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A|\ â€"â€"Lâ€"â€"Parade Attracted Wide Interest On Tuesday Evening at 8 paan mw--.gdfl' Grirasby Lions Club in the Masonic wwu:m'vfi&‘fl m of motion pictwess of war, m”.mfi-m tary District 2, Z~ronto headquarâ€" ters. The pictures a»~ believed to include some taken from the Cerâ€" n:ans, ‘The general public are corâ€" dirlly invited to see these pictures tically every organization‘ in the community took part in the parâ€" ade, as well as the pupils of eight The Third Victory Loan go* off to a good start last Monday in Grimsby and North Grimuby Township with total subscrioâ€" tions amounting to $22,450. This figure is far ahoad of results of the first day in the last Victory Loan last February, hen first day‘s receipts amounted to $8,/ 850. The hig! «t single day‘s reâ€" ceipts during the tast Vistory Loan totalled $11,100, To Show Motion Picture Of W ar mmmmuma the post office. With him at the saluting base were some members of the present Canadian Active Army, including Sergt. G. A. Ort, and L. Corp, Victor Mason. Pno geven thirty, led by Wesley Galliâ€" chan, who carried a British flag gent here by Lieutâ€"Col. Gordon Sinclair. Twe bands took part in the parade, the band of the Secondâ€" ‘Tenth Dragoons from Hamilton, led by Bandmaster John P. Kerâ€" shaw, and the band of the Lincoin and Welland Regiment , led by Lieut. Gerald Marks. Also partiâ€" cipating in the parade were a deâ€" tachment of Royal Canadian Navil Volunteers under the command of Cmm att" Air | the command of Pilot Officer Macâ€" Donald, from St. Catharines. ‘Township marched to the Arena last Tuesday night to take part in one of the most impressive events Catharines recite the story of their »"*‘~itles on the home front during the past three years, and watched a commando dagger, the symbol of the Third Victory Loan, presented to one of the airmen from the comâ€" formed up at Main and Robinson streets. It moved off shortly after held here for some time. ‘There, OFF TO A GOOD START VOL. LVIIIâ€"No, 15 L. A. Bromley, of the West Linâ€" Close to eight hundred citizens The parade, which was arranged Flight Sgt. Pilot Richard Edgar Bertram and his father, 7 J. H. Bertram., The Grimsby Independent Local Flier Reported Missing ictory Loan Sets Record Pace Lory left at ky m ME i en k 5. i PP mddmmww ing down a tree f this #2e¢, 00\ ;/ ; on euarke St., and then it mmmlM'hflmlltnllu:un.nndbdm.nq””"“m'"»-mm“n::l‘ lnn.udamtnircmm'mmlmaw:lluhouutlnmn lished to make way for,,, | Ive bomb, Other interesting items mwmwmydu.uw.'wmflmy. 1 would be welcomed by the comâ€"| H. G. & B. wires had to be removâ€" # ®,® umflmflnhmmdm.mwfluwoflmflw' The house that Major Anderacn see that they and the photographs the streot care for a full day, 1| buill sdjoining the cottage was mmummdulud-unluvonpo‘uddlpm;m:flnoambym.uul the loan campaign. that old tree in my museum. ‘The H. Culp about 30 years ago and is mmumumw-lmdmuun-nm i now owned by Arl, Woolfinsl and ol Acmmrc anAniarLErE. OF MAY DC mummmmwdwm-lhgluvh«m the fAne Culp Request Pictures Of Men In Service For Loan Display Grimsby High Sci.ool Cadet Corps. Members of the Grimsby Town Town Council and other town ofâ€" Acials rode in the parade on a Wagâ€" gon drawn y %"‘“’ town team . more m local organirations marched, forming on~ of th jong est and most impressive p«"* i¢> to have bsen ev== held here. over enemy territory, followed by official advice that he was "missâ€" ing believed killed." Flight Sgt. Pilot Bertram was born November 9th, 1012, on the farm at Grimsby settlied by his tain (the last being at Oxford durâ€" ing the past summer), aud had been flying large tombers since before Christmas, 1941. He had taken part in more than 40 operaâ€" enemy territory. Richard (Dick) was the son of J. H. and the late Mrs. Bertram (formerly of Grimsby) and a grandson of the late Majorâ€"General Sir Alexander Bertram and the lnate Lady Bertram, of Dun4s« and Montreal, _ Dick‘s only brother, Alex, J. Bertram, lives at Chamâ€" bly Canten, Quebec. Richard Bertram Listed Missing, Presumed Killed 'qfllmnedndhnmth that Fit. Sgt. Pilot Richard Edgar Smith, in 1787, and after attendâ€" ing Grimsby High School for some years he passed Honour Matricuâ€" lution at Delta Collegiate, Hamilâ€" tom. He was in the interior decoraâ€" to joining the X%.C.A.F‘. in 1940. He received his wings at Dunnville, August 20th, 1941, and went overâ€" public schools, t« 30y Scouts, Girl Guides and Brownies, and the The local Victory Loan commitâ€" shortly afterwards. He took yai neadquarters, or may be The Indopendent office. Grimsby, Ontario, Thirsday, October 22nd, 1942 , Johan RESULTS OF FIRST THREE DAYS) FINDS BOND SALES UPPED MORE THAN $30,000 IN VICTORY LOAN| Up to last night, sale of Canada‘s Third Victory Loan in Grimsby and North Grimsb 'rown'.hip had soared to record figures, and disclosed th‘ operations for the first three days were, on the average, higher than the sales for the first three days in the Second Victory Loan last February and March by almost ten thousand dollars a d42Y: Figures for the first three days in the Third Victory Loan, with the figures for the corresponding days in the former Victory Loan shown in brackets, are as follows: first day, $22,450 ($8,850) ; second day, $19,300 ($12,150) ; third day, $20,000 ($8.050). Totals for the current campaign are $60,250, as compared with a total of $29,100 for the first three days in the former campaign. These results put this district out in front insofar as the running between Lincoln County municipalities is conâ€" . The Victory Loan rally is credited with many. sales which were thought to have been impossible, according to A. R. Globe, local Victory Loan committee chairman, who told that after the ceremonies in the arena, several citizens who had believed that it was impossible to subscribe to this issue called the loan headquarters and asked to have a canâ€" vasser return his call. i t 0 were his hands stained? HMe told me that that was the fourth basâ€" ket that he had gathered this fall and "by jimininy‘" he knew where there were plenty more, but he wasn‘t going to tell any one. He was a happy kid enjoying the best days of his life. # ® ® Well do I remember my days of walnut gathering . An old spoke from a buggy wheel with a big lron nut driven on the end of it, which wa« huried into the branches of the tr« o bring down the nuts. The happy hours of shelling them and getting the hands and some times the face stained up until my Mother would ‘be nearly frantic. But oh boy, the joy of eating those nuts on cold winter evenings. Sitâ€" ting beside the old wood stove in st where this kid located his t. ses 1 do not know, but I do know ttat they are mighty scarce. But leave it to a virile, young boy to And anyihing "We got some very -ubo%lntul amounts that way," said Mr. Globe this morning Mr. Globe also pointed out that the average of people subscribing with those who are called upon is higher than in the former loans. ‘This time the average is over sixtyâ€"six per cent, while in the last loun it was about fifty per cent. them and enting the meat. Some times I missod the put and cracked my fAnger saad then the howis of pain that rent the air. ‘Those dayn are gone ror ever except in meinâ€" Walinut trees in my day were wâ€"wtv plentiful around Grimaby. the town, I spied a little redâ€"headâ€" with a board across his knoes. In that board was a hole. In his kard was a hammer, By his side was a NE DAY last week, while wan»â€" Away Back When He was busily engaged ‘mâ€" By FRANK FAIRDBORMN, Jr, â€"â€" street and used forthe puijor.» _; __ 114 Of this large saum is being ’mmp M.“.m"“‘: raised by taxes, and the other half it was built @60 wned by the iate | [X 10808 _ W® «e faced with bilâ€" Major Anders0D, ho ‘‘ter built a |" dONAr louns every six montrs. Are big house ”'P. ’nm'.hummmq | where the Culp block is ""MP°"{% about $250,000 every hour to keep| leothnpnmdtlmch a lot" . the was effort going. 'l'ht.m,..’ troublous times untii 1905 when it that if the Victory Loan campaign | 'm purchased by J M. Lawriehore is successful, and gogs over| and in 1912 removed by him,,| the top to two hundred and Afty | 'AMoncm'kolL.mdmonuullbomnd dollars, the people of fdunoulud to make way for,, (| Grimaby will have kept the war efâ€" | new highway. ort going for one hour | # s# #@ "Right now the Lanks have ‘ The house that Major Andoracn 4'"::"-"‘3“0?00@0“&. | bmuit ndjoining the cottage was| dollar Of two and m half billion | moved 19 Oak street by the late E.| coun: ;"‘“Y"fll is a wenderfu) | H. Culp about 30 years ago and in | worurh:l which an investment is ‘mnvn-dbyut. Woodonck,. and mlg“h Such an investm®ent in its place arose the fAne ulp tyh)’ er you the fAnest securiâ€" block. cay We whole wide world. Â¥You your bonds with speed have given the history of the peoâ€" ple of this town backwards for well over a 100 years was the one that stood in front of the old Lincoin House (Hotel Grimsby). Gordon Hannah, proprietor of the hotel, had this monarch of the forest reâ€" moved in 1932, when he built the new brick front on the buillding. One of the finest walnut groves in the district for many years was that in Victoria Park, but of late years the trees became diseased and when the Queen Elizabeth highway went through, the town Niagara Falls, N.Y., firm for the trees. This firm felled them and let the trunks and limbs lay where they fell. It was the roots that they wanted. 1t seems that the large roots from a walnut tree are in great demand by wood carvers and it is stated tist some of the fnest and most bea«tiful carved ornaments are made from these These pArk trees tor many years gave shade to many hundreds of people who used the park for picâ€" nics, In the old A4uys there was a pavilion, piChic tables, etc. in the pak and in 1297â€"98 the H. G. & B. rdwwulluflcucur- ties into this park, The park itâ€" self came to the town in the late 80‘s or early 90‘s through a deal that Reeve%. Â¥. Randall caade in order to ACGure it for park purâ€" & C T ° P PE" SF T vVHR block. Backof that ‘huwuai warehouse. The Sire burned down and the frame O tho 5i4 wareâ€" | house was br048® out to th ‘ront | unotuduudtu“.m,‘,_l the cottage. ThAlwss in 1861 and ltmhfltmmwh-‘u, MW' Am.:‘.w". But to Et back to the Gilmore tree, ‘The littl#old cottage that it shaded had @Ahistory all its own. In 1850 thor@was a store on the property 2OWoecsupled by the Culp cmrunmuuo.,.-m we â€" are this year spending about four b;lâ€" lion dollars, This equals about four husdred dollars for every man, woâ€" bira and child in the Dominion. Fot a famiy of five, this would amount to about two thousand do}â€" Recital Of Grimsby‘s War Activities Termed "Amazing" By Lincoln County War Finance Committee Chairman At Victory Loan‘Rally Tuesday Evening We are a young nation = _ a comparatively small nation,* u. ganizations actively engaged in wartime projects, and through inâ€" dividual effort, been responsible for the support of nine British child war guests, the knitting of $4,774 articles, the sending overseas of 289 blankets and over 3,000 misâ€" cellaneous articles, one hundred pounds of tea being sent overseas, 200,000 cigarettes sent to local men serving overseas, as well as sevâ€" eral thousand shipmes:*, of cigarâ€" ettes by individuals, the dispatch of 5400 magazines to various army camps, the manufacture of over 300 carloads of hospital equipâ€" ment by a ‘~ «l firm, and the shipâ€" ment oi hunureds of carloads of canned goocs from local canning factories, and five hundred tons of castings for war production, Ormsby Dougherty / ‘Toronto, organizer of th* Niag n NMvision of the war finance u«* ©".iee, deâ€" clared that though he h a1 attended Victory Loan rallies that were bigâ€" ger, he had never attomied one thntmuorolupmu. Grimsaby district‘s enlistments toal 325. =..d 287 blood donors have bien active., "It is a record of which any community might well be proud, and I am not going to have the im« pertinence to compliment you on it and thank you for it You have given proof that you are doing your part and puling your weight in this war." So said Dr. J. G. Fox of 8t. Catharines, head of the Lincoln County National War Finance Committee during the course of his address to the audience at the Grimsby Arena Thursday evening. Dr. Fox had just read through a list of the various accomplishments of the town and township, and emâ€" phasized. that â€"the total population of the two communities was someâ€" :l:gh-mn(mthou-ldpoo- "I am frank in saying to you that I was amazed at the contribuâ€" tion this community has made to In addition to these monetary achievements, the district h as, through the agency of eighteen orâ€" "Bearing in mind that the total population is less than four thousâ€" and, heer is the record. Grimsby, in the first Victory Loan, had an objective of $145,000, and subscribâ€" ed $206,000, while in the second Victory Loan the objective was $206,000 and the amounted subâ€" scribed was $220,000. In addiâ€" tion to this, War Savings Certiâ€" ficates in 1941 totalled $41,000, and for the first nine months of this year amounted to $26,000." contributions as follows: British war relief, $1,200, Polish and Chinâ€" ese relief, $248, Red Cross amâ€" bulance, $1,750, station waggon, $1,200, a proft of $1,651 from the sale of sa.~age by the local saivage committee, various war charities, :.‘%.mmmumm seÂ¥ $2.00 Per Year, $2:50 In U.8.X., be Per Copy «* sousetbing Hallowe‘en Parade Is Being Arranged For October 30th ‘The school children present were heard in several patriotic selecâ€" tions during the evening,. ‘They Dorothy Eickmeler was heard in the solo parts of "Land of Hope and Glory" and "Canada, Dear progress, and he has done wonderâ€" fully well, We are certainly all provd of him, and we, as citizens of Grimsby and North Grimsby Township wish him Godspeed and a speedy return," he said. In the presence of Mrs. Sinclair, the flag which was sent from Great Britain by Lieut. Col. Gorâ€" don Sinclair was presented to the community by Legionnaire Wesley Gallichan. A. R. Globe, to whom the flag was sent, read an accom» panying letter from Col, Sinclair in which he expressed the hope that the flag would serve nlways as & reminder what the United Nations were fighting for. The flag had ben flown from atop a drill hall, and, from its colour, it would apâ€" pear that the fury of bombs from enemy aircraft had burst about it. Rev. George Taylorâ€" Munro adâ€" ministured the pledge adopted by the authorities for the occasion, and all present stood and repeated its words, Rev. J. A. Ballard ofâ€" fered a prayer for king and counâ€" try, while Rev, J. A. Watt offered a prayer for the armed forces. Chairman of the meeting was P. V. Land of Ours." Mnmcueuhncaeck.lld wlthllmoMmaeolneoot.Whil this war is over, the people of Canâ€" ada will have a savings that will be a buiwark aaginst the years to The ceremonies were opened at the arena with the presentation of a commando dagger to Pilot Ofâ€" ficer Livingston Foster by Fred Jewson. Mr. Jewson recalled that P.O, Foster was born and educated here, and was answering the call just as his father did twentyâ€"fAve years ago. ‘"We‘ve watched his 1@ «s ars being laid for this year‘s Hallowe‘sh parade by a committee of the Chamber of Comâ€" merce under Wray Bects. The parâ€" ade will be held this year on Friâ€" day, October 30, and will be from the Grimsby Garage, Main St. east, to the Grimsby Arena. io dz Auas uds 4 that last year several aduits found their way to the parade, and he exâ€" vressed the hope .Aat more would parade this year. ‘"The kids cerâ€" tainly erjoyed it last year, and there‘s no doubt about it, grownâ€" mmmuu..k'.u he said. Prizes will be on display at tha store formerly occupled by Bob Millier, ‘There a committee of judges whose names will be announced in the next few days will judge the costum»s and award the prizes. Posters, announcing the prizes «nd giving full directions will be availâ€" able in the near future. One of the proudest marchere in the Vietory Loan parade last Tuesday evening was John Kee Kow, proprietor of the Dominâ€" lon Cafs, and a staunch supâ€" porter of Vicstory Loans. When James W, Baker, paradae organ« lwer, suggested that the emait Chinese community in the town would be welcomed in the parâ€" ade, John Inmediately tsok a bus to Torunto, where he seourâ€" @4 a flag of the Chinese Repubâ€" lis, Seaveral camments werse heard on this manifestation of the United Nations spirit, CHINA‘S FLAG IS WELCOMED