Oakville-Trafalgar Journal, 11 Jan 1951, p. 9

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KVILLE The Oakville-Tr Thursday, January 11, 1951 SECOND. afalzar Journal Page 9 SECTION COUNTY COMMENTARY Halton Inventors Join Fight Against Snowdrifts Two snow plows, both invented vy Halton residents, are now in production in shops at Hornby and Campbellville, The inventors are George W. Brigden and Teslie Lowe, who have designed special- ized plows, one for township and county roads and the other for town and city streets: Low's whirlwind Snow Loader was dem- onstrated at many county points Jast winter, as was Brigdens Cylin- der Snowfly. The former unit is a rotary outfit which whirls the downy stuff up over the side: walk or onto a truck, while the Snowily forces the snow up and out to the sides of the road, being capable of throwing heavy banks a distance of 40 to 50 feet in eith- er direction. FIRST IN LINE Bditor Orloff Dills, of the Acton Free Press, once again was the first resident of that town to at- tach new licence plates to his car. Mr, Dills has been the first pur- chaser of auto digits every year since the markers were first issued in Acton. PROJECT CHOP SUEY. Although Milton's new town council may not manage to em- ploy the wisdom of Confucius. this year, municipal legislators got away on the right foot last week. First "meeting" of the mew year saw members of council strike right at the root of things by piling into cars and driving to Toronto's Lichee Gardens, where they en- joyed a full Chinese dinner as guests of Mayor C. H. Heslop. GOLDEN WEDDING Councillor Thomas J. Lyons and Mrs. Lyons, of Georgetown, last week marked their golden wedding, when scores of friends called to offer congratulations. Members of ploneer district families, the cou- ple were married in Norval, and Mave been Georgetown residents since 1935. HIT NEW HIGH Burlington last week reported a new high in building permits is- sued for 1951, the figure reaching $1,860,225. This amount surpas- sed last year's total by a healthy 40 percent, and was helped along by a new $400,000 school and the $100,000 arena. CHART FINE FIGURES Jack and Bill Featherstone, of Trafalgar, have been turning out some great records on their three daughters of Fairy Raleigh Zana, the former long distance champ- ion, aside from claiming a gratify- ing quota of show-ribbons, Four- year-old Avonlea King's Raleigh Zana is listed first with 12,706 Ibs. of milk and 724 Ibs. of fat in 365 days, while Avonlea Records Zuzanna posted 11,675 Ibs. of milk in 305 days at her last lac- tation. DAVIS HULL PRAISED BY PERIODICAL A boat built by Bob Davis of Oakville forms the subject of an article in a recent issue of Boating Magazine, published in Toronto, "Kaihi" is the name of the craft, a utility fishing runabout built for E. A. Mabee. Its home port is Gan- anoque, on the St. Lawrence in the Thousand Islands district. "The workmanship is superb in keeping with the reputation which Mr. Davis has established, says the article, describing the boat. "The owner reports she does twenty real miles per hour and loses but little speed with four or five people aboard." Kai-hi, the reader is informed, is the Samoan word for fisherman. fo Children Built by the donations of citizens and organizations who had recognized the great work of the 75-year-old Hospital for Sick Children, this handsome new building will be formally opened on Jan. 15 as the future home of the hospital. versity Avenue, Toronto. it will contain the finest in equipment, capable of meeting the needs of the largest out-patient, as well as in-patient, demand in the world. Entire floors will also be devoted to research, maintaining the hospital's record as the major research centre in child diseases in the world. During the week of Jan. 15, the hospital will be open to visitors, and the trustees have ex- tended an open invitation to everyone to view it before its little patients are moved in two weeks later. Standing on Uni- treatment and laboratory WHITE OAK CHAPTER WELCOMES THREE NEW MEMBERS . The White Oak Chapter held its first meeting of the year at the home of Mrs. S. Lambert, Lake- shore Highway West. Members. were greeted by a gaily decorated oorway and this holiday spirit and decoration prevailed through- out the house and gave members a feeling that the festive season had thus been returned to them. The attractive red tapers and seasonal poinsettas of the tea table enlivened even a nomination meeting. The Regent, Mrs. Malcolm Smith, opened the meeting by reading the editorial from "Echoes" which urged that all try to pro- long the spirit of giving and good will to hasten the time of peace and brotherhood. Mrs. W. King read a letter o gratitude and thanks for a Christ mas basket. Mrs. T. Smith re ported concerning party held for New bers, Mrs: A. A. Francis, Mrs. R. Peat and Mrs. Harry Hindmarsh, Jr, were welcomed. the Christmas Canadians of the district. Three new mem- 'TEEN TOWN By Don Lovegrove During the last few months the teen-agers of Oakville have wat ched with intense interest the construction of the new Commun- ity Centre. As the huge beams arched skyward they saw a dream true . . . an artificial ice to accommodate their sporting needs. With old man winter being sparse with his frigid elements during the past few years skating and hockey en- thusiasts have been forced to travel out of town to enjoy their favorite pastime. Soon this will all be erased. Construction men are working at top speed in an attempt to provide an ice sur- face as soon as possible and should haye it in operation before the end of January. All in all the future looks bright. With this in mind the Teen Town Council has turned this Friday evening's activities over to their Arena Committee and all receipts will be given as a dona- tion to the campaign committee. Admission for this Friday only, will be members 25c; non-mem- bers 50c. Let's see everyone out to support this worthwhile ef- fort. With the New Year's over and everything back to normal, yours truly found time to sit back and enoy a few minutes reading the weekly newspapers. As I thumbed my way through the Montreal Standard I came upon an article which interested me greatly and which deserves some attention by all teen-agers. As a rule I am not a follower of Kate Aitken's column, but when a dis- tinguished columnists labels her column "Necking and Flirting," it can serve to rise a great amount of curiosity. Kate Aitken's im- pressions of teen-age petting, as she called it, was something to behold, and she deals wonderfully with causes, cures and the teen- ager's view of the subject. Take it from me and don't miss this one! Always ready with something new, Bev Hills our refreshment convener came up with delicious hot chocolate and donuts to fill the menu last Friday. Very de- licious if we may say so. Elizabeth Taylor's claim to adult stardom is complete except for one small detail, which Liz plans to clear in the near future. Court proceedings are being pre- pared for her divorce from Nick Hilton and she will have her name placed on the Hollywood divorce lists, true claim to fame in the fickle film capital. i another FUEL OIL SHORTAGE is MOST OIL COMPANIES ARE REFUSING NEW HEATING CONTRACTS lY COAL IS DEPENDABL IN SPITE OF WARS, STRIKES, ETC. THE COAL INDUSTRY ALWAYS CARRIES ON LOOKING AFTER OLD AND NEW CUSTOMERS ALIKE. 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