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THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, July 5, 195; Timm jursdal Our Library As A Cheery Place 3 . 1/4 SEE THE | journal Color Counsellor Offers Inexpensive "Spruce-Up" Program FIREWORKS At the recent librarians' confer.| This one-room library meas. Passing from the paint and ely literate district. [ee with "Joe" jobs-- that ence in Toronto, Ruth Sunley,|ures approximately 20 by 40 ft. | lighting, columnist Sunley got in| We have an excellent librarian put Oakville's library under ge, Provided by the CE Cutisallor column | has Tage front store-ype win-|a tow licks at the general effect in Mrs Young, but one can't|wings as they did the ola poy Prom : fot addressed the trustees on|dows, and one small rear one. fthat drapes and the feminine | help wondering how she manages | office. Be a big help to a library Dr. A. W. Chase Co. "How to renovate a small li-| The reading room is part of the | touch could have. to be. so bright and helpful to board which has too small a gray At The brary for $100 or less--a study in library, being a large table and( "In a library, drapes have no | subscribers when she works daily | to undertake all this itselr community qffortd" Of interest | chairs placed near the front| functional purpose but are used |in not only an inadequate build- | and anyway, if the money coy 69 LIONS ANNUAL Co i Caistriet residents, | windows, There are two charge| purely for *decoration--therefors, | ing, but in surroundings that |be saved for the board, they ; i SUMMER BAZAAR will be the fact that the Oakville | desks, and rows of open stacks f they should be interesting either [are as cheerless as Mrs. Sunley there'd be more mew books Busir i Te huts as the "Case|as well os those against the|in color, texture, or design. To found them If you feel that our [buy, which would delight jy yn But the comments that| walls, Lack of sufficient space to control light from windows, verl- | columnist took too "dim" a view | Young's heart, and maybe eli, our library brought from Mrs. hold the books is the qualified etian blinds are most bractical | of the library, drop in as we did [inate all those 'Reserved jigs -- Sunley, will certainly not be ap-|librarian's chief problem and are found in our library and youll find she's right on the | that she has to use when gh | preciated to a great extent, if we The ceiling is, unfortunately "There is just one back window | ball. And after you've dropped | buys one copy--when she should I like to be proud of our public ser-|for general illumination, un-|in the library, To decorate this |in, how about suggesting to the | be buying five--of the lafey fl [ Woop vices, of which our library is one. painted wall-boa and for ease | window would require only four | jC's--who are always being slug- book. To ddress, Ruth Sunley did | of application, it is suggested that [yards of fabric, using one width --_-- not reveal the mame of the town |a self-sealing one coat flat oil|on each side of the window. There i FOR with the "Model T library" as she | finish be applied here and onlare many types of fabric that | a descfibed Oakville's. But from |the upper walls. Flat (or nom-jcan be used that ate Wery ine: Now at-- | her speech we have taken ex-| glo: oil paint is considered | pensive. Unbleached cotton can [ corpts 50 that residents may |advisable as a flat finish diffuses|be dyed to your hue specifica: i see their library through the | the light that strikes it without | tions; mattress ticking is fr | Sves of a critical expert on the | reflecting highlights that appear [quently available in attractive ! HARDWOOD BLOCKS se of color and light for bright-|in a glossy finish. Semi-gloss en-|small patterns, and doesn't need | { ening and making more effective |amel for the stacks, as this coat- lining; even old potato sacking i HARDWOOD AND any type of room--and the Oak-|ing provides a hard surface and |has decorating possibilities. SOFTWOOD EDGINGS ville Library is just that at pre-| has distinct advantages for "It is now obvious that your sent, a room cleaning. decorating committee must in- 4 "The library is one in a row of The floor is in good condition, | clude some women to carry out Oakville having had a new covering of lin-| this portion of the renovating C A R A T S 0al stores in an old building, built in an | } ; Ww Ts Baltt was last eppiied to jlolenm within ithe) last few. years, plans. It won't take many--a alti inter vev v £ rvative estimate would De oe Iie ots ant tis me |Howevey, ithe) brown tone of the | conseres ] ood Specialties ations of knowledges the towms(lloor covering gives litle re that 3 women, each working 1% LTD. only public library--is now drab flection and should be painted a|hours, should be able to complete and rosti i i r, whi vi he job of making drapes that Et resiine an: Indigerim|liznt eolor, which would consume Dawwite PHONE 31 lo Sent atonad room approximately 13% gals of floor | would add a touch of charm and 2 onamel. Here then are approxi-|sprightliness to the library | mate costs for applying a new |decor." coat of color to the interior of Having viewed her case-history the library:Ceiling and Upper [library with a somewhat jaundic- N ~~. Rich, Exciting, Elegant, perfumes and colognes L - | Wall, 3 sals, $27.00; Backs of |ed eye, Mrs. Sunley expressed bookcases, 1 zal, $6.50; Book-| the hope that her listeners would cases (upper & front), 1 gal, |eve their own libraries in a sim- $6.50; Tloor, 1% gal, $10.00. To- [ilar manner, and do something BURROS' SPECIALTY SHOPPE cations only." a project, especially as a libra 136 Colborne St. E. Phone 423 Sunley beat the trustees|is so vital a part of community to their chief objection, the cost] intellectual happiness. Its fine Community effort came in, sug- [sary pleasure in an almost entir- \X/ S DAVIS & SON gesting the Junior Chamber of | ' Commerce, who annually cam- paign for '"paint-up," might pro- Tal Gost, $30.00. The approximate |about it. It would seem pretty I HO the labor to apply fhis paint. |to subscribe money for concerts, | FOR... REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE vide the necessary volunteer S ¢ R E E N S prices are all for one coat appli- | easy to do something about such She pointed out that was where [but reading is an equally neces- painters, These might be aug- ii | MORTGAGES mented, she suggested, by indi- : | dividuals who were really inter-| For Windows and Doors CANE FREESE 5S 3 i i * ested in the library . . . but she el ly ¢ | didn't come out and suggest the i W. E. DAVIS R. C. A. CUMBERLAND [| trustees themselves might swing CHA CLOSS DRUG COMPANY i 63 Colborne St. E., Oakville Phone 41 a Te paint brush on the pro: aX. Ye i : ject! } Evenings and Holidays Phone 1371-M Dstimating the time required, AND SON Free el A oui i 3 both for preparation of surfaces| Dundas St. N: .: Phone 76 i and application, she came up with : | a figure of 37 hours. If twenty people put in two hours each' ! ©. well, the results would be worth it, we feel. fie Then the inadequate lighting a in te. library Came In for com: HOW ABOUT JOINING IN WITH YOUR ment as follows: "The fixtures in use are the ; ev two-lamp fluorescent types and, . FE witile: these are acceptable, il- 5 {uminating © engineers suggest that the four-lamp type would be AND ATTEND THE Open every night until 9 p.m. Sundays and holidays excepted preferable. Also suggested is that the fixtures be fitted 'with stan: "The illumination could be a greatly improved by introducing =| lighting features for the book- stacks. Recommended by illum- 3 inating engineers are six book- i ~ sta ixtures of the "prismatic a LTE ass" type, which cost approx. ets "The prismatic glass lights are | incandescent and should increase | urement that is considered nec- essar, footcandle, as you will dard warm lights, which are the [| yellowish type; and that' the fix- - | 4 & RAI | Y $6.00 each, or a total cost of | the bookstack illumination from 1 1H know a unit of measurement tures be louvred to hide the: bare [si to bring up the standards AE its present inadequate 8 foot Fre yb d R d a oo, d of light, just as an Incl is a uait TERE yo V Reads Classifieds of measurement of space. ON THE BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS.OF = lamps from precious eyes. of lighting. SPONSORED BY THE DEANERY oF HALTON LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION a HE candles to the 25 or higher me "You be shocked to learn that the library which should provide 85 {Ena i 2 : percent reflection of light, gives b FOXES consult the glassified section to get the grapes. The only 20 percent Co An ( ~~ VIL: : 5 iling of our specimen e right offer in the classified columns is snapped i application of white paint will be phediiup_as quickly an easy method of rectifying this as 1 is privtedeandletassificd reasership to grast and varies, | | juntoreinnte imtlon When chi PICNIC AT 1.30 P.M. aE ; is done. the! Mimination over fe SERVICE COMMENCES 3.30 P.M. arians desk and reading table 53 [i ed from a most in- Lg { | adequate low of 13 footcandles-- ADDRESS BY BN and this measurement was taken : 2 \ } i on a bright sunny June day. Com. Sik 0 i pare this to the 10,000 footcand- 2 Bz VE [] D D. AEN : = 1] uids so that your offer is sure to be right for someone! les of illumination -out-of-doors LJ Oakville Trafalgar Journal i i EL Formerly Provost of Trinity College, Toronto 4 "Generally speaking, the in- J pt fenton 1 th anton hon © MUSICAL BACKGROUND BY OAKVILLE CITIZENS BAND | JE ar a ea © PICNIC TABLES WILL BE AVAILABL R | FE Selfne, ana spread icon EAN \ h Misha wiih he Thing DRINKS AND ICE CREAM D A BOOTH TO SERVE SOFT | © CHOIR COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF J Ee Or Juwioe "eupins AND IUNIOR akville Ready-Mix C ON C EB ET ES Phone Oakville 928 BRING ALL YOUR FAMILY--IT WILL BE SOMETHING THEY WILL NEVER FORGET--YOUNG OR OLD FRIENDS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS INVITED 4 £ 4 INIT INIo |