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overlooking the river. The in- door swimming pool features a 9O-foot sliding glass wall that can be moved away in summer so that bathers can walk out onto a fenced patio area. The swimming pool is to be completed in February. The centre is built of large, pre cas t, brushed-concrete panels which have been clipped into place. George Farrow, supervising archi- tect, said the insulated panels can be simply unclipped to permit construction of addi- tions to the building. A plaza .and Centennial gardens sur- round the entrance to the main street floor. Two floors are below street level. The centre, which houses the town's main library, is on the site of an old school where, in 1895, the Oakville Public Library was formed with books donated by the. Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Oakville Mechanics Institute. Saturday's opening pro- duced its share of humor and informality as Reeve Herbert Merry conducted the ceremo- nies, using Magistrate Ken- neth Langdon's eyeglasses. Million-dollar centre is opened in Oakville By RUDYPLATIEL Globe and Mail Reporter OAKVILLE - Oakville's million-dollar Centennial Cen- tre was officially opened Sat- urday with a spirit of bicul- tural harmony and a Quebec mayor's denunciation of sepa- ratism. Mayor Sarto Desnoyers of Dorval was enthusiastically applauded by several hundred persons at the opening cere- monies when he presented Oakville with a crest of Que- bec and said "we are very much in Confederation yet and will be for a long time." Mayor McLean Anderson of Oakville replied that the ex- change of visits between offi- cials of Oakville and Dorval has developed a bond of friendship so strong that it is clear "that the constant pro- phets of doom and damnation are reading the wrong news- paper clippings." Lieutenant-Governor Earl Rowe opened the centre, built on a 3.5-acre site beside Six- teen Mile Creek in downtown Oakville. Originally scheduled to be completed on July 1, the centre, which houses an art and exhibition gallery, the town's central library and a 25-metre indoor swimming pool, was delayed by c struction strikes. Mayor Desnoyers led a' , delegation of 16 Dorval coun- cillors, officials and their wives on a quick one-day I journey to attend the opening. The association between Dorval and Oakville began in 1957when the two municipali- ties agreed to become twin communities in an effort to foster better understanding. Earlier this year, an Oak- ville delegation attended the opening of Dorval's Centen- nial Centre. After the ceremony Satur- day, Mr. Desnoyers said there are some rough spots that have to be smoothed out in Confederation. "But you don't tear some- thing down just because there are a few faults in it-you fix them. It is always easier to demolish. The hard part is to , build." Mr. Desnoyers said he is worried about a "trick of fate that might give undue power to the 6 per cent of trouble- makers" in Quebec. "That's about all they got in the last election you know, but that's about all the sup- port Hitler had too. Maybe the next (provincial) election will clear the air." Mr. Desnoyers said that in- stead of coming to Canada and making speeches about freedom, President Charles de Gaulle should look after problems in his own country such as the grievances of peo- ple in Brittany. Oakville's Centennial Centre is a three-level structure builtinto the side of a-.-35d.oJ)tslone.I .--.,..----;