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Chev- ex cvey, epi olet's Hy Te Journal Entered, 2nd Class Mail, Ottawa Thursday, October 19, 1950 Oakville, Ontario T 21 Pages 5 cents a copy, $2.00 Per Year in Advance tee el sua, Hy ae X Fits £ Sensis MAcuinvey 26.4 x +o MAY ASK ELECTORS TO DECIDE 'ON SUNDAY SPORTS QUESTION ing the plebiscite. ular meeting. [TWO YEAR TERM POSSIBILITY Town electors will decide by ballot December 18 whe- ther they want cocktail lounges or liquor licenced dining rooms, council decided Monday night following a prolonged discussion sparked by receipt of a letter from M. D. "Mick- ey" Forbes, local grocer and former hotel operator, request- Other Questions In Offing Mayor James R. Black informed the council been advised council would be petitioned to have ratepay- ers vote on Sunday sports this year, and suggested the much mooted two-year term be also included on the ballot. Coun- cil moved to further discuss these questions at its next reg- he had A Paper Pup You think you've got prob- lems? Let us tell you about ours . . . or rather, turn to the second section and see how we solved it. You see, how were we to know the young lads would play such stellar ball . . WS Ee x Dems Eoou JI oom or] E a 20ny 46-07 making, n3-s -- DRESSINGROOM & B'S'MT LAYOUT -- A GREAT DEAL OF CAREFUL planning went into this lower level layout which provides dressing room, storage, , filtration, first aid and lunch room space at the new Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial na. The majority of these installations are directly under the community hall and rink snack bar sections of the ding. In the centre of the above sketch is the ramp that leads from the dressing rooms up a slight incline onto the Work on the project is progressing well, and erection of roof trusses is expected to be well under way when npaign chairman Jim Roberts and his 250 canvassers launch their drive for funds on November 6. Community Centre timely arrival and hard of Trafalgar Fire Brigade averted what might have a serious gasoline explosion esday night last week, when of Charles Blomberg, Tra- , with loss estimated at $6, A gasoline tank containing 200 gallons of gasoline, be- to Mr. Blomberg, was about 50 feet from the fire. he brigade not arrived when , the gasoline would almost nly have ignited from the e heat, and exploded it. The Dm house was also in danger of d from the boards by of the flames. the , firemen extinguish- but 'not before the quantity of feed were lost. insurance was carried. Mr. BURNS BARN THREATENED TRAFALGAR P. S. STAFFERS FORM TEACHERS COUNCIL Defying superstition, thirteen teachers of the graded schools of Trafalgar met on Friday, October 13, at S.S, No. 13, Bronte, and formed a Teachers Council (Grad- ed Schools.) The purpose of the Council is to form a closer bond of understand- ing with the Area Board in the solution of mutual problems. The Council has submitted a propos- ed salary schedule to the Board for their approval. The T.T.C. is asking that the schedule take ef- fect on Jan. 1, 1951. NEW CHIEF Major-General Chris Vokes, officer comanding Ortona Bar: racks, Central Command, is being transferred to Edmonton, where he will be in charge of Western Command, He will be Contractors Ahoy Complete bills of materials and specifications for the var- ious subcontracts on the Com- munity Centre Arena are avail- able for local contractors at the site. N. O. Hipel urged any con- tractors who were interested to contact the superintendant on the job and full information would be provided for them. Pat Cavanagh Honored, Recieves Leonard Medal The Canadian Institute of Min- ing and Metallurgy has recently announced that one of its highest marks of recognition, the Leonard Medal, has been awarded to Mr. Patrick E. Cavanagh , assistant director of the Department of, Engineering and Metallurgy at the Ontario Research Foundation. Mr. Cavanagh, who resides on the Eighth Line North, Oakville, graduated from the University of Toronto in 1937 as a metallurgical engineer and joined the Ontario Research Foundation. He later was TWP. BRIGADE, ARMY OFFER BIG DISPLAY On Tuesday evening at 8.40 a fire alarm will sound in Trafalgar Township, and men of the No. 2 brigade, under Fire Chief George 'Wright, will go speeding from the fire-hall on their trucks. But they won't be going to a fire-- merely to .a demonstration. This will be given outside Trafalgar Township Community Hall, under the auspices of the South-East Trafalgar Property Owners' As- sociation. A feature of the demonstration will be the extinguishing of an oil fire with fog-nozzles. The fire will be in a pit on the grounds outside the hall. Then the spec- tators will have a chance to see the = pumper operating, with streams of water being played through a 2% inch lines. Hand ex- tinguishers, will also be demon- strated, and all the fire-fighting equipment will be displayed and at Central Command by Major- General Howard D. Graham, aged 52, who comes here from Trenton. in the 1 and open hearth departments of the Steel Company of Canada. He ns Joined the Allan B. Dumont ped in a sewer when his arm e caught in a hole in the corge Ashley, 47-year-old employee, had a miraculous Oakyille-Trafalgar Mem- [Hospital ever since, re- g from the severe shock experience. accident, described to the a y Town Foreman Ed. * one that would once in a million occurred Thursday after at Dundas and Division where Ashley, with the foreman and four or five workers was working to ® some eight feet deep was lew yards south of the man- RROWLY ESCAPES DEATH AS "LEFT ARM WEDGED IN PIPELINE and it became wedged firmly be- twéen the pipe and the obstruc- tion, The sewage then came surging through the opening and rapidly rose around the trapped man until he was completely sub- merged. Seeing Ashley's plight his fel- low-workers tried to pull him out, but were greatly handicapped by the deep water. Finally they ob- tained ropes and fastened them {to his legs, and pulling with all their might were able to drag Ashley from the sewer. Dr. Camp- bell MacArthur, who had been summoned meanwhile, was wait- ing to attend the victim. After being given artificial respiration Ashley was rushed to the hospital where he was treated with the rescuscitator for half an hour be- fore in.a steel "snake" to re- the blockage. Then he put left hand to pull out the As he seized a large of matter the force of the in the sewer forced his "How he managed to live through it I don't know," Mr. Fitzsim- mons, who directed Ashley's res- cue, told the Journal. "The mom- ent I saw him go under I gave him up for dead. He was completely covered with sewage for five min- inst the edge of the hole, utes or more." at Passaic, New Jer- - as chief metallurgist. In 1946 Mr. Cavanagh rejoined the Ont- ario Research Foundation where e was appointed by Chief Wright. Oakville citizens were given a chance, Friday evening, to view the up-to-date equipment used by the town's firemen in holding the tire demon at bay, when Fire Chief Fred Shaw and a group of his key men held open house at the fire- hall. To a hundred or more Inter- hy assistant director ment of lurgy. of the Depart- Engineering and Metal- Million-To-One Shot Coming up with a display of marksmanship reminiscent of Robin Hood or William Tell, modern marksmen of the Can. adian Legion darts league start- led themselves and countless other addicts of the old English pub pastime by making a mil- lion-to-one shot stick last week. To be exact, the feat probably encompassed no less than three million-to-one shots. For, in quick succession, shotsmiths Milt Hubbs, Jim Beattie and Dewey Dowdle sent their first darts in opening league competition wing- ing into the top counting "60" slot! So rare is the feat that the London Illustrated News awards a gold button to every successful "60" first flipper. Local darts enthusiasts have nev- er heard of a consecutive trio, and Milt Hubbs ie now busily seeking record data on such an achievement. ested spectators the chief and his men explained the workings of the new alarm system, the inhal- ator and the rescuscitator used to revive people overcome by smoke. The audience inspected the big pumper, the smoke masks worn by firemen, and other items of equipment. They were instructed in the correct manner of using the new fire-boxes. The demonstra- tion was put on in connection with Fire Prevention Week. CARRY OAKS-ROYALS GAME Oakyille's doughty Oaks will publicize the town throughout Western Ontario Saturday after- noon, when Strathroy =~ Royals come to town for the first game of the 0.B.A. intermediate A champ- fonship series. Len Evans, sports- caster of St. Thomas radio sta- tion CHLO, called Oakville Base- ball Assn. secretary Bill Cotton Monday night to complete arrange- ments for a play-by-play broad- cast from the Wallace park press box. Len had already heard of the diamond exploits of town juvenile and bantam squads, and stated he is planning color interviews deal- v ing with these achievements. and be deserving of a spread? And that's where the problem enters, for we'd printed our sec- ond front, and the first front was to be devoted to showing you this drawing of the arena. So, if you'll look in the second section, you'll see the spread, scrapbook size, and also, you're holding a 21-page paper right now . . . which any printer will tell you can't be done. And Just Pups Constable Albert Evershed of the town police force didn't know what he was in for when he picked up a stray spaniel and took it home. A few weeks lat- er the dog gave birth to a litter of nine pups. Now Al is faced with the problem of finding homes for the new arrivals which are very fine pups. WINTER SERIES The sale of season tickets to the Winter Concert Series, ar- ranged by the Oakville-Trafalgar Home and School Association, was thrown open Monday. Simultan- eously, the committee announced the Lieuténant-Governor, Hon. Ray Lawson, O.B.E, and Mrs. Lawson have graciously consent- ed to act as honorary patrons. KENT CONCRETE MOOT QUESTION Opposition to a proposed by- law for construction of a 10-foot concrete roadway on Kent Ave. in the Kent Gardens Survey, was expressed in a petition signed by fourteen property owners on the street, presented to Trafalgar Township council Tuesday after- noon. Deputy-Reeve Joseph Wick- son' was strongly in agreement with the petition, and maintained that no concrete should be laid on the street for two years, as the base was not yet solid en- ough. He pointed out that the road should be graded and grav- elled immediately by the Trafal- gar Construction Co, who laid out the survey, Councillor R. C. A. Cumberland shared this opin- ion. Hughes Cleaver and Mr. Arm- strong, partners in the Trafalgar Construction Co., later appeared before council and urged the merits of a concrete roadway. Af- ter lengthy discussion it was ag- reed that Mr. Cleaver and Mr. Armstrong should call a special meeting of the Kent Avenue pro- perty owners this Saturday even- ing, and endeavour to win their approval of the concrete project. Change Nomination and election days were set ahead a full two weeks as a result of the decision to present the cocktail lounge ques- tion. The Liquor Control Act de- crees a two-month interval must elapse between passing of a by- law sanctioning the vote and the casting of ballots. Following tele- phone consultation with L.C.B.0- solicitor Col. C. E. Woodrow, Coun. Jack Isard drew up the by- law setting Dec. 1 as nomination day and Dec. 18 as election day. Last year nominations were charted Nov. 17, while electors (Continued on Page 5) JAYCEES GAIN TOP HONOURS FOR DISTRICT For the first time in the history of Region 5, a Junior Chamber of Commerce has captured two ma- jor awards in its first year of op- eration. And the feat, recognized with presentations at the regular Riverside Lodge dinner meeting Tuesday night, was accomplished by the Oakville Jaycees! The awards presented by Region 5 prexy Gord Plaskett, were for municipal improvements in towns under 10,000 population, and for the outstanding Junior Chamber among towns in the same group. Region 5 takes in most of South- ern Ontario from Kirkland Lake to Windsor to Peterborough. Pre- sident Plaskett was accompanied by vice-president Joe Barnicke, well known former Oakville resi- dent. Awards were received by Ken Russell, able Jaycee president during the 1949-50 term' during which the unique achievement wus made. Among the many suc- cessful local Jaycee projects noted by Mr. Plaskett were: work on the Christmas Seals promotion and Manitoba Flood Rellef campaigns; the annual beautification drive: the accident prevention campalgn; and the various contributions to. worthy district causes. Members of the Port Credit Junior Chamber were guests at the meeting. APPOINT NEW TEACHER Another teacher wlll be added to the staff of Westwood public school, and a part-time teacher will be appointed to Central school, Oakville public school board decided at its meeting Tues- day evening. The services of the part-time teacher will enable the principal, M. W. Holmes, to de- vote an extra day to the super- vision of the school, Chalrman A, Weatherstone spoke at some length upon the need for a long-range plan for new public schools In Oakville, The local planning board will be consulted in this regard. Strong protest against any move that would place the control of Wallace park permanently in the hands of the Oakville Baseball Association was expressed In a letter to the board of parks man- agement from the Orphans' Bage- ball Club, read at Thursday eve- ning's meeting of the board, "We belleve such procedure to be illegal," stated the letter, "as by the authority of the Recrea- tion Act the park must be con- trolled by the board of parks man- agement." If the present arrange- ment, under which the Baseball Association controls the park, were continued into 1951, the or ORPHANS OPPOSE 0.B.A. CONTROL OVER WALLACE PARK PROGRAM phans Club would enter a strong protest, the board was Informed. "The board decided to obtain cop~ les of the act covering matters of this kind before replying to the letter, to a communication from the board, L. R. Freeman, chairman of the finance com. mittee of the town council, stat- ed that the committee had ap- proached the Ontario Department. of Highways regarding the pur- chase of property on the south of the Queen Elizabeth highway off Kerr Street for park purposes, but had received no decision,