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QSO Per Cent Of ~Gâ€" Taxes Are Paid 1.971 BLOOD DONATIONS \ The Grimsby Independent * a game said to have been there between teams from msby and Beamsville last Sunâ€" «lay a‘ternoon. _ Residents of the vicinity claim 4=at the game was largely attendâ€" ed and that the cheering of the fan= disturbed the usual peace and guiet of Sunday afternoon. Repreâ€" sentations, it is . @derstood, may also be made t town officials as there is considerable feeling throughout the community that Bunday games should not be perâ€" What action the Board took on the matter will appear in the reâ€" port of the Board of Education in next week‘s paper. _ Mayor Johnson told council that | ginning on Sunday, Sept. 24th. he had been approached on several| ‘The Rt. Rc‘2 L. W. B. Broughâ€" ©ccasions regarding the young men mmammhwl the town playing baseball Oon|sent at 11 a.m, to inaugurate the but that he had taken no|festivities and will administer the on, said the Mayor "so long as| Sacr»ment of Confirmation and dieâ€" am a Justice of the Peace and the| dicate a number of gifts whiich Magistrate of Grimsby I will | have been made to the Church. At take any action +7 stop them}|3 p.m. a service of Thanksgivimg playing, so long as their is no | will be held in the historic church:â€" (Continued «. page 8) yard when graves of the first setâ€" Snd caiigesitaerres on ters in the community, who foumdâ€" k T St odtlupullmb:ndbuntm firrst fg’ng oB op ’:lnwmmmdm I u ay_ A hisorical exhibit of considierâ€" a School wble interest is being arranged in " Amw“or"’““"'““"'“""~ Education To Prohibit Use | § 2 M ht ‘t*h0ur waued bf Of School Grounds. the Niagara Historical Society annet aFindiiantinntne ths Anoak (Continued on page 6) After seven years, one of Mayor Johnson‘s most rigid rules of counâ€" Futhers over sat the 11 o‘clock closing hour by six minutes. Disâ€" cussion was sc nteresting and varâ€" Ged that the ~â€"r{ew hour had passâ€" ed before E: ‘Worship realized it VOL,. LIXâ€"No. 10 Board of education at its meetâ€" ng last night was called upon to Jeal wi*" .. petition from residents f the Murray street â€" Livingston ivenue area urging that use of the public school grounds be prohibitâ€" d for Sunduy baseball games. While baseball has been played in the school grounds on several Sundays during the summer, feelâ€" ng is said to be particularly strong Beamsville Boy Scouts To Have A New Home The 1st Beamasville Troop of the Boy Bcouts ia have a building of its own. Construction has al« idy begun on a structure which will enable Scout wter A. J. Hayward and his *+roop to carry forâ€" rd all of the many forms of Scout traiming and r»mmumm&ymmum take 1 part in them. Bcout work was being greatly held back by lack a place where mestings and all forms of trainâ€" ; could be onrried on. Renlizing this, the Beamsâ€" ie and District Lions Club =, a part of its comâ€" nity service undertook the bullding project and propriated a fund to bring the Scout home into ng.. ‘This fund *ogether with the money in the msury of the Soout Treop, all raised by the boys their Scout work, hus made possible the beginâ€" ig of construction of the typical Scout home ywn in the above cut. ‘The structure is bein« erected on lots, donatad the Village Council, immecâ€"ately east of the akatâ€" Wlmm This site, 80 {eet aquare, ‘an ideal apol ww ample room for the purâ€" Delivery Fee At $50 a Year > Date Collector Hummel Has Received $41,460.83 Of 1944 Total Also $7,619.52 Of Arrears â€" Will Fix Milk North Grimsby council met 23 a ment of the costs of the CONStryc. tion of the new west eDd water main on Saturday afterno00. ‘They looked over a blank sheet Of ap. peals and adjourned, They then met as a council pogy, chewed the rag for a whilt oygér this, that and the Othe thing Mrs. D. Tulk was granted , dA4unce hall Hcense for the Cari.,, Inn, formerly the old Engiish Inn, uammmmnflu recently purchased and rennovat,,,; ginning on Sunday, Sept. 24th. "":\. The Rt. Rc2 L. W. B. Broughâ€" "iegsy sw nn.u‘opdmnnn'mhpu-l A transfusion of YOUR blood strengthens a seveir‘;y wounded sent at 11 a.m, to inaugurate the‘| soldier for a major surgical operation. ‘This serum used in Canadian festivities and will administer the| contingent hospitais is supplied by the blood clinic donors in our Canâ€" Bacrement of Confirmation and dieâ€"| adian rural, urban and city areas,. YOUR blood may save a fighting dicate a number of gifts whiich| man‘s life. Who knows? You can do your part by donating blood at have been made to the Church. At| the Grimsby Clinic on Wednesday, Sept. 27th. Call Wm. Hewson, 3 p.m. a service of Thanksgivimg| Phone 340, for full particulars Remember, that soldier in the atove will be held in the historic church:â€"| picture, could quite possibly be a Grimsby boy. mainly the peach crop and a4 Winter Residents Of Grimsby Beach Make Request For Street Lightsâ€"No Appeals ANNIVERGAF! OF 5. ANDREWS Parish Was Founded In 1794 â€"â€" Historical Booklet Pubâ€" Township Council Have Easy Time MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER â€"â€"â€" A COMMUNITY SERVICE 150th Anniversary of the Foumdâ€" Before Court. Miristers Will Participate In Festivities. (Continued on page 6) rer B zes Jook, .\ . * 19e PADSop this build sented to 49 pamsyllle Tre mtluhg‘mofl“ 'm"'mdymph "“!..'“.‘ p,, 1J0b. The boYR4 , oo-nu-:y.zh: morrow ville uldc‘ ing for the _ the support q§%) it Li m ve tilie: but do ;‘ Bend or . Club Boy 8co land, Chairma Thomao®, All . Grimsby, Ontario, Thursday, Sept. 14th, 1944. 37 the Grmasby Troop. ‘The concrete ‘:".n:nymummmwumm.. job. Wllllowt‘rrmpnn-mnau. They will be the men of Beamsville toâ€" ,c""""mduuud&m mdUuIrllowtwmn. "!hmmuet everywhere. ‘This buildâ€" rm’loouuâ€"wr boysâ€"deserven f e citizens, Contribute some :‘:mo building material if you 2 | O 8 iit* of Jmbor if you have ‘the lp in some way, it we your contributions to the Lions ullding Gominittee, Â¥. B,. Sutherâ€" "4 (\u'l‘numwcrm‘ l contributions of money, material needed, however, to mulete this proâ€" bamasvilie Troop by Don. Pettit, Ass‘tâ€" or this building were drawn and preâ€" sold and what we have on hand that approximately 20 tons was brought ..:to the storehouse, The writer drove over most of the streets on Tuesday morning to see what prospects were. It was rather encouraging to see how well the paper was tied in bundles. 1 also noticed that in many cases (Continued on page 6) The town team under the direcâ€" tion of Jas. Laurie made a good job of callection. The township was under the diâ€" rection of Mr. Thos. Mackie. It is rather difficult to estimate the weight of paper, as it is colâ€" lected, but I think from what we 20 Tons Of Paper Was Collected Salvage Committee Is Wel Pleased With Last Week‘s Drive â€" Will Fill 25 Ditty (By Jas. A. Wray) I thought you might be interestâ€" ed in the results of our Salvage drive of the 5th and 6th of this 120,000 DIT, DITâ€"Tâ€"Tâ€"TY BAGS ARE NEEDED FOR CHRISTMAS Wounded Soldier Receives A Serum Transfusion f \Capt. Chas. Cooper | Killed in Action of Reamsvilia, who | in Mamliton, on We Ing. Capt, Cooper with the RHL1 a ago was transferro unit: and joined the Italy, . He was 31 y Besides his wid Charles MM“ y auh Cooper, ., of P brother. Official notification by hila wife. the form A former well known resident of this Aistrict was killed in action on Sopt, 4th, while serving with the 8th army in Italy, in the person of Capt. Charles D. Cooper, for some years on the ataff of the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Beamsvilie, Official notification was recelved "ormer Hank Employee In Beamsville â€"â€" Married Miss Vera Creet â€" Was Serving In IHaly, how, But never the sea you inderstand, The women of England, packed For the men of the Navy, for every man Jack _ They are called "Ditty" Regs, in memory you see, Of the way they began in the Btitish Navee." It has been said, by men in authâ€" coity, that the giving of ditty bags to the men of the sea was, and is, one of the greatest factors for the building of morale that has, as yet, been devised. More Than, 100,000 In Navy And Merchant Marine Beâ€" sides 50,000 Allied Sailors Will Visit Canadian Ports Between October 15th And December 315. "In the days when Napoleon ruled ed with eacu one. So to this day when parcels And to make thum more friendly and add some fun, A "Ditty" was written and enclosâ€" parcels so neat, & to send to the men who sailed with ) was 31 years of age â€" Ns widow, one C Gooper went oversceas RML1L and some time transferred to another Joined the 8th ermy in tae former Vora Creet a, who is now realding _ OA Wednesday mornâ€" Strylve. Wallace "y‘ }hm“ton. ’. # RANKERS ARE ON THE MOVE "No coâ€"operation James, Last week Jimmy had a salvage collsction. ‘The waste paper was placed in the machinery shed at the town barn and hauled away from there by a Hamilton scrap deaier. A lot of loose paper was left behind. WThe kids scattered this hither and yon and sort of made a mess around the shed, On Monday afternoon Bupt. of Workse Lawrle met Jimmy in front of the Post Office and aat. ‘Jimmy when are you going to send a man around and clean up that meas in the shed,‘ "Fnere you go" aaid "There is absolutely n» tion between the differe elpal departments," "Why" * asked Lawrie "Bocauso‘, replied Jj sent a man around on 8; glean up the mess in U »epartment and the Poli ment came along and ic mu transferred to Windsor, N.S., and in 1924 to Halifax, In 1926 Wall street needed new blood and he was shipped off to New York where he remained until 1931, when he was moved back to Canâ€" ada, to Walkerville In 1938 he was sent to Niagara Falls where he remaired until 1942 when he came to Grimsby, Mrs. Ewing and the two children, Sandy and Chrisâ€" tine will move to Ottawa in a short ‘That the banking lives of the old and new managers of the local branch have been very closely parâ€" gllelled can be observed from the fact that Mr. Holder was born in Bt. John, N.B. and started in the Coâ€"Operation Is Sadly Lacking Lecording To The Sultan Of Salvage Various Municipal Depertmeonts: Do Not Work Together, Jimmy Wray, The Sultan of Saiâ€" vage, is responalble for this one. Next Monday morning Grimaby will have a new bank manager and financial circles in Canada‘s Capiâ€" tal city Ottawa will be greatly enâ€" hanced by the presence of Eric E. Ewing, while Mr. J. W. Holder, from the head office branch, Hamâ€" llton, will be diciating the moneâ€" tary policies of the Fruit Belt. Canadian Bank of Commerce have seen fit to remove Mr. Ewing to a larger field and he becomes manager of the Rideau sireet branch in Ottawa. ‘ Eric was born in St. Jonns, Newâ€" foundland and started his banking career there. In 1923 he was Eric E. Ewing Goes To tawa â€" J. W. Holder Of Hamilton Comes To Grimsâ€" by â€" Banking Lives Have Been Parallel For 21 Years. (Continued on page 6) ERIC E. EWING J n~ coâ€"opera different muni @d J“nmy' y on Saturday to in ie Works *# Police Deopart â€" and looked him $2.00.Per Year, $2.50 In U.S.A., 5¢ Per Copy gald â€" Jimmy yuoth kenia) A Grimsaby lady, Mrs, Emma Clarke, 26 Fairview avenue, had an experience last week, that while thrilling, is not one that she wishes to go through again. Mrs. Clarke was in Cornwall t the purpose of «ttending the graâ€" duation of her niece Miss Florence James, a former "3riimsby resident, as a nurse at the Cornw=!! bosâ€" pital. ‘The graduation exercises were to take place on Wednesday evening, Sept. 6th, in the High School Auditorium, but on Monday night the earth tremors came and all plans were knocked awry. ‘The High School and other large buildâ€" ings were badly damaged includâ€" Ing the hospital. Grimsby Lady In Cornwall Quake Grimsby and district citizens during the past three years have vontributed liberally to the blood bank, as accurate figures presentâ€" ed here show, but still their efforts must be continued and increased, If our boys in the battle lines are to receive proper treatment after suffering wounds and shocks. In February 1941 the first peoâ€" ple from this sectionâ€"100 of them â€"journeyed to Hamilton and doâ€" three months thereafter until Ju=>a The terrifying grumbling and roaring in the earth awakened the residents and buildings and porâ€" tions of buildings were crashing all around them. ‘There were no casâ€" uaities, but Mrs. Clarke has no deâ€" sire to go through this experience a second time, Cigarette Fund Aug. 1stâ€"Store Boxes Bept. 1st Store Boxos Firemen % $ Mra. . Mra. David C, ____ natar that saves a fighting man‘s life. It is needed. Badly needed. More so today than at any time Trooper James Mac Robert and Mrs. Ma atreot, now serving ove ried und has ené man Approximately 2,000 Pihts Of Plasma (Given To The Blood Bank â€" 1,071 Donors Since Clinic Was Opened In Grimsby Last Year â€" Next Clinic Wednesday, Sept. 27 â€"GIVE, Grimsby Has An rs. Emma Ciark Has Thrilâ€" ling _ Experience W hen Earth Trembles And Buildâ€" infu Crash â€" Was Visiting Niece, Enviabhle Record and ha Finance Report (Continuea on page 8); Overseas Maolkie kig, ain of $138. 790 20.T9 100.060 Ma it