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Oakville -Traalgar Journal Vol. 3, No. 34 Entered, 2nd Class Mail, Ottawa Oakville, Ontario Thursday, July 13, 1950 18 Pages 0.B.A. ACCEPTS NEW LOCAL ENTRY, AS TEAMS IRON OUT SCHEDULE WRINKLES Recent Rains Manna To Trafalgar Wheat Growers, Fox States Recent rains may have been a headache to vacationers, but were just what the farmers truit-growers of Oakville district needed, according fo William Fox, district represent- ative of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, "It's just what we wanted," ex- claimed Mr. Fox to a Journal representative on Tuesday. "The fall 'wheat needed a good rain. It will fill out the heads, and the kernels will not be so likely to shrink. It will help the oats, wheat, barley and pastures." "Fruit looks very good," Mr. Fox continued. "The apples are sizing up very nicely. Strawber- ries are holding = out wvery well. There was a good picking yester- day. It has been a good season for strawberries. The sour cher- ry crop in this district is some- what spotty, but they are sizing very well, and we expect picking vill: start within two 'weeks. "Raspberries are coming along extremely well, and there will be a good crop. Currants look rea- sonably good. Pears are sizing well, but the crop will be light, due to the dry season last year. Plums will be light, due to win- ter injuries. Peaches are a washout due to 'winter injuries, There's going to be a very good crop of apples generally through- out the Toronto-Hamilton dis- trict, but other districts will be light. We can't tell about grapes yet. "Vegetables look good. Cauliflowers, potatoes and cabbages are coming in in vol- ume. Tomatoes are starting, and it looks like there will be a good crop, with no disease. Sweet corn looks good, but we. are finding considerable corn-borer sweet corn, and growers to spray and dust at four to five day intervals. Hay is not heavy, due to winter injury of new seedings. The crop should be in within two weeks." FALL FAIR DATES Oakville parks board has ap- proved Sept. 15 and 16 as dates for the -second annual Optimist Fall Fair, members of the club learned at the regular dinner meeting in Riverside Lodge; Mon- day night. The fair will again be held in Wallace park. Although two full main before fair time ' rolls around, display space is already beginning to move, it was report ed. Lloyd Closs and:John Belyea have charge of retail space, Don MacRae is handling industrial exhibits, and Lou Meyers is deal ing with out-of-town exhibitors. A full scale midway and an en- larged agricultural exhibit are al- ready well into the planning stage, fair chairmen Jim Cooke and Bill Maguire announced. extremely months | re- Meeting to discus' problems, representatives of the Oakyille Baseball assn. and the newly formed intermediate "B" club Monday night reached a mutually satisfactory agreement for the setting up of practice and game schedules, it was disclosed yesterday in a joint statement, by thé two groups. The state-| ment was playing issued by Baseball vice-president Don Davis, In the absence of president R. O. Bull, and George Gray, president of the new club, which is as yet unnamed. Entry of the Gray- headed group into the O.B.A. play-downs was officially accept ed at a meeting in Hamilton on Tuesday night. "Arrangements for practice dates for the iate B team immediate intermed- were approved by representatives of the Oakville Baseball assn. and the intermed- fate B group at a meeting Mon- day night" the statement read. "Due to the fact that installation of the floodlights at Wallace park makes playing dates uncer- tain for the next several days, however," further schedules were left to the discretion of Bill Cot- ton and Charlie Oliver, secretar- ies 'of the two groups. Street rum- ours of dissension between the two organizations were scouted by all representatives present, and an atmosphere of mutual co- operation in furthering the de: (Continued on Page 9) Your Hospital LAST WEEK Surgery Cases Accident Cases Births Patients Admitted Patients Discharged IN HOSPITAL Patients Newborn Port Sailors Win The surface of the lake off Oakville's eastern shore swarmed with trim little craft Sunday af- ternodn, when members of Oak- ville Yacht Squadron sailed in a series of races against visiting sailors from the Port Credit squadron. The result was 108 points for the visitors against Oakville's 100. Snipes and prams. belonging to the local squadron were used in the races. The wat- er was smooth and the wind rather light. After the racing, luncheon was served to the sail- ors on the beach by the ladies of the Oakville squadron, This Sunday the local yachts: men will pay a return visit to Port Credit. The season's racing is for the trophy donated by the B. A. Oil Co. Oakville won this trophy the first year, but Port Credit has retained it the last two years. "We hope to get it back this year," Doug Armour, veteran member of the local squadron, confidently told the Journal. WEDNESDAY OLD P.O. HEADS Oakville's earliest post office is about fo be moved. This week a group of volunteer workers of Oakville-Trafalgar ~ Chamber of Commerce started preparing the old red frame structure that for many years has stood on Col borne Street, near the river bank, for removal to a perman- ent site at the corner of Thomas and Front Streets, by the lake. Credit for preserving this an- cient Oakville land-mark belongs to Mrs, Hazel Mathews, author: ity on Oakville's early history and a descendant of R. K. Chish olm, one of the community's first post-masters. When the ground on which the old building stands was acquired by an oil company as the site of a service station, Mrs, Mathews determined, if pos: sible to have the ancient post of- fice saved for use as a museum. She approached the owners, Trinidad Leaseholds, who agreed to give her the building in trust The Chamber of Commerce crew is removing the top storey of the square, wooden structure and lowering the roof, digging FOR MUSEUM SITE the earth away from the base to facilitate moving, and preparing the ground on the new site at the lakefront. This site, which ad- joins Lakeside Park, is privately owned. The building will rest on timbers from the old pier, donat- ed by the McNamara Construct- ion Co., Toronto, which were dredged from the creek by the Russell Construction Co. Ltd, Toronto. William King, head of King Paving Co. has offered the use of a float for the moving, and Charles F. Doty and Son fs donating material to strengthen the building. The work of the Junior Chamber of Commerce is being supervised by L. G. Alber- i. tr the old post office has been set up in its new location, Mrs. Mathews hopes to found a local historical society, which would use the building as a museum for relics of Oakville's early days. According to Mrs. Mathews the old wooden struc- ture was opened as a post office in 1835. A VERITABLE SUNBURST OF SMILES is as Lion president Syd Charles Snowball, Mrs. Fearman pre- sents the keys to the gleaming new car she won at the Lions annual summer bazaar Sattirday night. Charlie grins broadly, too, as he tenderly strokes the new vehicle, but his face still retains just a bit of the stunned express- ion it acquired when C. V. Mrs. Snowball's good fortune. as they were planning an early start on at the carnival, Hillmer phoned the news of The Snowballs were not their holidays Sunday morning--in a borrowed car! Slightly Stunned Snowballs Collect Vacation Jackpot When Mayor J. R. Black dip-® ped deep into the giant ticket drum at the Lions summer baz aar last Saturday night, it hap- pened just in the nick of holiday time for Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Snowball and son Edwin. Be- cause the winning ticket stub he pulled out bore Mrs. Snowball's name, giving her a shining new tan and brown Ford 2-door se- dan. And the popular Spruce St. family was all packed to start off on a two-week vacation Sun- morning--in borrowed "The family was not on the grounds when the mayor wound up the threenight carnival by presiding at the draw. They re- tired early in anticipation of an early morning start, and first intimation they had of their good fortune came when C. V. Hillmer phoned the news. "We just couldn't believe our ears," bubbled beaming Mrs. Snowball. "We bought several tickets, but we hadn't given it much thought because we'd never been lucky before. This is a grand surprise, Husband Charlie was just as enthusiastic and considerably. more outspoken--once he stop- ped shaking from a happy state of shock that did leave him ton- gue tied for a few moments. Earl- ier that day he had told a friend: "This is the happiest day of my (Continued on Page 6) West Side Kiddies Ready For Year's Biggest Day Sat. Saturday's the big day--the day scores of eager youngsters of Oakville's west side have been dreaming about and looking for- ward to for weeks. It's the day of Ollie Buck's annual picnic, the sixth he has given for his host of young friends and admirers. ar 22 in the afternoon a great de of trucks and cars ---- by firms and citizens will move off from Westwood school, carryipg several hundred excited wide-eYed boys and girls and their mothers to Miles Park at Erindale. There'll be a special bus for mothers with small child ren, and the local detachinent of the Provincial Police will provide an escort. "We expect it will be better than ever this year,' the genfal Mr. Buck, who with his wife and other hard-workl assistants has been busy organizing the big event, told the Journal. About tive hundred will attend, he pre dicted. At the park there will be a big program of games and rac- es, for which some wonderful prizes are being offe, Many of these prizes are donated by Oakville firms and Individuals Those attending the plenie are asked to take their lunches, but fce cream, . chocolate milk and pop will be provided fre Everyone should be at t school not later than 1 o'clock he|ed to a Korea In Pictures Attracting considerable inter est in the Journal's office win- dow this week is a display of Korean postcards depicting life in that war-torn country during happier times. These pictures were collected by Journal col- umnist Bessie Cairns during a trip through that now embat- tied land. Mrs. Cairns discusses her impressions of her Korean trip in this weeks "Trafalgar Tales," which will be found on Page New Carnival Capers Saturday All of Oakville's junior cows boys and cowgirls of this Roy Rogers, Red Ryder or Hopalong Cassidy era are going to he able ride a horse, for a pride, at big Carnival and Gard to be held on the St. Mary's School and St. Andrew's R.C. church grounds next Satur- day afternoon and evening, July 5. . "If you can't get mechanical rides, thet let's get back to the horse era," declared Chalrman Vince McDermott at Monday night's final meeting of the com- mittee from St. Mary's Soclal Club, held in the school hall. He was replying to reports that reg- ular carnival ride operators no longer were interested in taking "one night stands. More than 20 booths plus var fous familiar devices for appeal- Ing to the wagering instincts of Oakville and district citizenry will be operating at the Carnival, bn first to be held In some 20 the church grounds cakes and candy and other l-known frills of garden par ties of other days will be shown by ladies of the parish, In addition, if snyone feels In clined to look into the teacups, no less than three teacup readers will be on hand for the occasion It Is planned to have two par ades, one In the afternoon and one in the evening, to draw at- tention to the affair. The Can- adlan Legion Plpe Band will be heard during the afternoon, the Oakville Citizens Band fn the evening, Gill Sparks 1.0.0.F. To Softball Win Gill's powerful bat sharp twirling of Nefl Tuesday night sparked conyinelng 24-8 Scots In the and Mur LO. win Howle the phy 0. over to a Lorne second me town double the. opener, Auto Supply one-sided longus the squad 14-0 victory of a 2 In Burke's Ki strong roll- lover the Oakville Dalry team 5 cents a copy, $2.00 Per Year in Advance 200 DEPOSITORS ENDORSE RED CROSS BLOOD BANK, HOSPITAL WELL PREPARED Blood drawn from the veins of more than two hundred Oakville and district residents is now In a "bank" at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, in readiness to be admin i ions whenever On Tuesday, and women, ranging In age 18 to 65 years, went to the Cross blood donor clinic at the High School and donated their blood. The clinic, which was op- en morning, afternoon and eve- ning, was sponsored by the Onk- ville and District branch of the Red Cross Society. Dr. D, Squire, assistant medical director of the Hamilton depot of the Red Cros blood transfusion service, was In charge. Assisting him in his du- ties were Miss J. Hay, R.N, al- (Continued on Page 6) from Red Bike Beauticians Bicycles, tricycles, and doll carriages, colorfully and ingeniously decorated and dis- guised by thelr youthful owners, formed a gay parade along Col: borne Street on Saturday after- noon. Intent upon winning the big prizes offered by the Oakville Lions' Club, the youngsters did a marvellous job of dressing up their vehicles, and Some of the results were most original. A prairie-schooner of the covered wagon period, in which sat a ploneer girl with. a rifle, drawn by a cowboy astride a tricycle got up to look like a horse, was one of the outstanding exhibits. Then there was a realistic-look- ing hay-wagon, and a carriage with a bride and her bridesmalds. And of course the owners of the vehicles wore all manner of ple turesque gostumes. One little girl was dressed as a rabbit, and there were fairies and butter flies, although cowboy garb was the most popular. The procession George's Square and moved down Dundas Street, and along Col borborne to Central School grounds, scene of the Lions' Sum- mer Bazaar. Here the vehicles were judged by Mayor Black. The cup for the most original en- try went to David Warwood of 90 Queen Mary Drive, for a bl cycle got up to look like a grotes- que horse. Other prizes wore awarded as follows: Doll car- riages: Ann Hardwick, 1st.; Car Lea Carlson, D. Tzatt) Brown Brothers, 2nd, Mack Bennett, 8rd.; Trioycles: Murray Van Wick, 1st, Ray Popplewell, 2nd, Dave Boocock, 8rd; Bley- cles: Fearman, 1st, Gib bard 2nd, "Pete Cralg, 3rd. Each entrant a free Ice cream wagons formed at Francls Graydon, and got a badge cone. Wigwams Spring Up In Indian Village Under River Bridge A village has sprung teau on the Sixteen-Mile the busy way. The of Indian wigwams up on a grassy pla- western bank of the Creek, just south of Queen Elizaboth High- re not the genuine ar- ticle, exactly, but they'ra just as close to it as the ingonlous youngsters of the Oukville Rec reation Commission's Day Camp, working under the competent upervision, can make them, These primitive habitations are made of sticks which the boys and girds got from the nearby bush, and covered with places of canvas and burlap they acquired elsewhere, For the next week or 80, ona hundred and fifty to two hundred children are going to forsake, each day, the comfortable amenl- ties of clyilized living for life as lived by the redskins before the white man came--or an approxi: mation of it. "It's strictly an Ine dian camp," Recrontional Dirac- tor Ted Kennedy assured the Journal. "The campers will ba taught Indian dances, Indian folklore, Indian songs. They'll play Indian games, make Indian bowls and headdrosses, and when the camp comes to an ond they'll have a big Indian pow- WOW. Every morning the "Indians are plcked up and taken to thelr village by bus, roturning ony in the evening the samo wi Starting next wook thoy will bo driven each morning to Dan Wil son's beach, wost of Oakville, for swimming Instruction, Camp started on Monday, when, Nome- what' hampered by damp wen- ther, the boys and girls began ralsing the wigwams and bufld- Ing a stone fireplace for cooking In front of onch one. Altogether there are fifteen wigwams and one for each tribe. Blackfoot, Redskins, Choctaws, Comanches, Tomuhawks, Iroquols and Mo- hawks are some of the tribe nam- es, In charge of the camp leary, who hay twelve leaders under hor, Ted Kennedy koopa an oye on things to make sure «that everys thing goos smoothly. Whon tho fivat camp perlod of two woaki Is over, the scone will change, "Tho children In tho second camp will be gypsies or cowboys," wld Mr. Konnedy. "We don't know which just yet" If It's to be gy- ples, the young campers will study gypsy lore and try to live, while at thelr encampment, after Pay is Pat train. M ad Director: (Continued on THE FRECKLED GRIN of young Terry 'Hendershot has Irresistable sales appeal when It comes to enlisting new members for the Caliville Baseball Assoclation, Terry, a promising DiMaggio of the future, is just one of scores of town minor le body that makes membership cards. thelr gue players who are lending a hand to the baseball Last Saturday, possible by distributing he toured the Lions summer bazaar hooths In search of interested eltizens, and above Is seen persuading Lion Jack Gordon to take enough time off from selling candy fluff to sign a card. Member- ships are avallable at $1 each but the assn,, facing the heaviest minor league equipment bill in Its history, will gladly accept a greenback 1 of larg ger i on. THERE'LL BE LOTS OF FUN AT ST. MARY'S BIG CARNIVAL SATURDAY