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Breevities Stuart K. Watt, City Treasurer of St. Catharines, was elected Prosâ€" ldent of the Ontario Municipal Association, succeeding Wm. Jelly, Clerk of Leeds and Grenvilie. anniversary of their wedding on Labor Day, at Beamsvilie. # * % mn-mtm effect prohibiting the -:‘um Grimsby and North Grimsby were not effected by this order as both municipalities had cleaned these machines out some time ago. ‘There will be an interruption in the Hydro Electric Power Commisâ€" 66 2/3 cycle power in the Town of Grimsby and the consumers in the ‘Township east of Grimsby on Sunâ€" day, September 11, from 1.30 p.m. until 5.30 ° p.m. (daylight saving time). EVENTS and TOPICS of the WEEK in TABIMC.IIOCIOO Grimsby Town Council meets Wednesday evening in Council Chambers, John H. Dick and Sons, local |that rang through those rooms and | fruit growers on Livingston m':,._..m b Avenue, have this year added | ‘The old balustrade down the further laurels to their already | |stairs, One wonders what notables excellent record. in the display . | of the years that are gone, and that of peaches at the Canadian NaAâ€" |are here now, slid down it It tional Exhibition. Out of ¢ight |would be a treasure to have a picâ€" entries. they were presented |ture of all the lovely ladies and with seven prizes, as follows: their dashing young escorts that three firsts, two seconds and |nave tread the floors of this old two third prizes. mansion. /Â¥ Contractors have started to drive """‘h"z"“""."""""' ulummmdmwml w massl “"Iu“mll- across the ‘Twenty Mile Creek 'mplodm,m ® n a wmfln(wrl-uehlgbmubo-*"" va" crum| powder Ing built at Jordan Harbor. The "l"m hsn sron Pait un uy about four rest | would tell you of the days of pionâ€" t o i mmmm ‘They would repeat i olmove unt‘£ hect af D B4E* | the story of the hectic days of "66", Sot himp Gaters. °" °) _"â€"‘"|for there were plenty of Nelles‘ in ’oo- ‘::W'nqndflmuny;n. ‘s society of a son born within wa u::nm'mm%um"u‘cm still alive) had been an oriâ€" sociation elected the executive comâ€"| ginal member of the World‘s greatâ€" mittee for 1938â€"30 at the annual -m”mum. meeting held in the tabernadig on\ The Royal m ‘Tuesday afternoon. Following are| Police. Those are stories the members: Robert Parker, presâ€"| never again be told. ident; Elleen Jeffries, secretaryâ€" mhulut_?u.h t.!chgo Mr. and Mrs. George West, two of this districts oldest and Plato, Elwood Billinghurst, Lioyd Fair and Ken Skerrett. When his hand became enâ€" tangled in the fan beit of his motorboat engine, recently, Joseph Hand, local commercial fAisherman sustained severe inâ€" ‘The local fire brigade was called to the home of Mr. Charles Laing on Tuesday morning to extinguish a small blaze at the rear of the house. According to Mr. Laing, the passageway at the side of his house is used by some person as a connecting link from Eim Street to Orghuduuudhmmt someone in passing accidentally dropped a match in a hamper which started the fire. Damage was alight. On Tuesday, fishermen of Grimsâ€" bywm-ouadlobooaunlool- out for a dinghy said to have driftâ€" ed from Long Beach, with a young gir! nineteen and a boy eighteen * * P mc PDp h years, on board. Airplanes and Hmpwmufmmnlm have been searching the waters of Lake Ontario for the young couple but little hope is held for their reâ€" covery alive. ‘The boat has since been recovered with the drowned body of the boy lashed on board. No trace of the girl can be found. LIONS CLUB ENTERTAINS outing, from Grimaby enough to have one‘s ..:'.'.'.:‘ â€"â€" but mwn.m 00“‘.: summons to ‘!.. !'.'2.-- imault surnmeme CC CCC TCCal this misfortunte, is adding insult to injury. A tocal citizen, whose car was parked on a Hamilton street on August 15th, returned from making a business call to find that the car had disappearâ€" ed. 1t was finally located on the middle highway, near Aldershot on August 28th, after having been abandoned and left standâ€" ing for two days The summons was issued for "parking car UN* lawfully on the highway." Insult To Injury The Grimsby Independent STANDING SINCE 1850, FINE OLD HOMEBEING DEMOLISHED "Stone 8 hanty", Ancestral| ,, VOL. NO, LIVâ€"10 "Stone Shanty" has passed. Carefully has the Dominion Conâ€" struction Co. taken it down, but tearfully have the old residents of the district watched its "razement". It‘s just one of those happenings that occur in the March of Time ummmmw\ those husky, young Canadians unâ€" der the direction of Percy Cunningâ€" ham, rend asunder what the plonâ€" eers of the district had put togethâ€" er some 80 or more years ago, thought naturally reverted to the ld-yldwhvuldlundulu- To the days when the late "Lady of Stone Shanty" and her well beâ€" loved consort, Cyrus 8. Nelies, were host and hostess at many a friendâ€" ly gathering of the "neighbors". And even before their reign in the palatial old home, of the grand parties given there; of the rippling laughter and shouts of youthful life that rang through those rooms and hallways. The old balustrade down the stairs. One wonders what notables of the years that are gone, and that mre here now, allid down it. It have tread the floors of this old mansion. What memories must have been stored in the massive stone walls that "Scottie" MacKay‘s "Bullâ€" dozers" crumpled into powder in a mmwmnn| of time one can still see that fine old patriarch, the "Laird of Stone Shanty" and his lovely lady drivâ€" ing into Grimaby, some times twice and three times a dayâ€"Cyrus Nelâ€" ilundhhwm. ‘They passed to their Reward some years ago, I hope not to be forgotten by the Grimsby people. Now "Stone Shanty" has passed. It is to be regretted, but such is the March of Time and Progress. ‘ ‘The fine old timbers and hand sawed and planed lumber was careâ€" fully taken from the building and disposed of. ‘The stone in the walls ;'lllhundlof "All" on the new highway, right on the Nelles propâ€" â€" ‘This house was built in 1859â€"beâ€" ing 70 years oldâ€"by the late Peter Bell Nelles (Norman‘s grandfather) on crown land that was granted to his father Peter Nelles, a United mp‘nuynmmmwu this district in the late 1700‘s from New York state. It passed in time into the possesion of Cyrus Nelles and then to Norman. â€" ‘There are very few houses in this district of the solid construction dm-ou.nhdnudmu‘ mmfldmdmmull- lddt.ndmmt walls are 24 inches in thickness while the Arat storey walls are 20 inches Personnel of Grimsby Schools The following constitutes the teaching staffs of Grimaby High and Public Schools, with the beginâ€" ning of the Fall term: High Schoolâ€"P. V. Smith, prinâ€" cipal; Donald Awde, Misses Flora Aiton, Lila Walker, Annie B. Frasâ€" er and Hilda C. Rice. _ Public Schoolâ€"Kenneth Griffith, principal; Ray Moir, _ Assistant Principal; Misses Dora Wilkins, Ruth Walker, Aletha Lymburner, Violet Roiphb, Elva Cownard, Irene Hope, Helen Gibson. At the High School on Tuesday close to one bundred and fortyâ€"fAve puplis registered, of whom thirty« nine are new pupils. It is expected that during the next few weeks, when the rush of fruit picking is over, there will be a number of adâ€" Aitional pupils commencing school. At the public school three hunâ€" dred and fAve names appeared on the register, thirtyâ€"three of whom are just commencing in the kindergarten class. The attendance |nt both schools, it is expected, will run about the same AS last term. (Continued on page 8) Competing for the first time ‘" motorcycle races at Hamilton 494 having the misfortune to be dr@W» in the 13th race, Guy Bernardo, #0" of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bernardo, O8~ tario Street, took a "spin" which sent him to Hamilton General M0#â€" pital, on Labor Day. Upon ©*@* wmination at the hospital it was 4¢â€" termined that Guy had a Possible fractured wrist but no internal !Dâ€" juries. He was badly shaken UP and bruised. Th "Tuns Ne Bad us Ti Tune 3 ‘The accident occurred on the Arst turn of the course. Bernardo, WhO was trailing the field was de€erminâ€" ed to be in the money and After coming down the stretch "st&PPAd on it" and as is natural when h* bit the turn the rear end of the MAâ€" chine bounded around to the front. In trying to straighten out he MIi#â€" judged speed and distance with the result that a "spill" was ineviitable. Godfrey Neale, who is more O" less a veteran by now at the racing game accompanied Bernardo and wudptglllmb-rd races but was in â€" copping any of the prizes. Lifeâ€"Guard Duties Ended For Season Thirtyâ€"six Children H ave Learned Art of Swimmiing During Summer â€" Certifiâ€" cates to be Awarded. With the culmination of a very successful season at the lake front, Frank Thompson, Lions life~â€"guard, will finish his duties on Satwrday. During the season thirtyâ€"siw: chilâ€" \hu have learned the clementary swowin AK ABX S§t. of sucrtzemiccg and Illn shown wonderful profliciency under the guidance of the lifeâ€" Crack Up" At Hamilton Races guard. ‘The children whose names and ages appear below have partiâ€" cipated in the classes comducted throughout the summer seasson : Shirley Cornwell, 10; Sllvia Lukâ€", honle, 7; Joan Shannon, 8; Doris Baird, 11; Leta Hewton, 11; Elleen McPherson, 11; Lucille Benudett, 12; Gladys Cromwell, 12; June Baird, 12; Shirley Hill, 12; Marion Hill, 12; Bery! Chivers, 13; Frances Cromwell, 14; Willa Pettit, 12; Joan Grieg, 10; Marion Smith, 10; Andy Acs, Mike Acs, Morris Smith, 13; Donald Dipper, 8; David Ruthâ€" erford, 9; Ronald Fiffs, 10; Ross Brubaker, 10; Bob Rutherford, 11; Floyd Stewart, 12; Edward Bruâ€" baker, 13; Waliter Moberby, ; Bill Brockelbank, 11; James Robertson, 12; Bob Armstrong, 9; Phillip Moberby, 10; lan Stevenson, 11; Billy Cossitt, 10; James Henderson, 10; Ted Grieg, Steve Acs. Certificates of merit are being prepared by the Lions Clb comâ€" mittee in charge which will be given to those children who, in the opinâ€" lon of the lifeâ€"guard, have shown ‘Mmmmmlh _ ‘The lifeâ€"guard desires +9 take this oportunity of thatking the parents, children, and M€Mpers of the Grimsby Lions club fOf the fine mm-ma...‘m summer months. North Grimsby ‘Township Council will meet in regular session on Saturday afternoon. "Btone Shanty" fine which is being torn down . © Famous Old Family Residence Grimsby, Ontario old ancestral home make way for new 1 Regular Meeting Bd. of Education _ Board of Education in reguâ€" lar session w.m-h;‘hm wnlh‘ Chairman E. J. Marsh In the chair. Minutes of the last ng were read and confirmed which Mr. Ray Moir, newly memâ€" ber of the Public Staff was extended a welcome by the Board. Mr. K. Griffith, Public School Principal, outlined certain expendiâ€" | tures in the matter of #choo} book |requirements and possible . new desks, and made recommendations \Mlh regard to certain additional teachers‘ supplies. He also reportâ€" Shop Work And Home Ecoâ€" Trom: reace Stadieeâ€"\> rom s New Teachers m.w: .:t- tandamee at Public School desks, and made recommendations with regard to certain additional teachers‘ supplies. He also reportâ€" ed that at the present time 305 pupils are enrolled, AB increase over the past three or four years, with Miss Violet Rolph taking charge of rooms three and four this term. 2 a Certain classroo were accommodati P. V. Smith, of the High School, highly ' the Property Committee on the splendid appearance 0f both the interior and exterior of the High School. He stated that school registration as yet was somewhat lower than last year, but expectaâ€" tions were that attendance later would equal that of the previous term. Certain book requirements were outlined after which the Board received a report on the perâ€" centages obtained in the Departâ€" mental Examinations, which were found quite acceptable, with the exception of one or two cases, with suggestions being recommended to adjust the teaching of the subjects » (Continued on page 5) RECENTLY ELECTED Standard Time _ Again On Sunday Saturday, September 1om.‘ at midnightâ€"be sure to turn the hands of your clock back an hour, as standard time will again be the vogue in Grimsby and district. At the town council meeting m 20th the following order was issued viz. "Daylight Saving Time will go into effect on Saturday night, April 24th, at 12:01 and remain until September 11th." * nomiecs â€" Courses Um: From Year‘s Studiesâ€"‘ Teachers Introduced â€" tendance at Public Sc up. up. ( the Nelles Family ;â€"lane highway. ®"> \BEAMSVILLE HYDRO BOARD o prcioe TO HAVE SETTLEMENT i0o, Thursday, Sept. 8th, 1938. he stated, First Meeting Held Since June Grimsby Lions Club Met at Village Inn â€" New Innovaâ€" tion â€" Club Receives Memâ€" bership Prize. ‘The first regular meeting, since lbemumm-.dmm Uouclub.muldolm evening at the Village Inn with Lion President Gordon Sinclair preâ€" siding. ‘The president brought to the attention of the members that the club had received a set of beautiful silk flags which had been won by the Grimsby organization for greatest increase in memberâ€" ship in District A during the year. A new innovation was a th minute blography to be~ given each lnmwt“dm‘ members. Lion Hugh Campbell gave a very concise and interesting report of the District A convention held at Bigwin during the last week of June Traffic Heavy ; One Accident Toronto Car Sideswipes Hydro Pole Seriously Injuring One Despite the heavy traffic which prevailed Saturday, Sunday and Monday, only one serious accident was reported here over the weekâ€" end. When it crashed into a hydro pole just east of the town on Monâ€" day morning about 1:30 a car, drivâ€" en by George Kent, 82 Kane Ave., ‘Toronto, had the right side comâ€" pletely ripped off. _ ____ _ Of the eight occupants in the maâ€" | chine, Miss Phoebe Smith, of 18â€"] 13th St., New Toronto, was the| most seriously injured, she having neflv:‘mq:wtth-hm car suffered shock. Hr.ddln.A.c.-:! 812 St. John‘s Road, West Toronto, also had minor injuries. Dr., A. F. McIntyre attended the injuried. Trying to avoid being struck By a car coming towards him, the driver claims he was crowded off the edge of the pavement and crashed into a big hydro pole at Ithat point. The five occupants of |the rear seat, Mr. and Mrs. Campâ€" | bell, 11â€"yearâ€"old Norman Campbell, | Miss Smith and Mrs. Evelyn Bowâ€" lers, were thrown from the vehicle. â€"|A 900â€"pound transformer | which | was held by a single wire swayed lover the car and its occupants. i|Hydro wires were broken and light )|service was cut off for some time. Apples, Peaches Being Marketed Person. ‘The Dominion Department of Agriculture reports of the Fruit and Vegetaible Market, for the Niagara District is as follows:â€" Apples â€" Harvesting of Duchess and other early varieties practicalâ€" ly completed. Picking of Greening commenced in the Queenston area. Wealthy will be ready within a week. Late varieties improving in colour due to cool nights. Peaches â€"â€"St. John, South Haven and "V" types continue in heavy supply with harvesting past peak in Easâ€" comparatively low. Light moveâ€" ment of "V" types to processing n e n eer o o toes â€" Basket movement light,| prices very low. Processing supâ€"| plies very irregular as to quality, necessitating heavy culling. Potaâ€" toes â€" Liberal supplies, prices alightly easier. . Celery â€"â€" Light movement in mixed cars. Late plantings making rapid growth:; blight well under gontrol, ‘ mm § w zmm me _ There were 5,728 accidents reâ€" ported to The Workmen‘s Comâ€" pensation Board during . August, this being the highest number durâ€" ing any month this year, and comâ€" pares with 4,093 during July, and 6,799 during August a year ag~ ‘The benefits awarded amounted to $484,680.02, of which $401,006.67 was for compensation and $83,â€" 583. 35 was for medical ald. _ at club Will Call Meeting of Ratepayâ€" ers â€" Declare Information Withheld â€" Meeting Saturâ€" day in Toronto. iwmnomu on" > MBW. . MNCOC board and to call a public meeting of the ratepayers, at which meeting Mwnlglvehaullnuulfw their actions. Dissatisfied over the alleged failâ€" ure of the commission to give out satisfactory information in connec» tion with certain matters of the reâ€" cent Beamsvilie Hydro System setâ€" up, the commissioners have deemâ€" ed it wise to resign and bring the whole to a head. s Reeve Kennedy made the stateâ€" ment that the Ontario Commission had given acknowledgement of the notice of resignation and were making arrangements to meet the commission in Toronto to discuss differences. In the meantime the local officials are still holding ofâ€" The Beamsville power system was formerly operated by the old Dominion Power and Transmission Company, which was taken over by Hydro several years ago . Followâ€" Ing a favorable vote of the electors, it was taken over by the municiâ€" pality last November. Since the time they were appointed. it is ‘ewmmdmwcon- mission have been unable to secure from the Ontario F isâ€" sion information which they conâ€" sider necessary to have. _ _ _ . Following the Beamsvilie Hydro Commission‘s notification to the provincial commission that all three members intended to resign from office unless an interview were granted immediately to disâ€" cuss differences, H. D. Rothwell, commission engineer, called on the Beamsvilie commission members on ‘Tuesday afternoon and listened to, sone. of their promis« ‘uumrfi- for a |meeting in on Saturday During the village council meetâ€" ing on Tuesday night the matter was discussed at some length and some of the local commission‘s complaints regarding the provincial body were voiced. In the first place strong exception was taken to alâ€" leged statements of R. T. Jeffrey, commission chief municipal engiâ€" neer, as quoted in a Hamilton paper on Tuesday, to the effect that the Commission had been unable to arâ€" range a meeting with the Beamsâ€" ville,body because the members were engaged in harvesting their fruit crops. It was pointed out that none of the three Beamsville members are fruitgrowers. Chairâ€" man S. J. Wilson and reeve R. J. Kennedy are in the insurance busiâ€" ness while Fred Barraciough, the other members, is a newspaper publisher. ‘The council decided to take a hand in the matter as its members had carried on the original negotiaâ€" tions with Hydro in connection with sale of the local system to the municipality. ‘The council, together with the local commission memâ€" \ (Continued on page 5) New Rest Home To Be Opened A homeâ€"like, restful private spot, to be known as the Merritt Rest Home, has recently been opened on Main Street, East, (two doors east of Nelles Corner), by Mrs. G. Merâ€" rittâ€"Barlow, Reg. Nurse, where she is offering to the citizens of the ‘mmm-mm'u invalid bed cases, either ladies or gentiemen, and which will be utilizâ€" ed for the purpose of medical obâ€" stetrics, Mrs. Barlow, under whose wmho-wmheu-‘ ducted, is a gold medalist of St. w‘- Huflw, in Hamilton, having formerly conducted the Grove Private Hospital, in that city. She was previously superinâ€" oc M40| mocndProrord 4 1 tendent of the Parkside Sanaâ€" torium, in Buffalo, and has been acâ€" tive in public health work in Niâ€" }mummum. and in the Hamilton Health Department. lueted, is a RO°E MEBMMAAAM MTOCC fSSopN‘® â€" Hompital, | in | Hamiitop, [Duif@iy, Mr. Hett. â€" Saftido, Miss naving . formerly conducted pe| Mary Beauchamp, and Mrs. H. W. Grove Privaie Hospital, in that[MMiiMard Wayne, Mich, Mr. and city. She was previously superinâ€" Mrs. J. B. Fox, Pittsburg, Mr. and i endent of the Parkaide Sany.|Mts W °L Conn sood Mr. and NMro. torium, in Buffalo, and has been acâ€" J. B. McVivar, Windsor; Mr. and tive in public health work in Niâ€" Mrs. F. Mitchell and Mr. and Mrs. N. agara Falls, Ontario, and in the|J. Marris, Warren, Pa., Mr. and Hamilton Health Department. Mrs. B. Morrison and daughter, In coming to Grimsby to take Filint, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. George charge of such an enterprise, thereâ€" B. Riggs, Belleville, Harold H. fore, Mrs. Barlow brings with her| Cium and family, Chappaqua, N.Y., a complete understanding of genâ€"| MY, and Mra. E. 8. Fennell and son, wral health problems, and extends DuBois, Pa., George Griffin, Norâ€" an invitation to any who may be wich, N.Y., Mr. and Mrs. F. A. interested, to call and inspect the| Paquette, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Grifâ€" new rest home. fin and James Griffin, Norwich, es J smm N .Y., Madelyn Kilboyer, Lebanan, The shadow of an airplane . alâ€"| Pa., Misses Emma, Anna and Olive ways is the same size, regardless of ‘Pnnocm. Annville, Pa., and Mr. the altitude. and Mrs. H. J. Preston, Nash, Pa. $2.00 Per Year, $2.50 In U.S.A. he\which Mrs. Laundry was presented on | with a handsome coffee table from to, the bridge club. At the close of the inâ€" \ evening a lunch was served _a‘by the ‘The prize for high It was, we believe, the Newell Post of the Bannister that ran down the stairway. With it will be shown one of the wooden pegs that held the wooden framework togethâ€" er, said pegs being used all through Dominion Construction Co. they are in a position to show to the public one of the pleces of timber that came out of "Stone Shanty", that in itself is an example of the craftâ€" manship of the olden days. ‘This "bit of wood" notched, slottâ€" ed, hoxed and a whole lot of other terms that the carpenters use, is all in one plece, over seven feet long and 12 inches by 12 inches square at it‘s widest places. the structure. Acrtivities with Moore‘s Theatre, offer the public of this district that opporâ€" tunity this Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, in the foyer of Newell Post From Old "Stone Shanty‘ Will be Shown in the theatre. PRESENTATIONâ€" A number of friends gathered at the home of Miss Helen Cloughley on Wednesday evening last to honâ€" our Mrs. Franklin Laundry formerâ€" ly Miss Doris Beamer who was a bride of Saturday last. The evening A Real Example Of Craftmanship OILLE REUNIONâ€" A happy gathering of the Oille family met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James I. Theal, Main Street, East, on Labor Day for their anâ€" nual reunion. Guests were present from Toronto, St. Thomas, Sparta, Caledonia, Dunnville and Niagara Falls, Ontario. Following dinner at one o‘clock, a pleasant afterncon peach orchards, and in playing bi}â€" Mards, quoits and croquet. A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. and Mrs. Theal for their kind hospitality and officers for the coming year were reâ€"appointed. The 1939 reunion will be held on Labor Day at the home of Mrs. Ethel Bailey, Sparta, Ont. EASTERN STARâ€" The first Fall meeting , of the Grimsby Chapter, O.E.S., was held Craig, Worthy Matron presiding. Plans were discussed for the comâ€" ing winter‘s work, several invitaâ€" tions having been received to visit out of town Chapters. On Sept. 15 the Officers are to conduct the opâ€" ening ceremonies at Garden City Chapter, St. Catharines. A number of Grand Chapter Ofâ€" ficers have accepted invitations to attend the October mee! â€"g which will be of a very oustanding nature, with the opening of Chapter in the hands of the presiding Matrons of District No. 6. GUESTS AT THE INNâ€" Holiday weekend guests registerd at the Village Inn were: R. Marâ€" W. Ganyard, Akron, Mrs. Russell Wilson, and Adelina Wybel, Akron, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. E. Sand and Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Henderson, Jamestown, N. Y., Miss E. Boleyn, SsOCIETY, CLUBS ASSOCIATIONS and ENTERTAINMENT . Foyer of Moore‘s spent wandering through the Y., Miss E. Boleyn, Le Per Copy