Dakville Trafalgar Journal bl. 4, No. 43 Entered, 2nd. Class Mail, Ottawa Oakville, Ontario Thursday, September 20, 1951 5 cents a copy, $2.50 per year in advance PTINIST FALL premier Leslie Trost will of- ly open the third annual Bpimist fall fair on Thursday ening, club officials announced fic week. Accompanying Mr. ost on his tour of the grounds owing the ceremony, which is icdulod for 8 p.m. will be J. R, Black, and district Ross Clarence, of Tor- Host of Exhibitors Although still harried by a mass Bi last minute detail which al- avs presents itself at fairs ed on tig ES PREMIER LESLIE FROST where, Optimists are welr Ha with the program they have lined up for fair-goers. Ewart Carberry, in charge of the agric- ultural show, reports a gratify- nosT TO OFFICIALLY OPEN FAIR, MISS 0RONTO TO PICK WINNERS ing number of entrants are shoot- ing for a share of the more than ($300 in prizes. Fair manager Péter Downe has had to cope with many last minute requests for display space, while the big- gest midway vet to hit Oakville will begin setting up bright and early Thursday morning. A particularly unusual ex- hibit this year will be the dis- play of more than 1,000 insects from the tropics. The collection, which required more than 20 years to assemble, highlights specimens ftom South America, India and Africa. It will be on display in the arena. Talented Chanteuse Lovely Ruth Carrier, current Miss Toronto, will be a fair vis- itor. Ruth is doing her utmost to help assure the success of the event. She'll make the draw for the grand prize Florida trip on Saturday night, and she'll lead the Thursday night parade. In ad. dition, she will lend her fine singing voice to the nightly pro- gram of entertainment, - which will also turn the spotlight on Marg Lewis, nimble fingered ac- cordion star of the Toronto Daily Star concert series. Hey, Kids! Youngsters will again be able to enjoy nickel rides on Satur- day afternoon, the committee an- nounces, and will find many oth- er centres of interest. All in all, it would appear that the youthful Optimist club has arranged an outstanding event as they carry on their efforts to put an Oak- ville fall fair back onto the level of popular appeal. Linbrook Cub Pack W.A. ap- LINBROOK PACK WA. MAY BUILD NEW SCOUT HUT pointed a committee Tuesday ight to investigate the possibil- ities of either building a hut or finding some way to acocommo- date the cubs and brownies, now their meeting place in the school classroom. 'The meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. 0M. Kaple, with Mrs. Fred Taylor presiding, and husbands of mem- present. The committee con- of Mi F. T. McKinney, pr ent Linbrook Home and School assoe., Mr. R. Murison and Mrs. John Taylor. The use of the basement class- oom once more at Linbrook school meant that cubs and brownies were restricted in their lzames and studies, the pack lead- €15 explained. They also stressed the advantages of there being a special hut for use of the various acks, as it created a sense of 1] Possession and pride in the Poungsters which was of value in = the work. Mr. B. J. James ex- o plained the school board would onsent to the location of a tem- is taken up with an additional |. OPEN SNACK BAR FOR PINE ROOM DANCING The snack bar will be open this Friday evening for the week- dance at the Memorial arena's Pine Room. So far this season dancing has been to recorded mus- ic only, but Ted Williamson is currently working on plans for an orchestra in the near future, he announced yesterday. = porary-type hut on the northerly art of the school property, but this could not be a permanent arrangement as possible expan- sion of the school in the future might make it impractical. The building would have to be of a construction in keeping with the school building and surroundings. The consensus appeared to be that the cost of building would be beyond the reach of the area, but the committee will bring in a progress report on Oct. 9th, at the Home &nd School assoc. regular monthly meeting. ~ WTRAFALGAR WILL COLLECT ERONTE TAXES, CONTINUE Irafalgar township council at Diond meeting accepted the fender of R, C. Sutherland and (0. for construction of the town- Flip fire hall on the Bight Line Porth of the C.N.R. tracks. The figure was $19,687. Only other lender received was from Grooth- Jind and Cooper. Construction Ml start almost immediately, and he new building should be fin- fished about the middle of Dec- nber. It will be of concrete lock construction, two storeys " height, and will contain living luarters for the caretaker. Coon Hunting An extension of the open sea- fon for shooting ricoon was ur- °d by Reeve Joseph Wickson. They are getting to the stage "here they're destructive," sald lle reeve. "The price of pelts is © low that no-one goes after fim, and they're multiplying One farmer, he said, fost ten acres of corn to the ani- POLICING TO YEAR'S END EXPECT REMAND Cpl. John Sheffield of the local who was shot through the back with his own revolver last Thurs- day following a supper table arg- ument with his 16-year-old daugh- ter Doreen, was yesterday report- ed by hospital authorities to be "not yet out of danger" Miss Sheffield is expected to be re- manded Thursday morning. She faces charges of wounding, caus- ing grievous bodily harm. mals. Council passed a motion to request county council to make representation to the provincial department of lands and forests to have the season for racoon start before November 1, the present opening date. Reeve Jennings and all the members of Bronte council ap- (Continued on Page 8) THESE BIG 'UNS DIDN'T GET AWAY | Here are a few of the 75 youthful anglers who turned out bright and early last Sunday morning to take part in the first annual jun- ior fish derby to be arranged by the Oakville and District Rod and Gun club. In ®he foreground, his proudly upraised arm almost buck- ling 'under the weight of the top catch, a 24//; inch pike, is 10-year-old Harvey Mann, of Bronte. Next to Harvey is Oakville's Bill McFar- land, who landed the second biggest prize of the day, a 12/5 Inch (black bass. Although there seem to be more ~ fishermen * than fish in the picture, the youngsters actually netted a fair catch. It wasn't, however, the very best of bitin' days. Other youthful winners were Glen Osborne and Garth Jenner, of Bronte, and Don Elphick, John Shoemaker, Jim Croll and Neil Anderson, of Oakville. Only mishap of the day came about when a patrol hoat operated by Spud Bird ran out of gas while ferrying photographer Thelma "Brown to the: creek's northern reaches in search of picture material. Thelma had to walk home! Journal photo by Jerry Peers BIG CIRCUS FIRST KIWANIS PROJECT Although the. town's youngest service club--the energetic Ki- wanis group--as yet has but 28 members, organization plans for next week's big circus at the ar- ena have progressed as smoothly and successfully as though many more active workers were avail able. It's the club's first big pro- ject, and proceeds will go toward footing the bills for work among underprivileged children. Dates of the event are Sept. 28 and 29, with both matinee and evening performances scheduled. Harold Stirling, chairman of the club's circus committee, stressed that there will be no extra charges once you get past the admission wicket. "Your ticket covers -every- thing," he declared. There will be a 35 cent charge for kiddies at the matinees, with evening re- serve tickets going at 75 cents and 50 cents for children and $1 and §1.25 for adults. Kiwanians who are working hard to put this visit of Garden Bros. three-ring across m a big way are: Angus McMillan, A. BE. Hills, T. R. Jarvis, A. M Masson, J C. Pearson, A G. Keel- ey, George Fish, Dr. A. Ross, W. T. Barron, Harold Stirling, J. E Peat, E. R. Lauder, F. E. Taylor, Jack Ribble, J. Molyneaux, C. K. Evans, W. B. Honeywell, A. L. Whiting, John Oudhoff, C. E. Hawke, Fred Collier, Glen Coop- er, D. Hannah, J. Willis, Doug Wilkes, Ken Horwood, Percy Spurgeon and J. B. Rutledge. VARSITY WOMEN'S CLUB HOLDS INITIAL MEETING Oakyille University Women's Club's first meeting of the fall season will take the form of membership tea, to be held Satur- day afternoon from 4 to 6 pm. at the home of Mrs. John Maxwell, 131 Dundas Street North. All women university graduates liv- ing in Oakville or district are welcome to attend. Mrs. Law- rence Ellison is president of the of the club. MATHER SEES PASSING OF EPIDEMIC THREAT If no further cases of poliomy- elitis are reported this week, chances of an epidemic occurring have passed, in the opinion of Br. James M. Mather, director of the Halton health unit. The unit proposes to resume its immun- ization program in one week. Only one case of polio was reported last week, a 21-year-old Burling- ton man who shows some para! sis. Cases reported to the unit now total 13. DR. GRIFFIN TO ADDRESS H & S. GROUP Grade Nine "freshies" at the high school, will entertain their parents at an. At Home at the school tonight (Thursday), Intro- ducing them to principal D. J. Wilson 4nd his staff and conduct- ing tours of their new school. The freshmen will also prepare all the refreshments they serve, Mrs. A. G. Nairn, president of the Oakyille-Trafalgar H. & S! assn., informed the Journal yes- terday. Mrs, Nairn also announced that Dr. John D. M. Griffin, whose voice is known to thousands of Canadian radio listeners as that of the stimulating commentator on the CBC's "In Search of Our- selves," will be the speaker at the first fall meeting of the as- sociation, to be held at the school Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 8.15 p.m, Dr. Griffin is the medical director of the Canadian Mental Health assn. He will discuss the relation. ship between parents and school- age children, and the difficulties that arise in all families with ref- erence to discipline, character training and personality growth. In an appeal by letter for bum- per attendances at this season's meetings, the H. & S. executive concluded succinctly: "In fair- ness to our children, let us all resolve to be present." « Don't Miss The Third Annual O Playoff Picture Snow juniors will keep in trim with an exhibition game with the Oaks at Wallace park Wed- back in town" again, will catch lock tossing. The midgets, fresh from thelr victories over Thor- old, go to Dunnville Friday af- ternoon and play back here at 6.15 next Tuesday evening. FAIR FEATURE and competent accordionist whose sweet music that has never failed to captivate audiences at the Tor- headline attraction at the Opti- mist club's third annual fall fair, to be held at Wallace park on ANSWERS FOR WORRIED PET OWNERS JUST PART OF BIG HUMANE SOCIETY PROGRAM Scores of animal lovers will throw out a tagging dragnet over. Oakville, Bronte and Clarkson on Saturday, When the Oakville and District Humane Society makes its annual appeal for funds with which to finance its widespread "And that word widespread means just exactly that," declares Mrs. A. C. Hardy, society public- ist. "The animal ambulance has driven more than 3,400 miles to pick yp 605 dogs and cats since the new shelter opened in Feb- ruary. Some 50 square miles, roughly, are served by the shel- ter in an area bounded by Clark son, the Dundas highway and Bronte, which makes for busy. days for shelterkeeper Bill Cor- coran. Bill's ambulance, incident ally, is available for emergency calls--a fact that doesn't seem to be generally known as ydt." The society, Mrs. Hardy re- ports, has been successful in finding homes for most of the strayed pets picked up during the past six months. In addition, answers have been found for 650 telephone callers who sought in- formation on just about every- thing' 'pertaining' * to 'pet care-- from how to. remove a kitten's loose tooth to getting a splinter out of a pups throbbing paw. While most of keeper Corcoran's work has been with canines and felines, he has had calls to pick up an oversized turtle and an angora rabbit. "The general public responded nobly to our appeals as we car- ried out our building program, and we know we'll continue to. get the same generous support," said Mrs. Hardy. "Folks have do- nated everything from bathe tubs to wheelbarrows. Even an item as large as the ambulance was donated. And we've had volunteer workers aplenty too, from outside the society mem- bership." Members, greatly encouraged by this support, have almost com. (Continued on Page Four) ptimist Fall Fair This Week-end