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¢ Oakville-Trafalga Authorized 36 Second Class Mail opt., Oakville, Ontario, Thursday, March 25th, 1948 5 cents a copy. $2.00 Per Year in Advance. "This is definitely' a bad situ- own To Correct Open Ditch Sewage Disposal States M.O.H. Inspector said Sanitary Inspector pbell on Monday when , he shown the open' sewage ditch the east end of Stewart St. , "There is. plenty of evi- ce that this is raw sewage. take this matter up with the to have the condition reme- immediately," he stated. esidents on the street who ed their 'names withheld ed that children-playing near ditch had, on several occa- s, fallen into the polluted: wa- Before the children' could be. At the end of Stewart St, a rans' housing development, a ip house every so often comes } and throws a flow of sewage through a pipe into an ~ open beh which is distant from the end of the street approximately 100 yards. There is, a constant \ flow from the pipe at all times, but when the pump comes on to Handle a rise in the level of the fluid in the collection basin there is a fire-hose like flow. . The ditch and its contents are 50 close to the end of the street, - and the fascination of the flow- | | ing sewage is so great for young- sters that parents have experi- "enced difficulty in keeping their hildren away: from the spot. One little girl was observed sitting on metimes) the; smell is very i 3 t. "We no- William H. Carson Buried On Tuesday! Funeral services were held on Tuesday from the S. S. Russell & Son Funeral Chapel for William Herbert Carson, who died on Sat- urday in his 88th year. Reverend Harry Pawson of St, John's Unit- ed church, who conducted the service, was assisted by gReverend Earl B, Eddy, Weston, and Rev- erend Charles Hackett. Inter- ment 'took place in St. Jude's 'cemetery. Mr, Carson was the proprietor of a planing mill 'for many years and with the exception of eight years he spent in Vancouver in the 'contracting business with his brother, he had lived in* Oakville all his life, He was a lifelong member of St. John's United Church, a charter member of' the Oakville Lawn Bowling club and a member of the Oddfellows' lodge. He is survived by his wi- dow, the former Frances Robin- som, and one 'sister, Mrs. C. W. Evans, { Toronto, Mr. Campbell to check on it Mon- day. One resident, who has mov-| ed away, contacted Queen's Park] about the situation last summer but 'was unable to get any sati faction, a resident stated, indicat- ing this condition has been there since that period: With the com: ing of spring the chiléren have started to play in that direction, it being so muddy, on the streets --Coach of Oakville's championship Intermediate ¢B' team, Chris Speyer, anticipating the season with a group of eager juveniles, left to right, Bud Patterson, Barry Hunter, Don Clyde and Jim 'Withnall, Corbett would be coaching the juvenile teams. R. F. Hunter, president, stated the baseball club was satisfied that again this year Bud An expert on the fundamentals of the game, Coach Corbett's personal supervision guarantees the sound basic knowledge which eliminates any chance of injury. The president pointed out that this week the club opened its drive for funds which make possible this hardball program, For a hostory of hardball in Oakville, see sports page. Rotary Elections Max Leggatt was elected pres- ident and T. St. Clair Low, vice- president, at the annual meeting of the Rotary club held Monday night at Teen Town, Oral Ling was re-elected treasurer. Direc- tors. elected were: Alex P. Tilley, Dunbar M. Heddle, Thomas Lind- say, H. G. McKillop and Mal- colm Smith, and lawns of the that there is, for fhe children, no apparent. diferente] re the field 'and the to play. sell Wor | the. ith 1d be in the summertime, all 8 dents interviewed expressed ern over the possibility Of | spreading ififection. There are two ways the town nl correct this," said Inspector mpbell. "They can install a inator and cover the whole g, or a pump capable of send- intimation he had had con- ing this matter," and sent on y Camp- bell said he had contacted' offi- cials and found there was a re- verse sewage pump installed and that the overflow pumped into the ditch was to relieve the over- load on the Kerr St. main. "Town officials expressed their willingness to co-operate to Tec- tify this matter," said the inspec tor. "We 'will definitely do every- thing we can to clear it up," said Howard ' Litchfield, chairman sewer committee. ~ "Anything we can remedy, we will." P.Cs. Rally . Be At Palermo Last Friday evening was the occasion for the most enthusias- tic Progressive Conservative rally that has ever taken place at Palermo. The Community hall was padic- ed to capacity with a crowd of all ages, numbering at least 300. There were many out-of-town guests and distinguished visitors, including Mr. Stanley Hall, Pro- vincial Progressive Conservative member, and Mr, Lloyd C. Din- gle, secretary, Halton Conservative Association. This rally. indicated that vot- ers of Halton county are aware that active steps must be taken to counteract the pernicious think- TOWN AND THE MAYOR REPORTS By Pat Devenish an, Harbour and Band Committee This has been caused record Although Lake Ontario been affected the most, many nicipalities along Lake Erie Lake Huron have also suffer- rom erosion. association has been form- ed the Ontario Beach and Protective association with Ontario. ged other ites have representatives who are in- sted in saving their go line, his organization is our ex- or C. V. Hillmer, who ls di- ing his efforts toward obtain- "help from the Dominion as as the Provincial govern- . Hillmer informed us g out engineers to inspect This means that the placed along the shoreline t as a temporary breakwater Bncial aid is granted. The O.B. intend to approach the Dominion government in the very future regarding this mat- hough the present break- ter between Dundas St. and nolds St. has done' an excel TOWNSHIP "THE REEVE REPORTS By W. H. Biggar At county council meeting last week we were informed the Board of Transport Commissioners had issued an order that the flasher- signal and warning-bell which county council and our own. coun- cil. had requested for the C.N.R. level crossing on the 8th Line must be installed immediately. This is very good news, and we are relieved to know that this protection will be provided as soon as possible. This crossing is dangerous and we do not want to see any more acidents like the recent one, For- tunately that time no lives were lost, but there could easily be one involving loss of life. With the signal there, the chances are reduced, and I am sure residents will be as pleased about this as we are. There remains to be settled the question of the proportion of cost which will" be born' by the vari- ous groups who pay for such in- stallations, The board pays a certain share, the county a cer- tain share and the railway the balance. Maintenance costs are shared between the county and the railway, In due course the cost will be apportioned by the board. The county has appealed for the major portion of the coun- ty-railroad cost to be borne by the C.N.R. because it is the opin- fon Of 'our engineer that it is their parking of freight trains, etc, which most contribute to the hazard and therefore they should pay the major share. ing which is creeping into polit-| mediate erection of a warning ical y the | signal at the 8th Line C.N.R. world 'and throughout our own : crossing, county council was in- country, stated Stanley Hall. In addition to exchanging views on urgent political questions, those present enjoyed a variety of games and dancing. First and second euchre prizes for men were won by Les Bray, Bronte, and by Tom Bullock, Palermo, First and second prizes for the ladies were won by Mrs. A. Thompson, Oak- ville and Mrs. C. W. McFeeters, Palermo. Mr, Alton Breckon won the draw for a blanket, and first prize for the birthday dance was won by Mr. and Mrs. Chris Foth- ergill. Lions Club Hold * Annual Medical Night THe Friday night meeting of the Lions club was the annual Medical Night, On this occasion the club entertains the staff of the Temporary hospital. Dr. BE. P. Soanes, chairman, introduced Dr. Juliet Chisholm who, after serving in the armed forces and with UNNRA in China, has now established a medical practice in town, He also introduced Dr. D. H. Dixon, who is the medical rep- resentative of the Temporary hospital. The chairman called on Dr. Maurice Lunau to introduce the members of the hospital staff, which he did with a few words of appreciation for the service each had rendered Members of the staff present were as follows, Miss Katherine Sanderson, supe visor; graduate nurses, Mrs, Mar- garet Hillmer, Miss Margaret Kemp, Mrs, Loretta Mead, Miss Mary Mason; practical nurses, Mrs. Mary Stansbury and Mrs. Cass Glover; Miss Loraine Lar- son, public health nurse for Oak- ville, and Miss Isabel MacPher- son, in charge of the kitchen. Miss Sanderson expressed the sighs of breaking up, I hope it will be possible to make some re- ion of the staff. "Thank you very much for inviting us again this evening," she sald, "We County | Legion Petitions Council For Additional Veterans' Houses Murray Rapp Has Narrow Ecsape Parking his car in a driveway on Navy St. Friday night, Mur- ray Rapp, 19, Colborne St. step: ped from the machine just in time to escape possible deafH when. the Sidden' windstorm swept town. The wind tore loose a square of roof from the tannery on the corher which broke a heavy limb off a tree which, falling on his car, crushed the roof and broke windshield, The police de- scribed Rapp's death as having been "by a hair's breadth." | Warning Signal For Crossing The Board of ransport Com- missioners have ordered the {m- formed at its last meeting, It is almost a year ago that initial steps to secure this protection were taken. Oakville Club Annual Meeting Christopher Armstrong was elected president and W, BF. R. Smith vice-president at the an- nual meeting of the Oakville club held Saturday night. Bruce G. Root was re-appointed secretary- treasurer, Directors elected for a three-year term were: Don. W. Brown, W. C. T. Dowding, W, H. Lind and Gilbert Ostrom. The secretary reported total receipts including a balance from last year, of $16,225.27, Total ex- penditures for the year were $20,060.53. Mr, Root explained that §14,000 of this amount was spent on a new seawall, new heat- ing system and repairs. The main proj be an addition to the building, This is now under construction, Mr. Root stated, and the approxi- mate cost will be $10,000, This new addition will add 20 per cent more floor space to the bullding. this year will Special Bus For Evening Church Goers In an effort to Increase the evening attendance of all local churches, arrangements have. been completed with the Oakville Bus Lines to have a bus leave the north end of Kerr St, at 6.40 p.m. ry Sunday, starting Easter Sunday, The return trip will be made after church comes out (possibly at 8:15), It is the hope of those respons- ible for this arrangement that response will be sufficient to war- rant continuance of thi service hevond the trial of one for veterans amd I The pressing need for a@dition- al houses for veterans, an in- crease in the grant for the parks board and the need for tow planning were problems that con- fronted council on Friday night, Presenting a petition on be- half of the Legion calling to council's attention the urgent need for additional houses for veterans, spokesman A. East- wood 'sald there were veterans living under conditions which were a great strain. "I know of men who are paying more for two rooms than they should for a whole house," he stated, The petition stated there were 69 vet- erans who needed housing, of which 54 were married men with families and 8 were planning to be married in 6 months and would get married if houses were available, Councillor Milne told the depu- tation that the finance commit- tee had looked into the matter and "there is no land available." He pointed out to the Legion that the committee was aware of the need and had been devoting a great deal of time to see if some land, privately owned, could not be bought. "You have put it up to us" he said, "to provide land for the building of homes feel they should have these homes, Now I want to put it up to your to help us find that land. I sug- gest you form a committee of Legion members to sit in with the 'finance committee in search of this land," Mayor Whitaker told the depu- tation that "This housing situn- tion has been a bug-bear to this council and previous councils. We are aware that, houses are badly (Continued on Page 5) a Local Player To Try Out With Cards On invitation from St. Louis Cardinals, "Benny" Languay, popular Oakville athlete and out- fielder on Oakville's Intermediate baseball championship team of last year, left last night for Al bany, Georgia, to try out at their spring training camp, "Benny" was spotted by one of the Cards' scouts from Hamil- ton last season. His work in chasing flys and his batting abil- ity will undoubtedly earn him a position on one of the Cards' teams, but to date he hasn't sign- ed a contract. He learned his baseball on Oakville's playgrounds and after playing with high school and Janior teams, advanced to the In- termediates, where he held down an outfield position for the past two years. Employees Will Share Profits "We have just put in operation, effective from last Nov. 1st, a profit sharing plan In which all our employees participate at the same percentage of thelr total earnings," sald J, M., Wallace, president Oakville Basket Co, Ltd, "The earning statement is made quarterly for immediate dis- tribution, The first distribution was made last Thursday. This was a 73% per cent bonus to em- ployees on their wages." The president explained that no matter the length of service during each three-mohth period all employees: would. benefit, ex- cept those who might leave the employ of the company prior to the end of the period. In order that all employees can see how each week's wages and production compare with the previous week, and with the high of the period, u large chart with: adjustable ribbons has boon in- stalled in a prominent place In the factory, "The manugement and share. holders of the company feel that the more all members of our or- ganization share in profits which can result from efficlent operas tions, the greater will be the In. tercat of all in contributing to a strong and happy organization," the president maid In explanation of the new policy, He pointed out that this was In line with n pre- vious policy In which the com- puny provided low-cost housing for employees. Employee reaction was rovenl- ed by u letter from the members of the veneer department who wrote, In part: "We wish to re- cord our whole-henrted und en- thusiustic approval of your new profit-sharing plan. In these tur- bulent times we realize that clos er employer-employse relations will help all concerned, We be lieve your plan Is uw 'step in the right direction." Assessment Program Outlining the method by which the equalized assessment ls being carried out in Oakville, Percy Spurgeon, assessor, stated at a meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce held on Thursday night, that It consists of an accurate ac- counting and checking of every the municipal- ity and valuing it In accordance with the assessment "It further," he explained, "mensuring valuing building op & taking physical depreciation of buildings, the of buildings where nuisances are effecting the value of the property. As an ex- 1 consider that Victoria park, used for ball games in the summer and the rink where hock- ey 1s played in winter, constitutes a nuisance to immediate resi- dents, Consequently they are as sessed lower proportionately to parcel of land in nct, means and every 1940 replacement conslderation cost into also location ample, For Town Explained drive commorcial business away from the municipality, We have had no complaints re the new as ity," he explained, "This Is a mechanical method of establishing equalization of ussessment, There Is nothing stutle about real estate values," Mr, ndded, Referring to the change of viluos, the a- sensor pointed out that formerly the tendency wus to put a high value on property below the high- way In the luke, Today the Brantwood aren is con- Spurgeon © proximity to sidered to be one of the best real dential districts, "An example of the residential land in town les In the aren sir he stated, best rounding George's Square, all ng it is central from pointed out. angles," ho "Definitely all assessments will be higher," he said. "But the manual does not tend to place the