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Page 4 Thursday, June 22, 195) 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. Vincent H. Barrey Managing Editor Advertising Manager Bill Cotton, Editorial PHONE 1298 Assistant They Know Oakville's Reputation The gratifyingly large response from out-of- town visitors to the Garden Tour offered by the Wo- men's Auxiliary of the Memorial hospital indicates several things about the Oakville district in which all residents will, we believe, join us in feeling proud. Firstly, the hundreds of people who: came from Toronto and Hamilton would not have come had they not felt sure they were going to enjoy an after- noon that could not he equalled anywhere else-- which is another way of saying that Oakville's repu- tation in Hamilton, Toronto, etc. is of the best. These visitors knew that an Oakville project would be a good project, and one from which they would benefit. This means that Oakville, rightly, is held in high esteem--and we should all be proud that such is the case. Secondly, the way in which the Auxiliary mem- bership carried out their program is something that also brought credit to Oakville. All visitors must have carried away with them an impression of an expert- ly handled affair; with pleasant, hardworking women doing everything possible to make them feel at home and have as much pleasure as possible. Thirdly, the residents who opened their gardens to the public for the Auxiliary deserve the greatest appreciation possible. It cannot be one of the easiest things to make your property available for hordes of people, such as attended the show, to' walk around and see your flowers. The citizens who made avail- able the beauty of their grounds and flowerbeds, have helped in building Oakville's already high rep- utation for being one of Ontario's beauty spots to an even higher point. Mention should also be made of the daily papers in Toronto and Hamilton, and radio stations which gave so much advance publicity to the tours, In doing so they revealed that they had confidence 'in any charity project sponsored by an Oakville group as being of interest to their readers and listeners. They could only have this confidence because of Oakville's reputation for similar successes. This paper is most interested in having Oak- ville's reputation of such a sparkling nature--and is still pledged to do everything it can to assist in furth- ering and maintaining this good name. We're Happy Too ! This paper has never felt the urge to write its own "Letters to the Editor," and certainly has never written one to an editor of another paper and pub- lished it under that heading. However, last week the Tabloid-ish paper up the street felt the urge to write us one.in that way. 5 Now we respect its right to indulge its urges whenever so prompted--which is probably just as well for our personal peace of mind--provided no in- nocent party is hurt in gratifying the urge. Certainly, this time, no one was even ruffled. We do appreciate it also having re-printed in to- tal our editorial about the resignation of the High School principal, because any slighty wider reader- ship that it might receive in this way would be help- ful to this community. However, we must admit we doubt if the Tabloid-ish paper realized it was accom- plishing this. The sum and substance of the editor's letter re- ferred to, which was delivered by hand to us at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday (press day) last week, was that the lady editor of the other paper found our advice not acceptable; and was satisfied with the policies of sensationalism practiced by her paper, as they at- tracted "The largest number of advertising dollars." --possibly of the first consideration--and what she termed "Increasingly larger numbers of readers." With regards to the last, we suppose everything in life is relative to the eye of the adorer--even news- paper circulation. And it should be pointed out, in justice, that an editor is an employee of the publish- er and like any employee must carry out the pub- lisher's wishes, or else. But when the editor writes us that she is content, after a year and some months of these defended policies, with the present circulation of her paper, which is so many hundreds of copies less than previous publisher George Atkins enjoyed, we'd be the last to complain. Although we might say, in a kindly way, of course, "Honey, your slip is show- ing!" 5 2 Pazddirng Conmimmest Arch Grant creates Jack Fraser Stores local adver- tising layouts you see In this paper--and a year ago Father's Day he originated the lead banner "Father's expecting," following it up with what that worthy. chap might be expecting. Now, this year the Forsyth company put out their Father's Day promotion adver- tising using the same lead. Just points up how every- body's watching the Journal. Some of the neglected farm fields around here are vis- fons of beauty compared with the centre boulevard of Uni- versity Avenue, one of the chief wagon tracks of the suburb to the east of us. For a city that prides itself on being one of North America's most beautiful, Toronto's neglect in this case Is pretty discouraging. Almost as discouraging as the way the Toronto police have set the traffic lights on that same street for north-bound traffic. If anyone could make more than one block at a time last Sunday afternoon, they must have had wings on their cars. No wonder Toronto traf- fic is the slowest moving known. | Trafalgar Tales BY BESSIE CAIRNS MILLIONAIRES LAND? The latest addition to the post- man's car is a shingle in the windshield with the words "Roy- al Mail" printed on it. I said to Mr. Brown, "The American tour- ists will get a kick out of that, how they love to travel The King's Highway. "In fact they seem to think more of our links with the crown than we do." actly the latest and at that time I had been bumped and the rearend was all smashed in. As I was driving along 1 came to a section of road that was closed for repairs. The man with a flag was about to wave me on when an American tourist with a splashy new model car drove up. When he was stopped he inquired wrathfully what right I had to go through. On being told that I rep- resented the Government of Can- ada he sald, "For gosh sakes is that the best car the Canadian government can afford!" I don't believe Mr. Brown ex- pects a mew car but purely from a dollar point of view there's something to be said for catering to the regal touch that our neigh- bours expect on this side of the border. Certainly on their own side they are anxious enough to claim any royalty or royalties coming their way. This is neither a plea for Rule Britannia or even God Save the King. Born as I was in England of thoroughly British stock I naturally thought the king would save me. God might look after the inhabitants of the rest of the world, as He saw fit, but were I to be attacked by pirates in the IT SEEMS TO ME By P. W. Thompson read our last which dealt with against gambling, thought we had omitted an im- portant point. It was this--that the reason antigambling meas- ures were likely to prove in- effective their unpopularity with the majority of citizens. No law that lacked public support could succeed, our critic pointed out. Government-supervised Someone who week's column, the campaign * [gambling we believed, might of- fer a partial solution to gambling evils. We certainly can find no fault with this criticism, and we be- lieve that the suggestion has its merits. Laws against gambling are hard to enforce for the sim- ple reason that relatively few people are willing to co-operate with the authorities in their en- forcement. A great number of people have no interest in gamb- ling themselves, yet do not re- gard it as a serious offence and are not anxious to see others punished for taking part in it. A similar situation followed the enactment of prohibition laws in this country and the United States. Far from enjoying public support, as do laws against theft, murder, and acts which are manifestly bad and antisocial, the anti-liquor = regulations were strenuously opposed by a large section of the public, including many non-drinkers. The liquor traffic soon got into the hands of bad unscrupulous characters, who practiced violence and cor- ruption. The abuses, and the dif- ficulties of enforcement led, in the end, to the abandonment of prohibition. We do not believe that gamb- (Continued on Page 7) (Continued on Page 7) For almost a year now, bridge, gin rummy and even good old poker have been swept right off Canada's card tables by an ex- asperating, ridiculously simple, enjoyable, remarkably perplexing and wholly captivating form of South American madness known as Canasta. Thousands have succumbed to its lure, and sing its praises joyously. Other thousands berate its inventor roundly as they sadly rue the day they laid down their first red threes. Husbands who have formerly taken their wives' whimsies in full stride now halt abruptly in mid-draw to question, with increasingly bit- ter sarcasm, the little lady's blankety blank reason for discus- sing millinery with her feminine opponent when she should be con centrating on safe discards. On the other hand, couples who have been at loggerheads for years now smile at each other conten- tedly, one eye shining with the light of reborn rapture as the other optic greedily scans the score sheet to watch the points pile up. 2 Why are reactions to this lat- est card game craze so varying? Probably because so few people have troubled to learn to play the game properly. While the rules of Canasta sound more compli- cated than they really are, it is i no game for even though I DO play it on oc- casion. There are several sound, quick guides to Canasta--none of which 1 have ever read--which will tell you exactly what to do when you pick up your cards. These, sight unseen, I heartily recommend, as 1 don't intend to try and tell | you how to play. However, with the background of several adventurous evenings of Canasta research with a certain editor whose erudition is only ex- ceeded by his argumentive force- fulness, I can offer you a few in- valuable suggestions as to how NOT to play. 1. When the deal slaps you happy with three beautiful big red treys, never bang them down on the table with gleeful "Whoopee!" This always infur- fates your opposition, and you will undoubtedly pay for your en- thusiasm later when your op- ponents freezes the deck just as you are running fresh out of PUFFS FROM THE COTTON GIN lience is prone to give you a feel- ing of over confidence right at the start, leaving you wide open to the snide thrusts of a watchful adversary. Just place your threes in a neat row, and remark quiet- ly: "Merely a little something I happened to pick up." 2. When your partner seems about to make a play that is ob- viously ridiculous, never shriek: "Hold it, you dumb cluck!" A sharp kick under the table to the lower curve of the kneecap is in- finitely more effective, and less likely to annoy your opponents. 3. Always watch your partner's discards closely. Chances are he or she is guessing just as bravely as you are with your own, and when you can make an unlucky guess by your partner appear to be a grievous tactical misjudge- ment, you are thereby protecting yourself against the next blund- er you make yourself. 4. When shuffling the 108 card deck, it is advisable to keep up a steady run of chatter to divert attention from your paddies. Decks of 108 are much harder to stack than the 52 card variety. 5. Never pick up the discard pile from the 'basket and riffle through it to see what's been going in. For some reason, this gesture seems to make opponents particularly hostile, 6. Refrain from unseemly ex- uberance when you fill a Canasta. 'When your opponents slap down the next three seven carders a few minutes later, it makes the letdown all the more hard to bear. 7. Refrain from making exper- imental melds. This sort of thing may seem like an awfully tidy wrinkle, and admittedly does show your partner about half of your 'hand before you suddenly discover that you really don't have a high enough count, but your opponents won't like this one either, and are very apt to ring the rule book in on you. I could go ow dishing out these helpful don'ts indefinitely, but this is too nice a day, and I'm an- xious to get out and play golf. There, now, is a game! You can blame your inability on things like clubs and poor lies and sand traps and such. In Canasta, all you can blame is your own thick head. Top heavily yi pairs. Besides, untoward ebul- rs, BILL COTTON AS WE SEE IT return. Loblaws donated $300 to the significant. places of business. (Continued from Page 1) the wages and business tax they pay, they contribute very little in Memorial hospital. In proportion to the generous and self-sacrificing donations of the smaller mer chants; or the donations made by other chains which only maintain order offices and which gave many times this sum, the amount is So let us all remember that it Is still the small merchants, the in- dependent businessmen such as we are ourselves, who when some. thing has to be done In the town will have to turn to and do it--and in doing so will merely be justifying our existence in the town and your continued patronage whenever possible of our independent LONDON TAILORED 62 Colborne St. OAKVILLE 'phone 645-w leisure begins with D the famous English comfort-in-action trousers Superb comfort with supreme good- looks, Self-supporting--no belt ar pressure round the waist. 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