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"What‘s the matter here?" askâ€" ed the policeman of the battered man lying on the sidewalk outside the apartment house. "Oh, just absent â€" mindedness," was the reply. "What are you talking about?" retorted the officer. "Well, you see I live on the secâ€" end floor of this building. My wife and I are both very absentâ€"minded. I just came home from a long busiâ€" ness trip, and my wife and I were ut the dinner table when a step sounded in the hall and someone tried the door. Well, my wife is ‘Goodness, here comes my husâ€" band!* and I‘m so absent â€" minded that I jumped out of the window," Absent Minded stock farms. All sizes, both beâ€" low and above the mountain. I have a large number of clients waiting to buy. Phone 261â€"R 14 Ontario St. Watch Clock And Jewellery Repairs E. A. Buckenham 12 Main 8t. E, Grimeby ComImundues or w mumy HIGHEST CASH PRICES WED, THUR., MAR. 21â€"22 The Master Race Sherlock Holmes PAID FOR V acuum Cleaners MON. â€" TUES., MAR. 19â€"20 s Basil Rathbone MATINEE SATURDAY, 2 p.m. Complete Repairs to All Makes T neatrf FRI. â€" SAT., MAR. 16 â€" 17 Faces Death â€" plus â€" Slightly Territic ROXY 314 St. Paul St., St. Catharines PHONE 787 BULOVA, ELGIN, ELCO WATCHES ALEXANDER HARDWARE Last Day Thurs., Mar, 15 Days ef Glory Taxi Mister Central V acuum Cleaner Co. Store in The Fruit Bait" % George O‘Brien g Arizona Legion m Pl!fl se Weekâ€"end Pass H. Pryhitka Electric Floor Polishers =â€"â€" GRIMSBY â€"â€"â€" TELEPHONE 88 GONTINUATIONS From Page One TOWN COUNCIL all of Main street belongs to the town, as of 1938, and would give all aid possible in getting traffic on that thorofare properly regulated. ‘Town Solicitor Seymour had mmmmm‘ had discussed the bylaw at conâ€" siderable length. He outlined the many features to be contained in the legal document and council authorized him to proceed with the wing of a bylaw and with Clerk Bourne submit it to Solicitor Seyâ€" mour and when completed send it to the Department of Highways for Under this bylaw parking of every kind will be controlled withâ€" in the centre of the town. Buses, trucks, transports and private cars come under its control and many people who thoughtlessly and othâ€" erwise, who daily pay no attention to traffic regulations, are going‘ to be brought up with a jerk, ‘This bylaw will have teeth in it and Councilior Bonham definitely states that it will be strictly enforced. . Last fall Elmer Bowen, Provinâ€" clal Constable, purchased a buildâ€" Ing lot from the town at the corner of Livingston and‘ St. Andrew‘s avenues. During the winter he was transferred to Believille, _ Mr. Woods purchased the lot and the foundation which had been built. Now it has been discovered that this corner house will project out past the other houses on the street by at least 10 or 12 feet. Mr. Woods will provide $50 and P. E. Wilkins $25. to rectify the situaâ€" tion and council agreed ot provide $100. When the work is completed all houses will be linedâ€"up. Mayor Bull reported that the plan of James Aitchison for the lots, on the Anderson property on Main east, had been approved by ‘Town Solicitor Seymour and a byâ€" \kvmmumw- law was passed by council. Salvage Committee wrote council asking that they build a storage bin for salvage glass at the town barn. ‘Town will build the . bin. ‘Town employees will be stopped selling used bottles. ° J, L. Pettitâ€"requestedâ€"council~ to remove two maple trees in front of his property at 82 Main East. W. L. Byford asked permission to install six 1,000 gallons tanks for the storage of ofl and gasoline on money will be reinvested in hed ty uy it . Inwnahip mMr, have been recalled by the issuers. ‘The mmdnfluflu lwmmhu,u.m“ to date Council have not been able to procure a man to fill the posiâ€" tion. Last December the 1944 Council granted $100 to the Lions Club for (olnullucmdu openâ€"air ice rink. As the rink was what disposition has been made of the money. Councilior Phelps will look into the matter "POTe@‘r ice rink. As the rink was never built council wish to know Council will investigate this reâ€" quest and obtain further informaâ€" oallunonmm",u"m to November 1st. tion on the matter re insurance ‘Tax Collector Fred Jewson reâ€" ported that to February 28th from January 1st, $9,791.36 in taxes, arrears and current, had been paid. Of this amount $2,003.26 had been paid in February. Up to March 1st, $8,277.87 has been prepaid on 1945 taxes. Waterworks report for February showed 8,112,000 gallons pumped; average day, 289,714 gals; biggest day, Feb. 24th, 337,000; amullest day, February 5th, 257,000; inâ€" crease over February 1944, 1,367,â€" 000 increase in average per day, 57,128. _ Power bills, February, 19045, $130,03; January 1945, $156,55; February 1944, $123.58. Police Chief Turner reported gated; one place searched for liquor; four transients accommoâ€" dated; two dogs, four cats for Humane Officer; dog tax collectâ€" ed, $15.75. Relief accounts for February totalled $141. Application will be made to the Controller of Motor Vehicles for a permit to purchase a new three ton truck. General accounts for $1,067 were ordered paid. Buil, Reeve Lewis, Counciliors Phelps, Ingichart, Bourne. ‘The GIIR'IIIII"M.A."“ lith, at 7.30 p.m. ‘There is only one appeal to be heard. ‘Town council will loan Board of mmu-nd-n-yu they desire until such time as they neuvolhdrlwuâ€"ci Joint Fire Committee for $77.07 were ordered that in February there wore ‘no court cases; 23 complaints investiâ€" gated; one place searched for Members of Court of Revision on 1945 assessment will be Mavor Dogs will have THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT Vie» A building lot at 138 Main West, between Nelles Boulevard and 8t. Andrew‘s avenue was sold to Wilâ€" fred M. Lawson, who will erect a new house thereon. Overpayment of 1945 taxes amounting to $97.07, will be reâ€" funded to a number of ratepayers. ‘There will not be a garbage colâ€" lection on Good Friday. The Friâ€" day collection will be made on the Wednesday previous. _ ‘The allotment of carnival dates and tag day collections was laid over for a month in order to give the parties interested in staging carnivals a chance to rearrange the schedule. Lions applied for July 3, 4, 5; Legion July 20, 21; Firemen Aug. 2, 3; St. Joseph‘s R. C,. Church, Aug. 3, 4, In order cleared up council has left the matâ€" ter over. J. W. Smith a town employee who was laid up for a considerable period of time last fall and winter applied to the council for some asâ€" sistance with regards to his hosâ€" agreed to pay the hospital bill of $54, as an allowance for loss of time from his work. ‘Trinity Service Club held their reâ€" gular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. B. L. Bentley, on Tuesday evening, March 13th. ‘The meeting took the form of a "pot luck" supper, and was enjoyâ€" ed by all. Plans for providing supâ€" per for the Baptist Convention on April 10th were discussed, followâ€" ed by a social evening. A doting father is the one who thinks up the bright sayings atâ€" tributed to Junior and which the boy never said. When an interesting woman is w--nlhl,lolutnm his interests, Trinity Service Club CALIFORNIA LEMONS TEXAS GRAPEFRUIT FLORIDA ORANGES NAVEL ORANGES Size 176‘s _ _ Dozen 45c Dozen 20¢ 4 for 25¢ SUNKIST Size 252‘s GRIMSEY "JANIE® ‘ ‘The basketball game of Friday, March 9th, against Beamsville was quite successful, as far as the G.H. 8. girls are concerned â€"â€" we won with the score of 26â€"20. ‘The boys weren‘t as luckyâ€"Beamsville beat them, but G. H. 8, put up a good fight. Grimaby‘s star forwards in the girls team were: Joyce Marlow with 6 baskets; Esther Bain (4), Alison Jeffrics (2), Muriel Gracie (1), Shirley Cornwell (1). Beamsâ€" ville basketeers were: Rita Daudy (5), Betty Honsberger (4), Ruth Perkins (1). Beamsville boys who scored were: G. James, 2 free shots, R. Knight, two baskets and two free shots; R. Brubaker, three baskets; K. Nishi one basket, one Grimaby scorers for the boys were: about their fathers. The son of a writer â€"ardâ€""styâ€"fathar wriced & few words on a piece of paper and gets $25 for it." Jewson, three baskets, D. Bedford, free shot, J. Bant, free shot, BH.S. served lunch after to about one hundred G.H.Sers. (Then all danced to the "Lincolniers" orâ€" chestra and came home on the nine o‘clock buses. Prof. Freeman of McMaster Uniâ€" versity gave an interesting talk on University training on ‘Tuesday afternoon. After his talk the stuâ€" dents of Upper School were allowâ€" ed to ask questions and get inâ€" formation on the University "Oh." said a lawyer‘s son, "my Money Makers High School Around The CLARK‘S FANCY qUALITY : TOMATO JUICE â€" â€" â€" MPLOIIC PHESH “‘"-l’c GREEN TOMATO PICKLES ‘;i@ CLARK‘S CREAM OF ASPARAGUS or neD nose tea . .:2>37° ARROW, GREEN VALLEY or PINEDALE FIVE ROSES FLOUR CLUB HOUSE OLIVES â€" *# DOMINO 1 sc HAKING POWDER ‘*> QUALITY WAX BEANS â€" â€" â€" =â€" «+ «+ +« 100 WATT SOLEX ums %® CLARK‘S CHOICE CUT CREAM OF MUSHROOM sOUP â€" â€" â€" CLARK‘S ASSORTED B4â€"1.0. PLAIN QUEEN AVLNEI PRESH people what to do and they give him $50 for it. "That‘s nothing," said the parâ€" son‘s son. "My dad gets up in the Tins __C. DeLaplante, Main St., Phone 559 OR WRITE TO HALLIDAYS, DEPT. EB, Burlington, Ont. Help The W ___â€"_â€"â€" SARLY BIRD â€" _ â€"~ SA LE BUILDING MATERIAL BARGAINS RIG aam7, WALLBOARD HALLIDAYS Tib. Tin aits in a room and tells 20¢) Jar TOMATO VEGETARLE CONSOMME or se $ â€"<th, d x .|W§i'ruum . :108 iig' For, TIN " *‘ieavs cocoa â€" â€" * 31®¢ T 2A ) her. TIN $@e DOG WISCUITS, TERRJIER RinBLE Masten boo roops 2 > 25¢ 1%â€"0r. BOTTLE Hawes cemor on :. 15¢ WHITE or WHOLE WHFAT DOMINION BREAL 3 | ALd. VAIIETIES * 7 zs‘ SIMMERS SEEDS ru.. 4* ALL VARIETIES s« 19Q9¢f 2 z2 118 OX TAHL Full of outstanding values for builders and property owners SEE LOCAL REPRESERNTATIVE Thursday, March 15th, 1945. CIRCULAR FREE pulpit, preaches for a few minutes, and when he‘s fAnished it takes eight men to take up the money." ® ® ® It takes a 1ot‘of living to make a living room attractive. Siko SASH R 0 0 F I NC INSULAT! O N PLOMBiEG coons 2 â€"â€"~ 1§ ¢ Lorves 15§°¢