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ture CE up and yr, and pleas- ss, the sliding able in ler top | agree | stream near the Scout reserve on The Oakville - Trafalgar Journal Thursday, May 10, 1951 SECOND SECTION Page 9 Town's Bell Wires Busier Monthly - Smith Mankind has benefited . and will continue to benefit from the COUNTY COMMENTARY TROUT FEW, ANGLERS FIND, BUT GOOD 'UNS IN THERE! Although most Halton anglers disconsolately reported that the county's brown and 'speckled trout weren't rising to the bait too well during the early days of the mew season; Milton's Art Kranstz and Acton's George Hol mes werent complaining one bit last week. Holmes. captured first prize in the | Acton Free Press contest with a beauty measuring. 181% inches, while Kranstz went. a mite better by hooking a 203 inch brown trout in the small Worthwhile Fun Mrs, Ada Davidson of Acton, entered a contest recently "just for fun," but she now finds that it was a very lucrative type of fun. Last week; she was. informed by the Farmer's Advocate! that she had won the $1,000 third prize in that publication's annual cross- word puzzle competition. Halton Frees Last "Whether it's a claim to fame or not, the last slaves freed in Ontario probably lived in Halton county," declares an editorial in the Milton Canadian «Champion. "Probably the last slaves to be- come free were two mentioned by the late Sir Adam Wilson, Hank and Sukey, who took freedom un. der the act in 1833. Sir Adam met the pair at the residence of Miles O'Reilly." the Second line between Acton and Milton. Art, however, didn't have his catch entered in the contest. Last Saddler Passes Milton's 'oldest active: business man, John Franklin Little, pass- ed away last week following a brief illness that had kept him away from his establishment for the first time in many of his 83 years. Mr. Little, a former Halton warden, took over the saddlery business established by his father. in 1855, and has conducted the business since 1894 in the same Main St. building. Frown On Beavers Beavers released in Nassag- aweya township in 1949 for a while put Halton on the map as being one of the few counties to carry 'on an active conservation program. But now the beaver is doomed to destruction, and all be- cause a dam he built temporarily flooded a small section of a little used Nassagaweya sideroad. Al- ready a portion of the dam has been ripped out, 'and traps have been set for the animals, the Ac- ton Free Press reports. As a re- sult, a heated controversy has ar- isen, and conservationists are up in arms. Nassagaweya council, however, apparently feels the cost of road repairs will not sit well with ratepayers of that mun- icipality, -and the destruction of the dam was it's initial move in this Battle of the Beaver. Long Supply Jaunts Among the pilots regularly fly- ing the Korean supply route from a Tacoma, Wash, base is George- town's Johnny Wilson, a world war II flying veteran who spent three years as a prisoner of war. Johnny joined up again about two. years-ago, and is now attached to No. 426 Tramsport Squadron, which concentrates on keeping the Korean forces well supplied. The return flight across the Pacific takes 14 days. ing search for better and quicker means of telephone communication, Harry J. Smith, Bell Telephone representative, told members of the Rotary Club of Oakville on Monday night. Vocal Highways In an address entitled "Tele- phone Superhighways- of To- day", Mr. Smith said the tele- phone industry was constantly striving to improve both local and long distance services by installing new - equipment, new devices and developing new methods of telephone communi- catlon. "Despite the many new meth- ods devised for speeding-up tele phone fons, howev- mean more jobs to do and more people to fill these jobs." Wide Expansion In the last ten vears there has been a 'phenomenal' growth in both local and long distance calls. Tn 1940, the Bell was handling about 67,000 long dis- tance calls a day. The number now has increased to more than 240,000 a day. In the same period, more than 300,000 tele- phones were installed and, yet, many thousands of potential telephone users were stil ait- ing for service. Illustrating the operation of relays or ctrical switches used in the telephone industry by the use of energized demon- stration equipment, the speaker er", he said, "men and women are still the heart of the tele- phone business. Telephone serv- lce is a very personal thing -- one person talking to another. It takes a lot of people to make this possible, more than ever be- fore. Ten years ago Bell ' had 10,600: employees in the Quebec- Ontario territory. Today there are more than 30,000. The ex- planation is simple: more im- provements mean better service; better service means more calls to handle; more calls to handle bed how relays "tell" equipment what to do and how. they can "forget" or "remem- ber" what has taken place dur- ing a previous operation. Relays with these abilitles are used throughout the telephone system and are essential for dial and nomdlaly centres alike and for long distance service. Dials Almost Human In a dial exchange, for inst ance, the relays must "see" that a call is coming In, he explain- ed; next they must say, "Num- HARRY F. SMITH Notes Expansion ber please", by sending out the dial tone; they must "listen" to the caller's commands as. the dial is turned; they must "sel- ect" the correct path; they must "set up the connection" and "tell" the called party he is wanted, by ringing his telephone bell; they may have to "report" that the line is busy, or pos- sibly, "transfer" the call to a special operator in case the num- ber has been changed; finally, they must 'disconnect' after the conversation is over. Mr. Smith declared that tele phone service as it is known to- day would be impossible with- out the relay. Even on a simple call to a telephone in the same exchange hundreds of relays operate at lightning speed, while on long distance calls a thou- sand or more relays may come into play. To perform the same switching by hand would take about two hours en the simplest call, and probably a whole day on a long distance connection. Simultaneous Chatter By means of an Hluminated map, he showed how relays play a vital part in routing long distance calls to their destinat- ion. Relays are used, too, in combination with other appar atus to carry a number of con- versations simultaweously over the same pair of telephone wires, Mr. Smith also addressed students at the Oakville-Trafal- gar High School on Monday morning. DISTRICT STUDENTS ENTER HALTON MUSIC FESTIVAL OakvillesTratalgar. high school will again be strongly represent- ed at the. 20th annual Halton county music festival, which takes place today and Friday in Knox Presbyterian church, Milton. In addition to three choir en- trfes and the mixed quartet and double trio, solo and duet en- trants will include Tom Sale, Joe Ezesky, Margaret Fell, Eleanor Inkster, Mary Rimstead, Betty Norfolk, Donald Rose, Peter Tip- ping, Myrna Evans, Carol Merry, Nettie 'Golow, Ruth Smith, Sheila McCausland and Mary Cushnie. David Pawson and Marjorie Scott, 1950 scholarship winners, will also appear on the festival pro- gram. In public school competition, Central and Linbrook schools are represented in the senior choir and double trio competitions, while Westwood, Brantwood and Linbrook are entrants In the jun- for choir class. WHICH WAY TO TURN In the long run more people commit suicide with a fork than with a knife. THE FACT ERS STICK FAMILI INESS . . For Better Cleaning CALL 311 WE THINK THE BEST PROOF OF OUR SUPERIOR WORK IS OF OAKVILLE'S LEADING SENDING FOR US EVER SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN BUS- 14 YEARS TO YOU NEW RESIDENTS WE INVITE YOU TO GET THAT CUSTOM- WITH US. SOME E S HAVE BEEN . AND THAT'S ACQUAINTED CLEANING SERVICE Lakeshore Cleaners WITH OUR TEEN TOWN By Don Lovegrove It is a beautiful Sunday morn- g...the sun is shining through my bedroom window, gleaming off the chrome on my little port- able typewriter. I yawn, wipe the sleep from my eyes, and stretch. Sliding the window wide open, I take a deep breath of fragrant spring air. Down the street I hear the neighborhood children racing on their tricycles, skipping, playing tag . . . how I wish that I could re-live those days over again. What a wonderful feeling it would be to wake up some morn- ing and find you were back In your early public school days. No worries about getting to work in the morning, no social obligations, no late nights, no copy dead- lines. Yes, it is a beautiful day, but I am in no mood to enjoy it. You know, just one of those days that you can't see or think straight, your mind is a thousand miles away, and the emptiness it leaves is a mass of aches and pains. In this condition I am trying to write this column, Teen Town's affairs are In as much of a muddle as I am at the present time, so anything I say. isn't going to be good mews, but then, I am in perfect form for crying the blues. In answer to a number of re- quests as to the fate of Teen Town I shall try to clear up a few of the whens, wheres, and whys about the prevailing condition. When this organization first came into being, Oakville was badly lacking facilities for teen- age recreation. Teen Town was the ideal solution, it provided dancing, badminton, all types of! hobby clubs and generally organ ized the spare time which local teen-agers had so much of. Today there Is a new arena, & large addition on the school in- cluding a gym and auditorium, a new hall at Trafalgar, a new. theatre and numerous othor actly- ities to attract the teen-agers' in terests. Teen Town, on the other hand, is dylng a slow death! It has In the past few years be- come nothing more than a publle dance every Friday night. It at- tracts many out-of-town teen- agers, who, according to the con- stitution, are not to be admitted, but without their admission fees we could not have survived this IS MUD YOUR PROBLEM? 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We aro sorry to say that this villain has turned up in the teen-age circlo and most noticeably in the nos- session of our own Oakville clan, I could go on for pages about the failures of Teen Town, but I think T have brought to light the most important ones. The fact that it has furned Into a 2 hour public dance shines formost, be- cause the Rotary Club, who are our sponsors, do not feel that they want to back a public dance. They feel that Teen Town has come to the point where it 1s no longer needed to supply recren- tion for teen-agers. In light of our financial position they feel now fs the time to do away with Teen Town. When you atop and give It ser- fous thought you can do no more than agree with them, CONFUSING VERSE I used to think I knew I knew, But now I must confess, The more 1 know I know I know I know I know the less. See you Friday? Quality Venetian Blinds Custom Mads Guaranteed Two Years REPAIR and LAUNDRY SERVICE Venetian Blind Laundry & Mfg. Co. PHONE 859