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Great Many People Clamoring | For New Home Construcâ€" tion But Contractors Canâ€" not Accommodate Them Owing To Lack Of labor and Senrcity Of Building We believe that we WoOull absolutely safe in saying th labor in the building trades obtainable and good building erials available, that 200 b would be built in Grimsby year. Poople #8 CA wn uwing --wmwamm to acute shortages the local conâ€" great demand. All contractors in every line have booked every job that they possibly can handle under the present sitâ€" uuon-dmtunlumm in all directions. And Scarcity Of Burlding Materialsâ€"A Lot Of New Buildings Now Under Conâ€" ‘The biggest, the best, INB® "**""°. Club has ever held in Grimsby, not even barring Ladies‘ Night, was the Father, Son and Daughter Night on Tuesday night in the Oak Room of the Village Inn. 1t was junouneboolkkloeallonndlo + uB Lo200B 42 Anthaora s n oT e Oe o ullthcuufltlotdthnluhen‘l uind foster fathers were bigger kids | m.mgmmym'lmnum.f TImagine Bart * Marsh, ~Carman | Millyard, Charlie DelaPlante and | Ken Baxter sitting on the rostrum | being made up like ladies, by their | own daughters. It was a great act | that Tail Twister Aub. Orich w!l-t Kids Are Kids So Are Oldsters uilding Boom New Boat Cruises | Dow n Main Street : Citizens Get An Eyeâ€"Opener \| When They See A Full. Fledged Tug On The Move. | at Was Proved Out Tuesâ€" day Night At Lions Clubâ€" Whose Face Is Painted? Its a fine thing When " tugs come cruising through Street. And its even better When mmmmmmmw to be shipped by transport from * 7 CYy 030 im the Russell LX â€"No. 41 L" 4 c Bs cootomntund The tug destined for service at Decew Falls, was a trim craft, hnd appeared to haye that "solid look" about it. Which is the second solid thing we‘ve seen from Owen Sound this year. ‘The appearance of the strangt sight, soon brought out the local yokels, and the quip from some un» known was good for a short laugh ul-d..“so-â€"Mm‘tMnl a fighing fleet on the Forty". Good Government ONTARIO LEGISLATURE PASSED 152 BILLS AT RECENT SESSION Designed to ald and improve ditions throughout Ontario, 0f the largest volumes of new amended legislation was dealt (Continued on page 5) plementing the Drew Government 8| progressive policies in the fields of health education, law enforcement, agriculture, highway» welfare, etc. Particularly in health measures, under the direction of Hon. Rusâ€" sell T. Kelley, a bill was approved providing for free medical examinâ€" ation of all expectant mothers Under this new departure, expectâ€" ant mothers receive a free medical examination upon making applica» tion to a medical practitioner who forwards a report to the Departâ€" ment of Health, The doctor making the examination is to be pald a $5 fes by the government. (Continued on page 5) unable to the To o auinyarde in Brothers Shipyards in The Grimsby Independent when nine that Lions Sm 000000000 improve conâ€", . Two new departments were seL tario, one of | up under legialation introduced by f new and| Premier George Drew. These are, as dealt with flmmncplmuntdm”lud f the Ontario| Publicity, headed by Hon, G.â€"Arâ€" concluded. A | thur Welsh, and the Department of a Introduced, | Reform Institutions, headed by' s and 44 pri«| Mon. G. H. Dunbar, Departments OeR CC ONO 0 C4400 AM4) omcs Sirs DPA this Hunters‘ Paradise LIBERATING 15.000 PHEASANTS ON LINCOLNâ€" WELLAND FARMS Toughie" is exhibit "A" to the | hwdmflofldlm| pbu-ltptmumhlhnnfloldl ‘near St Catharines, every week. | ‘Toughie," on display right at ml front of the long lines of pens, is \ in solitary confinement because ‘he‘s so ferocious, Art Thompson, ’lm‘erdmffldmu“' |\gara District Pheasant Breeders‘ ,lmuon.mvtw""‘"" _‘...muuwm‘"--r Irmmmmm I‘tornoptdllll"“mm . |his pantleg. Breeding And Raising Birds In C:tlvlty Is A Big Jobâ€" 340 Hens Will Produce 34,â€" 000 Eggs This Yearâ€"3,000 Birds Released Last Yearâ€" Breeding Farm At DeCew‘s Falls Is Mecca For Hunter J® fECL. l Last year the Association hqd about 1,200 members in the two counties of Lincoln and ‘Welland. ‘‘These and many more are taking |mwmurfllpu the Asâ€" ‘ wociation project â€" is â€"â€" starting ~to Members of the Association laughed that they are going to let ‘"Toughie" loose to put the run onuyonewholmluum d",mmm&mnm- ber of the Association. breeding pens on Art Thompson‘s farm. They have 240 hens and 160 cockbirds, and the laying season has just started. About 100 eggs have been collected so far this year. The hens just lay the eggs anyplace in the straw in their pen, and }lr. Thompson and his son make {Continued on page 4) April 15, 1946. Highest temperature Lowest temperature Mean temperature ... MORE THAN A NEWSPAPERâ€"A COMMUNITY SERVICE Precipitation Grimsby Weather isitors From All Over Proâ€" The Association now Week t points th the Un« der the new policy for handling certain types of inmates. _ ____| Continuation _ of _ educational grants to municipalities, counties and townships to relleve the tax burden on the local taxpayer is ending at 8 a.m., Monday (Continued on page 4) Here Is How Y ou Can Help "Fight To Conquer C Association ... 406 0.32 inches Ts s mpson‘s and 160 ason has rgs have ear. The Fruit Growers Charged By WPTB Five St. Catharines Growers Before Magistrate â€" 21 More Will Beâ€"Sold Product Over The Ceiling. Culminating a lengthy investigaâ€" tion by Wartime Prices and Trade Board inspectors under Chief Inâ€" vestigator C. R. J, Giffin, Toronto, 26 fruit growers in the St. Catharâ€" ines fruit belt area will be charged with selling fruit during the 1945 season beyond the ceiling prices established by the WPTB. Five of the 26 growers to be charged were arraigned before lulmu.l.l-l.eamphnmtwv entered pleas of guilty through their counsel Harry P. Cavers, The fifth grower pleaded not gullty and a hearing was set for April 23 when the remaining cases are set for trial. In the frn 15 yearsâ€"ever since Gordon L. Eaton first took charge,â€"Grimsby High School Choir has been an outstanding musiâ€" cal organization in the Fruit Belt, Some very fine voices have come out of the choirs of the past that have gone on in civilian life to wive pleasure and entertainment to other people, | The 1945â€"46 edition of the Choir is, in the ; | opinion of a lot of musical lovers and eritics, i the best that Mr. Eaton and Principal P. V. | Smith have yet produced, They were only | beaten by onn‘rolnt. a questionable point, in / the Kiwanis Musical Festival in Toronto as .‘ the best School Choir in all Ontario, Mr, Eatâ€" ; | ons Mr, Smith and the pupils are to be conâ€" â€"| wratulated upon the success that they have .' attained and no doubt the musical education -‘ that they are now receiving will stand them f| in good stead in the years to come when they e\ have to fage the cruelties of the cold, hard *\ world. This Choir will be the featured attrac» :; tion at the Blossom Time Festival Musicale +A ‘ll!;tlt)le held this year on May 9th, 10th and (St. Catharines Standard) Back Row, left to right, Catherine Mor» rison, Ruth Manning, Dorothy Metealfe, John Pasche, Steven Hooper, Newton Found, Lewâ€" is Jones, Kenneth Martin, Steve Smerek, Donald Gardham, Donald Blaine, Lois Rahn, Phillipa Thompson, Wilda Morris. Grimsby, Ontario, Thursday, April 18th, 1946. (Continued un page 5) Grimsby High School Choirâ€"1945â€"46 Edition Pictured above is the very@=â€"â€"« fine String Ensemble from the G United Studios, St. Catharâ€"| ZFO° ines, which will give a grand Tt re concert in the Grimsby High BUl School Auditorium on Thursâ€" ‘ day night, April 25th, featurâ€" IQSI ing 40 outstanding children in songs,. dances. and. music. Among this group are several Grimsby and district children, under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. T. Ryson. The concert is sponsored by the St. Catharâ€" ines Kinsmen Club and all proâ€" ceeds go to the Cancer Fund. The First Annual Meeting of the West Lincoln Concert Orchestra Association will be held in the Kitâ€" chenette of the Beamsville High School at $.00 pm. on Thursday, April 18th, 1946. The Auditor‘s Report will be recelved and Ofâ€" ficers and Directors for the enâ€" suing year elected. _ Friends of the Association and Musicians resident in West Lincoln desirous of becoming metmbers are cordially invited to attend. There will be no garbage collecâ€" tion on Good Friday, Tomorrow‘s collection will be made on Saturâ€" day. Holding Meeting _ Second Row, Mr. K. C. Baxter, Accomâ€" panist, Joan Greig, Idna. Pyndyk, Evelyn Griffith, Mary Mort®, Marilyn Millyard, William‘ Demerling, Tonald Catton, Leonard Marucei, Bill Fisher, louglas Bedford, Betty Lonaway, Muriel Gra®y, Geraldine Marsh, Retty Shantz, Jane H#RNS, Mr, G, L,, Eaton, DMrector, Third Row, Joan Eaton, Joy@ MOLCAUHC) | ppo Hyon! Julia Fay, Naney Morton, Shirle (!urnw--ll.‘,n ,:{.,, ::.::' LJoyd Smith, Lorne Lindenamith,DOn MOK#) | petievable f1j Murray Lunt, Mary Johnaton, Mrion Honey,| of living of t Rernice Byford, Hilda MeLean, PEKY Dowie.| in 1898, 1 Fourth Row, Madeline Pogacher, \olty | N®®® the pri Hand, Ruth Cornwell, Jewell DeLaPlato, | !"® ""‘“"' t Joyce Tremain, Allan MePherson, Leon Besâ€"| S P ':"": ner, Bill Betts, Don Haws, Jean Jarvis, Gitin U aven fente: Jarvis, Mary Manning, Caroline Baxter, VIâ€"| went by th entine 8mith, high as 70 c } 1 & sairicclll nade Front Row, Jean Durham, Joyce lmlunll Leona Freison, Marjorie Haworth, Rarbard Bromley, Alice Robinson, Alice Demerling, Iacqueline Sawyer, Tunbel Stevenson, Joyce M\v, Verba Shafer, Patricia Harrison, y Boyd,~~â€"Elaine RBrownlee, Diane Sawâ€" yer, Reverly Theed, Wm. Zoeliner, are membâ€" ers of the Choir but were not present when Wr« was takenâ€"Photo by Thomas ancer" In A Pleasant W ay BUILDING PERMITS FOR $45,000 ISSUED BY TOWNSHIP COUNCIL | At tho Wekend the deal WAs | comsummatey whereby Dr. A. F. | MeIntyr® PUrCiased from . Brig. | (Dr.) Gordon A. Snclair his fine | home and property in the very \heart of Main street, Growing Pains Fine Main Street Property Sold Dr. A. Frank Melntyre Purâ€" chases Dr. Gordon Sinclair Residence â€" Has Housed Thret Medicos In 120 A peculiar thing in connection with this property is that . during its long yenrs Of existence it has only been OWn@ by five people and three of thyy members of the medâ€" ical profeSon, * ‘The fineold house was construcâ€" ted of very heavy barn timbers at least 120 Yaurs ago by the late Dr. Jonathan Woolverton. It was alâ€" most &A pround level house. Upon the dufilo( Dr. â€" Woolverton it Years. (CONinued on page 5) "{&: lllllly 'mi The alender shouldera . of the ?wd?. lM(ll‘l‘l.lll’( M“w"' of 80 years ago weren‘t ord, BOY | purdened with anything heavior nldine Marsh,| tna nher mantle. Feeding the famâ€" ir. G,. L. l'.num. y was a leadâ€"pipe einch, atacked up againat the prices and problema of today, Joye (“.'""’“";'- The Evening Star of ‘Toronto, hirle Cornwell|j» 1898 and 1806 gave almost un« nith Don MO##S, | pelievable figures on the low cont , Mrion Honey,| of living of those good old days. n, pagy Dowle.| in 1808, with Christmas very wp. Yotty | near, the prices of turkeysa ran up '-,ltlml‘(;::;:;l’l‘nh'. the ladder from alx to eight cents ell 2Â¥OWUZ7C"" *\ a pound and finally stopped at the Eleven Applications For New Structures â€" Thos. Mackie Appointed Building Inspecâ€" torâ€"There Are Now 61 Year Around Families Reâ€" siding Within Grimsby llencllâ€"_l'lnlimnks To l|.k That North going to enjc pm-pfflly wlt Grimaby was at Townsahip Saturday aft than 11 perm That North Grimsby township is going to enjoy an era of building Bmlpemy along with the Town of rimaby was very much evidenced at Townahip Council . meeting . on Saturday afternoon when no less than 11 permits for new buildings, for a total amount of $45,100, were issued. TOWER." John Wisnoski, Ridge Road east, one and _ oneâ€"half . atorey frame bungalow, $6.500. NERIEEE â€" C3 eqcudint us lows Gilbert A. Ryerson, CenImn‘ "*" enue, Grimaby Beach, one atorey and basement house, $5,000. Leonard C. Eames, of Hamilton, one storey frame residence, Park Road south, Grimaby Beach, $8,500. uâ€"l.+ Wilaamn ‘Vickher, No. 8 THERE WAS NO BLACK MARKET: . STEAK WAS SEVEN CENTS A LB. _ Violet Eileen ‘Tickner, No. N Highway west, frame tourist lunch room, 20 x 32, $1,200. uie c . PAATER EV Me T PCUCC Geo. A, Hildreth, Grimaby Beach, one storey frame building, $1,500. Menry â€" Robinson of _ Detroit, Mich., a one and oneâ€"half storey frameâ€" house. . in. .. Grimahy .. Park, A memorial stone is to be erect» ed to those members of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment killed when their camp at Little High Broom, Crowborough, . Sussex, England, was struck by a VLI bomb. The stone, which will bear the namea of those killed, together with a sultable inseription, will be erected by the residents of Crowborough as a token of gratitude to the Canadian troops who shared their dangers while acting as their pro« tectors. 2 200 Obtained | Extension. Good Old Days Go en c ue » ons » mm â€" o «mm Memorial Stone new high of 11 cents. Goeese were seven cents; ducks, being searce, went by the pair and soared as high as 70 centa for a really heavy pair. Chickens, not so popular as tur» oys, were 3b to D0 cents a pair; mwiter, 18 to 17 centsa a pound, and pwatoon 10 cents for a whole peck Fgn kept at "a high price" and wer 2b to 28 cents for a dozen, Meatprices were within reason, withbsefsteaks from seven to 10 |eents pound, roast beef at five to wht cents, boiling beef two to permits issued were (Continued on page 8) » alender ahoulders of . the wife of 80 years ago weren‘t med with anything heavior her mantle. Feeding the fam« as a lewdâ€"pipe cinch, stacked rainst the prices and problems For Waterworks $2.00 Per raon, Central av» Beach, one storey : Soldiers _ Bangquet as folâ€" Grimsby And North Grimsâ€" by Municipalities â€" Many Over 250 Servicemen of ~eâ€" cond War Sit Down To Festive Board As Guests Of Battles Fought In The Air, (On The !and_'And (Ln "‘l‘h: Not in later years, has there ever been i somblage of people & Villag Inn, as was t Not in later years, if ever before, has there ever been as large an aSâ€" semblage of people gatheted in The Villag Inn, as was there last night on the ocassion of the civic banâ€" quet tendered to the boys and girls olthhlutw.vmo-onoflynrv- ed their country, by the Town of Grimaby and Township of North Grimaby. â€" ho u5 T ce‘ oul C awaitntl Over 250 all ranks sat arouit the festive board and discussed, in truly service atyle, A most pleasing repast served by Miss Peg#Y O‘Neil and her efficient staff. At the head table was Mayor Henry Buil and Reeve Chas. W. Durham, not forâ€" getting Padre Rev. Francis Mcâ€" Avoy. se cet ie ons s Rrnen C Old Soldiers Are Guests of Firm Seaqaâ€"â€"Hitler Chance. Fighting Employees Of E. D. Smith And Sons Entertainâ€" ed At Village Innâ€"Fine (Gathering. Old Soldiers Old Sweats. And Old Soldiers Never Die. They just Fade Away. nssemblage of old veterans and young veterans in The Oak Room of The Village Inn on Monday night, when Brigadier Armand A. 8mith; Major Liewellyn 8mith, Lieut. Alastair 8mith representing the firm of E. D. Smith and Sons, tendered a dinner to their . emâ€" iploym. all vetorans of elither the _ One would think that Jhat true, had they. looked .. upon . ;I;-'t ;-r' last wars or mun It w..“._‘_hl,\,‘,,'“h."“ and Mias (Â¥Neil and her excellent staff did justice to the occasion. & w18 S guus Marching songs of olner Ony® and of today were joined in heart> lly by the veta with Hert Chileaple at the plano. At the special . reâ€" quest of Brigadier 8mith, Miss (Â¥Neil rendered two of her now four cents, veal alx to 10 cents, lamb four to aix, pork seven to eight and bacon running aa high as nine to 10 centa a pound @tore advertisements had tota of punch lines in 1890. A claasioat sample reeds: "This morning at 8 w‘clock hundreds of happy . clerka awalt a battalion of buyers; at noontide whole regiments will be here, amd later, before the clock strikes three, many will be deâ€" barred from getting in at all . . . They wil come from the north and from the south, from the east and from the weat, like barn aswallows :::mu their way to our great ""o Mouses were heated with goosd nut coal at $4 to $5 a ton, or if you preferred wood it cost $8 a cord. Oak Mall advertised this way: "Very fine Venetian worated over> coats, $10 each . . . Men‘a light colored summer pants, $1.78; men‘a waterproof coata with deep detach« able capes, $8; men‘s bloycle auits, with summer pants, $4.80; men‘s (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 8) Never of other days sat around that