he \1.50 Per Y ea r Guaranteed O iivu latior O ak , H E N R Y LEPAGE " Your Comtnun , J U N E II, '936 Star V O L 49, N O . 46 P E RC O P Y5 C E N T ; late Mr. and Mrs. sby, A'llan Busby died from an attack o f pneumonia in the Buffalo General Hospital on Sunday at midnight. H is remains were brought home on Monday. Deceased was for some time manajiejgB ^ jh e local station o f the Bell Co., but was compelled owi: · ; to the condition of his health to r^.-ign. He was actively identified wiih the Mississauga Horse for some Few men in town were bet ter known and he had a host of fn i'iids. There are many of the younger generation who will remem ber his kindly acts all their lives. A funeral service, privately con ducted, was held at the fam ily resid> nee on Colborne street yesterday (ii-- M o'clock with Rev. J. W . Mag>'jf*d of St. John's United church o f ficiating. The Star echoes the sent! m int of the public in extending heartfelt sympathy to' all the relatives of the late Allan Busby in their berr-.jj.mgnt. The pqllbearers were \\ * e r and Murray Conder, Chas. ll.d jle se y , James Soulis, T. A. Blit!..^ock, Ed. Fitzsimmons. O A K V I L L E , O N T A R I O , TI If You Like The Star T e ll9 o u r N eighbor A bou t I t Death's Sickle Culs Wide Swath Tragic Death W as Fate of Prominent Oakville Business Man °Lawrence K. Desmond In Henry LePage had been for a num iier of years a trusted employee of the Oakville Basket Co. On Friday last he suffered a weak spell and was taken home. A t 9 a.m. on Saturday he passed unexpectedly away, at the age o f 63 years. The deceased enlisted in the C.E.F. at Woodstock and went overseas. H e left a widow and one step-daughter. The funeral tool? place from S. S. Russell's fu neral parlors on Monday at 4 o'clock, Rev. Canon D. Russell Smith officiat ing. Employers and employees were in attendancce, also a large number o f veterans. The pallbearers were six fellow employees and veterans-- Jos eph Doyle, Storey Redshaw, Albert Redshaw, Lorne Laing, John Chap man and Henry Lush. Interment was made in the town cemetery. School Board Discussed Manual Education And Compulsory Training Many Matters Dealt With® O f Importance To Town Schools. Mr. and Mrs. John Cadwallader an nounce the wedding of their eldest daughter, Ellen Megan, to George Frederick Simms, eldest son o f the late Mr. and Mrs. George Simms of Gravenhurst, Ont. The wedding took place in Toronto on Saturday last. A fter a short trip the happy couple will take up their residence in T or onto. MARRIED IN TORON TO. BAND AGAIN ENTERED. Plane Crash On Business Tripi For M. L. Co. J. M. Denyes, public school in spector, had a lengthy report on school affairs before the board o f education meeting on Tuesday even ing, in which manual training "was again stressed, the suggestion being made that the Oakville board should act in conjunction with Burlington. The school attendance was given as 526, divided as follows : Central powered to see about the necessary 236, Westwood 135, Brantwood 155. coal. The monthly report of Miss M. Canon Smith voiced the pleasure Jarvis, public health nurse, was read he had felt with the high school cadet and filed. inspection. H e inquired if it were Applications for positions on the possible to make it compulsory to public school staff .were read from have the boys take cadet practice, un Misses Dorothy Lyle, Margaret Led- less they were excused by a doctor or gerwood and Mabel Cramp. These parents. Boys who were standing on were filed fo r future reference. the sidelines were just the boys who Canon D. Bussell Smith, chair were in need of this training. man, informed the board thfTt he had Principal Archibald replied that received letters from three boys con the school hadn't, the authority to taining apologies, and in two of them compel cadet training. H e had a the request had been made that the numjber o f letters now objecting to account for damage to the high boys being cadets. school be sent to their father. In Capt. Pullen asked what was the acknowledging receipt o f the let percentage of boys who are in the ters he had expressed the hope that cadets, and Mr. Archibald replied , ^11- the boys implicated would share about 50 .per cent. All boys, however, in the expense, so as to be classed as have to take physical training. honorable boys. H e wished to express The boys who do turn out for cadet his appreciation o f the work done by drill appear to take a great interest Chief o f Police Kerr and his two in it, said Mr. Pullen. assistants in solving this unpleasant Canon Smith felt it was a P't-y* matter. with teachers qualifie] to teach, find , SuunjUt. oopi'uuiilees reported re (an empty room available in She Cen commending payment o f accounts to tral school that could be used for the follow ing amounts : a shop that manual training could Tire, water and lights . .$ 53.00 not be taught and that the board Property ............................. 101.47 could not see its way clear to at least Education ..........................113.15 make a beginning along this line, Mr. Shaw told the board tenders even if only in co-operation with Bur for painting and repairs to the high lington. school roof had been received. Mr. Gibson, who was one o f a dele The light at the high school en gation to a couple o f schools where trance had been kept burning, but manual training was in progress in cOuld now be turned off. The main Toronto, to see the boys in the Keele switch, however, has to be kept on in street school at work on machines and order to keep the door light on. the interest they took in it was an in The matter of providing a separate spiration. Some o f the pieces finish switdh for this main entrance light ed were well done and all work had Members of Oakville lodge, No. was left with the committee. been done by the pupils, and it gave Secretary Byers opened the ten him the thought that it would be nice 400, G.R.C., A.F. & A.M ., paraded to ders and read out the follow ing fig to have something like that in Oak St. Jude's Anglican church for the morning service on Sunday last. ures : ' For painting Brantwood ville. The brethren turned out consider school -- Best & Son, $129; J. H. Mr. Hillm er thought the work was Mathias, $167; W . T. Caven, $170; a splendid inspiration for the boys. ably over fifty strong, several of the J. F. Humphrey, $230. Eor repairing It gave them the idea that they had Burlington members being present. W. Bro. the Rev. Canon D. Rus the high school roof -- C. 1). Car to make a piece of wood fit. Every son, $1350; S. F. W iffen, $1369.75. boy had his own bench. But we sell Simith preached the sermon, be The vast difference in prices given can't raise the money here to put this ing assisted in the preceding service for painting caused Mr. Shipley to work in operation. The workshop by Rev. G. IT. P. Grout. The lessons ask about the quality o f paint to be and machines were absolutely clean read were specially significant for the occasioon. used. Mr. Shaw read tL ' specifica and dustless in one o f the schools. Canon Smith, in behalf o f the o f tions and stated white lead was white The other school visked to inspect lead, so that all things were equal manual training was the Bunmytmede ficers o f the church, extended a wel from that standpoint. school, said Canon Smith. The gen come to this great organization.to the Mr. Shaw moved, Mr. Gibson sec tlemanly conduct o f the boys, said church, knowing that the work is the onded, that Best J Son be awarded the Canon, was one thing that struck same kind the Church is hoping to do, in trying to build up character. the painting contract. him. Shaw moved, D. A. Smith sec The deputation went into one room Referring to the building o f the Tem onded, that Mr. Carson be given the. where household science was in pro ple in Jerusalem, people wondered high school work. gress and the girls were cooking how they who had lived in tents all Mr. Hillm er stated some little re scrambled eggs and toast. The girls their lives could build such a tem pairs would be needed to the fire- made dresses and wore them to ple. They sent for craftsmen, the Ifoxes in all the schools and the school. I t 's a pity, he said, the board men who had built the Pyramids of stokers should be looked over. There couldn't see its way clear to make Egypt. The pillars o f the temple are had been a prospect o f a coal strike a beginning, but perhaps they might indicative o f strength and beauty, and it might be well to secure tenders be able to do so with the beginning and Masonry erects beauty and nobil ity o f character. Apply the same for coal. The committee was em- o f next year. theme to our present-day conditions. Masonry has a wonderful history as an order, reaching away back. Are we shouldering our responsibilities as members of the Masonic order to day ? `So Canon Smith took for his text The annual meeting o f the Halton first vice-president, John Irving, M il second vice-president, Mrs. Isaiah 6 :8-- " I heard the voice o f the Conservative association was held in ton; Frank Pullen, Oakville; treasurer, A. Lord, saying, whom shall T send, and the town hall, M ilton, on Friday Beaumont, Glen. William®; secretary, w'ho- will go fo r us ? Then said I, evening last. F. Fitzgerald, M ilton; executive, here am T, send me." Personal char* The vital necessity o f " young Esquesing, first vice-president, Geo. acter is the foundation on which our blood" in the organization was par Cleave; Trafalgar, W . B. Puckett; character rests. The great tempta ticularly stressed. Important reor Nassagaweya, John A llison; Nelson, tion is to refuse to shoulder our re ganization and constitutional changes W. A. Irvin g; Acton, J. M. MaeDon- sponsibility. There are those who were discussed in the reports filed by ald; Burlington, Arthur A llan ; will take no responsibility-- wont al Dr. C. Martin and 'Stuart Brown. Georgetown, S. V . K in g ; M ilton, Dr. low themselves to be elected to the The follow ing officers were elected : C. A. M artin; Oakville, P. W . Cham- town council or any other body. H e President, Lloyd Dingle, Burlington; bres. called upon his hearers to build up Like a bolt from the blue, with its devastating effect, came the flash from Malmo, Sweden, on Tuesday morning to the Marlatt Leather Co. o f Oakville that Lawrence K .. Des mond, the vice-president of the com pany, had been killed in a plane ac cident in that distant country. A ll fou r motors o f the big passen ger plane are said tp have stalled at once as it flew at a low altitude on MRS. J A M E S B U S ZA R D the take-off. In the plane were Following a lengthy illness the eleven passengers and a crew o f foujj, death occurred at one o'clock on Mon but Mr. Desmond1 was the only ope day o f an old and esteemed citizen of High school entrance examinations killed, although others were injured. Oakville in the person o f Harriett . This are being held this year on June 24, The plane crashed into a house1 Pratt, widow o f James Buszard, aged 25 and 26, the last three days of is the first fatal accident irf the his 80 years. Mrs. Buszard was born at the school term. Subjects to be tory of c ifil aviation in Sweden, the Sheridan, but had lived in town written according to the schedule aje ill-fated plane being c&llecl the LappMICTIA EL -M cO R A T il since her marriage. Deceased was for * · · English grammer, writing and com land. Many people in "Oakville knew many years the faithful and pains Mr. Desmond had been connected position, June 24; English literature, taking caretaker of St. John's Unit Michael McGrath, but few knew the geography and spelling, June 25; with the Marlatt Leather Co. for ed church, of which religious body war record he had behind him. On arithmetic and history on June 26. nearly four years, com ing here from she was a member. One son, James, Tuesday morning, after a few weeks' Last year there was complaint that Corry, Pa., where his father is presi illness, Mr. McGrath passed away in residing in town, survives. students who had not been recom dent and general manager o f the J. Rev. J. W. Magwood conducted the St. Joseph's hospital. Toronto. mended by prin'cipals" were not noti W. ^tnd A. P. Howard Co., makers of The deceased had the distinction funeral service at the fam ily resi fied until less than a week before leather, and in this home town he dence on Randal street and at St. o f 'laving been under Lord Kitchener the examinations. This year all was born 35 years ago. H e was a Jude's cemetery, where the remains when a captain. H e served in India pupils will know whether they have graduate of Yale university. were placed beside those o f her part for many /ears and later in South to write or not by J u n e-15, or nine In Oakville the deceased was fa ner in life, who predeceased her a Atfrca, and was in receipt of a small days ahead o f the first examination, miliarly known as " Larry." H e was n from the Imperial army. He few short months ago. The pallbear pei^j < according to the Board of Education a member of the Rotary club, and was years old and unmarried. ers were John Freestone, Robert Free officials. Until recotnniendations are exceedingly popular with all who -^rpfJield at St. Anstone, W. C. King, A. Handy, Jol made it is not known just how many knew him. B y the Marlatt Co. o f ~m. on Friday, will write.. Whitaker and Thomas Hurker. ficials and employees he was held in t'jbp highest esteem. oynyvpTiatlVlio I A LLA -V ting held from"T/unc l ( f uiAil June ' Married shortly cvei" W?+nT Born in Oakville 49 years ago, 26. There are no examinations listed leaves a young widow and babe, also for June 23, the K in g 's birthday. his father, mother and two sisters. Mr. Desmond left Oakville about Dates for subjects are as follows : MiddUe school, June 10, Greek; 11th, six weeks ago on business for the Spanish; 12th, music, ancient his firm, and this took him to Sweden. tory and English com position; 15th, His wife and child, during his ab algebra,'Canadian history; 16th, E ng sence, went on a visit to the parental lish literature, physics and agricul home in Corry, Pa. M ajor Kenneth D. Marlatt, imme Are Addressed By W . Bro. Stirring Address On.The Boy ture; 17th, geometry, chemistry; 18th, L atin; 19th, French; 22nd, German; diately upon receipt o f the sad news, Problem-- Club Helps A Rev. Canon D. Russell 24th, household science, arithmetic; left for Corry to be with the parents. 25th, physics, chemistry; 26th, busi Mr. Desmond was completing his trip Boy's Eyesight. Smith, at St. Jude's. ness arithmetic and commercial geog and1 was on his way to Britain to sail for home. raphy. The Oakville Citizens' band has again filed its entry to the Canadian National Exhibition. Already Band master W illiams has his boys prac ticing the- test piece. 'Some new blood has been infused into the band and the members hope to go places in the contest this year. H. S. Entrance Examinations Masons Attend Regular Meeting D ivine Service Of Lions Club Annual Meeting Conservatives An unusually large attendance was present at the meeting o f the Lions Club held at the Village Inn on F ri day evening last. Vice-President G. E. Bennett was in the chair. The guest speaker was W. E. Gor don, who founded the Knights o f the Round Table, a society that is rapid ly growing and doing a commendable work. The problem of youth, he con tends, is today th6 most challenging we have to deal with. In one Toronto area there are ten groups of young men studying Communism because they have been forced into their be liefs by discouragement, bitterness and mental and moral breakdown. Are we to have the, same conditions in Canada that prevail in European countries where Fascists, Commun ists and Nazis are recruited ? Revision of our educational sys tem is necessary, Mr. Jordon con tended. The curriculum is adapted for the ten per cent, who proceed to higher education, but adequate voca tional training is not provided. Back to the lan'd the speaker offer ed as a solution for solving many difficulties. W e must dignify labor; don't pamper the boy, he advised. Lion W . N. Robinson voiced the thanks o f those present to the speaker for his excellent address. Lion Harold Whitaker accompan ied a young boy to be examined by Dr. Lowrie, specialist, who had fitted him with lenses and the lad's eye sight was as a result much improved. In upper school examinations the last three days have botany and trigonometry, zoology and history, and physics. ANNUAL CONCERT BRANTW OOD PUPILS Instead o f participating in the H al ton county music festival, the pupils of Brantwood school are privileged to provide an entertainment of their own, and this has found to work out mos't satisfactorily. On Friday evening last the annual school concert was held in Victoria hall, with an appreciative audience in attendance. · Miss E. Brown, the principal, and her able ' staff, consisting of Misses Mellveen, Lucey and Archibald, were responsible for the splendid efficiency of the pupils. The program was var ied, comprising choruses, duets, solos, dancing, and a dramatization o f the " Coming o f Spring." The conclud ing number was the traditional May pole dance. The teachers and pupils alike de serve to be congratulated on the excellence of the program provided. WILL BE BEAUTY RO A D From information we have receiv ed we learn that when the new third highway is completed it will consist o f two driveways with a strip o f green between and lanes cut through to allow entry into places on the oppo site side. Such a scheme should to a large extent lessen the danger o f auto ac cidents, as all going in one direction would be on the same pathway. Tenders fo r roads and two bridges will he opened on Saturday and it is expected the bridge work will start at once-- one over the Sixteen and the other over the Twelve-mile creek. The latter will exceed in length the bridge over the Credit river by sev eral feet and will be over 840 feet in length. To Raze Century Old Smithy What is certainly one of the oldest buildings in town, the Kemp black smith shop on Thomas street, is g o ing to be pulled down. The main part of this shop was erected,, aceordin to Allan Kemp, over a century ago. For 80 years it has been in the pos session of the Kemp fam ily, father and son-- Louis Kemp and Allan Kemp. The property has been sold to be M'isses Kemp of the same fam ily, who will have the old shop razed in order to enlarge and beautify their residen tial property adjoining on Church street. This smithy is one o f the best known shops in the county. Every thing in the horse line has been shod here, from diminutive pony to Clydes dale, saddle horses, pacers, trotters, thoroughbreds, but for year after year it has been principally occupied by the staid, useful horse off the farm. Thus we .find the march of progress brings about another change. personal character, and to shoulder their responsibilities. The flowers on the altar were in memory of departed members of the order, also in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pitt, former members of St. Jude's. «