SECOND SECTION Page 9 [IME FOR ANOTHER NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION ET ATE 73 Oakville- Trafalgar Journal Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published Every Thursday Morning in Oakville, Ont., by Oakville-Trafalgar Publishers, ktd. 7 DUNN STREET NORTH S. Casey Wood, Jr. Managing Editor Bill Cotton, Vincent H. Barrey Advertising Manager Editorial Assistant PHONE 1298 Thursday, August, 9th, 1951 Our Wailing Wall In solemn conclave once the weekly newspapers of Canada meet at the Can- adian Weekly Newspapers Association National ed- itorial . convention. From all accounts, these confer- ences usually consist of wailing walls, plentifully bedewed with tears of editors over the sad state of publishing in the face of rising costs and newsprint shortages. But we also understand there are the odd moments when a little pleasurable fun creeps in hy mistale. : a year, the editors of In our fourth year of occupying this seat, decided that we've collected enough material able to hold up our end at 'wailing so we are going to the 1951 convention . . . which is being held in Winnipeg next week. We expect to come back with a great many new ideas, We'll certainly have a great- er content over some of the problems we face in this publishing game-- for there's nothing like meet- ing a lot of other tortured souls to make one more contented when press troubles . arise and you're going to be late hitting the street. Of course, you never really are, but you can certainly worry about it, come the Wednesday deadline. we've to be But, as if by magic, each week the lads who put your paper out seem to get it out on time and the editorial crew relax, until the following Wednes- day. Having carefully hammered arbund. home 'that this week jaunt to Winnipeg is not stealing another week of vacation under the guise of work, we hardly expect to have anyone else complain. After all, around the plant everyone says they are happier when were away . .. so they are the ones_who are getting an extra week's vaca- tion! Especially Bill Cotton, who will be holding the fort alone as Vince Barrey is away on his vacation in Chicago . . . which is a very mice place to vaca- tion in, we are told. So quiet and refined a town, that early to bed is the 'order-of-every- day. Which is: exactly what suits Vince! down the idea Merchants" Association There is a great deal of nonsense being talked about the Ford Company and its ownership of the land in Trafalgar Township. Some good sense ap- beared in our paper last week, presented by Mr. John Caulfied Smith, interim chairman of 'the Oak- ville Property Owners' association, He suggested that the addition-to-Oakville plan for providing suf- ficient homes for the workers which would be re- quired when the company built its plant, was not the only way in which this could be handled. He presented an argument in favor of the building of a new town, complete to the last neces- sary service, which would be the location for many of the workers which would be required in the plant. Such cities have heen successfully built in England, and usually provide excellent living facil- ities, at reasonable rates, for various income levels. There is no need for the city to be infmediately ad- jacent to the plant where the workers will earn their living, so expensive land does not, necessarily, have to be bought for the town site. Transportation, for the numbers of people involved can easily be ar- ranged. With 'stores located in the new town, shop- ping does not present a problem. But there is one feature of this plan that we feel all Oakville merchants should give some thought to. 'a new town is built, and stores are erected, then the economic welfare of Oakville storekeepers would not be materially affected . . | went after the business in such a way that the need for stores in the town would be removed. While there is nothing to suggest, as yet, that such a plan will eventually be.adopted . . . what ever plan is selected will vitally interest all local businessmen. We therefore suggest that, now, without delay, there should be a merchants' association formed, Which could co-operate with the Property Owners' Will be members of the latter as Oakville businesses Will be members of the later as Oakville businesses are mostly owned by their proprietors) and would be able to speak with united authority on any ques- tions with regard to the new venture. We believe that the present, businessmen, in co- Operation and mutual interest, could so organize as ype of new development comes to pass surrounding he Ford plant unnecessary. But it will take a complete agreement among 1l types of businesses to do it, with plenty of co- Deration to make it effective all the time. This OWn can be the shopping centre for the new de- "elopment . . . if the merchants want it to be that . But the most effective way to do so is by a hnited effort, rather than by individual effort. An ssociation of merchants can accomplish a great eal. We think all merchants should be giving con- ideration to what they are going to do in the future, iving consideration today, not when that future is ere. This a merchants' association could do, and e cost of a full-time employee, if shared by all, vould not impose any hardship on anyone. iT SEEMS T0 ME BY P. W. THOMPSON Noise from an industrial plant in New Toronto is said to have so affected five residents of the neighborhood that they had to be taken to mental institutions for treatment. Probably these un- fortunate victims were unduly sensitive. Many other people are subject to all manner of noises and manage to retain their sani- ty, or enough of it to enable them to carry on normally. But the fact remains that noise is ome of the big disadvantages of our modern industrial age. unless they . There are few things more dis- turbing or annoying than the assaults of sound. This fact was capitalized upon by the Ger. mans in the late war, when they equipped their bombs with some contrivance that produced a penetrating scream as the bombs were dropped; "and. add- ed to the terrors of the unfor- tunate populace. It is the man-made noises that are the worst. The sounds of in- animate nature are not unpleas- ant. There is a sonorous grandeur about the roaring of great wav- es, or a mighty waterfall. Thun- der, while it may be terrifying, has a majestic sound, Wind in the trees, the steady beat of rain upon- a roof, are pleasant to the ear rather than annoying. The sound of the human "voice, when it is of a certain quality, can be particularly trying. A loud raucous voice or a high-pitched piercing one is to some people an angony to listen to, and most of us have experienced the unpleasant ef- fect produced by the clatter of a multitude of raised voices. The barking of dogs and the crowing of roosters are neith- er human or mechanical noises, but these are among the hard- est sounds to have to endure. Such noises as these, of course, people have always been exposed to. But the coming of the machine age brought with a whole new category of sounds to assault the sensibilities. There are trains with their shunting, and the shrieking and hooting of the lo- comotive whistles; motor cars, with their grinding gears, their horns, the sudden roar of ex- hausts. In large cities there is often the clatter and rumble of street-cars. Many industries, though by no means all, a variety of disagreeable sounds, of varying degrees of intensity. And construction methods tend to be more noisy than formerly by reason of the machinery used. It is in the large cities, of course, that the ordeal of noise is worst. Inhabitants of small 'communities and the rural dis- tricts, even If not immune from the assaults of sound, have to endure them to a far lesser degree than the big city dwel- lers. who live amidst an almost perpetual clamor. Medical men have discovered that the un- ceasing din of New York City takes a heavy toll of the aver age citizen's nervous system and general health. Perhaps the worst feature of noise is that we are virtually helpless to protect ourselves from fits attacks. Nature did not provide us with a means of shut- ting our ears against it, and co far as we are aware this over- sight has not been effectively Temedied. Here, Indeed, is a gol- den opportunity for people of inventive talents, although it may be that this problem is too tough a one even for inventors of real genius. The alternative Is to tackle noise at its source, which is being done to some extent. We 2 5 PUFFS FROM THE COTTON GIN If a paper shortage currently existent in Britain should' hit us right here in the land of the tall trees--and it mildly at the moment to do so-- things would get pretty grim for | taxpayer began everybody. But definitely grim! Many And Varied like that couldn't understand it either. Short Lived Satisfaction As the years passed, the form threatens | DID get more and more readily and the poor to feel he was just about out of the woods. But Mr. Abbott soon fixed that. Where understandable, Ever stop to ponder on thea man at one time couldnt fig- number of daily uses the average [ure out what he'd have to. pay, now finds for paper? your newspaper, and bills (dollar and and person from letters, dunner), wrappers, and Aside | he can't figure books, and bread [shortage problem i: oh, shucks, | Rhum! will probably. out what he'll there's i have to pay it with. Only trouble ith this paper this guy it down one figure it out for yourself on your | fine day. knit his brow, and think own time. What I was starting|of an angle. He was the fellow, ont to say was: there's one silver [you know, who came up with this lining if a paper shortage shorld pay- lay us low. He never did we'd go: ou-go plan. to say where Just imagine how wonderful it| broke or craz would be to see the minister of national revenue getting all jit- tery unable to print forms for 1951! best news since Hitler mortal ken. met's Delight FRANK R. WALKER We haye been asked to speak at a meeting Oakville Fish and Game Club on August 13th and while we are probably the lousiest speaker in' Canada, We hope that everybody will for- give us and let's have a good turn- out. I feel that the only way to make it a huge success is for ev- eryone to get in there and pitch, There will be a lot of hard work come up such as carrying fish into various districts, helping enforce same laws, teaching the young fry of the neighbourhood not to WOITy about the fish that get away but to worry about the fish they kill, and a lot of Problems like that and the only way the thing is going to be a success is for everyone to work towards the end that is the ultimate goal in the association. We have had a lot of experience With fish and game clubs, 'We have seen them come up and we have seen them go down. They come up with a lot of enthusiasm and they do down for the lack of the same enthusiasm. We feel that Oakville has some excellent fish- ing waters Within immediate reach of the Town and these wa- ters should be fully stocked and Biven proper protection. I think that various members should vol- unteer to become deputy game wardens and only through the ef- forts of everybody will the club be a success. So see you on Aug- ust 13th. Here we are just finishing an- other holiday weekend and stor- ies will soon be coming in about the big ones that got away, in other words, this is going to be a typical fisherman's weekend con- taining too much too. It's either going to be too hot, dry, too wet, or to be too high say, of too many toos. ! There's one little incident on a recent fishing trip that I feel T should tell you of as an example of "study your map before you go fishing." Not long ago a party of us left Toronto, we drove 274 miles, we flew 20 min- utes, and we portaged miles and came out on a new highway exactly 178 miles from Toronto. We didn't know the new highway had been huilt and Wwe went in the old way. The trip cost us $75.00 each and took ap- proximately 9 hours from the time we left Toronto to the time Wwe were in fishing, We could have made the same trip for about $25.00 and taken about 4 hours actual driving time. So be- fore you go to any of these Lakes that you haven't seen for a num- ber of years where the fishing (Continued on Page 11) -- a tionable noises entirely, but to reduce them is surely quite pos- sible. The maximum degree of quietness. as far as Is com. patible with our mechanized civilization, should be the ob- Jective of every community. At present there is altogether too much noise. A quieter world The average person probably tax these hard if we don't have to pay any in- come tax a few months hence, that means that everybody will be able to afford to buy three pounds of steak and a pound of butter. The passing of the income tax form would be something like a second hand Jigsaw puzzle. Youll recall when the experts first started to simp- year they added four more pag- es. Before the experts set out to. simplify the form, Just couldn't understand it. When the experts were finished, they Well, Done, Sir! f Bronte for affairs of tI and we think munity. But we feel, withdrew so Mr. were wise. There is men when One golfer who can' clubs Is the lad wh, the police of London, stolen, complaints from citizens, doing a good job. That's a pays about $75 a year in income |it, pressed days. So, | national final solution to a |Chinese lify the tax forms. That 'was the | brother! You'll i sometime, as a Police Commission which formerly looked after the hat community. Now he A Canadian Press story states that the n nized the increased cost of living, travelling to tip porters creased 10c. However, this increase amount to 25c, and from all reports t. Rely On Clarence If Rhuml falls down, Clarence over the prospect of being | Decatur Howe will probably think any income tax (of something. Mr. Howe, of late, This would be the [has shown a positive genuis for to reach the public spending money, and you can be disappeared from | very sure that he'll be the last man in the country to let the well run dry without a battle. But it would be nice, wouldn't to think of the minister of revenue being caught short just for once? In the past, it has always been the taxpayers who were caught short. On The Barrelhead Don't be surprised, however, if your next tax forms are printed on salvaged fronts from men's dress shirts, or on the backs of laundry tickets." But they won't use the arms of those. shirts for tax form purposes, NEVER see the day the government puts you on the cuff! But we can dream, can't the taxpayers | we? Wistfully Yours, BILL COTTON It's nice to see long and industrious community member of the he deserves the honor. This newspaper usually raises its voice in pro- test against acclamations, should offer their services in the service of the com- this time, Jennings could as we feel that more men that the men who be the first reeve to be an election for the coun- cil seats, and that is very good, for elections are the s of the Democracy of Canada. Now at is needed is for Bronte folk to get out and vote for the candidate of their day. choice on election j we ----e Fadding Cominert With the stop lights in operation at the Dixie Road, the highways department has removed a danger point--but only after a great many people were and some killed. get improvements of this kind done people dying for the' cause. injured there, It seems that the only way in which to is by means of avy has recog- by allowing officers and on sleeping cars an in- only takes the final tip here's not a very cordial such an amount nowadays. After all, that was a customary tip five years ago--and the cost of living is up. 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