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Oakville-Trafalgar Journal, 26 Apr 1951, p. 1

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These A Were The Comely Candidates For The "Miss 0.T.H.S. MARJORIE SCOTT Entered, 2nd. Class Mail, Ottawa MURIEL McLEOD Thursday, April 2 HEAVEN 1 YVONNE LOWE akville - Trafalgar 6, 1951 Carries On, 24 Pages Crown..... BARBARA ROSS ISABEL PEARCE ROSELYN KELLY Journal 5 cents a copy, $2.00 per year In advance Petitions Porter LASHES Monday night, refused akville police force, was declared lost by members "Be it resolv- Derry To Proceed at to do Mr. Punch © Cat her ze bowl of TISH ave her bowl of HOTSON r plate of ked at the plates of at Millip e decidéd eat Mr, 0 eat Mil to Mile ing Suzy ed to run v that nibble her both of 5 of then VOL 4, No. 22 ne had 'a A a E N I e in by his bear in "|OUNCIL REFUSES D REEVE VERBALLY SSOCIATES, RATEPAYERS aL 2 Town council, by a deadlocked vote in 4vhich mayor R. Black did not participate, ) ief of Police John B. Derry's request that council ask the attorney general's dept. to conduct a public investiga- 1 of his administration of the 0. ; Lacked Majority Support NCE The resolution, moved by deputy-reeve Ted Lauder VILLE d seconded by coun. Ross Gibson, | Sts. mayor when a show of hands disclosed four lay Schoaflifavour and a like number opposed. Tt read: 7 Eveningflll that the attorney general's dept. be requested to con- 4th Wet flict an investigation into the administration of the Oak- file police department." J Th Positions Varied our ser JiBerutyreeve Lauder, coun. Gib- se of the08 and coun. George Davis vot- in favour of granting the s request, as did coun. Ralph ely, who was absent at the 86 meeting, when a similar dead- defeated coun. Gibson's e to grant chief Derry a $250 @case in pay. Messrs Lauder, Bon and Davis at that time Pa as approving the wage 00 e resolution asking for the tigation was opposed by Ble Howard Litchfield, coun. Eli Carrothers and coun. Lachlan [ifrthur, who had previously lil against the salary increase al, and coun. Fred Turner, 0 supported coun. Gibson's res- fon at the last meeting. Monopolizes Discussion ing on deputy-reeve Laud- motion came toward the 8 of a brisk, brusque and often [lfvhat stormy session during i some 80 percent of the sion was devoted to the I request and recent devel- fits surrounding it, More than tepayers taxed the council ber's seating capacity, while stood in the hallway BlEhout the meeting. There Bfrequent bursts of applause members of council plead- fle chief's cause finished iin. Starts Ball Rolling © Litchfield launched the lon when, under orders of Y, he rose to "refute cer- tements" he sald were Monday night, atepayers gathered in chamber under the B<ion a regular meeting of 8 was to be held. At that le group was addressed by [outy-reeve and councillors and Wakely, only mem- council present. el, as 1 have always felt, should answer such mis- Bs in public at a council ntinued on Page 11) he matter of the Chief of is of interest to so many Swe have carried the In its entirety for the Pience of readers--Ed.) Tuesday night John Derry in- formed the Journal that he would immediately make his re. quest to the Attorney Generals department for a public inves. tigation on his conduct as chief of police; "After consultation with my legal advisor | am going to proceed right away to make a request to the Attorney General for the investigation | requested council to ask for on my behalf" he said. The chief's action followed the turn- ing down' by council, by a split vote, of deputy-reeve Lauder's motion to have the council re- quest the same inquiry. Chief Derry desires the investigation so that criticisms voiced by members may be answered by him at a hearing. It is his con- tention, as stated in his letter to council, that such statements were harmful to his, present position and future. LINDBROOK MOTHERS FORM CUB AUXILIARY A Mothers' Auxiliary for Lin- brook Wolf Cub pack was form- ed at a meeting held last Thurs- day evening at the home of Mrs. B. M. Kaple, Linbrook Rd, Mrs. assistant commission- er, Toronto, was present, and ex- plained the purpose of the organ- Ization, which is aimed at helping the Cubs morally, physically and financially. Officers elected were as follows: President, Mrs, Taylor; vicepresident, George Dunn; secretary, h Charles Schachtel treasurer, Mrs. A. Mackenzi; executive, Mrs. B. Kaple, Mrs. A. Hotson. INITIAL GALA DANCE IN NEW HALL SATURDAY Russ Norfolk and his orchestra will provide the music for the first dance to be held in the community hall at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial arena Satur- day night. Assistant manager Ted Willlamson is arranging spe cal novelty entertainment to suit- ably mark the new hall's inaugur- al event. REQUEST «v« And Here Is The Winner! OMAGH SOFTBALL STAR WINS NEW LAURELS. NOW 0.T. H. S. CAMPUS y Don Lovegrove Roselyn Kelly, 17, pert brun- ette student from Omagh, was chosen campus queen of Oakville- Trafalgar High School last Fri- day evening, as the student body r annual At Home, top honors over eight other finalists, nominated in a student poll taken a few weeks ago. A fifth form student, Roselyn has blue eyes, brown hair and a winning personality. She is an avid participant in all school activities and sports, enjoying volleyball and basketball. Her fayorite sport, however, fis base- ball. "It may sound funny, when I say I just love to play baseball," she told reporters. "But I don't . [think you'd call me a tomboy." Roselyn held down the second base position on the Omagh girls softball team last season. Upon leaving high school, she plans to take a nursing course at St. Joseph's Hospital, Toronto, Katherine Laughton made the presentation of 1% doz. roses on behalf of the student council and council president Johnny Oka- mura presented gifts donated by district merchants. Among these items of loot were a cashmere sweater set, a record album, two beauty kits, a cardigan, white gloves, nylons, a hand-painted mirror and candlesticks. Gally decorated in crepe paper QUEEN NEW AGRIC. REP. John D. Elliof, of R. R. 3 Pe- trolia, Lambton County, has been appointed summer assistant agri- cultural representative for the counties of Peel and Halton, it has been announced by Col, the Honourable T. L. Kennedy, Ontario Minister of Agriculture. Mr. Elliott, who started his dut- les on Monday of this week has been a Junior Farmer and an outstanding Boys' and Girls' Clum member. He is specializing in animal husbandry at the Ont. arlo Agricultural College, em te and balloons, the auditorium pre- sented an ideal setting for the school social set to parade their formal finery. Silks and satins, adorned with beautiful corsages, gave a swish touch to the pro- edings. From the stage, Johnny Brenan and his Orchestra presented ma- gle music for the swirling dancers with June Martin and Johnny lending their volces to vocal of- fering; Refreshments were served in the cafeteria, the school cooking cla: providing the cake and sandwiches for the lunch. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Wilson, Dr. and Mrs. M. Deans, and Mr. and Mrs. J Ross received the Bue PS A OCCUPATIONAL OUTLINED BY AUTH AROUSE STUDENT | oA JUVES ENTER T.H.L. CLANCY SERIES FINAL Forced to. extend themselves fully by a battling Cooksville squad, Oakville juveniles squeez- ed out a 21 victory in the final game of their T. H. L. King,Clancy group competition Monday night. Don Rutledge and Jack Rogers were the local marksmen, The Corbett kids were undefeated in group play, and now enter the semifinal series against Lake shore Saints, who finished third, Games are slated for Wednesday night and Saturday. DAIRYMEN TAKE TITLE Oakville Dalry trundlers cli- maxed a season-long uphill battle Tuesday night as they trimmed the fayoured Haltons fo annex the Men's Major loop title and the Trust Credit Trophy, The Dairy- men produced a fifth game rally, as Haltons faltered, to wipe out a 32 pin lead and win by a comfort- table 168 pins. Ideals edged G & D for third spot by a scant Z1 pins, the latter squad exhibiting their usual play- off jitters after their usual good season. Peerless, ' Bechives, last year's champion Upsets, and Fords followed In that order, Les Mote was high man for the Dairymen with a tidy 1,123 for five, while Harvey Shoe- maker rolled a useful 1055. Bd Marlatt led all keglers with a glittering (1,238 (315) In a losing cause, while other high perform. ers included Dewey Dowdle, 1.180; Harry Ridley, 1,182; Al Yarnell, 1,158. Ideals rolled the night's high game, a nifty 1,287. In addition to Mote and Shoe maker, the new champs lineup included Henton, Heath, Reld, Evenson and Ellis, See BOWLING BANTER On Page 14 PROS AND CONS ORITIES, NTEREST doctor, lawyer, an engineer and a journalist, an air line stew- ardess and an army officer-- these and representatives of other occupations visited Ouk- ville-Trafalgar High School Tues- day evening and, in friendly, in- formal manner talked to students about the advantages and disad- vantage: the attractions and in- terests their respective voeca- tions It was Career Night, sponsored by Oakville-Trafalga Association. Altogether there were 18 speakers, and three lec- ture periods In the various class rooms, "Engineering becoming one of the most broad and specialized professions one can study," Nor- man S. Mould, of the Industrial Engineering section, Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Ltd, told gtu- dents. He outlined some of the many branches of the profession, Including civil, mining, chemical, electrical and aeronautical engin- eering. "Very faw engineers spend their time over a tripod or a drawing board," he declared, "You will find engineers working on jobs that seem far remote from actual engineering," Mr. Mould pointed out that en- gineering was being applied more and more to industry, manage ment and human relations. "In- dustrial engineering 1s coming to be accepted as a necessary part of a plant," he sald, "Thera Is a (Continued on Page 5) of LENGTHY VIGIL For more than four hours, fire- men played a Mne of hose on a pile of burning cinders at the Canadian General © Blectric raf way" siding Monday afternoon, The cinders had been dumped from a raflway locombtive, and the railway ties were In danger of belng burnt, There were no bulldings nearby. A thousand foot length of hose was necessary to bring the water from ao hydrant on Dayls Ava, FOUND MANY LOST ACRES, NEED MAPS. SAYS SPURGEON Stressing the Importance of a full scale mapping system for the town, assessment commissioner Percy Spurgeon told council on Monday night that "you can't ex- pect the employees to do a good Job unless you give them the equipmen| "We needed these maps for some time," he stated. "Why, we have found acres of land In town that have been lost for years' He explained the maps would be scaled at 100 feet to the inch, permitting placement of all facil ities, boundaries and services, Coungillor Fred Turner, In moy- Ing a lution the maps be ac- quired, stated the expense would approximate $750. "I'm afraid 1 should rule the resolution out of order, If this ex- pense was not included fn the ese tunates," declared mayor Black, "Un council fesls otherwise, of course." Councillor rerolution | Turner withdrew his DON'T MISS DR. WILLIAM MUSTARD, SPEAKING THURSDAY NIGHT, APRIL 26, AT THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF YOUR HOSPITAL IN VICTORIA HALL

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