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THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, April ! 13 The Oakville- Trafalgar Journal Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published Every Thursday Morning in Oakville, Ont., by Oakyville-Trafalgar Publishers, Ltd. 7 Dunn Street North S. Casey Wood, Jr, Vincent H. Barrey Managing Editor Advertising Manager Bill Cotton, Editorial Assistant Phone 1298 Good Growth In large part, the spirit of ay church is a good reflection of the ron given by the minister-- and St. John's is fortunate in Reverend Harry Paw- son. But it is not the only church which can make such a claim. Across the board, any new comer to town must be impressed with the calibre and char- acter and tolerance and understanding of the min- isters of the churches of Oakville. It is not often that the opportunity comes for public praise of men who, while only doing the job which they have chosen as their life work, still manage to put something extra into their services in the work of Christianity. The occasion of the St. John's drive for funds gives this paper the opportunity to express its ap- preciation for the co-operation it has received per- sonally from all the clergy, and to compliment the various congregation on the men who they have chosen to lead them. When a church conducts a drive for funds, all citizens whether members of the church or not, should be behind the campaign. The reason for this is that the growth of a church--any church--in a community is a good indication that the right type of citizens are living in the district. The church is the central point in the spiritual life of any group, but it also serves in many ways to assist in the gen- eral building of the community, through the use of its halls as places for worthy organizations to meet. St. John's United Church needs $72,000 to re- habi te and add to its present building. The con- gregation has grown immensely in the last few years, and there is little doubt that the sum will be achieved. One of the items earmarked for some of the money is the organ. Anyone who has heard the musical activity in this church will agree that the best of organs is deserved by such hardworking choir members. But it is the spirit in this church, a spirit that will undertake such a large drive, which is even more important, we feel, than-the monetary retur Unless the members of a church are willing to work with and for their church, then the church be- comes nothing. This campaign shows that there is no Zopaer of St. John's United ever being such a church The White Cane There is not a person in the world who would not help anyone met on the street who was using a white cane. Immediately would come recognition that the individual with the cane was blind--for the white cane is the badge of this misfortune the world er. For this reason, there should not be a person who will not, when asked, give generously to the local campaign for funds to assist the Canadian Na- tional Institute For The Blind. The Institute is the blind person's guide and mentor. It gives the unfor- tunate individual the training and courage to re- enter a world he or she can no longer see, and be a useful person in that world. Usefulness. The wonderful feeling that comes when you are pulling your share of the load, when you are contributing--no matter how minutely-- to the activities of the world. Usefulness can be giv- en again to a person blinded because you give now to the campaign. There can he no more hopeless feeling than the knoweldge that never again can you be a productive member of the community, can be a producer for your family. We are told that this feeling comes to all who find blindness their lot in life. Yet there can be few people who have not, at some time or another, purchased cigarettes: from the blind vendors in the various buildings in Tor- onto. And these people > more than merely useful members of society again . . . they are usually the most cheerful and uncomplaining of any group of people you can meet. These blind cigarette sales- men are trained for their occupation by the Institute. Their rehabilitation is worth a great deal, not only to them, but to the world at large. Your donations will help". . . so don't forget the Blind when the canvasser calls. Padding Coretriesit Everything sings in the Spring! The Robins, our spirits --and The Oakville Choral Society, who are presenting a Spring program. If you haven't secured your tickets yet for this concert, you can secure them from any member of the choir. They will also be on sale soon in some stores. But if you want to be among those present, remember the Choral Society concerts are sell-outs, so get your tickets soon. We're going to be consumed with Interest to find out if the estimates will include the water fountains for tho maln street we've been advocating for some time. That's the fun nbout estimates, you never know how you're going to do. Perhaps this is our annual chore . but again thi this year the wreaths placed on the Cenotaph are still there, and they look very badly after their winter stay. The Parks Department should remove these wreaths after they have passed the point where their presence is a crbdit to those who made the supreme sacrifice. It is to be hoped that an inhalator for Bronte can be managed. Bronte is o mecca for swimmers In the always tho percentage figure to remember when counting swimmers. "Oakville's fire brigade hos helped in the past . . . but when in Bronte, the machine would not bo avallable here. Another machine is Indicated. Possibly the resuci- tator at the Memorial Hospital could serve in this connection, but speed is essentiul if there is to be any hope. summer, and there's 1 yy Viatolear a BY BESSIE CAIRNS FACT-FINDING! Speaking of facts fortunately Ozkville is a live town. Certain- ly if you can't get facts from the living it takes a lot of grave- digging to get them from the dead. Practically every radio station in the world made some mention last week of Shakes- peare's birthday yet it is a fact that no one knows when he was born--there are even many who doubt not only the "when" of his birth, but the "if". Accord- ing to a recent press despatch from London the Baconians have again requested permission to unearth the bones of Edumund Spenser in order to prove that William Shakespeare was Fran- cis Bacon. Follow me? When Spenser died as a tribute to the author of The Faery Queen all the writers of the day placed a piece of their work in his tomb; hence no work of Shakespeare, no Shakespeare, All the known facts of Shak- espeare's life can be written on half-a-sheet of foolscap. Here they are: Born? Baptized: April 26, 1564, at the parish church of Stratford-on-Avon. Married: Probably within a few days of November 27, 1582, under pecu- liar circumstances, by special license from the Bishop of Wor- cester, Not in the Stratford Church. Offspring: His daughter, Susanne, baptized in Stratford church on May 26, 1583, six months after his wedding. His twin son and daughter, Hammet and Judith, baptized in Strat- ford church on February 2, 1585. Career: Evidence to warrant the belief that he left Stratford in 1586. 1592-3 discovered in Lon- don as an actor may have wr ten a play or two. 1593-1611 lived mainly in London (it is general- ly believed) and had his name at- tached to "Venus and Adonis," "The Rape of Lucrece" and a hundred and fifty-four sonnets, and thirty-seven plays. Whether he wrote them is still in dispute. 1611 (or thereabouts) returned to Stratfora and lived there on the property called New Place IT SEEMS TO ME By P. W. Thompson To the four freedoms set forth as the rights of individuals in the, rixiure of raucous snarls, sac-| quiet, Atlantic Charter should be 2dded| charine gurglings, a fifth--freedom from noise. Freedom from undue, excessive, unreasonable noise, that is. Un- broken quiet in the average mo-|proeram that comes over the air. is out of the|mne eternal dern community question, and those who desire it should seek sanctuary in the wilderness. But while much noise | geience is calculated to drive any and unavoidable by|put the most insensitive individ- is essential the very nature of our industrial system and our whole way of |ganity. Unfortunately there seem life, certain of the objectionable sounds that assail the ears and nerves are superfluous and could be eliminated. Or if not complet- ely eliminated, at least reduced or muffled. One of the worst offenders is the loudspeaker. Its invention marked the beginning of a new era in noise, something quite un- precedented. By the merest flip for the rest of his life. Died? Buried; April 25, 1616 in the Stratford Churchyard. That is all that is known, and at this late date all that is ever likely to be known of "The Bard of Avon." Thousands of books have been written on the Life of Shakes- peare, Russia willing, thousands more will still be written. The majority of them centre around the gap between 1586 and 1592 for which no facts are available. During that time he has been dubbed tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, richman, poorman--yes and even thief. Speaking of Rus- sia, this is no time for picking bones. The only Englishman liv- ing or dead who seems to have captured the admiration of the USSR. is one William Shakes- peare. If we lose that one com- mon bond we'd better get pre- pared for the shooting war. Cer- tainly an atom bomb on Spen- ser's tomb would end for all time the Baconian feud. May the dead rest in peace, "He, that filches from me my good name, robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed" and that's a fact. The work day of the news- paperman is generally devoted to recording the trials and tribula- tions, whims and idiosyncracies of his fellow man. The John Does and Joe Doakes of this world, you find as you scan your fay- ourite news publications, seem to have little trouble keeping the avrage reporter pretty busy sorting out and chronicling their manifold miseries and general--if youll pardon the phrase--screw- ballishness. As a result of this daily con- tact with mankind's phobias and frailties, even a newshawk with a pronounced bump of humour often finds himself becoming a mite satiated with the 'human' side of the news. It has there- fore been positively refreshing these past few weeks to note a definite animal trend in the press releases from near and far that have caught headlines. Our four- legged friends, it seems, have be- come publicity conscious, Skipping over the leopard that went AWOL and had the vigilan- tes out in force, let's take a look at the tiny items that get them- selves buried in the small type and escape the casual eye, A quick check shows that lions, dogs, horses, skunks, mice and cats have managed to frighten, disappoint, belittle, alibi and as- sist man sufficiently of late to rate printer's ink. Away out in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, for instance, the Horse Co-operative Marketing Assn, which cans horse meat, found it necessary to cancel a sleighing party at the very last minute. They couldn't find any horses to pull the sleighs, which (yak, yak) was definitely a horse on them. Then, down in Nashville, Ten- nessee, members of a college fra- ternity lost track of their pet skunk mascot, name of General Sherman. They turned out en force to scour the countryside, finally spotted the striped pussy curled up asleep under a bush. Swiftly the members converged on thelr slumbering chum. By the time they found it v eral Sherman at all, all were completely in-scent-sed Dogs entered the C. C. Little, who spends his ie PUFFS FROM THE COTTON GIN in intensive research into canine psychology, told a safety conven- tion that dogs show a great deal more intelligence than humans in avoiding the dangers of big city traffic. Of course, any Oakville youngster who watched the Dafly Star's Knee-Hi in action could have given Dr. Little that infor- mation some months ago. I can't help but wonder, though, if the good doctor can explain the plight of one, Harold Martin, a Los Angeles salesman. was acquitted on a charge of stealing a great Dane and a col- lie after he had proved that the dogs forced their way into his car and refused to leave because his clothes smelled of his product. Harold sells dog food. Then, of course, there was the escaped lion that wandered into the Boston coming-out party. Whereupon the debs in attend- ance emerged faster than debs ever came out before! And lastly, there was the cat and the mice who co-operated to gain an Albany, N.Y. storekeep- er a federal income tax deduc- tion, As the gentleman in ques- tion tersely put it on his tax form: "Food for kitten to catch the mouses in the store." You just can't help but admire animals, can you? They seem to have just as many adventures as people, but they don't talk your ear off about them Yours for a new Humane Society shelter, BILL COTTON A Complete Investment . Service BONDS STOCKS on all Exchanges MACRAE AND COMPANY Investment Dealers 80 King St. W.--Toronto PHONE: EL 3374 of a switch, the slight turning of | devising some method of 4 a dial a building or a whole | against the universal neighborhood can be turned, in-|noise. And at the same stantaneously, into a veritable | would be a good thing if oy , bedlam of noise. And such noise!| ious educational agencies i, In the name of "entertainment" | try to instill in people a the hapless listener is treated to| appreciation of the bless; both for themsel nerve-wrack- | Others. ing moanings and whinings and idiot laughter that more than cancels out the occasional good Look to your babble of human voices that pours unceasingly from this much-abused marvel of ual to a state bordering upon in- © Nothing you possess; of greater value than sound health. Guard wey this precious asset. At the first suggestion of illness, to be quite a number of people impervious to this variety of noise, and indifferent to its effect upon others. To list the different kinds of noise, mechanical, animal and human that people are forced to put up with would be a formid- abl task. Suffice it to say that in their entirety they constitute a visit a physician. Obtaiq his diagnosis. and give him your complete co. operation. 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