1951 can get ze part. d being AGES Dakville- Trafalg Journal Vol. 4, No. 8 Entered, 2nd. Class Mail, Ottawa THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1951 20 Pages 5 cents a copy, $2.00 per year In advance DR.-D. C. BRUNTON LOCAL SCIENTISTS SEEX ATOMIC ANSWERS, SPECIALIZE IN INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS Last autumn, when Alberta oil began to gush through the great 1200 mile pipeline strung out across the prairies from Edmon- ton to the lakehead; the men most | of vitally concerned with this head long eastward rush of black gold were thankful for a new science that assured them the oil would- n't get stuck along the way. Yes, Interprovincial Pipe Line officials just sat back and relax- ed. They knew that,-ahead of the oil, a newly developed, radioactive "pig" or plug was bobbing along, and that a Geiger counter held over the line would perk up when it reached the pig. If the pig was not moving, they'd kiow about it immediately. But right here in Oakville, When all that oil started its long jour- ney, there were: four sets of the most tightly 'crossed fingers in Canada. They belonged to the topflight team of four scientists who comprise Isotope Enterpris- es, and who were responsible for designing the new tracing meth- d. Last week, a feature article in the FINANCIAL POST paid tri- bute to the quartet whose efforts represent Canada's first attempt lic weights, terminology down to the bare es- sentials of the layman, let's just quote the Encyclopedia Brittan- ica. An isotope, it asserts, is a term applied to substances which, though they have different atom- have identical chem- ical properties. Scores of radio- active isotopes are available for of i by private enterpr to push the methods and materials of atomic research into industry. The oil tracing technique, you see, is just a part of the service 'these four men are providing to bring the benefits of the Chalk River atom project into practical peacetime use. 'Who where and what are Iso- tope Enterprises? And what, to begin_with, is an isotope? _ 'Well, the gentlemen in ques- ition could' cope much better with the latter question than can this reporter. But to jerk scientific dustrial tech- niques, and the new Chalk River setup will considerably augment the supply. 2 Isotope Enterprises is Canada's lone parallel to similar organiza- tions operating with sucess in Britain and the U.S. Its base of operation is a modest building at the rear of Arrow Paper's Eigh- th. Line plant. And according to its officials, it operates, first to act as an engineering and consul (Continued on Page 7) SEALS DRIVE RESPONSE SATISFACTORY "Although" we are still short of our objective, the contributors have been generous in their Tes- ponse to our appeal," Stan Otton, committee chairman of the Hal- ton County Tuberculosis assn. Christmas seals campaign, report- ed this week. The drive is spon- sored in this district by the Lions Club of Oakville. There are some residents who have not yet made their contri butions who are being counted upon to help the committee reach it's goal, Mr. Otton stated. "I feel, however, that the fine sup- port to date, which has brought in $4,047.58 through the sale of Christmas seals, is a vote of confidence in the control work our local tuberculosis assn. has carried on and is planning for 1951," he added. SEE SATURDAY SKATING PARTY SOON AS WELDING CREW FINISH Indicator Yes! Second time through "Born Yesterday" played ta'a capacity house Saturday night, with an only slightly smaller crowd Friday night. The presentation of the Oakville ' Club Players Group was screened by an ad- judicator Saturday night for acceptance in the Ontario Dra- ma Festival contest In March. Official notice as to the decs- ion will not be received until the end of the month, but the judge ptated he had enjoyed the performance. ~The repeat performance revealed @ great deal of polishing and hard work, and the supporting cast particularly revealed a marked improvement. \ But the entire presentation went with an in creased tempo as a result of less necessity, and a familiar- ity | by principals , with their parts. TOLERANCE STILL HAPPINESS KEYNOTE, ROTARIANS TOLD BY RADIO'S OLD PHILOSOPHER Flashes of wit and pearls of® wisdom from the lips of radio's 01d Philosopher amused and edi- fied Oakville Rotarians Monday evening. Savoring his talk liberal ly with jokes and anecdotes, the speaker, Alex Phair, kept his aud- ience in roars of laughter, while giving them something more ser- ious to ponder. "All men want above everything else is to be respected," he declar- ed. "They want respect more than power, admiration, fame or even love. They try to be respected, but many of them go about it the wrong way, even though their in- tentions are good." "Any man can become master of his fate insofar as he is able to adjust himself to the condit- continued. He made a strong ap- mas ah te SE LIONS INVITE TEACHERS TO EDUCATION NIGHT More than 60 staff members of Oakville and district schools have been invited to attend the annual "Hducation Night" dinner of the Lions Club of Oakville, to be held in Victoria hall tonight (Thurs: day). Recreation director Ted Kennedy will be the principal speaker. peal for more tolerance nd un- derstanding. "There seems to be a need just now for all the toler- ance and kindness and consider- ation of our fellowmen that we can summon," declared Mr. Phair. "This is pretty much a time. of selfishness and brute force. Reason seems to be in the discard. That is what 'ails individ- uals and nations." ICE COMPANY DOUBLES EFFORTS TO MAKE UP TIME A sudden burst of activity on the part of Canadian Ice, who are installing the nine miles of pipeline. and "accompanying arti- ficial ice making machinery, may yet provide a gleaming surface for a public skating party at the new arena two Saturdays hence. That, at any rate, is the fervent hope of Fred Turner, committee member in charge of construc- tion. Failure of Canadian Ice to put a promised gang of welders to work has caused the committee a great deal of concern, as this fail ure was regarded as the major bottleneck in the bogged down drive to have ice available at a much earlier date. "We had been assured ice would be ready much earlier, and committee members were both surprised and very disappointed when the Christmas skating party failed to material- ize," Mr. Turner declared. "Even then, we were told the delay would be a very brief one." Matters came to a head last Tuesday, when the ice machinery firm still had only three men on the job, he said. Officials of the company drove out from Toronto in response to an urgent Turner summons, looked the situation over, and quickly put on four more men. By Wednesday noon, the speed-up was noticeable and work was progressing smoothly. "Now they tell me they'll be finished before we have the other pre-skating details under control," announced Mr. Turner, yesterday, smiling broadly for the first time in days. "But I'm taking steps to see that that doesn't happen. Welding should be finished by tonight (Wednesday) and a test should be possible next Tuesday. If cracked ice is required in mak- ing the first surface, the company assures me it will be rushed out. So it seems as though Jan. 27 may be the date we've waited for so long." DR. STEWART UTILIZES MEASURING DEVICE TORONTO MEN BUY MURRAY William Wilkins and Milton S. Carman, both of Toronto, have purchased the New Murray hotel, it was announced this week by Gordon Reid and Thomas Hod- ges. It was the second time in two years that the venerable Navy St. hostelry has changed proprietorship. No purchase price was announced. Mr. Wilkins, who has operated a downtown tobacco business for the past several -years, told the Journal vesterday that Mr. Hod- ges will stay as manager. Mr. Carman' is at present completing a university course. MULTIGRAPHING MACHINE LATEST AUXILIARY GIFT TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL A Gestetner multigraphing ma- chine is the latest gift to the hos- pital by the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Women's Aux- iliary. Purchase of this new de- vice, which will greatly facilitate office work at the hospital, was announced at an executive meet- ing of the Auxiliary last week. It was also announced that the Oakville 3rd Pack of Brownies had sent a subscription to the Readers' Digest to the hospital. The Auxiliary will hold its an- nual meeting and election of of- ficers at the Oakville Club at 2.30 p.m. Wednesday, Japuary 81. Members and guests will be en- tertained at tea by Lady Baillie, the president, after the meeting. Speaker at the meeting will be Mrs. Arnold C. Burke, immediate past president, Toronto Western Hospital Women's Auxiliary. SCOUTS GET OPTIMIST AID "So popular has the Boy Scout movement become, we have more than 5 million Scouts in all parts of the world," district commiss- foner Scotty Fleming Monday night told, members of the Opti- mist Club of Oakville at the reg- ular dinner meeting at Riverside Lodge. Mr. Fleming outlined the growth of the Scout movement for club members, who haye re- cently formed a group committee to assist one of the town's Scout troops. Thumbnail sketch for the meeting was given by Optimist Bill Henwood. MCDERMOTT NAMED S.S. BOARD CHAIRMAN C. J. McDermott was réelected chairman of the St. Mary's Sep- arate School Board, and Frank Cornin was re-elected secretary- treasurer, at the board's inaugur- al meeting Tuesday evening. The board passed a resolution pro- testing against the sale of objec- tionable publications on local newsstands, and asking the sup- port of citizens to haye these publications removed. CARPET regent of DE. an DISPLAY QUEEN'S Mrs. Malcolm Smith, White Oak Chapter, LO. Mrs. A. H. Downey, Vv regent, will attend a special preview of Queen Mary's carpet at the G. W. Robinson store, Hamilton, next Wednesday evening. The carpet will be on view to the public Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week, from 9.30 to 5. DICK DEFEATS LITCHFIELD IN GLOSE CONTEST T0 BECOME NEW HALTON COUNTY WARDEN Kenneth Y. Dick, reeve of Mil- ton, was elected warden of Hal ton County for 1951 at the county council's inaugural meeting on Tuesday, defeating Reeve Howard Litchfield of Oakville by three votes. Mr. Dick received 14 votes and Mr. Litchfield 11. W. G. Mar- shall, reeve of Georgetown, only other nominee for the office, withdrew his name. Turning point in the vote came when Trafalgar township repre- sentatives, who control four votes, tendered their support to Mr. Dick. Had the Trafalgar vote been cast for Mr. Litchfield, Oak- ville's reeve would have marked up a 15 to 10 margin. Father Officiates Following his election, the new warden was sworn into office by his father, W. L Dick, K.C., form- er crown attorney for Halton. "You have today reached the highest office in the municipal life of the county of Halton," de- clared the proud father, after shaking his son's hand, "I con- gratulate yor The new warden thanked coun- cil for his election and welcomed the new members, Emerson Ford, Trafalgar, J. Stewart and J. Har- graves, Acton, Charles Palmer, Nelson, Edgar Ellenton, Nassag- aweya, George Haswell, Burling- ton, and W. J. Higgins, Milton. Steps 'should be taken he believ- ed, to ensure completion of the new assessment by June. He urg- ed the formation of a committee to provide furnishings for the new county home, completion of which is expected about a year from now. trike Committee Much of the afternoon was tak- en up in striking standing com- mittees for the year, which are as follows: Finance: W. J. Hig gins, chairman, K. R. MacDonald, Emerson Ford, B. R. Lauder; printing and education: J. Har- graves, G. Haswell, C. Palmer, G. W. Thorpe; county buildings: Jos. Wickson, H. Litchfield, W. G. Marshall, G. Leslie; Bomitel: H. D. Allen, J. Stewart, W. Marshall, C. Palmer, E. Eo Lauder; agriculture and re; forestation: G. Currie, E. Ford, C. Palmer, J. Stewart, H. D. Al- len; special communications: BE. Ellenton, G. Leslie, W: J. Higgins, G. Haswell; county roads: G. Thorpe, G. Currie, H. D. Allen, Jos. Wickson, E. Ellenton; as- sessment: W. G. Marshall, G. Leslie, H. Litchfield, G. Thorpe, J. Hargraves; Halton County Home: H. Litchfield, K. R. Mac- CHOIR SHARES SPOTLIGHT WITH PIANIST Once again, on Friday evening, the musicloving public of Oakvilla enjoyed a rare musical treat, when several hundred people gath- ered in the high school auditorium to hear the [Toronto Men Teach- ers' Choir and Miss Margaret Ann Ireland, pi: It was the sec- ond of the OakvilleTrafalgar MARGARET ANN Home and IRELAND School Association concert series, and the size of the audience testified to the growing popularity of these ex- cellent concerts. Whereas the previous concert in the series had been entirely (Continued on Page 8) Donald, G. Haswell, Jos. Wickson, J. Hargraves, G. Currie. Council adopted a motion, mov- ed by E. R. Lauder and seconded by Howard Litchfield, the two Oakville members, that a fire committee be named by the war- den to investigate the adyisabil- ity of a mutual ald program for civil defence action. Meet Jan. 30 "Just before the meeting adi journed, Mr. Litchtleld congratu- lated Mr. Dick on his election as warden. The next meeting of council will be Jan. 30, and there will be no February meeting. TOWN RESIDENTS AVID READERS, LIBRARIAN'S REPORT SHOWS New books to the value of $960 were purchased for Oakville Pub- lic Library in 1950, it was reveal- ed at the annual meeting of the library board Monday evening. According to the records of Mrs. Elspeth Young, librarian, there are now 22,978 volumes of fiction and 7,375 of non-fiction in the li- brary. Total circulation for the year was 39,833, an Increase of 3501 over 1949. Circulation of juvenile books was 9,480. During the year 703 new borrowers were added. Two exhibits were held, one of British book designs, the other in connection Canada Week. A. D. Hitchcox was re-elected chairman of the board. New mem- bers are J. Peat, H. R. Ostrom and Peter Watters. Committees were appointed as follows: Fin- ance: A. D. Hitchcox, chairman, . V. Brown, H. R. Ostrom, P. Watters; book committee: Raden, chalrman, J. Peat, M. McDermott, Miss May Dennis. It was decided to purchase two! entertainment films for children. These will be the first films ac- quired by the library board for the mew projector, all the other: films being on loan. with Young STAGGERED HOURS DEBATED AT BOARD INAUGURAL MEETING Alan Weatherstone was re-elect- ed chairman of Oakville public school board at fits Inaugural meeting Tuesday eveni R. D. Appleford was named vic chairman. Committees were ap- pointed as follows: Property: W. B. Shipley, D. Conachie, Stuart tion: Mrs. Malcolm Smith, hair. man, D. B. McConachie, Stuart Wark; Finance: Dr. Appleford, chairman, W. B. Shipley, Mrs. Malcolm Smith. Trustee McConachie, the member of the board, stated he had recelved a complaint regard- ing the "staggered hours" system now employed due to the ghort- age of school-room space. "It Is believed that this system is the best all-round solution from the stand-polnt of the health of the children," Chafrman Weath- erstone explained. "It Is better to have a staggered hours class than put children Into some places where proper facilities might not be available." According to Principal M. Holmes of Central public school there are a total of 95 pupils in the staggered hours class, about half that number going to school in the morning and the other half In the afternoon. Mr. Weath- erstone pointed out that this ex- pedient would have to be contin. ued untll June. It Is hoped that the new addition to Westw school will be ready by Septem- ber, Trustee W, B. Shipley was authorized to make arrangements Recreation Director Ted Kennedy for skating for public school pupils at the new arena rink. The board accepted an of fer from the Ontario Safety Lea gue to give safety lectures to public school pupils.