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|| lesued Thursday from office of uflhndmksu.cfluby. The Grimsby Independent Cw ue ic ndarers enite True independence is never afraid of ing dependent, and true dependence leads aiways to the most perfect independence. OUR LOSS IS GREAT The Fruit Belt, business circles and the fruit industry in particular, have suffered, through death, the past weekend, two terrific The loss of two such sterling businessâ€" men, in the short space of 36 hours, in the gycmnofMArthuanndlo{Grhm- y, and Leon L. Smith of Winona, is irreparâ€" Both young men were life long residents dfihwmmwfllfirlfllflh the business and fruit industry world and commanded the highest respect of all with whom they came in contact. They were men of great business acumen, the highest inteâ€" grity and with exceptional organizational ability which they had amply proven in the development of their respective businesses. The loss of these two men to the district ilukrm:nddoepermthnmtof us realize at the present time. In times of unâ€" certainty such as we are living in, with the future none too bright, we could illâ€"afford to suffer this loss, and we will suffer from it for a long time to come. MIGHT KNOW TOO MUCH From the time we get up in the mornâ€" ing until we go to bed at night our way is made infinitely easier by pushing things and m:umor,wlm is the equivalent, turning a dial to right or left. # L L # Bythhdmplemuuweuovidemelâ€" ves with light, we regulate the temperature of our houses, we do our cooking, wash and iron our clothes, remove dust and dirt withâ€" out resorting to a broom. Or, we dial a numbâ€" u,mkwlm-dimmndinn remarkably short time are talking to someâ€" body several hundred or several thousand mile away. Few of us are very clear as to the way these miracles are performed. Assuming we had the necessary intelligence, it would take us months to learn the theory that lies beâ€" hind them. If we made a resolve never to push another button or turn another dial until we really knew what we were doing, we would all be gravely handicapped. The kind of comfortable home which one could secure in 1928 for $7,500 will cost anyâ€" whuefmslz,OOOnpintheMdlyf. How can any man present rates 0 ineomeux.mdvnfih:‘lhryofu,ooolnr year possibly finance such an undertaking? mmmope?llgwtl!mn.htdm The Financial Post this week points out that "it is the people with incomes of $8,000 who represent the kernel of today‘s housing crisis. Last year, some 2,865,000 Canadians paid income taxes. Eleven out of every 12 of them earned less than $8,000 annually. Alâ€" mm.mmmsmdmm andsa.ooo;tmmmuflw $1,000 to $2,000. These comprise the Dominions big need and the big market for housing. They can‘t afford to pay anyâ€" think like $10,000 to $12,000 for a home ; and if they are forced to do so, they and the whole country are heading for financial trouble later on. ibscriptionâ€"$2.50 year in Canada and $3.00 pnh&dmm in advance. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. roofs for their families, but the present sitâ€" uation seems impossible to meet. The whole housing industry is challenged, workers, management and capital. It was bound to happen. For days the thermometer, like a venturesome urchin who vearns to wade in a chill mountain stream but hesitates to dip his toes into the iey watâ€" er, had been flirting with the 82 degree na'ningyinthflea dmn-r“ e Z:rn: early e ‘emperate sees housetops covered with a substantial veneer of frost. FIRST FREEZE LIVINGSTON and LAWSON, Publishers, FACTS & FANCIES "Lincoin County‘s Leading Weekly" Established 1885 There are veterans in desperate need of J. ORLON LIVINGSTON, Editor, The air is so still that the amoke of hastâ€" Frank Fairborn, Jr. aundaye: Holidays, 539 tmE ; P« cmmmicecion en ie â€"Ansintinman «on‘ »peonl ;...l'i’(m}m.mmumm from s rain are frozen, and youngâ€" sters make a beeâ€"line for the catchâ€"all closet to assure themselves that longâ€"unused skates are still there. And adults also will penetrate to attics to dust and polish storm windows, and to cellars to place lawn chairs safely inâ€" side, to drain exposed water pipes, and to hang up the coiled garden hose. The first freeze is winter‘s warning. The vhmmzvhichitl;lmonmfl. far from being a token of , is an indicâ€" ation that a series of assaults, with snow, sleet, and bitter zero weather, is about to beâ€" gin. It displays its combat pennons, the red of maple and oak leaves and the gold of elms; and the bugles of the north wind trumpet the charge. Thus, winter gives ample notice of its coming. Heeding the signs, no householdâ€" er need be caught napping. MORE WORK OR MORE LEISURE (By R. J. DEACHMAN) Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, Chancellor of the University of Chicago, has been telling us htdyth.thmofworkwmmbelhlm- ly reduced, we are drifting into the age of leisure. What will happen then? Rumor based mupm,mmflut Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to do. So in the day to come we shall sin more and work less, a rather unhappy portent for the future of mankind. _ § l 8 The world is desperately poor â€"â€" even mitmhegettium.lthtooufly to turn from work, to go in search of leisure. The chances are we would be bored stiff if we found what we are . Mankind is wnmumm& ® *# ®@ ® Assume, for a moment, that this almost workâ€"less age arrived toâ€"morrow and that we have a fourâ€"hour dayâ€"from 8 a.m. to 12 noon with fifteen minutes off at 10.30 for a wofmnwwmthecfiwrmhh paper out, will it be necessary for to fiioytwddftl?Ah.whlpllmlchhe write his editorials and bring in the news. Then what of the Minister of the Gospel who delivers two sermons on Sunday and attends to the rest of his ministerial duties during the week? "Elementary, my dear Watson." This will be worked by two CHAMBER OF COMMERCK TRINITY HALL, Friday, Nov. 22 An organization to promote, protect and further the interests of YOUR community. REâ€"ORGANIZATION MEETING OF GRIMSBY OF COMMERCE WILL BE HELD AT Everyone Should Attend OPEN MEETING GRIMSBY NEEDS THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT at 8 p.m. shiftsâ€"two pay rolls to meetâ€"that will be hard on the congregationâ€"if left by that time. _ _ What about the farmer? He must never beloekodoutofourphml:nehm(‘ows must be milked, calves fed, the orchard wmgwmflle incubator ted and the children put to bed. There MB 0O 0o axes ~ _ NCE cncmath Ire Aanme m n are some things which can‘t be done on a four hour day on the farm but here perhaps the wife will work â€" she works now, heaven knows, but the government will pay her then. I knew I could fix the farm problem. Can the farmer pay for two shifts, each working the four hours? Yesâ€"if the payâ€" ment is made to his wife. _ _ Vision two nations side by side. The conâ€" ditions in both are the same except that in one they work four hours a day, in the other they work eight hours. What will happen? 1 mhmmmiu:thatallotherthimwm beequluvethatinonethereisnwfllto work and in t.heotl.leralmfgrldm. In which land will there be the greatest handneu?hthereu_lyt.hlntb_unwthb- tory which tells us that greatness gT0U» from ileisure? Is there not more joy in work and accomplishment than in endless idleness? The real purport of the message of Dr. Hutâ€" chins is that mankind needs a new crusadeâ€" some unselfish purpose into which the life of humanity can be poured. When it comes we shall have more work, less leisure, but there will be exultation in the task, life will be more worth living than it has ever been beâ€" AN EDITOR REGRETS + mdidthehrflewur?'nflshahu- man interest story which no newspaper can man nvyerest S90J """"" " L its calt neglect, no social column worth its salt. And there has been given pretty good proof of it. The Editor of The Pierce County Tribune sne EAuok ue ho CA KE Nes sanna Rugby, North Dakota, thought he would do some reforming or spaceâ€"saving, and decided that the description of bridal apparel, as well uthatofthcuwlshuldheomitted in future accounts of hymeneal events. Well, he tried it out, just once, And here is the mhbmhummmm Mm-numuamm what. With some misgivings, I consented. But mfl'fil“mwmu as of old. My sincere apologies to all the gals ....u-mwmmm- are important to women and certainly what Mv-ra.&dr:dfln‘cq.bm-o,n 'l‘haeisnwdthdvidnminththlt sentence. Happy is the bride who can sport some of the lace that grandmother wore wbennhe,qfiydhdymam.orm we should have wedding bee is 8 «way PACK WHEN uu'n.ofl....lnoldmwkfl\ fence post trestle that carried pedestrians down | Palmer‘s Hill . . . the Hand family catching, smokâ€" mmflmclmbymm....lohnw post office where the new post office now stands . . . Grace Hagar driving into town in a swirl of “u-awmdnrhluwmfllfl mare . . . building the waterworks and the big all bail catcher , . . Bill House singing the Holy City ...mmuunmmumwl . . . the wonderful suppers the ladies of the various ammumup...mwum old foundry pump . . . "Daddy" Harrison on the galâ€" lop to get to school on time . , . Mechanics Institute over the fire hall . . . Eddie Mihell‘s tin shop . . . .. . Davey Sykes, Miss Simpson and Miss Hepburn, three good teachers, but heavy on the strap . . . Vanâ€" Dyke‘s old frame evaporator and the brick poWer house next door . . . the new electric lights suddenly On January 1st, 1890, Franchs Shaw Baker was united in marriage to Hattie, daughter of John W. Lewis. Mr. Baker was a brother of Major Harry F. m.mmmmw«-m 15th, 1890 of Thos. C. Brownjohn, D.L.S., one of Grimsby‘s cleverest men. On February 2nd, 1890, the new Presbyterian church (now Trinity United) was officially opened, by Principal Cavan of Knox Colâ€" putn: mm ) 3 t is ts o P agm / BR T. lege, Toronto. In 1890 lighting the streets of the village cost $47.87 and considerable discussion took place in council as to whether the lamplighter should get extra pay for lighting extra lamps. In 1888 the total receipts if the village council were $5,493.95 and expenditures the same; labilitâ€" tes were debentures $2,554; loans $2,100; interest mnummmmm were valued at $3,800, arrears of taxes only amountâ€" ed to $503.86 and cash in the bank was $451.56. ‘Times have changed in 58 years. Grimsby, back in the early days had a real church fight of some kind. It was before my time, but I have often heard tell of it. This fight was beâ€" tween the village council and the Presbyterian Aiinietnnt 20 Inolfonce #ree 1256 1 Hind the Jos Independent of 27th, 1888, I find the folâ€" mmnumww-fldm counciliors that the village will, under an old townâ€" ship byâ€"law, overthrow all that the church has done and retake the road along with all the money the mmmâ€"mnhum.mw. Forbes heard the report he said, "I will sell the preâ€" ummmmmmmmm in the wife‘s name."â€"The contest thickens. On, ye brave who rush to glory or the grave. June 20th, 1895â€"We the undersigned merchants of the village of Grimsby do hereby agree to close ur-.wnplnt-d_-uaflndm Wednesday afternoon at 1 o‘clock during months of July, August and September, commencing on July u&.u.amnoâ€"um«o_h closed unti) the following morning:â€" Signedâ€"J. W, Unwin, James Aitchison, G. E. Milier, W. L. Woolverton, A .R. Henry, A. F. Hawke, P. H. Gamble, T. J. Noble, John C. Farrell, 8. E. Mabey, J, C. Marlatt, Mrs. Doimage, Phipps Bros., S. Whittaker. Not one of them in business in Grimsâ€" Winona on June 15th, 1901, to Mr. and Mrs. C. W. F. Carpenter, a daughter. Gilmoreâ€"At Grimsby omn[|| _ _ " _ Griday, June 14th, 1901, Sarah, beloved wife of Jas. Snss ammamiwnmm manâ€"At Vinemount on June Mrs. Arthur Fortâ€" Phone 113â€"Jâ€"3 Grimsby man, aged 24 years. Milligateâ€"At Toronto Junction, is on Monday, June 17, Ethel, daughter of H. G. Millâ€" â€" m,qday-n.A!mnddddm. U # # # # ce en ‘This is a funny world, as I have often remarked Dirm m.nxnmwmflmds 5 § mnnndeneionngtis me I often think of a remark that that witty sage of mmmmcmmuflhl DENTIST my presence, in the Old Back Shop. ‘ "I eannot see any difference in a Zuluy punching a hole in his nose and hanging a ring in it, and an upâ€"toâ€"date girl punching holes in her ears and hangâ€" ing pleces of jewelery in them." "I cannot see any difference between a Red Inâ€" dian painting his face in yellow stripes, and our preâ€" sent day girl painting her cheeks in red and brown "I cannot see the difference between a Chinese woman deforming her feet in bandages, and our moâ€" dern young woman squeezing her feet into too small shoes with heels three or four or maybe five inches high, so that she has to wobble along like a sparrow on the tips of her toes." Maybe there are differences, but I am like John C., I cannot see them. When a man‘s own dog won‘t follow him beware of that man. It is a good thing to remember funny stories. When you feel blue, angry or worâ€" ried, hunt up some roundâ€"faced, stout man who enjoys a good laugh, and tell him a funâ€" wm;uflnmmtpmmm Whenever you feel life‘s unfair, And you have much worry and care, Don‘t feel sad and blue, here‘s what you should Frank Fairborn, Jr. I know it is hard to be gay When things go wrong every day, Ml,o!v_n.uocy.h‘tdt’mdaudnâ€" For life will always bring luck To those who have shown their pluck, bmgrmehh.umm"r.pbâ€" Oft times when I have felt blue ‘The same as you have been too, I have found days are bright, e ;_Aâ€"-llvd;-v;dâ€"-aqt:uum& ...;â€"-Tâ€"wâ€"â€"* fl Smile! Smile all right when I everything seems A man is an animal who likes to "gmmflflfl he has at gbove the celling prices. ‘“ml. ";"J' -'&â€"'i' quints were small enough to hold on your knee. Doesn‘t time fly? IL was ju® a General Trucking Made to order from original WILF. TRAVIS all sizes of concrete blooks Geo. F. W arner Watch Clock And Jewellery Repairs E. A. Buckenham 12 Main 8t. E. Grimsby Telephone 502, Grimsby â€"â€" Guaranteed Work â€" G. ROBERTSON Dr. D. R. Copeland, phone burlington 624 BULOVA, ELGIN, ELCO WATCHES Harold B. Matchett Store in The Fruit Beit" MARTIN Radio Service BARRISTER, SOLIC!ITOR, ETC. Member R.E.T.A. Fhone Winona 55â€"râ€"22 BSUN LIFE OF CANADA George 1. Geddes Wiring And Repairs T. R. BeGora, B.A. BARRISTER & SOLICITOR » (of 81. Catharines) L N“n l‘“’ I.“o 25 Main Street, West GRIMSBY Mours 9â€"5 â€"â€" Saturdays 9â€"12 12 Main St. West, GRIMSBY Mours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ‘Telephone 680 14 Ontario Street, Grimsby TELEPHONE 261â€"R 1ys At Noon: Open Wednesday M Mours 9:00â€"12:00; 1:30â€"45:00 Vernon Tuck Far An Appointment (Vision Specialist) OPTOMETRIST D. D. &. â€"â€" 2 to 5 p.m.