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Oakville Trafalgar Journal 4, No. 29 Entered, 2nd. Class Mail, Ottawa WP. RATEPAYERS SCORE REEN BELT RESTRICTION, J0 OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS LT.-COL. ROBERT J. WILL: Ms, 0.B.E, M.C, E.D., of Oak- ile, was recently appointed Ad- Binistrative Officer of Fort York fd University Avenue Armour- Es in Toronto. (National Defence oto) WANT COUNTY DEFENCE PLAN ounty council moved Tuesday accede to provincial secre- Welsh's request that civil be set up on a county- bring in recommendations its next meeting. Oakville and on are the only Halton mun- Datities to as yet boast civil committees, council new bylaw. covering salvage and second hand business- a ran into a prolonged on snag in the second Bing. The bylaw was held ov- on motion of Oakville deputy- 8c Ted Lauder, until munici- flliiics have an opportunity to Qe sc and approve the measure. RST SUMMER CONCERT Oakville Citizens' Band offer the first in a series of mer band concerts on Sunday ing at Lakeside park, begin- at 815 pm. Conducting will 08 :ndmaster Frank Locksley. Bmphatic opposition to the much publicized Green Belt sec- tion of Trafalgar's new zoning by- law was expressed by an over- whelming majority of 300 rate. payers who jammed the township hall Monday night to hear pro and con speakers discuss the new. legislation. The bylaw, which has received two readings by council and is ready to go to the muni- cipal board for approval, was rec- commended by the Oakville-Tra- falgar planning board and res- tricts sale of lots of less than five acres in the proposed Green Belt area. Name Commitee Although reeve Joseph Wick- son opened the well planned, well conducted meeting by ex- plaining the gathering was "pure. ly an informative one," ratepay- ers took full advantage of a question period that followed ad- dresses by Bolton planning au- thority G. C.-Culhan and Daniel Pope to go on record as heartily disapproving the five-acre res- triction. On motions of BE. G. Bul- mer and S. G. Myrans, a com- mittee was named to study the bylaw and make recommenda- tions for changes . to township council. The committee includes Norman Small, W. H. Merry, B. L. Wilson, Victor Wilson, Nor- man Gilbert, S. G. Myrand, Dan Pope, Leslie Hume and Albert Morden. Burning Question Tabbing the Green Belt res- triction "the burning question mark" in the proposed bylaw, reve Wickson opened the three- hour meeting by registering his disapproval of the move, stating he would like to see amendments before the bylaw goes to the municipal board. He stressed, however, that the board would hold a hearing later this sum- mer, at which complaints could be dealt with before the measure got final approval. Planning consultant Culhan, brought in to offer an unbiased "outsider's" analysis of the pro- posal, adopted an opposite view to the very apparent attitude of most ratepayers present. Can't Halt Growth Introduced by the Oakville Trafalgar planning board's Don MacRae, Mr. Culhan stressed one theme from the outset. "If you think you can stop growth here- abouts, you are very much mis- taken," he declared. "But you can channel it intelligently, so that (Continued on Page 6) IARRIED IN ST. JOHN'S United Church Saturday afternoon Elizabeth Anne Merry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Harland and niece of Journal contributor H. C. Merry, and Richard fley, popular local athlete and former Western University foot- r- The happy couple is seen here leaving the church, followed Ss Judy Merry, her sister's maid of honor, and groomsman Farley. THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1951 24 Pages 5 cents a copy, $2.00 per year In advance BUILDERS VOLUNTEER TO IN JIG TIME ERECT HOME MATHEWS KIDDIES WATCH Happy Are Mom, Ken, Linda, Margaret, Louise & Connie Before fall rolls. arbund, Mrs. Fred Matthews and her family of five children, ranging from seven years to three months, should be comfortably installed in a nice new home of their own on Oakville's west side. After Mrs. Mathew's husband was killed last December, by a train, a group of citizens got to- gether to raise funds for the des- titute family. This week, with $1500 in hand, they started to build the family a house. On Mon- day afternoon Fred Price, well known contractor, donated his ex- cavating machinery, and on Tues. day morning the excavation for the cellar was finished. The lot at the corner of MacDonald and Fallion avenues, was acquired from the town for a nominal fee. Crib- bing was donated by Cecil Fish, and as soon as this has been set BILL SCADE TURN SOD up, which will be almost immed- iately, construction work will proceed. "One of the biggest contrac- tors in Oakville, who wishes to remain annonymous, is donating his services free," Bill Scade, treasurer of the Mathews Fund, who has been working day and night on the project, informed the Journal Tuesday. "He has assur- ed us that we will have all the SET DERRY INQUIRY DATE, NAME TORONTO BARRISTER COMMISSION Chief John B. Derry and coun- cillor Ross Gibson, chairman of the police and public welfare committee, were informed by let- ter Monday that Judge lan Mac- donell has set Monday and Tues- day, June 25 and 26, for an in- quiry into alleged inefficiency on the part of chief Derry in the conduct of his office. The infor- mation came from R. Nelles Starr, K.C., who has been ap pointed commission counsel by attorney-general Dana Porter. Mr. Porter ordered the probe st week, following an Inter- w with Chief Derry, and ap- Seitted Judge Macdonell as a commissioner under the police act to conduct the inquiry. The at- torney-general had previously denied the chief's written request for a public hearing. "Upon. discussing the matter with chief Derry, I feel that the inquiry 13 in order," Mr. Porter informed the Journal. "The chief feels he has been unfairly treat- ed, and is under a cloud follow- ing the volcing of statement re- COUNSEL MACDONELL concerning any JUDGE IAN gate complaints local police force. Mr. Starr is a member of the Toronto . law firm of Sinclair, i and flecting on his efficiency. If there is inefficiency, we should get to the bottom of it. And if not, the chief should be cleared." Mr. Porter explained he had the power under the act to ap- point a commissioner to investi McDonnell. The inquiry will take place in the council chambers commencing at 10.30 a.m. June 5. Solicitor Harry Schreiber, Hamilton, will represent Chief Derry at the hearing. TO DIVIDE HAMMELL ESTATE FOR HOMES, REALTOR REVEALS help we want, as his emp! have expressed their willingness to co-operate. We expect to have the house finished before fall. We have $1500 and faith in the people of Oakville. We need $3, 500 more. Our biggest worry from now on is getting materials." By Wednesday morning, those worries had almost vanished. Mr. Scade walked into the Journal (Continued on Page 8) PARKS BOARD ON WALLACE PARK LIGHTS, GRANTS OBA LEASE REQUEST A curfew has been established in Oakville - - for the floodlights in Wallace Park. From now on the battery of powerful lamps, which have been causing no small degree of annoyance to residents in the vicinity, must be turned off at 11 p.m. This was decided upon at Monday evening's meet- ing of the board. "Many people are complaining about the lights being on so late at night," Chairman B. A. Me- gaffin told the Board. "After ev- ery ball game my phone rings all the time." It was felt that if evening ball games were started on time, the 11 o'clock limit would permit ample time to fin- ish. An application from Silvert's Baseball Club, New Toronto, to use Wallace Park Tuesday even- ings for the season, was rejected following a lengthy discussion. The Club offered to pay $35 a night rental. Bud Corbett, super- visor of minor baseball leagues, was opposed to renting the park, pointing out that his organization required it for the first five nights of the week. R. O. Bull, a member of both the parks board and the Oakville Baseball Club executive, claimed that the renting of the park to the New Toronto club would lessen at- tendance at the Oakville team's games, The Oakville Baseball Associa- tion applied for the use of Wal- lace Park from Monday to Satur- day, at a rental of $150 for the season. "If the park is just going to be for baseball, I think the town ought to know," sald T. A. Blakelock. "It seems to me we ought to turn the park over to the ball club for the season and let them cut the grass, clean up the Srounds and pay for the lights. #1 can't see it," replied Chalir- man Megaffin. "I think we should have control of the park" James Roberts suggested that the board and the Baseball As- sociation enter into an agree ment regarding the use of the (Contiued on Page 8) SETS CURFEW KENNEDY QUITS ARENA POSITION The Arena Board will seek a manager, either locally or else- where, treasurer James Peat stated, following the meeting on Tuesday night. "We received a request from the Recreation Commission that we release Ted Kennedy from his temporary du- ties as manager of the arena. It was taking too much of his time away from the recreation pro- gramme," he reported. "Ted Wil- liamson will continue as assist- ant manager. We realized that the double duty for Mr. Kennedy was putting a heavy strain on him, and were in accord with the Recreation Commission's conten- tion that the Arena Board could no longer expect this situation to continue." Mr. Peat stated no thought had been glven, as vet, to who the new manager might be. "The board is most appreciative of the assistance Mr. Kennedy has been to us, and will find it hard to re- place him," he concluded. ROTARIANS READY Rotarians buckled down to last-minute detail work as they put the finishing touches on ar- rangements for the big annual event which opens the town's carnival = season June 21, 22 and 23. Central school grounds is the place, and there'll be attractions aplenty, including a big ferris wheel, plane ride and two rides for the kiddies. Peter the Clown will be there again to move the younger element to side-splitting laughter, and the Legion Pipe Band will play stirring airs on Thursday and Saturday evenings. On Friday evening the Oakville Citizens' Band will give a program. Then of course there'll be games of chance and skill in great var- iety, and the hot dogs, ham- burgers and pop without which no carnival is complete. Not the least attraction of the event will be the lucky draw, for which the main prize is a $1,000 bond. Proceeds from the carni- val go towards the Rotary Club's extensive community and welfare program. MISSION ENDS Marked by a procession of white-robed children, and the presence of visiting dignitaries, the solemn closing of the Forty Hours Devotion and a renewal of the Mission took place Sun- day evening at St. Andrew's R.C church. The ceremonies ended a busy day which opened at the morn- ing mass with a Pirst Communion service for some score of boys and girls. Unlike previous years, when the children attended in a body, this year they were joined by members of thelr own famil- fes, and all members of the fam- lly participated In the ceremony. Throughout the week Rev. R. J. Conway, C.88.R., of Peterbor- ough, conductéd the Mission re- newal which concluded with the Sunday services. Another big lakeshore estate Is about to succumb to the tide of suburban development and be cut up into building lots. The pro- perty of John E. Hammell, well- known figure in the mining world, Is to be divided into several land parcels and disposed of as home sites, according to an announce- ment by a Toronto realtor, Situated on the lake about two miles east of town, the Hammell estate has long been ome of the finest in the district. Not all of it is to be sold, however, Mr. Hammell will retaln a fair-sized portion, with the main houss, swimming pool and conmservator- les. In dividing the remainder, care will be taken to preserve the landscaping features, the rocker- les and stonework. Instead of fences, hedges will be used to divide the different lots. Altogeth- er, the estate covers ten acres. Mr. Hammell has acquired a beach home in Nassau, Bahamas, for which he Is sald to have paid more than $100,000, and will live there for six or seven months of the year. MEN AGAIN | AT ST. JUDE'S The tranquil grounds of St. Jude's Church will swarm with festive, fun-loving crowds Satur- day afternoon and evening, when the men of St. Jude's hold thelr eagerly anticipated garden party. Charlie Flippance, popular dir- ector of the Gym team, will pre- sent hls clever young boy rand girl gymnasts in "Little Olympla," a thrilling display of acrobatics. a be cute litle ponfes for youngsters to ride, a wide a of games, and a clever maglclan to fascinate tha crowd with astounding feats of magic. The men have been very provi- dent In the food department, as well, Afternoon tea will be ger- ved to the strains of exquisite music by the Sheridan Orchestra. Then at 640 there will be a de- liclous supper of turkey, ham and salad. PLAN 2nd SCOUTS OWN SERVICE The second annual Halton and district Scout's Own service will be held in Wallace park on Sun- day afternoon, June 17, it has been announced. Scout, Cub, Girl Guide and Brownie units from Burlington, Bronte, Milton, Ac- ton, Georgetown, Palermo, Wa- terdown, Port Nelson, Trafalgar and Oakville are expected to be on hand for the event, Scouter Mike Jennings reports. A parade, led by Oakville Cit- izens band and the Burlington will fall in at Cen- grounds at 2456 and off to the park, via and Reynolds Sts. The salute at the post office will be taken by Hon. Lawson, Lieut-Governor of junfor band, tral school will move Colborne is In charge of Scouter E. Dean Wilkes, will be James Wright, a camp advisor; Mrs. W. J. b adman, Aldershot, aren com missloner; Mrs. Rupert Helmer, Oakville, division retary; Mrs. H. W. Jaffray, Oakville, division commander; A. 8. Fleming, Ham- ilton, field commissioner; Dr. R. D. Appleford, Oakville, chairman Halton Boy Scout asso, Col. L. H. Milne, Port Nelson, hon. pro- vinclal Mayor J. assistant district Officials on the reviewing stand with the Lieut. Governor will be Mrs. A. R. Douglas, Burlington, R. Black; Walter Windler, pres., Oakville Boy Scout assn., and R. D. P. Bourne, Hamilton, asst, re~ glonal commissioner. Fr