Oakville-Trafalgar Journal, 21 Sep 1950, p. 1

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ol. 3, No. 43 Oakville - Trafalgar Jou mal SERVICE CLUB HAPPY OVER FAIR SUCCESS Threatening skies and chill inds failed to seriously curtail ttendance last weekend as the Optimist Club of Oakville staged ts second annual fall fair at Wal fice park. True, the compara e warmth of the rink and Vie- oria hall did seem to enhance he popularity of commer and the square danc hat. But the overall picture, hich was a bit gloomy Friday Borning, improved steadily in dir- W8ct ratio with the efforts of a re- nfing weatherman "While final figures won't be Ivailable for a while yet, we were jell pleased with phiblic accept- nce of the fair," Optimist publi- (ist Chuck Warrington told tne Bournal yesterday. "We anticipate fletting a substantial sum to de- ote to our boys' work program." Frank Bell, Sarah Street, Mil- bn. the lucky winner of the llexpense trip to New York in fc draw made by Miss Toronto, jist before the fair closed Satur- Pd: night. Other winners were as follows: agony rs. W. Whitaker, Mel Thomp- ive these S ANGEL) Blake Tuck, Miss M. A. Bunt, W. Milligan, C. Vaughan, / er Taylor, Mrs. R. W. Glover, ith, Ted Wiffen, Mrs. McKim, buglas Bryan, Ticket No. 1145, ir McEwan, Miss Muriel Mich. Ne wry Conder, E. Hannan, Borge Very, Mrs. Frank Cornin, A. Parker, Robert Heldman, fam Vallance, Douglas Beggs, Chamberlain, Ruby Watson, one R. McGowan, Ed. Sch-| Ticket No. 602, B. M. Bacon, Wilma Scade. Those who have not yet receiy- their prizes are requested to them from Ralph Wakely at paint store of Oakville Lum- Co., Colborne Street. drive for new members was at the season's first held in the auditorium from 3 b on Sunday afternoon, October Batered, 2nd Class Mail, OttawaThursday, September 21, 1950 Oakville, Ontario 20 Pages 5 cents a copy, $2.00 Per Year in Advance --A recent innovation at St. Jude's Anglican choir pictured during rehearsal in the church wi organist M. G. Evans. The choristers regularly provide the music for the 9.45 service each Sunday, an extra service added when the church could no longer accommodate the entire congregation at the regular 11 a.m. service. Next Sunday, however, the choristers will join the regular choir for the 11 o'clock service which will be Harvest Thanks. Church is this boys' th choirmaster and «2 2 Gas Bylaw Discriminatory Judge Rules, Ordering Town Pay Walsh Costs long) ed twice before Magistrate K. M. gdon on charges of violating the by-law, the charge in the first 7 m limiting the| Lan, MEW MEMBERSHIP DRIVE |nhours of gasoline sale, was term. ed discriminatory a judgment last i eo ic ton by Judge W. N. Robinson. The Ee Ee judgment allowed the appeal of 's School. In conmection|SeTVice station operator Kenneth bh this drive, a silver tes will] Walsh, which was heard last May i if 5 town to refund i T. be a ihly ming which includes a $10 fine in mag. Mary Hunt is president of|istrate's court, G8 cue, costs of the appeal. Walsh appear- instance being dismissed on technicality. One charge under the by-law was placed against the operator after he had supplied gasoline to a highway snow plough clearing the road on Sunday. Bylaw 1100 was passed pur suant to powers ' conferred on council by Sec. 82 (a) of the Fa tory, Shop and Office Building act under an amendment, Judge Rob- inson noted, made to the act in 1948. By this amendment, muni cipal councils were given the Power to except certain sections of the municipality from the op- eration of a closing bylaw. In By-law 1100, two parcels were so excepted. "The evidence given before me (Continued on Page 5) HARVEST MANY FAIR AWARDS Introduced last year in a small way because it has always been an accepted part of fall fairs, the agricultural show at last week's second annual Optimist Fair attracted scores of entries and firmly established itself as one of the "must" features of future fairs. sentations in Oakville and Tya- falgar entries. Mr. and Mrs. Dan totals, their entries covering chen arts. Laurie Smith, who thy apples and took ribbons for several other orchard exhibits, placed third, while W. B. Cud- more, whose onions were tops, stood fourth. G. McKay, veteran gardener whose tomatoes won him major honors last year, repeated in the same class thf§ y, far in district horticultural eir- cles Included Cecil Breckon, Charles Pope, J. R. Holliday, H. C. Norton, Mrs, Mrs T. Holliday, Mrs. A. Cruik shank and Mrs. C. Warner Originally built by the Methodists this church was purchased by| M fans and was the first Church of England of St. Jude's Parish, It So Fi fn oe soms ie] i cs , showing equa n Colborne Street on the site now occupled by the Bank of Mon. culinary proficiency with foots quarters were required and | ang nop 1 Next Sunday the present|ies and butter As the congregation grew larger eset St. Jude's Church was built. tion of over 700 families will be contacted by 100 men of the to raise $60,000 required for renovation and enlargement of | in this di Sent structure, and the starting of a new church in the Forster | Elphick, Carberry was another big winner Members of Bronte's active horticultural society were well to the forefront in prize listings, which also showed strong repre- Wilson placed one-two in top point [ruit, vegetables, flowers and kit- packed the best bushel of Weal v Other prize list names famil- McKim, Mrs. G. Booth carried off the loaves, buns, ginger cook- tarts. Marjory vision, as were Mrs C. "| township would be willing to pay of incorporation Bronte should provide its own police protection. giving. The service will also launch the one-day blitz campaign for $60,000. Following lunch in the Parish hall men of the congregation will call on the over 700 Anglican families in the parish. Rector Fred C. Jackson baptised Martin Andrew Tyre, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Tyre, Morrison Road, to make him the newest member of the parish. Mrs. Tyre, from'whose wedding dress the Christening robe was fash- ioned by her mother, stands proudly beside the baptismal font. WILL SUPPORT | Qaks Pluck Crows, Take First Playdown Tussle BRONTE PLAN, TWP. STATES Willingness to co-operate with, Bronte in the matter of fire pro- tection should Bronte become in- corporated as a village was ex- pressed by Trafalgar Township council to members of a Bronte fact finding committee at Tues day's council meeting. Members of the committee were Thomas Millward, A. Jennings, chairman of Bronte Village commission, and C. R. Livingstone. Mr. Millward inquired what the towards the cost of Bronte police and fire protection and road maintenance. "In my opinion Bronte should man the fire brigade as they have done," said Deputy-Reeve Joseph Wickson. "It would be an ad- vantage to the township to have a department in Bronte where there are men to man it." Reeve Biggar agreed. Mr. Wickson suggested a working agreement between Bronte and the township for the Sobbing Students Last week the Journal's story of delivery of desks for grades who were deskless at Linbrook school sent the children piling back for writin', readin', and 'rithmetic on Monday morning. But still no desks, and home again they went, sobbing quiet- ly to themselves, of course. Not so pleased, however, was principal Muriel Willis, who still was faced with coping with the desk shortage. She met with the executive of the Home and School on Monday night and makeshift equipment was se- cured so that the happy children were back at work on Wednes- day. The parental sighs of re- lief indulged in by Linbrook mothers on Wednesday, inci- dentally, possibly accounted for Buffalo's otherwise unexplained gales, maintenance of 'the brigade. This| ED. BULMER SPEAKS TO would relieve Bronte of the heavy burden of purchasing new fire- fighting equipment, 9" he pointed ompared with other communities HOME AND SCHOOL ASSN. A tea\was held by the Oakville: oo Trafalgar Home and School As. "It the time is ripe for Incor-|S0clation at the by poration I ¢an see nothing for 1t| Tuesday afternoon. Ed. Bulmer, but the closest co-operation ob.|Of the new membership comet served Councillor Cumberland. | !e¢, addressed the gathering on Mr. Millward pointed out that| the value of the Bronte was badly in need of a VOrk. He was introduced by Act: new assessment, as the present ing Principal EB. Ww. Stirtan. A assessment wa ridiculouly low| Eeneral meeting of the Assocla- : tion will be held on Thursday ro evening, Sept. 28. "The village needs more than Council felt that in the eyent high school on organization's Scoring at least once in every inning from the third on, Oak- ville Oaks coasted to a 9-6 win over Crowland, Niagara district champs, in the opener of their O.B.A. Intermediate A playdown serles at Wallace park Monday night, Pelting Paul The 1l-hit Oak willow barrage was sparked by lean Paul Gilliam, veteran second sacker, whose plate performance has hit a tor- rid tops since playoff time rolled round. Paul lined out a double and a brace of singles, batted in a pair of runs, and scored twice himself. His keystone partner, Kenny Pollock, contributed a palr of ringing doubles, while the oth- er half dozen hits were spread out In singletons over the batting order, Commence Early Although doubles by Galbraith and Gilliam In the first and sec- ond frames falled to mark the run column, the Yarnellmen jumped Into the lead With a two run splurge In the 3rd. Patterson walk- ed to lead off the Inning, Languay was safe on an error, and Milne moved them along on a neat sac- rifice, setting the stage for Ray and Benny to romp home on Gilllam's second hit. Languay's single scored Galbralth In the fourth, Ken Pollock's liner plated two more In the fifth, while Mil ne's slogle and a trlo of Crow (Continued on Page 5) ten mills to carry on with," said i et FIRM. BRINGS INJUNCTION police village we will have to in- crease the rate go 15 mills." AGAINST STRIKE LEADERS Future course of action of bylaw to raise $50,000 on 20-year Ontario Municipal Board for ap- Your Hospital Mrs. Dan Wilson, Carol Merry and Peggy Bamber. It was suggested that the man| gtrik ng employees of the Oak- who acted as constable might al- 50 perform other dutids. Grading and scraping of the village roads would continue to be done by the ville Wood Speclalties Co. will be determined by the outcome of an Injunction hearing af Osgoode Hall Wednesday, according to Frank Hegan, retary of Inter national Woodworkers Union Lo- cal 95. The Injunction was brought against six union heads by com- pany management, Justice Gale granted a tempor- ary Injunction pre enting the un- fon from Interferring with any shipments In or out of the Oakville Wood Speclalties Company plant, The hearing was adjourned until Monday, and In granting the tem. porary injunction the court re- primanded the union for its con- ducting of the strike, Meanwhile, trucks commenced passing~dhrough picket lines at the plant ¢ Monday morning, moving out fryft baskets and veh. 0 r shipments. Six--town police officers were on duty, bit~go: vio- lence broke "out, pickets allowing In Hospital Wednesday the trucks to move In and out, with no attempt being made to 34! halt the drivers, "We are not 7 Bolg to break the law, because we still have the respect of town citizens," declared Mr, Hegan, In a company letter signed by general manager Gordon Perdue, striking employees were notified Saturday that those who did not return to work by Tuesday morh- Ing would no longer be on the company staff. Two strikers were reported to have gone In to work Tuesday under police escort, with union plekets making no attempt to stop them entering the gate, The strike, now 18 days old, was voted by the union when the company refused demands for a 20 cents per hour across-the-board Increase in pay rates, The union algo asked for all statutory holl- days with pay, and a 45-hour week In place of the present 48 hour week. Unlon president Tim Cooper Yesterday reiterated his provious statements that the striking em- ployees were determined to remain out until their demands were met, Pickets maintained their patrol 'at the plant gates Wednesday ag union officers attended the in- Junction hearing at Osgoode hall. fi a 4 H i I ! |

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