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Oakville - Trafalgar Journal Vol. 4, No. 26 Entered, 2nd. Class Mail, Ottawa THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1951 24 Pages 5 cents a copy, $2.00 per year In advance VING RATS Informed of a backyard rodent nvasion that defies individual inttempts. to smother it, town council Monday night shook col- feqiively baffled heads, then delegated councillor Ross Gibson o investigate the menace. Coun. Gibson appeared as nonplussed las his associates, but he accepted the with good grace., The question of the roving rats vas introduced- by Mrs. L. My- ers, Thomas St. "What is 'council going to do about the rats?" she queried. "We've had them run ning through our back yard for two vears, and though we've used noison, they're back" again this spring. The medical authorities referred me to you, as they say they can't do anything while the town dump is still there." "They blame the whole thing on the dump?' asked mayor J. IR. Black. ly sag n't thi thing d Ku ) cra said gy a hig he) de, hoy ckles, Chart, ad so urting are for didn't if ry "That's the excuse they gave dy, | anyway," © returned Mrs, Myers. hing ("1 hope youll take steps before some child is bitten: My neigh- hours have even seen rats run- ning along their roofs. It's a ser- ious situation." The dump again came under discussion later in the meeting, vhen the mayor reported he had fasked the township for 1,000 tons of fill to cover the entire surface nd had been told Trafalgar ouncil "wasn't interested" in supply] it. "They Lt once i citehen mbling path tof put as much garbage childret{@8hcre as the town does," he said. oo mole contacted the township gar- ure. bage collector, and set a deadline RILE ANXIOUS 0 MOTHER, COUNCIL NOMINATES GIBSON TO PLAY PIED PIPER Early Fireworks Jack Orr, Trafalgars road superintendent, was making re- pairs to the engine of 'a town- ship truck with the aid of a blowtorch on Friday. Suddenly the feed-line sprang a leak. Ignited by the torch, the gaso- line burst into flame which cause painful burns to Mr. Orr's face. of May 19 as a limit for dump- ing, but we haven't heard from him." v Council authorized the mayor to take the necessary steps to clear up the situation. Long Sought Lights Coun. Gibson informed, coun- cil the police' committee has. ac- auired a set of traffic lights and three warning signal lights. It was decided to Install the stop- and-go equipment at Dundas and Colborne Sts., and two of the cau- tion signals at Wilson and Col- borne and at Bond and Kerr Sts. Disposition of the third light was held over. Zoning Blues Requests to permit a hardware business and a factory expansion in residential zones brought about lengthy discussions. Individual members of council viewed sym- pathetically the plight.of Les Mote, who purchased an Inglehart St. building formerly used a a store for the new site of his Com. (Continued on Page 8) re's nol shed!" K hey ran door of scampere| Knarl Shouting How Ontario is safeguarding fle physical and' mental health of her schoolage children was and HButlined by Hon. Dr. MacKinnon hed they JRELILLDS, provincial minister" of mouth IEC?! in an address at Bronte ome and School Association's nual at hame in Bronte public id as sie fiichool Thursday evening. The nd his gVeaker, Who was introduced by CW tanley Hall, MP.P. for Halton, - "Why @eferred to the - emotional strain 2d bears @0ften imposed upon school child- Ten today by reason of over- erowding due to heavy increase pe 5 sawdus| are sf PHILLIPS BLAMES CROWDING OR EMOTIONAL QUIRKS Dr. Mather. The remainder of the program included an excellent musical. recital by the pupils, un- der the direction of D. Peters, musfc supervisor. Members of the graduating class were pre- sented with fountain pens by William Milligan, president of the Home and School Association. There was a large attendance. OPTIMISTS POSTPONE FIRST AID COURSE Due to lack of sufficient num- ber of i Oakville Opti- the [e fhe various. measures taken by o department of health to in- re the children every opportun- iv of growing and developing Bormally, stressing the import- ce of health in the building of ood citizens. At the same time, Br. Phillips warned that the alth factor must not be over- ressed, so that it became a sort ish. Ong Stone speaker referred to the _of engaging psychia- fists to examine pupils, the ben- ficial effects of which were al- ady being , felt. Affection and couragement, he pointed out, necessary to the child's fevelopment. Tt was the duty of flie parents, schools, and church- to do their share in providing uitable environment for the growth. He referred to the luable work being accomplish- ln Halton schools by the Buniy health unit, in charge of James Mather. or, Phillips was thanked by 490 Green mist Club has found it necessary to postpone the proposed St. John's Ambulance lectures until fall. The course was to have been held from May 380 to July 4. It is hoped that. when September comes, with the conclusion of summer activities, plenty of peo- ple will be sufficiently interest- ed to make the course of first aid lectures possible. Ford Feted Wilbert E. Ford, who has re- cently retired as treasurer of Trafalgar Township, Is being honored at a banquet and pre: sentation in the township hall tomorrow. evening at 7 o'clock. The banquet Is being tendered by the township council, and will be attended by township employees, several former reev- es, and county officials. Mr. Ford first entered the service of the township In 1932. he new Oakville club, Mayor and congratulates President Journal Photo by Thelma Brown --While Cam Bale, first Canadian Kiwanis member of the Ham- club, which sponsored the new Oakville club, holds the Charter James Black welcomes the club to THIS 140-FT. TOWER at Milton is a link In transmitting Milton Berle's quips and grimaces from Buffalo to Toronto. Near the top Is the "dish", which is unaffected by weather conditions. BUFFALO -- TORONTO RADIO RELAY TESTS RE) LAKE ERIE SCALE =18 MLES TO |INCH HERE'S HOW IT PASSES OVER THIS DISTRICT NEW KIWANIS CLUB GETS CHARTER The fifth child of the Hamilton Kiwanis club, which was the or- iginal Canadian Kiwanis Club, and which made Kiwanis Inter- national in its scope, was christ- ened Monday night at the Queen Elizabeth Lodge when Afigus McMillan, president of the newly formed Oakville club, accepted the club's charter from Governor Ralph D. Steele. Plan Service Projects "We in Oakyille are proud to belong to a club with the motto "We Build" and we are going to build in Oakville" Mr. McMil- lan told the audlence of 300. He expressed praise for the work of the Optimist, Rotary and Lions clubs In service work in the town, and promised the support of his club to such projects as the Memorial . hospital. He stated there were 33 charter members, and that all were pledged to full suport of the varlous service un- dertakings of Kiwanis Interna- tional. He announced the club would bring a circus to town on October 5th and 6th as its first money raising activity. The ceremonies were attended by members and wives of the sponsoring club, and the Kiwanis clubs of Thorold, West Toronto, The Kingsway, St. Catharines, Angus McMillan. (Continued on Page 5) ROTARY HEARS JUDGE MOTT Judge Hawley S. Mott, well- known Toronto juvenile court judge, was the speaker at Mon- day evening's meeting of Oakville Rotary Club. His subject was "The Fundamentals of Life." The speaker noted that as many peo- ple grew older they neglected to take a sufficient amount of rec- reation. This, he belleved, was a mistake, as play helped keep a man young and better able to perform his duties. own, District May Benefit From TV Tests AN ENGINEER MAKES an adjustment in the mechanism of the parabolic reflector, or "dish," which, when elevated to proper height and turned in the right direction, transmission circuit. Buffalo television shows, minus many of the Interference termites that plague reception on home sets and sometimes "snow in" the screen when fans gather in town taverns to watch and hear the wrestlers strain and groan, are passing through the airwaves practically over Oakville and dis- trict heads as the leaves burst forth these fine spring days. And by fall, when these same leaves become bonfire fuel, the CBC may be piping this Improved re- ception to homes in this area from Toronto. May Be Answer It all depends, the Journal was informed this week by district manager A. A. Francis, on the micro-wave radio-relay transmis. sion presently being conducted by the Bell Telephone Co. M the results of these tests live up to expectations, it Is highly prob- able that the OBC, now reported almost ready to establish a Tor- onto TV outlet, will utilize this service in bringing In top U.S. program features. "Biggest obstacle In eliminating interference at the moment, from a direct reception standpoint, 1s the 58mile airline crossing of Lake Ontarlo from Buffalo to Toronto," Mr. Francis explained. relays TV program around the "This is too great a span for a single radio link." r An Obstacle Experimental attempts to cross the lake from an Intermediate relay point gave unsatisfactory results for full time reception, he said. Radio waves, It seems, tend to bounce off the surface when the water is calm, thereby. disrupting transmission. Bell engineers, in tackling the prob= lem, decided It would be better to haul the signals over a land route, employing, for a starter, high points of land at Fonthill and Milton Heights, a short dls- tance north of Halton's County seat. "Relay test stations are now situated at these centres," Mr. Francis went on. "We are already noting encouragingly satisfactory results with reception in our Toronto offices, although it may eventually be necessary to set up another test station on Hamilton mountain to enable us to elimin- ate even the short present lake crossing." Passes Close By Pointing to the projected route on the scale map (note fllustra- tion), Mr. Francls turned over the technical details to engineer (Continued on Page 15) CUT OFF POWER SUNDAY AS HYDRO COMPLETES CHANGE Lingerie Lament oiling of town streets elicited only one complaint from town residents, reeve Howard Litch- fleld told council Tuesday night. One man, the reeve sald, phoned to complain that the oil had spattered hls wife's un- mentlonables. "But the gar- ments In question were hanging on the line at the time," he hastened to add. : DIAMOND HORNE TOOTS NO-HIT TUNES, COMES HERE SATURDAY A big horn may be blowing up Wallace park way Saturday at terngon--blowing | spinning baseball right past Oakville Oak batters! If such turns out to be the case, It will be "Big Jim" Horne, husky colored fireballer twirler from Buffalo. And if he should blow that dipsy-doodler past those Oaks, he'll be blowing hereabouts all summer. But he will be blowing for 'em, not against 'em! Contradictory? ~~ Not exaqtly. Couple of weeks ago, Blg Jim, a 19-year-old freshman at Syracuse University, tossed a no-hit game in Buffalo city senlor league play. When Don Davis heard about If, he decided young Mr. Horne was worth a look-see. So he arranged an exhibition game for 3 p.m. Saturday, when Jim will pitch for Snow Construction juniors against the Oaks. He'll have Oak backs stop Johnny Oljgnik as his bat- tery mate, and H he can "Buf- falo" hitters like Ben Languay, Norm Carter and Kenny Pollock, he'll be promptly signed to an Oak playing certificate, "I'm told he's big, fast and plenty good, and we aim to find out," boomed Mr. Davis yester- day. Seems like an Interesting dia- mond experiment, and It will cost e power will be off In Oak- ville, Trafalgar Township and Bronte for more than two hours on Sunday afternoon. Renson for the shut-down, which starts at 2 o'clock and lasts untll 4.10, Is the changeover In Hydro olac- trical muriply frequency from 66 and 2-4 cles to 60 cycles. This changeover Is part of a Hydro frequency standardization pro- gram for Southern Ontarlo, During the two minute shutdown, line work preceding the change= over will be earrled out. While It 15 not expected that any major equipment changes will be nec Bary, some equipment will re- quire adjustments, Owners of ofl hour and ten transmission burners and _stokers recently In ventorled by Hydro will recelve authorization to have necessary adjustments made by thelr local dealer after May 27. The hydro's contractor will muke adjustments to fluorescent lighting equipment and to record players. Owners of 66 2-3 and 25 cycle electric clocks, and 256 cycle fans are being offered three hango pla; for new 60 cycle models, These exchanges may be made at a depot located on Contral school grounds, Navy and Col- borne streets, May 28, 20 and 30, which will serve Oakville and Trafalgar, The Bronte depot will be In front of the Post Office, Owners of Bendix washers are asked to call or write their hydro fans only 25¢ to watch it. area offices.