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Thursday, January 19, 1950 - THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL i Page 13 iss Know The Answers Spring Knives Trafalgar a flour ing financial * condition and increased membership, which Campbell Tells Rotarians No Blame Attached lquest into the death ompeau, Church fthe CNR. tracks was struck by canvasser, on a learner's rmit. With her in the car was McCullagh, also of Toronto. e car was travelling very but jumped off fortly before the car struck. | Medical evidence showed that mpeau, an extremely heavy had died from abdomenal Dingle, Bur- gton, presided as coroner, and . 1. Dick, Gi C., Milton, appear- No blame was 'attached to any- ne by the verdict of a coroner's jury sitting in the council cham- ber Tuesday afternoon at an in- of John Street, aged 4, who died December 2 from In Switzerland they have a clever device that automatically answers the telephone and can al- so take down fact, a message. This of the highly advanced state of that small re- public in the heart of Europe, was imparted to Oakville Ro- tarians Monday evening by James C. Campbell, a member of the local club, in the course of a talk on a recent visit to Switzer- land. illustrative "Everything is electrical in Switzerland," Mr. Campbell told the club. "There are no steam trains. 'Bicycles. are very popu- lar. The people are car crazy, and there are no speed limits." He told of the great factories where parts for the world's best watches are made, to be assemb- led by peasants in their homes. Switzerland, he pointed out, had. a well-trained army and well pro- tected by mountain fortresses, which had saved the country from invasion by German troops. Mr. Campbell described Switzer- land as free from unemployment. The tourist business, he found, was developed to a very high de- gree. at a difference a day makes, inated a group of 20 Oakville i enthusiasts as r startled hosts, the Niagara Is badminton club and ex-Oak- le-ites Kay and Charlie Chish- , echoed the sentiment. t seems the local racqueteers d been invited to visit the Falls for a series of friendly ches. When they arrived at Chisholms, where they were enjoy refreshments after the DAY MAKES A DIFFERENCE cester, between Galt and Mac- for the crown. R. F. H "The women have no vote Mlpe oi "ree fol ante Mires) deville, was foreman of the| Switzerland," the speaker said, temporarily disrupting sevice, y. and I doubt if they ever will" 1 pa. snapped branches caused brief breaks on Douglas and Bond Sts. journey, they were met with amazed stares. "What," queried puzzled Kelly New, "about the-er ~refreshments 2" "Why, that's 'Saturday," gulp- ed Mrs. Chisholm. It seems the local team arriy- ed-a day early! However, al- though a banquet that had been planned for them the next night didn't quite come off, the host club rallied around with rations, once the boys and girls got their bearings. And the premature journey turned out to be a lot of Whisked all the paint off the new Century theatre sign. have been a serious ened to spread to a row of homes. At Clarkson, maple snapped hydro wires, while the roaring gale collapsed a large chicken house. One motorist was reported to have narrowly escap- ed being struck by a heavy fall- ing branch on Lakeshore Rd. just east of Bronte. No spring knives, of the type ruled taboo in Toronto by police order, are to be found on the shelves of Oakville merchants, Journal check showed this week. "As far as I know, only one distributor was pushing them, At any rate, these par- ticular knives haven't shown up in any salesmen's cases here," stated one hardware man. The cutlery objected to by Queen City police has a four-inch blade, which is released from the grip on a spring at the pressure _of a button near the hilt. Galloping Gales Although province-wide dam- age from whistling winds which swept Ontario over the week (Continued from Page 2) made by Arnold Fish, secretary now amounts to 130. Craig Reid, Georgetown, was elected pres pied, as a community centre. Any expense involved is to be met by the ratepayers. Tere of the Forum. There was also a cake with honor. dent in their | president, second 25 candles serge sss Monday evening's meeting of Postville Farm Forum was post- poned due to the poor condition | Trasalgar, of 'the lights, a result of the|ny, heavy windstorm. The storm blew down a number of trees through- out the district, but .no serious damage was reported. directors Joseph Halton Holstein Breeders' Club held its annual meeting and din- ner at the new Trafalgar Com- munity Hall last Thursday. Good reports were presented, showing Traf: Board mis gar ima Ei - A. G. Hunter and Gordon Sinclair, vice-president, Lawrence, Palermo, was re-elect- ed secretary-treasurer. Trafalgar elected Woodley, Milton, W. Emerson Ford, Horn- Tom Hayes, Trafalgar, and Trimble, Guest speaker was J. P. Watson, of the Livestock Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture. At its meeting Public granted on. Monday, ion to use the school on the Fourth Line, S.S. first vice-| The Halton Guernsey Assoc lation" held its annual meeting at Hornby on Tuesday, and the Hal- ton Jersey Association's annual meeting was held at the same place last Thursday. A number of Trafalgar Guernsey. breeders at- tended the annual meeting of the Ontario Guernsey Association at Victor were A, P. H. Biggar, Streetsville. x PE Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Fleming of Trafalgar, and Mr. Burtland -- | Conover and sister, Miss Alber- thia Conover, of Cooksville, form- School Area|er Tesidents of Trafalgar, were ratepayers per- [Sunday guests at the home of their cousin, Miss Luena Conover, 18, now unocu- | Toronto. will total millions of dollars,' Oakville and Trafalgar escaped comparatively lightly. Chief suf- ferers were public utilities main- tenance crews, who were kept on the alert holding service breaks to a minimum. Broken windows, widely reported elsewhere, were few hereabouts. . Seven telephone poles on the Queen Elizabeth Way, between Eighth and Ninth Lines, toppled and hung suspended a few feet above the pavement, cars being barely able to pass under dang. ling cables for a time. On Glou- A few television aerials tipped over, while the capricious gusts A sudden change mn wind dir- ection prevented what might disaster in Georgetown, where a fire threat- an uprooted small fun after all. | The EN obby El orse 105 COLBORNE ST. E. 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