Page 4 Oakville- Trafalgar Journal Member Canadian Weekly papers 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 jation Thursday, May 31st., 1951 Spring Clean-up Time The Memorial hospital grounds are, at present, nich larger than is required for the hospital oper tion. The cost of maintaining the unoccupied land in a manner which will enhance the appearance of this part of town would undoubtedly be too great a strain on the hospital revenues at the present time. Yet to have the hospital area surrounded by wild growth of grass and weeds does not seem right. In the original gift deed of the land owned by the hospital, the Chisholm family specified the land could be used for the hospital, or for park purposes. This generous gift of land which today would be worth a sizeable fortune, has not, incidentally, been mark- ed by any lasting plaque or tablet in the hospital building . . . and we would suggest that the board of governors should have a suitable tablet attached to the hospital immediately so that generations to come may know by whose gift this large area of land was made available for the hospital. Today our hospital is crowded, and there is talk of an addition being required in the near future. The men who planned and built the present hospital were aware that such a need would arise and the basic facilities such as the furnace, kitchens, etc. were made large enough to handle a hospital of twice the size. But the time for that additional building has not yet arrived. And in the meantime the land lying be- yond the immediate hospital environs is running wild. Tt would seem that the deed of gift would be liv- ed up to were the unused portion to be made into park immediately. This park need not be other than a place for people to sit on hot days and for mothers to take their children to play. No extensive improve- ment of the land is necessary. If the long grass were merely cut and tended, and a few benches placed in suitable spots not too close to the hospital, the towns- folk would have another park at their disposal . . . and the entire area would be much better in appear- ance. As we have said the cost of such work would un- doubtedly be beyond the hospital . . . but it would seem reasonable, provided there were not money spent for improvements, that the Parks Board could take the unoccupied land under its wing and clean it up and maintain it. The Board of Governors could turn the land ov- er to the Parks Board on a temporary basis--possi- bly limiting the Parks Board's control of the land by the starting date of additional building of hospital facilities--which would mean it would be another park in a town which is not overly supplied with these facilities until it was required for hospital purposes. A suggestion has been miade that the hospital dispose of certain of the lands as building sites, the money derived from the.sale to help defray hospital expenses. This would be a most unwise move, as the Memorial hospital of the future might well end by occupying the most, if not all of this land. It is also a suggestion which, we believe is not permissable un- der the deed of gift--and was most certainly not in- tended if it was not specifically barred by the family that gave the land. This land should never be sold, for any purpose. Someday the hospital will need it all. IT SEEMS T0 ME BY P. W. THOMPSON A most unusual manner of spending the recent holiday was that chosen Dy two Toronto housewives, aged 60 and 70. The ladies walked from Hamilton to Toronto, covering the impressive distance of 61 miles in 14 hours. This, we feel, would be no mean feat of pedestrianism for! members of the male sex, eyen in the prime of life. For two elderly ladies it is hardly short of astounding." How many men could, do half as well, we won- der? We venture to say that If twenty average men between the ages of twenty and forty tried it, the majority of them, before they had covered a quar- ter of the distance, would be sitting by the roadside in var ious stages of exhaustion. For the fact seems to be that walking, in this part of the world at least, has become virtually a lost art. "Going for a walk" threatens to become almost as extinct a practice as jousting or falconry. While there are as few hardy and enthusiastic souls who still keep it alive, most people would about as soon push pea- nuts with their noses as take a walk merely for the fun of it. There is, in truth, little need to walk in a country like Can- ada, where Just about every sol- vent person (and possibly a few others) owns a car. Many people practically: live in their cars when not at home or at business. About the only walk _ing they ever do is between car and office, car and home, car and club, or theatre, or what- ever place may be their destin- ation. We have become a na- tion of drivers and passengers. Indeed, the average Canadian may be said to be wedded to his car. And there can be no. denying the fact that the automobile pro- vides the ideal method of getting from place to place in the short: est time, with a maximum of comfort and a minimum of exer- tion. But we cannot help feeling that people who never walk are missing something very pleasant BY BESSIE CAIRNS TRAFALGAR TALES IN FIGHTING MOOD There are so many arguments going on in Oakville and district these days that I hesitate to start another, especially with a fellow columnist on the Journal. but since Phil Thompson is no res: peter of my feelings I refuse to spare his. The other Wednesday night 1 'fackled the back-breal- ing job of ridding the lawn of dandelions; have about an acre of lawn or rather "emerald car- pet covered with flecks of gold" and for every fleck there \vere at least twenty man-eating mosquitoes. I stuck to the job as long as it was humanly possible and finally tottered Into the house, arched like a croquet hoop and covered with bites. I spent a restless might but being a cur- fous soul 1 straightened my back sufficiently next morning to struggle down to the village for my mail. At the post-office I picked up the Oakville-Trafalgar Journal and started to read it on my way home. From smiling songsters and Humane Socitey doings I skipped to People and Events, nice to read about those who had time to go places, as for me the lawn and garden promised to be a full time summer job. I turned next to Phil Thompson's column, extol- ling the beauty of the lowly dan- delion, Tt was then I saw red and decided that the wrong back had taken the beating the previous night. In fact I seriously consid- ered picking "the little golden blooms" making some nice strong wine, going completely berserk and having a physical rather than a verbal argument inside the Journal office. That day since I couldn't bend as far as the dan- delion roots I swatted the heads off instead, getting a vicarious pleasure from thinking that only distance saved Phil Thompson from a similar fate. Now that though practically every other lawn in Rockwood is scattered with gold and mine is an emerald carpet I don't feel Pcddirng Comtfrien Talking of George's Park. The display of tulips this ye, was one of the finest to be seen anywhere. The Parks Boag deserve a vote of thanks for providing us all with somefhiy, ! beautiful to. look at--which is most Worth having in (ne, times when the world outlook is so black. The combined fireworks displays arranged around the the town by the various groups are a civic improvement that all parents must welcome.' Danger is eliminated, ang all children see a fine show regardless of how much their parents may be able to spend. Let us hope they will be continued every' year: To keep the Parks Board's hat the right size--the member, should take a look at Reservoir Park. The old bandstany ig there, and it wears its age in 'a very poor manner. In other words; something should be done. There are great possi. ties in this location for a charming park. Let's see the boar do some charming here. ft The mosquitos are larger and much more angry with people this year than ever before, we're told. Maybe someone could come up with an'idea to send them to poison-pen letter writters to sting them where they deserve. quite so sadistic. I can even look over our hedge and agree with and beneficial. Walking is good for a man or woman. It gets them out of the close confinement of four walls Into the open, into the fresh air and sunshine. It ex- ercises the body and stimulates the appetite. The pedestrian can observe things in a much more leisurely manner than the mot- orist, who merely glimpses them through the windows of a speed- ing car. Strolling through the countryside, Lie can absorb the atmosphere of mature. He can stop and savor the smell of fresh grass and blossoms, can linger pleasantly by .the banks of rip- pling streams, he can hear the songs of the birds. Walking, even in this mechan- ical age, Is still a much favor ed exercise in some countries of Europe, and, it Is quite pos- sible, on other continents. On weekends and holidays young people by the thousands set out from the towns and cities. with rucksacks on their backs, cov- But while it is not required for hospital building it should not be allowed to run wild as it does at pre- sent. A park is a solution which would benefit the town--and would not entail a great expenditure of the people's money. It would provide a park for the residents of the streets at the north end of the town -- which ds a facility these residents - do not have available to them at present. The possible objection that noise would upset patients in the hospital could be handled easily, we would suggest, by making this park similar in nature to George's Park. In other words, if the land isn't levelled into baseball diamonds it should be as quiet and pleasant as Lakeside Park, and no patients would suffer. 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