SECOND SECTION Page 9 a 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 5 Bill Cotton, Editorial Assistant t position , Locate] PHONE 1298 , ON Stati, } Thursday, August 2nd, 195 FOR Fi NE g d, 1951 3 DUTIES experience n re we fl Age Nominations were held for the council of the newly incorporated village of Bronte Tuesday night. That may not seem like a very important statement, yet to us it seems most exciting. After all, when a young man or woman grows to the point where they p re to govern the affairs of their own lives, it s usually cause for great celebration. And with pomination night, Bronte came to that same point. Tt should therefore be most exciting for all residents in the district . . . and not just for Bronte folk. Flections will be held August 13th, for the offices of Reeve, and four council seats, provided there are not acclamations for all seats. It is to be hoped that there will be an election, and that if there is, Bronte voters will use their franchise. Nothing is more pre- cious to a Canadian than the right to vote . . . hut it comes somlething else again if it is not used. Previously, Bronte was run by a Police Com- mission, which had to take the majority of its recom- mendations to Trafalgar Township, Council for final thority. On money matters, this particularly ap- plied, and could easily not have worked to the best dvantage of the Bronte taxpayers. Now this will be a thing of the past, and the township will no longer collect taxes from Bronte. Everything collected will he handled as it is in Oakville, in other words. Bronte will. of course, have to bear its share of county as- sessments, as does Oakville. Bronte's incorporation gives it an unique position in the county as it will be the only incorporated vil- lage since Acton became a town. The incorporation, advised by the Department of Municipal Affairs to tate the question of a water supply, made Bronte of age among the other municipalities of the county. shift In The Balance Of Power With the incorporation of Bronte, a large seg- ment of voters in the southern section of Trafalgar Township has been removed from the rolls of town- ship voters. This cannot. help but mean that, provid- ed the northern sections of the 'township continue to present an united front, as they have in the past, the south Trafalgarites are in for quite a battle if they wish to maintain representation on township council. While Councillor R. C. A. Gumberland has drawn some support from northern voters, the bulk of his majorities have been provided by the southern sec- tions and Bronte. Councillor Ernest Pullen last year just made council on sweeping block voting in the me sections. The outlook for both of these men for next year, with Bronte no longer to be depended on as a bolster, would seem somewhat dim. Unless the new residents in the south sections can be induced to accept their responsibilities ser- lously, and get out and vote--along with the balance of the southern voters, the south's majority repre- sentation on council at present may well be no rep- resentation at all. South-east Trafalgar is becoming a thickly set- tled area. It is probably the area in the district which will most be affected by industrial expansion, such as the new Ford set-up. As such, it would only seem wise lo make sure, in some way, that the affairs of this section are not going to be dealt with by a council entirely unsympathetic to its problems. This is going 0 take some doing--and organizing in advance of election time. The South-East Trafalgar Property Owners' Association has not taken an active part in township politics. Property owners' associations usually try and keep away from outright political effort. But the S.E. Trafalgar organization should give some thought as to how effective it would be were there to be no representative on township council who would look vith favor on the problems of this area. The associa- tion could devote considerable time to pondering this (uestion. One thought they might look into. The sec- tion could ask to become a separate entity. It would then be administered for a period of time by the de- partment of mjunicipal affairs . . . after which it could look after its own affairs. There are other possible solutions, of course. Get the vote out--get the people of the area interested in the situation they face now, S0 that the vote will get out. See if a break-down of available voters in the township' will be still well hough divided so there will not be a shift in the bal- ance of power--a shift which will put the southern residents right out on the end of a limb, jwith a saw In the hands of the northern sections. Of course, there IS no guarantee that the saw would be used. North- 2) rn representatives on the council have shown a most Oben-minded view with regard to township matters, and have done a good job, of evening fhe scale of benefits. But if joined by two members from the north, these men might not be able to continue to have this sensible and most dable outlook. Their N political futures might depend on siding with the bal- : ince of power, and thus becoming the balance. Talking to a department employee on this sub- ject, about a year ago, he told us that members of the departntent had been watching Trafalgar Township With considerable interest. The situation which has ow developed with the incorporation of Bronte had always been apparent to him, he said. He thought It would he very interesting to see what the outcome Was. 80 do we. The shift to northern control of coun- cil, which is now possible, would be most interesting. Yes, indeed. in perso UG STOR , Oakville iT SEEMS T0 ME BY P. W. THOMPSON This summer, so far at least, has not been a particularly hot one. We have heard it said that our summers are not as hot as they used to be, nor are our win- ters as cold. It may be that the climate is changing for the bet- ter, and that the day will come, perhaps within the next hundred years, when our summers will be just pleasantly warm and our winters cool enough to be stim- ulating and no cooler. Such a modification of our climatic extremes is delight- ful merely to contemplate, but there is no certainty that it will occur. Perhaps, indeed, the change will be in the other dir- ection, and both our summers and our winters will become more severe. It was Mark Twain who made the oft-quoted observation that people talked a great deal about the weather but nobody did any- thing about it. That hardly ap- plies today, even if it did when Mark said it. People are always doing something, if mot to con- trol the weather, at least to miti- gate its effects. For ages men have been using fire to combat the winter's cold, and were it not for efficient heating methods, modern civilization in a country such as Canada would be impros- sible. Dealing with the heat, how- ever, has proved a bit more dif- ficult. Not until quite recently has this phase of the weather problem been tackled sclentifi- cally. People had to suffer the heat or do what they could to relieve the discomfort with such makeshiffs as fans, until. a few years ago, some inventive genius came up with alr con- ditioning. , This represents a big step forward, although it leaves much ef the problem un- touched, as relatively few fam- ilies can afford it. We may look forward to large- scale projects to control the tem- perature. One British scientist suggested a few years ago that the polar ice cap, source of so much cold, could be melted by atomic energy, which would make our winters moderate. Whether or not this would be practical re- mains to be seen. But our pre- sent methods of heating, how- ever superior to earlier ones, are rather complicated and <ostly. Perhaps some method. will be de- vised for releasing some of the tremendous heat imprisoned in the subterranean regions to warm the earth's surface, instead of sending men underground to laboriously dig coal. And we have often thought, while suffering the sweltering heat of a torrid summer, what a pity it is that at least a frac- tion of all that heat could not be conserved for use when it could do some good. Certain experi- ments, we believe, have been done In this direction already, but no practical results have been achieved as yet. But while the climate has been a source of much discomfort and many of man's problems, it could be very much worse. Such cli- matic changes as have occurred in the course of the last few thousand vears have mot been so great that man has mot been able to adapt himself to them. The world's present climate, however trying it may be at times; seems on the whole to favor life. There appears mo guarantee, however, that it will continue to do so In- definitely. Some day there may come a sudden drop in temper- ature that will speedily freeze JUST PUFFS FROM THE COTTON GIN August, I find, is a sort of in- between month. It's a time when it's so warm and sultry that folks who can't afford to go to Georgian Bay or Banff content themselves by collapsing in a deck chair in the shade and re- membering the good old days. Remember? The good old days, of course, were the days when a dollar would buy a quarter's worth instead of just a dime's worth. When wo- men wore skirts instead of jeans, slacks or shorts. When men, by golly, were men and women lik- ed them that way. And when a child could be seen and not heard without being inhibited. These sultry days of August a coke, or to close the bedroom door so the baby's crying won't spoil the program she's listening to at the time. Proceed With Care You have to choose these baby sitting gals very carefully lady. That is, if you expect your hus- band to be going out with you that night. If you choose the wrong one, chances are it'll turn out to be one of those nights he has to work late at the office. But it will also be one of those few nights he gets home before you do. Baby sitters: should be elderly and ugly. Too old to be interest ing and not ugly enough to fright- ten the children. With FRANK R. WALKER Another week we haven't yet had the oppor- tunity to get away on another fishing trip. Some friends drop- ped in from across the line and our fishing trip took second place. We haven't yet had a report on the "Oakville Fish and Game Association, but we have moted With considerable interest the conservation developments tak- en on by many small centres. has gone and We note with considerable in- terest - the. conservation and re- stocking program that is now in effect in the Ganaraska Water- shed recently created north of Peterborough. For instance, there are numerous trout ponds in that district at the present time well stocked, which afford excellent fishing, as do many of the tribu- tary streams of the Ganaraska River. There are a great many speckled trout in that district well over the pound mark. It's not so long ago that the Caledon- Credit Forks area was the best fishing in suburban Toronto dis- trict. Now the Belleville, Graf- ton area is gradually stealing the thunder, and 1 think at the pre- sent time, affords much better fishing due entirely to the con- servation work done by the local sportsmen in that area. Peter- borough is a town that sets an excellent example and I think that all through that district there are more true sportsmen per fisherman than anywhere else in Ontario. Sudbury is another town that has an outstanding fish and game club. Men like Jack Allen and Norm McGillvary have done a great deal for development of local fishing and hunting. The Carling Conservation Trophy was held up there two years ago. I don't think there Is anywhere in the country where the mem- bers of the club work harder to stock the lakes. They transport "the fish themselves over the rough trail in that country on their backs, that is a lot of hard work and those fellows are pretty goed sportsmen to go through with it, particularly in the spring of the year up in that hard rock coun- try. The result--it is not unus- ual to go out to Joe Lake, and some of the smaller lakes in that area, and pick up several two, three," and four pound speckled trout. A great deal of our conserva- tion trouble lies in the fact that the Department of Lands and Forests do not pay sufficient money to thelr game overseers, and do mot give them the proper support. Tn many cases I have seen people hauled into court for shooting a moose out of season, (Continued -on Page 13) every living thing on earth--or a wave of searing heat that will cause all animal and vegetable | life to perish. There have been ice ages before, and they may return with increased severity. So when we feel inclined to com- plain too much about the wea- ther, let's be glad it's no worse. used to be referred to as the dog days. Now the term is just as apt, because if you want to make ends meet, you work like a dog each and every day. Bit of Everything In the old days, some of you will recall, you could hire a girl If you choose a girl that is too young, yowll have to hire an- other one fo sit' up with her. If she's too pretty, you'll have fo hire another one to sit up with her--and your husband. Just Relax A situation like that can run for three dollars a week, along | jis money. And who has any with room and board. In exchange | orev these days? Amd If yom she'd cook, wash the .dishes, do the washing and ironing, mended clothes and sewed on buttons. don't have any money, where can you possibly go to enjoy any night life? And if yowre not In between, she'd mind the baby. 2500 DOF SED CE SORTS AOC Is ll different mow. Today | on oer nye baby tending is a highly special ized field. The girl who comes in a Sin fo) Jind [your ffoddler now alla) HD eit tie weed oil dave Bett herself a siffer. And usually she | 15 abou sit is very well' named, because [AUBUSE Is over, anyway. that's all she does. Just sits. Only time she ever gots up, as a rule, is to Tun to the icebox for Lazily Yours, BILL COTTON Err A loud cheer for Premier Frost. Certainly Canada can 80 ahead, and should go-ahead, with. the St. Lawrence Waterway Project alone. Just because the U.S.A. 1obby-element for the railroads and big cities with ports on the Atlantic Ocean are afraid of their money being affected, is no reason for Jeopar- dizing the future and safety of Canada. Let's hope the Feder- al Government sees it the way Premier Frost sees it--which is the visionary way . . . a vision of Canada's future. The cost,~by the way, seems to cancel out pretty nearly to the same amount of the Federal surplus. So it's paid for. Hum! An accident is just word--until you have one. Now. we have floodlights on THAT STATUE on the Dun- das Highway in the Ukranian Park. We Canadians, new or old, are great people. We even turn bright lights on things which we should be ashamed of. Too bad someone can land across the road and erect a lighted sign to remind all that pass that Canada is a country where such statues can he lighted . . . for it is certain a statue of one of the Father's of C wouldn't be fl beside a highway in 't purchase Russia! Be wise, be alive--drive safely over the holiday week- end. - Picnics are Fun We read almost every day in the editorial columns of daily and weekly papers complaints about the lack of parks in the various centres which those papers serve. In nearly every case, It is pointed out that the municipal governing bodies took the question of parks under consideration too late. By the time they got around to thinking of somewhere for their residents to enjoy their leisure hours In the open, all the available suitable land had been sold and built up into lindustrial sites, or were ocoupled by exclusive homes of wealthy citizens. In Trafalgar township such a situation is in the making --and is making fast. There are no organized park facilities at present, other than the Ukrainian Park which is domin- ated by the Red Statue. Yet residents are Increasing, and as they do so available land where a plenic could be enjoyed is being removed from the free-access list. It would seem that the township council should lately give consideration to acquiring made into a large park. immed- land which could be If a site could be secured on the lakeshore, then bathing could be a part of the enjoyment offered. Anyone who has seen the effective parks laid out on Long Island by Robert Moses, with the outdoor fireplaces for cooking, and benches set amid surroundings preserved in the natural state, will appreciate what a wonderful ad. vantage they are to the residents of the Island, and New. York. High Park In Toronto is an example of what can be done With a tract of land. In this case the land was given to the municipality, with restrictions in the deed which made it necessary to retain it as a park forever. But the land In Tra- falgar Township need not be given. If suitable land were purchased now, and developed over the years, future resi. dents would benefit beyond words. With the Ford Company development in the offing, and probable other industrial companies to come, some 'place for the employees of thess firms will be required in the form of a park. We would like to see the township council set up a com- mittee to look into these possibilities--and to take action before it Is too late. If the lakeside park is out of the question, the 16-; mile Creek area might provide an equally effective answer, with a little work to Improve bathing facilities, The 2Pots along the creek north and south of the Dundas High- way are beautiful enough to satisfy anyone . . . and could be maintained with minimum cost. There are other spots, un. The thing is to utilize doubtedly, which could be utilized. some spot before" it is too late.