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_ _ THE INDEPENDENT EARLY CLOSURE CHILDREN‘S SHELTER Advecated By County Councilâ€" ‘That whereas the Provincial Ow-“ «rament has brought to our attention that we as a County have been mainâ€" taining a Children‘s Sheiter contrary to the Act, be it therefore resolved that the warden appoint a committee to confer with the Light Committee ‘The early closure of the Children‘s Sheiter is advocated by the Lincoin adopted a report of the committee of the whole recommending a conference with city representatives regarding to bring the county within the touching maintenance and care 0° children under the Children‘s Aid Act a«nd to report their Andings to this council at the April Seasion. ‘ The warden appointed Mr. W. E. hiz m uns Aupei iegapemetir S Te Mogg and the County clerk, Camby Wismer, to meet the representatives _-apdu*-nh closing of the Sheiter. C u-â€"n.waâ€" the County of Weilington, urging atâ€" tention to level rallway crossings, “fl".l‘m Rociety and named Walter Leidens .....--o-l--n-b- »pectors at $5.00 a day, including car. ‘The following reports were present~ .‘...-u-â€"u-u tendent be received and adopted. ‘That the report of the Traffic Ofâ€" ticer be adopted. s ummdmmfl- flcer be retained until April 30th. Md““nm 1. B .o oi cncnlihe 1 Adcs n Neskit, Mr. D. Biackwood, Mr. H. G. nn-l-lhmhnhl erament has browght to our attention R as8 earee PP CCCA Ni4 _ $ _ dfcoies andtaats that we as a County have been mainâ€" uo L0 DL oo L uzm *__ & . 4A Auctony Abes u-w*fllfl to the Act, be it therafore resoived that the Warden appoint a Committee to confer with a like Committeo from the County within the law touching maintenance and care of Children unâ€" der the Children‘s Aid Act and to reâ€" port their findings to this Council at the April Seasion. ‘The Warden appointed Mr. W. E. Neabitt, Mr. Blackwood. Mr. MogE -‘-”.“QM uâ€"uâ€"nwdl.an-u " es inpberp eery® VCV m--fllhwfi-‘ the County of Wellington re level L*\ 1 A s oodbaadives i per ie ro the closing of the Children‘s Shelâ€" tors as last year be SPPONN® C Waiter Leidens with Irvin Olmstead u‘“‘“pflflw maAWE. ‘ ‘That the Hospital accounts be pasd on the O.X. of the Chairman. \ vaded the Masonic Mall on FridAY evening when the young people of Grimaby held a most delightful dance, M“‘"-'-“‘ dance despite the unfavorable weat) Es 10 oozeniichaieiiimniin -..,w.n.ml.:.n.‘ LL.‘."-I‘-“ ‘The committee in charge comprised Misses Betty Way, Gladys Bogu®, ‘Theima Brandow, Mesars Jack Way, Louls McNiven and William Greenâ€" wood. Harry Picken‘s rythm band supplied excellent music for dancing, there beâ€" vocal solo; "Bpe¢‘" Norton, saxophone numbers; Harry Picken, piano solo, :-vn-l'"'-“""" Prizes for the various novelty num« bers were awarded as follows: spOl dance, Miss Barbara Wade and Owen Cemeeet Om 00 ‘ conditions. Beautiful flowers arrangâ€" od by Mr. and Mra. Boyer were whfim*; -..._-»-n“hhl-: Cns e TWe m on naeles aas whe show for which accompaniments were I & Lo â€"400 mistiam Fiftyâ€"First Year ‘The report was adopted as follows, ‘That the report of the Road superinâ€" That the same Cornâ€"Borer Inspecâ€" C T a~1Ts That the usual grant of $15.00 to A gay and colorful atmosphere perâ€" nd cotorial e N : birthday dance, Mro. Harâ€" Dates Set For Soil And Crop Improvement Meetings In County the long dining table, prettily decoratâ€" goiden streamers reaching *o the cornâ€" ers of the table. At the conclusion of the dinner, a toast was proposed by Burten Corman, who presented . Mr. and Mrs. Corman with a gift from the family. Untii recently, George Corman has been‘ actively interested in public afâ€" fairs having served for many years 88 a school trustee of 8. S. 4, Saitfleet, and as a member and reeve of the w““ He was ~.mâ€"u¢--"'w uâ€"-dhl‘wl& beral association. He was also a mem»> h‘fi“‘mdflm Creek United church. ® Mr. and Mrs. Corman, who still enâ€" ots nnir tva 1 00â€" ns Mopkins, of Burlington:; Miss "*~~ Queenston, and Miss Dorls, at home: ‘mâ€"”lw-‘ Eilis H. Corman, both of Stoney Creek. ,:.ul-â€"o--n-v of the music in St. John‘s Presbyterâ€" ian Church next Sunday night. T nduemace m d PP O 7 THE + EOM O L S Yeas '.~‘~-~~l" &2 CC 000000 d\ qmsemat be of interest to everyone. A SOME! of roses will be given to the oldest person attending the service. teanks > ctended to all who braved the in a--u-rdnn-"""" -ll#l‘fl&un-dur- . L__AG Invitnton * ""Â¥" O _ & hearty invitation mons a success. A hearty h-dllhdbd-llllhll Men*~~ "Ls» held in the service and any A meeting of the young people of the Beamsvilie district will be held Thursday evening at the home of Lioyd Rouse. ‘This will be the first regular meeting of the Junior FArMâ€" ..'...-u--umw @mithville, will be speaker. Arnold Hodgkins, Campden, . will entertain with solos. The girls of the district are planning to organize a junior inâ€" stitute or club and Miss Ann Buchanâ€" an will assist in the organization. All ml‘!"’"“’mm. -_â€"â€"â€".-;â€"â€"â€"v on the serâ€" -* C C CE L0 Sawee ENCOE juNIORS TO MEET _ Grimsby, Ontario, W Price of Grapes® To Be Maintained Wine Price Reduction In apother column of this paper is recorded the death in Kansas City, Mo.| ! of a dear friend of my father and of | this whole district. A man who was| very little known to the preserit day| residents personally, but well known| for his chroniclings of days gone by| as they used to appear in ‘The Inâ€" dependent during the Livingston reâ€" gime. 1 speak of the demise of Tsaanc B. Mariatt, a wanderer from his naâ€" un-nhdln-fiba” strand, to become one of the outstandâ€" ing figures of his adopted city. Desâ€" pite his 56 years‘ residency in the Unitâ€" ed States he never forgot his birthâ€" place and his own people. Beamsvilie from his birth until the day that His Maker took him above, was the one and only Village on this continent. 1 -‘ummhpu-lc.fl with this gentieman, but through his writings to The Independent, I felt that I had known him intimately all in this district that wil Fregr®® * tearn of the death of "L B.". "‘ He Rest In Peace. ‘ ® ® U # flw““hnh terious way to perform her miracies, but she pulled a fast one on the "Plorids of Canada" last week. She ladened this "Oarden of Eden" with a -u-.u.-u-nul- recorded in this district since "Hee. nnn-‘lfl-d‘fil-" -u-u-uumu-d tron to the situation, the world‘s "sleop~ }u--nfifwm-du-dub ,â€".wmmhhl L ic â€"â€"3: .Â¥ stem snowplows from Collingwood. 1 give these two gentiemen of the Highways w-lnunlhu-l for the work that they have performâ€" ed this winter, but 1 cannot forgive them for bringing in those Colling» \...‘mnsmma-d that ate the straw. the "Hisey Pig Train Line" of the C.| ._&mew- snow six Month of the year, and now this. All roads open in Nottawasaga, and the Great Grimsby Fruit Belt bianketed under a snow fall the like sent to Collingwood for the smow» plows. Boy, you‘re off my visiting list. AWAY BAQCWHEN and so on down play a plano. Jim" Livingston, then Omly ® YUNE broth of a schoo! teacher, living on the 1flui Highway Kept Open ...\ * Now In Good Shape tweive years. Following the unveiling a period of silence was observed .after which the pupils joined in singing the hymn Unto the Wills, a favourite of their late and beloved school nurse. ‘The members of the Lincoin County Council, assembled in St. Catharines for the first day of the March seasion, were compelied to remain . overnight, and deputy reeves forced to remain for the night, but officials and county constables, the intter in attendance at the session of Supreme Court, were also forced to seek accommodation at ‘The situation was treated entirely in good humor, the counciliors, officials and constables laughing over the unâ€" In seasion Tuesday ‘afternoon the M“_flhmd‘ the road committee, recommending that the services of ‘Traffic Officer Claude Tufford be retained until April Mrs. A. G. Pettit â€" Observes Her 90th Mrs. A. G. Pettit marked her $0th birthday at the home of her grandâ€" daughter,‘ Mro. Wills MacLachian, 50 Oakwood Avenue, Toronto, on March mm-â€"-nâ€":mâ€"n‘ resident having lived here the greater part of her life, and a number of Grimsby people, relatives and friends, went to Toronto this week to attend a party in her honour. _ Mrs. Pettit was formerly Julla E. Nixon, oldest daughter of Dennis and Mary Pettit Nixzon and was born in ”,‘_‘nm.u‘t-flh“â€"u&u the old Nixon homestead just west of| Which time he moved to the United *-.*‘m-\. He married Miss Cornolia Pettit who in turn was a son of Anâ€" Meiniman of Kansas City in 1885, who Pettit, founder of dt. Andrew‘s passed away in 1920. In his later ..““m Mer father was a| years he has returned to Canada every m‘-rm‘- sumimer and on his last vacation here with the Pettits left New | found much data on the ‘When Jersey with other U. E. Loyalists and "‘l'-'“-g'-' “.m“mdlm.-hmbhw.fi ’.._“-Hl!”- a widely published article on this song. sion 1 and the Pettits on Lot 14, Conâ€" | Me was a Mason and a life member ) & |~-"fi"‘“l"ww"‘~.~~ I o * Aluoohe was then called.| transferred his membership from the m‘firlâ€"-fi! with the Pettite left New Jersey with other U. E. Loyalists and came to Upper Canada around 1787, the Nixons settling on lot “0'-" sion 1 and the Pettits on Lot 14, Conâ€" cession 1 about one mile west of "The Forty" as Grimsby was then called. Crown deeds are still held by descen~ Forced To Remain Overnight In St. Kitts of John Pettit, who was a member 0| FORRAY TUP UU U C sras -mm-n.--"'-l-"""""""': ‘_‘,.....-unn--vda-."mnmm :-‘..‘mlul_ Aithough | time to time. Pettit has recently been atâ€" A large circle will mourn death tempting to estabiish an eariier con» d&n-“m-hd- nection between the two Pettit famiâ€" zen who, through the years, retained ....--,nu--llbb his love for his native land. -“-.p‘mfl& w mm m&mm-‘-hum Bs that Mrs. wONnoRED 8Y }“ mfl: â€"'“] MEMBERS OF BAR | ing anniversary in this month. _ } o. Paying his frst visit to Mamilton in | ty Fair in â€" 1680 _ show ob C podinng o3 hok p adrabred in ciprnt P 4 Court, Mr. Justice McFariand was acâ€" ‘| Nizon‘s '-'w.‘* "-.' corded a fine welcome in that city '“-u T ““u._!-flnfll .w-. ~“-‘ “'_" of the local Bar. E. F. Lazier, K. C., y-',...'g-.-num""'-""-"-" a i) the, Aer i .npfinuflc.'.l..l&. roots kinds, whith €105500) 1 _ (zane members, joined in Ofering of being snowbound on of Joseph and Ruth) ‘The late Mr. Marlatt was an interâ€" it. Joseph was a son|ested reader of ‘The Independent and who was a member of| frequently wrote this publication reâ€" family, who came to| calling the years spent in the "Garden the same time and setâ€"\ of Canada" which he revisited from , at Winona. Aithough | time to time. it has recently been atâ€"| _ A large circle will mourn the death C _ ] Te is survived by a Son, George E. Julla Nixon| Marlatt and Grandâ€"daughter Mary tyâ€"one freight cars, None of the trair. crew was injured when the last twenâ€" \Wfll‘l“wml broken rail and jumped the tracks. ‘The first fifteen cars, pulled by a powerful locomotive, crossed the bad rail without mishap, but the tailâ€"enc. of the train ripped up 200 feet of ties and rails when cars were derailed. Damage to the cars was considerabie, but the manifest freight they carried ‘-ufl--l. ; _ ‘The freight, traveiling nearly thirty | miles an hour when the accident hapâ€" Broken Rail Causes Cars To Wrecking crews from Hamilton lai‘ new trackage along 200 feet of the Canadian National Rallways right of way nine miles west of Port Colborne, $2.00 Per Year, 5¢ Per Copy fresh meats, cereals and flour, and were for United States consignees. Traffic was switched over to anothâ€" er line at Welland Junetion until the tracks could be repaired. L. B. Markatt, A _ Former Resident of Friends here will sincerely regret to learn of the passing of Mr. Isanc Brock Marlatt of Kansas City, Misâ€" souri, who diéd at his residence in that city on Fub. 27th. He had been i1 ump Tracks â€" No One Injurâ€" ,d-h.i.. Fort Coferrhe: Mr. Mariatt was born in Beamsvilie,