly struction. teers who guided visitors on children were lined out to Di as thick. i Mr. Campbell contacted Har- vey Philip, mnager of the Town- ship Water and Light Commiss- bell joined the frantically sWim- jon, and additional barricades ming dog in the water when the | have been erected around the bank collapsed. To her Horror, |hole, where the water was froz- Mrs. Campbell found the water almost shoulder high, and that she was also unable to get out. As she was wearing her fur coat, and supporting her dog, her pos- ition was precarious, Mrs. Wil en solid at ground level, on Sun- day. The excavation was made in order to connect a building pro- ject at the corner of the 8th Line and the highway with the town- ship water system. Surface wa- Chamber of Commerce Tuesday evening. liam Ireland and her daughter, [ter had flooded the hole, which had not been filled in as a neces- on a massive sofa with Queen's right is Princess Princess Elizabeth. he declared. Game time Friday will be 8.30. THE ROYAL FAMILY We are proud to inform our readers that we have secured permanent possession of an enlarged family- group photograph of the Royal family. This particular print, the work of Dorothy Wilding, well-known court photographer, for many years Her Majesty's exclus- ive photographer, has never been played in Canada before. It shows His Majesty seated Margaret Rose stands to the King's left. The Duke of 'Edinburgh is seated on the arm of the sofa behind The charming family picture was taken at Buck- ingham Palace prior to the marriage of the Duke and Princess Elizabeth. Interested citizens exclusive photograph of the Royal Family at our new offices, 7 Dunn St. North, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. sary part was missing to com- plete the installation, R. C. A. Cumberland informed the Journ- al. Pending arrival of the part, the additional road barricades of customary plank construction had been erected to surroind the excavation. A single barricade was in place at the time Mrs, Campbell met with her mishap. published or dis- Queen Elizabeth. On the Elizabeth, while Princess A lotlld could easlly got past even the present protection," Mrs. Campbell said on Sunday. "If it did, and no one was around it might easily drown, I feel the township should do more to pro- may see this tect this situation." She stated her snow boots and Persian lamb fur coat had been badly damag- ed by the immersion. Their interest sharply arous edly the most thorough-going small town hospital cam- sion St. And on Saturday, the Medical Profession Lauds New Memorial Hospital 2d by what was undoubt- thousands of curious well wishers journeyed countless miles last week-end to inspect culmination of that relentless And, in the general consensus of enthusiastically vol- opened Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital is well worth every last iota of well or- ganized, highly concentrated effort that went into its con- Three Deep To The Door While staff members and Woman's Auxiliary volun- their inspection tours found it absolutely impossible to chart an accurate count, some 4,000 explanatory brochures 'were handed out on Sunday alone. At one time, an ever increasing flotilla of parking cars disgorged visitors so rapidly that men, women and up three deep from the entrance right owd was almost Just Drove Out, Expressively indicative of the widespread outside interest in Oukville's new hospital was the reaction of a Toronto family who "just drove out" to see the atruc- ture on Saturday. They were among the 3,000 who arrived Sat- urday. "We'd read so much about your efforts In the Toronto Star, about how every organization and Individual was helping out," explained the father. "So' when we say that llustrated article telling about all the modern fen- tures, we felt we just had'to come out and see for ourselves. The Star didn't exaggerate one bit, You most certainly have the fin- (Continued on Page 4) Red Cross Committees Charlie Ambler, general chalr- man of Oakville's one-night blitz campaign for the Canadian Red Cross, to be held on the evening of March 6, announces the fol- lowing committee in charge of the drive: Vice-chalrman, Donald Mac- Rae; general canvass, Al Mas- son; special names, J, A. Roberts, industry, E, G. Pullen, merchants, W. C. Milligan, Trafalgar Bast, Jack Graydon, Trafalgar West, Sidney Fearman, Trafalgar North Allan McKay, Harland Merry and Mrs, A. Oliver; Bronte, Rudd Watt; Palermo, R. J. Meares; Army, J. C. Pearson; Treasurer, Thomas Andrews.