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The same sltuation existed in the realm of wmmmuw'fl“"' to reduce their gas conswmnption or élse be placed on s ration Canadiaz motorists actually increased M.mmmwmmnnnd gallons per month. Even Ontario, which prides itâ€" dsommcmmmn several millions of gallons of gasoline more during the Arst three months of this year thas & did in they â€"can watch for these dusty stretches and take smwmrmomnummh.m while it lasts it will be as good as it has been for some time. ‘The berries this year are filled with juice, the result of the mbnormal rains which we have been having, and while the crop is much less than in former years,â€"and ratherâ€"moreâ€"unsuited to shipping than in former years, the real thing is a treat. Done up as some of the old hands of this district know how to do it, and topped with whipâ€" ping cream, strawberry shortcake is a seasonal dish which is hard to beat. © h%kmdnfldm- ing dependent, arnd true dependence leads always to the most perfect independence. l'l"uwu last week‘s meeting of the Grimsby Town Council that there will be no dustâ€"layer available for use in Canada‘s municipaliâ€" ties this year. ‘The reason for this is pretty obvious. The regular spraying of our roads to keep the dust down is another wartime casualty which will just have to be accepted. Motorists can help in this situaâ€" MM"W‘IMMM Some roads in Grimsby, and several in the township become quite dusty during the hot summer season, and clouds of dust on a hot, windless day hover over the road for a long time, filling eyes, ears and noses with fine particles of discomfort. pedestrians and other motorists‘ grime, and their own tires and gasoline. What about it, Mr. Motorâ€" That being the case, as it undoubtedly is, it is rather painful to read of this justly venerated dish being the center of a tempest in some of the southâ€" ern states. One confrere down there states that the SBubscriptionâ€"$2.00 per year in Canada and $2.50 pe: year in United States, payable most part, a soggy affair, concocted of pound cake or sponge cake, the exact type of cake escapes us at the moment, and resembling just so much pap by the time it reaches the ultimate consumer, ‘The conâ€" tention of this contankerous commentator is that strawberry shortcake should be a harder affair, for from the way be describes it, the strawberries should be sandwiched between a couple of slabs of shortâ€" every â€"onadiar houscholl. It is to be regreited that Camidians, who have been offered a comparaâ€" tively «imale and inexpensive methodâ€"of securing an ubjective, failed to do so. Despite all their patriotic fervor, mwwmmmmw won, they failed in their trust, and as a resalt the regulations which they would not accept fre«‘y uave been placed into force. Of course our friend is entitled to his likes and dislikes, but for the average hostess of this district it must be said that the cake part of this delectable dish is fresh and dry, the juice kept down to a miniâ€" mum, and the whipped cream applied just before serving. Sinking one‘s molars, or what are left of them, into this setâ€"up is productive of a sensation which cannot be described. Can you, in all honesty, imagine sinking your teeth into two slabs of shortbread? Can‘t you just imagine how the strawberries should be crushed beâ€" fore they entered your oral cavity, instead of going in wholr? And donu‘t you agree thai in this situaâ€" tion the whipped cream would be just as gooey nuisance which would have to be wiped o*! your AW“.‘.M.‘IM& government has decided ‘to introduce compul wory sugar rationing. and according to the statement fram Ottawa which heralded this innovation, the nuichinery is all #= zp to place nuumnu No, strawberry shortcake as it is being served in this district at the present time is just about all we couild desire, unlessâ€"did you say you had anothâ€" er piece? Yes please, and we‘ll hold our fork so it won‘t be in your way. The Grimsby Independent "Lincoin County‘s Leading Weekly" Established 1885 sued every Thursday from office of publiâ€" cation, Main and Oak Streets, Grimsby, If motorists are really interested in doing someâ€" Brought On Ourselves Dusty Roads Coming Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper ROBERT W. GLENDINNING Editor and Publisher We Like It As It Is 1941. In April of this year gasoline consumption sho wed a decrease of ninstsen million gallons over March, April, the first month in which gas rationâ€" ing was in effect, would normaily witness an inâ€" crease in r.otoring due to roads becoming better and cars being brought out of their winter hibernation. ‘mdmwmma this community‘s many activities, and these all conâ€" }muumw making Grimsby better known as a community, but toward an encourageâ€" llultdmm } Several points of the letter written by the Minâ€" ister of National War Services might well be ponâ€" }“""fl‘ Sliggestion regarding the prisonersâ€"ofâ€" war boxes is worthy of our sympathetic attention, for this work must be expanding all the time to take care of the growing numbers of airmen who fall into enemy hands. Another item he mentions is that of collecting bones and grease. ‘This matter has the close study of members of our efficient Salâ€" vage Committee, and doubtless an announcement will be forth coming in this regard within the near â€" In the fact of these fucts, it would appear that our government has little reason to expect a proper and adequate acceptance of any discomfort, however mmmwmmmm a stiff prison term ari fine for those caught conâ€" travening them. Canadians can be persuaded to buy government to buy. There is only so much sugar available for the making of explosives, only so much gasoline can be shipped into Canada for the training of aviators and tank drivers and delivering of the tools of war from factory to railway depot. Canaâ€" dians give their country the means of buying these vital things, but seem to care little whether the rest of their fellow countrymen individually get enough for their own rrivate needs or, as a country, enough to proper}y fight the war. Wuuvmpmmvmwmmu contributions to the wartime appeals of the Red Cross Society, and fill a really fine role on the home front, Money is more plentiful now than it was; mwuammmu- ways be used on patriotic endeavours with little loss to most people. But the third lump of sugar, the same quantity of gasoline, those things which money can buy, could not be given up even temporarily. can buy, could not be given up even temporarily. _ |Yesults. During 1041 war savings It is a curious thing that the people of this :“""I""""'I“““’”"';“” country, paying heavy taxes and loaning huge sums t::t’-hmmd.m,: of money so that their country can buy those things| ing about three thousand dollars it needs to prosecute the war, step out in competiâ€" | per months. Mr. Globe pointed out, tion to their country and make it impossible for the | in this conrection, that the sale of government to buy. ‘There is only so much sugar| Victory Bunds probably accounted available for the makineg af arninsives aniv an mus» | for this. In the jight of this, the forthcoming rationing should be extended to include tea, coffee, and all the other household needs which might be scarce in the future. We have had too many muitiâ€"million visitaâ€" tions of one sort and another. Canada‘s Eyes Grimsbyward the remarks which Mr.‘Thorson had toâ€"makeâ€"about nutrition. ‘This subject is an increasingly important one, brought to the fore among public problems through the large numbers of rejections which have been made from applicants for enlistments in Canâ€" ada‘s armed forces. Malnutrition at any time is unâ€" economic, in times of national danger such as that through which we are passing, it is perilous. It is heartening to know that the C.W.S. proposes to obâ€" tain the services of ccompetent speakers on this vital subject, and explore all avenues in making available to the citizens of this district a thorough knowledge of the potent benefits of proper nutrition This work, if it can be successfully ~a«rted, would be work well worth continuing at the close of hows . Toronto, all blacked out the other night, would hvohun-lymmwlflmm“. Countâ€" leas emall comm: running north, east and west, all lit up as usual, led to a fine black void which could not be mistaken. It is high time thes» hlackâ€"out practices were made more * universal. Mhnmhmnwuflfi- airmen over that city can get bearings from dozens of others communities even as Ti&r away as Tnm-tyua-mumummur its choice of prizes which are to be offered at its carnival next month. CGone are the frills and dooâ€" dads which helped make this country one of the most wasteful on earth. In thefr place we find coal, and meat and groceries and cloth‘qg, things which all need, und things which "wu‘d . . a long way toâ€" ward reducing the living costs of . ~te a few people. And, with the prizes calling for specific amounts inâ€" stoad of preâ€"chosen items, the winners can be sure of g:i.ing things they need rather than being handâ€" «d something which is unappreciated. ‘The winner NOTES AND COMMENTS There is to be no Canadian National Zxhibition at Teronto this year, but the show for which those mnmwwmmmimu more impy tant. of a coal voucher, fo: instance, can choose his coal to sult his furnuce. If he lives in an apartment, he can take War Savings Certificates ins.ead. The plan is also one which will tend to keep money in this community. It will provide a nice fill W'dm. All in all, the plan is an exâ€" sellient one which should be productive of even greater carniva) crowds than in the past, up to local 1 A Welcor e Innovation THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENXT Grimsby Firemen. ‘The Club also snonsored the "peaches for Briâ€" goodly urgount of cash. Home front services included the annual distribution of Christmas baskets, the Saturday morning hocâ€" key sessions for yo==~«@sters at the conservation work was continued and a donation of $50 to the Canaâ€" dian National Institute for the Tho citizenship award and the medal presented to the high school were two popular Lions Club instiâ€" tutions which continued, and which met with wide favour, ‘The annual distribution of Christmas hampers and the children‘s Christmas party were again Yuletide features, Though the former activity is done in a confidential manner, Mr. Globe revealed that one former recipient of Christmas goods had this year been able to contribute to this work children to and from St. Catharâ€" ussistance to the Grimsby Beach Cottagers‘ Association, the sum of $85 being given toward the cost of posting a life guard at that place. Christmas activities came to over enter a conflict hating any indiviâ€" dual on the other side or even the race he represent;. "In the name uf the God of ‘hosts," cried Amos, we are expected to "hate the evil and love the good." We hate everyâ€" *uing for which the Nazis stand in war and in peace because we hate evil. Our fighting men hate the treachery of foes who indiscriminâ€" ately kil the halt and the blind, happiness, who mock piteous pleas for mercy, who defile the fountains of truth and justice, Officers Installed (Continued from page 1) mmub(uua)m vmmnc:npdhm What We Hate Carloonâ€"Courterzy Knight, Windsor Star oo Migh a Price jor a Second Cup Churchill are so intent on WinnInF | geed prove so helpful that continuâ€" it that they are putting meaning | ing much of it may be recognized into the name "United Nations." | as essential in winning the peace. und American production, foud and ‘The simple meaning is that proâ€" duction will be coâ€"ordinated so as But over specialization and a conâ€" sequent extra burden on shipping will be avoided. For instance, both are doing well in the production of tanks, and both will keep on, each sources. Each will specialize on what it can do best, thus saving sequent extra burden on shipping | we have a battery by the name of will be avoided. For instance, both | "Farrell", Johnny and Terry, This are doing well in the production of | pair of point men led their team tanks, and both will keep on, each |into battle in Vineland on Friday supplying the United Nations| night and scored their fourth/ . fronts most accessible. secutive win of the season. Johnny _ one inevitable question only .allowed .six . some Americans will be: ‘"What| hits and had nine strikeouts. Terry can Britian furnish?" So far Briâ€"| behind the bat only had two passâ€" can Britian furnish?" So far Briâ€" tain has had a larger war producâ€" tion than the United States und has contributed more in supplies and shipping to the United Naâ€" parts of the world will continue to be dependant primarily on Eritain their equipment. 1~~reasing stanâ€" dardization of equipment will save even for food and spare parts for From the Christian Science Monitor | ONDON and Washington.take _ Even a little consideration makes ; this war seriously. President|Plain the advantages of coâ€"ordinatâ€" "That new cereal seems to agree with him, sir!" Britishâ€"American Pooling ed production to the common war effort. ‘This coâ€"operation may inâ€" playing on the Washington team by the name of "Ferrell", Wes and Rick. You notice that name is look this team of kids over. (The Independent, July 15, 1937). ‘Truly, Time Marches On. Five short years and the two Farrell Johnny Farrell has been in the army for close to three years. Terry is a big clhunk of a lad now a compositor in ‘The Independen?f bove officy, Folks, you are getting.old. â€"TIME MARCHES ON In the American Baseball Leaâ€" y, June 18th, 1942, "s"_ Up here in