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The Oakville-Trafalgar Jo urnal 7ol. 1, No. 16 Authorized as, Second Class Mall P. 0. , Ottawa Oakville, Ontario, Thursday, March 11, 1948 5 cents a copy. ox Arena For Spring Training Mrs, Herbert Cox, presently siding in England, has cabled rH. S. Wilson in reply to a Equest from him, granting per- Bission for high school students use the arena on the Cox es- te, Lakeshore highway east, for Beining in preparation for the Pring field cay. Alle Jackson, who is keenly fiterested in field and track and 0 has an athlete son attending school, became iriterested in fincipal W. S. 'Blake's thought Bt training for spring field day Bula be commenced in late win- 8 so that athletic top form 1d not have to be gained in a weeks of outdoor workouts. discussed' the matter with H. (Wilson, a personal friend of Cox's, who readily agreed to act her, hig! nt (Mrs. Cox's permission came im- Ediately. "Very pleased to have , Wilts, England. I have always felt that such in meets," said Allie Jack- IF "Anything like this helps to lown on juvenile delinquency. 5 most encouraging to have ison co-operate the way he and Mrs. Cox's immediate 2 was splendid." He said he "had taken Principal Blake down to show him the arena on Mon- day. A large building with a sand floor, the arena is most suit- fable for practicing all forms of track and field activity. school in their work with students, ressed the opinion it would performances hich would be turned in this son, goal; Cakville's Intermediates --The Canadian Legion Intermediate Hockey Team--Reading from left to right: Jimmy Withnall, mascot; Bill Leslie, def. Jack Davison, def.; Harold Dowdle, def. - Sponsored by The Canadian Legion Front row--Buck Thomas, def.; Centre row--Frank Smythe, wing; George Watson, def.; Back row--Bob Mason, trainer; Larry Wilson, Brown, wing; Tom Woodall, centre; K. Speck, wing; Bud Cameron, wing; Jimmy Steed, secretary. Scott McQueen, Ernie Duz, Grant Yarnold and Doc Sutton were absent when picture was taken, Howard Dob- coach; Jack manager; Bill Shears, Chamber of Commerce March Meeting Percy Spurgeon, town assessor, will be the guest speaker at the March monthly, meeting of the Oakville Chamber of Commerce to be held in the Victoria hall next Thursday evening, March 18th. His talk will be a follow-up to that of Ford Rogers, who ad dressed the chamber in January regarding the re-assessment pro- gram in Oakville. Mr. Rogers discussed the relationship of muni- cipalities under the Halton coun- ty set-up and, in the absence of Mr. Spurgeon through illness, briefly touched on the changes within the town. Mr, Spurgeon will show how he is assessing property in town un- der the new set-up; will give il- lustrated «examples of different types of properties, and will give each person present an opportun- ity of figuring, within, reason, their individual property or busi- Tess assessment. All citizens are welcome. And Form Retail Committee to deal with the problems that face us" Les Siegrist intréduced the mo- tion which was carried unanim- | Hillmer was elected presi- f the commercial commit- e Chamber of Commerce ers who voted at a meet- | enter the chamber as a comprise this commit- G. Snyder was elected rman and Mrs. Lydia Iwill be the secretary. Ieoming the retailers to the Chamber President Eg- rringham said, "We now Our thought in calling ing is to pat this sugges- you. Would you like to Chamber of Commerce a retail group in th This group would be , You would meet to de- r problems, pass your dations on to the execu- he chamber. It is my be- you would be stronger ithe chamber than if you 1 outside it"? He stress- prestige of the chamber of assistance, and out- Chamber of Commerce which are available for nt on to tell the meeting ly part the executive would {the retailers' group would e sure nothing that cut strong chamber ously, Election of officers then took place, and C. V. Hillmer took charge of the meeting. There! was discussion of a night for meetings, and it was decided to hold these on the first Thursday. of the month, A "Buy in Oalwville Campaign' received enthusiastic support from members of the committee and L, G. Snyder, 'A. C. Saun- ders and V, Hatherley were ap- pointed to contact merchants for an expression of opinion to be presented to the retail committee at their April meeting. This cam- paign is to take the form of bill- board announcement, stickers and press publicity. The objective would be to impress on residents that 'by buying in Oakville they would be helping to make the community more progressive. A retail credit bureau 'for Oakville was also discussed. Jack Ribble strongly advocated such a bureau as he felt it was important to merchants to- have available such a service as so many people were moving into the area, "We do not know the credit rating of these people," he said, "And we should." Art Bullied, secretary of the chamber, outlined facts he had gathered concerning credit bur- eaus. The figures showed that 6 per cent of the people are natur- ally deadbeats by nature, he said, while 9 per cent will pay if they are pressed hard enough and 80 per cent will meet the terms: The remaining 4 per cent are delin- quent but will eventually pay. pointed. /| lowe'en party, Fact Finding Committee Named At the meeting held Thursday night in the town chambers to discuss a suitable rhemorial for the late R. H. Archibald and students of the high school who lost their lives in the last war, a fact-finding committee was Herb Merry is chair- man, and will appoint eight more old boys to the committee. Miss Christine Morton and W. S, Blake are the staff representatives and School President Kent Pollock and School Captain Jack Kent are! the student--members: - Dr. Mur- ray Deans and Thomas BlakeJock: will represent the high school area hoard. Lifelong Resident Dies In Hamilton Emma May Lawrence, life-long resident of Oakville, died in a Hamilton hospital early Saturday morning in her 67th year. She wad a daughter of the late James and Elizabeth Lawrence, She was a member of. St. John's. United Church and is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Charles Ford, Oak- ville, and Mrs. James Hamilton, Toronto; and' four brothers, An- son and Joseph, Oakville; George of Bronte and John of Toronto. Funeral services were held from the S. S, Russell & Son Fun- eral Chapel on Monday afternoon. Rev. Harry Pawson conducted the service. 'Interment took place irl Oakville cemetery. Legion Carnival On July 23 & 24 At Friday's meeting' of the Le- gion, the carnival committee was appointed as follows: O, John- ston, L. McArthur, Bert Chap- man, J, Black, Cliff Reed, Bert Keenan, Robert Holden, H. Shoe- maker, Pat Mackie. The dates selected for the carnival are July 23 and 24. This year's carnival will be named the "21st Anniversary Carnival" as the Legion is cele- brating that anniversary of its establishment in Oakville. Dur- ing this period the Legion has contributed greatly to the com- munity in a manner similar to the donations which the meeting was informed had been made in the past year, These were: Hockey team, $500; Baseball, $500; Hal- $400; Children's Christmas party, $500. There were numerous other donations of smaller amounts, In appreciation of services ren- dered, the meeting voted $100 to the Oakville Citizens' Band and $25 to the Rotary Club's Easter Seal Campaign, A special committee was formed to ap- proach the recreation commission to urge that action he taken for artificial ice for the community. TOWN AND THE MAYOR REPORTS By James R. Black Chairman Fire, Water and Light Committee The major expenditure of my committee for this year is the purchase of a new pumper for the fire department. The de- tails of the new equipment will interest all citizens. The old pumper, Bickle model, purchased in 1929, had a capacity of 490 gal- lons per minute when new. To- day 400 gallons would be excep- tional performance, Due to lack of replacement parts for such practical to consider rebuilding! an out-dated model, it was im- The growth of the town also made it inadequate even at new performance levels. As no, mar- Jet exists, it has been decided to keep 'the 'machine against pos- sible major conflagrations here or in the township wherg addi- tional equipment would be of use, The new pumper, a La France model, has a top capacity, with hydrant supply, of 1,000 gallons per minute, and standard capa- city 'of 600 gallons. The 10-ton pumper is 25' 3" long with a 190 HP. centrifical pump and a 12-cylinder engine, 'carrying 1,200 feet of 214-inch hose and' 500 feet of 13z-inch hose for the 120-gal- lon, instant-pressure tank which is vastly superior to the limited capacity chemical tank on the old truck, Five men can be seated, with room for three additional on the back, 'and it is a less complicated machine to operate Being a cab-over-engine type, it can be handled in traffic with greater facility, = Unlike pleasure cars, fire engines are custom-built to specifications to suit Oakyille's requirements, The La France company, are leaders in the field. engineers TOWNSHIP THE REEVE REPORTS By W. H. Biggar I attended the joint power con- vention fn Toronto last week. The chief topic under discussion was the change of 25-cycle power us- ers over to 60 cycle, A report of the 15.month study which had been conducted by the Hydro's On- region, showed an estimated of $195,312,000. While glance this sum seems very in the Southern tario cost at first large, it should be borne in mind that the advantages of a stand- ardized power supply are many. The general feeling of all muni- cipality representatives which would be affected: seemed to be that it was definitely the thing to do. present So far as Trafalgar township is concerned, the conversion would affect all residents except those in zones one dnd two, which are the lower sections of the town- ship, below Highway No, 5. The method of paying for the change has not yet been determined by the government, of course, but I do not believe it will be handled in a manner which will work any great hardship on any group of individuals, I am firmly con- vinced that the benefits in the years to come will be worth the expenditure. It will be better for all concerned if manufacturers are only required to produce their products to work one. cycle for" instance. on When consideration is given to the fact that much of the equip- ment we use comes from the U. S.A, where 60 cycle is standard, it is easy to sec that reduced costs, lack of confusion, and o general effectiveness will be available, Memorial Hospital To Benefit By White Oak I.O.D.E. Gift Mrs, H. C. Rickaby presided at the monthly meeting of the White Oak chapter, LODE, held on Thursday at the home of Mrs. Angus McMillan, Mrs, D, Armour' urged the members to give. their support to the sale of magazine subscriptions, all the proceeds of which will be used to provide equipment for the Oakville-Tra- falgar Memorial hospital. Mrs, W. S. Blake gave a report on con- ditions In Britain, Mrs, W. M. Copeland reported that the grati- fying number of 30 boxes had been sent to Britain during the last month, It was decided to hold spring canvass on April 20. the As usual, it will take the form of al raffle, the prizes being $50 or an all-expensé trip to. Montreal Ottawa; a steam iron, a pressure cooker, an ctric fen a combination grill and watfl iron, and aluminum cof drip-o-lator. The committee charge are Mrs, M, Wimperley, Mrs. W, O. Gibson, Mrs, W, | Stone, Mrs, A, Banfield and Mrs, C. MacArthur, The draw will be held later in the season at a party at the home of Mrs, Ryland New. Mrs, R. Murison was welcomed ag 4 new member, or an Letters were sent Frank Pullen and Mrs, G. Wilson, expressing the sympathy of the members over their husbands' fll nesses. to Mrs, $2.00 Per Year in Advance. Donations From All Needed Expressing concern over way the Red Cross campaign was going at the present time, Bill Edwards, chairman, said on Wed- nesday that it was not the dollar figure which caused dismay, Ra- ther it was the number of people who were not giving anything. "On the whole, those who have donated have been most gener- he said. "But canvass ers have reported cases of call- ing at houses where the occu- pants have been in but have eith- er refused a contribution or not admitted the canvasser." It was his feeling that everyone should make some donation and so be- come a member of the soclety. "It is the small amounts that will make it possible for us to achieve our quota," he said. 'I urge everyone to give, When you think that many children gladly give of their pocket money to help the Red Cross, surely all adults should be able to deprive themselves of some small luxury so that others may receive ald when emergencies arise." He went on to say that con- tributions from residents who have not yet been called on are urgently needed so that the quota of $4,000 may be realized. "I feel confident that everyone will want. to see our quota exceeded," he stated. "I am optimistic about getting the quota. It would be a. fine record if we could go a little over." Promotion Brings New Appointment Mr, Howard Binns is the new manager of the Gregory Theatre. He replaces Jim Hardiman, who has been promoted to district manager. Serving with the R.C. AF, during the war, bombardier with the rank of flight-lieutenant, he completed '32 missions over Germany. Associated with Odeon Theatres prior to his war service, he rejoined the company when ho was demobilized as manager of the Capitol Theatre in Midland. The new manager expressed pleasure over his move to Oak- ville, and said, "I hope to carry on where Jim Hardiman left off. Teen Town Group Entertain Rotary Teen Town took over from the chairman at the regular Monday night meeting of . the Rotary club. With Teen Town Mayor John Hutchinson in charge, an enjoyable half hour's enter- talnment was provided for the assembled Rotarians, Flanked by other members of his Teen Town Council, the "mayor" first called on the Royal Oaks orchestra for two numbers, He then Introduced Miss Loo Davis, member for the Teen Town council for the first form," as speaker of the evening, Miss Davis, in a clear and interesting way, outlined the history of Teen Town, its many activities at the present time, Including sports, entertainment and dramatics, and also expressed the appreciation of all Teen-agers to Rotary for its help in founding Teen Town and its continued support. Appleby Holds Boxing Tournament On Saturday afternoon the an- nual boxing tournament was held in the school gymnasium. The Turquand cup was won by Bill Banting. The results of the afternoon's bouts were as follows, In euch the winner's name In first and the runner-up second: 76-1b. Doug Terryberry, Stewart Soanes; §0-1b, Michiel Warren, Nestor Mitto; 100-1b, Bill Laszlo, Bill Davison; 110-1b, Richard Davis, Don Smith; 180-1b. Alec Fraser, Bill Benson; 135-1b, Bill Milne, Tom Kerr; 140-1b, Tom Tate, Toby Barwick; 145-1b, David Howlson, Jack Crosbie; 148-1b, Jos Lancaster, Frank O'Connor; 150-1b, Arthur Hill and Paul Reld (tied); 165-b, Jack Bares, Don Willson; 165- Ib, Don Evans, Jack Hookings; heavyweight, Bill Banting, H tor Bellingham. conse clas,