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THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL 1 u3sne) JAN. 1, % Editor y Thursday morning. enings: V. Barrey, 165-M the stuff that holds e conservation of of every noble hope, > day, some way, into villiam Allen White, e, died in 1944. The : Diography, published i \ght, while expressed "rather a statement of i ecency and spiritual he figures for the year world torn with troubled be the happier for being ¥ people who are striving ble hope." Year if we individually ous . . . into a reality of eventual solution of the is not impossible of of Commerce eeting to be held Jan- "merce points up some- forget. The Oakville ve, forceful organiza- "nd some way in which ymmunity. have name plates so rections to visitors no "sparked life into -the worthwhile organiza- ew cation of to town Trafalgar Tales By Bessie Cairns Our sympathy is extended to Mrs. R. H. Philip, MacDonald Rd, whose enr-ald cousin was sof tragically killed on Christmas Day Roy and McClelland Robertson, | sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Rob- | n, Kilbride, left the Christm: |dinner-able to try out their new| {sleigh. While ting down the hill in front of their home, McClel- land collided with a car driven by Mr. W. Brick of Hamilton, and was killed instantly. Mr. and Mrs, Philip were among | many and friends who| relatives attended the funeral on Saturday afternoon. The boy's grandfather, Mr. William Robertson, is the sheriff of Halton County Dog Eat Dog | Whenever I feel called upon tof Justify the existence of the Hu- mane Society, I am reminded of the pariah dogs of Stambul, Con- stantinople. This is no once-upon-a-time tale --happening as it did within my. memory. Stambul, like our Trafal- gar, lacked garbage collection, but there the refuse was taken care of by mongrel dogs that roamed throughout the streets. due course there were so many of these scavengers that to satisfy their hunger they not only took bites at occasional pedestrians but begaa attacking in packs. The TO RETIRE AFT ER NEXT FIGHT The 'scars of battle having disappeared, Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis came out of his cloister to meet Sol Strauss in New York. the press. He is shown with The latter is showing the champ the famous photo, made by remote control, which shows the champ with his pants on the resin at the moment when Jersey Joe V heavyweight crown in his gfasp. Louis said thaf win, lose or draw, he'll quit the ring after the return bout with Walcott. alcott seemed to have the Turks got busy and decided to get rid of these now-unwelcome curs. The suggestion of poison being ruled out, for the safety of 2 children, the dogs were driven FE ships and removed to nea island. This island, which I have seen, is a barren rock, devoid ofc} any vegetation or wild life. As far as Stambul was concerned, the epi-| Sode was closed. 'What of the dogs? EACH OTHER UP. For yéars small | sailing vessels gave this island a wide berth, for fear of the hungry beasts that swam out at any sign of life. Perhaps some of you recall the picture taken by an intrepid Time photographer of the last survivor --a rangy. death-defying brute, standing gaunt and malevolent among the bones of his former companions. A sorry tribute to the bumaneness of humanity. Some day I shall tell of per: sonal | observations of the treatment of cattle and horses int Turkey; in the meantimé let us be thankful that instead of an "Island of the Dogs," we have a Humane Society Shelter in our community an Shipmates Professor Potts was a short, stocky man and, when not wearing a beret, his bristly "en brosse" haircut reminded me of liverwurst of yodelling, I could visualize him either dispensing sausage in some small Bavarian village or rigged out for an Alpine climb. Actually, he was'a professor at the Univer- sity 'of Fresno, California. The! first time we met he and his wife were on the same cruise as myself. A wonderful loniisa it was! We left New York [the latter part of June in 1935 and, after calls at Algiers, Monte Carlo, Naples and Gibraltar, to mention a few, Mediterranean spots, we head- ed 'north for the Scandinavian countries and the British Isles. One passport, no visas, and few head- aches! Those were the days! The only recollection I have of the Potts on the whole journey was that, somewhere in Germany, Mrs. Potts spoke out of turn, and it co ar to co; in; "of in or tr a took considerable conniving on| th, get her safely back aboard s Next vias I vailed trom Fortine for China. Soon after getting) aboard, I noticed a little squat man with a beret. "Hello, professor!"| a, This time Mrs. Potts was not along. | The following summer I left in | names, were sitting on the garden wall when they saw Pixie O'Scowl THEY ATE coming along. head. They knew gone wrong. E clover wall, and Knarf and Hanid climbed down 'to sit beside him. was another pixie. pranks, O'Scowl, the part of the US. Seihartiag t0| Pm on my way now to apologize to a "A family of pigs!" Knarf and By MAX TRELL Knarf and Hanid, the shadow-| hildren with the turned-about He walked slowly, nd with a frown across his fore- something had He sat down wearily on a moss- vered petal under the shade of a blossom at the foot of the The trouble, they soon discovered, Tricks and Pranks "Always playing tricks and he grumbled Pixie twisting his sentence ound just the way he felt it ought be twisted. "Mrs. O'Grady, who mes to help Mother with the sew- 2" Hanid thought to herself, ften twists her sentences around the same way . . .' But Knarf was asking Pixie Scowl: "Who is always playing icks and pranks?" "Who else but Pixie O'Daff. What maker of mischief he is. And Im e one who has fo pay for him. family of pigs." anid exclaimed. "Pigs" nodded Pixie O'Scowl nd the frown across his forehead|} ot deeper. Knarf and Hanid begged to know August from New York on a trip to| ot pivie O'Daff did Mexico and Havana, this time on a much larger boat, 800 passengers. Sure enough there was my little squat man of the beret. A Fine Thing "Well," said Pixie O'Scowl, "here I hailed |it was Christmas, with all the world Gifts for Mother Goose getting presents and giving them. Fos a fine thing and we pixies have been giving and getting, and get- ting and giving since the Old Oak, was an acorn. There's the farmer] and his wife who always leave us a thimbleful of milk and a pinch or two of salt. Not a Christmas has passed that we haven't left a bowl of wild winter strawberries on his doorsteps or a heap of chestnuts, or given their sick little girl some roses to wear in her cheeks. Went to the Farm "But Pixie O'Daff thought the time was for tricks. So went to the farm and tried to think of what he could give, to make Christmas mer- ry for himself. "He thought of giving the chick- ens webbed feet so they could swim. But he knew the chickens wouldr't take to water. He thought of giving the cat a cloth to wash her face. -|But he knew she'd never give up using her paw. He thought of giv- ing the cow sugar to make her milk sweeter. But he knew that for a cow nothing is sweeter than new grass. Then he came to the pigs. And he knew what to do!" "What did he do?" the two shad- ows asked eagerly. 5 Pixie O'Scowl muttered. ~"I'm about to tell vou. He saw the curled up tails that each of them carried behind them. Then he shouted: 'Piggies! I'm giving each of you a fine new tail--as straight as a twig! It's the present of Pixie O'Datf to his friends the pigs!" A Sharp Tweak "And with that, he sprang behind each of them and gave their tails a sharp tweak and ran off, laugh- ing: 'Now look at them! Look at your fine, new tails--as straight as twigs . pe Petey By VINCE BARREY At last the cold weather has brought hockey to the fore in Oak- ville. The rink has been dandied up with paint and three new showers installed with plenty of locker space for the intermediates and juniors. On the last workout there was oodles of material on hand. As well as last year's players, there were several former Oakville Juniors working out with the Intermediates who this year have been stepped up 0 "A" grouping. We noticed Bill Gibson on right wing going great guns as well as Tommy Woodall at centre, Bill Smith on defense and Jimmy Davidson and Buck Thomas rounding Into condition to bolster the forward line Bill Gibson, Tommy Woodall and Bill Smith were Oakville Junior, stars in 1940- 41 and Buck Thomas and Jimmy. Davidson starred a year or two prior to this, In an exhibition game at Milton Friday night they came up with an 8:6 win, and Chris Speyer and Da Deans, coaches, are pleased with their charges and are handing out certificates' to the players in pre- paration for the opening scheduled game with Weston Jan. and yellow Dr. Chases should go places this year--they have good material and with able coaches will give Oakville fans good, fast hockey. Seventeen juniors have already signed up. Manager Fred Turner and Coach Bas Megaffin were busy conditioning their players when I dropped in to see them shaping up. Fighting it out for goalie were Don Clin 6. The blue |; - From the Sports Album Friday Night's Game To Open Season Here Kemp, Roger Tuck and A. Tripp. Don and Roger are familiar to fans, but Tripp Is a newcomer and works at the BA refinery. Dillon McNally, Bob Ballantyne, Don Walsh (also from' BA), Alcambrack and Costello were holding down defense positions. There are three forward lines composed of Ray Patterson, Bill Currie, Bud Cam- eron; Bill Galbraith, Don Ferguson, Nick Stevens; Jim Cowan, Doug Begg and Doug Besse, These lines have lots of scoring ability and will e a worry to opposing goalies when their schedule gets under. way this Friday night against Weston in the local rink. The return game will be played Monday, Jan. 5, at Bolton. While still on hockey, there are no less than seven Bantam teams organized with their schedules in preparation. These are the future replacements for junior and inter- mediate teams of tomprrow, and ial act York Township Board of mg, last night voted to Suthoriz purchase of five acre: Yonk Township as a site fo thorized the board Chairman purchase their number, who said: SEE sll ing the ratepayers to pg dot truly Vote oBuy is pe For New School io As its last offi of ig ue, lang (8 "the 28 posed $1,000,000 vocational sig By a 54 vote the meme, The four trustees Dposin agreed are worth watching. | Skating enthusiasts turned out on Christmas eve and Christmas night about 300 strong. "Winter sports at the arena are inden way earnest," said ed Turner, president of the ERE Amateur ports Association. Speaking of the bantam league we hear that one of the new teams formed this year is still in need of a sponsor. A team without a manager and trainer doesn't stand too much chance--maybe there's someone who'd care to come to their rescue? Maybe even to the length of providing sweaters which. the lads enjoy so much. The Officers and Directors of the | Oakville Club held a Christmas dance on Dec. 23 for the junior and | Intermediate members and" their | friends. Mr. and Mrs. Noel Eaf ton | and Mr. and Mrs. Kelly New were | SPECIAL BRICKS [& For Yuletide DEVON DAIRY ICE CREAM rom BELL CENTRE & SEAS) orig SPEC, FRUIT BRICKS, 2, Jf (order early) I Also regular assortment brick flavors, Bulk Vang Orange Sherbet Pints, 8 "Take Home Sundaes" in flavours CLARK'S DRUG STORE Inn, Opp. Halfon Phono 1 the patrons. FRANCES first real after- a tonsillectomy changed her voice from soprano to a smooth contralto, shares star billing with Frank Morgan and Don Ameche LANGFORD, whose singing success came NEW and an abu prosperity The friendly B.A. HAPPY To all our customers and fri A Very Happy New Year CLARK'S SERVICE CENTRE YEAR | iends ndance of for 1948 Service Station every Friday night on CBS. In addition to the vocal solos, she -W joins Ameche in a weekly comedy Colborne St. W. hons 1031 skit about the battling Sooo Samm --ama "And the poor pigs tried to see their fine new tails. So they turned and turned . . . and turned again, And no matter how fast they turn- ed, their tails turned faster still and always staved behind them! Until finally they all grew so wild they broke out of their pen, and went crashing and roiling and turn- ing and twisting all over the farm --and over the fields--and over the meadows until they were lost in the woods. And they never did SReLtheir ah and never wills and if they do, they'll see that they are as curly as ever. And now." grumbled Pixie O'Scowl, "you've Job Pri Commercial nting heard the story, and I've got to go and apologize to the pigs." him with, "Are you following me around the world or am I follow- ing you?" Though we had travelled as shipmates a distance equal to the circumference of the world, have recorded the sum total of our conversation. Had I been a pin-up girl, and he a handsome bachelor, this story might have had a different ending and you would have been spared "Trafalgar Tales. s di I of re Hf other mot impressed with us to mention every en a opinion by show nt were in favor of il garine 'in this dairy ler if the opposition is iculate section of the ne is sold at the present * ne of these is a hig er than when plain. wluded for the hou No APPRECIATION VOICED BY TRAFALGAR REEVE After {he concert of 'the Oakville Trafalgar High School Glee Club in the Gregory Theatre the follow- ing letter was written to Mr. W. Blake, principal of the school. We print it here with the permis: sion of Mr. W. H. Biggar Dec. 22nd, 1947. Mr. W. S. Blake, Principal, Oakville-Trafalgar High School, Bronte, Ontario. Dear Sir: On behalf of the Township of Trafalgar, 1 wish to congratulate you on the success of your Glee Club program on Sunday evening, Dec. 21st. The sincere interest and q The occasion, Canada's top orchestras. among them being: and Ron Anderson; Jean Wallace and Don Giles; John Riffinstein; * High Scho ol Review * By Jerry Peers Friday night was a big night for ome of the Oakville high crowd. . . . Simpson's Hi-Holi- ay Hop at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The hop was a semi-formal ancing 9-1 to music by two of The ban- uet and concert halls wer, re- quired to handle the crowd of over 1,000 Teenagers from Toronto and Distri Schools. t Collegiates and High About 40 Oakvillites were present, Marette Lalor Jeanette Russell and Jim Chisholm; Betty McFaul and Don Lawrence; Joan McClain and Jack Kent; Audrey Couper and Margarette Cle- worth and Ken McKolm; Beth Wilson and Bob McRae; Joa Guild and Donald Green; Sheila Wilson and Hector Billingham; and many other personalities of Oak- ville High's crowd. in |an error in last week's column. Other than dances and parties, many of the high crowd are off on trips to their former home towns-- visiting_friends, places and mem- ories. Some of the travellers are away for a few days -skiing, Ruddy Whiting has gone to Montreal; John Ross back to Ottawa for a short visit, Diana Gordon also to Ottawa. A number of ardent skiers are off to Collingwood early in February. Un- owing to a lack of reservations, most of the crowd were out of luck for the Xmas holi- days. Everybody seems determined to have a swell time during the holi- days. At Club 20" there will be a New Year's Eve dance from 93, with the New Year rung in with fine style. You will be glad to hear I made School reopens Jan. 5 mot Jan. 3. Bet you're glad to hear that! «Good-bye "47" hello "48"--Happy New Year Everybody! joy the students had in singing was equalled by the atmosphere of| pleasure and deep appreciation of the audience. Personally, too, I wish to thank you for an evening of fine music. Please extend our thanks to your music director, Mr. for we realize deal SE tie Emalatrort much 'a vents must have taken. Wishing you and your staff the compliments of the season and alll success in the coming year. Yours very du W. H. Bigga Reeve, Township lof Meatalgar. Office Forms Letterheads Envelopes Posters Creative Advertising Folders Circulars, Etc. 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