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># ' TT ies seuek 5 mm-Lm Business Directory Harold B. Matchett Be Prepared For July 1st 220. is tartncneafiteenciite dn i c) BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETG Government 4%4% Menthly R (Vision Specialist) Mours 9:00â€"12:00; 1:30â€"5:00 Closed Satuâ€"days At Noon uâ€";-gg-in-u " CE EsQUIRE Beameviie _ _â€" _ _â€"â€"> C se Thfhem tor ht ensed Auctivneer for the ( CC CA SS P Pifone 56," Beamaviiis_or or Grimaby #6 _ _ to 20 Years Payments in some cases lower PLUMBING and HEATING Crepe Paper Streamers in red, white, and blue. Building Materials of All ‘From Foundation Blocks to C J. DeLaplante MORTGAGE J. W. Kennedy 25 Main Street, West GRIMSBY »s 4.4 .â€"â€" Saturdays 9â€"12 For An Appointment AUVUCTIONEEARA * FCrometazionet fOF 185 CONSULT â€"â€" concimigraie o a coneemenen mc a SGT. MAX JOHNSON and rapidly made ‘heir way back to St. Malo from which port they cONTINUA TIONS hours after landing on French soil. Max had eigtt months‘ service in The Sicilias and Italian «camâ€" Eighth Army under Gen. Mon‘â€" gomery. Although lucky enough to esâ€" cape being wounded or injured in either ways he ‘went through plenâ€" ty of hardships. e a 5 _At presen‘ ‘he is on 30 days furâ€" lough and while he may remain in the army, he will not return overâ€" A brother Sergt. Wilson Johnâ€" son is also somewhere overseas but In speaking of things generally Max states that to his knowledge there are only three towus in Canâ€" ada who really take care of their fighting men in the manner of gift parcels and cigarettes, they being Grimsby, Midland and . Prescott. u-n_n-uth”h-‘z home do not realize how much and equipped and operated for one tory from the groups up and in the early 1900‘s went to Dritish year the Woods Lake Canning Co. in 1»10 be came to Grimaby as Meanager of the then only canning factory hetween Hamilton and the Ningara riiver, Uhe old Beverley Nelles factory on Rok.nson stt« unti! bhis de«th, having ~ompleted Assvcialec with him *...0g the last years in the Grimaby factory have been his twn sons and bis He worked4 in this facâ€" From Page One remrs of Grimsby:; M»s. C. Eilis, Ne York City and Mis LElleen of Simooe, on : grandson, Eruce Todd Madelaine Todd of Grimiby, and very largely attended by men and women from all parts of the Niaâ€" in Oakwood cemetery. Mayor Edric S. Johnson, Counciiâ€" lor Henry Bull, A F. Hawke, J. P. and W. L Drynan, Canadian Canâ€" Funeral services were conducted om the Stonchouse Funeral The remains were transferred to THE GRIMSBT cartons, promptly â€" rand you‘ll help us maintain steady supplies for you. back again| For bottles and cartons are used many ri.1es. So please don‘t break is cucle. Return ..-h‘“’. PÂ¥ 2 *~ 1 g / w ere: ners Limited, Hamilton. Harry Hoimes, long time employees of Mr, Todd. CONDUCT SERVICE ] entry song of "How Great is the L . Then began the celebraâ€" tion of Holy Mass according to the Ukrainian rite. ‘The priest and the deacons arrayed in gorgeouw vestâ€" ments suited to e august cereâ€" mony of the Mass proved a moving the traditional black habit, "manâ€" tia" (long flowing cape), cow! and stole of the Basilian Order deliverâ€" ed the tnorning‘s sermon the assembly on the green. Immediately following High Mass a devotional service was held in honor of the Sacrod Heart of wmdfitw of Basil the Great in Canada and America. ‘This was followed by‘ a somewhet sad but singularly sweet Supplication Service before INDEP ENDE NT flights,‘ he recounted, "was on the way bome trom Berlin when our compass v.as knocked out of comâ€" mission and we had to steer h une by aid of the stars. ‘We were just about all‘over Europe thiut time." © Three other crash landings he described as "nothing at all." One of the planes on which he made many of his flights, "S for Bugar," is officially wedited with having completec 97 successful ‘U-H-‘nla-ptolqyldfln \,’ihefioh-urdm Pusts and talking with the King when His Majesty visited a Sloyal Aiz Force station to congratulate Ayers on the success of a particuâ€" larly dangerous bombing mission. Speaking of trips over Freace, he said he would never forget ocâ€" casions when residents o# towns and villages, bearing the RAF. planes thundering overhead at night, tore out all blackouts an * opened their doors and windows to permit light to show. | _A member of the Argyll and | Sutheriand Hirhland Regiment (P. L.) betore the war, ho ealisted for jut.‘n service in the army early in mew a year later and going overâ€" seas shortly afterward. aEuve anfyvice in the army ear.y in 1940. He transferred to the BR AF. in July, 1941, graduating as a wireleas air gunner at Mountain were ‘There are a lot of men bowlers in this district that would like to know how some of the female of the species roil up the big scores thut they do. nummmmuâ€"uumm. away, Joyce Warner MacMillan rolled up a high single score of 317 and C en i o n o CCCE Wndtcct: Pinnh Piknrencnm HOW DO THESE WOMEN Do IT? sway, i ue en e i on ie . i t a triple of 758. Right behind her comes that Metal Craft Glamour Jirl, Red Smoke MacBride, with a single of 291 and a 642 triple. Joyce took the single cup and Red took the triple cup. That double barrel winner for high single, Genevieve Groff was lost in the shuffle some place. She didn‘t ’;-:'-.-..-u.'m. s » # @ THE TALL TALES WiLL BE TALLER muuummmammun hibernated for the summer, George and Helen Kanmacher. Next Sepâ€" m-mmmq-mmmuwmm per caught in July, will e three fool. I he stayed up there six months it would be 30 feet. Charlie Norman has gone North with '_chau'mnlm-flhnbhfllflvmut lose anything in the telling. # t# ® L ® % BASEBALL‘S BATTY BARGAINS ‘ ‘There have been some mighty screwy trades in the baseball busiâ€" ness since Abrer Doubleday transformed the old game of rounders, and with things . © they are today, it is not too fantastic to expect more of the same. â€" .. «L be too surprised if you read in the paper some mornâ€" uuu.mmmuuw for a thickâ€" mm:.e-mâ€"aaâ€"lmn a slab of Chseseâ€"Gorgunzola, of course. And a baseball magnate who has been cannily hoardiny a prewar carpet sweeper should be able to swap it for a whole thunder.ug berd of pitchers. If he‘s lucky, he mighit even get one who can stam‘* on his feet for three innings. Before you say "How ridiculous!" bear in mind that Joe Enge!, one of the great showmen of the game and president of the Chattaâ€" pooga team of the Southern League, once traded Shortstop Johnny Jones for a big, fat turkey. ‘Then he served the bird at a dinner for local sports‘ writers. ‘When asked why he had done such a thing, Enâ€" ge! said simply, ‘"The boys were hungry. Anyway, I like turkey." _ And Lefty Grove, one of the yreatest of southpaws, was swapped at an early peri:d in his career for : ~vooden fence. ‘The Martinsburg, West Virginia, club owned Grove asd wanted a fence around its ball park, while Jack Duon of the Baltimore Orioles wanted Grove and had enough money to build the fence. So the trade was made. Some years ago, "Buzzy" Wares, now a coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, went south to Montgomery, Alabama, to get a tryout with the St. Louis Browns who trained on the Montgomery club‘s grounds. When the Browns returned to St. Louis, ‘Wares was left behind in Montgomery in payment of the rent on tke *2ll park. Chris von der Abs, owner of the old St, Louis Browuns of the 1880‘s and one of baseball‘s legendary figures, was noted as a alick trader; he‘s swap a baliplayer for anyihing that struck his fancy. and usually got the better of the deal. Ouce he wanted & pitcher who was hurling sensationally for Bay City, Michigan, and hitting well beâ€" sides. He made an offer, but Bay City refused to sell the pitcher unâ€" uâ€"-mmufix‘mducâ€". So he :I.:flom.-luufio at auction, realizing a big And then there was Pitcher Joe Martina, who for years was nown as "Cyster Joe" because the New Orieans Pelicans of the Southâ€" ern League bought him for a sack ef wysters. And Jack Fenton, a first basemanâ€"Memphis sold him to San Francisco for a box of genuine prunes. On the other hand, Clark Griffith of the Washington Senators sold his sonâ€"inâ€"law, Joe Cronin, to the Boston Red Sox for $250,000 and Shortstop Lyn Lary. PORTOLOGY PRODUCE GROWERS! Mark Y our Shipments "Upâ€"toâ€"date Selling Methods" CLASSIFIED ADS CLASSIFIED aAap s By Bones Livingston, Sportologist + Es Royal Bank of Cas * King & Yonge Sts. Shipping Stamp and Pad on Request. FOR TOP MARKET PRICES 74 Colborne Street, Toronim. ‘This is the way to let the other fellow know what you hnve to sell or what you want to buy . . . You can reach the whole cireuâ€" lation of The Independent for the small cost of two cents a word . . . Why hang on to an article for which you have no further use when someone else may be glad to buy it? . . . Why continue to carry furniture u; to the attis when you might turn it into cash through a classifict Maximum Result Minimum Outlay , June 20th ,1944. * i iz '_