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oo in ocm sngninpane e Tssued every Thursday from office of publi eation, Main and Oak Streets, Grimsby. The Grimsby Independent unimaADi 1%DULPELNADENTZE PUBLISHING The White Cliffs of Dover is a film that LUIMITED every man, woman and child in the Dominion JOMHN W, GLENDINNING, Presigent. should see. The world "gripping" has been T. Phelin LNiRGETEN Srordey, worn thin by overuse, but the picture is all and \‘ditor " that and more. The cast is excellent. Miss wihepeitiente ie ces Irene Dunne has never performed better. In mgflhm-‘“ the picture she is an American smallâ€"town ns--_-u-u-.m girl who has mérried into an old British ___"'_" family. Through her eves one is better able Association. are:; what it is that has enabled them to fight mm SWY.W%MM?V: True independence is never afra‘d of = A ied hopeles C e'c'hut ing & "nt. and hos d .fi:hh:m.tohythembotbombvinnot always to the most perfect independence. # # a @ *WYHAT‘S THE WAR ALL ABOUT? "What good does a story do?" It is a a New York hospital who asks the His story, a very human story, the work of a very humar. newspapert»1, is printed in anâ€" other column. It is a story to read and porâ€" der on. 1t brings the war to this twiceâ€"blessâ€" ed continent in a way which ail too few of us have been able to understand. There are unfortunately good grounds for the boy‘s resentment of the "spirit" at home and his doubts as to whether we "give a damn," as to whether we know "what the war‘s all about." There have been hundreds of tragic stories come out of this war. But there is little evidence of the impression they lghnheenmgoolforwx.eormidcr- m_mxmmmbduhm as this boy has seen his and the people of Britain hurt. We have not faced the cruelty of war as they have or suffered its destructiveness and its treachery. Only those whose hearths have been darkened by the personal sacrifice of loved anes can know the depth of the suffering about which the youngwm. o s Humanly mos. of us have sought to have the war without suffering. Believing war to be horrible and wrong, we have closed our minds to the horrors. We have been asâ€" sisted in making this "escape" by the saeriâ€" fieuo{thuevhohflekqttbemfm . h clac h Aacaces "umeatsi TOHLARE To been hurt as they have been hurt. Tnen it would be possible to think with our hearts 88 well as our minds to see, as this boy has seen, that retribution should not stop short of punâ€" ishment ecsal to the crime. Maybe we could know better why a just peace, in justice :.mnwm those who have suffered war twice, cannot nobe wWino Wikse Estt o SIL C J Cl us h-mw;'hyitilflncmw who must be made to pay the penalty of the crime their leaders conceived, but they comâ€" In September, 1940, when free 1y »opme mbuttmdvbnn-ndthedoano! MMM@M:MM stood alone against the might of the Naczi White c‘lDov.er ® s W'nhliulctnMnnTbebet'ud mnuwmwm'swm It has had unprecedented ciculstion and mmmao!AlieeDur)lmer's poeth were wild '.tthednrkutpciodltbem it tolg the story, simply and wel, the valor THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER t3 fea u* ( previu® »â€"ty ve it * *GAW* > the people of Britsin: (Por (h9 M uhe were Mmmwdfit able to withsts~ 4 the berrible bombings of the Luftwaffe; how they best M"‘:f ame VJ WBR »i6 U C 020 Ciccade e the Luftwaff=; how they best back the animal that man» were so certain would deâ€" vwrt!um.ndvnhth-ndlfmw;m they were able in their time of peril to throw wawaww“‘“‘ Winston Churchill, this picture has the anâ€" FACTS &# FANCIES "Lincoin County‘s Leading Week!y" Established 1885 Maybe it would have been better had we :emil"fl'"m but in« “umwmfi““‘ nedium could. 1t brings into the shary f reality the willingness to serve, th# ,g“g,,mlonoftnodanndi” nmm-'thffit?"mim Framnk Fairborn, Jr. who forget th SACV] Jn British lives i1 two world wars there is here flnhle.vir;dunddar.o;(vhnhu?odto ane family, HMere is the best kind of answer for those who seek t have the relations beâ€" tween the United States of America and Briâ€" tain cementcd so that. as they have fought and died together in these wars, they may work side by side to see that such a holocaust "re racture is effective, not alone beâ€" cause it 1s sc well done, but because it rings so true. HEAVENLY DAYS! THE BUSTLE IS COMING BACK According to a fashion display news note from New York, crom where we get our fashion ideas sinee Paris was put ou: uf cirâ€" culation by the Nazis, comes the news that the bnstle is to return as a necessary part of m.zy‘s makeâ€"up, which causes Editor Frank Invin of the Durham Chronicle to ediâ€" torially snouat, "Glory 22." Those uf us of mature years can well roâ€" member when the bustie was in style many years ago, and the bigger the better. It may be that this year‘s models will not be as large as some of the former creations, but in a year or two the style may reach the grand climax and madam will be strutting around with one of those posterior extensions that will make her look more like a South Ameriâ€" ean liama than a human being. So be it! We don‘t know how the bustle will work inthismo%mvofld':ntitlhuldatl‘anbe exciting. should be a good thing for any of the older ones to wear while learning to skate, but we can see it is a real handicap in a softball game. Perhaps they will have to rechristen it bustleâ€"ball. 90‘s will reappear. Remember them?" Reâ€" member, also, the buggy stands they used to have at the churches so that milady could decorously alight without showing her ankles pen? Sometimes it did happen, and the poor With the return of the bustle, it may be that long skirts, those trailing kinds of the Well we hope the ladies make the most of the bustles when they arrive. We hope mm't%tbmd’;.f:&em girls gay U 8, appeared in numerous kinds and sizes of bustles. There were the little ones, the big ones, the round ones and the pointed ones, tke ones that stayed put and the ones that shimmied when they walked. We have oftâ€"times thought there was a little too much wiggle to sonmm of them to be altogether innocent, but we supâ€" pose they flirted those days too. woman was in disgrace. Then there were the little old fat ladies with the comfortable looking fat bustles; at least they looked comfortable, although there vwas always considerable cor.~ wtion when too many of the dear things tried to sit down at once. Those were the days when the chief worry of the feminine sex after a session at the ladies‘ aid or some similar gathering (they didn‘t play bridge those days), was "Is my bustle on straight?" Sometimes it wasâ€" z* and the wearer looked deformed. but a tug or two by a lady friend made ev. ~thing look right. 3 " s And do vyou renember those *ig fellows the more daring of the ladies uzm wesar? They used to kind of sigh when th«. old girl sat down. And when a namber decia«4 to «it down at once it reminded one of thara lest breath the railroad engin» let loos»e Af wnen the air »was releawndi, Ne have always thousht the idea for these singing teaâ€"ketties must have been bo n when some bright inâ€" vonlto: heard the in ies ~th the bustles. Yes sii, the bustle is coming hack again, and no de ‘t some radio program will revise :heoflw-v;.whldnnlmhthm one line stated: "In the # the tustle you could hear bustle rustle." But that‘s the ®a with style and fashion. All the ladies will be wearing them, altnough some of them will not need themâ€"wery much. And that‘s all we know about bvtwbztndfiokmo\:rflm more information before we more abmat them. Like the days w~â€"~. s akirt «)t u TBE O GRIMSBY of old when the directoire n the side towards the pi®\ knee, was in style, the poets also went to town. One we remember was a parody on Mary and her lamb, where fiw said : "Who cares a dam for Mary‘s when we see Mary us ecaldll" :.:. _ .__ Bustle! The dictionary describes the word as "to move noisily with commotion ; to cause agitation or disturbance." As if the war in Europe were not enough, now Dame Fashion decrees that the women join the brigade of commotionists and agitators. seven days The most hectical, lamentable seven days that the Grimsby district has ever known, and I bope will ever know, but it was all mest to a young, vibrant news bound. A story was a story no matter who suffered. It is still the same today, but the pessing of time und the gaining of experience has taught one to do a little "tempering to his steel" when ke shoots it over his typewriter keys. INDEPENKXDENX T D. E. Swayze was Chief of Police of Grimsby at that time and also a County Constable To his credit, he handled that case in admirable fashion. But then the whole case is another story which I will review at a later date. The rour of the Old Liox to her Whelps wes heard in Griz.sby that moâ€"ping, in the old Grimsby Club Roums, (where Kanmacher‘s now stands) by were on their guerd and wilting for eventus and of course this news rat smelling cheese Lieut. R. ‘" Jobnson, (Now Capt. Johnson, Vancouâ€" ver, BC ), Capt. W. W. Kild, having only gone to his home an bour previous These militia officers waliting too. The call came from Col. Huzh Rose, OC. of the 44th Regiment. He ordere! immediate mobilizati~ of "H" Co. 44th Regt. for duty on the Welland Canal, That being the first thought of the Canafian Militia Department, to protect all lines of transportation that had to do with the feeding of the By daylight, Lieut. Johnson, had the village ~*ystered with placards calling on all members of "H" company to report for duty. Early morning workers were startled to read on the telephone poles, All members of the company were not asvailable, 44th Regt. Ordered To The Colours "M" Company Report At Once Volunteers Wanted TW ied Apply to W. W. Kidd, Capt. GOD SAVE THE KING Reâ€"enact Last Spike Ceremony PROCLAMATION wmwnmmm» hind them paraded, the following men, entraining for Canal duty. By the next morning another 30 members of the company bad joined the ranks at but at noon on that memorable Wednesday the 44th Capt. Kidd could have taken 200 men out cf Grimsby that day had hbe been able to. But bis orders were ouly to mobilize for canal duty. At t« same time The Independect office was under seig» by men of "Fighting B" Squadron, 2nd Dragoons, demanding of Lieut. J. A. M. Livingston, some acâ€" tom. ‘The young officer could only sit and wait for »ders and advised his men to that effect. Cipt. W. W. Kidd Lieut. R. Moxley Lieut. R. T. Johnson Lieut, S. G. Chambers Regt. Sergt.â€"Major Geo. Watkins Pte. Z. Beal Pte. J. Fiaherty Pte. W. Schwab Pte, B. Fiett Pte. G. L. Burke Pte. Thos. Graisiey Aaugust Sth, The main street is packed with people talking war and the fire bell pegals forth its dreadful sun.mons. Chief Tom Walker and his laddies rally to th * call and were faced with one of the most disâ€" astrous fires that this district has ever known. Grimsby Beacl was in flames. Damage $50,000; Insurance $10,000; 34 Cottages Burned; Caused by the upsetting of a coal oil stove; Beamsville and St. Catharines fire departments assisted Grimsby. in those days and the struggle was a tough one, but hard work and brains won out, and saved the main portion of the Beach, That folks, is the gist of the most terrible week this section of the Peninsuls has ever known. Next week more about the war and the boys that won it. When you go to drown yourself, be sure to pull off your shoes; they may fit your wife‘s second husband. If you have not goitten all you wanted from your home town, you might ask yourâ€" self if you have given that community all the # # # A corset salesman has extra gas rations. He claims he is engaged in war work. He says the more corsets he szells the more room there is on the street cars. Some %2 tons of waswyaper were colâ€" lected in on» drive at Ottazw». And that is about a wee\:‘s issue from multifarious govâ€" err:ment departments in the same city. Little boy blue, come blow your horn, The sheep are in the meadow, The cows are in the corn. Oh! Where is the little boy * Who looks after the sheep? He‘s over in Italy Driving a jeep! The war is on The whole district is it a ‘There was no waterworks system in the Beach L usuet Lutd Penned and Pilfered Pte. Chas. Carter Pie. E. Green Pte. H. Tusker Pte. Fred Walker Pte. Herb. Davidson Pte. Chas. Snyder Pte. Fred Hataway Pte. Joel Davis Pte. H. Moore Pte. Art Cox Pte. Wm. Chivers PFte. W. C. Watts $ â€"â€"4rv eP the #}