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Bronte Ham' Contacts Venezuelan In Spanish Bronte engineer Jim Campbell made good use of his Spanish last Saturday night in a tent on the, Red Hill near the Eighth Line, when Oakville " hams" made their longest contact, in Venezuela -- during an international contact competition. In all the 18 members of the Oakville Am ateur Radio Club worked around the clock twice during the annual contest under em ergency conditions. " W e made 565 contacts in the 24-hour period, or twice as many as last year, when we placed sec ond in our class in Canada" , said club President Jasper Smith, who when on the job is at CFRB con trols in Clarkson. " Usually when we make a for eign contact, English is the lan guage used." said President Smith, " but as this fellow in Venezuela spoke only Spanish, it was a good thing we had Campbell on hand. Journal Photo by Dick Murphy As a W est Indian, he's fluent in Spanish." LEGION PRESIDENT, A U X IL IA R Y SECRETARY A T CENOTAPH The " ham" jam session brought together men who ordinarily walk along widely diversified paths. Campbell is an electrical engineer, President Smith a radio engineer, Jack Russell a druggist, George Very a florist. The " weaker sex" was repre sented by Mrs. Norman Busk, who after she and her husband locked up the Riverside Lodge at 2 a.m. Sunday hied to the four tents on Red Hill to take a turn at sending out feelers for contacts. The club has four transmitters in as many tents in operation, plus a cook tent. Two gas engines pro vided power. Am ong the 565 con tacts made was one with a `ham" in British Columbia. " And we spoke to fellow s in practically every state in the United States," summarized Smith, who lives on Riverside Drive. 400 At H ollanders' A nniversary Dance The Dutch Canadian Club of Oakville celebrated its first anni versary with a dance in Oakville Arena Saturday evening. About 400 were present, including many from Toronto, Hamilton, and other outside points. W illiam Brouwer, club president, was master o f cere monies. D oor prizes w ere awarded, as w ell as prizes fo r spot dances. Arrangements w ere in charge of a committee com posed o f W illiam Brouwer, chairman, J. Roosien, Gerret Luubers, Peter Engbers, Josseph Stevens and H. Hunting. The club is holding its next dance at the arena on Saturday, July 20. ADMIRAL PULLEN TAKES SALUTE 1,000 W ar Vets To Remember As Memorial Unveiled Sunday By H. R. HOW Oakville Legion branch's 370 members this Sunday w ill put the town's birthday celebrations on a rem embrance basis, as they and 700 visiting comrades in arms, and their ladies, march to the G eorge's Square cenotaph to pay respects to the 68 men who didn't return from the Second W orld War. The Oakville vets not only w ill don the war medals and berets, but by a $5,500 investment have made sure that the names o f those w ho didn't com e back to Oakville and Trafalgar homes w ill be dis played indefinitely-- in granite. F or the exedras, or granite benches, placed on a new granite base o f the enlarged cenotaph re present the Legion's investment in a permanent record o f remem brance. The rite w ill be a simple gesture o f respect, as only one wreath w ill be placed at the war m em orial by Legion branch 114 President James R. Black. It w ill express the sentiments of all of More than 400 Linbrook School the 370 branch members, as well parents devoured strawberries on as o f visiting w ar veterans and the Saturday to help finance the trip girls who shared the w orry and of Queen's Scouts Tony Myrons heartbreak o f 1939 to 1945. and Colin R atcliff to the W orld T he parade w ill be colorful, with Jamboree in England his summer. n ine parties and color parties, and The strawberry festival, in w ith Rear Adm iral Hugh F. charge of Mrs. J. E. Balderson, fo l Pullen, a native son, taking the low ed a field day at the school, salute at the post office. There w ill with A. W. Jefferies of the Lin b e nine bands marching, includ brook Home and School Associa in g kilties from as far away as tion in charge. Owen Sound. Ted Groothand won four events The parade w ill form up on and Elaine Humphrey and Daphne Chisholm Street South at 2 p.m. Atkinson three apiece during the Sunday, with Parade Marshall W il track and field meet. liam Card in charge. T h e first party w ill b e the L om e Scot? guard o f honor. The second pary w ill comprise the color parties aid the Oakville Citizens' Band. Third w ill b e Oakville uegion m em bers with the braieh pipe G. M. Evans organist at St. band. N ext w ill follow visting Le Jude's Church and music instruc gionnaires m arching behnd the tor in Oakville public schools, is P ort Credit Legion ba,nd. F ifh w ill leaving Monday with Mrs. Evaijis b e the Georgetown Region aid its fo r England. Mr. Evans w ill atterid band. ) the W orld Congress o f Organists ifi One o f the biggesli partes w ill London w hich opens July 27, and include some 200 w cipen if nine afterwards w ill take a short course Legion Auxiliaries, inciudirg Bron in the training o f choirs and choir te, A c tin , Brampton, O&Ville and boys at the Royal School o f Church Geogetovwn, headed h; Mrs. Agnes Music, Croydon. Mr. and Mrs. Foster, pressident o f tie Oakville Evans w ill also visit his parents at A uiliary. Salisbury, and w ill return home by The police contingent, officers plane on August 15. from Oakville, Trafalgar, Bronte W hile he is absent, Mr. Evans' and OPP forces, w ill march behind position at St. Jude's w ill be fill the Dundas Pipe Band, follow ed ed by Mrs. K. Cashmore. b y air cadets led by the Trafalgar P olice Boys' Band. Other war vets w ill bring up at the rear, with the Hamilton East Pipe Band and the D ofasco pipe band. Trum peters o f the Trafalgar What to do about the increasing Boys' Band w ill sound the Last Post and Reveille, the Oakville Le num ber o f requests fo r contribu gion padre, Lt.-Col. the Reverend tions, prizes, subscriptions, inser N icoll, w ill b e in charge o f tions o f advertising in programs the war mem orial unveiling ser w ill be up for discussion at the next Chamber o f Commerce lunch vice. F ollow ing the parade the Legion eon meeting at Riverside Lodge Auxiliary w ill play host to visiting this Thursday. vets and their wives at a Legion One suggestion is that a small hall bu ffet lunch. Also, men in the com m ittee o f merchants be form ed parade have been invited by the to screen the organizations and L o m e Scots to a lunch in the persons making the requests fo r a Thomas Street armouries. A fter financial " helping hand." supper' the pipers w ill present a concert in Busby Park. Though the Oakville branch now has 370 members, there was a time just before the Second W orld War when 35 paid up members used to m eet in a leaky form er schoolhouse at the corner of George and Church Streets, where soon a new post oflice building w ill take shape. Even in 1940 membership was only slightly over 60, but the fol low in g year the cornerstone of the present Legion building was laid, by the then mayor, Dr. Fred M. Deans. And when the boys arrived home from overseas volunteers had contributed either in money or labor, toward the construction of the building which today is car ried on the books at $31,000. Ted Groothand Is Linbrook's Fastest O rganist For Course At Croydon, England Before the branch received its charter, in 1927, there was the Great W ar Veterans' Association, meeting in the hall over Carload Groceteria. There took place meet ings which are still talked about. One featured a heated debate be tween the town's present mayor, W illiam Anderson, and Canon W oodcock, the Association's first president, over the $1,000 or bust" issue. The present mayor, who was to succeed the canon as Association headman, favored a $1,000 government grant to every war vet, but the canon opposed it. Tom Jarvis was the Legion branch's first president, follow ing an organization meeting in the Church Street fire hall. Am ong the charter members present were two vets who recently passed on, Arn old Flaxman, and Charles Ford. Am ong later presidents was Dr. Brock Chisholm, who later was to becom e head of the W orld Health Organization. A ccording to contemporaries, he made an agree ment to look after all members, about 75, and their families, for $1 a year per member. And as the late Charlie Ford recalled shortly before his demise, " Dr. Chisholm even forgot to send us the bill for $1. He was a great man for the veteran." Charlie Ford was him self president during the days of the leaky roof meetings, as was Jack Hopkins. K err Street mer chant Gilbert Walklett was head man during the early war years, when the present hall was taking shape. So by contributions o f money and labor, the district residents have given the Legion a spot in the local sun.' This Sunday the Le gion mem bers w ill be carrying out one o f their duties, to ke,;p fresh the m em ory o f those who fell by the wayside. By pausing fo t a short time in front o f the m em orial addi tion, on which tfiey havel had en graved for posterity the ^janre*rtff the comrades who remained over seas for ever, the Legion w ill be fulfilling its trust. Industry Exceeds Quota In Hospital Campaign An effort w ill be made to com the general canvass, announced at plete the general canvass for the a meeting o f between 30 and 40 Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hos canvassers at the hospital Monday pital by the end o f this week, A. evening. If possible, a blitz w ill be S. Ballingall, campaign chairman, organized with this end in view. and C. J. Thompson, chairman o f Of the 8,301 homes 4,526, or about __ \54 per cent, had been covered by Monday evening. " We have a right to expect that the people o f Oakville w ill sup port this hospital because they need it very much," Mr. Thomp Pupils o f St. Mary's and St. son told thp meeting. James' Separate Schools, to the T V .reCustrial canvass has ex number o f about 300 altogether, ceeded its quota o f $55,000 by contributtions enjoyed a join t picnic at Corona $5,000, and m ore tion Park Sunday afternoon. A pro from industry are expected. The gram o f races was run « f f under com m ercial canvas has not been the supervision o f G o r/ on Stewart completed, however. Anyone wish o f St. Mary's schoo loard and ing to make a donation to the fund Reginald Spragg o f Bt. James', who is requested to telephone the hos pital, and a canvasser w ill be sent distributed prizes y> the winners. The youngsters brought their to their home. C. J. Thompson pre own lunch, and w jr e served with sided at the meeting. The canvass for $275,000 to elim and lollypops. pop, ice cream Both schools close 'for the holidays inate a construction deficit had realized $175,000 up to 11113 J L1 iu this week. this Friday. Should there be need fo r a sec ond vote to decide who w ill run the nation's affairs at Ottawa, the additional ballot casting w on't faze Ford - Oakville's United AutoW orkers, who during the past week finished voting a second ...i u time to decide who would run Local 707's affairs. Another novelty, insofar as this area is concerned, was the place o f voting-- in a m obile trailer lo- Journal P hoto by D ick Murphy AUTO WORKERS VOTE 2ND TIME-- IN A TRAILER cated, with the company'* per mi si s;orl) on y je Ford-Oakville em ploy ees' parking lot. C lose to 1,000 union mem bers voted a second tim e last Tuesday, W ednesday and Thursday in what the union calls a " ru n off." In a previous voting session, in which Roy Dym ond was re-elected president, none o f the candidates fo r the offices o f guide, sergeantat-arms and four-year trustee re ceived the required 50 per cent o f total votes cast. So the two top candidates fo r each office engaged in a " ru n off" . Jean Landry em erged as fouryear trustee, Don Mackenzie as §uide and A lex Western as ser geant-at-arms. A standing elections committee, chaired by Ernie Jenkinson, ran the ballot session. " Scrutineer" A rt Horsfall is pictured with eagle eye on the ballot box by the trail er as R. Manella, Joe Knapitsch, N ick Melnyk, L. Clark, D. Giesbrecht and Harry Finley prepare to vote at the parking lot. 2 Separate Schools At Coronation Park HEARD AND SEEN Elsie And Twins Gross $392 For Hospital Fund Elsie and her twins Beauregard and Beulah, while on display dur ing the three-day Rotary carnival, earned $392 in contributions for the Oakville - Trafalgar Memorial Hospital building fund. GARBAGE COLLECTION During Centennial W eek the garbage man w ill call early in the downtown area, between 7 and 8 a.m. on regular days. POSTMEN REST Postmen, both on rural route and on walks, w ill have Monday, Dominion Day off. General deliv ery and registration wickets o f the Oakville post o ffice w ill be open from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and the lobby w ill be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. V CY MACK EMCEE Cy Mack, C a n a d a ' s M ajor Bowes" , w ill replace A lex Barris as em cee o f the Busby Park vari ety show on Dominion Day, next Monday. ` MIGHTY GOOD JOB' Warden Thomas Millward said Tuesday that Reeve Stanley Allen, o f Georgetown, who resigned from County Council recently to take oyer as superintendent o f Centen nial Manor, at Milton, " is doing a mighty good jo b ." . Centennial Program I (Continued from Page 1) 5:00-- Gymnastrp display, Busby Park, followed by demonstration by Warren, Ohio, majorettes. 8:00-- Centennial variety shov/, Mammoth Busby Park stage^ Jl:30r--Firework Tuesd 9^00-- Regist l Oi OO-- t . 300 Enjoy Club Pool After Prexy Dunked en's Day Boyko, Jay Garner Lome Skuce Titles Lavine Boyko and Wayne Jay emerged as senior champs of Lorne Skuce school when the an nual track and field m eet points were added up Monday. principal John Graham had a full-time jo b as starter, as David Bowen and Lynda Dixon copped top honors in the primary division, for the six and seven year olds. Junior champ, aged eight and nine, was Donald Dimock, while the intermediate champions w ere Sylvia K ing and Ronald Rozell. Runners up in he senior compeition w ere Judy Lewis, Jeanne Vandervooren and R ober Small, while in the intermediate division Barbara Jay and C lifford Bailey ran second to the champs. llcOO-- Paradv J i roses, Co'borne and Kerr Sts. 12>15-- Church Concert, St. Jude's Church. 1:00-- Special home demonstrations, Oakville Club. 2:30-- Fashion Show, Oakville Club. 6:00-- Model flying demonstraiion, Trafalgar Park. 8:00-- Band concert, Busby Park. Wednesday, July 3-- Children's Day 9 :00-- Registration. 9:30-- Installation of children's town council, coun cil chambers. 10 :00-- Midway opens. 11:00-- Children's parade, Colborne Street. 12:15-- Church concert, Knox Presbyterian Church 1:00-- Hot Rod Derby, Colborne St. business sec tion. 3:00-- Turning of sod, Lions swimming pool, Tra falgar Park. 4:00-- Swimming demonstration, Oakville Club pool. -- Junior Baseball League finals, Wallace Park. 8:00-- Band concert, Lakeside Park. 8:30-- Fireworks, Busby Park. John McConachie, Kerr Resident Since 1925 Passes At Age 70 A fte r an illness o f tw o weeks, John McConachie, 153 K err St. N. died Friday in Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. Death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage. The late Mr. McConachie was in his 71st year, and was born in Elchies, Craigellaehie, Scotland. In 1925 he cam e to Canada, and had lived in Oakville since that time. He was em ployed in the mainten ance department o f tihe C.N.R. Mr. McConachie was a m em ber 10-CENT PHONE CALLS Cost to phone at a public or semi-public telephone bewth goes up from a nickle to 10 ^aits, start The throwing o f Oakville Club ing this Saturday. Ih e new rate President Ryland J. (K elly ) N ew will apply in both the Oakville and into the depths o f the clu b's new Bronte- areas. swimming p ool by his fellow club m em bers marked the official open ing o f the p ool Saturday afternoon. A bout 100 m em bers attended the cerem ony, w hich was follow ed by swimming fo r all, and a bu ffet supper. G eorge Duncan, clu b manager, o f K nox Presbyterian Church. He estimated that between 200 and was unmarried, and is survived by 300 m em bers had taken advantage fou r sisters, Mrs. John N icol and o f the new pool between Saturday Miss Annie M cConachie, both o f and Tuesday. The pool is open to Oakville, and Mrs. R. Anderson all club m em bers from 10 a.m. to and Mrs. John Adam, Scotland; 12 noon and 2 to 4 p.m. Between and a niece, Miss Jean N icol, Oak 12 and 2 p.m. and 5 and 10 p.m. ville. it is reserved fo r senior members. The funeral was held Monday afternoon from the funeral chapel o f S. S. Russell and Son to Spiring Creek Cemetery, Clarkson. Dr. C.K. N icoll o f K nox Church officiated. A uxiliaries Selects 3 Garden Tour Leaders M erchants Debate Donation Requests Complaints Plentiful As 9,500 Trafalgarites Get Higher Tax Bills Close to 9,500 Trafalgar resi dents this week are anarchists at heart-- as they've received their -J9AB o^ uadcfeq ipiqM `snjq xb} age 30 per cent m ore than last year's municipal billet doux. Last o f the 9,500 tax bills were mailed last week-end, says Trafal gar Treasurer John White, who admits the complaints have been quije heavy. " But 95 per cent o f those com plaining are satisfied once the new tax form is explained," adds the treasurer. One o f the m ajor quer ies is about the item Local Im provements on the new form . Pre viously the tax form stated specifi cally what the charge was for, such as a new sewer, sidewalk or the like. This year all such are in cluded under the general heading Local Improvements. Reason the average tax bill is up 30 per cent is because instead o f asking the taxpayer fo r $1,063,000, as was the case in 1956, the total amount requested from John Q. (fo r quizzical) Taxpayer this year is $1,683,000, or about $620,000 more. Despite grumbling, there is nothing the taxpayer can do, un less his house bu m s dow n o r he goes out o f business, when he may ask fo r a tax rebate. His on ly re course otherwise was when he .re ceived his assessment notice, when he could have com plained about the evaluation o f his property for taxation purposes. Thursday, July 4 -- Old Oakville Day 9:00-- Registration. 10:00-- Midway opens. 12:15-- Church concert, St. John's Church. 1:00-- Old Timers Parade, along Colborne to Wal lace Park. 2:00-- Historic Homes Tour, auspices University Women's Club. 2:30-- Mayor's horseshoe pitching contest, Wallace Park. 5:30-- Final game, Centennial soccer tournament. 8:00-- Mainstreeters western music show, Busby Park stage. Friday, July 5 -- International Day 9 :00-- Registration. 10:00-- Midway opens. 12:15-- Church concert, St. Jude's Church. 2:00-- Historic Homes tour. 8:00-- International Folk Festival, Busby Park. Garden hostesses fo r the garden tour Saturday, Sunday and Monday being sponsored by the OakvilleTrafalgar M em orial Hospital W o m en's A uxiliary his weekend are Mrs. Angus McMillan, Saturday; Mrs. L. M. Atw ell, Sunday, and Mrs. Harry Ryrie, Monday. Co conveners are Mrs. E. H. Anundson and Mrs. Frances McClure. Gardens to be visited are those o f Mr. and Mrs. F red T. Smye, Mrs. Stuart R . Saunders, and Mr. and Mrs. David Knapp, all on the Lakeshore Highway W est, with ac cess to the lake. D iving exhibitions by Oakville girls are being given at the p ool on the Knapp estate each afternoon, and there w ill be an exhibition o f water skiing on the lakefront by Ontario champ ions at 3:30 Saturday afternoon. Congratulations Opti-Mrs. Sponsor Powder Puff Derby Twenty mem bers o f Oakville Opti-Mrs. Club enjoyed a wiener roast at the home o f Mrs. Florence Flieger, Morden Rd., last Thursday evening, when the club held its final meeting fo r the season. A donation o f $25 was voted to wards the expenses o f Elizabeth Reeves, Oakville Girl Guide who is attending the w orld Guide camp in England this summer. It was decided to make a donation o f linen to the children's ward o f Oakville - Trafalgar Memorial Hos pital, and to sponsor the powderpu ff derby in the Oakville Cen tennial celebrations. Mrs. Ena Davies, Club president, presided. The next meeting w ill be in Sep tember. BAPTISTS CHANGE Bronte Baptist church w ill meet in the morning Sundays at 11 a.m., instead o f in the evening, begin ning July 7, Sunday School w ill be at 10 a.m. during the summer months. OAKVILLE on your Journal Photo by D ick Murphy ANCIENT CARS FUEL UP IN OAKVILLE A m ong the 44 old cars which manager John McCallum and a yelp a u ied overnight M onday at Oak low 1927 R olls R oyce owned by a T orono car lover. v ille'* Q.E. M otel w ere the 1927 The first London to Brighton, Essex owned by Oakville sales Ontario run was sponsored by the Ontario region o f the Antique Autom obile Club o f Am erica. Herman Smith, o f Oakville was in charge o f arrangements fo r the first annual tour. Saturday, July 6 -- Sports Day 9 :00-- Registration. 10 :00-- Midway opens. -- Track and field events, Wallace Park and OTHS campus. 12:15-- Church concert, Knox Church. 2:00-- Historic Homes Tour. 2:30-- Band concert, Wallace Park. 3:30-- Old Timers ball game, Wallace Park. 7:30-- Special presentations, street dance site, Church St. at post office. 8:00-- Square dance festival, Oakville arena. -- Band concert, street dance site. 9:00-- Giant Street dance. 11:30-- Closing ceremonies and fireworks. 100th A N N IVER SA R Y GRAND UNION SUPERMARKET KERR ST. OAKVILLE QUALITY -- SERVICE VAR IETY SAVINGS