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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. Vincent H. Barrey Managing Editor Advertising Manager Bill Cotton, Editorial Assistant PHONE 1298 Thursday, January 11th, 1951 Turning Day Into Night The township nomination meeting this year pointed up very obviously that holding evening coun- cil activities received more support than when nomin- ations were held at noon. The hall was packed to ca- pacity, and there were more people from all sections of the township present. Had the increase in attendance been mostly from the south section of the township, it would not have been surprising. Residents of this section largely commute to their work in Toronto or Hamilton. For them the noon meeting was always pretty well out of the question. But the representation from the north end was also greater than ever before, pointing up that these residents also find it easier to attend evening meetings. It would seem that township council might learn something from this. In the past the two council meetings each month have been held during the day __or at least have started in the morning and run through the day. On some occasions the meetings have run into the evenings. Attendance by residents, except when a delega- tion wished to appear, has been almost negligible. Yet, nominations proved that taxpayers are interest- ed in township affairs. We believe that taxpayers are not only interested in the results of council's deliberations, but in the discussions which go toward making those decisions. While we report the discussions that take place around the council table in the new Memorial Hall, we do not have available the space required to report all subjects fully. We must pick out the most import- tant, or most controversial for reporting. This way residents of Trafalgar get a pretty good picture of the way the various members of the council feel about some matters . . . but they would, obviously, have a more comprehensive picture were they able to be present. Much of council's work is the routine passing of accounts, discussions of regular mechanics of mun- icipal administration. These matters could be dispos- ed of in advance of an evening meeting if the agenda indicated the need for a long session. Then the eve- ning period could be devoted to new business, or settling of matters which had required investigation, or referring back to committees. In this way evening sessions would be interesting from a taxpayer's view- point, and also provide a more convenient period for delegations to appear. Members of council would also benefit from such a change, we believe. They are all businessmen, ser- ving the interests of their fellow residents, and must find the devotion of the business day to such affairs a considerable additional expense to themselves. Were they to meet in the evenings, they would not interfere with their normal business operations eith- er. -- While the area of Trafalgar is larger than the town of Oakville, and the road question therefore de- mands more time, the overall administration of the township can not be so. much greater than that Oak- ville faces. Oakville council, in regular session, meets the same number of times each month in the eve- nings, and with the exception of a few occassions manages to start at 8 p.m. and be through with the meeting before 11 p.m. It would seem reasonable to suppose that town- ship council, provided all committees did their work in advance, and council was prepared to accept the work of the committee as being reasonably well done and so adopt the recommendation, could manage to dispatch most of its work in the same period. But an afternoon start for routine matters would certainly assure this. The daylight meetings of Trafalgar Township council are a survival of the days when daylight for travelling meant a great deal to residents and coun- cillors. At one time nearly every council in the pro- vince held its meetings at the same time. But today it is hard to find a council administering a munici- pality of the size and importance of Trafalgar that holds its meetings during the daylight hours. We be- lieve the council should give consideration to bring- ing Trafalgar up to date. All members of council will be as anxious we are to see as many people as possible attend sessions. The greater the interest by way of attendance, the more effective the council will be. Those present will be a source of information to council members. A council that does not have members of the electorate present, is a council which can get out of touch with wht the people are thinking. No governing body op- erates successfully from an ivory tower. In the past the various councillors have, follow- ing discussion of a matter, held the vote over until they could scout around on their own ahd see what the general feeling was. If, because of evening ses- sions, councillors had a good representation present, matters could be settled more readily, and council Jors would save themselves a great deal of personal time. We would like to see the new council give con- sideration to making such a change. It could certain- ly be tried out for a while--and then changed back if found to be of no advantage. It took several years of pressure to have nominations changed to the evening. Partly this was owing to the lack of accommodation in the old hall--but not entirely. Habit is a hard thing to overcome. Daylight sessions in Trafalgar are a habit. And habits have a way of being either good or IT SEEMS... T0 ME !! BY P. W. THOMPSON Every now and them one hears the present century or period described -as "belonging" to some particular country, or perhaps to some class of people, Our own impression is that this age "De: longs", not to the most useful, wise or meritorfous people, but to those who, by reason of their personalities or bags of tricks, can attract or amuse the greatest numbers. More specifically it is the golden age of the clown, the wisecracker, and the purveyor of cheap sentiment. This, we think, is one of the sharpest contradictions of pre- sent-day society. And it is, as far as we are aware, quite with- out precedent. Never in all his- tory has society lavished such: BY BESSIE CAIRNS _ TRAFALGAR TALES REMEMBER ANTHONY? Once upon a time, and this isn't a fairy tale, there seemed to be only two classes of people in the world . . . those who had read Anthony Adverse and those who hadn't. In order to satisfy my curiosity and because I hate being left out of a conversation I join- ed the former. Anthony as you recall became quite a controver- sial figure. Those who revelled in the obscene chapters of the book decided that for the sake of the world's morals it should be banned. Others, and they included many leaders of the church, drew strong moral texts from the more devout pages. Granted the author gave them plenty of latitude. I heard both the Rev. Stanley Russell and Prices, the greatest current source of gray hair Canadian housewlves know, were beginning to worry and irk their American cousins last week, according to a comprehensive report in TIME magazine. But the lassies in At lanta, Chicago and Kansas City weren't the only ones worrying about thelr hair. For the time honored phrase, "shave and a haircut, two bits," was being em- phatically relegated to history's vellowest pages. Nasty Nip Yes, while grocer and butcher were marking up eggs and ham hocks and such to astronomical figures, it was the barbers who came up with the unkindest cut of all. Southern gentlemen were not feeling quite so hospitable as they saw haircuts jump from 85 cents to an even dollar. But Chicago tonsorial artists hit the hirsute jackpot with a boost to $1.30 on weel days, $1.50 on Saturdays, and a firm 85 cents for shaves. In the Windy City, therefore, a Saturday night shar- ple could alter the legendary slo- gan more than slightly to a stag- gering "shave and a haircut, $2.35!" Very soon, I imagine, all Chicago masculine hairdos wil apear to be brush cuts. Whose hair wouldn't stand right up on end in horror at those prices? Wig and Whiskers TIME neglected to go into de- tail as to customer reaction, ex- cept to quote a Kansas City bar- ber with: "It looks as though they're saving up for an extra quarter's worth of hair before they come in." I can well imagine they might with the barbers giv- ing them such a thorough clip- ping! In fact, the long powdered locks of George Washington's era may well enjoy a popular 1951 revival, and the flowing beards that made the Smith Bro- thers famous may find favour days he shackled and bolted down his black brethren. Newton admitted he saw nothing wrong in this trade. When a fit of apo- immense rewards upon the pop: ular entertainer. This condition seems to have come about dur- ing the past three or four de- cades, with the rise of the cin- ema and the radio. There have been, in former times, actors, actresses | and = singers who were ~very well paid. But what they received. for their efforts would be hardly more than pocket-money compared with the staggering sums paid the current favorites of the screen and the airwaves. To say that these people are extremely well rewarded for what they do-would be a master- piece of understatement. Money, adulation and fame are lavished upon them upon a scale befitting national heroes or saviors of so- ciety. It is not for its scientists, its statesmen, scholars; not for its poets, teachers, engineers, artists, composers of first-rate music that the modern world re- serves its richest rewards. The kings and queens are the syrupy- voiced crooners, the "photogenic" actors and actresses. the comed- ians with the funny faces or man- ners of speech. A big nose, a pec: uliar huskiness of tone, or an odd facial expression may make a fortune for its owner almost ov- er-night. The function of an entertainer is an important one, and it is only right that those who fill this role should be adequately compensated: But it is surely not a desirable state of affairs when a very ordinary perform- er is elevated to the heights of affluence and a man or woman of undeniable talent accorded a mere livelihood. Most of the cur- rent darlings of the entertain- ment world, the "big names," would be very well paid at one- tenth of their actual incomes. That they are surrounded with an atmosphere of fabulous luxury such as no monarch formerly en- joyed is surely a sad commentary upon the prevailing sense of val- ues. But perhaps time will pro- vide a corrective, 'and the day will come when the pampered darlings of Hollywood and Broadway will be allotted their proper places in the scheme of things. Rabbi Eisendrath review the book and extoll its virtues with deep reverence and gifted oratory. Personally 1 thought it was far- fetched. 1 liked the opening Chap- ters about the road, the charact- er of the gluttonous Cibo, the story of the slave trade . . . must have, or I membered them all these years, 1 discounted as nonsense a lot of Anthony's North American ad- ventures and as exaggerated many of his religious experiences. Lately I've had reason to re- view my opinions. When I saw the otters cavorting in Walt Dis- ney's "Beaver Valley" I decided maybe bears do consider it fun to toboggan down hills. Then yes- terday in the magazine "Every- body" I came across a biography of John Newton, author of "How Sweet The Name Of Jesus Sounds" and many of our best loved hymns. I found myself prac- tically rereading the adventures of Anthony Adverse, surely New- ton must have been Hervey Al len's inspiration! John Newton was born in 1725, the son of a shipmaster and well- educated though delicate mother who died when he was seven. At an early age he went to sea in one of his father's ships and avidly took up swearing and the jmmor- al manners of his older ship- mates. At seventeen he was vio- lently atheistic, Like Anthony his life was full of adventures, he lived in Spain and Venice, fell madly in love with a thirteen year old girl, at times remember- ing his mother he became relig- fous for short periods and then off to sea again. - Lured by stories of wealth of the slave trade he headed for Af- rica, linked up with a trader and his dusky mistress and eventual- ly became master of a vessel plying the slave trade route. Being shipwrecked and almost drowned off the coast of Newfoundland he called out "The Lord have mercy on us" This utterance, strange had a sobering effect, and, he turned again to God . . . though still carrying on with the slave trade. On Sundays he established a church service on board, week- saved. On this page will be found Padding Comer ersii a statement of subscribers shouldn't have re- | plexy prevented him from going to sea again he settled in London where he made the acquaintance of John Wesley and the poet Cowper. He decided to become a minister and once ordained preached stirring sermons . . . . enriched no doubt from his vast experience. His own epitaph forms a fitting conclusion to this tale of a real life Anthony Ad- verse: "JOHN NEWTON, Clerk, once a infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was, by the rich merey of Our Lord and Sav- iour JBSUS CHRIST, preserved, restored, pardoned and appointed to preach the Faith he had long laboured to destroy." PUFFS FROM THE COTTON GIN ~ once more with those gentry | can't cope with electric shavers or safety razors. Fortunately, the lads are a lit. tle more fortunate hereabouts From the financal standpoint, at any rate. On the town tonsorial front, a consensus rating of the situation would seem to be: qual ity of work--fairly high; price of a snipping--fairly reasonable; quantity of barbers available too xx¢)(.'!*xx low! In other words, there are too few scissors snippers doing these good jobs at these reasonable prices. Heavy Odds Ever stop to figure it out? Well, at Municipal Night, mayor Jim Black announced that the town's population now stands at slightly better than 6,500. A Friday check disclosed six barbers busily click- ing the tools of their trade. As- suming that about 83,000 of the present population are males, that means that every 500 of us fellas have one barber to split up among us! This may make ft very nice for the barbers, but it sure plays havoc with the back of your neck and mine. Only this morn- ing, my severest critic was com- plaining that the thick, wiry overlap was wearing all the nap off all two of my coat collars. Yes, friends, you will find, on Colborne St. at least 40 bank employees ready and willing to take care of what little money the government and the grocer leave you. You will find about as many grocers and their helpers standing by to fill your food ham- pers. You have a choice of 18 newsdealers (19, until the cock- tail lounge issue came up--and went down) when you purchase this copy of the Journal. But you can have your noggin kneaded and shorn by only six barbers. Wearing Game As far as I'm concerned, it's all made for a pastime which de- mands patience, perseverence and plodding. But it isn't quite as bad as it sounds. Let me give you a tip which springs from my vast three-year experience in shadow- ing the main stem's Fitch and Booster emporiums in search of an empty chair. Now don't tell anyone -else this, or youll spoil it for yourself. Your best time to connect is early on a Thursday or a Friday morning. Believe it or not, business seems to taper off a bit those days, and you can ac: tually get into the chair in good time. Even be third in line, on good days. But never make the mistake of going in around 8.15 on Monday mornings. Boy, are those: shops jammed! Sometimes the lads are standing three deep around the walls. And anyway, that's the time I usually try to get down. Top Heavily Yours, BILL COTTON HERE'S A WORTHWHILE CANADIAN ALL-TIME RECORD 1026 PAID JOURNAL SUBSCRIBERS IN THREE YEARS ALMOST AS MANY MORE BUY THEIR JOURNAL ON THE NEWSSTANDS EACH WEEK ADVERTISE IN OAKVILLE'S which, each time we read it, makes our heart feel very warm. A reception and suppont from the people of a district like that is something that encourages those who work on newspapers. After all, there are a lot of people whose efforts have gone into the paper you are now reading--and each one is trying to the limit of their ability to make it a better and more in- teresting paper each week. When folk walk in and lay $2 of their hard-earned cash on the line because they want to read it each week . . . that's the reward which more than. repays for any efforts. So, to the many who have supported us to our present subscription list--the largest in this area--we say "Thanks!" And to our equally loyal newsstand purchasers, please know that the weekly total of such sales is just as en- couraging and rewarding. GROWING PAPER THE JOURNAL MAXIMUM RESULTS FOR YOUR MINIMUM ADVERTISING DOLLARS