Page 4 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL 'Thursday, Septemner : The Oakville- Trafalgar Journal Published Every Thursday Morning in Oakville, Ont., by Oakville - Trafalgar Publishers, Ltd. Colborne St, E. (Next Post Office) A di ion Member C Weekly pap S. Casey Wood, Jr. Vincent H. Bawrey Managing Editor Advertising Manager Phone 1298 CARE FOR YOUR CHILDREN At the present time Bronte harbor is having its face lifted. This means dredges and all the other equipment that goes with harbor building. These machines, and the work they do, are always of inter- est to the small fry of the community--and Bronte youth is no different to any other. We know we still enjoy watching such operations, and we sympathize with the enjoyment of the children, but we should like] to point out that it is not always a safe thing for little ones to be in such surroundings unless they are under the supervision of an older person. Last week a tragedy was averted, fortunately, because an older person was immediately available when a toddler went over the edge into the water. But this person was not with the children who had heen allowed to go there alone. We would like to peint out to parents that they should not permit their children to join the dredge- watchers' club alone. It is too easy for a youngster to become excited and slip into, the water. If your children must see the work, then they should be ac- companied by their elders. Bronte does not want any more accidents this year, especially involving children. OAKVILLE TAKES TO THE AIR Tonight a radio program sponsored by a group of local merchants will be aired from station CHUM --which will be Oakville's bow as 'a star of the air- waves. All residents will find the programs of inter- est, for they will consist of interviews with citizens. For newcomers, many of the facts they will learn from these interviews will be of service to bring them up to date on the history and progress of Oakville. The listening audience for these programs, which will continue for eight weeks, will be a large one in a wide radius around Toronto, and may well be the means of bringing more industry and residents to this dis- trict. The more people who hear of Oakville's ad- vantages the better--despite what "Old Resident" may have to say. A wider listening audience, Canada-wide in fact, will also hear about Oakville over the air lanes, when the program "What's Your Beef?" is broadcast from rial Exhibition which will be held in Vic- toria park rink. The 'Chamber of Commerce have done a fine job of planning for the exhibition, not only in the interests of the exhibitors and their booths, but in the attractions they have arranged. This radio program will be an on-the-spot broadcast, so that the audience will be able to see how this type of program originates. A radio program is an interesting thing to watch, for the timing and arrangements of the breaks has to be exact and calls for a well-trained group of participants. Oakville takes to the air this fall with a veng- eance, and we are confident that former residents who may have moved away for various reasons, will enjoy hearing these programs from their old town. BRIEF COMMENT Crossing Colborne Street last week we bumped into another man. He was carrying a wicker basket and looked like a township resident in for his weekly shopping. When we apologized for crashing him, he said--with disapproval--"It's getting more like New York every day." At that, maybe he's got some- thing--except we prefer it to New York. SLOGANS AWAY Recently we inquired in these columns as to when the_Chamber of Commerce would announce the winners of the Slogan Contest. We chided the Lhamber for its slowness in announcing the winners. We have been chided, in turn, for our impatience, and for not having realized that the Industrial Exhibition was the ideal spot for this announcement. CONGRATULATIONS When a town has a deserving aggregation like Oalkville's winning ball teams, so many of which are in the playdowns of their various groups, it poses us a problem. As each victory is achieved, unless it is the final one which takes an individual team the champions, a special congratulation and comment could be made. But it would be out of date almost immediately as another scalp would be hanging from the victor's belt by the time it was read. So, faced with this problem, we've decided to wait with our con- gratulations--and then say it all at the one time. "TELL-TALE LAUNDRY LINE" 1 NNN: | Trafalgar Tales By Bessie Cairns TOUGH GUYS The only time I ever witnessed a police court case in my life Mickey MacDonald was. the pris- oner at the bar. He was being tried for the murder of Jimmy. Windsor. Mickey at that time was passably good-looking, clean shaven, well dressed and self-as- sured. He had a ready answer for every question and though the lawyers in the case knew he was lying they couldn't trip him. Mickey was tough. That's over 10 years ago and if Mickey is still alive he's no doubt 10 times as tough now. His young brother followed him to the stand. He was a nervous kid, he faltered in his evidence and then looked in bewilderment at his accusers as if to say, "Please believe me, I didn't do it." I believed him and said so af- terwards to one of the defence lawyers. His only reply was, "I wish I had you on the jury." Why did I sympathize with Ed and not Mickey ? . Because he was younger. I didn't think he was old enough to be entirely lost to society. I feel the same about these gangs of youths who ave causing so much concern today. Several psychiatrists were quot- ed as saying these lads' cases were hopeless. In -my opinion their statements throw out a chal- lenge to the churches, the schools, welfare organizations and you and me, the average citizen. . . . We cannot afford '"beanery gangs." They are not only fes- tering sores on our social sys- tem, they are luxuries. . . . With the cost of living as it is today, does the average taxpayer want to keep an unlimited number of idlers in and out of the arms of the law for the next half century? I for one don't. Next week I shall tell of a challenge I accepted in the way of a bad girl. In the meantime, it might be well if every respons- ible adult, and especially 'every parent, did a little soul-searching. Let us find an answer. RURAL HEADACHES In the days when I did consider- able travelling, whenever I arriv- ed at my destination I could nev- er make up my mind which I most wanted, a bath or a cup of tea. - .. I'm settled in Trafalgar now and today my mind was made up for me. I could have neither. In other words, I have a beef. I have often maintained that a fully electrically equipped home, with an oil furnace and a septic tank, affords all the amenities of urban living to rural life and is much to be preferred. . So what! With the temperature hoy- ering around zero, by the light of a candle T hoil coffee and fry bacon in the living room fire- place, while the children run around in snowsuits. temperature zooms to 100 in the shade T go tealess and the chil- dren bathless. I realize there is a logical explanation for it all, but when I'm cold and hungry or hot and thirsty I am not logical. Had I wanted a taste of "rough- ing it in the bush" or "pioneer life," I would have settled on the shores of Hudson's Bay. I didn't. A neighbour of mine has just added her say to this tale of woe, When with a thunder-like roar the water went on tonight she found 100 gallons charged to her meter when there was still but a rusty dribble coming from the taps, I have always been and still am loud in my praises of rural life in this particular spot in Southern Ontario. All I ask is that the powers that be see to it that I remain that way. DEERHAVEN KENNELS (Reg'd) (B. K. Snider) A HOME for your Dog while you are away WASHING - WORMING; GROOMING - DEFLEAING| CONDITIONING UPPER MIDDLE ROAR Oakville - Tele. 457-J opinion for the record: Only 452 per cent of Amey, interviewed said Canadian. "good" in safe-driving only 22 per cent said q were "a fair risk" ag dpi, 9.6 per cent thought drivers were definitely us. The safety habits of pe in Ontario were rated "yoo: 46 per cent of the Amerie, | terviewed, "fair" by 272 pe, | and' "poor" by 11.6 per cent, particularly bad Canadian gy habits were scored: h traffic lanes; failure to gy, s nals before turns. Both are | by motorists everywhere 1, note lack of driving cong, tion. i Short On Courtesy. A breakdown of early figures of a showdown of American tour- ist opinion of Canadian motorists' manners and habits, being con- ducted throughout Ontario by Canadian Opinion Research, re- veals that only 59.6 per cent of American visitors give Canadian drivers a "good" rating for cour- tesy on the road; only 22 per cent say Canadian drivers are "fairly" courteous, and 6 per cent declare Canadian motorists are down- right discourteous. The balance had no comment to make. The huge influx of American tourist-motorists have no higher opinion of Canadians = as safe drivers than they have of their motoring manners. 'Those inter- viewed in the first weeks of the survey gave this unflattering Letters To The Editor ns nay) ery, of Canagy) dang So many letters have peen re- ceived in reply to our editorial on the high school situation that it is not possible to reprint them all in their entirety. We regret that we are not able to do so, as each contained much valuable comment and suggestion. But we have tried to record all points. It is perhaps understandable that parents would not wish their names to appear. But we are confident they need not have had any such fears, although we have omitted names from all letters on request. --Ed. S destry 1) Stradi ... I completely agree that un- til the area board sees fit to thor- oughly thresh out the situation to which you: refer in your out- spoken editorial last week, and about which the entire district is talking, a very unsatisfactory You May Obtain | These Books and 2 Others hoe council members should, as you suggest, make it their business to insist that this be done. ~ condition will continue to exist. With particular reference to your remarks concerning the possibil- ity of local students journeying to Toronto to school, I would men- tion that I am led to believe that some 30 pupils from this area are enrolling for high school classes at the Dominion Business college. If such is actually the case, the board would be well ad- vised to act on this matter im- mediately. sexe My wife 'and I have two children in the school and we have felt very uneasy about what we have read. But having read your editorial, we wish to say we think you have put things very well. We hope the board takes action. Pe It is scarcely fair to either students or staff of the high school that the fall term be per- mitted to get under way without a thorough investigation of the situation which has brought to a head through the wide publicity given Mrs. Carpenter's letter to the board. I can't imagine why that body has waited so long to convene to discuss the matter, and I trust the members will clear the air by settling it, one way or the other, before the new term is far advanced. Pr ork own .. . My children attend Oalk- ville-Trafalgar high school, and I haven't paid a great deal of at- tention to their complaints in the past, as I felt it was merely hu- man nature to question the meth- ods of discipline. However, I now feel that there must be some- thing radically wrong with either the board or the principal or the staff, and I would definitely like to find out where the fault lies. The implications of Mrs. Car- penter's letter to the board should be proven or disproven. +x ... When the secretary's letter was brought up at the meeting of the school hoard, the press quoted one trustee as saying he had hoped that nothing more would be said about the matter. Referring, as I took it, to the principal, he reportedly declared: "I want to see this man /have a fair chance." I agree that fair play should prevail in any busi- ness, be it public or private. That is why I cannot understand why a group of men supposedly acting in the public interest should lend passive impetus to the spreading of rumours by failing to act, and by keeping the general public in the dark as to what goes on. That is not being fair to either the principal or the public, and it most decidedly unfair to the stud- m When the ents who must go back to school wondering, as my 15-year-old son puts it, "What gives?" > Pa . the track team remained without recognition until such a long time after they had won. Par NOTICE Trafalgar Township Resi ... Commend you for the stand you have taken and hope you will press for action. . . . +x nn dents in Fire Area ... I hold no brief for any per- son or persons concerned in this mix-up. I couldn't take sides if I wanted to, because the board has drawn a veil of secrecy com- pletely over the face of the situ- ation, leaving me nothing to base an opinion upon. Such rumours as have seeped out certainly indi- cate that harmony does not pre- vail. I absolutely agree with your editorial suggestion that the whole business should be discuss- ed from every angle at an open eeting of the board. Parents are entitled to know what actual- ly has happened, what steps the board plans to take. ox orow x No. The Fire Call 2 .. . As a friend of Principal has beer Blake, I feel I should thank you for taking the stand you have. . . . ... If the stories we hear about i EK OK Kk the principal elsewhere are true they should be proved, or dis- proved. 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