on the ike the telling director bursday, July 5, 1961 LETTERS to Editor, Oakville-Trafalgar Journal, y there are a lot of 'South Trafalgar if we ige by the meeting held we Trafalgar township hall "June 11th. And 1 agree with fost of them. \ planning board had been ap: with only one elected tative of the property and he was the chairman board. Does this not bar » voting, except in case of iis vote? These property owners ("re usually more trouble 0 benefit, as can be found by ing to the trouble caused he Humane Society when they ("ied to put their proposed building in the most reasonable place, but were forced to go fay back to the railway tracks 10 spend a lot of extra money Lila a road back to the build- apparent o fn an! re to Jud owner oi the him from to hu ing. The first thing needed in this ie settling the water ques- At present there are about 15 water areas and all water ought from Oakville at the sighest price in Ontario. Why not {ike lesson from Bronte? Tt is plning the putting in of a pump- lug plant of its own. The second plant needed is a sewage disposal unit. Septic tanks are good in | cortain places but for a large rea such as is proposed the reg- ular type of sewage disposal is necessary In regard to the big bone of contention, the 5 acre clause; as one party said, "this was Com- mupism." It sure is and of the worst Russian type. Why not al- low all those who desire to cut up their places and sell as building lots to choose which they want to do. Whether to sell in five acre lots or in thirty-five, or more, with a depth of 150 feet. This makes a size large enough area tion THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL the EDITOR for a nice working man's house, and plenty of room for excerise in the garden. There also comes up the question of starting a house. Some start with a tent, others a garage, and others put in the foundation first. All of them good if you do not want to start with a large mortage and plan to do a lot of the work yourself. Some time ago there was a big howl made because a man was building a house on the creek bank opposite George's Square, Some of the council wanted to stop him, but Phil Chambres said "wait and see" I passed that home the other day and saw one of the nicest looking houses on the street. And the time was when the houses on Pine Ave. were called all sorts of names, but now take a walk along that street (do not drive at 50 miles per hour) and you will find hous- es with flowers in front of al- most all of them and of every color on earth. And then follow along to the easterly end of Maple Ave. Same thing here in regard to flowers, but this dif- ference: The last time I was along this street one family was living in a tent, another had a basement in and that was their home. Another one, I believe, had erected a garage for living quar- ters. But today it's different. To- day every home is a credit to the area. My contention is that the smaller size lots will give the working man a chance to have a home of his own at a cost within reason, and at a lower cost for water services, etc. So let the new planning board get opinions from all property owners who will be effected, and mot only a ratepayers association. There is lots of room for improvements on the old plan as given. Old Timer OBITUARIES JAMES McMILLAN James McLardy McMillan, former well-known Oakville boy, died at his home in Toronto re- cently following a sudden heart attack. A son of the late James and Isabell. McMillan, late of Oakville, the late Mr. McMillan came to Oakville from Scotland about 40 years ago, bringing his parents, brothers and sisters here. In the first world war he joined the 2th battalion, but fell a victim to spinal meningitis. Following his recovery he trained the 164th Battalion as a sergeant, under the late Major Frank Chisholm. He did not go overseas in the first world war, but in the second world war he enlisted and was sent overseas. Following his return he spent some time as a patient in Christie Street and Sunnybrook hospitals. The late Mr. McMillan was a member of Knox Church. He is survived by three brothers, Ar- chie, Australia; William J., Mim- ico; and Duncan, New Brunswick; and by three sisters, Mrs. D. Me- Arthur, Oakville Mrs. Page, Toronto, and Mrs. M. Sackfield, Toronto. Burial took place at the Veterans' Plot, Pine Hill Cem- etery, Toronto. MRS. L. H. ROBINSON Following a short illness, Char- lotte G. Macarthur, wife of L. H. Robinson, died on June 27 at her home, 15 Bond Street. A na- tive of Winnipeg, the late Mrs. Robinson came to Oakville from the Maritimes with her husband in 1940. For some years they resided on the Eighth Line. Mrs. Robinson was a member of the Christian Science Society. Be- sides her husband she leaves two brothers in Winnipeg, and three sisters in Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver. The funeral ser- vice, which was largely attended, was held at the funeral chapel of S. S. Russell and Son on Friday evening. Interment took place the next day in Brockville. OLD SCHOOLS OUTMODED, SAYS WRITER In many parts of Ontario, farm- ers have provided befter coops for their chickens than schools for their children, Fred Bods- worth writes in an article titled "The Shacks We Call Schools" in a recent issue of Maclean's. "Labor unions would howl and parents would refuse to work un- der conditions which exist in hun- dreds of Ontario schools," Bods- worth quotes Nora Hodgins, sec- retary of the Ontario Teachers' Federation. "But children are compelled by law to attend dark, dingy cold schools with limited teaching equipment and a low Te- tarded level of education." Many Ontario trustees, accord- ing to another official, have the idea that ome desk for each pu- pil and one pail to catch the drips from each leak in the roof make fully equipped school. Bods- worth quotes a provincial school Inspector that "We can't expect anything but isms when children grow up in the depressing envir- onment of obsolete schools, like so many in rural Ontario." Boasting by Canadians about their modern schools has com- pletely obscured the fact that ed- ucation still goes on In thousands of dilapidated, dungeon-ltke, 1ll- furnished and badly lit buildings which no progressive farmer would use to shelter a milk herd, says Bodsworth. Although there are 1500 new schools in Canada with glass block walls, air conditioning, acoustic ceilings, terrazo floors and suntrap windows, 10,000 others have mo lights and must close early on dull afternoons because the pu- pils cannot see the blackboards. 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There was Sesenino, quite a favorite of his day, Caffarelli, also famous and one Bernacchi, who later found- ed a well known singing school Musical history tells us that all these singers underwent sur- gery which prevented their voices from changing during their youth. First that I ever heard it could be done. Surely there must have been a shortage of female sopranos. However, that was not the case, for we can read of many gifted sopranos of the 18th cen- tury. There 1 wrote last were two whom Handel difficulty in handling i and Faustina were perhaps the most famous of the era, and they did not love one another a bit. Pro- fessional jealousy was probably the cause of ill feeling and if came to such a pass that the con- cert-goers of London took sides. The two came to blows on one occasion, and we are told that both bore marks of the battle. Faustina finally married and left the field to Cuzzoni. She met her match in Handel. We are told of an incident where Handel had everything ready for her at a certain rehearsal when Cuzzoni refused to sing, whereupon Han- del grabbed her and held her out of an upstairs window, threaten- ing to let go if she did not con- sent to sing. She sang. Elizabeth 'Weischel, better known as Mrs. Billington, has been called the greatest singer ever born in England. 3 It is said that she could out- sing a trumpet and hold a note longer. Sir Joshua Reynolds painted her in the attitude of lis- tening to a choir of angels, and when Handel saw dtuhe Temarked that it was mistake. "You should have painted the angels listening. to hergf He isireported to have id said. Another singer, by name, Luc- rezla Agujari, who lived toward the end of the 18th century was said to be the highest singing so- prano ever known. It is said that she could sing the highest F on the plano. Mozart, who had heard her, said that the high notes were pure and of good quality. In the beginning of the 19th century we are told that there was a marvellous coloratura by the name of Angelica Catalani. She could render such embellish- ments with her voice and with such ease that she often sang ornate solos intended for the vio- lin. It is said that she was mar- vellously accurate and could sing six different Intervals within the compass of a semitone. That, I would say is some trick. I have known singers who couldn't sing Harrison TOP ROLE AWARD To Stewart Granger goes the ing role in "Scaramou- the classic romantic adventure story being scheduled for early Fall filming to meet the actor's busy schedule. Pic- ture will be in Technicolor, with George Sidney directing, Carey Wilson producing. Granger has just returned from Sicily after a three-weeks loca tion for "The Light Touch." Up- on completion of latter picture at the studio, the star is scheduled for another location trek into the Canadian Rockies for sequen- ces still to be filmed in "The North Country." After "Scaramouche," Granger already has been set to star in "Beau Brummell," Sam Zimbal- ist producing. WINS "IVANHOE" ROLE Elizabeth Taylor was this week named to co-star with Ro- bert Taylor in "Ivanhoe," to be filmed in technicolor in England. Director Richard Thorpe and Producer Pandro S. Berman al- ready are in Londbn preparing for the start of the picturization of the Sir Walter Scott adven- ture novel. The young actress will appear as Rebecca, the beauty who loves and loses Sir Wilfred of Ivan- hoe, the dashing Saxon knight in the classic story. Robert Taylor plays Ivanhoe after completing "Westward the Women." Guest of the Week If R. J. GALLOWAY, Riverside Dr. will present himself at the box office of the Century theatre any night next week, he and an- other guest will be admitted free as guests of the Journal. the semi-tone interval itself and be in tune. There are many more of course but these are a few of the most interesting. There are names like Giuditta Pasta who, it is said was the first to intro- duce acting to opera, the Garcia sisters and two brothers of the same name, Mme. Tietjens, Giulietta Grisi, Rubini, famous tenor, Tamburini, baritone and Lablache, called the greatest of bassos. From here on we come to the era of Adelina Patti, Jenny Lind, Sims Reeyes, Pauline Lucca. Some of the older people living today Will remember these, or at least they will have heard their parents talk of them. Then still later came the DeReskes broth- ers and their contempories until we come to the time when most of us can remember, Caruso, Butt, Galli-Curci, Schumann-Heink and others. Winner of the Week If DR. R. M. HINES, 11 Maple Ave, will call in at Lofquist's Record Bar he will be presented with a red seal record with the compliments of the Journal. SINGLE CHOICE There is only one thing Jeft you can get for a nickel these days-- five pennies! 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