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ih {i Page 6 OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, July 27, 950 Bowlers Entertain 'MR. EX" W. 5: D AVIS & SON own Rotarians| a; rue sce @ emm, FER ANBTIETIG SOLE I rte Exwoon A. HUGHES ~~ | rs vill Law Members of Oakville Lawn ta RTA ! REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE Bowling Club entertained mem-| HE WAS THE YOWGEST bers of Oakville Rotary Club at % MORTGAGES Sapper Monday | evening. The = Tw CE, spoRTs pects guests were welcomed by Tom , i y * Hassall, president of the Bowling | Club, It had been hoped to have Fe JME DAVIS R. C. A. CUMBERLAND an evening of bowling, but this | i 71 Colborne St., Oakville iba Phone 41 was cut short by the rain. The A | Evenings and Holidays Phone 612-R supper was provided by the la- I! lf jm Secuivn UL ule club. FIRST OLYWPS ies 1906 As NATIONAL RUNNING. CHAMPION AT TWA, FIVE MND TEN MILES, HE WAS GIVEN done by TRAINED MECHANICS in our Body and Fender Workshop ATTENDANCE BETWEEN fde.28 MD Serr. 3, EVEN SURPASS TUE 1949 RECORD OF 2650000 Cousins Nbruas F aaron HE ENTERTAINS MILLIONS EVERY YEAR He has been called the busiest to compete at Athens, Greece, in| Park doesn't give Elwood Hughes man in Canada . . . 1906, But an ankle injury pre-[much time for leisure. His lunch He has been dubbed "Mr. Ex."| vented him from running in the| often consists simply of a sand- He is called Hughsie by his' Marathon. Instead, he coached| wich and coffee hastily eaten at wife; Elwood by his friends and|team-mate Billy Sherring to first| his desk. He works 12 to 18 hours Chief Marathon by the Six Na-| place in the race on a borrowed|a day seven days a week during tions Indians. bicycle. the active season and sometimes | He is Blwood Alexander| Running "The Big Show" in the| spends the night in his own room a Hughes, general manager of the| $45,000,000, 350-acre Exhibition|at the administration office. 4 i @ biggest annual show on earth--| I the Canadian National Exhibit It : - IE Front Wheel Alignment a Sa iminutive, dynamic', 66-year . old man, he has been with the We Still Offer 24-Hour Exhibition 43 years. Internation- ally-recognized as a super-sales- TOWING d ROAD SERVICE man, Elwood Hughes has piloted an the gigantic pageantry of the C.N.E. since 1934, and has played host to more than 2,500,000 vis- itors annually in recent exhibit fons. Mr. Hughes' advent in the C.N.E. goes back to 1907 when he gave up his sportswriting job to become sports director at two dollars a week. From that time he has successively been public- ity director and secretary before On Famous Bean Alignnment Machine ! Hedleish Home Limited "The Home of Chrysler-Plymouth-Fargo Sales and Service" DUNDAS ST. N. TELEPHONE 1063 ager. 'Whichever position he held, b) 9 Mr. Hughes made a habit of pro- ducing sensation after sensation. He instituted the famous mara- thon swims and his own talent scouting has resulted in the ap- pearance at the "Ex" of many a world-renowned galaxy of enter- : tainment stars. 3 ' But Mr. Hughes' fame did not Although we are vacating our previous premises begin with his career at the C. (The White Rose Station) on August 1, we are still in " N. E. By the age of 12 he had a position to offer | saved three persons from drown- | ing and had become the youngest 24-HOUR TOWING SERVICE person in the British Empire to win the Royal Humane Society ANYWHERE -- ANY TIME from El He got this for jumping from the steamer Queen City in Lake who outweighed him by 30 Ibs. ® From the age of 18 to 20 years 7 3 ne vas constze ions ror IPO T8B=d, T83-W i ning champion at two, five and i 10 miles. He was a member of 71- REBECCA ST. OAKVILLE 4 Canada's four-man Olympic team 1 In order that our staff may enjoy a restful holiday. We'll be ready on our return to give you all the local news and quality printing. (3 Jf - There's only one right way for a pedestrian to O21 "ST I 21 5 B10] oT (10 Je). \o YN} FACING THE TRAFFIC. Step quickly aside when danger threatens. ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS GEO. H. DOUCETT, Minister