Mi,s s XiB e* M a r a ly n A S F O R 3T E R ED ITO R |2.00 a YKAK 2.5 0 TO TM e UN» FEU 5 1 \ T bs OAKVILLE, ONTARIO. FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1929 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Vol. 43 N». 48 << White W a y " Being Extended Standards Being Placed From Navy to Wilson Streets RESCUED MAN IN GRAVEL PIT Who Had Been Pinned Down by Entrance Results Bright S ch olars who May Attend High School BOARD HOLDS SUMMER MEETING Matter of Vocational Teacher Must Stand for T im e G as Pipes at Burlington Lighting Small Land Slide The S t . John's Sunday school pic nic was held last W ednesday at the Creditvale park near Streetsville, and am ong those conveying the scholars in their autos w as J. V . Markle, ! lo c 'I telephone m anager. Tow ard evening Mr. Markle was returning to the payk to bring back his party when passing the Erindale school he noticed a frightened team of horses tugging a w agon out of a gravel pit. K e cav!:l nee no man, and w ondered where the driver was. Rushing to the pit he found a man alm ost buried underneath a slide of gra vel. Only his head was clear and the man's body w as being crush ed under the w eight o f gravel. There was no shovel or other mplement, so M r. M arkle went to w ork with his hands to scrap away the gravel. That appeared the only way to rescue his victim and save his life. There was no time to leave and give the a larm . By desperate efforts M r. Markle finally extricated the man from his perilous position and straightened out his b od y. D r. Smith, o f Streets ville, w as called to see the exhausted man and ordered his rem oval to the hospital in T oronto, where he stead ily recov ered . It developed the man was David J. Johnstone, w ho works for W . E . BuJnaer. o f PneitvHlt*. and w ho was draw ing gravel for im provem ents at the Bulm er farm . On Saturday evening the concrete approaches to the highw ay bridge w ere com pleted. The large m ixer was kept w orking until quite late ar.d in spite o f a fairly heavy rain . This meant the con crete would set ever Sunday. At this season con ":' te sets quite rapidly so that in ? few days the sw eep o f pavem ent at ooth ends o f the bridge w ill be open to all tra ffic. A t present buss 'd trucks have to detour by the ceme, tc-ry bridge. M eanwhile another concrete gang is placing foundations fo r the largo tightln:; standards along both sides , of the n ew ly laid pavem ent. Thin will mean an extension o f our bright maiu street lighting from Navy to W ilson streets. This w ill malta a wonderful addition to O akville's " W hite W a y " and conn ect up the business sections o f the east and west sides o f the river. The bridge approaches have been widened and once the fillin g is settled concrete sidewalks w ill be laid on both sides o f the pavem ent from Navy to Chisholm streets. This w ill m ean the realization o f a plan conceived in 1913, sixteen years ago, by the reeve at that time, who ^had E ngineer Bell, o f S t . Thomas,, prepare the first plan fo r the rnt|«tr o f a. hiali lev el hrii/s-e In that y s u - the approaches to the form er low -level bridge w ere raised six feet and w idened about tw elve feet. The w ooden sidewalks, which were then on stilts, had to be raised and even at that the walks were lower than the roadw ai' . This was before the days o f the Toronto-Ham ilton h igh w ay. The project for a high level bridge has been advanced step by step with various setbacks, because o f war, lack o f finances, soft underground condition s and resulting bridge abutm ent settling. These difficulties w ere finally overcom e and 1929 should w itness the com pletion of the plan first launched sixteen years ago. This new bridge w ill prove a real addition to the features o f Oakville and both residents and through traf fic w ill en joy the b en efits. Only those associated with the project since its inception w ill realize the difficulties to be overcom e in secur ing the high level bridge. ACTON WINS GAME HERE Scored Five Runs in Ninth and W ins Game Innings A cton baseball team was here for a gam e on Saturdays last and by a rally in the ninth innings won by a count o f 7 to 5. Oakville had led all the w ay until then. M ilton w on from Bronte by a score o f 11 to 4, w hich places M ilton in the lead o f the county leagu e. Oakville occu pies the second n otch. S T . A N D R E W 'S A N N U A L GARDEN PAR TY The annual big garden party of St. A n drew 's church w ill be held on the presbytery grounds on Thursday LEG IO N G A R D E N P A R T Y evening next, July 18th. This party O N S A T U R D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 TH alw ays attracts a large attendance. The H am ilton L ight Infantry band, form erly the Thirteenth battalion, Tiie m em bers of the Oakville w ill provide a fin e con cert program , Legion are busy com pleting arrange assisted by Fred V ogt, baritone soloments for their annual garden party ist. The band is under the direction in V ictoria park on Saturday evening o f L ieu t. David A nderson. July 20th. Last year this event yielded the Legion a good sum fo r their charit LIO N S E L E C T N E W O F F IC E R S able w ork and it is hoped there w ill be a big crow d to help sw ell the cop The Lions club has elected the pers o f the L eg ion . M any attract follow in g officers fo r the ensuing ions. y e a r :-- V incent M cDerm ott, president; A . E . Ryan, vice-president; E . V . Bar Small Advertisements ber, sec'y -tre a s .; Chas. P . Tuck, sergt.-at-a rm s.' W. N. Robinson, A PP LE BA R R ELS FOR SA LE Samuel Clark and Gerald Mordaunt, Apple barrels, wine and cider k eg; execu tive. also cistern s. J. Landreville & Sons, L td . ,129-5 Tecum seh street, T oron to. Phone Adelaide 0528. B U R L IN G TO N BEACH 1 BR ID G E L O W E R E D FOR SA LE Quantity o f A lfalfa seed fo r sum ; One day last w eek the bridge m er planting. Ernest Irvine, R . R . across the Burlington canal w as lowN o. 2, Oakville, upper m iddle road . jered and highw ay traffic w as allow W A N TED TO PURCHASE e d to pass over the beach route. P latform scales w eighing around At on ce there was a noticeable in tw elve hundred pounds, and in good c r e a s e in traffic here, and especially w orking ord er; cheap. Phone 65Sw, iin the num ber o f Am erican cars O akville. w hich at this season make up about PASTURE ;half our tra ffic. G ood range, w ith running water, W ith this bridge again in use and for young cattle and c o w s . A pply to M cCleary B r o s ., R . R . N o. 1, Oak our Oakville bridge approaches fin is h e d norm al travel w ill return. ville, o r Clarkson, Phone 4 r 3. Working T o w a rd Oakville Diggfn'g Adam son, M ary, W ith Machines A lexander, Joan, The board o f education held their A tkins, H onora, July m eeting on Tuesday evening There is now reasonable prospect Ball, Helen, (h on .), when accounts w ere passed and re that the gas mains w ill be in Oak Bam ber, W illiam , (h on .), pairs to schools discu ssed. The ville this sum m er. N aturally there B arker, James, board desires to keep down expendi have been delays but o f late good Black, D orothy, (h on .), tures as much as possible. progress is being m ade. B ooth, Jean, Burlington board w rote suggesting The mains have been laid across Booth, W illiam , a manual training teacher for the Burlington B each and along the high Braun, John, By next two towns on the same basis as the way through B urlington. B ray, Belle, sch ool nurse is engaged. Forty per w eek w ork w ill be in N elson tow n Brodie, John, cent o f the cost is borne by the de ship. B row ne, Canboro, partment . Our board decided the D igging is by m eans o f m achines Budd, Ralph, m atter must stand fo r the tim e as w hich m ade a trench about eight or Burnell, V iolet, (h on .), ten inches w ide and in w hich the funds w ere not available. Burrell, Annie, ' ; The m atters o f painting Brantw ood pipes are dropped. The fillin g is Cachvallader, Evelyn, school, decorating high and other done by hand and where there are C arley, Fanny, (h on .), sch ool room s w ere discussed at nice boulevards the sod is relaid. Carter, Ronnie, length. T here was a general feel Residents on the line speak w ell of Cassie, J ea n f in g to do necessary w ork but noth the m anner in w hich they have been Cham bres, Richard, ing extra. used. Business places have su ffer Chisholm , A lex., (h on .). M rs. LeM ay, arts teacher in the ed little or no in con v en ien ce. Coyne, Goldie, Bronte should be reached this high school, has accepted a position Cunningham, R obert, (hon.), in the Grim sby sch ool and sent in her m on th . D ickinson, Leslie, (hon. 7, resignation . This was accepted and D ryland, V era, (h on .), the com m ittee w as authorized to Duncan, John, FRUIT MEN engage a su ccessor. Duncan, M ary, (h on .), ALL SMILE S Dunn, Clara, -__ D E N T I S T R Y A N D D ym ock, Betty, Because of Fine Rains-- Raspberries GENERAL H EALTH Elphick, Billie, (h on .), are Ripening E llenby, R obert, (h on .), A t the Rotary m eeting on Monday F arr, H arry, The fruit grow ers and fan n ers are evening D r. W . P . Jebb gave a talk Fish, Grace, all sm iles this w eek because o f the on dentistry and its relation to gener Gibson, Isabel, heavy, drenching rains, just what the al health. H arris, Basil, late straw berries and all fruits re reThe danger of defective teeth w ere H astings, Robert, been, d ry ! --------fmd the Halit of modern know quired . Patches had Ha^«£ef*3rST3arefr J l. wUAi p r o in i^ V 0f heavy loss ledge was ex plain ed. M a n y Ill's o t / H ayw ard, Barbara, This w eek prospects -a f?In u e h ITiTghtthe present day w ere traced to the Heath, M abel, er. poisons entering the system from Hindmarsh, Ruth, R aspberries are ripening quite diseased teeth. In many cases the H om er, Cecil, rapidly and early cherries are abun harm w as done w ithout the know H orslin, D oris, dant. E nglish cherries are good, ledge o f the person . H ughes Grant, though the w eather w as too dry and T he m em bers greatly appreciated Ince, H elen, (h on .), hot for them . the d octor's talk. Izard, John, (h o n .), A pples prom ise a good crop Izatt, G eorge, throughout this district. Johnston, G eorge, T O - D A Y IS G L O R I O U S T W E L F T H Help for pickin g fruits is m ore .1 i K elley, Jean, plentiful this year, w ith quite a num Leaver, A rthur, Oakville Orangemen are A w a y to ber com ing from the cities. Leslie, Isabel, (h on .), Georgetown Lister, M argaret, PASSED A W A Y ~ I Lunau, H arvey, Q U ITE SUDD EN LY There prom ises to be a rousing M ackie, M ollie, Orangem en's dem onstration at M assie, A lex., (h on .), Georgetow n to-day for the lodges Chas. H. Strong, Form erly of Oakville, M illar, D orothy, was Sick O nly T h re e Days from Halton, Peel, W ellington, and Patterson, Tom , Dufferin w ill gather there. Alm ost Pennycook, G eorge, (hon.), R esidents o f Oakville and district every lodge w ill have a band and Picket, Gladys, w ere distressed to learn o f the death there w ill be m usic galore. Picket, M argaret, (hour), Strong, o f Public m en from the fou r counties last Friday o f Chas. H . Price, Norah, w ill be present and the speakers w i l l 1Erindale, and form erly o f O akville, Read, Ruth, the R oy a l Ex be m ostly m em bers o f parliam ent and having conducted Regan, M argaret, h ere. A b ou t thirty m inisters. M ayor Dale w ill give an change hotel Robinson, D orothy, years ago he retired and w ent to address o f w elcom e. R ye, Irene, The procession prom ises to be live at Erindale on a sm all fruit Schiess, Evelyn, am ong the largest on record for farm . He w as seventy-six years o f Stennett, Joan, a ge. H a lto n . ! Stephens, B etty, (hon.), M r. Strong was w idely known and j Sutherland, B obby, at his funeral on M onday a great j LIG H TN IN G PLAYS Thurston, M argaret, concourse o f old friends gathered to j P R A N K S IN B A R N Turner, Stanley, pay their last resp ects. R e v . M r. I V ery , G eorge, Thom pson condu cted service at the During a recen t thunder storm residence and interm ent follow ed in W atson, Lillian, , lightning struck the barn on the farm E rindale cem etery. T h e pallbearers W ilkinson, G eorge, o f W a lter Pell, fourth line, Trafalgar, w ere W . C . Andrew , W in . C on ofer, W illiam son, M argaret, near Palerm o and indulged in a num- John O'Neil, K en . F eatherstone, C . Y ou n g, Catherine, iber o f pranks. Y ou n g, M ary. Bailey and M r. D in ing. T h e ju ice ran dow n one rafter The first five in order o f standing M r. Strong is survived b y his a t Oakville centre were--Isabel L e s - iw hich broke into P ieces. Then w idow w ho w as M iss M ary E . Daw lie, Helen Ince, Jack Izard, all of w ent dow n to a pig pen below and son, and one daughter, M rs. A le x . M cRae, o f T oronto, and one son, Central school, Oakville, Margaret killed tw o out o f eight pigs. The lightning darted here and M elton, w ho n ow lives in W iscon sin . Picket, S. S. No. 9, Trafalgar, and M r. Strong w as real w ell and Violet Burnell, Central school, Oak there and all this w ithout setting fire to anything. The damage was ch ief about a w eek before his death w as in ville. Oakville and district visiting rela Candidates -wishing to appeal ·will ly splintered tim bers. tives and friends. please send their appeal, accompan ied by a fee o f two dollars, to Mr. J. P R O M I N E N T A U C T I O N E E R M. Denyes, Milton, not later than A N D L I B E R A L D IES July 27. Quite suddenly Ben Petch, o f Glenw illiam s district, passed aw ay last w eek, and his death means the end o f a useful public life . M r. Petch was one o f our best know n auction eers and each year he had a long list o f sales in H alton and Peel coun ties. N ext to auctioneering his Liberal activities made him w idely kn ow n . In 1917 he w as Liberal candidate in Peel and for several years was president o f the P eel Liberal association . N E W M IN IS TE R W IL L BE IN D U C TE D The induction o f the R e v . F . L . Carpenter into the T rafalgar pastoral charge will take place a t Mhnn's church on Friday evening, at eight o 'c lo ck . R e v . F . G. Farrill, chairm an o f the Halton presbytery, is in charge o f the arrangem ents. F ollow ing the induction, a recepjtion for M r. and M rs. Carpenter w ill |be held in the Sunday sch ool room . WAS A C TIV E CHURCH WORKER M rs. John Davidson, of Palerm o, passed aw ay after a long illness. She was active in all branches o f w ork in the Palerm o United church, also in the Palerm o W om en 's Institute.^Sur viving are her husband and two daughters, M rs. J. Pem berton, of T oronto, and M rs. Arthur Cowan, o f P alerm o.