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The Oakville- Trafalgar Journal January 18, 1951 SECOND hursday, Page 9 SECTION JUEEN VICTORIAS PASSING RECALLED BY OLD JOURNAL pitty years ago next Monday, § January 22, 1901, occurred the bt big event of the highly bontful half-century. Queen Vie- Bria died. Her passing was more an the death of a sovereign. It arled the end of an era, a great f1 colorful and memorable per- ja in history. J Yellowed Pages By a piece of luck, a member the Journal staff has in his bcession a newspaper containing fio news of the venerable British feen's demise. It is a yellowing boy of the Dvening Mail and fupire of Toronto! 5 o'clock edi- nd despite its discoloration Across page runs a streamer "The Queen Is Dead; ag Live The King!" That king, identally, Bdward the Seventh, lbs to survive for only a little ore than nine years. Under the fib-heads to the left of the page cables. The first of 22, 6.65 fn. contains the brief Lut por- fhious: announcement: "The een has just passed away." fost of the other dispatches tell BE the condition of the aged sov- Breicn as she lay dying at Osborne fibuse, her residence on fhe Isle Wight. Reserved Attitude Then there is a description of Be doctors' efforts to prolong majesty's life. "Probably there ver was such an assembly of vspaper correspondents as are fibw present here," says one dis- ks, when eb tarsean Another from Ottawa, tells of governor-general, Lord Minto, sending a private message of sympathy fo the Prince of Wal the sad There are a' number of other news stories bearing on various aspects of Queen Victoria's illness and death. "Died For The Em- pire," "Grief Of The Crowds," "Messages Of Sympathy," "The Kaiser At Osborne," were some of the headings they bore. Few peo- ple who read the last article had any idea then of the role In which the kaiser, Emperor William the Second of Germany, was to play in history a few years later. Little Other News The paper contains little i any otlier mews of much importance. One leading Toronto department store advertises men's suits at 95, and another was selling men's overcoats at $4.95. There are two large advertisements for electric belts, for which remark- able curative virtues are claimed, and patent medicine ads are plentiful, There is one small ad, headed, In heavy type, "A Winner," which may have some interest for those who were living in Oakville in those far-off days: "Our treatment is a winner," it reads. "Select ours, you're sure of a permanent cure. It removes all desire for drink 'or .drugs- and leaves you a strong free man. Hundreds of cures the past eight years. Strictest privacy. Write the Lakehurst Sanitarium Limited, Box 215, Oakville, Ont." Patch. "Scores of corr 5 from the more distant The attitude of all ities towards the press ome of absolute reserve, in ac- Eordance with the Royal orders. e instructions date back more SHAVIAN SHOT George Bernard Shaw describ- ed a pessimist asa man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. Canadian Plowmen to Compete in England Hugh Leslie, --Central Press Canadian left, and Herbert Jarvis of Agincourt, Ont. are on their way to tour Europe to compete in the plowing matches in Great Britain Top among the Canadian competitors of the international plow- ing matches at Alliston, Ont,, they are both tractor men, but will have to find horses in England with which to compete. COUNTY COMMENTARY GOOD OLD DAYS BROUGHT MODERATE BUILDING BILLS Finding of a 'stack of 1910 in- voices last week in Milton af- forded Canadian Champion editor Orloff Dills an opportunity to reminisce over the good old days. The bills in question were sent out by builder and contractor F. Sanders, who valued his profes- sional services at 25 cents per in fact, covered the ft. two-storey Nelson Telephone Co. office, which cost $115 to construct, plus extras 1950 WAS ANOTHER BUSY YEAR! More PEOPLE used their telephones more than ever before. Calls made by you, your friends and neigh- bours! helped swell the total to a new record -- over calls a day. * Ardalktheime new telephones were being added. Now you can reash more people; more people can reach you. In that "way alone, telephone service be- came even more valuzble to you in 1950. Its value fy i were increased, too, by ak many improvements We Were able] t quality 'of service, and because everywhere tried to be hel in the sphons people diy. There's a lot to be donein 51. You can be sure well keep on doing the hest job # know how -- to supply the kind of service that js.so important to you-- and so essential. to our county. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY amounting to 59 hours work at two bits an hour! Mr. Sanders noted in one invoice that a bundle of 158 sq. ft. of Georgian flooring had cost him $8.50 and in anoth- er that he had had to pay out $4 for an enamelled sink and $2.10 for 17 stove pipes and 2 elbows. These prices, figured editor Dills, put present day building at six times more than the prevailing 1910 rates. BRIEF TERM Re-elected to Burlington coun- cil, Councillor John Stott's 1951 term of office is probably the shortest on record. Coun. Stott, who is employed by Mercury Mills, has been transferred to London by the firm, and has therefore been forced to resign his" council post. He was absent from council's inaugural meeting last week. : WHAT'S IN. A NAME One of the province's most apt- ly named fire chiefs must be Georgetown's Harry Savings, who was officially re-appointed last week when the brigade elected 1951 officers. WHICH IS BESTEST? Georgetown's indefatigable Ern Batkin, weather authority of no mean talent, informs Herald read- ers that early January rainfall was almost on par with normal and amounted to the equivalent of 11 inches of snow. "Make up your own mind," says Ern, to whether we were fortunate or not in having had the rain.' HARD TO DISPLACE Veteran holders of municipal of- fice are hard to dislodge, a roll call of neighbouring Wellington county council would seem to in- dicate. Of 27 members, only eight are appearing at council table for the first time. WAGE INCREASE BOOSTS RATES AS HOSPITAL FOLLOWS GITY BASIC STRUCTURE CHANGES Rates at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital will be in- creased in accordance with chan- ges made in the basic rate struc- tures of Toronto and Hamilton hospitals. A decision to this ef- fect was made by the board of governors at its monthly meeting Thursday evening, when the re- port of the management commit- tee, containing a recommendation that the rates be raised, was adopted. One Dollar Increase Standard and private dccom- modation will be increased one dollar per day. In future a pri- vate room with private bath will cost $13 a day, and a private Toom with shared bath $12. daily rate for a semi-priv will be $8.50. A cot will cost $4.00 per day, and a bassinette $2.50 The increases are made necessary by a 7 percent wage increase that has been put into effect, retro- active to December Ist. The financial statement show- ed an operating surplus of $244. TEEN TOWN By Don Lovegrove The duties of 'a mayor are many, and never lack an element of surprise. If you don't believe us, just ask George Farrow. Last week, for instance, he was con- fronted with-a request to travel to the county town of Milton to help organize a Teen Town move- ment. "I don't know what help Tll be," said George, ut I'll ec up and see if I can lend a hand." And then there are those busy Friday nights. Every time he turns around, he is confronted with "where is this?" and 'why don't you do this?" or "you are wanted at the bandbo: Top this with the problem of keeping track of Bev. Hills, and George has hands full. "Oh, well, that's life says George. Anyone who leads a life like that des: es a great amount of credit, don't you think? Congratulations are certainly due to the group in Milton who are attempting to or ea Teen 54 for November, plus of $174.52 For the nine months ending with November there was an operating deficit of $2,059.75, and a net deficit of $3, 42160. A. M. Munro, chairman of the finance committee, told the board" that the hospital's bank loan had been reduced from $45, 000 to $25,000 by the end of the year, and that a donation of $5, 000 had been received from a lo- cal citizen. with net sur- Must Raise Money "We cannot expect to accumu: late any cash from the operation of the hospital under present con- ditions." said Mr. Munro, "and if we break even at the end of the year we'll be doing pretty well. That means that we will have to raise money to pay what is due on the building." Tom Chisholm, chairman of the board, was not in favor of a fund raising campaign before next fall. R. C. A. Cumberland thought that greater efforts should be made fo obtain new members for the Hospital Association, and" al- so on behalf of the foundation. In the discussion that followed it was agreed that the public cam- paign for funds should not be held later than October. Mr. Cumber- land and D. J. Russell were as- signed to prepare the publicity campaign. Mr. Ru membership: ing the year, $2,180. ell reported that 186 were taken out dur- with total fees of Table Hourage Change Under the heading "Personnel," the management report stated: "It may be noted that Toronto hospitals have instituted a 44 hour week. The committee is an- alyzing the situation and the pre- sent work week of 48 hours at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial hospital. No decision will be made in regard to such a change until extra staff and additional costs have been determined." The next regular meeting of the board will be on Thursday evening, February 22nd. and the acnual meeting on Thursday evening, April 26. Town. Similar have failed on sions the county the old saying 'three times and out" prove true? Let's hope not. Newly painted lines for bad- minton courts proved a bit of a nuisance to the dancers last Fri- day evening. Nothing a good coat of wax can't cure, however, so don't be discouraged. 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