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PAGE, 2 Dally Journal-Record, Monday, January 16, 1947 * * a . eer eenee i | qi DOWNTOWN CENTRAL LIBRARY Being replaced with new headquarters FEATURING OLD OAKVILLE By P. W. THOMPSON Journal-Record Staff OAKVILLE — The opening of Oakville’s magnificent new lib- rary in the civic cer.tre next July Ag be a milestone in the history an-institution that goes back ap over a century. kville had one of the first public libraries in- Upper Canada, About Methodist organization undertook to provide 24 libraries for Sab- hath schools, and 24 book col- Lomion Religious ; first ten arrived that year. Some formed. Its stated was “the diffusion of scientific and literary knowledge, of reference and circulation; by the formation of a Museum of gpecimens of Zoology, Geolozy, or other subjects of Nature, Sci- ii tet et ee ee ee eee 2 2.498 OAKVILLE — It will probably be another two years at least before work is started on th huge commercial - residential ex that will give the whole of downtown Oakville a new d:- mension. Ti ts nearly a year now since plans were announced by Park Sixteen Limited for a multi -mil- jon dollar project on the south side ss Lakeshore Road west of Navy § The outstanding structures will be a 10 . storey hotel and commercial building and a 20 - storey apartment buil- ding. There will also be a motel docking facilities on the creek bank, and a number of shops of various kinds. ‘Total cost of the complex will be about $,- “We are waiting for the final _ Oakville District Labor Council | Selects Key Officers For 1967 OAKVILLE — The Oakville and ; trict Labor Council — which Ag 14,000 trade unionists e Halton and Pee] area.— aaa its key officers for ay. They are: Jack Henry, of Oak- ville, of the Brotherhood of Car- t penters and Joiners of America, bylaw committee; John Kelly, Port Credit, Oi] Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, entertain. | ment commitie—-.George Hicks, | Bu se. i United Autoworkers, educa’ committee; George Heym, Oakville Cement ae and Gypsum Committee, resolu- committee; Pat taney, Burlington, ee Teasers boycott commit It’s EVERY 1839 a Wesleyan | by Library? by Con-; occupied space in the tower of Method | what later became Central pub- | dic school. But in 1879 rhanges were made fo the act relating to Mech- }anics’ Institutes, and two years later another Oakville institute | was established, with a member- |ship of 172. Memberships cost _)a dollar a year. The expenses of operating the library were con- secretary, and James Reid the: siderably, smaller than those of treasurer. After the institute had| today. For the year 1880 the been in operation for a year it rental for the library and —, had a membership of more than | room came to aie an a hundred, with a library of 500| Salaries amounted to $22.08. The volumes. During its first five| library, however, was only open |years it received an annual gov- on Saturday afternoons, The num- lernment grant of 5) pounds. Jt es of books increased from 600 did not last many years, however. | 7 1880. to more than 1,300 be In 1858 its grant was withheld as) 1887. But before many years hat a result of its~ classes—and-ec- | passed interest in the aoortonnte tures being discontinued, and it programs again dropped off, with is believed that some time later | the passing of the Free Libraries its library was merged with that | Act the library | ame the ~~ lof the or : school, _ which ville Public Library, “hentia membership fee was still one > dol. lar a year, Summer visitors could | belong for three months for 2 cents. The library was open only one day a week. SCHOOL TOWER About the year 1903 the library was moved from the schoo] tower jen we or Manule acture; } vVersation reany other the Commitiee mas judge. .nec- exsary ... Entry money 1 pound, | annual centribution ais per year payable in advance.’ soo VOLUMES G. K, ‘Chisholm was president of the Institute and the president was Justus W, liams.. Robert Balmer was the Multi-Million Dollar Complex May Get Start In Two Years By DAVID | comment later on details on the | vation of many antique vehicles Expect Murder Trial Verdict Today BAXTER Journal-Record Staff MILTON — An all male jury will probably decide today wheth- er William Lotocki committed capita] murder when he shot Jan- }et Ponsford, 19, a role of- jen clerk, on Highway 403 Sept- ember 27, Summations by defense coun- Fi John Bowlby, Q.C., of Hamil- and Crown Attorney P. K. _Museum Board Will Discuss Centennial Plan MILTON — Halton County Mu- seum Board meets next week to reveal the highlights of the coun- ty Centennial ees it was an- nounced Saturd Museum Tee Doctor Har- Newman said sc The project entails the preser- which will be housed’ in a new building at the museum at RR 2, Campbeliville. Among the collection will be an- tique «tage coaches, buggies, | sleighs and ,jhorse - drawn ag- nicultural implements. SHARED EQUALL The ‘$31,857 atin will be| shared equally by the municipal, | provincial and. federal poverty | ments. | The Museum Board has al- ready jaunched (he construction | of the Centennia) building at the | museum after the sketch plans} were drs iwn up in November, Permission. for the proyect has been gr anted from Queen's Park, Halton County Council and the/ Halton Region Conservation Auth- | ority. The museum, situated in the heart of the county, is snuggled | beneath the 300-foot Niagara es- | carpment. It is located jive miles north- west of Milton on the former Glen Eden Farm owned by the Alexander family, WATER CONTROL It was purchased by the Con- servation Authority as a water control measure, It is close to the Kelso Dam which provides facilities for fishing, swimming, picnics and nature hikes, The old museum buildings al- | ready display many relics of Halton's past, including a num- er of recent donations, It is the intention of the Board to erect other units from Ume to time. BOTANICAL GARDEN The Centennial building will overlook Tge quadrargie south of the main building, A McWilliams in addition to ‘the reme Court justice, are expect- ed to take geveral hours, The trial was unexpectedly ad- journed early Saturday morning to prevent it from running into a Sunday sitting. Hamilton psychiatrist David | Gordon Sim said Friday that he believed Lotocki wag so much under the influence of alcohol and He said she drove about a hun- dred yards before stopping the car and grabbing a US Army M 1 Sopot from ne ga seat where it w sy began running from: the car, he said, when he grabbed the rifle and tried to get her | to get back in the car. had the rifle in my hand, I saw her fall." Lotocki said he remembered nothing about firing the rifle nor! tuated by sops and long pauses. leading Hamilton police on a wild high spect chase through city streets, Later a dry-eyed Lotocki collaps = in the witness box during cross xamination .by P. K. mew SPORTS STO shams . Earlier in the week, Mr. Me- ba Liew ane epiniogerg dl oat | Willams called about tos witness: es and police officers who investi. gated the s ng. ton sports goods shop a oes of | hours before the shooting, Lo- | 5 tocki said. It was intended to| Mr. Bowlby, Lotocki's counsel, be used for a hunting party with | startled onlook during the igen on Thanksgiving weekend | trial’s first day when he admit ainved. that his client had shot Mis» Pohsford but was not guilty of capital murder, Lotocki’s leslimony was punc he was Eos when he ahot her. TESTIFIED While narrating the events sr rounding the shooting, Lotoc Id | said that Miss Ponsford stabbed | mecoett with a hunting knife af- a rendezvous on the crowded | aiakaay September 27, Lotocki, the 31-year-old former sheet metal worker, said that) the fact he consumed 12 ounces | of whiskey and two ounces of| vodka during the two rs be. Both he and Miss Ponsford had arranged to meet on the high- way during her lunch hour in| order to travel to Hamilton to-| gether to be served with divorce | papers, he Miss Ponsford was the. co-de-| fendant in a pending divorce ac- | tion with Lotocki’s second wile | as the plaintiff. Lotocki- said | they planned to get married in the spring of 1967. He had been dating —her- steadily from Feb; ruary 1966. j When the Principals met on the highway shortly before the | shooting, Lotocki explained that the dead girl began crying when ehe saw he was drinking. LEFT SIDE He said she hit him twice w Bs the hunting knife before running hysterically back to her car marie ed some yards behind his own It was after pursuing her to the car that the saw the hunting knife sticking out of her | e. He said he removed the knife before giving in to her request to drive his car to a hosp)‘al in Hamilton. “She was hysterical. I couldn't | get any sense out of her.” TWO HURT IN CAR FLIP-OVER Linda Carrie, 20, of Chris- tina Drive, Oakville, and driv- er Bobby Sullivan, 21, of Sa- line, Michigan received injur- jes when their car flipped over Chick - Chick - Chick - a - rama Time Again... TUESDAY rezoning of the property,” ser James Snow, president of Par Sixteen Limit ed, “It has baie approved by the planning board and council We are wailing for the Municipal Board’s approval. “We don't expect any construc- ion fo start for at least two Sear pie ject of this size takes a tremendous amount of prejin- inary planning and co - ordina- tion before construction can be started.” buildings now oc. Among the cupying the site are a service | station and automobile sales building, closed some time ago, | an old house, also closed, and a substantial stone warehouse that was used for storing grain back} In the last century. The company's application for the rezoning of its property was sent to the Municipal Board last month. Further committee pasitions | will be filled at the February | meeting of the council, 1 1 Annual Meettng MILTON — Town Chamber ot | Commerce will hold its annual} meeting February 23 when it is| anticipated its plans for cele- to premises on the second floor of what wae then the Bank of Toronto building, and now forms part of the offices of the police department. Five years later it was transf to a store build- ing on the south sikie of the main street just west of George Street. Ti continued as association brary until 1908, when it was } mide a free public library, with a trained librarian in charge. With the growth of the town's population. after the Second. World War, the membership increased tremendous!y and the library's quarters, never very spacious, - came hopelessly overcrowded. 1956, however, the town was tine to obtain the former post, office as a library. After extensive re- modelling the move was made The staff was increased and books were continually added. | About. four veers ago the Wood- | side branch w serve | many uals os in soyth- west Oakville, A fine new TObile | library was acquired to replace | the bookmobile that had been purchased a few years previous-| lly for the "benefii of persons in| the outlying sections of the com- munity. It soon became appar that the main library building was far too small for its purpose, i application was made for a building. This great new fa-j fit when completed, will form triking contrast to the library’? ts a few hundred volmes that was available to the reading public of Oakville a century and more ago. brating Canada’s Centennial | | Year will be discussed. The | Chamber, headed by Ron Har-/| jris, will hold its general meet- | ling Thunsday when town park-| ling problems will be under dis- | cussion, 3 — Receive - 2 pieces of delicious Ken- tucky Fried Chicken, Sal- ad, Roll, Golden French Fries. y 98°: RRY — No HOME DELIVERY sag RENDEZVOUS DRIVE-IN SOUTH SERVICE ROAD between Kerr Street and Fourth Line FREE DELIVERY botanic: to the carlier varicties of fiowers and shrubs used by the picnters, is also planner, will present & gress in the home eulture over a 100-yeur period. Four generations of Alexanders save lived there and worked the land f ALWAYS FIRST RUN vr EASILY ACCESSIBLE vr FREE PARKING il garden, devoted mainly When completed the project good idea of pro- and in agri- “ OAKVILLE 845-1311 309 Lakeshore Rd. E. “It's Going To Be Heaven In ‘67” Alr ——— Jan. 12th - 18th . BURT LANCASTER LEE MARVIN ROBERT RYAN JACK PALANCE RALPH BELLAMY. 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