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akville - Tra Vol. 3, No. 45 falgar Journal Entered, 2nd Class Mail, Ottawa Thursday, October. 5, 1950 Oakville, Ontario 20 Pages 5 cents a copy, $2.00 Per Year in Advance ARENA GIVEN GREEN LIGHT cre LOCATION STAKES were driven into the sod at Trafalgar park last weekend, signalling the immediate start of construction on this modern $212,000 Memorial artificial ice arena and community centre. Preston contractor Norman O. Hipel, who specializes in such projects, accepted the contract at a fixed price, with no escalator claus- es. Mr. Hipel, who hopes to have Oakville skaters on artificial ice by Christmas, will definitely seek Spent bids from local suppliers and contractors, he told the Journal Monday. The arena has been spotted at the Set bd of the park, it's eastern end hard by the weathered "Oakville Motor Park' sign, thus giving easy access from Re- g of public opinion disclosed that Oakville district citizens have long felt the t. A recent scientific samplin I! C pre She 2 : Ee A. Roberts has announced he will launch his appeal for centre. Cal need of such a it [their financial support in abo paign chairman J. ut one month's time. COMPLETE FINANCING PROGRAM WILL PERMIT IMMEDIATE START MAY SKATE ON CHRISTMAS DAY PRESTON CONTRACTOR, ARENA CONSTRUCTION SPE- CIALIST, WILL DRIVE TOWARD LATE DECEMBER. OPEN: NING, FOLLOWING APPROVAL OF UNIQUE $100,000 BANK LOAN. LOCATION STAKES DRIVEN LAST FRIDAY. Completion. of one of the most unusual bank loans ever extended to the citizines of a community will provide the Oakville district with Memorial recreation centre that will include a standard-size artificial ice arena and com- munity hall before the year is out. Protect Against Cost Increases Topflight officials of the Royal Bank of Canada were drawn into the negotiations.before details were concluded for the bank's loan of $100,000 that will permit immediate construction of the centre on a firm-bid contract, protected against any increases in cost that might have developed otherwise. Total cost of the project will be $212,000, of which $100,000 had already been provided by a public vote authorizing issuance of debentures. {TAGGING TOTALS TOP LAST YEAR AS HUMANE SOCIETY ANNUAL DRIVE BIG SUCCESS MINNIS SEES CHORE AHEAD FOR ROTARY Rotary has an important part| flo play in solving the grave prob- lems that' now confront the vorld. This was the essence Of fn address delivered. to Oakville Rotarians Monday evening by At- ee T. Minnis of St. David's, Ont., overnor of Distr] 248 of Ro- international - situation ls matter of the gravest concern," ieclared the! speaker, referring to terrible devastation of war- the hutreds and suspicions fling between many nations, increasing | destructive- of the 'methods of war. There a gleam of hope, however in fhe spirit of Rotary. "In the fel- llowship of Rotary one witnesses @u upsurge of faith" said 'Mr. Minnis, "and this faith can make coiitribution towards solvig the Droblems of mankind." "Rotary, to be effective, cannot| it still" the speakes continued. {lt must do or die. What is par- ticularly needed today Is an in- Mormed public opinion. Technol 0cv has increased with lightning ced. The Rotary clubs of 83 ountries are out to bring about In informed public opinion, good- Fill and peace." The Rotary move- Bent, he pointed out, was spend- 5 three-quarters of a million follars to promote , international Inderstanding and peace. Each ear highly intelligent' young Beople were selected and sent to Bther countries than their own Por year of study. In this manner, ternational goodwill was foster- "Rotary fare, can bean instrument, Taggers and canvassers took in a total of $737.51 in the Oakville] and District Humane Society's annual tag day on Saturday, ac cording to H. P. Wanzer, treasur- er of the society. "Donations from local indus- tries and several regular suppor- ters of the society have yet to come in" Mr. Wanzer told the Journal. "These should bring the final total very close to our ob- jective of $1200." : Girls selling tags in the down- town district raised $314.51, about, a hundred dollars more than last year, while donations given house-to-house canyassers totalled $423. Total receipts from last year's tag day amounted to $849. 91, NAME NORFOLK CITIZENS BAND COMMITTEE HEAD J. R. Norfolk was named chair- man of the Oakville Citizens Band committee at a meeting which] attracted a full turnout of band members last Thursday evening. William McWatters = was elected, secretary-treasurer, while Chatles Baker, Walter Boocock and Jack Kent were named committee members. Regular band practices will continue on Tuesday evenings throughout the winter, it was de cided. of 'divine power, and can bring about a reversal of the present trends," said Mr. Minnis. "Let us resolve that we shall be players and not spectators in this great drama of the .twentieth century." He urged that youth be trained to understand the functions of gov- ernment, and made an appeal for faith in the United Nations. The speaker was introduced and thanked President Alex Tilley. by i FIREMEN BATTLE m---- bout a million of them the Queen Elizabeth Sev- Line intersection a dauger- is spot for loiterers on Monday, fer the truck that was trans, pring them wpset and caught e. The transport, driven by Mion Frets, aged 39, was being! ven from New Liskeard to neland. The accident occurred out § o'clock In the morning, a heavy fog. As the truck ap- pached the intersection the) ver noticed a number of cars iting for the stoplight to! lange. Not thinking he would be Ble to stop in time to avold hit- the rear car, Fretz swerved one side. As he did so he lost Btrol of his truck, which knock- down a traffic sign and a light ndard, overturned and burst 0 flames. TRUCK BLAZE AFTER CRASH SMOG, BEES, Oakville fire department res- ponded to an alarm and put out the fire, but not before the truck was destroyed. The beehives were thrown out, and firemen worked at the risk of getting stung. Fretz, the driver, got his foot caught in the door of the cab, and had the to be rescued by his passenger, Willlam Lendt, aged KNOCKED OFF BIKE, YOUNG STUDENT DIES Nine-year old Jimmy Algar, son! f Mr. and Mrs. James Algar, Lakeshore road east, was instan- tly killed Friday afternoon on the highway when struck by a car while riding his bicycle home from school. The fatality occurred just outside a field where the boy's father was working. Mr. Algar| heard the sound of brakes, a crash, and the boy's cries, and rushed to the scene. Not until he saw him lying upon the road did he realize that the- victim. was. his son.- Fred Ainsworth, Oakyille, driv- er of the car that struck young Algar, was driving west, - and the boy, who attended Maple Grove school on the Ninth Line, had been riding in" the opposite direction. Mr. Ainsworth told the police who investigated that the bdy was weaving on the road, with his head over the handlebars of the bicycle, as though ne wer ill. As the car came up to him he suddenly lurched in front of it, the driver stated, and he could not avoid striking him. Death was caused by a skull fracture and brain injuries, according to Dr. F. N. Sparling, who was cal- led. It is thought that young] Jimmy saw his father working in the field and started to ride acros: the highway to speak fo him. An inquest has been ordered by Dr. J. H. Stead, coroner. SHELAGH WINS Proficiency In her studies at Oakyille-Trafalgar High School has earned for Shelagh Lynch, daughter of Mrs. J. G. Lynch, 78 Randall Street, a two-hundred dol- lar bursary awarded by the Ro- tary Club of Oakville, "The selection of your name was made by a board comprised of the principal and teachers of the high school, the chairman of the Board of Education, and a member of the Rotary club as being the student most desery- Ing," states & letter to Miss Lynch from A. B. Colville, chairman of community service of the Rotary Club, notifying her of the award. Presentation of the $200 cheque Wil be made to the winner at the high school commencement exercises on the evening of Nov- ember 3. Miss Lynch, who grad- uated from high school this year, Is now taking a medical techni clan's course at St. Joseph's Hos- pital, Toronto, and will use the money to further her studies. 64, of New Liskeard, both getting] | stung by the bees which swarmed in the cab. Neither were serious ly hurt, however. The truck was a total loss: Loss of the bees was estimated at $2,000. Altogether. there were 73 colonies of about 45,000 each. A number in the trailer were intact. The accident was Investigated by Constable Alex Terrell of the Proyincial Police. Accident c Your Hospital LAST WEEK Patients admitted Patients discharged Surgical Medical cases cases ases Births In Hospital Wednesday Patients Newborn ONTARIO PLA Ontario championship pennants mediate, juvenile and bantam fl Oakville baseball squads that are now nearing the end of their respective OB.A. playdown trails. Bunting closest to the peak is struction juveniles who, now one journey to that centre Saturday. that will give them the provincial title that has barely eluded them the past two seasons. Game time The Oaks opened their semi-final series against Batawa at Wal- Jace park Wednesday night, play the second game in Belleville Thanksgiving day afternoon. W round early next week. Oakville Motors bantams, one up on Newmarket and playing there Wednesday night, look like a sure pop to meet the winner of the Caledonia-Wheatley series for the Ontario title. which indicates Oakville could well become the first town of it's size in the province to cop thr teams deserve YOUR support, so turn out and root them home under the wire. ' DETAILED PLAYDOWN Beat Rising Costs Provisions of the vote last Dec: ember were that the municipality would issue the $100,000 deben- tures if an equal amount were, raised by a citizens committea "Irom other Sources." The latter, headed by J. A. M. Bell, principal of Appleby College, then evolved the plan for obtaining funds fm- mediately to safoginrd citizens against rising costs which would be faced if construction was de- layed until public subscription could raise the money. Progressive Record Acceptance by the bank of the proposal to loan mpney for such a purpose was based largely, ac- cording to its officials, on the Oak- ville district's record in similar public endeavors. The $500,000 subscribed for the. hospital was one example. During the last Red Cross campaign, the citizens stag- ed a one-hour blitz which nearly doubled the objective sought and still places Oakville Red Cross at the top of every community in Canada on a per capita contribu- YDOWN TRAIL have been hoisted high up inter- lagpoles during recent weeks by eg ay that being sought by Snow Con- up on Preston in the final round, to try for the important victory. in Preston is 3.30 D.S.T. inner of this set hits the final All of ee 0.B.A. championships. These NEWS ON PAGE NINE LOW OCCUPANCY IN AUGUST OPERATING LOSS INCREASES Operating loss of Oakyille-Tra- falgar Memorial Hospital from its opening date, March 6, to August 31 amounted to $5,798.14, it was revealed in the financial report of A. M. Munro, chairman of the fi- nance committee, presented at the S| monthly heeting of the board of governors Thursday evening. For August the operating loss was Our overdraft at the bank is $4,660 at the present time," Mr. Munro told the board. "There is $52,000 in building and equipment costs to be paid, and $3,000 for building and equiprgent altera- ons. If we continre at that rate we'll lose another $4,000 © this year." Cash obligations for the remainder of the year totalled $66, bi he sald. Pledges due the hospital at the end of the year amount to $11,000, sale of the temporary hospital building 'should realize about $9,000, and the town of Oakville still owed the board We have just $2628 in view to pay $66,669 worth of obliga: tions," said Mr. Munro. "If we bor- row $40,000 we'll just break even at the end of the year. It looks as it we're going to have to borrow at least $40,000." He mentioned commitments for 1951, which in- cluded a $5,800 installment on X- ray equipment, "We've got to get busy and raise some money," he pointed out. "We should decide, when we're golng to raise it, In the report of the manage- ment committee submitted by D, H. Stevens, chairman, it was pointed out that August was a poor month for the hospital due to low occupancy, as anticipated. Ihe board appointed George Doty as honorary treasurer, and re-appointed Angus McMillan as solicitor, expressing . thanks for his past services. On recommen: dation of the medical advisory board, Dr. Kevill of the state of Sunnybrook Hospital will be ap- poluted as radiologist on a part- Ume basis, succeeding Dr, Butt, who resigned at the end of Sept. ember. tion basis. Similarly, the Manito- ba Flood Relief Fund blitz cam- paign topped its objective, and two recent church one-day build- ing fund drives went over the top. "After careful consideration, the bank granted the loan because it was Impressed by the progres- sive record of the Oakville dis- trict," said Vice-President B. L. Mitchell of the Royal Bank. "We felt that good business sense was revealed by the committee In de- ciding to proceed fmmediately to (Continued on Page 12) OPPOSE CONCRETE STRIP, TOLD PETITION NEEDED Opposition to construction of a concrete strip on Kent Ave, in the Kent Gardens Survey, was ex- pressed by two residents of the street representing property- owners who appeared before Tra- falgar Township Monday after- noon. They claimed that the work, if carried out as a local fm- provement, as proposed, would be unfair to the property-owners. They were 'advised to get a pe tition signed by those opposed and present it to the council; Third readings were given by- laws providing for $50,000 debentures utilities construction ment, and for Convivial Corn Linbrook Home and School As- sociation teed off for the fall and winter season with a social evening Friday night. On the property of the E. J. James on Morrison Road, association members gathered around a glant bonfire for a corn and weiner roast. Principal Muriel Willis and her staff were pres. ent, and an enjoyable evesing was the result. Also present. were a great many newcomers to the district whose children are attending the enlarged school for the first time this term. FIRST BRIDE OF ST. JUDE'S, MRS. LITCHFIELD CONTINUES TO COPE WITH HOUSEWORK Sixty-six years have passed since eighteen-year-old Annie Arm. strong walked up the alsle of St. Jude's, the first bride to take her marriage vows in the recently completed church, It was her Issuance of for public and equip construction of four watermains onlsedaltn retefl- suryeys riage certificate, which fg very well preserved. The date of the marriage was March 11, 1884. The bridegroom was Herbert Willlam Litchfield, and the rlage was performed by J. B. birthday, as well as her wedding day. Many weddings hava been solemnized in St. Jude's through- out the intervening six-and-a-half decades, and many of the brides and groom# have lived thair ves and passed away years ago. But, the young girl who had the honor] of being the first brids fn the new St. Jude's is still alive and well and lying in Oakville, Mrs. H. W. Litchfield of Sum- ner Ave. that bride of the mid-/ eighties, still treasures her mar- Worrell, M.A, Canon of Hamil ton and Rector of St. Jude's, The witnesses were M. N. Hall, and William Busby, whom many cit Izens remember well, Although now her eighty- fifth year, Mrs. Litchtield fs in good health and able to perform her housework. A native of Illfn- ols, she came to Hornby with her. parents In 1870, and can recall the Journey here by covered WAZON. Her husband dled in 1920, nd she lives with her son Mervin,