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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 SOMETHING: HAS i Ee THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1951 All Through Your Life Did you ever stop to think that in all the world there is only one newspaper that is really concerned with YOU? And that is your hometown paper. Big city dailies are only interested in YOU when you commit a crime, break your neck or do some- thing equally spectacular or foolish. But your hometown paper is interested in YOU all through your life. Over the years it tells the story of YOU. The story begins, as good stories should, at the beginning. YOU are born and in the "birth notices" there is an announcement that your father and moth- er have been blessed with YOU. And this hometown paper thinks the fact of YOU being a resident is such cause for celebration it makes no charge for the an- nouncement. Then Dad and Mom go away on a trip and take YOU with them. So your name appears in the social and personal column. The years pass and YOU go to school. Every so often your name appears in school results, sometimes at the top of your class, son¥etimes at the bottom, but always there. YOU are on the hockey team or the ball team as YOU grow older and your name is mentioned many times. YOU golf, go to summer camp with the res- eTvV take part in the music festival, act in a play -- your name is in the paper. Then comes the great moment of the early part of your life--high school graduation and your.suc- cess is published. YOU cut it out for your grand- children to see. Then perhaps college and home for holidays; your name appears often. YOU graduate and your hometown paper is just as proud of you as your parents are. YOU come home and go to work in dad's business or start one of your own. "YOU meet the one and only one girl and your engagement, is announced in the paper. YOU are married and there is a detailed account of your wedding. As the years roll on your hometown paper tells the story of your social life, your community achieve- ments, the birth of your children, the honors 'that come to YOU. Finally at the end of your long and happy life YOU appear in the "obituary column." Thus YOU and your hometown paper are closely connected. ~ Without YOU there would be no com- munity newspaper. Without your community news- paper there would be no published story of YOU. All through your life your paper records your doings -- the happy occasions in your life, your sor- rowful ones, your achievements. Your hometown paper is your paper. "Don't Complain Later It is to be wondered how many Canadians have any real idea of how much everything which they buy as the result of taxes. Tt is not a very popular idea to complain about taxes, for some reason, although they amount, in one way or another, to at least one-quarter of all the earnings of all people in Canada. It is much easier to get people to complain about high wages, or high profits, or some other factor in the price of goods -- except taxation. This is a good time to remind Canadians that the cost of what they buy always incudes a lot of tax- ation, for it is going to include a lot more taxation if the present plan is adopted of amending the Con- stitution, so that the Provincial Governments can levy a hidden Sales Tax, up to 3 per cent. This is supposed to be for the purpose of financing old age pensions, to be paid by the Provinces to those in need, up to the age of seventy. Of course, no one reminds the public that the Province of Quebec has said that since it now levies various Sales Taxes, it would not use this plan, or that the Province of Nova Scotia says that it does not need this 3 per cent, or that the Provinces of British Columbia and New Brunswick say that 3 per cent would not be enough, or that the Province of Alberta, with its enormous revenues at present, does not require this additional source. Meanwhile, if this amendment goes through, in those Provinces in which the Government feel that they need this 3 per cent additional the price of goods will be raised by 3 per cent. Now, if this were done by marking plainly on the face of every invoice that an old age pension tax of 3 per cent was now included, then there could be no complaint. The public would know that they were paying this tax. There would also be no need for a Constitutional amendment. Provincial Governments can charge open and visible Sales Tax of that kind. now. All that is being done is to fix things so that Canadians will pay more taxes to the extent of 3 per cent of all the money which they spend, and will be able to forget that they are doing thi because the tax will not show on 'their invoices or sales slips. 'When this tax goes into effect, up goes the cost of living. It may be the desire of the Canadian peo- ple to accept 'this increased cost of living in view of the purpose of the tax. The important thing is that the Canadian public should not then complain because the cost of Living has increased, or let themselves be kidded into joining association to protest against high profits simply because an increased tax has in- creased the cost of living. J is iw If you or any other Canadian has any neni of protesting against the I oe i of 3 - ing which this tax will bring, now is the time to com- plain. BEEN ADDED _ oir nr 7A att iT SEERS T0 ME BY P. W. THOMPSON The taking of food into the sys- living creature of every specles on earth. This necessity is uni- versal, It applies to everyone-- to kings and queens and beggars, to poets and dock-laborers, to ants and elephants and eagles, to the newborn babe and the cen- tenarian. "From the time a crea- ture enters the world until the time he leaves it, eating is one of his most important activities, whether or not he knows it. There are some people who profess 'not to care much about eating, but however little they may relish it they cannot stop it for long, or they would sick en and die. And as there are only certain things that can be taken into the system with safety" and with satisfying re- sults, and those things are not always amply provided by na- ture without some assistance, the quest for food, directly or indirectly, occupies much of. the time of humans and animals alike. tem is a primary concern of every BY BESSIE CAIRNS TRAFALGAR TALES NEED MONEY? Any organization interested in making money? Within the last two weeks 1 have participated in two successful events to raise money for community projects . .. most of which though organized for love can't operate on it. Since every time I get the Jour- nal I read of a new association being formed this column should prove helpful. While in Montreal recently L went to a Military Whist put on by the Mother's. Ausiliary of the Cub Pack of = St. Malachi's Church. I didn't want to go-- would have "preferred staying in with a good book. I-don't play whist and: have no youngsters' in the Cubs. I. did go, I did play whist and T+ had a wonderful time. J In fact the affair was such fun that I am_ seriously thinking of making a flock of flags with tooth-picks, - paper' and mucilage and organizing Military whists in Ontario, Mrs. Bennett the Montreal lady, who was respons- How much simpler life would be it nature had only fashioned us in such a manner that we could live without this eternal eating, this perpetual getting and prepar- ing of food! We would have so much more time to devote to the finer things of life, to amuse our- selves in various ways, or simply to lie in bed. As it is, we are un: der the sordid necessity of exer- ting ourselves to get 'the where: withal to buy food to put in our stomachs several times a day. Then there is all the trouble of cooking and washing dishes. With non-human creatures, eating | is a relatively simple business. What are known as the herbivorous animals, such as cattle, sheep and deer, crop grass and leaves. The carnivor- ous, : or flesh-eating ones, Kill other animals and eat them raw, without any frivolous nonsense about cooking. There is nothing : complicated about their meals. Time was when man, too, had simple food hab- its, catching his prey and tear- ing it to pieces with his teeth (which, incidentally, is said to have been very good for the teeth). But eventually he hit upon the idea of cooking 'the animals he killed, and the culin- ary art came Into being. To this great art, and its dev- clopment throughout the ages, we cannot pretend to do justice here. 'We pass hriefly over its histori- cal aspects, such as the colossal feasts of ancient and medieval times, with their gastronomical masterpieces, their lavish abun- dance of rich viands. Modern food habits, Tess elaborate in some respects than those of our ances- tors, we find quite fascinating ch t a modern food store and feast your eyes upon the heaps of golden. fruits, the succulent green vegetables, the appetiz- ing meats. Run your eyes over the shelves upon shelves of brightly labelled packages and tins. Think of all the different species of the animal and veg- etable kingdoms that are here represented, and of the innum- erable people of various occupa: tions and nationalities who have planned and toiled to produce these foods and bring them here from all over ! the globe. The fisherman | off ithe Atlantic coast, the grain-grower on the jes, the coffee planter of Brazil, the tea planter of Cey- lon, the laborer in the pineapple plantations of Hawaii, the Ont- ario- dairyman, these and what (Continued on Page 6) ible for running the ome at St. Malachi's is booked months ahead of time. She charges so much per table for her services yet every organization who hires her has a nice profit to show and Montrealers are so enthusi- astic about Military Whists that they chase all over the city to attend hem. Closer to home; The Rock: wood Community Club are busy preparing for a 'Hayloft Jam boree' to be put on . the later part of this week. It includes besides hay, and some corn, a Tiny Tot contest, quizz show, male [fashion parade, square dances, specialty acts and .a short skit. The Jamboree is or- ganized by an American concern and the director is imported, all the talent however is local and the affair promises to be alot of fun. It should be profitable too . .. we have already sold over $350.00 worth of advertising in Rockwood and Guelph, so one thing is definite, we can't lose and noone had to bake a cake- If this isn't one for the Ripley column it certainly proves the old maxim, 'It's a small world" My niece was married last week to a lad from Sydney, Australia. While honeymooning in New York a cousin, whom the bride had never met and only distantly heard of, arrived, from Yorkshire England and booked at the same hotel. He and wife are heading for Sydney} Austfalial Thus the bride is not only get- ting acquainted with her relat- ives but the groom's people will soon have a first hand message from him. MINSHALL AND KENNEDY TO ATTEND CONFERENCE D. L. Minsall, chairman of Oak- ville Recreation Commission, and Ted Kennedy, recreational direc: tor, will attend the Provincial Recreation Conference being held at London tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Minshall will be in charge of the conference ex- hibits. Sessions will be held at Western University, London, and will be attended by about five hundred recreation leaders and specialists from all over Ontario and outside the province. Purpose of the gathering is the study of of 'the public in time of national emergency is one of the topics os the agenda. A feature of the will be an of handicraft produced by mem- bers of recreation groups. easy-to-carry «foods, It I've silently passed any of my eleven faithful readers on the sf recently without calling a y greeting, it was not because I've ceased to ap- preciate their kindly interest. It was just' that I've been bidding a painful and lingering farewell to my last batch of natural teeth this past ten days, and I was afraid that even the voicing of a friendly hello might send my gleaming new dental crockery crashing to the sidewalk. None Too Chipper Frankly, 1 haven't been feeling too friendly during this period, anyway, Modern dental science land the plastic age have combined to zive us all a lot better shape in appearance than that which Grandpop enjoyed, but the molar miser attendant thereto go on forever. Particularly when your dentist insists on slapping the new denture, which feels three times life size, has more needle- sharp points than any porcupine, right on top of your battered, shattered and tattered gums. So mow, as I await the immin- ent commencement of mew life at 40, 1 start learning to man? ipulate my third comiflete set of teeth, secure only in the knowledge that that new life, dentally, will be a brighter ome than that just concluded. It just couldn't be worse! Cussed Bicuspids! Those _ cussed bicusplds began acling- up 20. years when, as a callow youth, I a sixmonth prospecting trip through the Thunder Bay dis- trict in a vain search for an ore formation that might be a continuation -of the then sensat- ional Little Longlac vein. Pros- pedtors, of mecessity, exist on a diet of dessicated, starchy but and when a shuddering. dentist" finished rep- airing the ravages that winter, my 'choppers "contained. a great deal more -gold than 'I ever dis- covered in the" batren morth- lands. s za first ago took Modern _ Inquisition T should have been: prepared for this latest 'clash with code- ine, as that early misadventure had me waving adieu to my up- per. china some. eight years ago. But 1 yvas younger then, and made of sterner stuff. This time, it was as tortuous as tearing up seven tickets at Dufferin, as ex- cruclating as a session with the thumb screws, and as torment ing' as missing the last call at the Murray House, In fact, it was almost as agonizing as a meeting of town council. There 1 found myself in ami- able Doc. Haldenby's waiting room, nervously fingering a magazine and uttering monosyl- labic little grunts as I contem- plated the melancholy faces of other potential patients. Over all reigned a menacingly ex- pectant silence. [The minutes dragged , as one by one mournful sufferers filed into the good dodtdr's ~ workshop. Life seemed very sad indeed. PUFFS FROM THE COTTON Gl N | The Die Is Cast Finally, the nunse beckoneq seductively. 1 rose and approach. ed my dental doom with meas. ed tread. 1 paused at fy threshold for: a deep breath, byt the nurse, fearing 1 might a quick getaway, swept me in. side, where Dr, Haldeny gree. ed me with a friendly leer | examined the chair for hiddsy wiring, and collapsed into it while he washed his hang and readied his instruments of torture, chatting gayly of gol the while, 1 gazed through the half closed Venetian blinds on. to Dundas St, where free, happy people were going about thei business with no concern for terr victim who ly watched their carefree ments. Across the street, Ribble, ordinarily a nice even had the shockingly taste to burst into a laugh. guy, Vad hearty Noxious Needling I was just looking around for an axe to swing oh a distant radio that was playing "Bluebird of Happiness" when a gleaming, five-foot needle appeared from nowhere and slipped into my mouth and three quarters of the way down to the base of my won't hurt a bit", assur ed the good doctor, as I shifted my weight onto my right elbow and wrapped my legs around the Xray machine. Three times more he thrust the needle home, probing in turn, it seemed, for my sacroiliac, my left kneecap, and the ankle I broke playing football. And gradually my lip became; as thick as. a: farmer's sausage: i "stfung Arm Stuff | Whereupon - my - happy; tor mentor, humming cheerily, pick- ed up an oversized carpenters holepunch and commenced Ii dustriously © e a m i n g great chunks of gum flesh away from my defenceless ivories. 'Then he began pulling and ~YVanking away with the almost '@popletic fury usually vented when try ing to dislodge a stubborn ice tray. All of which frenzied activity finally brought 'me to the sobering conclusion that my teeth and I had reached the end of a long and beautiful frien ship. A few minutes later, we had A few minutes after that, "I was stumbling along Colborne St. chocking over a mouthful of the biggest assortment . of 'molars, biscuspids and incisors ever pasted together. It felt that way, anyhow. And every individual new plastic tooth joyously spent the next five days busily drilling for an oil well they seemed to think was lying dormant 'in my jawbone. All Over Now? Ah, well, it's all over nov, and I expect to experiment with my first steak in a week or two Soupily Yours, BILL COTTON LETTERS to CAMPAIGN FOR BLIND SUCCESSFUL Oakville, May 7, 1951 Mr. Wood, Trafalgar-Journal, Oakville. Dear Mr. Wood: On behalf of the Halton County Advisory Board to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Mrs. Marshall and I would like to thank you very much for the generous publicity and support given through your paper during the recent campaign for fund: May we also through this col- umn thank the team captains, canvassers, , donors, Dr. Chase Medicine Co. for the billboard, Major Kemp for the use of the armouries, Mr. Flexman for his assistance, and the Bank of Com- merce for counting the donations late Tuesday afternoon. The cam- paign was a great success and we are grateful to all those who helped to raise $3,913.76 so that the Canadian National Institute for the Blind may continue to help those who cannot see. We have a few outstanding promises which I feel sure will bring the amount to $4,000. Sincerely, MARGARET BELL, Campaign Chairman. The Journal, Oakville, Ont. Dear Editor: I am taking this opportunity of expressing the very deep appre- ciation of the Grenfell Labrador the EDITOR Mission executive to the staf of the Journal, the ladies of the dis trict, - and the members of (he Angela Bruce and White Oak Chapters, 1.O.D.E., for their ger erous co-operation in making fle recent disearded silk" collection the most successful to date. A large number of cartons Wert filled to capacity with this much needed material, which will B® shipped to Harrington this month for distribution along 'the Labr dor coast. This material is utile ed by the industrious wives of (lf fishermen to make their worl famous hooked rugs. Their hat work also aids materially i ding a note of cheer to thei orless lives. Thanking you, on their Sincerely, Grace Lloyd-Jones, (District Conver?) Town Council Mayor Black's suggest! a resolution be adopted ing the town solicitor to a bylaw governing counct cedure was promptly accer deputyreeve Ted La resolution 1 pref ted Hf} 3 a venerable cedure for town council, tempt to have a meeting discuss Chief J. B. Derry 4 quest for an fnvestigati? J the conduct of his office, informed that the doCUMiR no legal status and "wasn't y the paper it was written O% The resolution passed mously- called © ofS