Hi bil hi Hi fi it i J i { Page 4 Thursday, April 19, 1951 Oakville-Trafalgar Journal Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published Every Thursday Morning In Oakville, Ont, by Oakville-Trafalgar Publishers, Ltd. 7 DUNN STREET NORTH S. Casey Wood, Jr. Vincent H. Barrey Managing Editor Advertising Manager Bill Cotton, Editorial Assistant PHONE 1298 Thursday, April 19th., 1951 Delay Is Harmful This newspaper has stated that it feels the ques- tion of the chief of police' atus was a matter which should have been settled by appointment by the mayor of special committee to investigate the matter of his efficiency. The mayor did not consider this was necessary. We are glad that the chief did. We are glad that he requested council to have a complete investigation conducted by the Attorney-General' department. We also feel he deserves credit for his announcement that, as last Monday night's meeting was cancelled, he will give council an opportunity to consider the matter before requesting the Attorney- Genera department himself. This new per considers that the chief's suit- ability for his pc s a matter of urgency to everyone in the town. Some of the elected representatives of the ratepayers, at the previous eouncil meeting, said they considered the chief was lacking in certain ways to adequately carry out his duties. If they are correct, then the town is not adequately policed. If they are incorrect, then a man is under a cloud who does not deserve it. Delay in having the investigation can serve no useful purpose -- and just so long as matters are de- layed, just that long law enforcement in this town is under a cloud. It is not good for a town to have mat- ters left in the air as they were at the last council meeting. The investigation can only be delayed, now, by lack of a council meeting, such as the missed meeting Monday night. Deputy-reeve Lauder and Councillor Gibson felt that clarification of the chief's position was an im- portant matter for the town, and attempted to have a meeting held Monday night so a decision on the in- vestigation would not be delayed. They also appear- ed, with colmncillor Wakely, to explain to the larger than average gathering of ratepayers why there was no meeting. We think they deserve commendation for this. We would urge, once more that an investigation be cleared at the earliest possible moment, and feel that all members of council who have the town's best interest at heart should make every effort to see a meeting is called as soon as possible -- and certaily not later than next Monday. The White Cane At the present time a local group is conducting a drive for funds for group of people o are not in danger of immediate and sure death -- for blindness does not kill. It does not kill in the sense of bringing the body to the grave, that is. But for the individual who suffers the fate of blindness it can kill the spirit, and the hope and the desire for longer life. Truly the weight that must descend on the spirit of those who suffer blindness must be appalling. Yet there is hope for them, and under the expert care and teaching of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, those men and women who need such help have it available. And the Institute is available to assist them because people across.the land give of their dollars to keep this work going. The list of occupational training which is given to the blind is a long one. Some of them do not bring great monetary returns when they are mhstered suc- cessfully, but the return is of another kind. A feel- ing of being useful once more, or having a place in the world again -- these must place high with those who suffer the fate of blindness. Of all the charity-supported societies .in Canada, fhe Institute for the Blind is probably the most highly thought of, and the one whose work is most apparent to anyone who can see. The newsstand vendors who serve you cigarettes and candy bars--the beautiful baskets and other work that is fashioned by the blind. There are many ways in which you can satisfy your- self, if you have any doubts, as to the value of the work which is done. The message of the White Cane is one we all recognise when we meet it on the street and it is a brave badge that the blind person wear: for it indicates that he or she has triumphed over a stroke of fate that no one would receive without great distress. So when the local canvasser asks you for a donation, think of the White Cane and be as generous as is possible. Your donation will be shar- ing your light with their kindness. Public Enemy No. 2 This year the Canadian Cancer Society is asking the people of Ontario to contribute $500,000 to con- tinue its fight to find the cause of this dread Killer. A part of the money will also be used to spread edu- cational information concerning the starting of can- cer amog the people. If caught in its early stages, cancer can often be arrested or cured. The work of informing the public concerning symptoms, and wise precautionary steps to take, is a worthwhile under- king. > But the Society goes much further than that.It contributes to research in the Sick Children's hos- pital, on the deadly leukaemia, or cancer of the blood which attacks children and, so far has proved in- curable. It also contributes to other groups of scien- tists who are working to remove this disease from the position of No. 2 killer in Canada. : : Through such research cures for other diseases which were at one time equally deadly have heen found. It might be tomorrow that one of these ETOUuDS, working with funds supplied by all of us, will hy] the cure for cancer. It may take years more--but t he struggle to remove the threat of cancer, W Eh the usually slow and agonizing death which it brings, must not stop. IT SEEMS T0 ME BY P. W. THOMPSON If a man of the present age could be transported to the mid: dle of the last century, what would impress him most would probably be the simplicity of the average family's possessions compared with those of the average family in this fortunate age. During the past century, and particularly the last few years the various artl- cles and devices considered nec- essary and desirable for human comfort and well-being have in- creased enormously. Today the family of quite modest means possesses a number of things which were not enjoyed by the wealthiest people of an earlier day. Today we have all manner of clever inventions for making life more easy and comfortable and exciting; machines for get- ting us from place to place in a hurry, for communicating in- stantaneously with other people in distant places; ingenious con- trivances to entertain and amuse us. Great factories pour forth an ever-growing flood of cars, radios, household applian- ces, sports equipment. And from the giant presses issues a tor rent of books and magazines more varied and lavish than anything our grandparents could have imagined. Production has become orie of the chief watch words of the age. This great advance in the art of making things has undeniably made us richer than our ancestors, in one sense. But there is the danger that, unless we are care- ful, it may tend to make us poor- er in another sense, by weaken- ing our personal resources. A comparison was made, not long ago, between the modern Ameri can soldier, loaded down and en- cumbered with elaborate equip- ment, and the Asiatic fighting man, restricted to the barest nec- essities but with highly trained faculties that enable him to sur- vive and keep going in the hard- est environment. There is a mor- al for us all in that comparison. We certainly do not uphold as ideal the conditions of Chinese peasants, nor would we wish to return to' those of pioneer days, when people lived in log cabins, made their own clothing and read what few books they pos- sessed by the light of a gutter- ing candle. The present age, in spite of its drawbacks, is far more comfortable, varied and in- teresting. But we should be careful that we do not permit BY BESSIE CAIRNS TRAFALGAR TALES column is written several days before publication, and I an no weather prophet. I owe an apology to our Canadian climate. I wasn't too kindly dis- posed towards it last week but one touch of spring and all is forgiven. Speaking of spring I saw the loveliest gift yesterday for a spring anniversary. About this time last year some friends of ours in Guelph were planning to celebrate their Golden Wed- ding Anniversary, Unbeknown to them the previous fall their Qaughter planted crocus bulbs in the front lawn, when spring came "Happy Anniversary a 1951" appeared in golden yellow blossoms. This year 1950 was changed to 1951 thus adding to past memories a bright promise for another year. Since my General Eisenhower's,' "I'll be darned," re-action to the Mac- Arthur dismissed calls to mind another remark made by him about the former Pacific Com. mander. After Bisenhower had served under MacArthur in the Philippines - he was asked his opinfon of that controversial per- sonality, "I studied dramatics un- der him for two years", he replied. A bit unkind perhaps but the remark points up the difference letween the two generals. Bisen- lower like a true soldier when recalled to duty obeyed his Com- mander-in-Chief and without more ado applied himself to his assigned task. MacArthur seemed to as- sume that The Supreme Com mander of all men had called him to play the leading role in a world drama. Had the Pacific Ocean lived up to its name, and there been no Pearl Harbour Eisenhower might still be playing bit parts under MacArthur. Who is to say? . . . Wars, however, are fought and won just as much by foot-sloggers as generals and the lads who volunteered for duty 'in Korea didn't do so with the idea of winning Oscars. They wanted Let us hope that the stage has now been set for them to play n to finish the job and get home. their part 5 FACTS AND FIGURES The human brain starts work- ing the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. ENCE A girdle is an elastic supple- ment to a stern reality. | thrashing I was startled, not a little tale en aback, and just a mite in- trigued this week upon reading a Reuters dispatch from Lon- don, England. "Men, if you want your mar- riage to be a success," the Item began, "give your wife a sound beating now and then." Thats' What She Solid That's the advice, the dispatch went on, that is given by the chairman (of the Cheltenham Marriage Guidance Council. And the chairman, believe it or not. is Mrs. A. R. Pelly, a married woman! ! - Here is what Mrs. Pelly told a meeting of women: "I am firmly convinced that in mar. riage a little wife-beating is a good thing. You cannot . be emancipated and equal to men in every way, and at the same time demand chivalry and seats in buses." Yes, gals, that's exactly what Mrs. Pelly said! She didn't say, however, how many times SHE has had a good, old fashioned from HER husband. However it is safe to assume that she must have submitted to a few robust wallopings, or else she wouldn't have been so unexpectedly willing to forego seats on buses. Can't Even Guess Being one of those lads who will readily admit he hasn't the faintest conception of what goes on in the feminine mind, I can't even guess the reaction tol Mrs. Pelly's remarks of all those gals who attended the. meeting in question, and the Reuters 'man was apparently too flabbergast- ed to say. But I do know what think of Mrs. Pelly. 1 think her husband should take her home, fill her own prescription so thoroughly that she'll be eat- ing off the mantle for a forth night, and then keep her right out of circulation for months to come. Where does she get off, placing temptation in the way of all the male readers of inter national news services? Not In Training Take my own case; for ins tance. I don't know how husk: a guy Mr. Pelly is, or how com- petent he may be at carrying out the advice of his unusual spouse. But I do know that if 1 attempted to eed - that ad- vice, out of condition as I rd wind up against the v am, wall PUFFS FROM THE COTTON GIN behind the kitchen stove, squint ing through a fat eye and wop dering what hit me. And for the next week ,I'd be watching the iron frying pan every time it was taken out of the cuphoarg just to be sure it was going fg be used for cooking. And aside from the physicy dangers of wife beating, one can't afford. to overlook {ny social aspects of the matter. | find it difficult enough to go myself accepted socially as it i even at Lions club crap ga_er smokers, without trying to adopt Mrs. Pelly's marital, | success formula. As ome character | know loves to point out, at any any every provocation, low can you possibly answer that ol questi; "Have you stopped beating your wife?" You cap respond with a yes or no, ang yowre ostracized regardless And being ostracized isn't any fun, as 1 had occasion to realize all too fully up to the time the Lifebuoy people started their out advertising campaign. Count Me Out It's 0.K, Mrs. Pelly, for you and all the girls of the Chelen ham - Marriage Guidance Council to absorb all the paddywacks your little hearts desire. As far as I'm concerned, your husbands can flail you until you are all black, blue and Easter, purple But just don't be coming to me with your crackpot suggestions for fostering matrimonial suc. cess. I'd rather wrestle an al. ligator or take a trip in Major Hill's barrel than listen to your nitwit theories, or just come out plump and plain and admit I'm a miserable failure maritally, As the old song puts it, I love life, and I want to live. For a while longer, at any rate. At any rate, there must be simpler and less painful ways in which to preserve the harmony of the home. So until you and your friends think up some, Mrs. Pel ly, vou can just keep well away from me. From here to Chel tenham, say. Reprovingly Yours all BILL COTTON. NEAT TRICK Feminine wile is the art of keeping -a- man at arm's length by a hair's breath. our new to domin- It would be tragic if people should become mere ad- juncts of inanimate things. The individual's personality is far more important than his posses- (Continued on Page 5) ate us. BUILDING A HAPPY FUTURE FOR BLIND CANADIANS GIVE GENEROUSLY 70 HELP THE BLIND Why Of Course... ...| SEND MY FAMILY WASH TO © LAUNDRY SERVICES THE ONLY LOCAL STEAM LAUNDRY ecause... | KNOW THEY HAD MY BUSINESS IN MIND WHEN THEY BUILT THEIR PLANT, AND THIS MEANS THEY ARE INTERESTED IN ME PERSONALLY ? THEY ARE INTERESTED IN ME BECAUSE THEY ARE A LOCAL BUSINESS AND NEED MY WASH TO MAKE A LIVING. THAT MEANS THEY'LL GIVE IT THE BEST OF ATTENTION . . . ALSO } CAN TALK TO THEM ON THE PHONE IN A MOMENT ABOUT ANY SPECIAL PROBLEM . .. 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