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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 Vincent H. Barrey Advertising Manager Assistant Ss. Casey Wood, Jr. Managing Editor Bill Cotton, Editorial PHONE 1298 Thursday, October 5th., 1950 Christmas Skating Party Despite what many people will try and tell you, times haven't changed a bit. You still can't have some- thing unless you pay for it, in other words. This applies to the Community Centre Arena just the way it ap- plied, more years ago than we like to remember, to the things we tried to convince our father we could get for nothing. He wasn't impressed that anyone could secure anything unless they paid for it, and he was always right we found. The people of the Oakville district are assured of their community centre arena at a fixed price as a result of the arrangements just announced for its construction. In the face of rising building costs, and possible restrictions with: regard to such buildings, the people will probably be on. artificial ice by Christ- mas. But unless all of the people get behind the drive for funds and contribute the money required to com- plete the arena, they will not be able to enjoy its use as completely as they otherwise would. In the announcement of the financing arrange- ments which have been concluded for the arena this fact looms large and clear. Unless the people of the Oakville district make donations to the arena drive for funds, to an extent that will remove the indebted- ness to the Royal Bank of Canada, they can not reas- onably expect their community centre to operate on the basis of maximum benefit for the people. Instead, the centre will have to be operated for a time to pro- duce sufficient profit to discharge the difference be- tween the debt and the amount raised. 'While no reasonable person would expect to have it otherwise, there isn't a shadow of doubt that the centre will be completely free of debt when it opens so everyone may enjoy it from start to finish. After all, it was the record of the public responsibility shown by the residents of this district which largely contrib- uted to the bank making a loan to the newly created association. 'With something which is as close to the hearts of the majority of the citizens of the district--and which industry will wish to support proportionate to its sup- port of the hospital--requiring funds, the total of $112,000 required to complete the arena is, we believe, assured without doubt. One factor which makes us so confident of suc- cess is that while the older residents of the town, who in most cases are property owners, will be paying a large share of the cost through taxes for the deben- 'tures, there is an equally large group of younger, non- paying-owning residents, who will possibly benefit 'the most from the arena, who will do. their share in the donation way. Also, the residents of Trafalgar helow the Dundas Highway have revealed they are keenly interested in the project, and as they can make no tax contribution, their cash support will be larger. But there is a group of citizens who should feel, correctly, somewhat puzzled that an institution such as a bank would be willing to assist in this way. That is the new citizen. After all they have not had the op- portunity of seeing Oakville district residents again and again top the objectives set by themselves in drives for charity and community projects. It goes a long way back, and each time it has gone a long way beyond what was hoped for. And in each case, it has been the foresight and public-spiritedness of the peo- ple who live among us which has made it possible. Again, we believe, the Community Centre Arena will open with the necessary funds pledged because of the same outlook. 2 We are reminded of when we moved here. We bought a 7-acre farm. Then it became impossible for us to maintain it so we decided to subdivide the pro- perty. We happened to tell an old resident the price we intended to ask. He not only told us we were in- sane, but he offered to bet us a nice sum we'd never get it. The bet wasn't important but the price was-- and it was a nine one. The reason we got it is the Oak- ville district had just started to come into its own. A great number of people were discovering that this was the perfect place in which to live . . . and they were prepared to pay for the privilege of living here. In the same way, when the hospital drive came along, a lot of people felt we needed a hospital and they were prepared to pay for it . . . and they did. Now, through a vote and through answers to a questionaire the people of the district have shown they wish a community centre arena . . . it's our bet they are going to be willing to pay for it in the same way. The fact that, when opened, the arena will have cost the people of this district the minimum amount possible, is because this solution to the problem of rising building costs was found, and because a private enterprise saw fit to play its part. We feel that the fact this enterprise was of the Banking fraternity is one of the strongest possible guarantees that the drive will go over the top with a bang! Banks, in our experience, are never prone to loan money on anything except a sure thing. The spirit of Oakville is a sure thing! The arena is now a sure thing! Sure, and it's a grand thing! 1A "NEXT ROUND INA" LOPSIDED BOUT Trafalgar Tales BY BESSIE CAIRNS BITS AND PIECES So many readers have hoped for more plaster to fall on my head that I hate to disappoint them but the boss carpenter took time off for a trip to Bermuda and all I could do was gaze at the ruins. Holding as I do to the theory that if a book is good to-day it will be equally good six months or six years from now I refuse to buy noon editions of best sellers but when it comes to a book of decid- ed merit I feel obligated to act as a missionary. Such a book is "Cry the Beloved Country" by Alan Payton. If you haven't read it yet put it down on your list as a must. If yoy have read it discuss it with your friends. It doesn't solve the South African colour question . . . who can? . . . but in beautiful English it makes one aware of one of the world's major problems. It makes one realize too that black] or white we are all God's child- ren and as such both the hope and future of the world Globe and Mail: Sept. 25: Ottawa: Stroking with smooth precision against a snow-tinged wind that whipped up white caps on the Ottawa River, McMaster University's eight-man crew swept to a threelength eeeee lanfc aeli lcours$. A sprung oarlock spelled disas- ter for the game Ottawa oarsmen ... (All for lack of a nail!) New York, Sept. 24 (AP)--An archaeologist said today that ruins found in Palestine had been iden- tified as those of the ancient city of Jericho built about the time of! Christ's birth. ; Dr. James Kelso, professor of Biblical archaeology of the Pitts- burgh-Zenia Theological Semin- ary, said as he returned aboard the liner Saturnia that nothing like it has ever been found in Pal- estine" . . . (Let's get this straight Dr. Kelso or you may have diffi- culty explaining to your learned institution just what you did dig up!) A friend from Buffalo writes-- "Watching the United Nations on Television this August more than paid for our set but I hate to think what it did to my blood pres sure." Next week I'm off for a short trip across the border if I can pick up any funny putty eges I shall let you know if the stuff lives up IT SEEMS TO ME By P. W. Thompson Early autumn is one of the most beautiful times of all the year, even though its loveliness is ting- ed with a certain melancholy. For it is during this brief period that we witness the death of summer. The seasons come and go With a regularity that is inexorable. Our weather is subject to great var- iations, to any abnormalities. We get mild days in winter and chilly days in summer. But year after year, at the same time, sum- mer takes its departure in obed- ience to a relentless law of na- ture, and men with all their clev- er devices are powerless to pre-| vent its going. It is in these days that precede her decline that summer reaches the height of her beauty. If the earth has been blessed by an abundant rainfall, as during the past summer, the grass is still a rich green. Many of the flowers are still with us. And although the leaves have started to fall, the trees still retain by far the greater part of their foliage, some of which is beginning to take on the rich tints of autumn. The sun-| light has a mellow, golden quality which is very different from the| hot glare of the midsummer sun. Nature is seen in the glory of her fullness, and the year is now at its zenith. . Summer's farewell is brief. The process of decay is already at] work. See how the carpet of with- ered leaves upon the ground grows thicker day by day. Soon the lea- ves will be falling in showers from| the trees, leaving the branches stark, and lying in countless mil lions upon the lawns and streets. Householders will rake the leaves into heaps and set fire to them, and their burning will fill the air with a soft smoke whose scent is the very essence of autumn. In the early morning the ground will wear a covering of silver frost, and balmy zephyrs will give place to chill winds that send the dead leaves scurrying before them like arnfes in flight. Summer will then be gone beyond recall. But late autumn is not without its own peculiar attractions, al- though these are not so apparent or so easily appreciated as those of summer and early fall. There is a bracing tonic quality in the atmosphere that stirs the blood and quickens the tempo-of living. A few weeks, and then fall gives place to winter, which in its 'turn bows out to the eagerly and ever-| welcome spring. And then, once more, will come the glorious sum-| to advance raves. mer. And so the procession of the seasons goes on eternally. Much of Rotary's work of a the sake of the individual ville, please. had any . . . Doesn't it look nice--and provement, in due course . . Padding Comment Another example of why our service clubs deserve the support they receive from the district--Rotary's gift or $2500 to the Memorial hospital. familar with Rotary's care for crippled children in Hal- ton county, with their Easter Seal drive. This week there is the story of the bursary for Shelagh Lynch to assist her in her education. This is granted annually. mention. But the hospital donation iis just one more in a series of contributions made by this service club to assist all of us. Hats off to the Rotary Club of Oak- If there ever was a doubt of Oakville's generosity the suc cess of the Humane Society tag answered it. Not that we ever but it's nice to see drives of this nature clicking for larger sums each year. The people who head up, and do the Work, for this group will feel greatly encouraged over the en- dorsation of their efforts that was afforded them on Saturday. Street we mean, with its nice new surface. Another im- along in the same way. You can't do it all at once, but you can do them one at a time, as anyone can see. Nearly everyone is charitable nature must, for assisted, receive no public ride nicely, too? Colborne ~ and all of them will come Does the sight of your furniture give you that Morning After feel ing? Has your end table come to just that? Sister, youre suffering from a malady' immortalized in well known New Orleans melody, ° first line of which is: "How I Hate My Old Furniture . . Blues!" What to do about it? Well, your budget has probably taken quite a beating these inflationary times which the economists gulpingly refer to as the period of "the high cost of living," and you just can't ditch the whole caboodle and rush down to Rosenberg for an entire new household overhaul. So, if you wish to improve your night- marish lot, you'd. better give ser- fous thought to repairing some of your farniture, A child of three can handle a paint brush . . . although it may turn out to be a disastrous exper jence. But YOU can read too, which is where you have 2 big edge on the kids. Grab as much literature as you can find on re- finishing, consult your paint deal er, and don't start until you know precisely "what you're going to do and how to do it. Then begin in a small way! Those who start with a dining room table usually end up hat ing themselves, the table, and the world in general. Why not start with that coffee table on which your friends just love to butt out their cigarets, or on which' the Dewey Dowdle of your particular circle has inscribed his initials with a glowing cigar? First thing to do is remove all the old finish. This may remove all your old finish, too, but if you use a commercial varnish remov- er, you should make out all right. Junior won't be able to resist drinking'it, so give him five dol- lars and send him downtown, and then open all the windows as the fumes from the remover, may be a bit strong. Slap it on liberally with a brush or an old rag, let- ting it stay on the surface for 10 or 15 minutes. Scrap it off with a putty knife, or any other BLUNT instrument will do . . . but please, baby lay off your husband's razor! Gad, what a wreck my wife made of my--well, anyway, have plenty of old newspapers ready to receive the old finish. Use your ingenuity on those tough spots like turned legs or fancy carving. If you haven't any, try applying the re- mover with 'an old toothbrush. Then, after most of the finish is off, rub the surface with steel wool. By now, you've finally reached the wood, believe it or not. Sand out those little burnt places. left by the hot ashes that are always spilling out of hubby's pipe, and the rings left by the cocktail glas- ses that time he experimented with wood alcohol. Then sand the whole piece, working your way from coarse to fine papers until you have restored the natural wood, glossy finish. Better wear gloves for this operation, or youll find PUFFS FROM THE COTTON GIN dend to the Hinds Honey ang mond Cream shareholders 2 It your table is porous like oak or mphogany, you'll ye a coat" of filler. If it's ping maple, you can get by withoy You have a wide range w) comes to a new surface, py those pipe burns have really | ten in, why not enamel the ey, piece? Youll have a hard, gy), ful surface that will have a gy; to match your mose by the yp) the job's completed. Many a blonde could (but p|4 bably wouldn't) tell Wag you 1 bledching is no job for an uy, | teur, But if you're one of know-your-own-mind gals ang { st on a light blonde finish, y, paint dealer can supply a gd mercial bleach. Be careful it, it's tricky and it might give your plain blouse an unyg polka dot effect. So folloy | structions to the letter, then ,| ply the ivory, grey, green or ore paint tint you wish. Quick lik bunny rub off all excess py, let it dry thoroughly, then lightly. A couple of coats of wil | shellac and a waxing will oq) plete the job, and you'll have show piece that is sumpin'. Gq will be all the old blisters once marred it ... . they'll bog the streaks that irked you so. Ty will have moved over into yo pancake mhkeup, and that) | easily rectified . . . and you q even use the gleaming new gu! face as a mirror while you jy about your rectifying. Yes, you can gradually form all your furniture this v1 ... while you last. Work through the first three pieces the hard part, then you're oy the hump. It's fun actually, g friend husband will be proud i you as, with newly developed | ceps of steel, you sand, rub gf paint your way through room | ter room. And what's more if portant, in the doing youll i ish the sad wall of the old fu ture blues. Instructively . Youn |* BILL COT Thanksgiving Matine Mon., Oct. 9 at 2 p. yourself helping pay another divi- - GREGORY CATERING SERVICE Too Busy To Get Ready For A Party? THEN LET US QUOTE ON YOUR NEEDS! FANCY CAKES, COOKIES & SANDWICHES A HORS D'OEUVRES Showers, Parties, Weddings, Special Occasions F MORGAN-BROWN Phone Oakville 616/21 "When frozen foods go on you an buy 'em in enormous sale your hands, instead. Gone will | Wit quantity if you have a big 6 cu. ft. freezing locker to store 'em inl That's the way to save money-- it amounts to many dollars a year! And the savings are even greater because you have no costly home freezer investment!" And no depreciation, eitht! --to say nothing of the fa! leave tow! that you can without worrying about el tricity failure and food spo age! Its cheap, too; I¢¥ than a nickel a day! "You'll Be Dollars Ahead and Much Better Fed" BI-MOR FROZEN FOODS| Royal Bank Bldg, Colborne St. Phone 12145 patie gale men Raz Spon: