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MEMORABLE NIGHT FOR GRIMSBY OOOFELLONS ‘q.'dctbo langest gatherings . it !j hak taken place since the 1 +\ was instituted was that which t _.}« place on the evening of January 26th. | It was the occasion of a fraternal | visit from Victoria Lodge of Hamilâ€"| ton which came down on a special €ar and exemplified the work of the | initiatory degree on a large class of | candidates. At the close of the deâ€" @ree a very pleasing and surprising event took place when Bro. L. Robâ€" ertson P.D.D.G.M. of District No. 23 €alled upon Bro. G. E. Miller P. D. D. G. M. to step forward and on behalf of the officrs and members of Vicâ€" toria Lodge presented him with a beautiful and costly leather bag. Bro. Miller in reply to such responded in a very sultable . manner, expressing in such words as those which come from the heart and hoped that he would be spared to use it for many years. Amidst the applause while Bro. Miller was taking his seat, Bro. H. H., Marsh D. D. G. M. stepped forâ€" ward and told him not to be in haste about taking his seat, that there was another very pleasant duty that he was directed to perform and on beâ€" halt of the officers and members of Grimsby Lodge presented him with a very handsome P. D. D. G. M. Jewel. while Bro. Miller was so taken with a second surprise, reponded again, thanking his Mother Lodge for the kintly appreciation of his service in Grimsby Lodge and assured them that _ his sout was in the work for Oddfelâ€" lowship not only in Grimsby Lodge alone but in all others and also inâ€" formed _ them . that ‘while Grimahy Lodge was not tha largest lodge the District, still it was a recognized fact that it is held in such high recâ€" ord that it is one of the smartest and »most. attentive throughout . the . jurâ€" iadiction of Ontario. ‘ Atithe close of P.D.D.G.M. Geo. E. Ii% sented With Travellii and Master‘s Jewel by Bi mwwâ€" i 8 s ced wl ns â€" AP sA degree which was so ‘béautifully exemplified by Victoria Lodge the brethern adjourned to the . banquet room where a nice warm dinner had bean prepared and after satisfying the inner man short speeches were in dulged in until the small hours of tha morning when the memorable event was brought to a close by singing the National Anthem. NEW ACTION STABTED BY SOUTH GRIMSBY Judges Refuse to give a Decision on Southern Townships Appeal so they go to Supreme Court. innmaontetes When outh GRIMSBY appealed the decision of Judge Campbell, re the North and South GRIMSBY agree ment over the Q and G. Road, the Justices who sat on the case T¢ served their decision. ME AAATUU_ jtas North ©eRMmm NODY CWils Mr. McConachic acting for NOFUMI Grimsby moved for a decision to be honded down but the justices‘ rofusâ€" ed to give one. Had they done 80 th» case would have been settled for all time to come but as they did not South Grimsby has noW made . an= other appeal. This time to the Suâ€" preme Court. Mr. McConachic tried to block the now appeal, by applying for _ an order restraining _ South GRIMSBY from rppealing until they haq paid the costs of the first action which they lost, but the Justices‘ ré fused to give this order. WHO STOLE THE WHISK wunshine; Somewhe Somewhere there 1 where there is NO Somebody is hayin& and also somebod) dry. uxt CroW ary. _ On Tuesday night 0f carly Wednesâ€" day morning some person Of persons with a thirst 0n them eight miles 1098 entered the Canadian Expres® Office and stole three cases of real honestâ€" toâ€"goodness "Hardâ€"biled" lquor and made AWaY with it and as & conseâ€" quence some parties in our vicinity who have been dry awaiting for this thirst quencher to arrive, will 609 tinue to suffer from drought. Entrance Wa® gained by forcing the ..,.,Wumnmndm whisky Was handed . 0ut through 1t The thirsty 0008 dig not go away 4* T Aâ€"--hrtlm'nu‘lol- 49 58 ot, found not y " were Mmh"‘” from the scone of the terrible erm®: and stole three moodl“' "He made away WIt! quence some PM who have been thirst quencher tinue to guffer Somewhere Reaun O7" gre in GRIMSBY there is Somewhere there is §1000â€" o there is an oasis; 80M6â€" re is nothing but desert; is having a nice "Wet" time somebody 18 going mighty aC007e 00 case reâ€" for North ion to be ices‘ rofusâ€" â€" done 80 Unique Case in St. Catharines Poâ€" lice Court, When Gainsboro man and his wife are Charged With Abandoning Their Famâ€" ily of Eight Small Children â€" Father Afraid of Jail on Acâ€" count of Debts. One of the most remarkable cases in the record of St .Catharines police court was up Friday ~when John Giles and his wife were charged with abandoning their eight _ children ranging in age from sixteen years to a baby of fourteen months. The Giles, who ara of the ordinary middleâ€"aged couple class, were arâ€" rested in Toronto on complaint of the Children‘s Aid Society, and were brought to St. Catharines, _Agent Boyle of the Children‘s Aid Society had foung the youngsters on the 150â€" acre farm in Gainsboro, looking afâ€" ter themselves as best they could, a sixteenâ€"yearâ€"old boy as head of the establishment and his little sister of thirteen doing the cooking and lookâ€" in gater the houschold generally. _ Testifying Mr. Boyle stated that he found the children very poorly clothâ€" ed and hardly anything to eat in the house. Some of the children were barefooted. _ The livestock on the farm had been neglected, two or three horses having died; also some pigs. The surviving pigs he found eating off the carcasses of the dead horses in the yard. _ _ ‘The children said their parents had left on November 5th. The faâ€" ther had been home once since then, and the mother several times, Giles and his wife both @went on the stand. They told a simple story, especially Giles himsalf, which apâ€" pealed to the court. Misfortune had met thom. ‘They had had a fire and their crops last year were a comâ€" plete fallure, so with notes for six or geven hundred dollars to meet, they could sea nothing but to go away and find work to meet the debts and support the children. In charge of the boy of sixteen they thought the children would be all right. _ F "But don‘t you consider that the proper care of your children was more Important than paying your dobts?" asked Crown Attorney Brenâ€" "I suppose so", admilted the faâ€" ther, in a tone which was expressive of a lofg fight agiinst adversity. "I supposa the worst they could do was put a man in jail." _ C â€""Oh, but they can‘t send a man . to jail for debt," Mr. Brennan informed him. ~"I didn‘t know that," said Giles, and his wife spoke up from her place in the dock. _ 9+ 99. â€"‘"If we had known that we would not have gone away." _ _ >| _ Giles was frank about it. He had paid $1,000 on a farm, the price of ETT UTUONT P Cee anait m l the which was $8,000. Everything went wrong and he saw there was noâ€" thing for him to do but to got out and earn money to try and meet those notes for farm implements, cattle, etc. His wife thought she could help too, and she had gone with him. She got a job in a lamp factory in Torâ€" onto and Giles at Swift‘s. They earned about fifty dollars a week beâ€" tween them and had managed to pay off some of the debts. They intendâ€" ed to come back in the spring and again work the farm. Mr. Brennan said he did not blame Giles, but his wife should have stayâ€" ed to mind the children. If she went back home and stayd there nothing more would be said. Mrs. Giles was quite willing _ do this and so proâ€" mised the magistrate. *""me 10 MAEYL _ A0C .h. c‘m w !! Em ns vertise for a wife? Didn‘t he | WIMO tor io pawn her last jowel and to him? Wieh wity ald he act Mt If ho never _ knQ# :“..:lo: ‘"ro-“""lll drama of tricke®: c Theatre und love such a8 ‘you‘ve _ rargly Ons joyed.â€"Sea 1t â€" ay Moore® Ye0â€"~U2" wab. 1180 ”,“,â€"-“ uh 11 ‘ mwm' Feb. aith. hand by her O®B "As, m._lb. man Didn‘t ho _ ad~ ! __iva IMPROVEMENTS IN COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BUILO NEW WALK \ ON NELLES AVENVE sBeach People Asked to Hln" Road Extended Through From Park Road to the Baker Road. the North GRIMSBY It ": ":"fih’m its business finâ€" Counci â€"day last. They met At lshed on Satutâ€", " gone before . fOUF o‘clock. Cw M rt presented a POU* tion m himself and seventeen others -hh&: a sidewalk down Nelles Ave. the Main road to h:;'m people asked to wft‘MB9Y,D°a6® road that rums through the Beach from the Park road alongside the big . restaurani, opened up on both ends so as to c0R« nect with the Dake? Road, and the Mo! r. Hunter, seconded BÂ¥ u. ;.'.‘L.?!."‘h.-t this | Council reâ€" 20l+ """ stoncbet ceive the porflonâ€"bearing the nWPR of W. M. Stewart and 17 others for® S idewaik on ‘Nettes Avenue, and that a committee be appointed to get Tt estimate on fhe cost of a ‘cemoht Wiath, _ CAFFION: > 0n on > ) oannddit Moved. by. MCUC! _/# "lan‘ Caf by W. Vanbuzer, that the plan of the GRimspy Beach extension -ur:‘ mitted by My. Rutherford be ‘ ceived and that this Council will be willing to accept the plan 00 the basis of the .:rllu of Phelps Av& nue to the width of 66 feet throu to their property and to connect with Park Road. The eouncil will . agreo to give the Company the base line in lieu thereot. Carried. Moved by John Hunter, seconded by George: Douglas, that Byâ€"law No. 270 to Impose & special drainage rate on part of lot 16 eoncéssion 2, under the Tile, Stor>, Timber and Drainage Act and that the same be now read first time. Carried. T Moved by M .Smith, seconded | by W.VanDuzer, that byâ€"law No. 270 just mdbommduueoulndlhlrd C omc t sdd WE MMMM NARCCCD Moved by M .Smith, seconded | by W.VanDuzer, that byâ€"law No. 270 just read be now read a second and third time and do pass and the Reeve and Clerk sign and seal the same and its title be as in the motion. Carried. / Moved by J, Hunter, . secoaded, ‘w, G. Douglas, that the Auditor‘s n'orf be received and adopted and printed in the Independent, Carried, .__ ent, Carried, .. ___ . o y PB EuCS Moved by M. Smith, seconded by W, VanDuzer, that H. Kelson be inâ€" structed to make seventyâ€"five 22â€"inch tile for _ the Montgomery _ ditch. Moved by W, VanDuzer, seconded by M. Smith, that the following A¢â€" counts be PALJ:â€" Western nmg Division...... .$ 27 20 Scale Inspector.... ,;,,..... 31 60 Expenses burying 30 Indian.. 14 00 H. C. P. L. & T. Co........... 69 17 tion of BIPth®,. Deaths and Marriages...... ....., _9 40 G. T. R. Depot crossing. ,,,, _ 86 86 Eastern Rodd Division...,.,,,, 48 13 Constables fees......«> +«**,,,, _ 1 60 Typing Auditor‘s report.»>,,,, 15 00 ‘Council fees......+* ++ +,,.... 15 00 Moved bY q. Douglas, seconded by J. Hunter, t?.. this council do now adjourn 190 meet again on March 20th at 130 ; m, for general business. the COMROT â€"" 0320 into she slipped at this inte heavily, striipn the Ico s sharp edge oeing her the Village of the ceme! fiicting a balnn annex ing a slight «d scalp wo She was im concussion ‘and ménediataly the presentmedting ald alowly. ds n“ the p&.ill where walks are ux condition and ha ar ter. There is a high Ye there surrounding a o« and when it snows the and banks up against P thaws the water runs . guiter and then when ! leaves the sidewalk a 2C .000 dewal m ICE on SIOEWALK 15 CAUSE OF BAD ACCIOENT Mrs. Jas. H. Upsdell Suffering From Scalp Wound and Conâ€" tussion of Brain as the Result of a fall, and nOt 3t 81 UO""" ~linor A hill side shapeJevel, rather Ase of a snow stp. | The lack the continued shovel combin ade the walks freezing and the past ten days. almost . in Slippery Li seisarte artmtibe ned the walks are the aceident ndition and ha are in . A very Phere is a high ve been all winâ€" surrounding a 64 cement . wall hen it snows theement platform anks up against h _ snow . drifts the water runs off _ ‘When it and then when itoff into, the the sidewaik a | 1 it freezes | it ot at all level. a glare of ice wide shapedevel, rather more of "a snow siP. The lack of the o tued shovel combined _ With ML yurray Smith, seconded jger, that the plan of y Beach extonsion lllr: g, _ Ruthorford be hat this Council will be n’fllm (I‘:’:‘l on A“' o ing of Phelps v&n ,Jm of 66 feet throu& erty and to connect with "The council will agre® ‘ompany the base line in esn c .lvk 02 9 40 ossing» ,,., . 86 86 sion.+>,...., 48 13 PPeeo -.'“" 1 60 report»>>,,., 15 00 t*o++ t..... 15 00 ezing and thawing almost . impassable $318 56 Carried. Quite a Fecling in Favor of Conâ€" solidation, says Inspector Careâ€" footâ€"Why Some Boards Have not Done More â€" Graphic Reâ€" port Presented to Newly Elecâ€" _ ted Council. _ "One reason why some boards have not done more towards improving their schools, is that there is quite a stromg fealing in favor of consolidaâ€" | q tion," declared County Public School | 1 Inspector Carefoot, in his annual reâ€" |p port to the Lincoin County Council. |q "There are many advantages in |{ consolidation, aspecially where the |c schools are small. A large central |) schoo!, would have several teachers, | ang the classes would be graded proâ€" periy. All the subjects could : be | better taught and provision could be [ made for Domestic Science, Manual |« training and Agriculture, ‘The pupâ€" |] il‘s education could be made more | complete in every | way. Especially |; would this be the case if a Communâ€" |; ity Hall were added to the school. |, ‘There would then be a community centre in each district with great adâ€" |; vantage to pupils, teachers, and the |‘ whole community. ‘There are severâ€" |; al districts in this county where conâ€" | solidation would be a great improveâ€" | ment, and I hope to arrange with | the Department _ to hold . meatikgs | wherever and whenever the public | are enough â€" interested to consider | the matter. The Education Departâ€" ment will send speakers to place this matter before the people at any time. A fixed grant of $2,000 is mada to any school in operation by Decem« ber 1921, and the Department will |pay from 20 per cent. to 30 per cont. of the cost of site and building up to 1§6,000, ang from 20 per cent. to 30 |per cent. of the cost of â€" transportaâ€" tion. There are also very liberal |grants on tea.hers‘ salaries and |equipment, in addition to the usual f grants paid to rural schools, | _____ _ Tenchers‘ Work "As a general rule the teachers ‘lare doing good work. Many of our |teachers are beginners and it speaks ‘|well for the training given in our ‘|Normal Schools to find that most of i the teachers make a success of their i|work in the first year. The condiâ€" .\tions at th& present time "Fesult in ( frequent changes in teachers. _ In i |this County there were 63 changes: in teachers at midsummer and 16 y |changes ai New Years. The frequent â€"|change of teachers in a school tend i |mora than any other cause, to deâ€" .|stroy the efficiency of the school. Most school boards are beginning to j |realize that higher salaries must be . |paid to teachers and from . present indications, the supply of teachers , |can be maintained only by paying , |bigher salaries. In consideration of , |the special grant on teachers‘ salarâ€" ; |ies made at last session of the legisâ€" lature, the Department expects that , |second class teachers wiltâ€" receive at 4 |least $750 per year. It is to be hopâ€" ; |ed that evéry board will pay | suffiâ€" ) |olent salary to secure the services of | officient teachers." 0 Teachers‘ Convention â€"| ‘The Inspector also reported as folâ€" lows: Teachers‘ Convention was ‘ held on October 9 and 10, in St. Catharines. ‘The attendance was good, nearly every teacher being present. came into force in 1920. ‘The aim is to improve the attendance . in our schools especially in _ the _ rural schools. The average attendance at the majority of the schools is fairly satisfactory, but there are some se¢â€" BRUTBIUUNOTSY MWCY MRRTC CCC COAN C tions where an improvement should be made. The average daily attendâ€" ance for the whole county is 2,951,1 and the total number of pupils en« rolled during the year is 4,949, The average attendance is about 60 per cent. of the total enrollment. This is scarcely a fair estimate as the total enrollment includes two pupliis who were enrolled for part of the year only, In visiting the schools 1 found the urban schools had an average attendance of about 90 per cent. of the total enrollment. On the other hand some of the rural seeâ€" tions had an avciage attendance . of 57 per cent. of the enrollment at the ‘The Vital _ Statistics for _ North GRIMSBY Township for the year 1919 show that during the year there were 27 births, one marriage and 19 deaths. Oe uoo C20totifiam ©CTMICC ‘The law governing the registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages now calls for the reports of theso inctâ€" dents to go forward to Toronto every month instead of every three months as formerly. The statistics for the town of GRIMSBY for the month _ of January . show _ three births, two males and one male. One death and two marringes. PAID_UP LIST D. McAllister, Binbrook Dec. 31}19 C. H. Bromley, Grimaby . Apr. 15 John Hewson, Grimsby _ June 3{21 ‘The new School Attendance Act most _ successful and helpful _ 41370 Wailace Road Qakvilie, Ontario LOL 2Y2 Phone 825â€"1166 (Continued on page 7) ACCESS SYSTEMS LTD. WITAL STATISTICS 1920 m \ . “c. B. McCONACHIE CHAIRMAN | ®_ | â€"â€" OF 1920 BOARD OF EDUCATION GRIMSBY MAN FALLS i HEIR 10 $50,000 ‘Thos. Little Rectives Notification ‘That he is a Joint Heir in a thrus UEIUTB® ECY umt uEs GRIMSBYfor he has just fallen heir to approximately $50,000 in hard eold cash and moreover he never in his life as much ds had a glimpse of his benefactor. _ * ~ hE e â€" Imagine Little‘s surprise on Saturâ€" day afterncon last when he came ‘ho-o,tm-lh-riu!‘-'ry_t.zx en a letter from a firm of lawyers and read !.bcrdn the fact that he was,a jothE heir to twenty thousand pounds of good old English money, but that is Juat what happenâ€" Little was born in Halton county about fiftyâ€"five years ago, the son of ‘Thomas and Mrs. Little. His father: was born in Dumfrieshire, Scotland. and married a lady of English birth and they came to Canada and settled in Haiton. The father had two broâ€" thers, William and Franklin. Frankâ€" lin bad,one son named Willliam who now resides in Hanover, M._ss., and who is a joint heir to the fortune, William Sr. remained in Scotland and followed up the profession of clog making and later branched out into the leather and shoo business. He never saw either of his nephews and it is doubtful if he ever heard from them to any extent. . u. R% According to the letter recalved by Little the old uncle died about the first of January and loft twenty thousang pounds to be divided equalâ€" ly between himself and his cousin in Hanover, No other particulars were given, except that further informaâ€" tion and documents would be forâ€" warded in due coursa of time. ‘The recipient of this legacy came to GRIMSBY about twenty years ago to manage one of the late Henry Smith‘s farms, later going to Niagara ‘Township to manage a farm. He came back to GRIMSBY about seven years ngo and tosk chergo.ofone â€"of Mr, John Howitt‘s farms and is still connected with the late gentleman‘s estate. Tha late Mr. Hewitt in his will left Little $200 and his eldest son $200, so that this legacy is the secâ€" ond windfall in four months that he has received. Some men are born rich, MAIN LINE TRAFFIC _ _ BLOCKED BY WRECK Traffic was tiedâ€"up on the main line of the G. T. R. for about three hours on Saturday morning last due to a wreck which happened inside the yards at the mm_um' :huol m PM t se About 10.50 a fast freight going east, was highbailing glong at about fifty miles an hou../ when it was suddenly seen to m to wabble in the middle of the and one of the cars took a shoot out Jnto‘ the atâ€" mosphere and rolled down the bank, at the end of Robinson street south and twenty others left the track and piled up across the vq-tbotlnd trrck. ‘The accident was caused by a boxâ€" ing on a heavily loaded _ car of stone dropping down out of position, just west of the station. With this boxing down and dragging the train proceeded past the station, the dropâ€" ped casting tearing up the snow, road bed and crossing planks as it went. When it struck the switch east of the station the dropped casting wedged its way underneath a tie, smashed off the frog and the car left the track ang twentyâ€"one cars behind it left the track. As each. one left the rails a little bit more damage was done _ until . by _ the time . the empty coal car went over the . bank the whole roadbed, rails and all had been torn up and scattered around till it looked lik.. a German barrage Large Estate in Scotland. had been sent over, The car that went over the bank was five cars bee hind the stone car. eR s * The auxillary was soon on the job from Hamilton and by the time the 148 â€" westbound â€" passenger _ came along _ the westbound track was clear. . Everything was cleaned up by nightfall an} traffic on the castâ€" bound litte resumeq again. TN _MEMORIAN STEVENSâ€"In loving memory . of Ellen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Stevens, Beamsville, who deâ€" parted this life four years ago toâ€"day. Far beyond the land of changes, Far beyond the land of care We shall find our missing loved one, In our Father‘s mansions fair. We who loved you, sadly miss you As it dawns another year, In our lonely hours of thinking Thoughts of you are ever near. â€"Father, Mother, _ Brothers _ and 22 Freight Cars Jump Track East of Grimsby Station on Satâ€" urday Morning â€" Road bed Torn up. Communications . were read from/ Johnson Clench County Clerk notlâ€" fying the Doard of the appointment of Messrs A. E. Phipps,G. . B.McConâ€" the Board, . M. Stepher 3 the ird. . Stephen, re aj ment of the members to the l.l=|.ry Board. From G. A. Carefoot re mDp, ointment of a Provincial Attendance Officer. he4 . 3t â€" Boitonâ€"Druryâ€"fhat Mr. _ McConaâ€" achie be Chairmai of the Board for the year 1920â€"Carried. __________ _ Aitchisonâ€"Druryâ€"That the stand= ing committees for the year be as follows the first named to be Chairâ€" man. Boltonâ€"Pottengerâ€"That the chair man and Mr. Drury be a committes to invstigate the charges in the INDâ€" EPENDENT, relative to the teachers using capital punishment upon childâ€" ren eight and nine years old because their spelling is poor, the committee to report at the next meeting of the ‘Board.â€"Carried. _ Internal Managementâ€"Phipps, Calâ€" der, Marshâ€"Carried, _ @ Aet Boltonâ€"Aitchisonâ€"That the, prin« eipals of High and Public Sepoois and the caretaker forward the receipts of all supplics received to the Secretary of the Board immediately upon receipt of same. This is necessary to enable the Finance Committea to properâ€" ly check accounts.â€" Carried. Calderâ€"Pottingerâ€"That the _ petiâ€" ton of the High School Pupliis for perâ€" mission to hold an At Home in the Assembly Hall of the High School be granted.â€"Lost. & owing accounts be paidâ€" Boltonâ€"Pottingerâ€"That . the . folâ€" lowing accounts be paid: YWm) Furrow . ............ §% TSt Wm Fitch .... 22222l.l2..2. 25 0 Enrolled since Sopt. 1st 1919, 121 Public School Reportâ€" Total Sr. Prim. Jr. Prim. TWO IN THE FIELD Tomorrow is election dayâ€" and the citizens will have an opportunity of choosing _ betweenh exâ€"ald. _ Henry Culp and Edgar E. Farewell, as. to which man they wish to serve in the council for the rest of the year, in the seat vacated by Hugh D. Walker, Nominations were held on Thursâ€" day last and five men were nominated but three withdrew leaying Culp and Furewell in the race. Room IV. Room 1. Sr. Prim. Jr. Prim. Grand Total In smoking meat, you will have bettar results than by the old smoke house method, if you use Parke‘s. Smoke Essence. It is a liquid, you just apply it with a brush. u the meat tender because the ture is retained. It also w [3 sweet and free from insects, 35¢ and Tip bottlcs at Parke & Parke Limited, Market Square, Hamilton. Property~Liddle, Drope and Drury. Financeâ€"Pottinger, Bolton, Aitchiâ€" D. rixrrÂ¥res Moxley { Daldwin Millier &801 . ... A F. Haxke, Co. . J. H. Gibsow...... G, M. Hendry Co. . G. N. W. Tel. Co. . Jas. Bird ......... W. W. Kida ...... Hillier & Son .... Total Board abjourned Report of High School BEST WAY/TO SMOKE MEAT VI Enrolied 100 Alexandra School. FOR COUNCIL SEAT 31 49 24 T0 Average 16 166 $324,59 16