25th, 1949 be cq Wielding, Ad VILLE £1, NO. 19. The Oakyille- afalgar Journal Authorized as Second Class Mail P. O. Dept,, Ottawa Haughton Clifford Laird, 38, dmetrist, was instantly killed JER the car in which he was Elling alone was in collision la truck loaded with lumber gaily Sunday morning. The ac- d8At occurred one-half mile f the 8th Line on the Queen Bbeth highway. According to investigated, IF of the truck, Anthony Boc- ella, Simpson Ave, Welland, Pulled his truck off the high- Ponto the north shoulder to rest, Rabe driver told McNiven that not been off the highway fon the scene shortly after dccident. It was necessary the police cruiser and a ruck to pull the car from ick. A crow bar had to be open the door before Mr. could be removed. Dr, W. filkinson was called and pro- d death as instantaneous, esident of Oakville since practice on Colborne St., the Mr, Laird was born in Parry ndlin 1910, He was the young- Son of Elizabeth and the late e Shortly after the outbreak of the war he enlisted with the Sault Ste. Marie Regiment. Later he was trans. ferred, with the rank of captain, RBrominent Citizen Killed In Highway Accident to the Essex Scottish regiment, a Windsor regiment, with which he went overseas in 1942, A year later he was promoted to the rank of major. He was engaged in some of the hardest fighting of the war, seeing action in Nor. mandy, France, Belgium and Holland. Engaged in furious fighting around Caen following the D-Day offensive, Major Laird's rifle company distinguish- ed itself in the difficult assault through Falaise. Slightly wound- Haughton C. Laird ed in action, he spent some time in hospital but was able to rejoin his unit for the victorious drive through Germany. In. 1946 he returned to. Sault (Continued on Page 4) 3 By District Red Cross Society Oakville and District Red Ivellous suecess," Bill Ed: ampaign chairman, an- "The people of this ty have given so gener- at our quota of $4,000 achieved twice. In ex- $8,000 was collected, a record of which all can be proud.' the response had been had hoped for, n said, "The record , I am- delighted that cess has been achieved 1d like to thank all of 0 worked so enthusias- help us put if over." € to say when there might Iichange in this operation, but On Communism the co-operation of ne Murray, the Angela 'Chapter, LOD.E., has tunate in securing Mr. amilton, Ancaster, to "World Struggle" at an ing at Teen Town on April 6th, at 9 pm. ton, a retired Anglican n, is a well-known lec- d speaker and his sub- deal with the menace of n and socialism in Can- & lecture is free, but due d seating capacity, ad- I will be by ticket only. ay be secured at Leon- awall's real estate office. e sponsoring this lecture we feel that people & more aware of the com- d overthrow our demo- of life." Industries Council Affiliates With Chamber = Commerce At their luncheon meeting in the Riverside Lodge last Monday, the Oakville Industries Council cepted the invitation of the Oak- to have the council affiliate with the chamber, ac- ville Chamber of Commerce The council will retain its au- tonomy, having its own executive and meeting, time and place and will function as the manufactur- ers' body. At their next meeting officers will be elected from the following elected Wotherspoon, A. C. McCoy, J. M. Leggatt, James R. Kendall, E. A, McDonald, E. G. Pullan, R. Brand and H. T. Roden, directors: J. One of the council members will be placed on the executive of the chamber and president of the chamber, Ed, Barringham or his deputy, will sit in on the council executive. It is expected that the council and its members will be. the driv- ing force behind the efforts being put forth to make the coming second industrial exhibition in September, fully representative of Oakville's industries and manu- facturers, es C.G.E. Plant Is Now In Production " We brought the help in on Monday. and are in the throws of getting organized," said G. W. Fraser, superintendent of C.GES new plant, "Bringing the plant to full production is a progressive plan, We have one shift at pres- ent with the second to follow as soon as possible. There is one fluorescent unit installed now. Final plans for this year call for four such units and we expect to have them all in operation by the end of the year." Stating that contractors were still in the building and that of- fice space was still not settled, the superintendent said there was some work being done even under the difficult conditions. "We expect to have a sealed- beam room in operation by mid- summer," he said. Oakville, Ontario, THURSDAY, APRIL 1st, 1948 5 cents a copy. $2.00 Per Year in Advance. pumped into it. A town official says and that no more officials should not permit can't say don't print anything." CONGRATULATIONS Last week we stood beside an unprotected open ditch--into which some children had_ fallen--and watched every possible example of raw sewage being This condition and the smell remind- ed us forcefully that such were the methods used for disposal of sewage in medieval* days when bubonic plague swept the world from time to time. sewage into the ditch, following the Journal having brought this to the attention of the authorities. that this situation was so quickly corrected. growing and progressive community such as this town We were criticized for printing the story of this sewage problem, the official saying, "If you something nice In an editorial in our first number we stated we would not sit on anyone's fence --even a plush upholstered one. Journal's story, a condition that could be dangerous to any community has been corrected. this "was only seasonal," is being pumped We are glad In a such methods. about the town -- As a result of the April Is Cancer Month States Rotary Club Speaker Scout Paper Drive "This year the Boy Scout paper drive has been timed so that it will come right after spring cleaning," said Major Robert Ap- pleford. "The association chose May 1st this year so that our collection would take away all the waste paper that housewives collect in their annual cleaning." He went on to point out that the paper drive was one of the Boy Scouts' major fund raising pro- jects and that this time they hop- ed to collect 14 tons of paper, which will be four tons more than their previous largest collection. Qakville House Has New Owner The Oakville House, Colborne St. West hotel, has been pur- chased from George Gray by Sam Ponzo, a member of a well- known Toronto and Mimico fam- ily engaged in the fruit business. Plans for modernization, redecor- ation and enlargement of the property are already in hand. 'Chris Speyer is being retained in his capacity on the staff under the management of Ross Whit- taker, who is a boyhood friend of the new owner, and who has been At Monday night's Rotary meeting incoming-president Max Legatt presided. Before the in- troduction of the speaker he said a few simple words concerning the tragic 'death of member Haugh- ton Laird on Sunday and all mem- Bers then stood for one minute in silent tribute to their late asso- ciate, The president also ex- pressed the club's sympathy to Mrs. Malcolm Smith over the loss of her mother. Gordon Watts introduced. the speaker, A. G. Dixon, Toronto, campaign organizer for the On- tario branch of the Canadian Can- cer society. Speaking concern- the drive for membership which opens April 1st, under the sponsorship for Halton county of Oakville Rotary club, the speaker said, "Of the men in this room tonight statistics prove that four are on the way to cancer; Cancer is a dreadful word," he stated. "It is the second greatest Killer, heart conditions being the first. In the 5 years of the war which is not yet finished, approximately 41,- 000 men laid down their lives. In the same period, without fanfare in the press, almost without rec- ognition, over 80,000 citizens died of this dread disease." Pointing out that in Ontario there were at all times 20,000 victims, he stated the aim of the society was, through education, to get the public to recognize early symp- toms of this great killer as, "In its early stages cures can be ef- fected or an extension of life ing Exception to a news item in this newspaper last week which reported complaints of veterans that raw sewage was being pump- ed into a ditch at the end of Stewart Street was voiced at the council meeting Tuesday night by deputy-reeve Howard Litchfield, chairman sewer committee, S, The report, the deputy-reeve claimed, implied that sewage had been pumped in a continuous flow, whereas it had been necessary, he said, to dispose of overflow" in this way 'only on an occasional basis. Everything possible, he said, had been done under the emergency conditions created by extra housing construction to handle sewage, but flood condi- tions at certain times of the year had created a situation over which little control could be exerted with available equipment. Wide attention, he said, had been brought unfavorably to the town as a result of the Journals report, He felt that officials who assumed responsibility for public affairs should have an opportun- ity to point out that they were doing the best that was possible to fulfill their obligations. Councillor Jack Milne stated he had read the report and he felt that it was something not worth taking council's attention in the manner adopted by deputy-reeve Litchfield. "After all," said Councillor Milne, "we're here to do a job and we are expected to do it. We can't be too thin-skinned when somebody points out that some- thing is going on that shouldn't be allowed. I'm sure the editor of the Journal will be pleased to notice that his paper commands such wide attention, as Reeve Litchfield says Oakville is known from coast to coast as a result." Councillor Milne went on to say that where a condition exist- ed that permitted sewage to be dumped where children could fall into it was one that should be brought to the attention of the proper authorities. Whether this was done by a citizen or a news- paper was irrelevant, he contend- ed. The point was that condi- tions that should not exist should be known about and corrected. "Thank goodness we still have freedom of the press," he said, "and there was no libel in this report. There was open sewage, as the deputy-reeve has stated, so why not take what steps are necessary to put a fence around ; | made possible." the place because children will a resident of Clarkson and Mim-| yo" ooiehy was conducting a ~ pas a a ieo: for. many, years. (Continued on Page 6) know, And chlorine could be scattered around to Kill the odors." fe! Litchfield replied TOWN AND THE MAYOR REPORTS. By A. E. Whitaker It would appear likely that the province will impose a 20 per cent tax on amusements when the dominion lifts their tax. In this connection I wrote the fol- lowing letter to Premier Drew on Feb. 18th, 1948, Oakville, Ont, Feb. 18th, 1948 Premier Drew, Parliament Buildings, Toronto. Dear Sir: In reference to theatre tax, we understand that the Federal gov- ernment are knocking off the 20 per cent theatre tax and that Mayor Saunders intends, from what we understand, to get the provincial government to Imme- diately put the same tax back on again, On hehalf of the citizens of Oakville, the theatre managers here have agreed that when this tax is eliminated they will defin- itely discard it and give the pub- lic the benefit of the doubt, which will make it a 35¢ show instead of a 40c show. The show is one of the working men's pleasures in this commun- ity and the 35c show will be of benefit to them and we feel the price should be left at 35c if pos- sible. Thanking you, I remain, Yours very truly, Mayor of Oakville. I received an answer dated TOWNSHIP THE REEVE REPORTS By W. H. Biggar On Saturday we had planned to carry out our annual inspec- tion of roads to decide where this Un- fortunately the day was unsuit- able, so we had to postpone this trip, It has occurred to me that township residents may not real- ize under what difficulties we have to operate with regard to our roads. year's work will be done. The department permits us to spend only so much money on roads. This will be no more this year than last. We are aware that nearly every road in the township requires at least some attention--especially because dur- ing war years we had to neglect our roads--but it is not possible to do this with the funds at our disposal. Therefore we have to select the places which most re- quire attention. It is our aim to do whatever section we decide on completely so that what is spent will not be wasted, Our grades were lald out years ago for horse and buggy opera tion. Today, with motor cars the main source of travel, we have many roads that are not wide enough from ditch to ditch. As much as possible, we are trying to move the ditches back nearer the fences on these roads. I be- lieve that the ditch on many roads should go back from three to four feet on either side. This (Continued on Page 8) (rontinued on page 8) that he was not taking the'Jour- nal's report as anything person- al, He had wanted to point out that everything possible was be- ing done and the condition would be eliminated entirely when gew- age extension plans were com- pleted. He had visited the Stewart Street site, he sald, and there was no open flow of sewage at this time nor were there any objec- tlonable odors at present. In fact, he sald, one Stewart Street resi- dent had sald he did not know of the condition until he had read the Journal's report, "Well, I think the deputy- reeve has had a chance to say his plece and Counclllor Milne has sald his," sald Mayor Alf Whit- aker. "And the Journal has had its say, Let's call the thing quits at this Child Collides With Car On Sunday Bevertéy Wedlake, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mis, Samuel Wedlake, John Btreet, suffered a fractured right shin-bone, me- vere brulses to the left arm and brush burns to the right cheek when she was in collision with a car driven by Andrew Riddell, of Weston, Sunday afternoon, According to police, the little girl had been playing In m sand pit on the southwest side of Col- borne Bt. when seeing her play- mates on the other side of the street, she ran to join them and collided with the side of the car, She was treated by Dr. E, P. Sounes and taken to the Tempor- Sewage Situation Corrected Depuy-Reeve Tells Council Parking Meters VotedBy Council At council meeting Tuesday night a motion passed ex- pressing to the widow of Haugh- ton Laird the council's condol- ences over her loss and the loss of the town. A representative of a parking meter company explained for the benefit of council and a few re- tallers the advantages which would result from the installation of parking meters on Colborne Street, These meters were to be installed in conjunction with a new by-law to allow only parallel parking on both sides of the street, Councillor McMillan ex- plained. He stated he had writ- ten to five centres where meters were installed and had recelved only one unfavorable report. Approximately 100 would be required, Mr. meters Milne stated, and explained that the purchase price of $90 per unit installed was repayable out of 75 per cent of the revenue, Met- ers would be installed on a six- month trial period, Councillor Milne asked what the life of meters was considered to be, and the company represen- tative said units purchased 15 years previously were still oper- ating satisfactorily. Demonstrat- ing the meter for council, he stat- ed this was the only automatic meter now available in Canada. It would take from one to five cents, permitting parking up to 60 minutes. There was a special feature on the meter to enable the police to determine to within 10 minutes when an infraction had been committed. A motion was passed asking the company to conduct a suryey with a view to the Installation of the meters, In presenting the motion Councillor McMillan sald, "If we don't do something we are (Continued on Page 8) Street Map Ready Soon The Oukville street map being readied by the Oakville Chamber of Commerce is now at the print ers and ls expected to be on hand in the next week or 10 days. The large mailing envelopes and the accompanying memo regarding additions are already printed, Through the Yindness of Mins Green and the Water and Light Commission, the envelopes will be addressed by the Commission's addressograph machine. Twenty-five hundred coples are being printed, some 1,060 of which will be mailed to the ad- dressecs of the commission, and the balance will be available to others at a slight charge, Already orders have boon re- celved from out-of-town firms and from firms who deliver or have other business in town, The mup Is free from advertising, and at later date the map plate will be made available to 10 desire ing to use It for adver tising. Australia Still Rations Some Consumer Items "Meat and butter are still ra. tioned In Australia, sald Mr, F. Burgess, general manager the Australian unit of The Gen eral Blectric Company, when he was Interviewed in Oakville on Sunday. "But this Is more to conserve these products for ex- port than anything else, as the ration Ls most adequate." He also sald that clothing was still ra- tioned to u certain extent, pare ticularly cotton goods, It wis possible to buy a balanced wird robe each year with the coupons slpplied, he stated, although shirts and detachable collars were extremely hard to secure even with coupons. "We still have full employment although unskilled labor is be- ginning to be a little easier to J he sald, It was his opinion [4 that {economically Australia wis from 12 to 18 months behind conditions in the U.B.A. and Can- adi. "I have been impressed with how hard the members of our ary hospital. labor government work,' the ex- (Continued on Page 6) we B oad]