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il \ I statesman continued on | | | Oakville- Trafalgar Journal Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published Every Thursday Morning in Oakville, Ont, by Oakville-Trafalgar Publishers, Ltd. 7 DUNN STREET NORTH Ss. Casey Wood, Jr. Vincent H. Barrey Managing Editor Advertising Manager Bill Cotton, Editorial Assistant PHONE 1298 5 The Hall Of Fame The death of the Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie | | King brings to a close a life of service to Canada | which was outstanding for its constancy of purpose land consistency of action. While those of opposite | political belief, and even some of similar belief, have many times been highly critical of the former Prime | Minister's actions, they will, if entirely honest, agree | that at all times, and under all stresses, these actions | were in accordance with his professed beliefs and | purposes, and were seldom if ever governed by a | bow to momentary expediency. : | In an era during which many of his contempor- || ary politicians in this and other countries were veer- | Il ing and backing and filling to trim their sails to the J! winds of popular demand, Canada's "self-dedicated Tis selected paths with de- | termination and constancy. it Mr. King built, the liberal party in Canada to 2 i i height of power it had never achieved before--his | long unequalled tenure of public ; office, without 2 |! single charge of veniality, is a tribute to his life's | work. A solitary man, as many great leaders have been, il he had a host of men who loved him among his fol- | lowers. He left Canada advanced in the company of Wl nations, advanced in social legislation. To those who would say another could have done better, we would suggest that another can always do better, after the first individual has made the effort and brought the | work to the stage where another can exercise hind- | sight. With Mr. King's death a period in Canada's |. growth comes to a close. Today she faces new tests, as a nation among the United Nations, as an oppon- ent of World Communism. Much of the work of the | former Prime Minister will stand her in good stead in her new problems--he has helped to forge this na- tion, the nation must now prove it can play its part the way he always said it could. Another great Canadian leader has joined the great men of our history. Canada has never lacked such men, she does not lack them today. But regret over the loss of a man who for so long has been clos- ely integrated with all our lives should be felt by everyone. The Risk Capital Of Philanthrophy I The people of Ontario, for whose betterment the late Joseph E. Atkinson created the Charitable Foundation which bears his name, will be pleased with the conception of the part the foundation is to .play in their lives, as stated by the trustees this week. . The announcement last Monday stated: "Such a Foundation does not exist merely to provide funds for other organizations which are already undertak- ing certain projects with public support, but to init- | iate new projects of that nature after the most care- ful scrutiny of need and potential results." The trustees amplified this promise of new char- jtable, religious and educational activities with this statement: "It is the belief of the trustees that the { "Foundation should not hesitate to promote research in little-explored fields and should lead the way in promoting new plans for the betterment of mankind." Similar great Foundations elsewhere in the world, such as the Rockefeller Foundation, acting on similar lines have contributed to world advance- ment in the lightening of mankind's burdens. In the case of the Atkinson Foundation it is the people of Ontario who must benefit first, for such was the donor's wish; but undoubtedly out of the work the foundation will foster and initiate, mankind in gen- eral will also derive good. Without the financial sup- port which Foundations alone can render, many suc- cessful undertakings which have pushed the barriers of ignorance backward, would never have been com- menced, nor been carried to completion. The trustees have wisely chosen to have assist- ance, without remuneration, from experienced lead- ers in such phases of human endeavour. They are es- pecially to be congratulated for including advisors from the Provincial Government's Department of Health and Welfare, for the following reason: The foundation, working with the government, may be able to undertake a much needed activity which lies beyond the range of government funds or govern- ment authority. Such activities can be explored by the foundation and may lead to a safer and more spiritually and physically satisfying life for the peo- ple of Ontario. The expansion of charitable activities in Ontar- io will be welcomed by everyone. With the objectives as outlined by the trustees of the Foundation, which . will carry out! the late Mr. Atkinson's wishes exactly as stated in his will, there can be no argument. These are objectives which will make risk capital for phil- anthropy available to benefit the people of this pro- vince. Ns TED RAI Trafalgar Tales BY BESSIE CAIRNS HERE AND THERE Here 1 go again sounding off on subjects as close -as one's back door and distant as the Himalaya Close to home--with the influx of new residents in South-East Tra- falgar here's = 'hoping that gar- bage collection will come under the Township. Under the present setup Joe Lawrence's truck is as welcome as the flowers in spring but I, for one, am in some doubt as to where and how his truck is received, when it comes to a question of disposing of the load. It would be nice to think there was an air-wick welcome at the other end and a bull-doz- er to smooth things over. I do not think it's the wish of any of the residents of South-East Trafalgar to create a bad odour in another section of the township. This summer has brought home to me at least, the need for a swimming pool in Oakville. Here we have an ideal environment for children, a well-organized day camp, capable swimming instruc- tors, hundreds of eager little beavers ready to take the plunge and a lake temperature of 45 degrees. 5 I have no intention of offering advice on how to run the war in Korea, but I do think reporting the Kum river as "the line of no retreat" was unfortunate, espec- fally if it was carried over the Oriental radio system. We, who boast of losing every battle but the last can accept the loss of Taejon but the reaction in Red China, Indo-China and even far off Tibet is liable to mean a loss of face. "Face", in the Orient has no connection with eyes, nose and mouth, it's just something you mustn't lose. A well-to-do Japanese man may take a bath with hid neighbour's wife and neither lose face or blush, but] would lose it fast if he carried his own parcels. A servant loses face if the master complains to the No. 3 boy rather than the No. 1 boy over some breach of Thursday, July 27, 950 -- IT SEEMS TO ME By P. W. Thompson However lacking in adventure our personal lives may be, the life of the human race to which we belong is a tremendous ad- venture that has been going on for many thousands of years, and shows no signs of ending. We can catch something of the spirit of this great human adventure when we go through a museum, read history, or let our minds range back along the centuries. Hu mans began as very primitive creatures in a vast, mysterious and dangerous wilderness that covered all the land areas of the globe. They lived in caves and went in fear of being devoured by wild beasts. They ate roots and berries and such animals as they were able to Kill with clubs, stones, and crude spears. They knew very little about the world they lived 'in, and less about the great universe outside it. For century after century this primitive life continued with few changes. Then, several thou- sand years ago--a long time when judged by the life of the individual, but a very short one in terms of the race--men began fo build towns and cities, to make laws, to develop a system of exchange and barter. All the with time they were struggling their environment, with cold, heat, flood, famine, wild beasts, and various hostile forces. As the centuries passed great nations arose, with huge armies and elab- orate systems of government. Buildings became larger, more palatial. Literature, art, and philosophy developed. Sail- ors began to make long voyages religion e in sailing vessels. Bloody and destructive wars were waged. At last came the collapse of the reat Roman Empire, followed by centuries of darkness and so- cial chaos. The middle ages saw the rise of feudalism, the building of many new towns, cathedrals and castles, and two inventions that were to have household discipline. Perhaps the prize example of face is the one I heard in Tok- yo. There it had always been cus-| tomary for men and women to bathe together but the fact that American tourists found the custom amusing constituted a loss of face. To solve the prob- lem one of the large bath-houses in Tokyo put a rope across the centre of the tank . . . men on one side, women the other, and thus the day was saved. The Korean situation may well be- come more serious if U.N. loses face in the Orient. upon the trend of human develop: ment--gunpowder and printing. There were ruinous wars, rebel- lions, pestilences. With the ren: aissance period came a revival of learning, a flowering of art and architecture in Burope. Medical knowledge increased, astron- omers began to explore the heav- ens with telescopes and to pub- lish their findings. The art of navigation improved, Columbus discover America, and great new vistas were opened up. With the eighteenth céntury came the steam engine and the beginnings of the industrial revolution. The following century brought the railway, the steamship, the tele- (Continued on Page 7) Padding Comm erit It is difficult to believe, but some people have started hoarding items which during the last war they found were rationed, or impossible to secure. Such action will merely have the effect--if it has any effect except on the mental condit- ion of the perpetrator--of driving present prices even higher. There is no shortage . . . and no world war III at present. The world war II lasted for sufficient years so that any com- modities hoarded at its beginning, didn't last anywhere near the course. If the war to eradicate Communism now, it will, we are afraid, last even longer . . is to come . so hoarding of small quantities of commodities is not only selfish, but ex- tremely silly. The question of patriotism doesn't apply now, of course. It's just a question of not paying higher prices for the items you buy from day to day, as a result of hoarding items you don't want to use until some other day comes along--a day that may never arrive. Just as silly as most vi- cious circles are, in other words! On the subject of hoarding: There's the man who called his grocer in the U.S. and said, "Send me a-bag of sugar before ail those hoarders get it." To date, in Oakville, we have heard only two people indulge in the loose form of conversation which goes some- thing like this: "Let the Yanks take it for a while and see how they like it. After all, look at ation by Communism which would, inevitably mean it." People correct time Cloverleaf traffic inters the way England took it for years before the U.S. came in the last time." This is not only loose talk, but reveals a complete lack of understanding as to what the problem which faces all the democracies consists of. All the free countries are faced with the threat of domin- . all are vitally interested in the Korean situation, and the other situations which may devlop. It isn't a question of teaching another democracy a lesson in "Taking it' It's a question of making sure that none of us-- all of us--ever have to "take Who express such "opinions are assisting Com- munism, even though they may not realize it. If such is their desire, that's another matter and will be taken care of at the John Albert Johnston is dead. Why should we all know his name? Because he was the engineer who invented we wonder? for our d these have been the means of saving many lives. He died at the age of 78. How many did know his name, a profound effect| © Sr PUFFS FROM THE COTTON GIN that par three wa- an eleven on ter hole!" And nobody can be quite so critical as can a golf glutton, They tell me that after Jack Da- vison shot his hole in one this summer, he happily accepted the congratulations of his playing companions, then looked down at the closely cropped grass at his feet and remarked: "They should Surely there can be no insect quite as obstinately persevering as is the golf bug. The stur diest, hungriest termite, for in: stance, has never managed to make such a shambles of a barn Wall as that in which the golf the otherwise sun- ny, dispositions of such fatcways addicts as Arch Grant, Mac MacArthur, Barry Home and Cornwall put a little more time on this Most insidious thing about thelgreen, It's getting just a bit golf bug is that, being invisible slow. ; it gnaws its way into the humanj Best illustration of a grasp the stem 'unbeknownst' to the vic games: takes on the subconscious tho. Once under the hide, evenimind, I think, is the story of the church father who was inveigled into a round of golf and enjoyed it so thoroughly that he became a fanatic on the subject. Finally {he archbishop had to send for {he most potent DDT bomb won't budge it one fraction of an inch. And when it becomes firmly em- bedded, it gleefully jangles ner- ves and uproots the sweetest of tempers, transforms the most) him. ey reasonable guy into a hair tries) "My son," said the archbishop. ger argufler, and makes everyone| «I have always encouraged heal- Be eke a loading candidate for| hful exercise, and I consider the Burlington Liars Club an nual championship award. What the golfroach does to the temper is often too horrible to contemplate. One main street dif Vot! disturber, who will remain mercifully unidentified, showed Len Hope's soda bar for one morning last week looking less gloomy © than usual "7 didn't lose a single ball yester- day," he announced with some satisfaction. "Just a driver, three irons and a putter!" This was three under par for the Oakville course for this particular suffer Who consistently utilizes the nearest tree trunk to make pret ols out of the finest steel shafts. And the manner in which the golf an excellent diversion and a of communing with fine means 5 5 golf bug has its slaves putting | mother nature. But if one plays. golf well above all else in life is| golf too much, one Is apt to ne- Sometimes almost unbelievable. | glect his real duties." Bennett Cerf tells of a pair of ~The father was crushed. "May driver devotees who were indul-|I ask why you seem to think I'm ging in post mortems at lunch.| overdoing it?" he queried hum- "Yesterday was blue Sunday as|ply. far as I was concerned,' moaned| "I noticed" said the archbishop gently, "that when you left 'your study this morning, you were holding your psalm book with an interlocking grip." Yes, when the scientists dis- cover some means of eradicating the golf bug, many a neglected wife will raise her clear soprano in three unmodulated cheers. I know mine will, anyhow. Yours with a bogey beat. BILL COTTON ne. "First I took eleven on that par three water hole. Then I hit my wife with 7 on the the No. 7 thirteenth and sent her to hos- pital for a month at least. Then my son phoned to say he'd missed his year at university. And fin- ally, my house burned down, and 1 find this morning the insurance has lapsed." "What a rotten day!" his companion. "Imagine Cool | Enjoyable DANCING = IN THE NEW PAVILLION STREETSVILLE PARK FRIDAY, AUGUST 4th Circle A Ramblers Orchestra ADMISSION 50c Lloyd E. MacDougall, D.C., Chiropractor 61A Colborne St. East. Oakville (Above Russell Drug Co.) TELEPHONE 146 OFFICE HOURS MONDAY and THURSDAY 9.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. SATURDAY 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon At Other Times--By Appointment. "~Hp. 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