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0 | Wol. 3, No. 17 Lauder Suggests New Firefighting Set-up The first move to establish a fire protection fhe entire county of Halton was taken at Tuesday's meeting of the --_-- this 1950 he Oakville Trafalgar Jo urnal Bntered. 2nd Class Mail, Ottawa 18 Pages 5 cents a copy, , $2.00 Per Year in Advance 1 system covering County council, when on motion of Deputy-Reeve E. R. Lauder of Oakville, a committee was set up to investigate a plan involving co- peration of the county, all the municipalities, and the Ontario Fire Marshall's office! Gommitee are Deputy-Reeve Lau- Wer, Reeve K. Y. Dick, Milton, and George Leslie, The motion was conded by Deplty-Reeve K. C. oldsworth, Milton, No Protection Now' In introducing the matter, Mr Lauder pointed out that three of fhe four townships, Nelson, Nas- Sagaweya and Esquesing, are now. thout fire protection. Firemen could be trained by the province free of charge, he pointed out. 'With the co-operation of the uncipalities some plan could be orked out," said the deputy- Teeve. Warden W. M. VanSickle, in ommittee of the whole presented a. report on the new old people's Mhome project, which he felt should be suspended until the fin- ances of the municipalities were fin better condition. The report rought forth much discussion. =Deputy'Reeve Joseph Wickson, 'Trafalgar, pointed out that it ould cost $300,000 to renovate the present Peel-Halton home, and considered this would be a wasteful move. Several members declared that the present home as overcrowded and not fit for | its purpose. It was finally decid- led, on motion of Reeve Dick of 'Milton, seconded by Reeve How- Lard Litchfield of Oakville, .not to uthorize any major expenditur- s on the present institution. Pension Plan County Engineer and Roads 'Superintendent Roy Smith urged "the setting up of a pension plan | for employees of his department. "As chairman of the roads com- i mittee I feel itis time we had a pension plan," said Reeve W. H. Biggar, Trafalgar. Reeve Dick | and Mr. Sthith were authorized to * confer and bring in a report on a pension plan to cover all county employees. A by-law providing for the purchage of land for reforestation purposes, totalling 747 acres, was passed. Another by-law, to set up a county court of revision, was | held over. of the® Local Linksmen Name Executive Highlight of the annual meet- ing of the Oakville Golf Club was the presentation of a suitably en- graved watch to Alex Donald, marking 25 years of active service to the club. The presentation was made by president-elect F. W. tott. Other officers elected were: H. C. Rickaby, vice-pres; B, W. Ware, sec.-treas. and chairman of finance committee; A. E. Ban- field, Dr. F. M. Deans, W. F. R. Smith, A. H. Lightbourn, Mal- colm Smith, Gary McKenna, Gor- man McConvrey, Jack Dunn, Dr. D. H. Dixon, B. W. Ware, Cecil Boughner, Murray Dynes, F. W. Stott and H. C. Rickaby, direct- ors; Murray Dynes, greens chair- man; Dr. D. H. Dixon, house com- chairman; Gorman Me- Convrey, membership chairman; Gary McKenna, captain. Les Louth will act as professional manager Following the business session, movies of the 1949 Canadian Open championship, held at To- ronto St. George's, were shown. Bronte Group Attend The Ontario ~ Agriculture As- sociation Annual Convention was Held March 9 and 10 in the Royal Connaught Hotel, Hamilton. Rev. E. Rigby, Hamilton, formerly of Bronte, was elected president for the coming year. Mrs. R. Tipping and Mrs. A. J. MacDonald were delegates from the Bronte Hor- ticultural Society. Other members attending were Mr. R. Tipping, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Downey, Mrs. R. Watson and Mis.-A. E. Dooley. Mrs. Ryland H. New, gave an interesting talk on "Value of Flowers 'to the Home. She was also one of the guests of the head table. Speaker at the ban- Juet was Mr. N. H. Parker. Nowhere in the world are speechways constructed more carefully or guarded more jeal- ously than in Canada, A. M. Dix, Bell Telephone representative, told Appleby College students in an address at the college this week. With the aid of energized dis- play equipment, Mr. Dix demon- strated some of the methods by. which modern voice transmission has been brought to its present high state of efficiency In the earliest days of tele- phony, the speaker said, voice currents were sent out over a pair of iron wires. Transmission was faulty, there was noise on the line, and the range of speech was distinctly limited. Gradually the limitations were overcome, until "there were no earthly limits to speech", Mr. Dix showed his youthful audience examples of the various devices which have increased the range of speech: loading cells, vacuum tubes at various stages of their development, and latest of all, the transistor, distantly related to the crystal of the early radio sets. Smaller than a paper Clip, it can perform many of the functions of transmission tube. The constant search for even Canada's Speechways Best In World, Dix Asserts to relay messages by primitive man. Mr. Dix will also give his A. Mc DIX lecture-demonstration at a meét- ing of the Oakville Lions Club in Victoria Hall, Thursday even- 'ng. "Flu Floors Us! The flu bug scurried into the Journal room this better methods of will continue in the quest for bet- ter and more dependable tele- phone service, the speaker said. the Indian signal drum is still used in the telephone diaphragm, But still, the basic principle of and modern radio relays from one hilltop to the next follow the age- old pattern of beacon fires used week, pecting staffers, and depart- ed leaving our make-up sche- dule as weakly limp as a day- old bunny. That is why, we're nipped three unsus- sorry to say, we were late hit- ting the newsstands this week. youngster Oakville, Ontario, Thursday, March 16, 1950 Harvey Bellman i: the symbol of the Society's work. This 11-year-old lad is to represent all crippled children in the Society's annual campaign for funds which opens March 13. The Easter Seal campaign is to aid all children who suffer from physical handicaps. By special arrangement with the Post Office, all contributions may be sent care of "Timmy, Toronto." Rotarians Again Sponsor Timmy's District Appeal THe courage and fortitude, of! children in the face of physical adversity is strikingly illustrated in the person of 1l-year-old Harvey Bellman of Willowdale, who has been chosen as "Timmy" in the Easter Seal campaign of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children, being undertaken locally by Oakville Rotary Club. He is the symbol of all children whose twisted limbs or diseased bones have robbed them of their right- ful heritage. Harvey is one of four children, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Bellman of 128 Kingggale Ave, in suburban Willowdale. A clean- cut youngster with a ready smile, Harvey has adusted himself to a life that is far from that of an invalid. He is unable to walk. In September of 1947, a disease of the bone crippled his right leg. In November of 1948 the left hip became infected. Harvey spent three weeks in the Hospital for Sisk Children where he had * lot of fan" and then Sg months in bed. The Shriners ghve him a wheel chair and Harvey likes it much better than crutches. There is hope for this likeable with the bright eyes and the quick grin. Rest is the » answer to hig case, In one or two years, possibly longer, Harvey may be fully recovered, ready to run and jump and climb trees and skate and play ball like any other kid his age. Eefore illness struck. him, Harvey attended Queen Mary School in Willowdale. Now he gets his schooling from a teacher who visits the home. He does his lessons well and his mother doesn't have to use more than the average amount of persuasion to get him to do his homework The 1950 Timmy has a deft pair of hands and he spends hours in the basement working with pot- tery clay. Between his clay, his toys and his other interests, he hasn't time to feel sorry for him- self. Last summer he spent three weeks at the Blue Mountain Camp operated by the Ontario Society for Crippled Children, There was a sparkle in his eyes when he mentioned the camp. To use his own words, he had a time" and "plenty of No attempt has been made to (Continued on Page 4) Google-Eyed Puppy, First Hospital Fund Toy, Amuses Robin First youngster to benefit, as a result of the happy thought that several weeks ago prompted Judy Mudge to establish the toy fund for youthful patients at the new hospital, was 8-year-old Robin Marshall. The fund, which had reached $62 before the hospital opened, is being administered by the hospital women's auxiliary. Robin, who was to have her appendix removed several days ago, didn't undergo her operat- ion until last Monday. While she "waited for the doctor to make up him mind", she enjoyed toys, books and a radio, and emphati- cally voted that the fund was "a dandy idea Highlights of the toy menagerie cavorting about the end of her bed were a color- fully striped zzebra and a google- eyed pup. Actually, Robin wasn't the first to undergo an operation in the new operating room. Richard Chisholm, 13, who also had his appendix removed, managed to beat her to it. Teachers Swap Tips On Farming Methods \Some 50 agricultural teachers, representing more than half the number teaching this course in Ontario high schools, last Sat- urday attended the regional con- ference held at Oakville-Trafalgar high school. Ewart Carberry and Hugh Brearley joined principal W. S. Blake in representing the OT.HS. at the conference, which will be held next year at Salt- fleet. "We were particularly inter- ested in the trading of ideas that took place, as our new facilities will enable us to offer a much more extensive course than has: previously been the case" Mr. Blake told the Journal, "We were handicapped in the past through lack of accommodation and equipment, and now we are an- xious to point up every branch of the course that will be most applicable in this area, It was therefore most Interesting to hear other teachers presenting the features and instructional (Continued on Page 10) Town Teachers Well Paid, Bo Oakville public school teachers are paid ard Holds adequate salaries, it was stated at the monthly meeting of the public school board Tues- day evening by Chairman Alan Weatherstone, commenting upon re- cent newspaver articles which implied that many teachers in the province were underpaid, to the detriment of the teaching profession. + MEASLES RIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSES Red and German measles, with the previously sturdy but now dwindling support of stomach 'flu, have combined to upset teaching schedules and drop at- tendance records to new lows in town schools a Journal check dis- closed this week. x At Oakville - Trafalgar high 30 percent of the 400 enrolment school, an average of more than weeks. has failed to show up for morn- ing classes during the past three "We have about 100 stu- dents away today," Principal W. S. Blake stated Tuesday. "As a matter of fact we sent three more home a few minutes ago. It's doubly serious with us this year, as the building upheaval during the first several weeks had already set us back considerably. Tm afraid exam time will be a pretty troublesome period to a lot of students this year. While the measles epidemic hit the high school first, it had worked its way down to public school age youngsters by the past week week Central School Principal F. V. Brown reported. "About 80 of our 298 are missing today, and I expect there'll be more before the epidemic has worked its way through," he stated. Brantwood school, in compari- son, has come off lightly to date, Mr. Brown revealed. "They were bothered with 'flu for a while, ut there have been few cases of measles so far," he said. At Westwood school, however, the absentee figures were also fairly heavy swelling a mid- week over-all total to approxi- mately 250. Dr. James Mather, Halton M. 0. H, stated only 113 measles cases had been reported in the county this year, and only 15 since Feb, 25, but said the at- tacks "are mild, so it Is probable Not Problem Hero "We have not' in our public schools that problem that possib- ly exists in other parts of the pro vince," said the chairman, 'due to the fact that last year we care- fully analyzed salary schedules and took action to bring the sal- aries up to levels that are ob- tained in the large cities of the province. We have therefore tak- en steps to encourage the highest calibre of teachers to come to Oakville." Westwood Addition The board examined plans for the new addition to Westwood school, It was decided to make provision for equipping two base- ment rooms as home economics and manual training classes for use of senior pupils. D. Peters, music dressed the board stated that much progress had been made In the teaching of nging in the schools since it was started five months ago. More space was needed, he said, and there Were not sufficient pianos. teacher, ad- briefly. He Move To Organize Linbreok H&S Assn. A meeting to organize a Lin- brook area Home & School Assn, has been arranged for Friday evening, March 17, it was an- nounced Monday. Mrs. J. Swift, of Burlington, Halton county organizer, will supervise the meat- ing, which will convene at 8 p.m, in Linbrook school. Admitting that the date will conflict with St. Patrick's Day destivities, parents who have un- dortaken meeting arrangements explain that it fs desirable that the prospective assn. be organ- ized before the annual convent- fon of H. & S. clubs. Mrs, Swift, who has been unable to under- take the organizational work earlier, due to illness, has request- ed that as many parents as pos- sible be on hand In order that a that many remain unreported." working executive may be set up. When Mayor James R. Black dipped into the ticket drum Mon- day night to decide the winner of the Oakville Optimist Club's Waster - Week - end - in - New = York draw, he little realized that he was innocently putting a fel- low mayor very much in the kpot. And he had no way of knowing, of course, that when he read out the name of Linda Whiting, Bel- yea Ave, at 7.30 pm, he signalling the start of a family schlemozzle that didn't subside until well past midnight wis By right, having her name on April 6, fly to New Yory with a friend, put up at the famed Hotel Taft while basking in the bril- liance of Broadway's bright lights, and pocket $50 of gool Optimist cash for spending money. That was the prize the Optimists had put up for their first fund raising raffle. » But brother Ruddy Whiting, Mayor of Teen Town, took a very dim view of Mayor Blac of selectivity. Linda, he r too young for this kind of a the winning ticket entitled 9- year-old Linda, daughter of Mr. |# and Mrs. Lester Whiting, to climb aboard a plane at Malton come Linda Waives, Brother Ruddy Raves, As Elders Share Optimist' Easter Loot claved, quietly but firmly. Mrs, Whiting nodded happy agreement. "But, Pop!" shricked Ruddy. "T bought the tickets, & whole book of them!" "It's not your name on the win- ner, is It?" queried Mr, Whiting, reasonably. "I've always wanted to shop in Gimbels," put in Mrs, Whiting, meditatively. Three hours later, of Teen Town clomped off to bed, vowing hoarsely that one chief maoglatrate just shouldn't oughta do that to another. "Never again," he declared, feelingly, "will I ever ativels name a" stub" His outlook was somewhat brighter, however, due to Pop Whiting's contribu tion of $25 to recompense him for his harrowing loss, the ' Mayor on draw ticket The stairway steps of the senior Whitings were decidedly more sprightly than those of thelr son. They were already mentally spending the $50 meal money In Mindys Shucks, jaunt, but it was right up his al- ley, mayoral or otherwise. "On top of which," contended Mayor Ruddy, "I bought the ticket in the first place!" Thal was where tioned schemozzle started, When Dad Lester heard his son's version of the unexpected developement, he quickly presented his own tidy solution to the problem. "Mother and IT will take the trip" he de- the aforemen- le Linda? SHE wasn't hard to please, She settled for trip ta Toronto on the trains! Afrplanes, Linda contends, just n't In it with the good old commuters choo-choo, and she'd always wanted to make that par- ticular trip. So she waived her rights promptly when wily Pop Whiting his 50-trip commuters everybody or le whole thing, mist club, which cleared riore than $200 for its boys work pro- gram. produced ticket. ended happy So up about the cluding the Opti- more .