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-- -- -- -- = = -- = = -- = = = = = -- 0D wal- re in ipped mir- ).? \ SECOND SECTION Page 9 Oakville- Trafalgar Journal Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association published Every Thursday Morning, in Oakville, Ont., by | Oakville-Trafalgar Publishers, Ltd. 7 DUNN STREET NORTH | s. Casey Wood, Jr. Managing Editor | Bill Cotton, Vincent H. Barrey Advertising Manager Editorial Assistant PHONE 1298 Thursday, August 16th, 1951 iGreen Belt The recommendations presented to township council by the committee of citizens who were ap- pointed by other citizens to look into the by-law rec- ommended by the planning board, are not very im- pressive. There is undoubtedly something to be said on both sides, and we are sure that the council will ask the Planning Board for 'its answer or comment, before reaching any decision on the matter. The Planning Board's idea of what should he done resulted from years of study of the matter. and after hearing many residents from the various areas. While undoubtedly the committee worked hard in order to find a basis for their report, the time spent could not equal that spent by the Planning Board. The recommendations made, therefore, should be carefully examined to make sure that they are not mostly the result of personal views of members of the committee rather than collective views of all concerned, as the planning board's by-law undoubt- edly was. There is one other factor to consider. The Plan- ning Board has been studying development of areas other than Trafalgar. It has undoubtedly based its plans for the future of the area on combined exper- iences elsewhere. Also, it has had available to it the assistance of the Provincial Department officials. Res- idents should not, therefore, immediately accept the suggestions of this committee as being saeresanct. Rather there should be critical examination of them, and of the Planning Board's by-law. Then there should be a hearing conducted by the Department of Muncipal Affairs, and the matter left to the decision of the experts. The time for ex- perts is at hand, for both views are now on record. A decision can be reached. but. by people who are trained in mlaking such decisions. Not All Were Counted The election in Bronte did not bring out as heavy a vote as one would expect. for the first election since the village 'reached its present stature. It seems strange that today, with the world threatened by Communistic beliefs of Russia which do not permit freedom of anything, the greatest free gift available to Canadians 'was not used by everyone well enough to walk to the polls. Blections usually a reveal a great number of people who don't care who is elected--but it is this same group, usually, which becomes most articulate when something affecting them is before the coun- cil which they did not help to select. Anyway, 'they are the ones who are most critical of the men on council--but if it were suggested to them that they stand for-office, they would have a million excuses to explain why they did not have the time. We would like to seé all councils ask delegations who appear before them one question. "How many of the names on this petition are names of ratepay- ers who voted at the last election?" Of course, this would not be possible. but it would be rather inter- esting. Another interesting angle would be the loss of franchise by anyone who failed to vote in three years. If 'this were applied, the number of eligible voters in the various lists would be a lot smaller than at present. To the new council we wish the very best of luck, and wish to assure them that we shall offer to them the same support for any worthwhile municipal project that we have given to the township and town councils . . . with a critical eye, also. of course, when- ever we feel they are taking an action which will not be for the best interests of their community. 7 Launched on political adulthood, Bronte has the best wishes of the entire area, and her expansion on an economically sound basis, with a sensible balance between industry and residential property, will follow rapidly now, we are sure. Water Safety The Water Safety program of the Red Cross, with instruction being given to youngsters, is a service rendered which can not be valued in dollars and cents. For the possible saving of a life because of the class- es can not be counted in coin of the realm. To date, 10 one has been able to place a value upon a human life. . . . and no one ever will. But the work of the classes is paid for with dollars--dollars given by the people of this district in the annual campaign. We would suggest that the present program be remembered by parents when Red Cross campaign time comes around next year. There are other local programs which are run with the dollars of citizens, and all are equally important, but the Water Safety deal is one that may have lasting effects on many lives. It takes a great deal of work by non-paid Red Cross workers among the members of the local so- ciety to organize and run this project, and they should feel a great deal of satisfaction over the suc- cess of the schools. IN WEDDING SE i IT SEEMS T0 ME BY P. W. THOMPSON Whatever efficient and wide- spread schemes the various gov- ernments of the world may devise for promoting the welfare and happiness of their peoples, they can never succeed in banishing failure and tragedy from the life of every individual citizen. How- ever much general conditions may be improved, it is highly prob- able that there will always remain a certain residue of misery that will defy even the wisest and most ingenious of legislators and so- cial planners, The fact is that a great many of the ills from which humans suffer are , brought about by their own folly, greed and stu- pidity. While we do not agree with the popular theory about the unchangeableness of human nature, we believe that in some natures there is a certain per- versity about which not much .can. be -done, under. any condi- tions. One form of folly which has long exercised a hold upon many people is gambling. This mania appears to be as strong today, if not stronger, than it ever was. Great numbers - of people risk sums of money they can ill af- ford to lose in the hope of win- ning large sums. The odds against them are overwhelming, vet they persist in taking the risk, and usually end up as losers. They do not benefit by experience, and continue on their course, some- times impoverishing themselves and their families. Excessive drinking is another form of folly that continues to claim a heavy toll of victims, although perhaps not so many as formerly. That this habit is productive of a great deal of misery, and can lead in the end to absolute ruin should be ap- parent to every sane adult. Yet a large number of people continue to work themselves untold injury by persisting in this habit, and alcoholism has become a serious social pro- blem. An even worse practice, that of taking narcotics, seems to be on the increase, although its ter- rible consequences are well-known to everyone. Any educational cam. paign against this menace would seem to be superfluous. Another bad and dangerous habit, although one not usually placed in the category of vice, is that of speeding. The motor- ist who drives too fast is per- haps a greater menace than the drunkard, as he frequently brings injury or death to oth- ers, whatever happens to him- self, The tragedies caused by speed addicts, if they could be determined, would reach an ap- palling total. There seems to be some quirk or perversity in human nature that makes some people pursue a course of action even when they know it to be wrong and fatal. Or is it, perhaps, that they imagine that they are somehow Immune from the that befall JUST dd There was a time when this commentator could be termed the farmer's friend. In fact, not too many years ago, I was only too happy to lend a sympathetic ear to the sad stories of low prices, long hours, flooded markets and Wholesaler squeezings that an- nually seemed to plague most til- lers of the soil. There were even times when these 'plights so touched me that I rallied around to pick apples and even hoe a row or two. And when I get THAT energetic, friends, that is really friendship. Now It Hurts! But since the arrival of young Mike Cotton, friendly relations with the rural areas are becom- ing just a bit strained. In fact, I'm beginning to feel they've reached the breaking point. In the years before Mike, the price of milic didn't bother me a bit, In fact, 1 didn't even know what it was. The price, that is. I knew what milk was, of course, although I gave up drinking it very soon after I learned my al- phabet and was able to figure out what L-A-B-A-T-T spelled. But mow it's different. And I don't mind telling yoy that my first experience at shelling out the money for the milk tickets save me my biggest shock since the honeymoon morning whem I first saw my wife without make- Say That Again! m=m-much did you SAAAY!!! T sputtered. "Just give me a $5 bill, and I'll get some cigarets with the change," Isobel answered sweet- ye Rocking back on my heels, I mutely complied. But that was just the opening groan. Last week With FRANK R. WALKER ell, as I said before, the al- ibis for the holiday weekend are now. starting to come in and yours truly is the first one to turn up with the old TOO alibi. We went up to Algonquin Park to fish for bass and speckled trout and we no doubt would have got some good fishing because we were invited to fish a lake that has been stocked with Kamloops trout and some beautiful fish have been taken out of it. There is also another lake up there that has been stocked with rainbows and they are taking some very big rainbow out of that but as [ said before there was to much TOO in it, It was too hot, the sun was too bright, we were too lazy, and we were too comfort- able. The consequences being we didn't even move off our big fat posteriors and enjoyed life to. the utmost sitting under the shade of the trees, enjoying the I drink, and i I read in the Toronto Star where Controller Saunders had discov- ered that the dairies are paying almost five times as much a hundredweight to the farmers as they did in 1939! = That did fit, brother, that did it! From now on, I'm transferring my sympathy to a spot where it's needed. Henceforth, it goes to my long suffering fellow consum- ers, who certainly haven't seen their pay cheques quintupled, but who have seen their cost figures soar just as high as those of the Johns and Marys who call the PUFFS FROM THE COTTON GIN cattle home. What Gives, Huh? This 22 cent milk business just doesn't have any rhyme or rea- son, for my money. And it's my money--and yours--ithat got me into such a tizzy in the first place. Migosh, just what are these Jersey Joes and Guernsey Ger- ties trying to pull? While readily admitting I'm far from being the sharpest re- porter in the country, I'm SURE I'd have heard about it if trans- portation costs had heen multi- plied by FIVE during the past dozen years. I'm equally certain the feed bin can't cost THAT MUCH more to fill nowadays, Can't Convince Me I'm quite as positive that the dairy farmers must have some- thing over from their payments on those new Dodges, house de- corating jobs "and Florida trips that they can use to cope With other rising levies. And, unbelie- ver that many may believe me to be, I know full well that the Lord hast suddenly commenced charging for having His sun and His rain keep the pastures Dro- ducing. I don't know what the answer to the problem is, unfortunately. Perhaps I should get busy and invent a substitute for milk call- ed Lacterine, thereby lifting the squeeze on the poor consumer in- the same way those margarine boys--bless 'em!--managed to do it. Possibly some scholarly lad will hit on something like this. And if he does, I will personally devote long hours to an endeav- our to convince the editor of this newspaper that he should run the first advertisements of this much needed new product FREE. What Next? Meantime, 1 guess there Isn't much we can do about It, friends. Like you, I guess I'll just have to take it with a forced grin. I'm darned, though, if Ill start going out to the farm to turn on their milking machines for them-- which is probably the next de- mand they'll make. No, friends, I guess we're hog- tied for the moment. And there's another thing! The way the price of pork is . . . but that's another story, Testily Yours, COTTON Padding Comment The history of the Welcome Wagon Service is one of PP d by local the Wagon calls on all new residents as soon as they arrive--and extends a hand of welcome on behalf of the entire town. The hostess of the Welcome Wagon is a good will ambassador for Oakville, and she renders each new resident a service, for she assists them with any problems they may have, as well as on the trips dating back years ago. There were some nice bass taken up there however. Lorne Johnson of ithe Dorset Hotel said several bass of four to five pounds each were taken off the dock at Dorset during the holi- day week-end. and Earl Burke, one of the best guides in the Dorset country, told me of a number of Kamloops trout which had been taken just the week previously. A large number of speckled trout have been taken this summer ranging up to 18 in. in length, the majority of them coming out of a little Fake known as "24" The lake I understand was named by the surveyors and is a number on the Haliburton district survey map. There have also been some lovely rainbow taken out of Burnt Lake which is just this side of Dorset. Both "24" and Burnt Lake are a short portage from the highway and where the Kam- loops trout are is a good days trip to get in, get the fish, and get out again. For any of you fellows that want to go after big rainbow and big Kamloops trout and a far [above the average speckled trout, I would suggest you get in touch with Barl Burke at Dorset and tell him that we suggested you go up and see him. Earl will take you in fishing and you won't get o better guide and a better can- oe man or a better companion in the bush anywhere in that en- tire territory. If there is fish there Earl will get them. You can take the trip in through Clear Lake, Skeleton Lake, Red Trout (Continued on Page 1%) in the same area as many as thirty others, by reason of their Tuck? What drives many people to- ward excesses seems to be a desire to escape. This Is the motive in many cases when the persons material conditions are quite satisfactory. What these people are trying to es- cape from is themselves, their own natures. And to achieve this for any length of time is something Impossible. There is only a certain point to which people can be protected and helped. If a man is deter- mined to follow a foolish course of conduct, advice, laws and reg- ulations are not going to save him from the consequences. It is well that vice should be attacked, and that large-scale measures should be taken to promote happiness and well-being. But let us not delude ourselves that we can abolish misery from society. We may remove (he external causes of it. We can do little about those which lie deep within a man's own perverse nature. ducing them to the merchants | who send a gift in the basket she delivers. The idea of this company stems from a realization that newcomers to any town or city can not help but feel a little lost in their new surroundings. We remember how helpful the Welcome Wagon was to our wife when we moved to Ottawa in war time. Not only was there an amazingly wide selection of merchant gifts to please her, but the hostess found her a charwoman one day a week, dug out a baby sitter prospect, and was able to offer a great deal of useful advice about the new city. When we came to Oakville, there was no Welcome Wagon in operation, but it was started nearly two years ago, and has made a place for itself with new residents. Letters from the churches are in the basket, with a wel- come letter from the mayor, and other items from other than merchants. We have been told many times that the visit of the Welcome Wagon gave new residents a feeling: of really be- longing here at once. It Is this feeling of friendliness that Oak- ville should be glad is spread by the Welcome Wagon . . . the sooner new residents realize that they have come to a pleas- ant, friendly place, the sooner they in turn will be ready to extend the hand of friendship to later arrivals, We think the merchants who support this service are doing a public duty, even though their participation in the service is also for the purpose of bringing their names before new residents as soon as possible. Vefy often a project which starts as purely commercial, as the way-back beginnings of the Welcome Wagon Service probably are, moves on into the public service class of enterprise | bdcause of the basic re- quirement for the service it offers to the community where it is located. In the Oakville district today, the hostess for the Welcome Wagon does perform a service for this community, and we like to think that all new residents will receive this friendly welcome. 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