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THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL i Page 7 Pression of Rotary principles. In, 1948-49 Gordon was Canadian Director of Rotary International The Club chose the Rev. David Gallagher as its President in Dave did an excellent job, both for the Club and his flock. Many Anglican and Pres- byterian members assisted Dave by pointing out to any would-be 1950 = nursday, April 20, 1950 a | thin n, the 2S -- BY TOM MARSHALL 3 Club Historian cll The Twenty-Fifth anniversary ¢ Rotary in Oakville will be cel- ofl-orated at Victoria Hall, on onday, April 24th, 1950. In April, 1925, the Rotary Club| Oakville was organized. The|1940-41. nsor was the Rotary Club of | Toronto. The late Alex Chisholm | was the first President. Charter nembers of the Club were Her- CUT {fert Ashbury, James Ryrie, John rs, Alex Chisholm, Louis ote, Charles Doty, Arthur Fors- er, William 'Ferrah, James fcrant, Ernest Glassco, Charle! fieadle, James Hodge, James be fiewson, W. P. Jebb, Tom Jarvis, 4 Duncan Meikle, Mac McLean, bs harles Page, Harry Ryrh harles Riley and Morley Wilkin- on. Charlie Doty and Morley {Wilkinson are still active in the Rotary Club. J Through a perusal of the Min- tes of the Meetings held during he first year, it could be seen hat the Club was off to a good tart. We noticed in the notes liken after a meeting some ight months after the Club was JBrcanized, the District Governor 'by name McMichael, from Tor- nto--stated that he thought the Tub should be doing something. is was no doubt an oversight VEL the part of the Club. There fre many details to be looked fier when a Club is first organ- -- (Wed, such as meals and the gen- al comfort of the members. omewheré around the time this overnor was working them ov- the Club had its first Ladies' ight. The dinner was put on by e Ladies of the Presbyterian urch. Most of the Charter embers were not Presbyterian, hich no doubt accounted for the lection. The second President the Club was Arthur Forster. e Club had by this time gotten to the swing of things and ressure of business made it nec- sary to cut out such items as finutes of the Meetings, so we fre unable to give details of the ® ents of the second year. George olesworth, although not a fharter Member, was the third esident. The Club by this time d increased its membership to found 26 or 27. Activities of the lub boomed along with busin- ks. Then came 1930--and what bppened to business happened to he Club. Many members found necessary to give up their Ro- ry connection--some for finan- al reasons, others because they It when everything and every- bdy was going under, it wasn't bowing the right spirit to go to e Rotary Club and sing a few ngs and joke about the awful bnditions. ~ "Jimmy" Jebb was esident in 1930-31. Never was Club blessed, when it was eded, with a more optimistic jirit. Membership was falling Ba in 1033, went to about fif-| en, less than the number who | d originally started the Club. course, Jimmy didn't pull the ub through alone. We under- d Morley Wilkinson pre than somewhat of a singer those days, and John Byers le of the grandest members the ptary Club ever had, always They tell was | | a John used to water them e considerably, he got K mostly from drug sales- who weren't generally con- fp in the Club and that carrie a MB 210; Much was accomplished 9 Bl = sma way. Several hundred M@8l1ars a year were spent on the e ] of children's ie : ted tonsils and correct- ects, hildren parents 23 to have " } Alex Petrie was Pres t °|Rotary Club insisted on attend- a| Junior Humane Notes 'blocks to build the shelter, and so backsliders 'in Dave's flock that they could hardly be at the Ro- tary Club on Monday and not out Church on Sunday. As the ance, we think that Rotary must have been a great help to Dave. Herman Becker will principal- ly be remembered by the Rotary Club as the originator of our Carnival. He could raise a dollar where most of us thought noth- ing could grow. Ray Mathews followed Herman Becker. We can still remember his "how about it fellows." In 1943-44 during Ed. Barringham"s year, the drive was started for new members to keep pace with the growth of the population of our Town. This has continued up to the present, with our membership at approximat- ely eighty--more than double the membership in Ed. Barringham's year. "Teen Town and the re- habilitation of Victoria Hall was started in Ced Hitchcox' year, 1944-45. Tom Marshall, M. B Williams, Hunter Reid, Max Leg- gatt and our present president, St. Clair Low, all endeavoured to increase the value of the Rotary Club to Oakville and community. Mostly through money raised at our Carnival held each year the week-end before the first of July veek-end, the Club assists all worthy local projects--through money raised from the Easter Seal campaign, the crippled children in| Ontario. All money raised from the community is returned to the community by the support of some worth-while community endeavour. Harry Street is leading the campaign, having sold over 60 blocks as the drive nears the halfway mark. We need 1,586 far you boys and girls have sold 790. So you can see that we are making progress. But remember, yesterday's which was a treat from two good friends of the Juniors, wasn't the close of the campaign. We still have three weeks to go, and if every one of you keep up the good work, we hope to reach our objective handily movie, Star salesman this week was Hugh Sutton, who disposed of two books of tickets in two hours one afternoon. But several other: also did very well. Robert Waig Loretta Mega Angus Mac- Millan, Mary ard and Maxine McArthur Garvey all sold one book n afternoon. 2 a book If you have not taken yet, come to the Oakville gar Journal office and ge ; afternoon bety Baptismal Services tev. F. C. Ja ] conduct: ricson. At St. Jude's rector baptized Robert ( hun | } Rotary, At Quarter Century Mark, Reviews Club Progress Halton Deanery Holds Meeting At St. Lukes Anglican churchmen from all parts of the county gathered at St. Luke's parish hall, Palermo, the and meeting of Monday evening, for annual banquet semi- the Halton Deanery Laymen's Association. A splendid banquet was served by the ladies of St. Luke's, after which an address was delivered by Watson Porter of London, Ont., editor of the Farmers' Advocate. Introduced by George S. Atkins, of Paler- mo, the secretary of the As- sociation, the speaker dealt with the subject of water conserva- tion, describing projects in sev- eral parts of Canada. He was thanked by Frank Thompson, of Milton. Plans were announced for the holding of a picnic and open-air vice at Lowville Park on Sun- day, July 9. Dan Pope, president of the Association, was chair- man of the evening. About a hundred were present. | Trafalgar (Continued from Page 2) the weather was cold in Bermu- da. Ted Marshall and Miss Batty Me l, Toronto, were Sunday guests at the home of the form- °s aunt, Mrs. Fred Harris. In afternoon they Mrs. Harris, Mrs. G. Howell and Miss Sue Han to Rockwood to visit Mrs. P. McLean. accompanied Miss Dorothy Daly of Willow- dale, the new teacher at Snider's schol, began her duties on Mon- | friends in Trafalgar, among them day. Nr. and Mrs. G. E. Hall cee teen On Monday, April 10th, Mr. and Mrs. Morice William- Oakyille-Trafalgar Hospital, to|son and daughter, Miss Myrna Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Saul, a|Wiliamson visited recently at daughter. | the home of their daughter, Mrs. cee [W. Ward and Mr. Ward, Toron- Mr. and Mrs. Ross Fairbarn | to. were week-end guests of Mr, and | Mrs. Weddell, Sharon, near New- | LIGHT DAWNS market. A noted physician says that a be person looks like what he ea Mr. Norman Campbell of|This interesting assertion at Guelph, during his visit with rel [last makes understandable the atives on of ordinary Eighth line, the concession and | huge called on former | prunes. consumption On Ap which you h. We make this patronage. We Service. ANNOUNCEMENT! 1 17th, an old and respected name in the drug Oakville vanished when the name of this business became, Drug Co." This change of name involves no change ve been accustomed for the past four and one-half years. change bes been confused by the two 1 the change of name is the natural completion of the steps set in motion when I purchased this business In addition to this announcement, we should like to take the oppor tunity afforded us of look forward to s the past with Ethical Dispensing, Dauid J. 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