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Thursday, February 9, 1o4 Page 6 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL ; : No person was . -T f | J | first Mi Trying to explain the reason fo, what he received. 0 a Vi e Ia F gar ourna IT SEEMS TO ME rs ISS for world-wide disagreement, an| the reward of what he gave ; 3 : 8 Trafalgar Tales, for the ||Tndian said "When nations sees C Weekly P A ) By P. W. Thompson first time since the Journal ||smoke pipe of peace, no one in-| Every employer is looking | s Published Every Thursday Morning in Oakville, Ont., by Oakville-Trafalgar Publishers, Ltd. 7 Dunn Street North S. Casey Wood, Jr. Vincent H. Barrey Managing Editor Advertising Manager 115 All life, science tells us, has its source in the sun. And we can well believe it, especially at this time of the year, when the sun- Bill Cotton, Hditorial Assistant light is so welcome. Unlike some hone 1258 people. we do not like continual sunshine, and welcome the var- fety of an 1 cloudy day. Eyes On Oakville On Saturday night Bing Whitaker came on the air with these words: "The eyes of Canada are foc- used on St. Catharines . . . " The unusual promi But a week of dull weather in the depth of winter enables us to truly appreciate the sun and its beneficent influence upon living things. gained by this centre was owing to one thing--pos- session of a skating arena. In the arena the Fancy skating titles for Canada were being decided. And National titles in any sport always interest everyone. It is exciting to realize that next year Oakville might: well be the centre to which the eyes of Can- ada would be directed. When the Community Arena Centre is built it will be possible to hold such champ- ionships in our town. The choice of the locality in which the skating championships are held is govern- ed, of course, hy the suitability of the ice arena which is available. Oakville's: Community Centre Arena will be everything that could be desired. This is another evidence of how this district will be able to play a larger part in the life of Canada when the Community Centre Arena is built. It will he a. district asset that will make possible securing interesting activities which, at present, go elsewhere. To The Builder, All Honour Next weels the Memorial hospital will be opened for inspection by the people whose money made it possible. When the visitors pas through the hospital they will come away with two vivid impressions. First, they will realize that a perfect tool for the purpose stands ready for use by the medical profession in its fight against disease; Second, that the money they donated has been spent for the finest of everything in the medical line. with none wasted on fancy and unnecessary architectural or other features. The contractors. architects and engineers have done their work well, and deserve credit for their rapid completion of the project. But even more cre- dit is due a single individual--Roy Irwin, who has heen responsible for supervising the building pro-- gram. In addition to supervision of the general con- tractor, he has heen responsible for the selection and purchase of all the equipment which stands ready for nse in the hospital, and which was not. included in the ceneral contract. As visitors pass through the huildine they should be impressed with the immense amount of time that he must have spent in order that always the most suitable item was selected. Laundry equinment. the heating plant. the stand-by generator, the furnishings, the medical equipment specified by the doctors--all of these items and hundreds more had to be purchased and scheduled for delivery so that on arrival each location would be ready. When visitors consider that all of this was han- dled almost entirely by Roy Irwin, with the success that they will be able to see with their own eyes, in his spare time from his own work, then we are confi- dent they will agree with us that a vote of most hearty thanks should be offered to a resident who took on the largest job there was, and brought it to this successful conclusion. Men willing to sacrifice their pleasure hours tn this extent for their fellow citizens are truly deserv- ing of the gratitude of the entire community. There are many local men who devoted equally freely of their time, and all who gave to the effort also share in the praise which is due. But the completion of the building would seem. most particularily, to the occas- ion to express appreciation to Roy Irwin. Pd d irng Corntrrerstl It has a familar sound--and last time it proved not to be so nice. "Lick hell out of Stalin if he starts anything," said Louis A, Johnston, U.S. Secretary of Defense. Back before Pearl Harbour a U.S. Admiral said, "Some week-end we'll take the time off and go over and clean up the Japs." History « revealed it took a very long week-end to do that little chore. The boasting of the present day might be as useful as the boasting of the past . . . and could lead to another Pearl Harbour, and the long years of suffering that followed. The danger of such remarks is that they tend to lull the public into a feeling of security which refuses to back up increased money spent for armaments such as' the H-Bomb. i? Heaving two members of the Czech legation out of Canada in retaliation for two Canucks being given the same treatment in Czechoslovalia, is a good be- ginning. We should send a few thousand Canadians over there; then clean out of Canada not only Czechs but Russians and Communists for each one sent back to us. Clean Canada up that way of a lot of tindesir- ables. Roses and orchids to Joseph B. Keenan, chief United States prosecutor at Japanese war crimes trails, for his out- Spoken statement that Joe Stalin should be tried as a war criminal. Unfortunately we Will probably have to leave his trial to a higher power, which will deprive us of satisfaction, except that satisfaction of knowing that' the verdict will be exact. In this issue appears an advertisement request- ing support for UNICEE- Read what a donation of ono dollar will do for a child in Europe . . . then per- haps youll feel that a cheque for that sum is worth writing, How dep . how all-per- vasive, is the gloom of the dark mid-winter days, The leaden clouds, through which ho cheer- ing sunshine penetrates, oppress one like the ceiling of & dung- eon, We are in a universe of dull uniform grey, from which the sun seems to have vanished per- manently. Life is chill, gloomy, cheerless. i And then, at last, comes a day of sunshine, and the world is transformed, as by magic into a place of lambent gold. How alter- ed is everything! We feel, almost, as though we had emerged from a dark prison. Scenes that were grim and forbidding in vester day's greyness now appear as pos- itively cheerful. Even though the air may be cold and the ground covered with snow, one can feel issues ago, is missing from this page this week due to the illness of Bessie Cairns. This newspaper's first col- umnist "is fighting off an attack of pleural pneumon- ia, and her commentary will therefore be absent for a time. Her many regular readers may bo sure, how- ever, that she plans to have Trafalgar Tales back in print, again just as soon as she can possibly tap a type- writer key. HAZEL SCOTT One of the piano's most porvo- cative exponents, will make a the warmth from that vast ball of golden fire that glows in the | unclouded sky, lightening the | dark places of the earth and send- ing its cheerful, healing rays to | the core of our very being. Peo- ole respond to the sun's golden elixir. They are visibly more more alive. In this cheerful, bright sunshine, with its promise of spring and summer, life seems truly worth-while once more, Under the sun's rays the earth will soon be pulsating with warm guest appearance with the Tor- onto Symphony orchestra at the weekly "Pop" concert in Massey Hall, February 17. lions of green sprouts of vegeta- tion to delight the senses and furnish sustenance for all living things. And as the season advan- ces the sun will grow steadily stronger, and people will seek protection from its pitiless heat. Now, while winter is still with us, is when we most appreciate tides of life, sending forth mil- the sun. The straw that broke the cam- el's back has it's 1950 equivalent: the penny that punctured the smoker's patience. As one inveterate inhaler who feels he has contributed his fair share toward subsidizing the to- bacco firms since he switched over from corn silk at an early age, T find those pennies that swirl up in smoke loom just as large as the irritating, pocket sagging silver dollars we had cir- culating around town a while back. In fact, the more I push across store counters, the more those coppers take on flying saucer proportions. Oh, T know this latest in a con- founding series of price jumps took place several weeks ago, and that I should have complacently accepted it by now. But this pen- nv oinching nonsense on the part of the nicotine tycoons seems to build up on me, It started when nelghbour Herb Brewster matter- of-factly confided one night, over a foamy flagon, that when he was attached to the Canadian embassy in Washington, he was able to puff on my brand of cig- arets at a cost of only NINE CENTS A PACK! Even the gift cigarets I got for Christmas, and was still smoking, failed to fully assuage my grief over that disclosure. Actually, these donat- ed gaspers only served to add fuel to the flames of my rage when I had to go back to buying mv own again--to find that pesky penny tacked onto the already exhorbitant price tag. And now this decision of, the Ontario to- bacco marketing board and the Bigin growers just about puts the lid on. I used to think there were few finer sights in this scenic prov- ince of ours than that presented by the lushly verdant fields of tender tobacco plants, their broad, shapely leaves arching to the sun. Here, I used to say as I enjoyed a summer drive through the Simeoe-Delhi sector, is nature's beauty at its practical best. But not any more. From now on, those fields will have all the eye appeal of the Cherry Street coal piles or a five day old merin- cue pie. Because now the growers have decided that tobacco acreage must be cut by 10 percent of the PUFFS FROM THE COTTON GIN the western section of the pro- vince spreading the gospel. It's being done to protect the indus- try, he says, in explaining that last year's production of 112,000, 000 pounds far exceeded domestic needs. Now far be it for me to denv the grower the privilege of pro- tecting: himself. But who, one might well ask, is going to pro- tect the poor smoker? This is a question our grower friends might take under consideration, because if prices keep hiking up, the av- erage smoker will soon find him- self working steadily down through fine cut and Bull Dur- ham to personally flue-cured oak leaves. Matter = of fact, I've al- ready experimented with chopped up pine cones, and they're not too bad at all. The whole trouble «with this 36 cents price business, though, is that for the life of me I can't really figure out who to get sore atthe government for pilfering such a heavy tax, the grower for keeping prices of raw leaf up, or the manufacturer who unblink- ingly talks of increased operation- al costs that make that penny rise a dire necessity. So I guess I'll just have to blame the whole kit and caboodle. The one thing that's certain is that I'll finally get over my mad and that I will go right on robbing the penny bank to buy cigarets. To tell the truth, I feel a bit better already, now that T've blown off all this steam about smokes, But I'm still annoyed, mind you. Bitterly Yours, BILL COTTON hale." ever hon, Hono men who see how a thing cay | done and then do it. JUST IN TIME FOR ST. VALENTINE'S DAY! HEART-CAKE PAN & for cl , SET OF 2 0g. 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But these minor irritations are often the danger signals of approaching major illness. So play safe! Consult your doctor when symptons show persistent or recurring tendencies. His advice may ward ofi serious trouble. * Oakville Drug Co. Limited Phone 94 Colborne St. E. Len Hope, Mgr.