Oakville-Trafalgar Journal, 14 Jun 1951, p. 11

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Thursday, June 14, 1951 ei WOMEN'S AUXILIARY OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL the plans for the annual exhibit- ion of the Can. Gladiolus. Society sponsored by the chapter which Will take place in Victoria Hall on Aug. 17 & 18. Committees were formed and convenors ap- soon detected some flaws in those He was impressed by the when he explained the too sudden modulations from one key to another it was quite easy to see where improvements fields. melody and explain the story. Remember, ""T Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls," "Then Yowll Rember Me," "The Heart Bowed Down," and others all from the Bohemian Girl. I don't there is a vocalist who, at pointed. Upwards of 100,000 (could be made without interfer-|some time or another has mot in | spikes of blooms will be on dis-|ing with the melody. cluded these songs his pro- play. Representatives from all{ The music admired most in the | gramme. I sometimes think that Quality Venetian Blinds provinces will be present, and | world today is the melodious mu-| certain songs, mot merely the A their annual meeting will take|sic. Take the operas, the most| voice, have helped a great deal to Custom Made THURS. - FRI. - SAT. place during the show, Mrs. Cope- land disclosed. There will be a famous symphonies, and a lot of the so-called highbrow music, | ers. establish the reputation of sing- For instance, when I hear Guaranteed Two Years VB nr , 195 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL i Fi Page 11 plo 3 : -- esarial los] WHITE OAK MUSIC ALBUM | Selling Incentive FOR... | The Memorial Idea he wma. | go wor ie pene | BUILDING I BY e: ] CHAPTER PLANS Ll tickets on the Lions Club car Monument built of Melody is a magic word. So| draw in an endeavor to share | : : magic that if a composition has| the good fortune enjoyed last ATER ALS I A enduringieraniteion FLOWER S enough of it any flaws in mus-| summer by the Charlie Snow- marble symbolic in ical construction can often be| balls, they may rest assured -- SEE-- sien and reverent in! purpose, Testi forgiven. As a matter of fact| that the ticket seller who fills design ar Sr burpose, resting The members of the White Oak | the flaws will not be noticed be-| in their stub is just as anxious in surroundings of peace and beauty, Chapter LO.D.B. met Thursday at| cause the melody Is the only| to have them win as they are. a tribute of respect and honor to the oe nn at the home of Mrs. | thing uppermost in the mind of| This year, you see, the seller lL es : 7 diate '. Hindmarsh for a luncheon | the hearer. of the winning ticket on the AN J dead, a constant source of inspiration meeting. Mrs. A. H. Downey pre-| I had an occasion just.a week| gleaming new Pontiac. wing Dundas, St, WD So 76 | to the living . . . siding ago to sit in a committee of three | himself a television set! Ac- ANY , Mis, W. Ford reported that the |to pass judgment on a composit- cording to carnival § 0 k ill M t boxes of clothing for Britain were |ion, as to whether it would be | Harold Orr, the popular annual aKVvilie onumen OrKsS ready, and wool was given out|suitable for a certain theme, Lions event is shaping up nice- LERS Latter for summer knitting. $25.00 was| As soon as I heard it I was| ly, and promises to be one of ANADA Cemetery Lettering--Monuments Cleaned gored for uniforms for the Pipe| favorably impressed, and by the| the most interesting and succes. : 90 COLBORNE ST. W. OAKV and. Mrs. Frank Smith read an|time I heard it through twice I| ful yet. oronto : ILLE article from a London paper, in| was humming the melody myself. 374 Which the writer dealt with Am-| However, one of the committee eriean criticism of British policy. [who knows about the harmonics, |lection of beautiful ballads, with Mrs. W. Copeland reported on |modulations and theory of music|some chatter here and there to unis |B tea court for the public and a there are usually a few bars| that beautiful temor song, "Then banquet for members. Ticket| where a definite melody is re-| Youll Rember Me" I fmmediately # ; UN E 2 1 2 sales open shortly, she stated. | membered and the rest of it will think of the late John McGor. REPAIR and LAUNDRY | ourse J » y -- ve worgotten. mack. | Ee Ton Michael William Balfe was a| Balfe was born in Ireland, May SERVICE 2 TO 5.30 P.M. oon who wove melody into all|15th, 1808 and he went to Lone : his music. At heart, it could be|don in 1823 where he apprenticed 1 Qualit Meats said he was a ballad writer. Even | himself to an organist and music I ICY Gardens to be visited are those of R. H. New, Harry y his most famous work, the "Bo-| teacher. He could play a view, | P enetian Blind Laundry cialty Grierson, Dr: H. C. Scadding, J. E. Hammell, Hon. Fruits & Vegetables hemian Girl," was really a col- and got a job in a theatre or- Ray Lawson, Frank Pullen, T. R. Jarvis. Tea to be G . chestra. It was the Drury Lane Mfg. Co. i served in Mr. Hammell's garden, 3 to 5.30 p.m. roceries po ear -- 18 | 1 pl Ld PHONE at the stage in life where he did PHONE 859 TICKETS $1.50 EACH, FOR COMPLETE TOUR, INCLUDING TEA Tickets may be purchased at any garden entrance. Free transportation will be provided between the gardens and frond the post office. Proceeds will be used to purchase electrically heated food tray trucks for the hospital. 1020 (Prompt Delivery) CARLOAD GROCETERIA R. E. Harris, Prop. Dresden Blue PAINTS sparkle against RULCRAFT Cor Sihome not know what particular branch of music he wanted to work at. He had a very good voice, so good that he studied in Italy for some time and actually made his debut singing Figaro in the Bar- ber of Seville of Rossini. The critics of the day did not think quite so highly of his voice as did Balfe himself, and he ney- er made his mark as a vocalist. The story is told that one night he was sitting in a theatre in London listening to a performance when one of his own ballads was sung. He was so excited that he SUMMER STORAGE OF WINTER CLOTHING FOR FREE PICK-UP AND rose up in his seat and said that it was his composition, but he was told to sit down and called a braggart and a liar. That Incl dent revealed to Balfe what he a place in the hearts of all Eng- lish speaking peoples principally for their melody, melodies, which once a person hears them, they hum them as they go about their daily tasks. Winner of the Week If D. M. 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