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VOL. 6 No. Brown, Leu c31dec62 1# «.r H d A v. ^ PRESS RUN NOW 2850 COPIES JOURNAL 32 PAGES Oakville, Ontario, Thursday, April 30th, 1953 Entered, 2nd Class Mail, Ottawa C o ^ u iia ^ iW J / in e ^ , CWNA COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD R C. SMITH MEMORIAL TROPHY 5 cents a copy, $3.00 per year in advance BRONTE SUGGESTS IIM O R SU IT DELAY STRIKING BRONTE RATE DUE TO REEVE'S ILLNESS, REVIEW SCHOOL ESTIMATES RESIGNS FROM BRONTE BOARD Milt & Doc Hit Another Jackpot LONG WAY HOME It was a long way home for Mr. and Mrs. Allen G. Keeley and their two children when the TCA plane in which they were flying from a holiday in Nassau to Toronto Saturday night could not land at Malton because of fog, and was diverted to Mont real for several hours. The Keeleys finally arrived home on Sunday afternoon. FIVE MORE BEDS An additional grant of $5,000, which will provide five ac tive treatment beds at the Memorial Hospital, has been approved by the provincial govt., Halton M L A . Stanley Hall disclosed this week. UNDER JUNE STARS Trafalgar's new drive-in theatre, about two miles east of town, will be ready to open in late June, an official of National Theatre Services Ltd. announced this week. Initial capacity will be 600 cars, although the movie firm anticipates extending the drive-in to accommodate 1,000 vehicles at a later date. WINS SHIELD For the second consecutive year, St. Jude's boys' choir captured first award for choir of unchanged voices at the H am ilton Kiwanis annual music festival on Saturday, being awarded a handsome silver shield. This is the second time in the past few weeks this outstanding Oak ville choral group, trained and directed by G. M. Evans, organist and choirmaster, has achieved distinction. At the Toronto Kiwanis Festival, held in March, the choir won first prize in the same class. PETTY THIEVES Petty pilferers broke into the cash receptacle on an automatic ice-vending machine at Hillmer's Fuel and Ice Co., Dundas Street North some time Sunday night, and stole the cash. The following night they repeated the act. It was impossible to say how much money was taken. Town ^police are investigating. WOO PATRONS A New York subscriber sends along a clipping that will probably startle Oakville and district commuters. It reads: "The Long Island Rail Road seeks the advice of its commuters in a whole sale rejiggering of timetables. The entirely commendable idea is to provide the kind of service sought by riders. The railway's proposed survey will ask what time the indi vidual would like to get to town in the morning and what time he'd like to leave at night." This attitude seems to be in direct opposition to that of the C.N.R., where the stress appears to be on pro viding the kind of service that satisfies the railway -- not the commuters! TO ADDRESS CONVENTION Mrs. W. R. Walton, Jr., presi dent of the Canadian Association of Consumers, will address the 38th annual conference of the Association of Canadian Advertis ers, to be held at the Royal York, May 5, 6, and 7. SKATING CLUB Oakville Figure Skating Club is holding its annual meeting in the Arena Pine Room this (Thursday) evening at 8:15. FLOOD RELIEF Four thousand dollars was raised by the local European Flood Relief committee, it was annuonced Monday evening by Albert G. Baker, chairman of the committee. This amount, plus a thousand dollars contributed direct, brings local donations up to the impressive figure of $5,000. Mayor Black, to whom the $4,000 is being turned over this week, expressed himself as delighted with the generous response. Setting of Bronte's tax rate*had to be postponed for the sec ond time in a week on Thursday evening, due to the sudden ill ness of Reeve Alfred Jennings, who was obliged to leave the Resignation of trustee D. A. council meeting. The week previ ous the business was deferred Allan has been accepted by the because council wished more in Bronte public school board. The formation about a $1,000 item in board, which has the authority to the public school board's esti appoint a new member to serve for the duration of Mr. Allan's mates. William Hoey, chairman of term, this week appealed to in Bronte public school board, was terested village residents to vol present to speak on the board's unteer their services. From let estimates of $22,985.22, presented ters received, chairman William at the previous meeting. "The Hoey stated, a choice will be school board has considered it made in the near future. quite thoroughly," he told the council, "and that is the only figure we can seem to come up within the figures for most with." He said the board was schools. We feel we have to bud getting the advice of the minis get for supply teachers in case ter of education and Stanley Hall, our teachers are sick. They are M.P.P. for Halton, regarding pro entitled to twenty days sick leave a year. In some municipalities vincial grants. "This is the budget," continued they are paid for twenty days, Mr. Hoey, " and we will seek to whether they take them or not. improve it if we can. We find We have budgeted for $1,000, (Continued on page 6) our operating expenses are well DEFER ACTION ON SHOPPING CENTRE PROPOSAL, SAYS `MAGINOT LINE' NO THREAT AL RIVIER HEADS OPTIMIST CLUD LONG A DOMINANT FORCE in district fiive pin bowling circles, these stalwart G. & D. trundlers recently were successful in defending their Men's Major League title. In establishing a terrific team average, they were paced by individual loop leader Eddie Marlatt, whose consistent timber toppling provided a powerful spark to squad efforts. Posing here for photographer Hugh Lindsay are, FRONT ROW, left to right: Ray Chatland, Eddie Marlatt, Milt Green, Doc Dafoe and Harvey Secord. BACK ROW, Harry Ridley, Dave McArthur and Norman WithneU. APPLEBY CHOIR TO SING IN FAMED WESTMINISTER ABBEY HUMANE SOC. PLANS ANNUAL MEETING "Witness for the Defenceless" is the intriguing title of an ex tremely interesting film which will be shown at the annual meeting of Oakville and District Humane Society, to be held on Wednesday evening, May 6, at 8 o'clock in Lusk Hall, St. John's Church. This film tells the story of work being done by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in Britain. There will also be a splendid color film about Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, and one of lo cal interest entitled "Fairtime," filmed by Frederick Crouch, wellknown Oakville photographer. An invitation to sing in West minster Abbey while in England for the Coronation was revived, this week by Appleby <>0llege choir.* "This was a big thrill for E. Leslie Bott, director of the choir, informed the Journal. Shortly after the invitation^ how ever, came the disturbing news that the choir would not b,e able to sail on the date planned. After some frenzied negotiating, Mr. Bott was able to obtain passage for himself and choir members on the Empress of Australia. This ship will sail from Montreal on May 8, four days earlier than the date originally planned. The party will leave Oakville Thurs day evening, May 7. At the Abbey on June 7th, the choir will take part in a Youth Service, at which the preacher will be His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. On May 17th, Empier Youth Sunday, the boys will sing in St. Paul's Cathedral. ENGAGE ARCHITECTS TO PREPARE PLANS FOR NEW LIBRARY N £ S . TO OPEN FULL TIME OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE On Friday, May 1st, the Na-4___________________________ __ tional Employment Service of the Unemployment Insurance Com mission will inaugurate a full time, permanent service in Oak ville, located in the Masonic Temple on Church Street. This will be a temporary location only, pending completion in Aug ust of a new local office building Bronte has visions of becoming now under construction on a busy port if and when the Church Street near Dunn. proposed St. Lawrence seaway is B. G. Sullivan, Ontario Region completed. At its meeting on al Superintendent of the UIC-NES Thursday evening, the village said that in view of the tremen council received a resolution dous industrial development tak from Bronte planning board re ing place in this Lakeshore area, questing council to write Donald the Commission has recognized Gordon, president of the C.N.R., the need for a permanent local asking him to consider the ad cjffice here. Formerly, residents visability of having a survey of Oakville were served by the made from the railway tracks to NES at New Toronto with part the harbor. Object of the survey time facilities available in the would be the eventual construc Oakville Municipal Building. tion of a spur line to the harbor, In establishing this office, the should it be considered feasible. Unemployment Insurance Com It was pointed out that the sur mission are providing a more vey should be made before fur convenient, more efficient service ther development of the area for employers and workers in this takes place. Council agreed to area. This brings to 64 the num comply with the board's request. ber of NES offices in the Ontario region administering unemploy ment insurance and operating a employment and unemployment national job placement service. insurance matters. Miss Hartwell Under the guidance of Miss was formerly supervisor of the Evelyn Hartwell, the local office Women's Division NES in Hamil will open for business with a ton. The facilties of the Oakville staff of four employees. The ap pointment of Miss Hartwell as office will be available to men local office manager establishes a and women and as in other NES precedent for NES in Ontario in offices, a specialized counselling that she becomes the first woman and job placement service will be to occupy that position. She has available to physically handicap been employed by this govern ped job seekers, youth entering ment service since 1942 and the world of work, war veterans comes to Oakville well versed in and older persons. BRONTE SEEKS C.N.R. SURVEY OF HARBOUR Shore and Moffat, Toronto firm of architects, has been retained by the Oakville Public Library Board to draw up plans for the A committee will be set up to^___________' proposed new building, l ' ^cision 1 administer Wallace Park and fix ti engage th!s firm was taken by rental JJeef for organizations us trip board at a meeting'Friday ing it, Oakville board of parks _f':ening. When completed, plans management decided at a special ! i p l be submitted to the town meeting ^Wednesday evening last council for approval. Council week. Meanwhile, the Oakville Plans for a big parade on has agreed to vote the money for Baseball Association will be al the erection of a library building lowed to use the park, and its Coronation day, June 2, were on the town-owned property at debt of $250 for unpaid rental is discussed at a meeting of the Coronation committee of Oakville the comer of Church and George cancelledStreets. It is hoped to have work These decisions were arrived Legion Thursday evening. The ·started some time this summer. at .by the board following a re procession will start from Trafal quest by Doug Wilson, now vice- gar Park, on the west side, at president of the Association, for 1 p.m., will proceed down to ^ of the park for games. ^ use "We're Colbome, along to Dundas, north asking "for f^uTuse" oT the'park C ^ urc> and west along Church with the arrangement that if you I Central sc*1TM 1 grounds, have other people in we step I? akTMS " the parade will out," said Mr. Wilson. "We hope1^ the £ akv^ e Citizens Band, to start practice this coming I Pe Band, Lome Scots week." He told the board he " d ^ fo from Ortona Barracks, could not guarantee payment of , l , Command. Death in two forms, ftphyxia(Continued on Page 4) . A t,, ^ f h° o1 fo u n d s it is hoped to have a program by tion and mangling, was narrowly local choirs, and speeches by escaped by Fred Price Jr. Mon Mayor Black, Reeve Emerson day afternoon. While operating a Ford of Trafalgar, and Lt.-Col. big excavator for his father's the Rev. C. K. Nicoll, Legion firm, Fred Price Construction padre. The program will con Ltd., on the site of a new build clude before 4 o'clock, in order ing on Colbome Street just east of Dunn, the young man inadver The Oakville Yacht Squadron that the people will have a chance tently struck a gas main, which held its first meeting of the year I Sethom e f * " * to hear broke. Deadly fumes rushed from in St. Jude's Church on Tuesday Queens broadcast. A concert by the broken main and into the evening, April 28. There were 40 the Citizens' Band on Central cab of the excavator. Overcome, members present at the meeting, school grounds is planned for the Price fell sideways, towards the where the new executive for the evening. Another meeting of the door. committee, of which Alfred East season was elected. wood is chairman, will be held Fortunately James Hoey, con The new officials for the com tractor on the building, saw the ing season are commodore, A1 Monday evening. young man's plight, and with the Masson; vice-commodore, Bob assistance of a workman pulled Johnson; secretary treasurer, Ann I , him from the cab. A hurried call Pearson; chairman of the junior was put in for the ambulance of committee, Bill Macrae; enter S. S. Russell and Son, in which tainment commitee, Stu and Kay the victim was rushed unconsci Martin; chairman of the building ous to the hospital, after first committee, Marty Brown; in The Women's Auxiliary of the aid efforts to revive him had charge of the sailing committee, Oaft-ville-Trafalgar Memorial Hos failed. At the hospital the oxygen Doug Armour, while Betty Mas pital wiH hold a Carnation Tag mask was applied, Price regained son, who received flowers from Day in the form of a street canconsciousness, and was able to go retiring commodore Larry Cond vass on Friday and Saturday, home. Next day he was little the for her work in the publicity de May and 9, the proceeds going worse for his experience. partment last year, was reinstated towards the work of the W.A. in "It's fortunate he fell towards in that office again this year. the, hospital. the door," said Fred Price senior, "We had a very successful ^ "The people of Oakville have discussing the mishap with a season last year," said sailing 'always responded splendidly to J&umal reporter. "If he had fal c o m m i t t e e chairman Doug campaigns for the hospital," said len the other way he would Armour, "and suffered only one Mrs. L. G. Ostrom, convener of certainly have been badly mangl mishap, when a centreboard was the tag day. "T^e Women's Aux ed by the cables and drums, and lost during a night cruise to Port iliary needs more taggers to cover could easily have been killed. Credit. The North Shore Snipe | f the growing territory of OakThen he might have died from Association Trophy and the B-A i1 ville." Those wishing to help canthe effects of the gas if the am Peerless Trophy, donated by B-A | vass for the tag day may do so bulance had not bade such good for competition between Oakville ' by contacting Mrs. Ostrom at 321. time in getting him to the hos and Port Credit, were won by the pital." squadron last year." The break in the two-inch line 52 junior members, under the of the United Suburban Gas Co. direction of Bill Macrae, Don caused an hour's cutoff for the Bath and Allan MacKay, turned This week's Journal contains seven consumers in the immedi out for classes last season and two sets of comics, the reason ate area. "Although they had more are expected this year. for which will be obvious when been told of the gas lines' posi The first warm-up race will you get your next week's tion, the shovel accidentally hit take place on the afternoon of the small, concealed pipe," ex Saturday, June 6. Commodore A1 Journal! If you are a news plained Ray Mathews, district Masson hopes to see the squadron stand buyer of the Journal, manager of the company. "Luck entered in four races this year: we suggest that yon reserve ily there was a shut-off valve the Peerless Trophy race, the yonr cory of next week's issue just west of the break, and with LSSA, the North Shore Snipe ahead o f time, because we that closed down gas was only Trophy, and the annual race at cut off seven consumers." the C.N.E. don't want 70 a to miss it! NAME SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO ADMINISTER WALLACE PARK SUMMER BOOKINGS Opposing any relaxation in the^* town zoning by-law until full study had been given a proposal to erect a shopping centre at the comer of Allan and Colbome Oakville Optimists elected A1 Sts., representatives of the Oak ville Property Owners Assn. on Rivier president for the new fis Monday night asked council to cal year, at its regular dinner defer consideration of the plan for Monday night. New vice-presi dent is Lou Myers, secretary is two weeks. A1 Nicholls, and treasurer, Sid Would Rim Property Way. Joel Morganstem, who recently Other officers named were: fi purchased the Finch-Noyes prop nance chairman, Bill McGuire; erty, told' council he proposed sgt.-at-arms, Don Sutherland; buildup a "one - stop shopping boys work chairman, Bill Bamcentre" on the site. "The struc ber; program chairman, Dr. ture would rim the property on Owen Warr; Scout committee the north and east sides, and chairman, Jack Hooks; benevolent would be laid out to permit park and visiting, Leo Moro; carn ing space for 350 cars and a ival chairman, Roly Chambers; playground for small children," publicity chairman, Ewart Carhe explained. "This is the modem berry; building chairman, George shopping trend. My plan calls for Baker; project chairman, Charlie a theatre at one end, a bowling Warrington; auditors, BUI Henalley at the other." wood and Colin Anderson. He stated that, where it faced on Douglas and Church Sts., the building would have a similar ap pearance to a row of residences. "If I applied for residential build ing permits, I'd get them. Why not this?" he asked. Letters Oh File Councillor W. S Thomson, chairman of the council commit tee dealing with the Morganstem request for the by tow change necessary to permit ^ i e project to proceed, noted that letters were on file from owners of nearby properties opposing the plan. "I'm opposed on general prin ciples to a change in the by-law which is made to assist any in dividual to make a profit on speculation," declared councillor Thomson. "We must protect the character and environment of a neighborhood. If we permit this plan to go through, what about the property across the street. Does it become commercial next, and where does such extension stop?" Views Change? Local business men may have relented in their opposition to ward such a project, previously voiced when a similar proposal was put forward last year, he said. "But this may be due to the Maginot Line of shopping centres the planning board has suggested will spring up in Tra falgar," he stated. "I don't think they need have too many fears in this respect." He suggested Mr. Morganstem "may be trying to keep his Tra falgar building from becoming an orphan" by seeking to extend the business strip. "But as the father of a possible orphan, he need be the only one to worry about that!" he commented. Council agreed to defer a de cision until May 1 1 meeting. Appointment of R. C. A. Cum berland as the town's insurance BRONTE GROUP TO HEAR PANEL DISCUSSION GREAT DAY C O M I N G OPERATOR OVERCOME AS LINE BREAKS The Bronte Horticultural So ciety will hold its monthly meet ing on Thursday, May 14, at 8 p.m. in the Anglican Parish Hall, Bronte. The meeting will tak~ the form of a panel discussion. A team of four headed by Mr. S. Christensen and George Wright will lead the panel and answer the members' questions. They will, in particular, deal with the correct lifting and wrap ping of plants in view of the forthcoming Plant Sale to be held in the Anglican Parish Hall on May 16 at 2 p.m. Following the panel discussion Miss Betty Reed will give a five minute talk on flowers in Ber muda, using illustrations. RED SHIELD DRIVE HARDWICK HEADS H. C. Hardwick has been nam ed as chairman of the local Red Shield Campaign to raise funds for the Salvation Army, which opens on Monday, May 4. Treaaurer of the campaign is A R. Gray, Bank of Toronto, and the following are members of the committee: R. R. Manbert A H Baker, W. H. Edwards, T H Marshall, R. W. Blaikie and G. M. C. Wright. advisor was approved. Council learned the municipal board has approved an amend ment to the zoning by-law, chang ing the status of sections of Forster survey to A and B. The board excepted Block B, however thus permitting further apart^ ment construction in that block. YACHTSMEN UNFURL SAILS HOSPITAL W.A. PLANS CARNATION TAG DAY PLAR SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM, TO OSE HC K A LI Plans for the summer program of Oakville Recreation Commis sion were discussed at a meeting of the commission on Friday evening. The day camp will be earned on the same as in past years, except that there will be three periods only, instead of the four that were held last year. "We have found that in the last period attendance drops off sharp ly," Ralph Crack, chairman of the Commission, explained to the Journal. The camp site will be on the west side of the creek, just south of the Queen Elizabeth highway bridge, the same as in other years. The first camp period opens July 1 st, and the camp will close the 15th of Aug ust. The three playgrounds for younger children, at Busby Park, Reservoir Park, and Brantwood school will open the last week in June. A1 Nicholls, popular physical training instructor will again be in charge of the summer program by Mrs. P « ,, , £ £ " 5 who was,his assistant last sum mer. They will head a staff of alwut sixteen supervisors, nearly 1 girls. Applications for these M > ** reeeived by Nwholb, and should be sub mitted as soon as possible. Apphcants accepted will be given a course of training out oT tow^ before starting their duties. Through the courtesy of the parks board we have been given permission to open Victoria Hall and use it for prepartory work tor our summer program,' said Mr. Crack. "All equipment for the playgrounds and day camp was carefully stored during the wint er, and will be brought out and used. There is lots of preparatory work to be done in training per sonnel, registering the children, and giving them medical exam inations." Sh v Brantwood school, Double Portion