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| Page 4 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. Managing Editor Bill Cotton, Editorial PHONE 1298 Vincent H. Barrey Advertising Manager Assistant 5 Thursday, November 16, 1950 A Slow Down Program Township council is to be commended for in- structing the Chief of Police to take strong action with regard to speeders on the roads in the Linbrook area and on the 6th. Line. These are 30 m.p.h. zones, with signs erected to warn motorists of this fact. Any driver who is caught travelling at a higher rate will therefore have no one to blame for the cost he or she will be put to. There is probably no section anywhere in the township where more children are on the roads than these two locations. The 8th Line, Morrison Road, Lin- brook Road' and MacDonald Road are travelled four times a day by the children on their way to Linbrook school. There is a very bad intersection at the corn- er of the 8th Line and MacDonald road, where trees on the property at the north west corner obstruct the view of drivers. Children turning north onto the Sth Line from this road could easily be killed by a southbound driver, who was moving at a higher rate than 30 m.p.h. rate. The enforcement of this speed limit is a wise move on the part of council, and we would call to the police chief's special attention the delivery trucks of Toronto firms as being especially bad offenders against the speed limit. To assist the Chief in controlling the speed, we feel that additional speed limit signs would be helpful. The present signs are too few for the length of the roads. It is easy for a driver to forget that he is in a restiicted area when not constantly reminded by signs. The South Bast Trafalgar Property Owners' Association might also be of assistance in curbing speeding, if it would undertake to erect some of the signs that are used elsewhere, calling to the attention of motorists that children use these roads and are lov- ed by their parents. We are sure that permission for erection of such signs would be granted by county council on application. This stopping of speeders, many of them thought- less residents of the town who use the 8th Line on their way to and from their work in Toronto should be an united effort by all concerned. We'd like to see residents and their association join with council in an all-out drive to nail speeders to the mast--by nailing signs to posts, and assisting the Chief in every other way possible. Bronte Moves Ahead There has heen a little too much stress laid on possible savings in taxes in the presentation of the Incorporation plans for Bronte, we believe. It would appear that as an incorporated village there will, in- deed, be certain savings in tax bills. But more import- aut aspects are deserving of greater consideration. \s a part of incorporation will come a water- works, with resulting lessening of the unsanitary conditions which have, not from choice but from necessity, obtained in the village until now. This will cost money--but it will also bring money into the community, and this is an important fact for all tax- payers to keep well in the front of their thinking. Without adequate water, Bronte has not been a spot which attracted industry to locate there. It is difficult to think of many industries which do not re- quire sufficient water at some stage of their manu- facturing processes. A village without water, there- fore, is not in a sound position to try and lure suit- able industry to locate within its limits. Thus, there are fewer industries in Bronte than there will be fol- lowing the incorporation and the installation of the waterworks. To the people of Bronte, to all the people, hav- ing industry located near their homes means that the villag financial condition is assured of a better® chance of being solvent should times of stres: again. A one industry village, or two or three open to a serious condition should one of those indus- tries suffer from some unexpected financial strain and have to close. Immediately this happens there are many families affected, and the merchants suffer in proportion. All taxpayers are affected when fam- ilies end up on relief, and the tax bill goes up to help them. Thus a village's economy can suffer a dis: trous blow. _There have been villages which, during the most prosperous of years, have suddenly found themselves in dire straights because their economy was hitched to one large firm. It need not be a time of depression to cause a village without sufficient industry to be an area of distress in the otherwise prosperous economic life of Canada. We believe that when the petition is brought to your doors you should keep the thought of the future of your community under incorpor: tion in mind, and not look too seriously at the plus or minus of taxes at 'the present time, or immediately following. The vil- lages which are on the march in Ontario are the vil- lages which ten or fifteen years from now, will be the finest villages in the province. Bronte has every other potential, except water. Tncorporation will mean that to the fine people, lovely situation and aggressive "thinking of the businessmen will be added a tool for.securing addit- jonal revenue for the economy of the village. The residents generally owe a debt to the mem- bers of the commission, and the others who have as- sisted them, for the hours of work they have spent on this undertaking. All too often the thanks come many years after, when people who did not have the vision at the time, but who can assess reality, come to see what was done for them by those who did have such a progressive and forward-thinking outlook. | Recreation assn.; Jack Dane, For- UNNI NNN J OA Trafalgar Tales BY BESSIE CAIRNS By P. W. Thompson I -regret that no one plugged the "whole" in my column of November 2 . it you recall I w attending to the one in my son's sock. However if you read that far I'm satisfied, if not what are your suggestions for Korea? Last year at this time, at a small meeting in my home, I suggested that a woman should be nomin- ated for school trust in Tr: falgar, 1 met with the rebuff, "No one wants a woman on the school board, that from a man Nothing daunted 1 am putting forth the suggestion again this year. 1 have no argument with the present school board but I think acclamations are deadening. I also firmly believe if there is any place where a woman fits in- to the political picture it is surely on the school board. The majority of the teachers are women and their charges are at the age when they are closer to and more de- pendent on their mothers than they will be in the year to come. During the school years most of their difficulties are turned over to mother or teacher, who are at that time best fitted to cope with them. I know of certain problems that have either been inadequat- ely handled or ignored by even conscientous teachers because they were too embarrassed to bring them before an all male school board. They were serious problems that should have been judiciously dealt with at the time. I also know of a parent who had occasion to confer with a teach- er on a much less serious subject but one that concerned not only her own son but another child in his class. The teacher filled with righteous indignation said, can't understand why Mrs. B. lets her son get away with what he does." The parent replied, "When I taught school neither could I but now I am a mother I do." There in my opinion is the crux of the matter. A person who has been both teacher and parent in all probability has retained an inter- est in education and has an add- ed understanding of children in the home. Surely such a person could be found, who in the intel ests of the children of Trafalgar would accept the nomination for school trustee. Just to bolster up the hesitant, Robert Sullivan the co-outhor of "The Truman Merry-go-Round" said recently, "It's a funny thing we've had several queries about why we praise the women con- gressmen so highly. T guess they must have thought we had some axe to grind, but the truth is that all fhe women in Congress are a cut above the men." yet a wo- man couldn't be elected in Trafal- Shucks, they did it in CENTRAL ONT. DIRECTORS TO MEET HERE DEC. SIXTH Recreational\ directors and pro- fessional and lay workers will gather at Victoria Hall December 6 for the Central Ontario confer- ence, which will meet for after- noon and evening sessions. Dele- gates will register at the after- noon session for the dinner meet- ing. Speakers to be heard will in- clude Prof. Alan Klein, of the University of Toronto; Mrs. P. Lynch, president of the Ontario est Hill recreation director; and Lionel Scott of the National Film IT SEEMS TO ME | The modern world, or at 'east this portion of it, has been har-| boring for some time what might be described, in the jargon of the psychologists, as a population complex. We want more people-- thousands more, hundreds of thousands, millions! The more the better. Such would seem to be the prevailing sentiment. Hence it is not surprising that Canada's Mr. corge Drew, making a speech 1 Britain, should rejoice over the prospect of his country's popula- tion reaching the forty million figure within the next fifty year Dipping still farther into the fu- ture the Progressive Conserva tive leader foresaw the glorious day when no less than one hun: dred million persons would claim the Dominion as their home, 1t is, after all, but natural that a huge and sparsely populated country like ours should clamor for more people to fill its spaces. Our present population is a mere handful in relation to our area, and we could undeniably accom- modate a much greater one, but jus§" how much greater is some- thing that remains to be seen For generations, Canadian politie- jans and writers and after-dinner speakers have been painting glow- ing word-pictures of this country's future in terms of increased popu- lation. Viewing their enormously wealthy neighbor to the south, with her scores of millions of peo ple. they could see no reason why Canada should not some day be- come equally populous and rich. Large population, n the popular imagination both in Canada and the United States, has come to be synonymous with prosperity and well-being. Throughout the con- tinent cities and towns have been engaged in a race for more and more, people. A bigger population gives a place a greater prestige. And so people have got into their heads that the bigger a place is the better, even though theirs own personal experience may tell them otherwise Circumstances have combined to favor the immense growth of the modern communi All over the world are huge ercrowded cen- ov tres of population which have burst their bounds and are spilling their surplus inhabitants over the sur- rounding countryside. The large city's disadvantages are well known, its compensating advantag- es few: It is beset by all manner of problems, which grow steadily more acute. Yet many people can- not seem to get it through their leads that beyond a certain point more population, far from being a good thing, is a bad one. Canada can and probably w absorb many more people. But it is likely that her population wil always be small in proportion to her great area. It is hard to im- agine the far northern tundra and wilderness dotted with teeming cities. The southern strip of the count is the only part that lends itself to intensive. settle- ment. And it to be hoped that in this area the population will some day be more evenly distributed than at present. We must get it out of our heads that Canada will ever be able to support as many big cities as the United States or some other countries of the world. ould strive for is a What we Our destiny does not lie that way. state in which people can live free, uncrowded lives, enjoying to the full the natural advantages of Board PUBLIC, SCHOOL Several hundred citizens stood silently with bared heads before the cenotaph in George's Square Sat- urday morning, in tribute to the men of Oakville who gave their lives in the two great wars. The | parade that preceded the Remem. | brance Day service formed at Cen-| tral School grounds and passed along Colborne Street and up Dun-| das to the square. Heading the pro- cession was the Oakville Legion Pipe Band, followed by a detach- ment of N.C.Os and men from Central Command, members of the Lorne Scots, Appleby College Ca- det Corps, representatives of var- ious organizations bearing wreaths, the' Oakville Legion, Girl Guides and Wolf Cubs. Service the at cenotaph was conducted by Lt.-Col the Rey. C. K. Nicoll, M.M.. C.F. Singing of the hymn "O God our help in ag- es past" was followed by a pray- er led by Rev. F. C. Jackson of 'St. Jude's, and Scripture lesson Fead by Rev)! Harry Pawson of St. John's United Church. The roll call of those who died in the first great war was read by John Hopkins, and the roll for the second great war by Percy Spurgeon, Sounding of the Last Post was followed by the two minutes' silence and the Reveille, after which wreaths were placed at the base of the cenotaph, The this spacious land SERVICES MARK REMEMBRANCE DAY service was concluded with the singing of the hymn "Abide With e," the National Anthem and the benediction. Service was un- der the auspices of the Oakville Branch of the Legion. A service was conducted by Lt- Col. Nicoll at Oakville-Trafalgar High School Saturday morning, when staff and students assem- bled in the auditorium. Col. Nic- oll took as his theme "The Un- known Soldier," and Irven Fell sang "In Flanders' Fields." A wreath was deposited in memory of former pupils who gave their lives in the two great wars. The roll of honor was read by George Atkins, secretary of the area high school board. Ruddy Whiting read a prayer, and Jack O'Brian sounded the Last Post. Accompaniments for the hymns were played by Muriel McLeod. PUMPER UNIT 'LOANED A 1,000 gallon pumper unit, on loan from the Toronto fire dept., is now In service at the firehall, Deputy-reeve Ted Lauder inform- ed councll Monday. "Chief Steen has agreed to let us use it until we acquire a new unit to replace our No. 2 pumper, which has been out of service for some time," he PUFFS FROM THE COTTON GIN consider living house?" in "Did ever in a quired fter wee! tively you prefabricated one of my four readers, faithfully perusing last 's column, in which I plain- decried the extreme Li ne of these modern "compact" houses. "If you acquire a prefab, you art with one big room and add more and Digger rooms as you can afford 'em," this helpful soul went on to point] out thereby opening up an entive can s gradual. new line of thought for me. And pursuing it hopefully for a few moments, I can see right away house could how a prefabricated Pur- have a lot of advantages suing it for a few moments more, 1 can also see where a prefab could have a lot of disadvantages, too. For instance, the lady of a pre- fabricated house doesn't have to stop with merely re-arranging the furniture every two weeks. She 1 really let herself go, and re- arrange the rooms. Armed with screw-driver and pliers, she can put the master bedroom where the Kitchen used to be, and move the dining room closer to the laun-| dry. In fact, she can go in for var- jety to her little heart's content Of course, the man of the house (which 1 hope won't be me) might find it a mite embarrassing to strip down to hig shorts in the bedroom and open the door into what | USED to be the bathroom and find himself spung in thé middle of the little woman's canasta club! And just dwell for a moment on the possibility of in-laws. With a regular house, vou can tell. your in-laws they can't possibly come to visit because you have a full house, But when you have a pre- fab, this won't work. They mere- section latch it onto your bunga- low, and zingo--you're stuck with them! Unless, that is, vou want them! Unless, that dou to get up in" the middle of night, unhitch the house from the in-laws' bedroom and scuttle across the county line. The borrowing problem could get to be a bit trying too. If you g a want the is, | house. They should hapen to live in a con munity of prefabs, there would ju bound to come the day when fla Banglesteins next door would over and ask to bOrTow your diy. ng room for a big dinner are giving in honor of th graduation from veterinary co) lege. So they borrow the dining room and don't return it months. There ARE redeeming features though. Let's say you start i, with a 9cby 12 foot living room As time flits by you gradually col lect more and more living room furniture, and find yourself being crowded out onto the stoop, The solution is simple. You merely uy screw your 9 by 12 foot living room, send it back to the factory, get a good tradedn allowance, and buy a 12 by 16 living room. And another thing. A regular house always presents difficulties when you want to move a large plece of furniture. You just can't avoid scraping and removing doors and general heartache. With a prefab, you just let the wall down, and you can move a dozen pianos in without a single scratch And you air the whole joint out while you're doing it. Another good angle (which {von't effect me, of course, but still seems pretty sound) is that gals can now quit around with hope they son's for shilly shallying like. Instead, as soon as they get together a few dollars, they can buy a section of a prefabricated can start small, say a half wall a year. Once they start putting these house sections aside yowd be surprised how quickly cosy four-room bungalow can accumulgte. And they certainly should be able to hook a man THAT way! Yes, these prefabs should bear looking into, as they might just happen to have the solution to my house hunting problem. 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