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| 1 i Al d PAGE TWO PRLS £1 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL: THURSDAY, DEC. 18th, 1947 | The Oakville-Trafalgar Journal Publishe Vincent H. Barrey a= Russell J. Wheeler Casey Wood, Jr., Editor Published in Oakville, Ontario, every Thursday mornirg. Office 6 Thon St. N., Phone 668. Evenings: V. Barrey, 165-M Citizenship "I will never disgrace these sacred arms nor desert my companion in the ranks. "I will fight for temples and for public property botl alone and with many: ST will obey the rates who may at any time be in power. "I will observe both the existing lav the people may hereafter unanimously malke. ag! and those which will honour the religion of my fathers. "I will transmit my fatherland, not only not less, but greater and better than it was transmitted to me. These beautiful and dignified words are the citizen- ship oath which every Athenian youth was required to repeat upon reaching his majority in that first democ- racy. The passage has been preserved to us through the years, not only for its perfection of expression, but be- cause all who read can feel the compelling dignity which must have surrounded the arrival at voting age of a citizen in that democracy. A citizenship oath has a peculiar significance for us today. We have a new national standing about which to feel as proud as the Athenians. It is evident they re- garded citizenship as a serious matter, for all young men were required to take this oath -- whether natu- ral born or not. Obviously before accepting such re- sponsibilities, youths would have to study their govern- ment and pass some test. In Canada, at the present time, only what are called "new Canadians" are required to pass a citizenship test. This consists of an examination on their knowledge of the functions and methods of operation of Canada's Trafalgar Tales By Bessie Cairns We, the.members of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion BES, are very sorry if any members of the ball team or er- ecutive feels he has been criti ized by the auxiliary because this Shanghai Express This column at times will be written especially for stay-at- ary homes. I am one myself these |is a very false opinion. There has days, though "time was when I [been no opinion published by the auxiliary. The report in the first Journal by two ladies was their own private opinions and given as such and were not meant to convey any statement from the Ladies' Auxiliary. We would like the boys to know we took on the job of preparing their banquet with a great deal of pride in their winning the cup and with the same arrangements glance at the more interesting | that we took on the banquet for countryside, a pleasant voice said | the returned men; not with the in perfect English, "If you are [idea of making money buf with finished with your paper may I (the pleasure of doing our bit for borrow it?" The attractive young |the boys. | Chinese-woman across the aisle,| We put on the buffet banquet | wearing the costume that so SUits | for the boys the night they won | their slim graceful figures, smi-| the series without making any | led and I was no longer alone. | profit at all, and enjoyed doing |" She was a public-health nurse, |it, so we hope the boys will know |just recently returned from a| that we are all out for them, to | course in the U.S.A. To my ques: | the last man. | tion of, "What is your opinion of | China on your return?" she coun- tered with, "What is yowrs as a stranger?" I had seen only a small fraction of the 400,000,000 Chinese but enough of their poverty and ab- ject squalor to turn my fairly strong stomach. "Well, personally I consider the crying need of China is some con- trol of the population," I said. "Yes she considered, 'you may be right and it is something we do tackle in the big cities but it is a very difficult problem in the villages. They have only their children, and pitifully few of these ever reach maturity." considered the world my oyster. Back in 1936, before wars, or rumours of wars, I was riding the Shanghai Express from Tien-Tsin . the only white passenger in the coach. Did I say before wars? Well, things weren't too friendly in China even then and no tourist agency would take bookings, so I was on my own. When I tossed aside the paper I was reading to May we take this opportunity | of sincerely congratulating id boys and hope in the coming year their victory will be repeated and that again we may have th: priv- ilege of serving them a bigger and better banquet, The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Canadian Legicn. Board Not Responsible At the regular meeting of the Oakville school board, tows clerk C. R. Byers explained the board had no jurisdiction over children once they returned home. He was replying to a complaint lodged various governments -- federal, provincial and local. The knowledge required is rather extensive, going into questions such as water commissions and garbage col- lection. At the same time the citizen-to-be is tested to make sure he is aware of his responsibilities and duties to his country. Natural born Canadians are not examined. It is taken for granted -- perhaps correctly -- that such citizens will know all that is necessary about their duties as citi- zens and what their privileges are under our democratic form of government. There is no doubt that many youths do have a good knowledge along these lines from their parents. Also, this fall, the Department of Educa- tion instituted a weekly Citizen Corps Training period in secondary schools. Any who do not receive such train- ing in the home, from now on will receive knowledge along these lines from our schools. One purpose of this new course is * . . . to provide training for boys which will make them conscious of the need for national ser- vice and active citizenship." It replaces former Cadet Training while retaining some aspects of that program. Tt is undoubtedly a step in the right direction. Whether one period weekly will prove to be enough remains to be seen. School curriculums are crowded, but this is an important subject. While we are enthusiastic about this course, we would like to make one point. We feel possibly all young men in Canada should be required to undergo the examina- tion now required only of new Canadians. Certainly they should all be required to take the oath of loyalty on reaching their majority. Not asking them to do so is, in a sense, robbing them of an opportunity which is es- sentially worthwhile. We remember when we reached voting status there was not an election for several years. When we did cast our first ballot the significance of our franchise was lost in the tempest of election promises. The Halton Junior Farmers' Association is on the right track. with its plans for a county-wide Citizenship Day. Canada needs a Citizenship Day with a meaning and celebration equal to, if not greater than that now accorded Dominion Day. We understand that on their Citizenship Day__with a suitable ceremony--the Junior Farmers' intend to welcome all young people to voting status. The Journal will encourage and assist in these plans in every way possible. And we urge all who are interes- ted in raising citizenship to the dignified position it de- serves in our fine county, to get behind these young people immediately. Let us start now to make Citizen- ship Day in Halton County next year a really vital force for the continuation of our democratic way of life. This paper has a suggestion for the incoming council of Oakville. At last year's inauguration of the council the public was noticeable by its absence. The town chamber is large, with plenty of room to accommodate a number of Oakville high school boys -- possibly the top two classes or even more. It is our suggestion that an invitation be extended to the high school to attend this ceremony. Unless there is a change in 1948 they would not be depriving voters of room at the meeting. We were impressed with the simple dignity of the swearing in of council, and appreciated the opportunity to hear the new members of the town's governing body speak concerning their plans for the coming year. We especially remember 'retiring-mayor C. V. Hillmer's speech about Oakville's future and what he hoped to ac- complish. We have watched his struggles to bring many of these to successful completion with additional inter- est because of our attendance at that first meeting. We believe the boys of the high school would benefit if they were present at such a function. From what our own high school correspondents tell us of the aims and interests of the principal and his staff, it is our guess that the invitation would not be turned down. "Don't you find it a heart-break | With the board by principal Con- after a year in the U.S.2" I ask. | rad Crawford, of Central School, wy ) that he felt something should be Perhaps I did not see the Sta: | 91° 10 stop children running the tes with your eves? she went on, [Sooo oF Er . T= || wots of bunting maser oo Now York settlement won. vos muned byl Scoige Mo) Tos othe mill people of Hentuekyl| or" architect, ford the | disap Sra to the Navels. Indian seserve| Coun Drogress of ART En wood school. enlargement. While a : expedite matters, he was not op- Se wy : oh Men and | tomistic it would be completed be- e Elephant which was in every | ; piublio school reader whon F taught || = school. You may remember it. Briefly, three blind men feel an elephant and because they have never seen one, report it as being a fan (the ear) a snake (the tail) and a wall (the side) Perhaps her wisdom could be applied to- day to many of us who sce only what we touch personally and have no understanding of what others may think. Tea was served -- in the cust- omary tiny lacquer cups -- and we grew closer over this delight- ful habit of Chinese trains. Maybe ing emergencies and accidents . . and trying to avoid causing any. OAKVILLE TAX! (Owned and operated by. Devenish Bros) TWO PHONES-- For Your Convenience 1060 -- 1061 C Day And Night Service Christmas Poultry CHICKENS, DUCK GEESE Pure Pork Sausage -- Fresh Daily Sausage Meat for Stuffing Oakville Fish & Poultry -- WE DELIVER -- PHONE 30 Houbigant Back . . . . In Canadd| the C:N.R. should pick this up for oA Seerl-salior This is the new Houbigant perfume so dear to feminine hearts. Sweet, but never cloying -- faintly spicy -- ever so long-lasting, as a fine perfume should be. ® $3500 18501250750 350 piuiiux CLARK'S DRUG STORE Phone 243 | Opp. Halton Inn the commuters? + The Dirty Plate Since few men read Vogue, I feel justified in passing this on-- it has nothing to do with the NEW LOOK. Just a picture of a dirty plate or to be more explicite the remains of a good dinner being scraped into a garbage pail. How many such plates will ' there be in our community this festive season? Let us make it as few as possible. Bat as much as you wish, undo the notches in your belt, take a run around the table, but waste less . . . (the makings of a pun there.) Remember the food that Europe 5 needs so badly can not be salvaged from garbage pails. > ss a Calling the Police ! ! Before taking the receiver off the hook to call the police rém- ember that Trafalgar problems are out of Chief Derry's domain-- coming as they do under the Pro- vincial Police. A staff of seven. is ready to answer any call to 1017. Occasionally as a result of their service-at-any-time efforts, some- one gets "Time." In this connec- tion I made inquiries regarding a Tumour I heard about a 'Peep- ing Tom' in the district. I was told it had foundation in fact -- but we could rest easily now! Bearing this in mind it might be advisable at times to pull down A PERSON through college. died. the blinds -- Trafalger area is growing-up. Corporal Allie Jackson, | in charge at Oakville headquarters also assured me that if council and the Highway Dept. decide to make Linbrook School area a 30 M/P.H. speed zone the police will see that it is enforced. They will apprec- . Henry Smith and his wife have been able to retire to a little cottage in the country. 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