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November 18; 1948 A THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Ohe Oud sand By Audrey Watts McNaughton om England: 5 presidential victory a great surprise on this side SE antic as it was else: the AH vas almost taken for hat Dewey was to be the sident and Truman's suc- "mst such odds has ap- rongly to Englands well- ympathy for the 'under- \lthough his vacillating policy has helped make ment in that area impos- 1d has heen severely. crit- "the British press it has 7 excused as a desire It ted t Bt pres lcd be folostine = in en | bin oped that the United 'es foreign policy will become 4 (able. After all treaties fh Jd not be thrown agide for a Mr. Sms is respected y and is believed b > oe ing his respon- fo position, given consistent pport in Washington, His is a fiicate and unenviable job. Last week I visited a writer end in London. Her children's fics are charming and their bimsical characters contribute thc happy fantasy which is a Britage of English childhood. nmy Sticklepin, a small Hedgehog, Mr. Prettimouse and fiber imaginary animals romp ly through the colorful pages b came into being originally to fuse her small son and dau- ter during blackout teatimes. fou, who writes under the name fr Margaret Alleyne, lives in a eightful converted coach house York Terrace Mews, just Ge the corner from Madame bho! pin br fhussauds. During the evening the son Ii cheering crowds indicated the frival of Danny Kaye to unveil fis image at the wax-works. He as in England for four days to fppear in a command perfor ance and is extremely popular witnessed by the masses of Bnglish hoby-soxers who neces- ated nearly a dozéh mounted blicemen as well as several bob- cs afoot to keep them in order. We went over to see what there fas to see and were more im- "nue smallest PERMO-MAGNETIC RADIOEAR | ever made is . | onecpiece model 55 § | Lich * NEAT * ConveNtenT * Powerut # Noisemaster--you_hear comfortably in extremely noisy: 'places, IN Phonemaster--use a any_telephone, anywhere --with ease. I# No crystals--all magnetic--not affect- ed by heat or moisture. Il'cousTIC INSTITUTE | F CANADA 1116 Yonge St., Toronto Dear Sir: Please send me pressed by the wonderful be- haviour of the horses than any- thing else. They gently but in- sistently kept the people back from the entrance and when the wild-haired celebrity finally ar- rived, the horses cleared a path to prevent cheering fans from jumping on the running boards. While we were walking back and to the waiting limousine and cantered down the road beside it I was marvelling at the un- British lack of restraint in this particular gathering, a breath- less little woman, with Kkerchief streaming out behind and a fan. atical gleam in her eye, clutched my coat and panted, '"as gone?" I feared she was going to burst into tears when she was told he had and we left her pa- thetic figure standing dejectedly by the curb. No doubt Danny Kaye's antics had given her many hours of pleasure, miles removed from the obvious worries her face showed. It did seem too bad she had missed him. For the past couple of weeks small, big-eyed urchins have been stopping all passers-by of an evening, with the plaintive re- quest, "Penny for the Guy?" last night (Nov. 5th) was Guy Fawkes night and though firecrackers are difficult to come by great bon- fires commerated the 343rd an- niversary of the Gunpowder Plot and its unfortunate instigator. Effigies of thé misguided Mr. Fawkes were burned and fun was had by all, especially, apparently, university students. In Cambridge inhibitions were thrown to the winds with the result that the en- tire police force had to he mob- ilized to quell the ensuing exub- erance. Having got that off their academic chests perhaps the stu- dents will now be better able to settle down to some concentrated swotting for their Christmas ex- ams! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Continued from Page 4) black and white. I was especially anxious to find out how much Riley's Garage charged for putting a new axel in the fire truck, but I could not to out how much fire area No. spent on gas or oil and what or age supplied it. Under the heading general municipal expense I found out how much Mr. Black charged for tuning the piano. He charged me $2.00 more to do mine. I guess the township gets a special rate. Coal for the township hall, cost a lot less than I would expect and it was supplied by a Trafalgar taxpayer. However, I don't sup- pose the old hall is used as much as it should be. The Clerk and Treasurer have pretty short hours you know: I was glad to find that council purchased a roll of pheasant wire in Oak- ville. I guess this was the only place it was available. I had been informed that most items of that kind were secured in either Toronto or Hamilton. I was very anxious to find out how" much it cost the village of Bronte for garbage collection in 1947 but guess they slipped up on NOW OPEN DAILY at 2.00 p.m. OAKVILLE Bowling Lanes (Frank Russell, Mgr.) IN THE GREGORY BLOCK that one. I notice an item $300. for Bronte street lights for 6 months. $600. for 12 months seems quite a bit for very little. I often 80 to Bronte to do a little spark- ing and never see very many lights around except in front of the drug store. They should be! able to cut that $600 in half this year even if they do keep the lights on till about 10 a.m. some times. I am told they are leaving them off some aights all together to at elecricity, some system, Tl The expenditure of over $15,000 in these 7 departments is all care- fully tabulated and makes very interesting reading. The chief fault I have to find with the financial statement and my greatest dissapointment is the fact that under the Deparment of Roads and Bridges, Council or somebody spent $38,533.25 and they don't seem to want anybody to know who got the money and what it was for: 1 spent all, day Sunday check- ing 'the expenditures of $15,000 under 7 different headings and enjoyed every minute of it. I could have enjoyed a couple of more raining Sundays on that $38,000 spent on roads ana bridges if they had not forgotten to itemize this department. If of course, this de- partment has something to do with National Defense or the Atomic bomb and is on the sec- ret list, if that is so it would take an atomic bomb to get the information. What can one lone, inquisitive tax payer do in a case like this. Friends have sent me copies of the financial statements of various other townships in Ont- ario for my collection. I find that other municipalities treat roads and bridges just the same as other departments. Every. ex- penditure is itemized, so you can see what is spent for cement, gravel, oil, gas, wages and thou- sands of other items as well. In the township of Ellis for example where roads and bridges is not on the secret list, farmer John Oliver is Road Stperintendant, "part time of course" and is paid $2400. a year. I'll bet Tra- falgar doesnt hand out money like that, at least I wouldn't think: so, judging vy the condi- tion of the roads. OF course since Trafalgar keeps all this a sec- ret, that's ome thing we can't argue about. I wonder if Mr. Editor would have any special influence with the Trafalgar Road Superinten- dant. With your charming per- sonality you might be able to get some of thisasecret information. It might cost you plenty but it would be worth a lot to get some of this secret dope, which even the members of council don't know. Please see what you can do for me, Mr. Wood. An inquisitive Tax-payer Mr. Casey Wood, Jr. Editor, Oakville Trafalgar Journal, OAKVILLE, Ontario. Dear Mr. Wood: The people of Oakville and the industries in particular, have de- monstrated a gplendid example of co-operation in the current emergency of Hydro Blectric Power shortage. We want to say thank you to all those who have contributed their effors to developing a pro- hin collaboration with the Oak- gramme to meet the demands of the situation and to maintain full pay cheques and full dinner pails. It is felt that your medium af- fords an opportunity -to express our thanks to Oakville so that they may realize that the contri bution for power conservation are not unappreciated. The industries of have made a great contribu- tion and we make public ack- nowledgement of their help. Our particular thanks are made to the Directors of the Oakville Indus- trial Council: Colonel E. G. Pul- len, Mr. M. Leggett, Mr. A. E. McDonald, Mr. A. McCoy, Mr. R. Brand and Mr. J. Wotherspoon. This Council was fortunate in re- ceiving the undivided attention of these gentlemen in planning the ways and means to continue the productive volume of Oakville and maintain at least a forty hour week. Colonel Pullen, Mr, Leggett and Mr, Brand gave day and night Oakville ville Water and Light Commssion to evolve a plan that would en- ahle Oakville to keep within its quota and at the same time, en- able the industrial ville to continue. life of Oak- It is unfortunate that night work has become a necessity but we are sure that with the continued good will and help of the merchants and the citizens of Oakville, that this community will be able to preserve is economic life and maintain its volume of trade from the manufacturers through to the ultimate consum- er We thank his Worship, the Ma- yor, and the Town Council for their kindly considerations and the use of the Chambers that en- abled us to have gatherings to discuss the problems facing us.. The press have been most kind in opening their columns for messag- es to convey to our public, keep- ing them appraised of the trends and progress in our combined ef- fort to prevent serious work stop- pages in Oakville. Cordially and sincerely, H. T. Roden President Oakville Industries Council BECAUSE WE HAVE A PLANING MILL WE CAN SUPPLY ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONTRACTOR OR HOME WORKSHOP A Complete Line of Building Supplies * WALLBOARDS Carried at All Times PLYWOODS * PLASTER * STORM SASH CHARLES F. DOTY. & SON PHONE 76 Dundas St. - North of C.N.R. NIGHTS 670 - 558-W When An Oakville Buggy-Ride Might end in Hub-deep Mud... for even the main street was a dirt road still lined the and local folk ind of the present population. the banking offi .when fruit farms about a that was when the commun- part of the Merchants LE of Canada--wwhich long since became one of the B of M's 500 branches. The date was November 17th, 1898......and the office occupied a building at the corner of Colborne and Thomas Streets which had previously housed St. Jude's Church' and then Sam McGiffen's harware store. The character of Oakville has changed greatly since those days. Now a residential community, it is noted chiefly for ita beautiful homes and modern civic facilities. Working hand in hand with Oakville people on every bus- Iness day for half n century, the branch has formed many long friendships here. In this, the B of M finds reason for re garding its fiftieth birthday as a truly golden anniversary. Here, us In hundreds of communities, large and small-- throughout the length and breadth of the Dominion--the Bank of Montreal coninues to work with Canadians as it has done since the days of its foundation more than 130 years ago. In hamlets and villages, towns and cities, the Bank of Montreal Is still pioneering with the men and women who are making the Canada of tomorrow. BANK oF MONTREAL Canada's First Bank Working with Canadians in every walk: of life since 1817 Oakville Branch: STANLEY B. OTTON, Manager | v TOA AILLION CUADIAYS