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Page 4 OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, Jute 1, 1950 Oakville- Trafalgar Journal Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published Every Thursday Morning in Oakville, Ont. by Oakville-Trafalgar Publishers, Ltd. 7 DUNN STREET NORTH S. Casey Wood, Jr. Managing Editor Bill Cotton, Editorial PHONE 1298 Vincent H. Barrey Advertising Manager Assistant NNN AA Trafalgar Tales BY BESSIE CAIRNS OF KINGS AND QUEENS Cleopatra got away with mur- der, married her two brothers, had a son by Julius Caesar and three children by Mark Antony; vet, even in death, bedecked in royal robes and priceless jewels she flaunted her oriental guile, When Disaster Strikes At Home When disaster comes to a community there is usually a period during which everyone discusses how terrible the event was . .. and then too often that is the end of it. But Oakville isn't that kind of a community. Immediately the harbour disaster was over, businessmen of the westside began to investi- cate conditions of the Guy family. What they found immediately showed action was needed, and they went to work with a concerted desire to assist. Mrs. Guy, and her two children, and another child to be born soon, have been left in a destitute condit- jon. The head of the family lost his life in the blast which wrecked the ship in the harbour, and he has left them far from their family--who live in New- foundland-- without the means to return home, or to sustain life here. Mrs. Guy is in hospital, and Ed. Slater has taken in the children. And the westside businessmen and their wives have a campaign launched to raise funds, and other necessities for the family which has been so sudden- ly stricken by an appalling blow. This is.a need right in our own back yard--it is a need that we believe everyone will want to assist. We urge everyone to think how they would feel if they were in a like situ- ation many miles from home . . . and that thought will, we believe indicate what should be done. The Toronto Daily Star is giving the fund a ter- rific lift, and there will be many people throughout the province who will join the people of Oakville in this project as a result--for Canadians have time and time again shown that they are a people who under- stand and sympathise with another's adversity. Not Little But Big In an editorial advocating the opposite view to that taken by this paper last week with reference to «0, Canada" being adopted by the Canadian navy, the Globe and Mail said, "banishes a fine old song because it does not satisfy the vanity of little Can- adians, then it is time to protest." We do not believe this is a matter of vanity, un- less iteis vanity being used as meaning pride. We feel that to label as "Little Canadians" anyone who is vain of their country is a mistalke. If to be vain of oth- er people's opinion of Canada is to be little, then our schools across the nation are busily engaged in turn- ing out a lot of "little" people. We choose to think, rather, that they are turning out a great number of young people who are going to be justly proud: of their country's great heritage . . . and future . . and as such they will be big Canadians, who can make a contribution to that future. In the same editorial, the newspaper says the substitution of Canada's anthem for "Rule Britan- nia" is . . . "insisting on a sovereignty that ought to be taken for granted." We should like to point out that a sovereignty of this nature is a negative one and is not in the British tradition for which the . paper is making a plea. Britain's world position, the respect in which she is held, her ability to bring Can- ada to a point where she could become a nation her- self, the love which all Canadians hold for her, all of these were accomplished by a sovereignty which was never taken for granted. If Canada is to become a great nation, is to march forward in nationhood with strides which will keep her in relative position with the great nation to our south, she cannot hope to do so if she accepts her sovereignty as a passive thing. Tt must be a living part of the progress which we all look for. Another Feather In Oakville's Cap With the official opening of the High school last week, Oakville put up another merit bar for an effort that other communities will envy. To the building committee, and to the board, go the praise for the successful completion of the additions to the old school. As is usual there will be isolated cases where things might have been done better--just the way when you've finished building that dream house, you can figure a way you might have improved it--but none the less the Oakville-Trafalgar High School plant is one that impresses all visitors with its effect- jve layout and equipment. Thomas Blakelock as chairman of the building committee has spent a great deal of time on the building and all the board members have assisted him with many hours of careful and thoughtful consideration--but as with the Memorial hospital, it is to the people of Oakville and Trafalgar that the credit must go . . . for it is their money which has heen spent, and which has made possible a seat for learning for our youth which can provide the best education available anywhere in Halton county. With this building, and a suitable staff, there is no limitation on what each pupil may acquire . . . ex- cept the amount of effort that each pupil wishes to expend. The tulips in George's Square are a credit to the Parks Board and are worth a trip to view them. The name of this squate, by the way, has always been a cource of interest to many new residents . . . many _ thinking that it is St. George's Square, and named after the Patron Saint of England. Such is not the "ase. The square was named after George King Chish- olm. Ror safety, and excellence of display, the combined fire: ork displays conducted by the Westside and Linbrook. Home and School associations get top marks. It'S & wonderful solu- tion to a dificult problem that faces all parents each year. Li grandeur and cruelty. The asp that delivered the fatal sting was selected after the Queen had seen many slaves writhe in ag- ony from the less speedy bites of other venomous serpents. Nearly two thousand years have passed since then and to-day Far- ouk is ruler of that ancient land. Who is he, and what if any will be his place in history? Neither he nor his father, the late King Fuad rate a line in the 1941 edit- ion of the Encyclopeadia Britan- nica . . . the Duchess of Windsor gets several, though when it comes to the question of denying the right to marry the person one loves, Farouk takes second place to no-one. For a brief period Edward VIII was ruler of the largest empire the world has ever known. Far- ouk is the second sovereign since Cleopatra to rule a land that once held sway over the then khown world. Many books have been written about ancient Egypt Greece, Rome and Turkey, far too little is known of those coun- tries to-day. Since the last war, the romance of Ingrid Bergman has been given more press Cov- erage than any other news from the land of the Caesars. Yet Italy is so geographically situated that it will always affect Mediterran- ean history. Greece is the sole foothold of democracy in the tur- bulent Balkans. Turkey straddles the Dardanelles, the shortest sea route to Russia and Egypt dom- inates the Suez. All these count- ries are vital links in the path- way to the rich oil fields of the middle east. Kenneth DeCourcey, the British publisher, and more locally, Kenneth the Globe and Mail, have urged the necessity of friendship, good solid friendship at that, between the western democracies and the countries of the eastern Medi; terranean. For diplomatic reas- ons it might be wise to reserve our censure of King Farouk, for more practical reasons might be wise too . . . as recently as 1924 the impaled heads of British sol- diers and diplomats on the walls of Cairo offered grim warnings of interference in internal mat- ters. With the whole world to- day like a gigantic chessboard need we sit feebly by while one leader calls check? Could it be that the leaders are themselves the pawns and that an informed public can prove the real kings and queens of the game. Next week 1 should like to tell you a little of what I learned and saw MacTaggart of [> IT SEEMS TO ME By P. W. Thompson Blossom time--what ecstasies it awakens in its brief duration! How many poems, how many pieces, of lush prose has this all too short period of the year in- spired! And understandably. For upon the myriad tender blooms that adorn the fruit trees Nature has lavished an incalculable wealth of beauty to gladden the human heart. He would be indeed a dull and doltish creature who did not feel at least a slight stir of pleasurable emotion at the glorious spectacle of an apple or cherry tree in blossom. What exquisite beauty is that of an apple blossom in bud! Such a delicate pinkness there is in the unopened petals. Here, surely, is one of Nature's great- est masterpieces of loveliness. And when the petals open, when the tree is a great mass of tiny, fragile white flowers, what a vis- ion of pure, fresh beauty meets the eye! It is the beauty of the year at the spring, something akin to the beauty of the early dawn and the unsullied beauty of youth. Beholding it, the heart is strangely moved, the spirit exults. It is spring, and all the world is lovely, and it is glor- jous just to be alive. But how ephemeral, how very fleeting is the beauty of these blossoms! Not for long are these charming creations spared to adorn the landscape. A few days at most and the petals start fluttering earthward, and soon their brown, shrivelled remains are carpeting the ground. And how infinitely sad and forlorn are these lovely blossoms in their decay! It is hard to contemplate them lying dead and withered without a pang of sadness, a feel- ing of distress at the ruthless- ness of Nature which has so soon destroyed the beauty it created. But Nature is inexorable in its methods. The tender, fragile lossoms must make way for the tiny fruit, the great process of growth must go on. Many of the world's most beautiful - things are short-lived, according to some in- scrutable law. All we can do is to make the most of their olveliness while it lasts. Letters To The Editor Mr. Casey Wood, Jr. Publisher, The Oakville-Trafalgar Journal 7 Dunn Street North, Oakville, Ontario. Dear Mr. Wood: 1 am covered with confusion as I look at the date on your classi- fied invoice, and I recall that on two or three different occasions 1 intended to pay the account while in Greece and Turkey. will be darned if I have been able to locate your plant. In the meantime, and while we are settling up this matter, would you mind putting through a sub- scription for one year to that brisk and very intelligently edit: ed newspaper of yours. You have probably heard this one before, but we are sincere when we say that you are most certainly doing a very grand job and as an old newspaper man myself, 1 fully realize just how much real, worthwhile effort you are putting into the job. 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KENTEN ACRES KENNELS Durie Road, Streetsville Phone 21-4 We also clip po: when I had been uptown, but I | c The divorce rate in the U.S. is certainly no laughing matter. Already well past the stage where the ties that used to bind no longer even hamper, it has long been a source of concern to state, clergy, students of human relations--in fact, to all thinking people. In spite of the admitted ser- iousness of an alarming develop: ment that has made divorce ap- pear in the public eye to be close behind marriage as an institution one cannot help being amazed and passingly amused, however, by the astounding elasticity of so-called "just causes" listed in the varying state divorce laws by our neighbouring legislators. Human nature and Yankee common sense, 1 suppose, rolled this: elastic into the legal kiln. But it must all be very confusing to the Canadian bench, to say nothing of our citizenry as a whole. Take, for instance the case of Bob Carter, of West Allis, Wis- consin, who is one lad who can take a hint. He asked for a div- orce on desertion grounds, tell ing the judge the desertion took lace two blocks from the church two minutes after they were married. Then there J Kiawachi, of San Franci who received a divorce and $100 a month alimony because Jim had i abit - | but quickly Kiawachi's name is Joan. The judge temper isdom with mercy in this , however, stipulating that Joan return Jim's banjo, stamp collection and false teeth. A Los Angeles gal, studying demonstrated she was skip: cree. Her husband, she declared, tried to get her to abandon her studies because he didn't want her to become more intelligent han he was. In Detroit, Mrs. PUFFS FROM THE OTTON GIN Pat Stephens won a divorce by testifying that her husband thought it was ex- tremely funny to kiss the dog, give her a pat on the head, and walk out the door. And a Seattle bride unsnapped by complaining that her life was just one long gin rummy mara- thon. She didn't mind playing the game day after day, or hubby's rubbing it in as his score mount: ed, But her patience broke com- pletely when, for her first anni- versary, her husband made her a munificent present of 2,000 points. I Storey, a disillusioned chap in Worcester, Mass, irrit- ably told the court his wife cut off all his trousers at the knee. He called that extreme cruelty --and, I can't help but agree with him. And I feel rather sorry for Randy Woods, who was, after all, merely refusing to leave any stone unturned. Randy's wife div- orced him because he insisted, whenever they ate oysters, on prodding the shell thoroughly with his fingers. She said it em- barrassed her when his zealous: ness caused him to slop food all over his evening clothes. But Randy remained unabashed at the verdict. "Ill find a pearl some day," he firmly declared But, remarkable as some of these instances may be, the sad plight of Walter John Henry Watson must be something of a record. W. J. H. got his divorce when ha told the court wife Jean had poured al- cohol all over him while he slept then set a match to him. The torch he once carried for Jean, he declared feelingly, had never burned THAT brightly. But let's pause, before overcome by the wonder of it all, to deciding that your spouse's habit of using the sugar tongs scratcher is able offence. as a a maritally back indict- Amazedly Yours, BILL COTTON Toys bo Successes -- MORRIS * MINOR Finest small car yet built. 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