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om = Oakville - Trafalgar Vol. 3, No. 39 Journal 5 cents a copy, $2.00 Per Year in Advance Entered, 2nd Class Mail, Ottawa Oakville, Ontario Thursday, August 24, 1950 20 Pages Day Camp Winds Up Program But Commuters Scramble! TOWN INDUSTRY "IN GOOD SHAPE" IF RAILWAY STRIKE NOT TOO LONG Well stocked with food and fuel and cheered by Chamber of Commerce Names New Officers H. T. Roden was elected presi- dent of the Oakvyille-Trafalgar Chamber of Commerce at the re- cent annual meeting of the Cham- ber's directors. Other new officers that. there is no immediate threat to local employment, Oakville and Tra- Polar Posi are: vicepresidents, Ross W. broizar residents this week face a veritable "peaches and cream" way olar Posies Blaikie and J. C. Cornwall; dir- ot life as compared with thousands of their fellow Canadians in other| Wild Canadian Fringed Gen: IER a, Er \ND parts of the country. For although the nationvlde railvay strike fs| tian plants are growing in two | A. Bullied, J. N. Milne, Laurie > 41 bhosing a transportation problem to commuters who journey to Tor- gardens on the Linbrook Road | Mannell and E. G. Pullen. following a plane' voyage from Norman Wells in the West Territories. These flow- ers are almost extinct in the arctic and the Murray Mac- kenzies had them flown on the Imperial Oil plane to see if they 'would do well in Oakville soil. The Allan MacKenzies have planted some in their garden and have given some to John Walton so that somewhat different growing conditions will give the fragile plants a a chance for survival. onto jobs forcing them to scramble for automotive transit, each day, -- Hn other respects town and township toilers are much more for- unate than their cousins on the Western prairies or in Northern Ontario's bush towns, a Journal check revealed yesterday. Unless he tie-up of the nation's rail facilities drags on too long, that is. First Class Only! Rirst class mall, which includes letters and cards, will continue to be delivered in Oakville and be accepted for malling during the railway strike, Postmaster William Litchfield informed the Journal. Parcels, magazines and newspapers will neither be de- livered nor accepted. The ser- vice is being maintained by mo- tor trucks. The mail time sche- dule will be about the same as normal. North OAKS CLAIM SECOND WIN OVER FERGUS Breaking out in a first inning scoring rash for the second time in three days, Oakville Oaks hap- pily coasted to a 93 win over Fergus Victorias at Fergus Mon- day night to jump into a 2-0 lead their best-of-seven Halton intermediate A playoff Possible Color Change One factor that could turn a somewhat rosy prospect into an- other color entirely, in the event lof a long drawn out strike, is the possibility that all available transports might be required to transport only vital necessities of flite to communities of less for- Gunate situation. In that event, many of the finished products of Oakville plants could not be ship- bed, and eventually storage pro- 'blems might necessitate firms losing down production. Fair Shaping Up Well, McGuire Says Exhibitors will use more space Lacerate Leader Pouncing on the offerings of Slim Leader with a gay abandon Between Two Cities that had line coaches CIiff Post As is expected to be the case Toronto and Hamilton, grocer- ies should continue in good sup- ply, with garden produce prob ably even dropping down in price bit, local grocers felt. Trucking Eracilities have onsiderably in here can be "absolutely cuse wh in Even the unaccustomed threat of early fall contained in chill August breezes need be moi 'mediate cause re adequate at present and pro- ided the strike is not of too long "duration, dealers should be able 0 look after all reasonable re- uirements," opine V. Hill Umer. Stoker coal stock piles on he creek bank could be replen- shed in the same way they were wilt up--by boat--in case of in- need, Mr. Hillmer stat Where gas is concerned, the prospect was even brighter. "We build stock piles of soft coal during the summer, and can sup- ply gas for a six month period" said Harry Spurgeon of United 'Suburban Gas. Asks Co-Operation A. Francis, Bell here, sald 'some delays on intercity cir- cuits are inevitable, as long dis- ltance calls are replacing virtually 21 messages formerly handled by Ltclegraph. For this reason callers may have to wait for long dis: Ltance operators. the | company has called into service every possible operator Soffices and locally, so that the minimum of delay will be ex: perienced. Mr. Francis asked. for the cooperation of the public and private individuals would be as- placed calls, 'calls during hours when Industry Iwill not be making use of the services available. Stranded "travellers are contributing to the | congestion, and suppliers seeking alternate methods of shipping {goods are placing an unprece- 'dented number of calls. At pre: 'sent there is no sign of slacken- ing in the flood of messages, and the company will continue to 'maintain every switchboard DOs- ition and every available line. Particularly pleased over a re: cent installation project is James I. Cooke, whose firm has put in the town's first teletype com- | munication The teletype con- ee Your Hospital LAST WEEK |Patients Admitted 'Patients Discharged Surgical Cases 9 Births fee 3 edical Cases 9 Accident Cases 20 In Hospital Wednesday | . 19 7 OH, NO II! Trafalgar Township got a slight eather early . A thermom- ater on the farm of Reeve W. H. ggar registered two degrees of frost. depot and the Toronto office, and equipment. Supplies, one merchant emphasiz| a nects the Cooke Oakville parts is therefore not affected by the strike as it is Bell Telephone Co. Employment Picture Only local industrial firm to ex- press concern over the possibil- y of dwindling raw materials s Arrow Paper Products, whose! representative, R. T. Stir: rup, told the Journal trucks had been dispatched to Sudbury Mon day morning to haul back 40,000 pounds of raw stock. "We're hop- ing this shipment comes through all right, as otherwise we're not in bad shape" he said. Other town industrialists could see no immediate prospect of forced shutdowns and resulting unemployment. feeling, for the most part, that transport trucks and existing stocks would. see them through a crisis which none seemed to feel would be a too lengthy ordeal. 8 Transports Tide Over "Most of our raw products and finished goods arrive and leave by transport," explained Edward Barringham, president of Bar- ringham Rubber & Plastic Ltd. "Mail will be our principal prob- lem. Provided the strike does not last too long, I don't believe any reduction in production will be necessary." Executives of other firms ech- oed Mr. Barringham's sentiments concerning the mail problem. All stated they could "last out" for a reasonable' period, but all voiced the hope a solution would be found shortly. C. E. MacDon- ald, of Ferro Enamels Ltd, stat ed his firm "Is in good shape to carry on" from the material standpoint, and uses trucks for most of its finished products. "Fortunately, four carloads of raw materials have just arrived at our siding" he commented. Western Tie-Up At Air Coils Ltd, aluminum from Kingston and steel from Hamflton arrive via transport. "Except for its not too great a problem with us," stated Harold Donnell, as sistant sales manager. "We have a good supply of parts on hand" Western shipments of Oakville Wood Specialities will also suf- western shipments| during this year's Oakville Opti- mist fall fair than was the case last year, club president Bill McGuire announced this week af- ter reviewing advance bookings. A bigger and better midway has been' lined up, draw tickets are selling briskly, and feature at- tractions to be announced later are many and varied, he stated. "All of which would indicate that Wallace park will be jam- and full scale entertainment come September 15 and 16" the prexy of the town's youngest ser- be run on a non-profit basis by the operators of Clarkson's popular annual Gypsy Fair, will funnel all pro- ceeds directly into boys work in this. district, he said. Featured dispensers of popular and old time music with a West- ern swing lilt will be Wat Al way's merry group, which will occupy the bandstand for a gay revival of the real stampin' barn dance of yesteryear. and Joe Pickard roaring glee fully, the Yarnellmen plated six runs before the Fergus twirler managed to register his first and only out, then chased another run across before Gutpell was rushed to the mound. Ken Pol- lock walked to start the slugging sortee, and was advgnced singles from the bats of Hank Galbraith and Andy Milne. Ray Patterson worked Leader for a free ticket to force In a run, then Ben Languay and Paul Gilliam rattled off successive doubles be- fore the chagrined Leader man- aged to make Jim Cowan roll out on an infield bounder. Herd walk: ed, howeve and manager Al Yarnell got into the spirit of the thing by smashing the frame's third double into deep right cen- tre. And that terrific wallop sent Mr. Leader scurrying on a be: lated trip to the showers. Able Fireman Gutpell quickly put out batting blaze by fanning Pollock and Galbraith, and aged to keep things pretty (Continued on Page 8) z the Ken man- well Canuck Officers Repay Hospitality, "'Champion", Say Guv'nor And Ma Local Men Headed , For Korean Theatre At least two Oakville young men have signed up for service with the special force that will go to Korea or wherever else it may be needed. They are Tom Hines, Kerr Street, and David Hoover, Eighth Line. Both have left for their period of training at Petawawa Camp. A Bronte youth, Kenneth MacDonald, who was a few weeks under the age require: ment, was accepted in the regu- Canadian officers, including) two from Oakville, often enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Terry while In England during the late war. The Terrys' home, Orchard Grove, Dorridge, 'Warwickshire, was open house to the officers from Canada, and no less than 65 spent we nds Some of the officer-guests were killed In action, but of those who there, with "The" guv'nor" and "Ma Terry," as thelr host an hostess were affectionately known. J POINT SCORING FOR performance of camp projects and up the winning total for MacRae, shown receiving the from Camp Supervisor Pat McCleary. duties for each group at cup Pat McCleary stated very close, with the final She stated that each membel camps, would have that all tribe day's scoring declding the award. the three day camps, piled the tribe led by Councillor Donna general proficiency In presenting the totals had been cup for of the tribe, for the three the cup to keep for two weeks during the winter, and stated Donna would be responsible for passing it from location to location. Members of the for three periods, who helped the cup were: Dorothy Hall, Tony St Mars, Grant Walton, anet Inkster, Margie Laughlin, Molly Cooper, Jennifer Weatherstone, Linda Whiting, Valerle Wakelin, Black, Hldi Lackner, Judy MacArthur, Gallop, Gordon Campbell, Casey Wood, Mary Duncan, Janet Hendershot. tribe amass the points that won Donna Lee Forbes, Wilma Bonnle Stevens, Wayne Long, Mike Dryden, Myrna Gallop, Joy Me- Photo by Jerry Pasrs survived, many kept up a cor: respondence with the Terrys af- lar force with the privilege of transferring to the special force for service in Korea. spuds? Tomatoes ? "Ernie Finds Answer Dr. Carlton Greene belives in getting the maximum garden fer, but the company will con- tinue on full production, Gordon Perdue announced. Raw mater- jals are in good supply except in department, where as car is in shipment. Mr. Perdue was somewhat irked over the non-arrival before Monday's strike deadline of machine parts for a new kiln. These, he sald, were cleared through customs Thursday, but falled to reach Oakville. Sees Early Settlement John Scott, manager of all Canadian General Electric light plants, said Tuesday: "Raw ma- terials are sufficient to carry us over the period of what we be- lieve will be a short strike. I be- citizenship bring lieve good Canadian and common gense will this strike to an end shortl General Stampings Ltd. Black declared the firm "0K. with transports, both in and out." Building supplies will not be too hard hit for the present, deal- ers belleve. "We have a good stock on hand of all vital items, as no lumber yard orders on a car on a day-to-day basis" sald Bruce Colville, manager Oakville Lumber Co. Ltd. yield from his kitchen garden, and with the assistance of his wife has each year secured a bumper crop of the usual vege- tables. But this year he hit a snag. He found himself with two crops on one variety plant ....and was at a loss to ex- plain the situation. What made it even more annoying was that the two crops were of different varieties. It was his potato plants that posed the problem, for they suddenly brought forth a crop of tomatoes on their branches, while also producing thumping potatoes in the sub- way department. The backyard horticulturalist asked many a person for an explanation, but didn't get the potatoes separ- ated from the tomatoes until expert Ernie Winzer took the mystery away, and made the whole project a potato crop. "They may look like tomatoes," he said. "But that's potato seed growing above ground. That's the way a new strain of pota- toes arrives. Leave them to dry then plant the small seeds in them. In three years you'll have a new strain of potatoes" He cut one of the green "tomatoes" in half, and the smell was proof potato. ter the war, following thelr re- turn to clyilian life In Canada Many were the Invitations to visit this country that the Terrys received. And six weeks ago the couple, with thelr son David, dis embarked at Montreal. There they were met by George* Stunden, formerly of Oak- TRAFALGAR TEACHERS EMBARK ON ETHIOPIAN ADVENTURE All the thrills of an elght thousand mile flight and the star of n new life In a remote and ro ville, Their Itinerary all ar-| mantle part of the world awalt a ranged for them. They went from | former Linbrook school teacher Home to home of thelr 'former|and her teacher husband, About huoats, visiting sixteen in all,|the first of September Mr. and fight across Canada, Thelr trip| Mrs, James K. MacDougall of included a three hundred mile| Milton with thelr two youni motor trip through the. Rockles,| children will (fly from Malton Don Brown, thelr other war airport to New York, There, af- guest from Oakville, and hig|ter a day or two of wight-neelng, mother, Mrs, E, V. Brown, enter-| they will take a plane for Paris, talned the Terrys at thelr cot.| vis Shannon, Ireland, Ten days tage at Vietorla Harbor. of visiting and sightseeing In The visitors expressed them-| Engand will follow ore the solves as delighted with Canada,|travellers resume thelr serial Tussday evening some of thelr|lourney, Thelr next top Will be former guests tendered them al Calro, Egypt, from where they farewell banquet at the Royal{will fly to thelr final destination, York Hotel prior to thelr depar:| Addis Abbaba, capital of Halls ture for home Solassle's kingdom of Ethiopl, or Abyssinia, which was very : Ea much in the news some yonrs | back. A few miles outside the 95th BIRTHDAY city 1s the building where the 8 C0 young Canadian family from a EE Wh Halton county will make thelr a I : Alf) home for the next three years, her age might envy, Mrs. Mary| oon.ou jongor, Groans, grandmother off Poremitn Pir MacDougall 1s the former Erland Greene of the Journal's) poi serry, daughter of Percy composing room, celebrates her| yrio TU . or x aay Spy, welilnaws, Hom tar:| a ahr Ma Lor C0 tila) 3 Taf gears a va ta. Divan | ic van on the staff of Linbrook On| gohool, resigning (n 1647. Hor port, lows, for about sixty years.|p..uang whom she had fed The venerable lady has two sons| , sho had married p previously, has Just graduated and a dapghter living, five grand- children, the same number from the Ontarlo College of Ed- greatgrandohildren, and one|ueatlon. His first teaching posit great-great grandchild. fon will be In the Halle Sclasile res { Playground Finale A melodious, youthful presen. tation of the famed "Nuterack- or Bulte" will highlight the pro: gram as the Oakville recrea- tion commission's summer play: ground program winds up to night (Thursday) with the an nual Parents' Night at Victor la Hall. The program, which also Includes a display of craft work and a rousing singsong. will be run off betwesn 7 and 9 pm. sucondary school, Mr. MACDOuE: all, 0 Milton boy, 1s an RCAF. veternn, He obtansd the position In the Bthioplan school by an. swering an advertisement. There were many other applicants-- possiby many as # hundred, twelve of whom were Canadians: The Ethiopian emperor, It has a doclded preference dian teachers In the schools of his country. He visited Onnadi wn fow years ago and was most favorably impressed with the tonching methods of this country, In the school to which the Mac. Dougnlls are going are no loss than slghteen Canadlan teach ory, and the authorities are hop. ng eyentuslly to make the staff ontirely Canadian, The principal 1s Fraser Shaw, who comes from Saskatoon Mr. MacDotgall will 10 tench (Continusd on page 10)