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Page 2 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Letter to the Editor The Oakville- Trafalgar Journal Published Every Thursday Morning mn Oakville - Ontario Oy Oakville - Trafalgar Publishers, Ltd. : Wood, Jr. Vincent H, Barrey ng Editor Advertising Manager Business Offices: Golden Hour Bookshop Keenan's Smoke & Gift Shop Plant--Cross Ave. Phone 1298 Aes Eo INN NAY) Tretalzar Tales By Bessie Cairns FOLLOW THE LEADER Did you ever play follow the leader? It's fun for children but when we get to be adults it's @ good idea not only to know who the leader is, but where he is lead- IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY Residents of the district are being asked for dona- tions to the Red Cro: This volunteer organization does much for this community and depends for neces- sary funds on the generosity of the public. A per- centage of monies .ollected is forwarded to headquar- ters to aid in national programs, the remainder is re- tained for local projects such as swimming classes next summer--vital in a community located on the edge of Lake Ontario--and a children's dental survey soon to be conducted. One of the services offered is the loan cupboard. Complete sickroom supplies, such as hospital beds, wheel chairs and other items, are available for the use of those who need them. To continue their work the Red Cross needs your support. Give generously and aid them to serve this community. ASSUMING THE RISK ontending 11 steel air-conditioned coaches are not available and that double track block signals preclude the possibility of serious accident on the run, the C.N.R. will continue the use of wooden coaches on our commuter trains. ¥ In a letter to a local commuter Mr. Gadsby, gen- eral passenger agent, pointed out the railway's policy that full-fare passengers should have such equipment while those who paid less should be content with what they got. This would indicate to us that the C.N.R. has finally found the answer to the age-old question, "What is human life worth?" By crowding some of these more remunerative passengers on 11 trains, the necessary coaches for Oaltville commuters could be provided--and adequate safety for hundreds from a few centres become a reality. It should be pointed out that in their recent ruling tabled in the House of Commons that steel equipment must be provided for the Oakville run, the board of transport commission- included the elastic words, "As rapidly as circumstan- ces permit. The C.N.R. have proved themselves adept at stretching such phrases into an indefinite period. of better station and parking Jot illumination and more accurate stopping of trains to Oakville, the C.N.R. are merely doing what they should always have dome--and without it having to be brought to their attention by citizens of this town. The stopping of the 8.21 on signal will serve many who desired such a service, but no improvement in the return- evening service means people must still undergo the unnecessarily long evening trip. The railway point out they would not be justi- fied in 1unning evening trains in two sections as doubled expense would not be offset by doubled re- venue. Providing poor service the railway should not expect to be reimbursed for providing service it should make available. All that it deserves is condemnation for poor performance, and no thanks for providing what should be provided no matter the increased cost. It should be noted that freight service for Oak- ville has been improved recently. The railway have an appeal before the board for higher freight rates. "Adequate service for higher rates" might make a better C.N.R. slogan than "Service and Courtesy." 2 By throwing sops A DANGEROUS TIME OF YEAR It may not be the same in every house, but this is the time of year when we have to grit our teeth and exert a great deal of will power. With the arrival of seed catalogues, temptation is put in our hands. For some reason a seed catalogue--possibly by the manu- facturer's design--seems to bring to the surface an optimistic streak which doesn't bother us at any other time. The size of our available land seems limitless and our energy for planting and weeding--with the ground covered with snow--knows no bounds. For- gotten is the energy we used last year to cope with our too-large garden, and again our seed order be- comes 4s long as a child's birthday list. It is hard to resist the specialties that are offered in addition to the standard items all must have. But planting and weeding should be remembered when ordering. Of course, this year we should all plan to raise as much food as possible and preserve it for next winter against the likelihood that the austerity pro- gram will once more make imported green vegetables out of the question. Incidentally, for those who plan freezing garden produce for the winter, a word of warning. Certain strains of your favorite vegetable freeze with better results than others. Consult any frozen food book for a list of these strains and stick to them in ordering. Having pared our order list for this year to the minimum, we compared it with last year's. We on we'd avoided the danger this year, but no such ing. ing, ed persons arrived unheralded in that you are content to live in Canada in the 20th century and are not concerned with what hap- pened to a couple of foreigners in England in the 19th. I claim the right. to prove otherwise. Karl and Jenny Marx rented two small rooms in while money from his books . . . an few friends, One by one his chil- dren died. At the time of the death of little Franziska they Town gave up its prized Friday night to the high school for their annual commencement exercises, put after the program there was a dance and those who like to follow the up and coming Royal Just 100 years ago two displac- | OH tripped down to Clarke Hall to whirl to their wonderful play- London, England. Don't tell me |in&: And the next night we all again turned eastward to Clark: son Youth Centre Louis with his sclid band. think the main reason for the presence of so many Oakvilleltes was the ever popular free admis- sion as long as you had a mem- Soho and| bership card. By the way, those Karl was busy writing, | who can't make it dows to Oak: Jenny was busy bearing his chill yin Friday should scoot over dren--7 in all, Marx made N0|,..;; 5 Clarke Hall 'cause the Royal Oaks again make their ap- pearance. Oakville-Trafalgar Journal, Oakville, Ont. TEEN TOWN | By Bruce Squires Dear Mr. Editor: I am still enjoying your visit to the house last Wednesday Your surprise package a truly Hi, gang! Last week Teen evening. was one for our books; dramatic entrance. 1 want to take this opportun- ity of thanking the Oakville-Tra- falgar Jourmal for making it pos- sible for us to win such a splen did radio, Such luck is amazing, and we certainly appreciate it and Benny I Thursday, March 4th, 194 coming our way. At the same time we wig, y, Oakville-Trafalgar Journal ol success now and in the Sg > o We enjoy it tremendoy, in every way and look forvan |B to each and every issue, : By the way, the above gt, [8 ment, as such, is not Prom by the amazing Tuck of win. | our radio. i Once again, many thanks y, [ Editor, " Yours very truly, David Loy, On March 25, to support the G. CG. SECORD GENERAL CONTRACTOR Industrial and Residential Building ESTIMATES ON REQUEST PHONE 190 OAKVILLE were so poor they couldn't af-|usave the Children campaign," ford to bury her; 50 they left her | meen Town is presenting the box lifeless little body in ome Toom|jynch special. All the girls at- while Jenny, Karl and the re-| tending will make up delicious maining children moved, into thel jynches (we: hoe) which will be other one. Finally, Heinrich auctioned off to the male sex. ny LE Feat friend, | rye highest bidder gets the lunch and the campaign gets the money. Penalty for those girls who forget possessions to ease their poverty, | their parcels is a penalty of 75¢, her husband never sought a job-- | to the fund. It should be lots of it being either beneath his dig- fun kids (plenty of food, even nity or against his beliefs! Why though it is for a price) and those Though Jenny pawned her few OAKVILLE MOTORS Jenny, a girl. of good family and|Who can't make it would be do- considerable beauty, been content with her lot remains one of life's mysteries, yet such seemed to have been the case. should haveing a great favor to Teen Town by making contributions to Teen Town for the campaign. Well, that's all for now kids. Be see- seemed to have been the case. in' you. However, in 1881, with the words; "Karl, my strength is broken," she gave up the uneven struggle; not long after Karl Marx, too, was carried to his grave. If their tragic lives were not of their own making they might justly claim my sympathy; but when I think of the man who or- iginated the slogan "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs;" and then of the five children who died be- cause he failed to provide them with the bare ities of life; Taxi TWO PHONES -- OAKVILLE (Owned and operated by Devenish Bros.) 1060 - 1 061 Day and Night Service of the other two who Chevrolet and Oldsmobile SALES and SERVICE * Supertest Petroleum Products * Expert Mechanical Repairs to all makes of cars Chevrolet and Oldsmobile - PARTS - PHONE 460 Colborne St. East at Reynolds | 3 Taylor suicide shortly after their par- | ents' death, having no code by | which to live, I fail to see how Marx qualifies for world leader- | ship. T wonder if bis own family wouldn't have been considerably happier had their father heen less of a genius and been willing to settle for pay-day every Sat- urday, Looking back over the last 100 years, I believe the rest of humanity would have been hap- pier, too. DO YOU SPEAK RUSSIAN? I never could understand how a person could write intelligent- ly of a country and its people without some knowledge of the language of that country. It is for' that reason I would recom- mend a new book on Russia. The author, Edward Crankshaw, liv- ed in Russia for several years and speaks Russian, The book "Russia and the Russians" is frankly anti-Communist but pro- Russian--even pro-Soviet -- and most of all it is pro-British and pro-peace. Wonder if Miss Keel- ey could get a copy for local con- sumption? LOCAL TALENT Everybdy has to get their child's bright saying off their chests and, beipg a fond parent-- (Home-made) .......... Medium EGGS ......... .53 doz. Grade A Large EGGS . 55¢ doz. Orang: Polos ess Fresh HADDOCK ROE ........39 1h c 15 Ib. FRESH HADDOCK FILLETS 48c lb FIRST GRADE BUTTER 70c Ib FRESH COD FILLETS . : ao Ib PURE LARD .......... c Ib . SOLE FILLETS ...... rion 52¢ Ib Peamealed BACK BACON 69¢c lb PINK SALMON (sliced) 48c Ib Sliced GON io. 69 Ib. RED Sonor SALMON (sliced) 58c Ib ries ur so a full line of Smoked Fish, Tuna PURE PORK SAUSAGES Fish, Scallops, Shrimps and x 48c Ib Frozen Lobster P.E. lL Potatoes + 65cC PECK in England fond means lish- I am no exception. Having ac- cepted a dinner invitation, I ex- plained to my 5-year-old daugh- ter that though she didn't know the girl-who was coming as a sit- ter she had seen her at the local We also carry Beef and Pork Si skating carnival. "Oh! Now I know," piped up Ginny. '"Barr- bara Ann Scott." MUGGS AND SKEETER EATER ETH 00-100, GRANDMA. XI [I LET ME HAVE d TM ALMOST FINISHED! S THIS IS THE LAST PLATE! J A MOMENT... 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