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Page 4 © THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL S, Casey Wood, Jr. Managing Editor The Oakville-Trafalgar Journal "CHAMPION OF THE RIGHT" Published Every Thursday Morning in Oakville, Ont. by Oakville - Trafalgar Publishers, Ltd. Colborne St. B. (Next Post Office) Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Vincent H. Bawrey Advertising Manager Phone 1298 In a radio broadcast last Thursday Spencer F) THE ONLY DAY ser and Col. Ernest Pullen discussed steps being taken hy industry point that was selected Wednesday of Thursday sumption. Thu of industries ving 1s brought out was wl rsday all worl, and therefore a the daily quota. M day was not pi out it was one the wee ossible for the merchant: of their most difficult bu - and merchants to conserve power. One y merchants had s their all-day closing instead the heaviest day of power con- the day that the three groups maximum required on that day in order to stay within Fraser gave the explanation of why Thurs- He pointed iness days as c-end supply of goods was delivered at that time. If the stores remained closed during the day they would hay which would pc the case of mu Thurs e to use night shifts to get stock erchants handling perishable ready, ibly consume even more power. In goods, lay closing would present a serious situation. But further than the mechanical difficulties in- volved, there was the financial aspect of the matter. People have heen conditioned to the afternoon clos- ing on Wednesdays. s would A shift to Thursda; mean that Wednesdays, to a large extent, would be a blank. Thus an even greater f borne by merchants than they he nancial lc would have to be ar as a result of the all day Wednesday closing. Employees of retail stor re not paid on an hourly basis, whether the store is open or closed merchants have added well ness. In this connection dents that they can a sure that no purchases of the Wednesday closin can take, and sight on the shopper's p ping so there will he nc their pay runs on, so that an item to their overhead as s reduced income owing to possible lost husi- we would point out to res ist our merchants by making go out of town as a result 2. This a definite step they s one which should only involve fore- art. It calls for planned shop- sthing to buy on Wednesday. AVAILABLE TO BOTH Readers will have no editor coliynn has been bring to the attention of ticed that our letters to the used by many residents to the public their thoughts and complaints about the functioning of their public hod- ies, and other matters. that thi for an ans letter the we We should like to point out me column is open to any of these groups . We would be most glad to print any see fit to write on the same basis as those written by the general public. HOBBY COLUMN By Wm. D. Christianson, Jr. HOW CAN YOU FIGURE TIME FROM THE STARS? When hunting takes you out at this time of year and your watch should stop on you, it is possible to tell the time from the stars. In order to tell the approximate time it will not be necessary to have any complicated instruments if you can remember the follow- ing rules as once prepared by Prof. Charles C. Wylie, of the University of Towa. First look at the North Star and the two 'Poin- ters' in the Great Dipper, which are in line with it. Imagine that in the sky there is a huge clock face with the hour hand pointing to the pointers. Twelve o'clock would be overhead with three o'clock in the east and nine o'clock in the west. Read the time to the nearest quarter-hour, which will be easy with a little practice. To this figure, add the number of months since January; to the nearest quarter month; double this, and subtract the result from 161. If the result is more than 161), subtract it from 40%. The result is the time in hours P.M. If the time is greater than 12 it means that it is after midnight, so subtract 12, and you have the time in hours A.M. Let us try an example. On the night of Oct 15, you see the poin- ters in the position of 7.15. 7% months have elapsed since Janu- ary 1, so add 7% to Tl, making 14%; doubling it gives 291%, and NAG THE NON-LISTENING AUDIENCE subtracting from 401; we have 10%, which means that the time is 10.45 P.M. Try this out at vari- ous times at home and you will find it works out quite closely. V/V); | Trafalgar Tales By Bessie Cairns A GHOST STORY? Not only is this the season fo ghosts and hob-goblins, but in Trafalgar we give them their right setting. Here then is a ghost story to ponder over between the hours of nine and ten as you hold your candle before the open fire. Now I have some very good friends who claim to live or have lived in haunted houses. They describe their particular ghosts in minute detail and though their stories are interesting I must ad- mit to me they are unconvincing. I have followed Ann Boleyn's footsteps along the corridors of Hampton Court and around the B - - - - Tower and seen no head tucked underneath her arm. I have had tea in the same room from which Lady Jane Grey wat- ched her husband's headless hody carried after his execution . . the doomed woman has never haun- ted me. Have I ever seen a ghost? Here's the story, you can decide. Some years ago I read in a Tor- onto paper a very tragic account of a boy who, suffering from a head injury, had been committed to Whitby. His father claimed that though the boy was perfectly normal he could not get his re- lease. He had even either taken an outside doctor into the hospi- tal or by subterfuge sneaked his son out for an examination, I férget which, but he could not convince the authorities the lad was sane. I was-especially inter- ested in the case, the high-jump, e some years before the boy had been a pupil of mine. He was an out- standing athlete, parficularly in and a generally good student. We discussed the affair at length in the teacher's room and naturally our sympa- Letters To The Editor Oct. 14, 1948 The Editor, Oakville-Trafalgar Journal, Oakville, Ont. Dear Mr. Editor: We would like to ask who are the Trafalgar Public Utility Commissioners? How are they appointed, and how do the people of Trafalgar get rid of them? We would really like to Jnow who these master minds are. would like to know them when we meet them on the street and congratulate them for their dim- wit blackout from 9.to 10 p.m. every night in the week; -- con- gratulate them for having selec- ted the most dimwit hour of any municipality in this part of On- rio. For sheer blackout stupid- ity, their's tops the list. Almost any other hour in twenty-four could have been accomplished more for their purpose without leaving people unable to read or unable to enjoy their radio at probably the most central hour in the average home's, evening. What do these three individuals do with their own time? Do they. drive into Oakville where the lights are still on . . . or do they just go to bed and wake up auto- matically again about 10.30 be- cause their lights are glaring in their faces? We ask you these questions Mr. Editor, because you seem to have some knowledge of what is going on in this neighbourhood, and yours is the only medium where the ordinary individual can register his complaint. We have no doubt that these brain trusters believe themselves to be intelligent. How many peo- ple in Trafalgar reciprocate their thinking ? They could have turned the power off from 9.30 to 10.00 a.m. and again from 2.30 to 3.00 p.m. without doing any harm to any- one in the township. A great deal more power would be conserved. Automatic heating equipment would not be interferred with be- cause a stoker fire will last for half an hour without the time re- lay coming on, but at this time of year when the fire is naturally low, it could not possibly last for the hour. a This must also interfere with oil burners, but not quite so seri- ously, as an oil burner will fire itself again automatically, but the stoker fire has to be relit with about it, or do we have to wait until next election time to fire the various people Who appoin- ted these so-called "commission- ers'? Yours truly, L. S. Lee a Trafalgar commissioners are Chairman Gordon Leaver, and Harvey Lyon, who are elected cach year, and Reeve W. H. Big- gar, automatically appointed by virtue of his office. -- Ed. TO the Editor, Oakville-Trafalgar Journal. Sir: Is the Oalville Water & Light Commission really serious in its appeals for saving power? If so, why does it not crack down on those consumers who are wast- ing electric current, while others are doing their best to save it? I Jnow of one case where a house- outside his house every night, and leaves it burning from dark until midnight, sometimes later. Why he does so I cannot imagine, as the light serves no purpose whatever. Here is a case of sheer waste of power in the midst of what is supposed to be a serious shortage. Surely the Commission should put a stop to this sort of thing. To issue polite appeals. to such people is useless. They need the threat of court action. Another way in which the Com- mission could help the situation would be to turn off half the street lights, and to turn off the remainder at twelve o'clock sharp. every night. An appaling amount of electrical power is still being wasted in Oakville. have never would like the all over the world, need of Guiders. hard on the associations. Acton, Milton, she please leave By Mrs. Irven wy There must be quite of young women in 0, have been Guides, or mj been Guid oppor learn something Si Oakville, like every othe Mrs. Wm. Deadman, shot, who is the commission, this area, was in Oakville last week. She is working organization three-day conference w) Owls and Tawny Owls, will also be a discussion for Tog This will be a wonderful for Oakville girls and we | large number will take ag of it. Guiders and would-be ers will be coming from Ban] ville, Stoney Creek, Burling] Georgetown, 5 other places, $0 we hope to hu] a good showing from Oak | Mrs. Malcolm Smith is our uniform convener. If anyone a uniform she doesn' it Smith on Reynolds Street, a uniform is too small for a gi it might just as well be hay on to another guide. The unify] are not good for anything ef and it saves someone from by a nu, Ji akyilly yo! Vhe yy, es, gy i is baqly of Aly of hich fg) chang ty il holder, living in the neighbour-|be held in Oakville in Noygy, hood of Dundas and Division|This will include training | streets, turns on a powerful light | Captains, = Lieutenants, tur kth fan! 2 C hey A Disgusted Citizen. | ing a new one. Oakville-Trafalgar High School Students Council WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT -- of their -- TAG DAY kindling, coal and a heavier use of electric power. Mr. Editor, can we do anything thies were with the boy and his father. Some months later the lads death was announced in the Tor- onto papers . . . at last the obit- uary notice gave the same name, age and address as my former pupil. I did not go to the funeral, nor hear any further particulars. We on the staff surmised that he had died in Whitby probably as a result of his injury. One after noon I was working at my desk after the class had been dismissed when I heard a knock at the door. You have no doubt guessed who was there . . . my former pupil! "I thought you were dead" I blurted out. His reply came read- quite obvious. He then proceeded ily, "No, 'm not," . . . which was to try to sell me some silk stock- ings. After he left, several of the teachers dashed into my room Solve that one before the lights crying, "Did you see a ghost?" go on. Saturday, October 23rd | WATCH FOR STUDENT TAGGERS Proceeds will be devoted to extra-curricular activities RUGBY DOUBLEHEADER VICTORIA PARK FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 Junior Game -- O.T.H.S. vs. Waterdown H. S. Senior Game -- O.T.H.S. vs. Dundas H. S. Kickoff - 1.30 --SUPPORT YOUR COLLEGIATE TEAMS-- J AMAA ANSS | RAARAINRINIY * WALLBOARDS "PHONE 76 QF URGING UIE OG GIO Cn Aah Bo AA AA BECAUSE WE HAVE A PLANING MILL WE CAN SUPPLY ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONTRACTOR OR HOME A Complete Line of Building Supplies Carried at All * PLYWOODS CHARLES F. 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