hursday, April 19, 1951 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Page 13 HAWAIIAN GUITAR LESSONS By Appointment Only ED. SLATER Phone 176 MUSIC ALBUM It is a strange thing that the world's most famous lullaby has been written by a bachelor 1 am referring to the famous Brahms Lullaby. Everybody at one time or another Has heard this lullaby, not knowing it by name maybe, but recognizing it ag soon as they heard it. One would thing that someone like Bach, with his twenty chil Too Busy To Get Ready For A Party? FANCY CAKES, COOKIES & SANDWICHES HORS D'OEUVRES Showers, Parties, Weddings, Special Occasions F MORGAN-BROWN CATERING SERVICE Phone Oakville 616421 Daily .... Sat. Carsten Glahn R.O. Optometrist 163 Colborne Street -- TELEPHONE 1375 -- OFFICE HOURS 9.00 to 5.30 Evenings 9.00 to 12.30 Mon. and Thurs. 7 to 8 Or By Appointment ian Oakville - Opti | wrote dren, would have had more reason for writing a lullaby. Maybe he did, but it was never famous. like the one which Brahms wrote. Brahms wrote his famous lul- laby for the infant son of close friends, and dedicated it to the boy's mother, Frau Faber. In- cidentally, it was written in 1868 when Brahms was 35 years of age. Bertha Faber was a Viennese concert singer who sang in a ladies choir in Hamburg when Brahms was the conductor. She married a well-to-do man, Arthur Faber and it was for their child that the lullaby was writ ten as a gift, the only gift he felt he could give at that time. Officially the Lullaby Is known as Opus 49, No. 4, and Brahms had written a lot of music up to this time. He Is characteriz- a very humble man, and certainly the lullaby can be sald to be humble and simple; In these two attributes we very often find greatness. It is the humility and simplicity of the Lullaby which makes it great. Heavens knows it has been jaz zed and crooned and rendered im many diabolical forms, but 'it still remains Brahms' Lullaby. Brahms showed a humorous trait when he said in a mote to, fhe Fabers, "My song is sulable for a boy or a girl so that you will not have to order a new one each time." He wrote several lullables, did Brahms. Mozart and Schumant them, but these are hardly ever heard of. 1 remem: ber one by Barnby YOUR ORKVILLE ¥ p MRS. J. F. GRAYDON There is not much in the way of news this week, but all packs and companies are busy with routine work and there Is an increasing demand for both Guide and Brownie uniforms. Some of the new rectuits find the price of a new uniform a little beyond their means and we are always grate ful when old uniforms can be made available at a nominal charge. The spirit of the Move ment is that, on the part of the girls themselves, money should be earned and not solicited. Please telephone 2164 if you have a Guide or Brownie uniform you would like to dispose off. Quoting fromthe Guide book on policy, Organization and Rules, Girl Guiding offers a' programme local Choral Society has been practising, but nome of them reached the heights of the one and only one Brahms' Lullaby. Winner of the Week if J. 0. ANDERSON, 80 Queer Mary Drive, will present himself at the Hox office of the Century theatre, any night next week, he and another guest will be admit which they ted free as guests of the Journal. JIN BAILLIE NEW COMMODORE AS SQUADRON READIES SAILS BY BETTINA MASSON On April 11th the Oakville Yacht Squadron held their an- nual meeting in St. Jude's Parish Hall. The election of officers was held and the plans for the coming season were discussed. Commo- dore Bill Macrae was in the chair. The following officers were elected unanimously: Jim Baillie, Commniodore; Jim Roberts, Vice- of training in citizenship for Girls. The Patrol System, pat- terned on the democratic system of government, develops powers of selfreliance, observation, and thoughtfulness for others, en- couraging girls to accept respon- sibility, and to learn for them selves many crafts and services which are also useful to the pub- lic. Outdoor meetings, camping, hiking, woodcraft and nature lor- es give girls healthy adventure and a physical fitness, which in- crease thelr ability to become homemakers. Membership in the Movement leads to lasting friend- ships 'and an increased uider- standing of girls of other lgnds. The Movement is non-political and its desire Is to co-operate with other educational organizations. The local association is busy with plans for the annual Guide Tea to be held next month, the date to be announced later, and urgently requests the support of all parents of Guides and Brown- ies and their friends. : CLARK' SERVICE CENTRE AUSTIN SALES AND SERVIGE INVITES YOU TO DROP IN AND SEE THE NEW 1951 AUST * SEE. THE FEATURES ¢ DRIVE IT YOURSELF Commodore; Don Macrae, secre- tary-treasurer; Pork Munro, Fleet Captain for the Snipes; Bob Ap- pleford, Fleet Captain of Prams; Al Masson, Chairman of the Sail- ing committee; Alex MacKay, chairman of entertainment com- mittee; Doug Armour, member- ship. Last year the Squadron sailed Snipes for the first time, having then a fleet of ten. The Snipes have more than come up to ex- péctations and proved pleasing in every wiy. Lake Ontario can of- fer some very trieky sailing even for the more experienced sailors. It was found that éven When a Snipe dumped and it can Happen to the best of sailors, these boats are very easily righted and ship very little water. This year the Snipe fleet has been increased to fifteen with delivery of the newest ones promised for June 1. The O.Y.S. has a fleet of 18 prams of which 4 are for sale this year. It is hoped to keep these 4 in Oakville, €o anyone inter ested in purchasing a Pram and sailing with the Squadron ean get further information from Dr. Bob. Appleford. The O.Y.S. is now a member of both the L.S.SA. and the L.YR.A. The former association is Holding a large regatta on the ist. of July at Port Credit in which all types of small sailing craft, from all over the lake, will take part. The O.Y.S. are hoping to send down some of their boats to race. On Thursday, April 19, mem- bers of the Squadron have a very interesting and instructive eve- ning in store for them. Paul Me: Laughlin of the R.C.Y.C. is com- ing out to Oakville to give a chalk talk on team racing and on the rules of sail racing. Mr. McLaughlin was a member of the Canadian Olympic Team In the last games in the dinghy section. It is felt that if the squadron Is going to broaden its scope of rac- ing it must learn more abot team racing. t Junior sailing activity will be stepped up this year by the squa- dron. For the last two years jun- fors were given Instructions in sailing on the Prams on Saturday mornings by senior members. This will be continued again this year. Dean Wilkes and Miss Ruth Riffenstein were both present at the annual meeting. Mr. Wilkes is head of the Sea Scouts and Miss Riffenstein of the newly- formed Sea Rangers, an oraniza- tion for the girls. The squadron Is going to try and work out a pro- gram for the junior members that may tle in with that of the Sea Scouts and the Rangers. The purchase of a small out- board motor boat to be the "work boat" of the O.Y.S. 1s now being considered. The membership and fleet of hoats is now so large that such a boat is an absolute neces- sity. It is hoped that the women members of O.Y.S. will take a big: ger part In the various sailing ac- tivities this year and a program divected largely in thelr Interests will be set up. 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