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A 4 Thursday, November 16, 1950 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL MUSIC ALBUM By, Irven Fell CHURCH MUSIC ON SCALE There is a large church in At Anta, Georgia, which has a total © 360 persons on the choir roll not just one choir but five in the one church. First of 1) is the Cherub Choir. which faces tots from two and a hal [oars old to six years. Secondly ere is the Junior choir, ages to twelve. Thirdly , the Chapel Choir, ages 12 to 18 years. Four {ly and fifth are the Vesper and 'hancel Choirs, ages 18 and over. tis hard to guess what they ould name the sixth if there was one, It is reported that there is a Lvaiting list to join these choirs, otalling 150, and that parents place their babies names on the Lvaiting list at birth. This church, which is a Baptist has a total membership of 4450. The church auditorium holds 2000 people. On paper this appears won- orful but one can /readily see hat the choir membership Is less than ten percent. If one takes In he 150 waiting 'list of course: it reans there are 510 members in ihe choirs or would be in if they could be. Mr. Ray Smathers is the leader lot this large scale music activity bind he has trained other leaderes lo assist him in his Work. Mr. Smathers has a philosophy nd he says, quote "Nothing is too lzood for the worship of Almighty God. A small choir doling perfect | ork has its place but the church is dependent upon a choir which Goes fine work and does It with reverence." It is said that he likes to quote the Psalmist who said, ie the people praise Thee. Yea, et all the people praise Thee." Occasionally the five choirs are brought together In one service, and according to a picture I have seen it must be a beautiful sight. We always think of the Ameri- cans as doing everything on a big cale, but as I said earlier there fare roughly about ten percent ac- ive in the music of the church. Here in Canada I cannot say that know of anything on quite so large a scale, but IT do know. that from experience that some of the Smaller churches have almost he same percentage. The churches here in Oakville have junior choirs, the idea cing that as the juniors grow up fihey will be interested in joining In one 'church choir with a A BIG as in all churches, ot very active. One big difference is that there fan unknown wa \others may be just waiting until heir children get old enough. At the present time, choirs are probably the most active organ- ANNUAL Wind & Weather Lotion wf 1% Regular $1.25 Size $2.50 Size only $1.50 § doubles as a make-up \ base. [LIMITED TIME ONLY BRIEN'S. PHARMACY 1 PHONE 1382 140 Colborne E. Oakville in the church. Young are practi- izations peoples! associations cally dead. At least the choirs meet once a week. It could be that the fact that the choir has a definite job to do in the church is the reason for this. In other words, if there 'was a definite duty to perform for other or- ganizations' in: the church which used to be so active, there would be more activity. This is general all over Canada as far as I can make out. There are exceptions, of course, and these are usually found in rural sections, where the church is still the centre of activ- ity in the community. Winner of the Week If W. B. Honeywell, 150 Glou- cester Rd., will call in at Lof- quist's Record Bar he will be pre: sented with a Red Seal Record with the compliments of the Jour- nal. NOWADAYS, ANYWAY A cautious driver Is a motorist who Ig not sure whether his auto- mobile Insurance policy has lap- sed, BLAKELOCK PROTESTS OBA. WALLACE PARK OPERATION Strong opposition to the action of the board of parks manage ment in turning over the manage- ment of Wallace Park to the Oakville Baseball Association was voiced by Thomas Blakelock at Thursday evening's meeting of the board "what I am complaining about as a tax-payer," said Mr. Blake- lock, "is that this parks board has no right to hand over the park to the Baseball Association or any other association. = This pari should be for the benefit of all 'tax-payers. I feel as a tax-pay- er that this has been going on too long. If the Baseball Association wantg the park it should get a permit and pay a fee the same as any other association. I feel it is your duty to operate this park in the interests of all the citizens of Oakville." Leonard Cornwall, secretary of the board, read a passage of the provincial statute which entitled SQUARE AND MODERN DANCING Lorne Park Parish Hall LORNE PARK FRI., NOV. 17th Coffee & Sandwiches Galore NORM GILL'S ORCHESTRA a nicipal parks board to lease a park provided permission had been granted by the provincial authorities. This permission, Mr. Cornwall explained, had been duly applied for and granted the Oakville parks board. On a motion moved by Jameg Roberts and seconded by George Doty, the secretary was instructed to re-affirm the board's authority to lease the park in time for the board's next meeting. "If youre going to ask for per- mission to lease the park I think we ghould know, so we can put in in opposition before the municipal board," said Mr. Blakelock. "I say you have no authority. I don't think you've ever applied for it. What you have done you have done because a certain' gentleman gave §15,000 for lights and other equipment. for the park. I think that when that work was finished the park should have heen handed back." Mayor James Black pointed out that the present agreemert be- tween the board and the Associa: tion was valid only until the end of the present year. "I am strong: Iy in favor of the parks board re- taining control of any park used for sports," he said. "If we turn a park over to anybody it should be the Recreation Commission." DUBIOUS ADVANTAGE The advantage of a classical education, by and large, is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving. rage 7 La Journal Offers Maple Leaf Shedules current edition of the automatic Toronto The pocket size, ' Maple Leaf hockey schedule, so popular with Journal readers last winter, is available once again to any sport fan who cares to drop in at the office and ask for one. Many of the dyed-in-the- wool old'stagers, like Dave Cur- rie and Duke Carberry, already have theirs, but the supply is still fairly substantial. C.P.T. 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