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THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, February 2, 19| Journals' New Home building purposes, Mrs. Bristol was appointed by the LODE. to collect money from the "Marys, Mays, Marians and Maries" of Oakville for a gift expression of loyalty to Queen coronation took The Epworth Irish night, at lanterns of featured the (Continued from Page 1) district data assembled by Mrs. Alfred Hillmer, who died recent- ly. It was published in six-column similar to that of the Blt there the similarity ended, apers of Gerry |affectionate Mitchell's day didn't go in for | Mary, whose frills or features. place that year. League held an headline | Which "Chinese Ev'g., [shamrock design ."" Un- | decoration." Robt. Wilson, Chas. of di , L. V. Cote and Robert brought down the house as end men in the grand concert format Journal to be sent as an for nev Tonics and Auctions ide streamer Monday , Read Particula layout possible bold : 5 Piano Project Another Journal advertiser last week-end joined the stead- ily expanding ranks of readers who are firmly convinced that an inexpensi classified advt. in this newspaper pays full divi- dends. Gordie Clarke, the adver- tiser in question, wanted to sell an upright piano, but he had no idea so many music lovers would be interested. Gordie counted up to 30 phone calls by last Frid: night, and then gave up. But the phone kept ringing long after he had sold the piano to a couple from down Dixie way, "I certainly got re-' Choral Society Impresses In Outstanding Recital Whether you are a high-brow, low brow or just a medium brow, there everyone's taste on the program of the last Wednesday evening. The Oakville Choral Society is a section of the Arts and Crafts Club which is devoted music. Those who belong to the group do so because of the sheer pleasure which singing. was something to suit Oakville Choral Society to choral they derive from Us" were songs of special ap- peal by their very familiarity to most of the appreciative audience. Mr. Fell gave fho listeners an opportunity to hear just the fe- male voices in Vincent Youmans "Tea For Two." Later the malé choir members had their turn in the very masculine "Com- rade's Song of Hope." Even the audience were given a chance to numbers for the choir sing two short choir. of the organ and Mrs. Rig, Brearley at the piano. To np, untutored (musically) mind, piano and organ playing togethe, are very lovely. y 5 Tt is to be hoped that the Opy. ville Choral Society will give more of these concerts. Two | year would not be too many the music-lovers of Oakville for Because January 25th Robert Burns birthday Mr, py suggesled that the audience ang choir udite to sing "Auld Tp, Syne." 5 On this nostalgic note tho ey. ning came to a close. sults!" was his satisfied com- heads off the front page right the Oakville Minstrels, while ment. Bach into) the: ype leases. . T. Jarvis, W. H, Hawkes and C. Lewis, A, F. Ford and W. Hagaman impressed a8 song- Hawkes proclaimed their And Mrs. Annette BE. Me- tracting capabilities. Dr. O, Fish- (Crea, lauded by Mr. Mitchell as er, proprietor of the Rexall drug- [a truly remar isit- store, noted that spring was at|ed town to address a capacity hand, and recommended sarsap- audience on Civic Improvement, arilla or Bamboo Brier Blood Fiction With Facts Builder. W. A. Shook assured readers in thosé days readers he was available for auc- [were evidently avid fiction fans. tion sales, and L. P. Snyder and [An instalment of "A young Girl's Robinson and Chisholm offered | Trust," by Charles Garvie, filled to collect rents or manage es-| of Page 5, though while "Hi tates. Even in the Town Topics Ward he was very much surpris- column, the editor suggested that|ed when he saw claimed George Gill's action sale advt. on [another two columns on Page 3. page 6 made for good reading. |The Walsh Land Co. in a half Familiar Ring . sought to interest Oh, yes, there was plenty of (I in buying Western news, too. Town council that|Canada town property, asserting week requested the GTR. agent |that such investments had yield- to have the 6.10 train stop at|ed $100,000,000 in profits during Oakville, and--this has a familiar | 1902. ring--moved to secure better Enterprising Era service. i A forward step was taken by Featherstone reported a young James Hewson, who advertised maple had been cut by having a [that he could now provide coffee horse tied to it, As the News put |ground by electricity. Comment- it: "The chief was instructed to |ed the News editorially; "This see about it." Councillors Greg-|week Mr. Jas. L. Hewson instal- ory and Madden presented a sew-|led a new power coffee mill age plan for discussion. And |which will enable customers to Mayor Art Hillmer promised to|have their coffee ground while look into the advisability of sel- | they wait. Tt is the only electric ling gravel from the beach for|coffee mill in town, and Mr. Hewson is to be congratulated on his enterprise." Other merchants of that era were enterprising, too. Lorne L. By Bus |Springsted, for instance, must have been one of the earliest pharmacists to vary his drug- store stock. At any rate, his two- column ad. unhestitatingly pro- claimed that he could supply the latest spring styles: in wallpaper. Prices were attractive in those days, too. 'Wm. Cunningham's fine assortment of shoes includ- ed men's blutcher styles at $2, while J. F. Humphrey . displayed ladies patent leather slippers for $2.39. H. H, Webster offered gar- den rakes for 20 cents, a quart of paint at the same figure, and lad- ies gloves at 18 cents. It is dif- ficult to believe, however, that his advertisement was accurate in listing ladies hosiery at "25c per yard." Peter Kelley's special The guest artist of the evening was Mr. Sven Eketrop, who is a musician of some versatility whp plays on several different instru- ments. For this evening he chose the flute. This was a rare treat for the audience as the flute is rely heard as a solo at a con- ||| vulcanizing His accompanist on the Oakville piano was Mrs. Dorothy Maybee ||| Tire & Battery Service Douglas. Randall at Navy Sts. Ph. 774 The recital, held in St. John's Church on January 25th, was a sell-out and justly so. I think that if this choral group had planned to present their program for a second evening, it too would have drawn a packed house. The conductor, Mr. Irven Fell, |: had the choir at all times com- [cert pletely under his control. It is a tribute to him that they were so well trained to his every gesture, which showed hours of tedious practising, But in spite of this, every member obviously enjoyed working and singing for him. It would be difficult to pick out any one song on the program as outstanding. But the "Judge Me O God" by Mendelssohn, SuMi- van's "Lost Chord" "The Pray- er" from the opera Hansel and Gretel, and Handel's "For Unto | Batteries con- | sters and IT SEEMS TO ME By P. W. Thompson Tires and Repairs Vews Whatever social; problems may, remain unsolved' as the second half of this century of great so- cial changes unrolls itself, it is to be hoped that something effective may be done to mitigate the un- happy lot of people who are old, friendless and penniless. Now and again the plight of these unfor- tunate individuals is brought viv- idly before us, as happened the other day in Toronto, when an elderly man, without job, friends or hope, tried vainly to commit suicide. It so happened he was saved from taking a death leap --to be sent to jail, the sole avail able refuge. So enthusiastically were Mu. Eketorp's flute solos received that the listeners demanded en- cores. Mr, Eketorp graciously responded with two Swedish dances played sweetly yet gaily on his flute. One of the most enjoyable things of the evening was the combined playing of the organ and piano during the songs. Miss L. McBain was at the keyboard For All Your Lumber Needs . . .. LLE LUMBER CO. LIMITED ART MARCHAND §'T. Eaton Co, Ryrie-Birk: WATCH yrie-Birks LVN] [q Done o Opposite Loblaw Groceteria Colborne St. E, -- Oakville Formerly with Stcbled All Repairs Oakvil Located in McDermott's Jen Ee idl] The past fifty years have wit- nessed, among many social ad- vances, the widespread introduct- ion of old age pensions schemes. These, of course, are all very well as far as they go, but they do not go far enough. Pensions, for one thing, are not large enough with living costs at their present high level. For another thing, they do not begin soon enough. In this province people do not become eligible for the old -age pension until they are seventy. It is very difficult for a man or woman who has the misfortune to be unem- ployed at fifty or over to obtain steady work. Yet they may have to wait twenty years before they can draw the pension, Here seems to be the big difficulty with the present scheme that big gap be- tween the age when a man ceases to be employable, according to prevailing requirements, and the age when he becomes eligible for an old age pension. The idea that a person of fifty is too old to be employed--one which seems to be held by many great business organizations, is surely as stupid as it is unjust. That a man who is still capable of working should be denied a job and condemned to walk the KERR ST. N. PHONE 1280 ALL AND US.A. POINTS © CHARTERED BUSES OFFER IDEAL SERVICE FOR ALL GROUP TRAVEL TICKETS AND INFORMATION AY HALTON INN" Phone 600 Give Your Suit That NEW Look! If you want your suit, whether Lady's or Gent's, to keep that NEW look at all times . . . make it a habit now to have it dry-cleaned SHORE CLEANERS. . . . and the ser- regularly at LAKE- for the week was a clothes horse at 50 cents, while Jas. Dobson, 'wondered if you had tried "Fath- er's Bread," could supply a 3-lb. loaf for a dime. And Fitwell hats retailed at Chas. St. John's for $2.50. Salute To Past Yes, it was an interesting per- iod in the development of Oak- ville, and Gerry Mitchell and his News, in their own way, played a fine part. This week, some 40 years after the News edition in question went to press, the Journ- al publishes its first issue to be turned out in the old News build- ing. It is reassuring to have the ghosts of Gerry's type termites flitting about, reminding us of the efforts of those hard working newspapermen of the past who helped pave the way for the thriv- ing Oakville of today. Quality Venetian Blinds Custom Made Guaranteed Two Years REPAIR and LAUNDRY SERVICE Penetian Blind Laundry & Mfg. Co. Carsten Glahn Optometrist - Optician 163 Colborne Street Oakville -- TELEPHONE 1375 -- . OFFICE HOURS 0to 5.00 Eveni . 9.3 ings . 9.30 to 12.00 Mon. and Thurs. 7 to 8 Or By Appointment W. S. DAVIS & SON : REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE MORTGAGES 3 * W. E. DAVIS R. C. A. CUMBERLAND 71 Colborne St., Oakville Phone 41 streets and beg or starve is noth- ing short of criminal. During the past half-century medical science has come for- ward with discoveries that have greatly extended the life-span of the individual. People in what are called the "upper age brackets' are far more numerous than they have ever been. But added years of life are an extremely doubtful benefit to people who cannot find a means of livelihood, who must drag out their latter years as pit- iful indigents and objects of char- ity. The dread of a penniless old age must haunt many a man and wo- man like a terrible spectre. Until this threat is removed, until peo- ple can be given some reasonable assurance that the last part of their lives will not be a torment of penury, our social system must be considered very far from ad- equate. 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