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THE OARVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, April 6, 1950 The Oakville - Trafalgar Journal dian Weekly Newspapers Published Every Thursday Morning in Oakville, Ont., by Oakville-Trafalgar Publishers, Ltd. 7 Dunn Street North 8. Casey Weod, Jr, Vincent H. Barrey Managing BHditor Advertising Manager Bill Cotton, Hditorial Assistant Phone 1298 Trafalgar Tales {|| 7 SEEMS TO ME BY BESSIE CAIRNS By P. W. Thompson HAPPY EASTER One big compensation for Happy! Happy! Easter time--|living in a cold clime is the thrill and my radio has just poured|of seeing the winter depart and forth a witches brew of double, |spring make its entry. People double, toil and trouble from |who spend their lives in balmy every cornef of the globe. Thank [lands where the * temperature goodness that locally we still wel- | never drops below freezing and come the birds and the crocuses, [snow never falls can hardly feel get out the fishing tackle, polish|the same deep satisfaction at A Generous Constructive Gift The gift by J. M. Wallace of $15,000 to be used to establish a Community Centre devoted to base- ball and other sports in Oakville is a most generous and worthwhile contribution to the town's improve- ment. In deciding that the name of the park should be changed from Victoria Park to Wallace Park, council has acted in a suitable manner to express the appreciation that all town's folk should feel. The money is to be spent for floodlighting the baseball diamond. This undoubtedly will mean an increased attendance at baseball games. The early hour at which games formerly had to start placed a serious barrier in the way of many who would have liked to" attend. Now this will be removed, and re- sulting higher attendance will bring increased rev- enue into the till of the Community Centre. This in- creased revenue, it is expected--and there seems little doubt the expectations will be exceeded rather than not met--will be sufficient to provide all the necessary revenue to carry on the program of base- ball among the small fry of town. It means, in other words, that J. M. Wallaces' gift insures the contin- uance of the youngster's baseball activities--and to us this is one of the finest features of the bequest. Also, of course, our senior teams will be the better for the floodlighting. But they have done well in the past without it, and would, possibly, have been able to struggle through again in the future. But now none of the program will have to struggle. Increas- ed gates will take the financial struggle out--mow all our teams: will have to struggle about is to win games and that's the kind of struggle they all love. Hach year donations have been pried out of the various businessmen and individuals around town who could afford to give to the baseball program. Now one man has done all the giving that should be necessary for all time. Wallace Park will be a hive of activity .each evening, with certainity that each year will follow in due course without worries. This gift serves all the community, the entire community will be grateful. The Promise Of Easter It is customary and charming at Bastertide to voice expressions of good will to all our friends-- and the publishers would like to do so now. But we feel the best wish we could make for everyone is that the promise of Easter, the promise vof peace and spiritual contentment' through faith may come to us all this Easter and remain with us for ever. Christian churches throughout th world on Haster offer to anyone thie opportunity to renew, or to start their belief of the redemption of the world through Christ's sacrifice and triumph. We would urge everyone to attend church this Easter and to _include among their prayers one that wiser under- standing and tolerance may be given to the nations of the world. Our churches are the provided vehicles for unit- ed praise of the Almighty--they are the vehicles we should use the most all the year, but especially on Easter. Moving In On Speeding Council's decision to use police officers in plain clothes for the enforcement of traffic laws is a wise one. The many arguments brought forward in coun- cil against this move, all contained the specious arg- ument that motorists should be given a fair chance to beat the enforcement of speed laws. Anyone speeding is comitting an act which could be most harmful to some other, innocent, individual--and to themselves. There should not be any more consider- ation to giving speeders a sporting chance, than would be given to an armed bandit of bringing off the hold up he was trying to effect. Both are dang- erous individuals so far as the public is concerned, Both should suffer a penalty if they can possibly be caught. The conviction of both acts as a deterrant to others. If enough speeders are fined in town, then Al drivers will drive within the speed limit. Our streets will be that much safer. An Explanation The establishment of a Community Centre in 'Wallace Park, devoted primarily to baseball, in no way effects the locating of another Community Centre in Trafalgar Park, or elsewhere in town. Under the terms of the act, there may, eventually, be several such Community Centres in Oakville. The Oakville Baseball Association Community Centre is a seperate entity, not conflicting with the Recreation Commission, rather supplimenting it, and will not stop the establishment of the Community Centre Arena, or any other Community Centre which qual- ifies under the terms of the act. Tt is hoped that no one will become confused on this point. ° thing she will not say is, 'Please to retain Messrs. Johnston, 7- dd ere excuse my glove" This phrase is| Everson and Charlesworth, who Hiner Christian Nielsen's motto is not "Live and let live," but "Live and help to live" If more of mankind would adopt this motto, hydrogen bombs and man-against-man could vanish' from the globe. We hear town and township officials are being called to the telephone every few minutes to listen to com- plaints about the roads. It's too soon to waste gravel on the roads, so try to remember a slower pace may be required but you'll get there just the same. . - and the official you call can't do much for you until all the frost is out of the ground--for sure. up the golf clubs, stretch the spring's advent as those who budget to include new Baster|have lived through a Canadian bonnets, round up the family and |winter. Spring in warmer coun- go to church. tries may be just as beautiful as ere, or even more so. But it can ardly mean as much to the in- habitants as when it has been preceded, as in this country, by several months of cold weather. Easter however, is no local 2 festival. Long before the Christ- ian celebration of the Resurrec- tion of Jesus Christ, with the re- birth of the land man pledged the services of his heart and hand | 'SPring in this part of the world to Eostre, goddess of Spring. As|iS the greatest experience of the late as the 16th. century in parts|Whole year. What a sense of glad of France, Easter rather than|relief we feel af the first signs of January was celebrated as the| Winter's departure! With what beginning of the year. Frankly|Joy We watch the snow turn to BALLAD IN BRAILLE "I saw a redbird in a tree." You tell me that so casually As though it were a little thing To see a redbird in a tree. I know that I would dance and sing And be as wild as anything . . . Oh, nothing could contain my joy If I should glimpse one crimson wing. I wouldn't mind the loneliness, I'd heed your pity even less; If T could see that miracle, I'd give my very soul, I guess. What isn't there I'd give to be Able to say so casually As though it were a little thing, "I saw a redbird in a tree." --Orma Jean Surbey The author of this poem, which is reprinted from THINK magazine, is blind. The Oakville and district campaign on behalf of the blind will commence April 25, and will carry through to May 2. over the centuries what have we|Water under the of achieved? Perhaps it's a sign of|the powerful sun, and the old age but I so well remember |Streams, released from their icy my 21st birthday. Tt was a beau- Prison, go rushing merrily along tiful Easter Sunday and I was|3s if rejoicing in their new- seeing Washington for the first|found freedom. time. The cherry blossoms were| And there are days and nights in bloom and this old world|When the earth seems bathed by seemed a paradise. As I walked |8reat waves of life-giving warm- down the steps of the church that | th, the atmosphere heavy with morning I was so confident that |the haunting aroma of moist ear- "God was in His Heaven and all| th that is of the Very essence of was well with the world" Our|SPring. children need the same assur-| 'All this is merely the prelude ance, how can We give it to them? | to the glorious season of burst- Personally I believe the answer|ing leaf and bud, and sprouting lies in the simple faith of all the| grass, when all the land is trans- great religions of the world. It's|formed, almost overnight, into a surprising how similar: are the [magnificent panorama of living basic beliefs. green. True enough, spring does not always live up to its repu- tation, and we often have cold, disagreeable days in April and even in May. But the long ordeal of winter is over, and ahead lie the glorious months of late spring Jainism: Be fair and impartial( nq summer. At this particular to all. Treat all men as brothers. | timo of the year we are looking Judaism: God has made all men | goa q and mot backward. Amid brothers and they should livelhe resurgence of nature, living together as brothers at all times. | oreatures feel a new stirring and Mohammedism: All mankind iS | ye-awakening process within one family one people. All men| themselves. Spring is the great are brothers and should live as| nealing, restorative season. It is such. The Lord loves those Who| the time of year above all others, so] live. when we are glad to be alive. I could quote from many other religious writings with only very slight variations in the wording. | clouds will vanish from the skies, Surely if people all over the world|so away with Cassandra and a are true to their beliefs the dark|happy Easter to all Christianity: Brotherly love should rule the world. Confucianism: Friendship, and brothethood are the cardinal vir- tues. OLLIE'S ceAners & DYERS QUALITY WORKMANSHIP AND SERVICE To Citizens of Oakville and Vicinity FOR 28 YEARS FREE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY 66 Colborne St. E. Phone 588 W. S. DAVIS & SON REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE MORTGAGES * W. E. DAVIS R. C. A. CUMBERLAND 71 Colborne St., Oakville Ee Phone 41 Evenings and Holidays Phone 612-R WILLIAM C. MILLIGAN, R.O. OPTOMETRIST « » OPTICIAN 69A COLBORNE ST. OAKVILLE (Over Bank of Commerce) TELEPHONE 1507 OFFICE HOURS Closed All Day Wednesday Thursday evening--7.00 to 8.00 p.m., or by appointment. PUFFS FROM THE COTTON GIN Have you noticed that, in re- are you?" when a further glance cent years, that fine old kid, calf| may show that the person at the and suede institution, the glove,| other end of the handshake is in has been dwindling more than|a bad way indeed. Some men put somewhat in popular favour? |real emotion into "Please excuse You haven't? I hadn't, either,| my glove" sounding almost as until this very week, when| though they were saying some- Messrs. Johnston, Everson,| thing new as they grin with re- Charlesworth, Haworth, Corn-|lief at having the glittering bon waite and Higgins very Kindly| mot ready." brought the matter to my attent-| "At this time of year, however, ion. men begin to find themselves meeting people and bracing themselves for a few words of conversation, and not having a glove to try getting off and therefore not being able to apol- ogize about it. When men be- came tongue-tied in the Spring it used to be thought that it was love, but now it is seen that they just haven't anything to say when caught without gloves." Egad, gentlemen, this IS ser- ious. The way I see it, the gals get to do most of the casual or- ating as it is. If the glove sit- uation continues to deteriorate in this unfortunate manner, and the male section of the population thereby becomes a sad collection of socially silent Sams, its going to mean absolute feminine dom- ination of the conversation inational league, which, as I say, already has a pronounced so- prano-contralto lilt, "Tf you ever meet a woman and| I can't' think of a satisfactory get into a situation where the| solution to the problem offhand. two of you are shaking hands, you| I do feel, however, that the glove will find that she may say all| manufacturers would do' well-- sorts of peculiar things, but one|if they haven't already done so-- These gentlemen, in addition to acting as casual observers of the glove wearing habits of Canad- jans in general and putting in a busy work week as public rela- tions consultants, publish month- ly a neat little commentary en- titled THE PRINTED WORD. In their most recent . edition, they point out with characteristic and, presumably, collective wit that this slip in the popularity of year round digital covering is lamen- table chiefly because it may eventually lead to the demise of a time honored conversational gambit. As the Messrs. John- ston, Everson, Charlesworth, ete. explain it, this apparent disin- terest in current examples of the glover's art could quite easily re- sult in the complete collapse of the vocal side of social life. They put it this way: used by men only. Women never | would no doubt immediately apologize for wearing a glove, If| assign to Messrs Haworth, they have gloves on, they seldom | Cornthwaite and Higgins the try to bare their right hand for| Publicity task of slipping spring, a shake." summer and fall gloves onto the stubborn pinkies of every man "Men make a great job Of) Fook of us. I realize we may trying to get the glove off their| fight the move to the last ditch. handshaking hand. They usually| put I shudder to think about don't quite get the glove off. So| wnat could happen happen if we then they say, "Please excuse my| jo refuse to be reasonable about glove" Tt gives them something| sore hing. to say, something definite and SE ten socially safe. The phrase is much EASTER CANDY BUNNIES, HENS, CUPIE DOLLS MOTOR CYCLES, 10 © $2.50 - EGGS, Cream Filled .05 © $1.00 DECORATED TOYS, BASKETS AND NOVELTIES This year give the famous Black Magic CHOCOLATES $1.25 « $2.50 DONNA LEA Weer Colborne St. E. (Opp. Century Theatre) Oakville safer, for instance than, "How BILL COTTON Hi Folks! Care for a night of FUN & FROLIC Once a Week? THEN COME TO Club "50" AT THE Pig & Whistle Inn BRONTE Every Wednesday Evening Entertainment Provided -- Dancing Community Singing -- Requests Played ADMISSION: Members 35c Non-Members 50c Ra ----