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ll Dakville - Trafalgar Journal Vol. 4, No. 7 Entered, 2nd. Class Mail, Ottawa THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1951 20 Pages 5 cents a copy, $2.00 per year In advance QUERY RE OFFICIAL STATUS ONLY BREAK IN INRUGURAL MEETING BUSINESS ROUTINE A lengthy, detailed list of annual appointments, cover- ing every facet of municipal activity from town planning to weed inspection, claimed the major share of attention as council met 1 Monday night following the morning's brief in- augural session. Questions Finance Only deviation from straight when councillor Committee Status business routine came G. A. Davis queried the right of a member of council who did not own property, to sit on the finance committee. Coun. Davis had previously asked the voting qualifications on money bylaws, and had heen informed that property owners whose names were included in sec: tions 1 and 2 of the voters' list were eligible to vote on mon- ey matters. In Any Capacity. "Any councillor has the' right to sit on any committee, to ac- cept any council appointment, or to sit in my chair, for that mat- ter," declared Mayor J. R. Black. "A councillor knows when he takes oath of office whether he is qualified, and once sworn in, may take amy position council may see fit to allot .to. him." "T ask the question only to be fully informed and to be able to answer if approached by taxpay- ers," said coun. Davis. "The question would have been much better put this morning when the committees were struck," returned the. mayor. following the inaugural session, coun. Fred Turner, a tenant, was named finance committee chair man, while other members chosen to serve with him were coun. Del Carrothers, also a tenant, and deputy-reeve Ted Lauder.) May Remove Later A request from Ed Devenish, operator of the town bus, to have a meter removed at the corner of Colborne and Dunn Sts. to al low sufficient parking room at the downtown bus stop, will be dealt with by the police commit tee. Mr. Devenish, in a letter to council, stated he had received complaints as to the manner in which the bus parked, and asser- ted additional curb space would solve the problem. An increase for employees of the works dept., to $1.05 per hour, was approved. Many and Varied A long list of appointments approved by council was as fol- lows: Deputy-reeve E.-R. Lauder and Coun. G. A. Davis as council rep- resentatives to the Oakyville-Tra- falgar Memorial hospital board. Mayor J. R. Black and Coun. Lachlan McArthur as council rep- resentatives 16 the civilian de- fence committee. T. A. Blakelock and Basil Me- (Continued on Page 8) WARREN MOULD IMPRESSES IN FUND CONCERT Oakville's Century Theatre resounded to wave after wave of hand-clapping, punctuated with loud, shrill whistles, as an en- thusiastic audience showered its applause upon the artists taking part in Sunday evening's benefit concert in aid of the Mrs. Mat- thews Children's Fund. The care: fully prepared program, presided over by Johnny Williams as mas- ter of ceremonies, resplendent in full evening dress complete with top-hat, went off without a hitch and seldom has such a dazzling array of varied talent been seen upon a local stage. While all the mumbers were good, the performance of Warren Mould at the piano, is worthy of special mention. This brilliant young. Canadian pianist gave a superb rendering of three well known Chopin compositions, a Ballade, Nocturne in E flat, and Polonaise in E flat. The last piece in particular afforded full scope for Mr. Moulds keyboard genius. Impressive also was his | playing of the ever-popular Hun- garian Rhapsody No, 2 by Liszt Ella O'Hearne, soprano star of the All-Canadian Rosselino Opera Company, charmed the audience with her exquisite renditions of two arias from "La Traviata," one of which was sung as a duet with Edmund Harding, a tenor from the same company. By spe- cial request of Mrs. Matthews she sang Schubert's Ave Maria, to the great enjoyment of the audience, The powerful voice of Barney McKeaver, of John Adas- Kin's "Opportunity Knocks" ra dio show, was heard to great ad ( Continued on Page 3) ECONOMY GOAL MUST NOT - BLOCK SOUTH TRAFALGAR PROGRESS, More consideration' will be giv en, during the coming year, to matters affectiig the welfare of the southern portion of the town- ship, Joseph Wickson, the new reeve, stated in the course of his remarks at Trafalgar Township council's inaugural meeting Mon: day i many problems arising in the lower part of the township due to its tremendous growth." Reeve Wickson declar- ed, "and we will definitely have to give them consideration. We should try at all times to get full value for money spent. But while endeavoring to keep the tax rate down, we must not hinder the progress of the township." effort would be made to up the transaction of bus- at council meetings, the stated. With this end in view, he suggested that commit tees be formed to handle much of the work mow done by the council as a whole. He expressed the hope that during the summer months the council could hold one of ifs meetings at night every month. "We have a council that is bet- ter than most township councils in Ontario," Reeve Wickson de- clared. "We will haye many prob- lems, but none that we can't solve." Reeve Wickson, Deputy-reeve Emerson Ford, and Councillors Robert Marshall, R.C.A. Cumber- land and Ernest Pullen were sworn in by Township Clerk S. A. Featherstone. Rev. J. W. Stewart, WICKSON HOLDS TOWNSHIP GROUP TO HEAR PLANNING BOARD DISCUSSION SESSION planning board is to be congratulated for the great strides it has made in deyelopin plans for the zoning of the area," president Les Hulme told a dir- ectors meeting of the South East Trafalgar property owners a: Monday night. "So many sections of the country have been ruined by lack of planning that our area can well be proud of its board." So many residents have enquir- ed concerning the board's activ- ities, Mr. Hulme stated, that it has been decided to devote an en- "The tire meeting of the assn. to the subject. R. C. A. Cumberland and J. N. Milne, planning board mem- will be the principal speak- ers at the meeting, to be held in Trafalgar Memorial hall January 16. All residents are invited to attend, Who was to have opened the meet ing with a religious ceremony, was unable to be present on ac- count of the death of his wife. At the afternoon session, Mrs. E. M. Dunham, Bronte, -was ap- pointed as assistant to the town- ship clerk. This appointment was made necessary by the absence of Township Treasurer W. H. Ford, who underwent an opera- tion in Galt hospital several days ago, and will be unable to return to his duties for some time. Doughty Platoon Veterans of Oakville and Tra- falgar who were in uniform in both World wars will soon have a group picture for their albums, if plans being hatched by Con- stable Pete | Devenish can be successfully carried out. Cons. Devenish figures he can muster about 19 of the boys who don- ned khaki in both conflicts, and asks that all town and district men in this category leave their names with | Legion secretary Charlie Ford or steward Milt Hubbs, Col. C. K. Nicoll is as- sisting Peter in arranging for the photography session. LOCAL SKI ENTHUSIASTS TO TREK TO: STE. SAUVEUR Some thirty town and district ski enthusiasts will journey to Ste. Sauveur, P.Q,, over the week- end of Feb. 16, if plans now being carefully laid by Bud Corbett ma- ture. The jaunt will get under way Friday night by bus, thus permit- ting two full days in the Lau- rentian resort before setting out for home Sunday night. Ste. Sau- veur, about 50 miles north of Montreal, offers Canada's widest variety of runs for skiers in all stages of development, and the local group are looking forward to a banner weekend. STOP HIDING LIGHT, GUEST TELLS ROTARY Oakville Rotarians Monday eve- ning received advice straight- from-the-shoulder in a talk from clergyman and fellow-Rotarian, Rev. C. J. Loat, of St. Catherines Rotary Club. Pulling no punches, the speaker attacked certain ten- dencies and weaknesses which he believed had to be guarded against if Rotary was to be suc- cessful. "Without the spirit of goodwill Ratary coulin't exis" he de clared. He stressed it was im- portant that this spirit should be fostered, and made a number of constructive suggestions, stress ing the importance of obtaining the confidence and co-operation of fie public. "Li us determine that with the Forts help we dre going out and try and make the world a better place," the speaker said. "Rotary has something no other service club has to offer. That's something to be proud of. We've simply got to stop hiding our light under bushels. Don't be af- raid to tell the public what you're doing." EYEING POSTWAR BIRTH LIST, BOARD SEES EXPANSION PLAN WOULD-BE FIRE WATCHERS POSE PROBLEM FOR BRIGADE AS CALLS LIGHT BELL BOARD Fire Chief Fred Shaw and Deputy-reeve Ted Lauder figure Oakville residents don't realize the danger they are causing. goes," said Chief Shaw. "If residents stopped to think for a moment, they wouldn't reach for their telephones when the fire siren He explained that the Bell Tele- phone operators were swamped with calls immediately the siren gave tongue. trees with the calls," he said. Fund Grows Contributions to the Mrs. Mat- thews Children's Fund had reached the figure of $1,243.07 by Tuesday afternoon, ing to Treasurer William Scade. This (includes approximately $400 netted by Sunday evening's variety concert. accord- TO SET UP CIVILDEFENCE COMMITTEES A civillan defence committee, set up to deal promptly with any contingency of emergency, has been organized by the town, it was. on Monday A cost per pupil of $189.91, in comparison to the Township av- erage of $95 for Linbrook school was largely owing to the high debenture costs resulting . from the new addition, Ken Giles, board chairman, told the Linbrook Home and School association on Tuesday night. Omitting this de- benture cost, amounting to $72, 500, costs were in line with the other schools. Lowest cost per pupil was at the 6th Line school, which was $64. Maple Grove rack- ed up -a- figure of $81.78 while Bronte's tally was $99.15, he stat- ed. "We are faced with an increase in pupils in the township in Sep- tember of 49, in 52 with 59, and in '53 with 125," he said, stressing that the growth requir- ed expansion of nearly all schools in the township, In 1955 the increase would be 122, and in '56 would drop to 96. These figures were taken from the town- ship assessment roles, and made no allowance for new families moving into the various districts with children. By 1956 there would be 13 'new classrooms re- quired, he stated. He outlined the bus pick-up system which operated to bring childrer from some sections to the schools. At the Wilson apart- ments and the Kent Gardens the bus gathered 74 children alone, he said. West of the 16-mile bridge another 62 pupils were transported by bus. "If there's any moré popular man conected with school operations in the township than our bus driver I don't know who he is," Giles said. "I visited him at Christmas and I don't think hell have to buy any cigarets or cigars for the whole year. The pupils cer- tainly showed they appreciated him." The general = contract for the addition to the school had amounted to $48,000 with plumb- ing and heating totalling $13,160. The Electrical work cost $1,98 These were the only contracts let, as the hoard could buy re- maining equipment direct for the same thus save architect had been $3,781 for the job. The landscaping had been tendered for, and $1,265. The board (Continued on Page 8) and fixtures price and fees, which was BEAUX ARTS BALL . PLANS GOING FORWARD Arrangements are going for- ward for the Beaux Arts Ball to be held by Oakville Arts and Crafts. The date is Saturday eve- ning, February 3, and the place Victoria Hall. According to an Arts and Crafts member, the event promises to be the most el- aborate of its kind that Oakville has seen in years. During the eve- ning a draw will be made for a dolls house and a number of oth- er prizes. All craft classes, with the ception of the dressmaking class, have been resumed, and it is hop- ed to re-organize the latter class after the annual meeting on Jan. 6. GALA DANCE WILL AUGMENT FUND TOTALS Another gala event designed to augment the Matthew's fund will be the monster benefit dance which will take place on Wednes- day evening, Jan. 17, at Chris Petroff's Pig and Whistle Inn. Chris was quick to offer the fac- ilities of his popular hostelry when he heard the fund commit- tee was seeking a spot for the dance, and he's pulling out all the stops in his effort to make sure the affair will be a successful one. George Vassil, whose Velyet- ones are currently the feature at- traction at the Pig and hiss was another willing yolunteer. topflight trumpet man In the 5 James-Spivak tradition for the past ten years, George readily agreed to have his band on hand and a mighty smooth band it An entertainment-packed floor show will feature Deanna Smith, 13-year-old dancing doll who cap- tivated the Century audience on Sunday night; Rog Whitaker, Clarkson's popular Irish tenor; and Tiny Hopkin: Canada's Happy-go-lucky replica of Two Ton Baker. Tickets may be se- cured at Scad Groc Oak- ville Card and Smoke Shop, Don- na Lea Candy and Nut Shop, | War s Grocery or from any committee member. THEIR APPOINTED TASKS Committees struck at town council's inaugural meeting Monday, with the chairman's name listed first, were as follows: FINANCE: Coun. Turner, Deputy-reeve Lauder, Coun. Carrothers SEWERS: Coun. Coun. Davis McArthur, Reeve Litchfield, Coun. Gibson STREETS AND SIDEWALKS: Reeve Litchfield, Coun. McArthur, FIRE: Deputy-reeve Lauder, Coun. Turner, Coun. Carrothers PUBLIC BUILDINGS & CEMETERIES: Coun. Wakely, Coun. Da- vis, Coun. Gibson POLICE: Coun. Gibson, Coun. McArthur, Reeve Litchfield HARBOR & INDUSTRIAL: Coun, Carrothers, Deputy-reeve Lau- der, Coun. Wakely PUBLICITY & BAN Coun. Davis, Coun. Turner, Coun. Wakely. Mayor J. R. Black. F. H. Chisholm will act as committee chairman, the mayor stated, while George P. Doty has been named deputy chairman. In addition to the mayor, the committee will comprise the heads of sub-committees, as fol- lows: Chief Constable John B. Derry, chairman of the police and public order committee in charge of re- fugee control, liaison with pro- vincial and township police and intercommunications; Lachlan MacArthur, chairman of the pub- lic utilities committee in charge of water, light, gas, telephone, sewage disposal and fuel suppl: Fire Chief Fred Shay, chairman of the fire committee responsible for fires and alr raid warnings; Dr. E. P. Soanes, chairman of the casualties committee to arrange for hospital accommodation, bur- als, first aid posts, public health, Red Cross and volunteer nursing service; Percy Spurgeon, chair- man of the food and accommoda- tion committee responsible for local food supplies, bomb shelters and transportation; Bric Smith, chairman of the heavy rescue and decontamination committee res- ponsible for rescue from damaged buildings and radio activity. Mr, Doty, In his capacity as chief warden, will organize dis- trict and block wardens, as well as light rescue, first aid and e: uation of casualties. "Their boards light up like Christmas Presents Problem "The dangerous part of it is that the operators can't tell which call is a possible second fire, or which might be an official of the brigade trying to reach the fire- hall for some reason," Deputy- reeve Lauder explained. If a sec- ond fire occurred, he pointed out, the call to report this fire might not be answered for some time, as the operators would be swamp- ed and, unless one happened on the emergency call, it might stand for some time before an- swering. "We would like to appeal to all residents to not try and phone the firehall to ask where the fire is," both officials said. "Every receiver that is lifted from the cradle in the first quarter hour following the siren, that doesn't have to be, is a potential hazzard to someone else. Someday it may be the person making that un- necessary call who wanted to place an emergency call and they couldn't get through. The oper ators do their best, but the board is literally flooded with incoming calls, and it becomes humanly impossible for 'the operators to cope with them." Don't Realize Danger Fire chief Shaw was convinced residents did not realize the danger their interest involved. "If they did, I am sure they would stop calling. There are a number of calls that have to go through. These are being lost in the rush." He stated he had called in him- self on one occasion, to find the: firehall line busy. The operator, when he told her who he was had cleared the line for him. "But she might not have answered my call for a longer time. No one could expect the telephone com- pany to have sufficient operators available to deal with this situ- ation. It is up to our residents to realize thelr actions are causing a serfous situation." Deputy-reeve Lauder fident residents would now they understood involved was con- co-operate the danger LEGION LADIES' NIGHT Tomorrow (Friday) evening will be a big night at Legion Hall. It's Ladies' Night, and Legion members, thelr wives and friends will enjoy several hours of lively entertainment, the item will be dancing, to the strains of walt Alway's Circle A Ram- blers. A big turnout is looked for. g NEW PRINCIPAL TO STRESS VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE PLAN To give special attention to the educational, vocational and social guidance of each Individual pu- pil is ome of the chief alms of David J. Wilson, who last week assumed his new duties as prin- cipal of Oakyill falgar High School. "I am guidance-minded," the former assistant principal of Galt Collegiate Institute and Vocational School informed a Journal report- er in the course of an Interview this wee hope to make this school ntered rather than subject-c , and I think this school Is policy. It offers subjects and "I am convinced that the admin- fstering of a school should be a community function contfnued the new principal, "and that the help of various groups such as the Home and School Assoclation and the service clubs should be welcomed by the authorities, I think the Home As soclations fnstit- and School excellent tend to bring flogefth en very pleas attitude of are tions, because the parents One thing I have be ed about so far Is the the students towards the school and the staff. They have be most co-operative, and the orice) is running along very nicely." Mr. Wilson himself and te 5 expre; us very favorably Impressed with the school bullding and facllities. "The people who ares responsible for the new addition appear to have done an excellent job," he sald, "As far as I can gee, the possibilities hers are excellent." He mentioned that a delegation from the Thorold high school board was planning to visit the school to obtain Ideas for a new building, comes to Oakville whh a teach. Appointed last June, Mr, Wilson comes to Onkyille with uo temch- ing exper of about twenty all of which hus at Galt. He Is i in commercial subjects, and took his M.A. degree at the University of Toronto in 1928, An established authority on vocatlon- al guldance, he was In charg this work at Galt for six y and has done considerable le ing on the subject un sponsorship of the On partment of Education, Whils fn Galt, Mr. Wilson as netlve in community rs. A pist pri oh dent of the Clvie Club, he president of the South Wate! bs Joy Scouts Assoclation and a sesslons member of the Lincoln Street United Church. He native of Brantford. Mr. Wilson Is bringing wife and to thelr new home on Gloucester Road within the next weck or #0. two sons