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VYOL. LXâ€"NO. 25 Growing Oranges For Sixty Years Late E. J. Wuo:vg'hn First In Winter, Peaches In Sumâ€" mer In 1885. When Harold C. Woolverton left for his orange grove in Mentone, Cal., last week, he was making a trip that has been made continâ€" uously by some member of the Woolverton family ,each winter, for three score years. y i It is just 60 years ago that the late E. J. Woolverton first conâ€" celved the idea of growing peaches in Grimsby in the summer time and oranges in California in the winter time. Jde He went to the Golden Gate state in the fall of 1885 and purâ€" chased an orange grove. For years he continued to go to the Sunshine State late every fall returning to Grimsby in the spring. After his death, his sons Harold C. and the late Theron carried on and latterly In later years several OINOT local fruit growers followed Mr. Woolverton‘s lead of winter orâ€" anges and summer peaches, but M.-&undnlopnudlm- es in Florida. At the present time Harold C. is the only local resident who is following up the dual fruit Tasteless Fruit Is Amazing Thing Zucea Grows At Most Terrific Speed In Garden Of St. Catharines Man â€" No Flavour. "They don‘t taste like anything," fiavour at all." Harry Gale, of St. Catharines, has introduced the Niagara Peninâ€" sula to zucca, and viceâ€"versa, and be believes the soil of these parts will make the zucca flourish as well, almost as in its native Italy. gum.".mnuwrm eake for Christmas and not know it; for those tempting red "cherâ€" l,'.'.:.:" and . multiâ€"coloured . "peel" may be mere zucca with orange or lemon fiavouring added. "A succa," said Mr. Gale over the telephone, "may grow as large as 150 pounds, and they grow four feet long in three weeks. They seem ”‘mm'yuhnfl-lb look at them." Here‘s The Reason Of Separate Vote Q..u.uvi‘m The Anlh-. Act Must B:-"“ ired of ‘The Indej to quired of The Independent as e Emt n it taken in South Grimsby is being Monday, anuary 1 inâ€" polled on Monda '.{...n- m“.'nfln pAset n es d Mdonmnnhrmflv election day, Monday, January 7th. The reason is, that the Liquor Control Act does not allow a vote to be taken on Local Option, or other liquor question, on the same mu.mufldpdermaod- on. The idea being to stop confusâ€" ion in the minds of the people. In other words when a ratepayer Mwm on the particular Q\mmdwlthmw Act,hhorbcrulnfllsnotcoa- Mwlthm'ou!dhmhd wcorluonotowleflhtdm muddfl%‘“"m question confused any other question or bylaw that might be up for Week ending at 5 A.M,, ARUTTTYY DPec. 24. Highest temporature ..___â€"â€"252 wunp.nmn_.!Mmo Mean temperature _â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"128 #1," snow. Grimsby Weather A number Liquor Act Must Be Voted On Free From Other Quesâ€" later years several other (Continued from page 7) \, M 1w& ending at 8 a.m., Monday, Gale, "they have no pet The Grimsby Independent ‘Those were the good old days when a man got a hair cut and had his face dewhiskered while the Barber Shop Qusartette rendered wmmu*mm*.*mmwmo-m Railroad" and ‘"The Bear Went Over The Mountain". In the old days in Grimsby nearly all the barbers at one time andi another were musicians of some kind or another. ‘Tom Stone playe«d a Guitar; Earl WATER COMMISSION BYâ€"LAW pasd AAOO CHC CUUWO UIIIOOEIL® Wfhat anmnd ummnwvmwmmm nnhdosmmnwummumumn we do away with it ? DT ROGLG L__34 4# z2. uaba thes tha nawear earFV We SE mmE TCP Quite true the Council could, if you vote then the power, carry on this same work, but have they the time? They do not appear to nnmmnmmummmmm taking on more duties. I shall not here enlarge 0 the duties left unâ€" “umunummmm Let us look at some facts that will require immdate attention .,.mu.w-mcu-uu-anwm:mdumm that have served their purpose for forty years or more, uly some ,mmumuuw-n-m;umdwflflm m“.;wamwmnum(mym ;m.mummmmn;mmmum "*** And does this year‘s Council want to assume for themnces or succeeding Councils, together with their other pressing Town orks, these extra duties? uymrmmmwmmmmu ncu-mmwllh«-pmduWohnnMMum mmmmununnmu-uuu.mwlm mnuummmawwu.uâ€"mm fiuumummmmuwmm mmymummwmnmmm wmmmlmudmwmrmmumtwm unnmmmmmmmlym manual labor part. Mymwhmmantumm-nmm luhudnpluhmfitulbrmmu'mumou b-nd.lmlntlothnmhmt.m.mmlumymum ;ammmmmwum.mflum mpummmmummmmm-nmummd |mo.ooo.dmwtomnnmouma-m. , simply 10 CMMB"""" C uat a sticller for old policy, but PMR e C SE 1 believe in advancement, I am not a : rather reaching for the new. At the lnst CoU mu‘tm.chduumhm.muw mummuuondanuuuuwcu Water Commission and Hydro Commission, C CVMI & In my travels throughout Ontario MORE THAN ‘Truly the Town Council has not seen fit to in« 1 commntoulhdiniemensdiieemsigtr Mlmm.mmmmy.mmmm yearâ€"not in n.AthMMI(luhdmt more than sears of record keepâ€" mulithodmlthwl Ing. The Sturn refusal of the a Public Utility Commission, to unite both the |lake to Te this fall, following Hydro Commission, bring it under one hoad.|a summer ¢ch " water, is atâ€" t Ontario T find that the majority of towns, tributed to lAsnter‘s exceptionâ€" Shave And A Hair Cut Fifteen Cents Grimsby, Ontario, Thursday, Dec A NEWSPAPERâ€"A COMMUNITY SERVICE Wummnmm.anuMm:mml-‘ Mflmm-ummnhfiohnd.udnund so on ad infinitum. m.wumww mmwmumuuudadypuwemwbum village and there has been none since. A bath cost a quarter and the shop supplied towels. villages, and in some instances townships, have wm..c.w.uw.mmnuuuum.mmm “wwmmwufl.dmmm.mm uunu-mmmcunummmpflmam- wmmtma.mwnuummmm outline some of the advantages that would accrue. nmu-ummmwmruumuu-rou M:muwnl’h.dlmn':ouevnwplutdmmu: wmd.mwmmuplmmmmm main extensions systematically, instead of the haphazard hit and miss system; (and let me say to Councilior Hewitt and all other newcomers moflm.mâ€"wâ€"aumuux-u"-nnmmr'mo" mains that are to be found in other municipalities). The future planâ€" mmmuummumum be under the local Managing Engineer, looking at it with trained eyes to the future; mmdugmmkb.@;mnm of lines that -flmflym;&mm“dmmumu:wmr distribution and costs; our water distribution and costs; all under one wmmmmmumwmw clude our sewers and sewage disposal, another problem staring us in the face. If we aro to scrap the Water Commission then scrap it for someâ€" thing better, a Public Utilities Commission. Twice before you have voted on this question, to do away with the Water Commission; it has been defeated each time. So Vote NOâ€"on the Byâ€"lawâ€"it has two meanings. LAKE ONTARIO HAS NEVER BEEN HIGHER IN 80 YEARS Pub authorities who study the levela the great lakes in the inâ€" terests science, navigation, powâ€"» er syster municipalities and summer T€*s are keeping their fingers cros8Cthase days because of the extrMinary high water, particularlYon Lake Ontario. ‘They admitat they had expected a decline water levels late this year thatd not take place. Lake Ontario r showed such high water the months of October, Novem® and December as has EVERY BODY VOTES: . 27th, 1945. al snow pile, heavy rains in the spring and autumn and low evapâ€" oration. hommflutntorhmfly} underâ€"rated by the public. m‘ average supply of water poured inâ€"| to the great lakes yearly from the land is about equal to the rainfall on the lakes, Forty per cent. of the total gross supply is lost by evapâ€" oration. The net supply varies 'm;v.mmmmu net supply to the whole lake ayâ€" stem exceeding 800,000 cuble feet per second for a month; they also show months during which the evaporation from the lakes exceeds the water received from all sources with a consequent negative net (Continued on page 8) a Public Utilities MUNICIPAL NOMINATIONS TO BE HELD ON MONDAY NEXT Grimsby Boy Gets Big Appointment John H. Pettit Becomes Deâ€" 'W For N ew Govern: ment â€" Son Of Mrs. Grace Pettit. NOTEâ€"The following artâ€" icle from the Telegraphâ€"Jourâ€" _ mnal of St. John, N.B. will be of interest to Grimsby resiâ€" dents. The young man conâ€" cerned is a former Grimsby m.udmammm. â€" and well known throughout the districtâ€"Ed. FREDERICTON, Dec. 10â€"(Speâ€" cial)â€"The appointment of | J. H. Pettit as development engineer in products derived from mineral reâ€" sources of the province was anâ€" mwwm.l.n McNair, Joining the New Brunsâ€" wick _ Resources . Development Board. Mr. Pettit‘s appointment to the board staff became effective Nov. 15 and he has been actively engaged in his new duties since Sanding Of Roads Expensive Job County Exm‘t‘ $134,933 On Roads Brlg This Year â€" $12,792 Snow A review of the work done on the Lincoln County road system made by Engineer Frank Weir to the county council showed that essentâ€" lal work had been maintained desâ€" pite the handicap of labor shortâ€" age. His report for the first 11 months of the year advised counâ€" cil that requests are received each year for the sanding of some comâ€" plete stretches of county roads during the winter. He asked for a definition of policy from the counâ€" cil before this new departure would be undertaken. "We have not as yet attempted to sand all our roads in icy weathâ€" er,"" he reported. "To do so would require about four additional dump trucks, each equipped with a sand spreader. I am not prepared to reâ€" commend that we start such an exâ€" tensive program but as soon as we do start on any road, except on hills, we will have to extend it to the whole system, and it would mean a considerable expenditure every year, When such service is once started it can not well be stopped, and continues to get more expensive as time goes on. Motorâ€" ists shduld not expect summer County Collects $230,787 This Year rimsby Was First Municipalâ€" G'lg"bl’ilh&-tylah. reby Saving $820, Interâ€" _ est Charges. Friday was the due date for county rates, and nine of the muniâ€" eipalities of Lincoln County were pald up on time. County Treasurer ‘w.umuwuummmm‘ county rates were paid last year by the end of December, and hoped that a similar condition would be repeated this year. Small balances tstanding against Port Pahousie and Ningâ€" (Continuea on:Page T) (Continuea on page 7) (Continued on page 7) u.ur«v-:.n.nlnu.s.A..uhrO-w Township Meetizg To Be Held Next Monday is Nomination Day in Grimsby and North Grimsby and it behooves every taxpayer to attend those meetings and hear their counciliors give an accountâ€" ing of their stewardship for the past year, also to nominate and see that both municipalities have good, solid businessmen at the helm of their ship of state for 1946. North Grimsby nominations will be held in the Council Chambers from one until two o‘clock, after which the meeting will be thrown open for public discussion. .. _ ‘This year.the ratepayers will be asked to fill the offices of Reeve, four councillors and five achool school section, on the mountain, elected at large by the voters in those school sections, and while it is possible that all trustees could be elected from one school section, plan is to see that each school section is represented on the board. In the town, nominations will be held at the Council Chambers on Monday night from 7.30 until 8.30 o‘clock. The offices to be filled are those of Mayor, Reeve, six counâ€" cillors, one Water and one Hydro Commissioner At a meeting of the Board of Directors of St. Mary‘s Ukrainian Church, on top of Grimsby mounâ€" tain, Financial Secretary Wm. Palmer was directed to send a cheque for $200 to the West Linâ€" coln Memorial hospital. In The Afternoon â€" Town mMN'g'â€""“" hqmshull rn Out To ear Officials Give An Acâ€" eogltthersuwui- $200 For Hospital He was an officer in the 70th Construction Battalion of the Amâ€" erican Navy. ‘The Battalion was in Action in North Africa and Italy. It suffered heavy losses at |Salerno and returned late in 1943 lhmhuuwn for reinforceâ€" ments. In Aygust of 1944 the 70th ‘\ sailed for the Pacific theatre hayâ€" ’lncmmmnumnn.lr. ‘mmmmsm Ldlfllonm'ulnmhlllm uhvwnflln.lmmouun and the occupation of the Philipâ€" ©\ pines and Japan. He received his *\ discharge early in December from ""\ Camp Sampson and plans to make “mmmonmmuv\um "\chased the old Fitch property which originally was built by Colâ€" ‘€E \ onel Robert Nelles in 1806. Mrs. E*\ Wright was the former Eleanor Pettit. to Grimaby after an extensive tour of operations in the South Pacific. Mr. Wiltlard Wright has returned