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akville-Tra { falgar Journal 3, No. 46 Entered, 2nd Class Mail, OttawaThursday, October 12, 1950 Oakville, Ontario 24 Pages QUEST AT RE LADDIES ide will hold open house e to show a lot of visito new equipment In, weeks of the year, too," d Chief Shaw, in extending invitation to all resident flop around to the hall, @hseituting a full- comp past two years. damage . top he remarkably| ine rear. They adaca memes FRUStrate First WINNERS GET [filliotal of $1,660. This year, ub| pair for good measure in ten . ! b he rponicy "ave had 47) cighih, putting together two sme| Fiend Of Flame 3 9 have reported = some $2,985| les two stolen bases and an in- LINKS LOOT ) ge. "And $2,600 of this figure] field out to round out thelr scor.| Warmest reception recently I from one blaze," explains| ing. extended to a visitor to town Brred a z was accorded an unidentified D AVISON TOP USllally, the brigade puts on an Jimmy Comes Through motorist: who parked his car on : demonstration during|| Wee Jimmy Johnson plated the| Colborne St. for a shopping. bee TRA DAVIton Ewin he BAT. di- | Bigs big week of the year. Re-/lone Oakville run in the sixth,| Saturday. Soon after he left | 1 ientbourn trophy for the club i splays, Dowever, have been| singling, stealing a base, and com.| the ot passerby motieed ll Lo SRE G Earle d upon by Jupiter Pluvius| = © passed ball by the| rors Sifting through the car | oie' Ciuk's annual field day on wll vily that hoses seemed / y doors. He called the fire bri- Saturday. Runner-up was Jim bat superfluous. So the hoys| c4tcher. His mates were only able| gade, which arrived on the dou. Willis. The S. H. Brown handicap ore { to stage the at home in-[to put together five hits all told,| ble, squelched the blaze in the trophy! went ios woarild vin and they've already given| while 10 were retired on strikes| Fear seat, and had departed be- |; 13" son 'of Leslie. Louth, Club oy Scouts a preview of the| by Preston's well named hurler, | fore the shopper returned to view | °H% 99% rd-year student at Chief Shaw will, however, *| his scorched cushions. e s--a prodigious task tated. ny captains n Myers, 'Wilson. John Duncan, tee at Blfing salaries and other mat- [Sas urged in a letter from s of the staff to the dis igh school board, read at jard's monthly meeting on @8y evening. A deputation 8hers will be invited to at- d¥he next meeting of the iidBto discuss the project. Bz Principal BE. W. Stirtan in his report that 457 pu- ere now attending "the with an average daily at- figure of 438. There boys taking shop work 6 girls taking home econ- The board members Were to attend the annual com- Ment exercises on Friday Nov. 8, when the spec- I be J. Alex Edmi- N. NOTES ADVANCE TICKET SALE [i¥hce sale of tickets to par- I88a students for the series OR concerts to be held under pices of the High School ind School association have fost gratifying, Don Mac- ld the Journal Tuesday. fekets do not go on sale to eral public until next Sun- said. "Approximately 40 ov. ker will JUVES SHADED AT PRESTON SRENEW BIG CHAMPIONSHIP 0 MARK OWN minating a busy week of ac- designed to stress the im- e of Fire Prevention Week, Fred Shaw and his doughty own firehall Friday night be- 0 7 and 10 p.m. "The boys and and alarm; and perhaps impress up- ifthem a little of the importance 'e prevention during the oth- e- of 40 men at the present the brigade is. well justified reviewing its record I fering 62 calls last year, the ompanies were able to res- he week by inspecting all churches and public in a volunteer brigade 5 cents a copy, $2.00 Per Year in Advance GALT SATURDAY Sidetracked at least temporar- ily by a determined band of Pres- ton battlers, Bud Corbett's Snow Construction juveniles will renew their bid for an Ontario champion- ship at Galt next Saturday, fol- lowing a 5-1 loss at Preston over the weekend. This third game will tell the tale for both squads, as it will be the clincher contest in the best-of-three O.B.A. playdown series. . Another Close Fit As was the case in the 'series opener here, last Saturday's game was a closely contested go all the way. In this case, however, the Preston lads made the breaks and as fully deserved their win at rs las Bud's kids deserved their 5-2 verdict here. i. Scoreless Five a to| Neither team was gble to dent the score sheet for five frames, With Wilf Herbert * allowing the eventual winners but one hit up tol that point. Three: errors and a brace 'of singles set up the first Preston runs .at this juncture, however, and the joyous home. sters came right back with a for dancing, lacrosse and ling matches. Total seatil Separate entrances are pri roller skating, n| third marker in the sixth, a long triple and a walk accomplishing Simmer. Herbert clouted the only extra base blow, a double, while Opie 'Camm, Red Redshaw -and Don Rutledge connected for sing- 1 was negligible so suitably ushered in Fi Prevention Week in Oakville. Damag as the brigade Patterson was runner-up. Bill directors' re handicap prize, Western University, London. John Eouth----also-- captured the with Jack Dayison as runner-up. Win- = FiLooe Pau or Arena ce Puetic Hau = 113% 226" Arena = 601113 1 LL Seer = OAKVILLE"S NEW COMMUNITY CENTRE arena has been designed to provide the maximum acco for a wide variety of activities. The standard ice surface shown i which will be 40 by 87 © START ARENA POINTS TO CHRI and day to get the project work for the drive which, he his promise to "have Oakville If anyone could keep suc) man. A specialist in this type With Fred Price's excavatin, up. with several important. innovations. much to recreational bulidings his firm chief of which is his own patented mmodation feet in dimension. The lounge ROOF TRUSSES NEXT WEEK AS CONTRACTOR STMAS PROMISE g machinery operating night away to a speedy start, Preston contractor Norman Hipel this week set ou t to lay the ground- hopes, will enable him to keep on ice by Christmas." Voice of Experience h a promise, Mr. Hipel is your of construction, he has come that have -added has undertaken, type of trussed arch 5 if "any home requires advice of any kind, certainly be glad to drop and chat with him," Chief, ngs visitors Friday night, ERwith the Chief, will be as- BBE Chief Bill Whitaker and Sam Shaw and ed .a like number of safe blows, but permitted the winners ito come through with four of them in the two disastrous innings. It was nip and tuck up to the final can- to, and provided a good Preston crowd with a fine afternoon of baseball. GEST BOARD-TEACHER HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE ation of a trustee-teacher| son, Oakville-Trafalgar, School, for the ptirpose of K.C, well-known penologist, Trustee Thomas .Blakelock was appointed to represent the board at the regional conference of the Peel-Halton Home and School As- sociation, to be held at the school on Thursday, Oct. 26. Praise for the 8pirit now pre- vailing in the school was expres. sed in a motion moved by Trus- tee Blakelock and seconded by Trustee J. W. Woodcock. "The Spirit of the school, the staff and the board was never higher," read the motion. SCRAP RUSTY STANDARDS, ONCE PROVINCE'S BEST Colborne Street, recently given 2 new asphalt surface, is now undergoing another change. Work- ers from the public utilities com- mission are taking down the re maining old style light standards, These heavy fluted iron pillars Were once the pride of the town's business district. Erected in 1915, When the street was first paved, they were said to give Oakville the distinction of having the best lighted business district of any town in the province. Now they are being scrapped in the name of Drogress, to make way for. the more efficient lights. overhead type. of Your Hospital : ] of the available tickets Ben sold." He stated re- or tickets were coming in and would be dealt with in Ber of receipt. The associa: most pleased with the re- ccorded the musical pro- full houses looked like ty, he thought. LAST WEEK Patients admitted .. Patients discharged Surgical cases . Medical cases 12 Accident cases 12 Ftha: TL 5 In Hospital Wednesday Patients a rthnas 125 Newborn 2 ete ers ome (CNR AL EADS sary to declare an 0.B.A. 59) their final series against Wheatley goto Wheatley for the second game, ner of the ringers' competition, vison with Bill Louth as runner: INTOP TRACK | 2s FORM FRIDAY z=» compeition trophy Central School Walker. common ang MBNer-up. Busby Park, just below the bank, were the sceme of much youth. Alex Bell as run phy, B flight club ch E division, was won by Jack Da- up, Archie Grant winning the B The C. S. Furness flag went to Jack with Fred W. Stott as Dr. F./M. Deans was winner of the C. E. Dowding tro- roof. Presently completing similar projects in Dundas, Ori- Ilia and Burlington, he has offered many constructive sug- gestions that have gone into the blueprints for the Oakyille- Trafalgar Memorial Community Centre, Arena, which will be his eighteenth undertaking of its kind) this year. So when Norman Hipel says he can have ice ready for the town's col- lective skates by the time Santa's sled runners bite into the roof snowcrust--well, you can bet he's estimating close to the mark! ful activity Friday afternoon,| TURREI-UD being H. C. Lefroy, Dr when the school held its annual| Des also captured the w. A. Clock Around The fact that Fred Price went 5 x P at work for footings and wall field day. Under the direction of| Chisholm senior championship forms the clock around indicates Principal M. W. Holmes ang|(oPhY, while Mr. Lefroy again in in itself that little time will be Dombers © of ho teaching stage Second place SThe Hl. 0. Mind-lliyps A 8 McDermott was ol scores of boys and girls display-| Arsh championship) tro- ed their prowess in running and|Pl Jumping, and the many vents were keenly contested. In the vison runner-up, and Bill Louth also won the R. E. Young junior Senior boys' division, Gordon | handicap, with Barry Home sec- Baldwin piled up fifteen points| 90d: The Cox trophy handicap out of a possible total of 25 to cap-| WAS Won by Bill Louth, runner-up ture the championship, being E. J. Anderson. Was Roy Lawrence with seven| In the women's section, Mrs. H. points to his credit. Patsy Brad-|W. Whittington won the club ey was senior girls' champion, | championship, with Mrs. D. H. W Ith 13 points, and Joan Adam'|Dixon in second place. The Chish. Ee LL a Iota! of 8. | olm handicap was won by Mrs. C. mplons ai - : 3 won boys--Donald Adamus, champion, | FUNNer-up. Mrs. Charles Cox won lan Shepherd runner-up; girls--| the 9-hole championship prize, ath McCausland, champion, Dor-| with Mrs. J. Hamilton russer. emu sie Toss up, and the Blackham 9-hole han- tor Hadield, runner-up; girly. d1caD Was captured by Mrs, Cam. Judy Low champion, Sharon|eron Hillmer, Mrs. Jack Wynd. ys--| han being runner-up. In the Hill Scott, runner-up; juvenile bo; John Shields, champion, Clay- ton Medland, runner-up; girls--| a ly ivi Alice Hilson, champion, Donalda om Eine ihe Taymon, runner-up, runner-up. Prizes were presented Ribbons were presented to the|by BE. J -_ Farley, president of the winners of the different events. | club, and the donors. ee ONTARIO PLAYDOWN TRAIL Weather more suited to Eski fonship baseball washed out ail b the past week. At Preston, decision to the home club, mo swimming meets than to champ: ut one 0.B.A. playdown game during Snow Construction juveniles dropped a &1 c will play the third and deciding game for| the Ontarlo title at Galt this Saturday afternoon at 2.30 E.S.T. The Oaks will take a one-game edge over Batawa to Belleville later this day afternoon. Should a third game be neces. intermediate A finalist to meet the winner, of the Strathroy--Waodstock semi-final, it will probably be played here here Wednesday night, will trek called for 2.30 E.S.T. DETAILED PLAYDOWN NEWS ON PAGE NINE - Support Your Home Town Teams ! ! Wasted now the project is under way. Yes, and Mr. Price intends that you should take that time element literally. He even rigged special lighting so he and his men could carry on long after sunset. Yes, by the time the drive for funds gets started shortly, your new combined arena-community hall should be taking 'solid shape. It Is expected footings will be finished by week's end and that to head the newly formed - Mary's Home and School As- sociation at a meeting of more than a score of parents of. chil school held in the school auditor- dren attending St. Mary's R. C. ium on Tuesday evening. One of the first objects of the assocla- tlon will be to find ways and means of raising additional funds to finance the school operations, Other officers elected include : roof trusses, which will require Mrs. T. A. Lawrence, treasurer, | about 15 d to t, wil and Mrs, Basil Megaftin, secro-| oo. 10 days to erect, wil start to swing up Monday. Work on forms and block work will contin- ue while roof work is in progress, of course. tary. The next meeting of the as- sociation will be held in the school auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 8.30 p.m. All interested are invited to attend or to con- tact the secretary, Mrs. Megaffin, at Telephone 1513-W. Combats Fogging The layout of the hall and ar- ena proper, seen elgewhera on (Continued on Page 5) EAGER BEAVERS, PINT SIZE, HELP HERB START SHELTER Working with the energy of beavers, more than a dozen boy members of Oakyille and District Humane Soclety's junior branch have been digging excavations for the concrete footings of the new Humane Society concrete will be poured some time this week, according to Herbert Merry, director of the Junfor branch. A load of cement blocks ' already on the ground, and the structure should be finished some time in November, "They're very enthusiastic," said Mr. Merry speaking of the young volunteer workers, "Each boy is doing a man's Job." The boys, whose ages range from 9 to 13, have been working every day after school on the project, and Miss Agnes Forster, Jones of the senior Mr. Merry have taken vising the group them supplied with ter. Dr. C. Lloyd- branch, and turns super- and keeping drinking wa- The new shelter, which will be one storey in height, will con- tain an anfmal room, a kitchen, office and garage, The site is north of the east end of Maple Ave, 300 feet south of the CNR tracks. -- REPLACEMENT DONATION Five hundred dollars will' be donated to Oukyille-Trafalgar Hospital for 'the replacement of linen, it was decided at a meet~ ing of the executive of the hoe- pital Women's Auxillary Tuesday" morning, It was also decided to varied from 14 to 17 members, | subscribe for two popular mag- Mrs. Ray Manbert, director of the azines for junior branch, the use of hoapital Mrs. Noel Eaton, patients, n the floor plan above will give way to a terrazo floor: and can be covered with folding chairs for mass meetings or boxing and wrest- g accommodation for hockey is 1,775, while there is ample standing room for another 1,000. ovided for arena and community hall, and its snack bar are readily accessible to both hall and arena.