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4, No. 38 Oakville Trafalgar Journal Entered, 2nd. Class Mail, Ottawa Oakville, Ontario Thursday, August 16, 1951 20 PAGES 5 cents a copy, $2.50 per year in advance DALBY HEADS P LEGTS FIRS AT. Dalby, Charles Lawrence, nomas Millward and awrence were uncillors of the mewly/ incor- borated village of Bronte in Duesday's election. Mr. Dalby headed thé polls "with 272 votes. Mir Lawrence was second with bso, Mr. Millward third with 258, bud Mr. Livingstone fourth with 81 The three unsuccessful candi- ates were Robert Aitken, 196 votes, Robert Mason, 99, and kenneth Lewis, 88. A total of 397 people voted, out of a possible otal of 769, which is slightly bet- journal Wins OLL AS BRONTE T COUNCIL, DNLY FIFTY PERCENT VOTE ter than a 50 percent vote. The polling-booths In the fire- hall closed at 7 o'clock, and it was about two hours before Re- and his deputies completed their count. As time passed a crowd of about fifty people gathered out- side the building, a number of tae more curious peering through the door and window at the group inside counting the ballots, At about nine o'clock the door was ovened and Mr. Busby stepped outside and announced the elec- tion returns. The winning can- didates were warmly congratu- (Continuec on Page Four) INJUNS WERE SHOOTINGEST PEOPLE, COLLECTOR DISCOVERS CIGS, CLOTHES AT PALERMO SELECTIVE BURGLAR GRABS Jimmying the door during the early hours of Tuesday morn- ing, 2 selective burglar entered he Palermo post office and geu- bral store operated by R. B. Mec- Gill, and helped = himself to uantity of cigarets and some ork clothes. Mr, McGill told provincial pplice, who investigat- | & pd in the absence at the police onvention of Trafalgar Chief red Oliver, that no money or biher merchandise was taken. REPORT THREE POLIO CASES N COUNTY Three cases of poliomyelitis lave been reported to the Halton ounty health unit since August d, Dr. James M. Mather revealed Jesterday, Most serious is that oi a 33-year-old Oakville man Who contracted the bulbar type. No paralysis developed in the ases of a Toronto man, 21, and a we can do is take sen- precautions," Dr. Mather "Do not use unsafe milk or water, or swim in water that might be polluted. Avoid undue atigue, and protect = food from flies. 1f there should be an out- break, children should not at- fend parties, frequent swimming pools, movies or public places." The health unit is postponing inmunization at its various child bealth centres until it is clear hether further cases will develop. While it is unlikely that immu- ization is any more a Bete than other injections or opera- ons, workers. in. Australia. and ngland have produced.some evi- fence that there may be some felationship between immuniza- lion and paralysis in polio," Dr. Mather said. the miniature There must have been a lot of shooting going on, in days gone by, in the neighborhood of what is now the farm of George [Hitchdox, on the Radial road west of Oakville. For some years Mr. Hitchcox has been unearth- ing Indian arrow-heads in the course of his labors on the soil, a|2nd now has quite a tidy collect- ion of about two dozen relics. Latest addition to these arch- aeological acquisitions is an iron head of What Mr. Hitchcox be- lieves to have been a tomahawk of the type given by the white men to the Indians in trade, He came across this interesting look- ing object while cultivating the earth around an apricot tree 'growing upon a bank. Tt was, of course, covered with heavy rust, having been in the earth for a very long time. It is about six inches in length, with a blade an inch or more in width. At the op- posite end is a good-sized hole for the handle. The size and shape the head leads Mr, Hitchcox (Continued on Page 8) LOCAL ENTRIES SHOW FINE FORM AT COBOURG Harry MacKendrick, well- known local dog breeder, captur- ed the award for best of breed with his boxer Champion Canis Minor of Cheslan at the North- umberland and Durham Kennel Club show at Cobourg. This dog also won best of breed at the re- cent Streetsville Kennel Club Show, in a class of 37. Another product of the MacKendrick Ken- nels, Cosburn's Sandman's Kan- dy, Detter known as Sugar Plum, was awarded best of breed in Schnauzer class. Mr. MacKendrick plans to ex- hibit at the C.N.E. Reserve best in the Northum- berland and Durham show went to International Champion Prune's Owne Blue Moon, English Setter, owned by Lucky Strike Kennels Reg'd,, Oakville. Mr. Walter Reeves, of Oakville was one of the judges for the show, the first in Canada to be held 'outdoors. ILLING WORKERS HELP BILL SOLVE BUILDING PROBLEMS Bill 'Scade, secretaryftreasur- f' of the Mathews Children's 2d Fund, was in his shop on Pundas Street the other day doing bit of worrying.' He was won- |: fering just how he would go bout getting the exterior of the #°W Mathews' house stuccoed. lien, out of a blue sky, came be answer. Into his store walk- 0 2 man who said he had heard Of the project to provide a home br Mrs. Mathews and her child- n, and wanted to help with it. sked as to the nature of the fontribution he was willing to ke, he replied that he was a fasterer, and would be glad to ntribute his labor free. Mr. cade told him of the meed for stucco job, and he readily greed to take it on. Needless to ¥, BHl was overjoyed. The name of the good Samar- lan is M. R, Roberts, who repre- nts the firm of Apex Plasterers, foronto, Play Clincher Oakville's peppery Oaks, ap- parently fully recovered from the 16-4 trouncing administer- ed by Milton last Wednesday night, will play the rubber game. of their Halton County loop championship series with Mil- ton Co-Ops at Wallace park on Wednesday night. Game time Is 8 p.m. For details of the 85 Oak victory, which squared the series at Milton Saturday, please turn to Page 7. "Lathing, wiring and plumbing is being carried on this week," Mr. Scade informed the Journal when asked about the progress of the new house on MacDonald Ave. "For the past couple of weeks work has slowed down on account of the heat, but once the heat Is over it will go ahead full steam." Community Service ENTRY CAPTURES TOP POSITION IN MAJOR CANADA-WIDE COMPETITION age of four years. WINNIPEG--AUGUST 14 ° MUNITY ING THE COMMUNI me JOURNAL, TO PROGR CANADA. THIS AWARD IS WE CAN ALL BE ATION, ND 5D THE FOURTH YEAR OF T ENTHUSIASM WH SHOWN FOR THE PAP The Lindley Calnan trophy for outstanding community service is presented annually to the Can- adian weekly considered by C.W.N. judges to have shown that it "has the highest concept of its community responsibility and that has demonstrated through its publication policy that a pro- gressive independent newspaper is a vital factor in the progress of any community." Briefly, the competition regulations stipulate that the award goes to the pap- per considered to have accorded the fullest, ablest editorial sup- port and news coverage to large and small community projects during the year. Back To Ontario Last year, the trophy was won by British Columbia's Powell Riv. er News, with the Richmond Hill Liberal placing second and the Prescott Journal, Quebec's Lake- shore News and Newfoundland's Corner Brook Western Star fin- ishing In a third place deadlock. Two years ago, in its second year of publication, the Journal was awarded third place for its support of the = Oakville-Trafal- gar Memorial Hospital campaign. No entry was made last year. This year's Journal entry, whith required selection of three projects to which the paper had given more than run-of-mill at- tention, was headed: "Two Yeas and a Na on the. affirmative side of the ledger it featured, of course, the galleys and galleys of pictures and type that were a contribution this newspaper was eager to fhake to the Oakville-Trafalzar Memorial Community Centre Arena campaign. The second "yea," en- tered as a "typical" pFoject ef- fort, was the Journal's week-to- week push to assist in assuring the success of the Humane So- clety shelter drive. Compliments Paper Of particular interest to the Judges, their report indicated, was the "Nay" item, which pre- sented the Journal's blunt, con- sidered opposition in the matter of the cocktail bar plebiscite Readers will recollect that, after the Journal listed editorially it's reasons for taking a definite, clear cut stand against the legal- izing of bars here, and voters had agreed with an avalanche of neg- ative votes. Basil Megaffin of the Halton Inn, complimented the Journal by refusing to any long- helping put to bed for another week 'Word of the Journal's victory in the nation-wide was received by telegram from editor Casey Wood, Weekly Newspapeuns Assn. convention at Winnipeg. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE STAFF. THE JOURNAL WON THE COM- SERVICE TROPHY THIS YEAR. THIS is THE RESULT OF EVERYONE WORK- TOGETHER TO CARRY OUT THE PAPER'S POLICY OF PUTTING THE INTER- ESTS OF TY Tl CONGRATULATIONS ARE ALSO DUE La READERS, ini AND NEWSSTAND DEALERS FOR THEIR SUP- PORT WHICH HAS MADE oS AND £5 FOR ITSELF IN THE HAI AMONG THE HOMETOWN NEWSPAPERS OF MOST PROUD AS TION. WITH 5 EEKLY NEWSPAPERS CROSS CANADA WHO ARE MEMBERS OF The" CANADIAN WEEKL Ligh OUR THIRD PLACE I TWO OUR Lill Ths YEAR IN PAPER IS A TRIBUTE TO Te ENERGY AND ICH ney R casey WwooD HALTON REPRESENTATIVES, TOWN AND DISTRICT OFFICIALS PLEASED AT VICTORY ANNOUNCEMENT --------------®place, Jubilant satisfaction reigned supreme Wednesday morning as Journal dug in to make another deadline. And, from veteran reporter Phil Thompson in the front office to youthful compositor-makeup man Don Lovegrove in the composing room, they all felt their jubliation very much justified, as the newspaper they were had become a prize winning one at the tender Word By Wire Tuesday Night community service competition presently attending the Canadian Wired editor Casey: FIRST AT ALL ESTAB- OF FAME SOMETHING OF E LIFE OF THE HAVE ALL Judge's Comments Award of the community ser- vice competition trophy to the Journal was announced Tues- day by Werden Leavens, chair- man CWNA executive commit- tee, and one of the judges. "In awarding the community service trophy to the Oakville (Ontario) Trafalgar Journal the decision was reached after full consideration of the editor- ial presentation, news treat- ment, pictures and cartoons used to successfully complete the three campaigns, In parti- cular the manner In which the news and editorial coverage followed a planned sequence, building , up to a climax that brought all three campaigns to a successful conclusion merits special commendation. There. is every evidence of a cere- fully planned procedure that was rigidly adhered to." declared Mr. Leavens. Also commended were the en- tries of the Simcoe (Ont) Re- former, the Penticton (B.C.) Herald and the Prescott (Ont,) Journal. staffers shaded the sixth place Acton Free Press. Share Satisfaction This county's federal and pro- vineial members, along with town and township officials, joined staffers In expressing satisfact- ion over the award. Extending hearty congratula- tions, Hughes Cleaver, M.P. for Halton, said: "I was delighted but not surprised when I learn- ed that the Journal had been given the top award by the CWNA for community during the past year. The ser- vice and prestige which a reli- able weekly newspaper contri- butes to the welfare and progress of the community It serves can- not be overestimated." "I'm. immensely pleased to hear that Halton newspapers stood out so prominently in com- petition with the rest of Canada," declared Stanley Hall, this county's representative at Queen's Park. "The Journal's well merited award and the fine showing of the Acton Free Press are another indication of the man. ner in which Halton is forging ahead. I am sincerely pleased to :|hear of the Journal's community service r as I have al- er permit sale of this newspaper in the hotel's lobby stand. It is still not on sale at the Halton Inn. At that time, however, a citi- zen's committee comprising many prominent residents expressed their appreciation by letter for the Journal's stand in the matter. Gratifying Rise Fach year a better newspaper contest .is conducted, divided by circulation groups, and results were announced in Winnipeg on Tuesday also. Halton County col- lected good standing in this with the Journal and Acton Free Press alternating In beating each oth- er. In best all-round paper, the Gananoque Reporter took the Clark Cup, with the Journal in 7th place among the papers of ten provinces. Last year the newspaper placed 14th. The Del- hi News-Record finished with 28. 89 to win the James Memorial trophy for the best front page, with the Journal fourth with 28. 25. The Acton Free Press edged out this paper here. But in the Malcolm MacBeth shield com- Petition for the best editorial page the Journal, again in fourth ways been Impressed by the way the Journal supports worthwhile projects." Great Tribute 14 "I want to congratulate the Journal on this splendid achie- vement,"" sald Reeve Joseph Wickson of Trafalgar Township. "It is a great tribute to the fine community spirit your paper has always shown. I wish you every success in your future efforts," Mayor Black was absent from town and could not be reached for comment. Arnold Banfield, chairman during the Memorial hospital campaign, who took a keen interest in the preparing of the Journal's third place entry two years ago, seemed as pleased at hearing of the award as were staffers, "Definitely a very good show!" he enthused. publicity Particularly Happy Rev. J. A. M. Bell, chairman of the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial community centre arena board, stated he was "particularly hap- Py" over the judge's decision. "I personally feel the award was merited because of the outetand- ing effort the Journal staff put (Continued on Page 4) Award NAME TOWN'S NEW SIREET © Shepherd Road was the name chosen for a new! street runuing east from Kerr Street north and leading into Queen Mary Drive. Two new industries are located on the street. A motion providing for the naming of the, thorough- fare was passed at a brief meet- ing of town council held in the town clerk's office Tuesday eve- ning. The name, that of a family which lived in the neighborhood for many years and owned land there, was suggested by Council lor George Davis, who introduced the motion. Primary purpose of the meet- ing was to give third reading to several blyaws = made necessary by a change in the interest rate of debenture - issues for school and arena purposes. A request was- received from the Town Coffee Shop for per- mission to erect a sign at the eastern and western. entrances to town on the Lakeshore High- way. "It we set up a precedent we'll have the whole town cluttered up with signs,' commented May- or Black in the discussion which followed. Permission will not be granted. Chief of Police -Derry was au- thorized to attend the comven- tion of the Canadian Chief Con- stables Association at Halifax, leaving Sept. 16, with $125 ex- penses. > Mayor Black called council's attention to the fact that, Princess Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh would pass through Oakville on their way from Toronto to Hamilton in Oct- ober, and thought arrangements should be made for the- school children to witness the royal passage. "We might havd to do things to make the town pre- sentable," he pointed out. The matter will be dealt with later. CLUB HEARS KENNEDY OUTLINE RECREATION 'What Oakville's Recreation Commission has accomplished, and what it hopes to do in the way of recreational projects in the near future, formed the subject of a talk by Recreational Direc- tor Ted Kennedy at Monday eve- ning's meeting of Oakville Opti- mist Club. Local firms are giving the Club splendid co-operation in prepar- ing for the Optimist Fall Fair, to be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 20, 21 and 22. Sale of exhibitors' space is being handled by R. M. Lockhart, who may be reached by phone at 499R. NAME SHAW CO-ORDINATOR Oakville Chief Fred Shaw was appointed co-ordinator of Halton fire services when county fire chiefs met at Milton to discuss mutual problems and a- general protection plan. Milton's Chlef W. T. Randell was named deputy , While a was set up to complle suggestions for discussion at the next meet- ing, to which each county chief will bring his two key men. 'Lion Tamer Bill Corcoran, newly appoint- ed keeper at the Oakville and District Humane Society shel- ter, brings a genuine affection for animals to his new job. In fact, he was so enthusiastic about working with his four- legged friends that he, spent four months with Bob Morton's circus, which will be seen at the arena here next month un- der sponsorship of the Kiwanis club. "I didn't get into the act, Just looked after the lions and tigers," he chuckled. "But 1 guess | would have gotten to be a lion tamer if I'd stuck around." Bill, who has been im the employ of the Toronto Hu- mane Soclety for the past two years, is married, and will move into the apartment above the shelter shortly.